Jeptha Vining Harris (Georgia general)

Jeptha Vining Harris (April 27, 1782  – 1856) was a brigadier general in the Georgia militia during the War of 1812. He was a lawyer and wealthy plantation owner, who served in the Georgia General Assembly as both a representative and senator. Harris was also a trustee of the University of Georgia from 1832 to 1856. He was the father of Jeptha Vining Harris (Mississippi general), a Mississippi (Confederate) brigadier general during the American Civil War (Civil War). He was the grandfather of Dr. Jeptha Vining Harris, who served as a doctor with the Confederate States Army and was a doctor, customs collector and school superintendent in Key West, Florida after the Civil War.