Rutha Byars was the daughter of John Byars, who was born on the Sixteenth day of March, in 1734, at James City, Hanover County, in the State of Virginia and Elizabeth Thomasson or Thomason, who was born on the Twenty-seventh day of February, 1735, at Louisa County, in the State of Virginia.
Rutha Byars was married to Benjamin Franklin Harris in 1788, at Rutherford County, in the State of North Carolina.
Rutha Byars and Benjamin Franklin Harris were the parents of: Please see Benjamin Franklin Harris, 1762, in the Families Section, for more information.