No, sorry. All my husband's Harper's (that I am aware of) were in Jesup (Wayne Co.) and the immediate surrounding area. Wish I could be of more help! Luan ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Sjoberg" <sjoberg@alltel.net> To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 11:25 PM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] The Byrd family article > Luann-- > My father talks of a Harper girl he knew in Polk Co. FL with the last name > of Harper. I think that she went north (Indiana or Ohio) to become a > teacher. I guess she would be in her 70s. Ring any bells. > > Diana > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Luan Harper <lyh@gate.net> > To: <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 8:55 PM > Subject: [GACOFFEE] The Byrd family article > > > > From: > > Cen-Silver Celebration > > The 125th Anniversary of the Founding of Hazlehurst, GA: > > A Town at the Crossroads - Volume II > > Compiled and Presented by the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Historical Society > > 1998 > > Edited by Mary Ann Anderson > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Page 107 > > > > "The Byrd Family" by Sue Byrd > > > > "In the 1800's, one of the large landowners of Jeff Davis and Coffee > Counties was Wiley Byrd. He owned land from Snipesville to Coffee County. > The house shown in the following photograph still stands today. This is > where Wiley Byrd reared his large family of twenty-one children. One of the > Byrd's great-granddaughters presently lives in the house. Before Mr. Byrd > died, he gave each of his children a lot of land (the lot was four hundred > acres) to be their start in life. Only the land where the house stands and > some surrounding acerage are still owned by family members. Not far from > Mr. Byrd's house, he donated land to establish "Byrd Church", which is now > known as Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. This is one of the oldest churches > in the county, and there are a large number of the Byrd family members > buried in its cemetery." > > > > Page 108 > > > > "In the photograph, Wiley Byrd is with his second wife, Sempee, and five > of the youngest children. The oldest son shown here was my grandfather, A. > Warren Byrd. In 1903, at a young age, he was deputy sheriff of Broxton, > Georgia for a short time. Broxton is where he and his wife Nona and two > children lived. After the birth of their third child, Nona died. A year > later, Warren married my grandmother, Vera Andrews. They had fourteen > children. Grandpa was one of the first members of Union Springs Baptist > Church. Later he became a deacon and he reared his children in the church. > Fifteen of these children became members of Union Springs Baptist Church. > After they married, all but two moved to other churches. Sons Homer and > Benny were the only two lifetime members. My father, Homer, became a deacon > at Union Springs Baptist Church in 1905. Now my mother and I are the only > ones still attending the church. Union Springs does hold a very rich > heritage for me." > > > > Page 109 (caption at the bottom of photograph) > > > > "EARLY DEPUTY -- This photograph was taken in 1903, two years before Jeff > Davis County was formed in what was then Coffee County. In it are Warren > Byrd, his wife Nona (both are deceased), and two of their children, Mrs. > Lillie Mae Bailey (left) of Darien and Legrande Byrd, deceased. The ribbon > on Byrd's lapel was his "badge" as deputy sherriff of Broxton. Byrd had 17 > children including Mrs. R. N. Kerns of Hazlehurst, Mrs. C. C. Kerns who owns > this photograph of Tampa, FL, and Jesse, Homer, and Bennie Byrd all of Jeff > Davis County." > > > > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > > The Coffee County mailing list is a flame free list. Rudeness will NOT be > tolerated. If you are having a problem with someone on the list, please > contact either Karen or Melody. > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > If you would be interested in adopting a GaGenWeb county, please contact Melody at mmccook@bellsouth.net to see which counties are > available for adoption. All counties can beneift from extra volunteers! > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >