I am seeking the parents of Robert J. Harper. My greatgrandmother was Mary Etta Harper born 1858 in Martinsberg, Berkeley County. Her father was Robert J Harper born about 1825 in Maryland. I find them in the 1860 and 1870 census in Martinsberg. Robert's first wife (Mary Ellen Piper) was from Jefferson County WV. I assume they married before 1849 when their oldest daughter was born. When Robert married for a second time in 1867 he gave his parent's names as John and Rebecca. He is said to be a relative of the Harper's of Harpers Ferry.

Thanks to the great posts I received from "cousins" that gave me their connections to Richard Cantrell. I have printed them all out and will be answering you all very soon. I have had my elderly mother in and out of the hospital and my time on genealogy and e-mail has been limited. Thanks again Deanna

Does anyone know anything about an Ebenezer or Abenezer HARPER in the 1787 Tax List from Berkeley Co. VA. According to the tax list he had two males between the ages of 16-21. Right below Ebenezers name was the name of Josiah Harper. Any help appreciated, Thanks. Judy Woehrle [email protected]

I am researching the following Harper clan - Hulbert Henry Harper, b. 2-13-1884, in Calvert City (Graves Co.) KY. He married Cora May FORD, 11-26-1902, in McKrakin Co., KY, and they had several children. The following are those who lived past infancy: (1) Cleber Deacon, b. 7-5-1906 in Marshall Co., KY (2) Gilbert Henry, b. 12-6-1908 in Graves Co., KY (3) Belma Varnell, b. 1-21-1911 in Marshal Co., KY (my grandmother) (4) Glenn Carroll, b. 11-18-1920 in Sikeston (Scott Co.) MO (5) James Franklin Richard, b. 1-23-1923 in Sikeston (6) Beauton Elizabeth, b. 9-10-1924 in Sikeston (7) Vida Jean, b. 3-21-1927 in Sikeston Gilbert married Erma ? and moved to CA (family ?) Belma married Trentis LAWS and moved to St. Louis, MO. Clebor & Glenn didn't marry. James married Imogene ? and moved to IL (family ?). Beauton & Vida Jean married "Johnsons" and moved to IL. If you see any connections -- please let me know. Also - I'm having trouble going backwards from Hulbert. His death certificate list parents as "Jack & Dora," but I've had no luck so far finding them in census records. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks - Mike Laws

--- On Tue, 16 Feb 99 19:58:40 [email protected] wrote: >Date: Tue, 16 Feb 99 19:58:40 >From: [email protected] >Subject: RE: Breaking Harper News (for me that is): My Ohio Harpers >To: [email protected], [email protected] >X-PRIORITY: 3 (Normal) >X-Mailer: Chameleon 5.0, TCP/IP for Windows, NetManage Inc. >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii > >Hi Kevin, > >My Harpers were from Georgetown, DC. My grgrandfather was Grafton >Harper b 1818 d 1887; m 1842 Elizabeth Foley. His father was Joseph >Harper b 1790 d 1875. The children of Grafton/Elizabeth were: > >Catherine Ellen b 1865 >Joseph Grafton b 1843 >John William b 1845 >Benjamin Franklin b 1847 >Samuel A b 1850 >Lucy Ann b 1852 >Mary E. b 1854 >Charles E. b 1857(d as infant) >Charles E. b 1859 >Clara b 1861 >George Thomas b 1879 >Birtha Virginia b 1879 (this may be a grandchild) > >Looks like your Mary was before this child, Mary. Wonder if she could >be a sister to Grafton? I do not have the names of Grafton's brothers >and sisters. Would sure like to find out more about this line. My >Sources are from a Family Bible, WILLs, Oak Hill Cemetery and census. >But that information brings the line forward, not back to the >preceding ancestors. One thing for sure, everyone was born, married >and died in Georgetown, DC. > >Hope this helps and maybe, you will see something familiar. > >Later, >Ann > -----------------End of Original Message-----------------

I have recently found out that my oldest known Harper ancestor was not born in Carroll or Harrison County Ohio as I once thought. I even found out the names of one of her uncles. It turns out that my great-great-great-great grandmother Mary E. Harper (married name Kail) was actually born in Washington DC. She appears to be a neice of Hugh Harper of Carroll County, OH who was born 1797 in Ireland and married Rebecca Love Semple of Washington DC. They were married in Ohio. Do any of these names ring a bell for anyone? Mary Harper wrote a song called "Ohio" that was published in the history of Carroll and Harrison Counties under her married name Mary Kail. Does anyone have any information on the Washington DC Harpers? My Mary E. Harper was born roughly 1828. How about the Harpers from Monohan, Ireland? Parents or siblings of Hugh Harper? Anything? I extend a thank you to everyone who responded to my last posting. Hope to hear from more of you with this new information. Kevin Borland

Hi Kevin, My Harpers were from Georgetown, DC. My grgrandfather was Grafton Harper b 1818 d 1887; m 1842 Elizabeth Foley. His father was Joseph Harper b 1790 d 1875. The children of Grafton/Elizabeth were: Catherine Ellen b 1865 Joseph Grafton b 1843 John William b 1845 Benjamin Franklin b 1847 Samuel A b 1850 Lucy Ann b 1852 Mary E. b 1854 Charles E. b 1857(d as infant) Charles E. b 1859 Clara b 1861 George Thomas b 1879 Birtha Virginia b 1879 (this may be a grandchild) Looks like your Mary was before this child, Mary. Wonder if she could be a sister to Grafton? I do not have the names of Grafton's brothers and sisters. Would sure like to find out more about this line. My Sources are from a Family Bible, WILLs, Oak Hill Cemetery and census. But that information brings the line forward, not back to the preceding ancestors. One thing for sure, everyone was born, married and died in Georgetown, DC. Hope this helps and maybe, you will see something familiar. Later, Ann

Harper Post - $19.00 per year subscription. Subscribe now and receive the Special Bicentennial Reunion Edition free (September issue, Volume1,Issue1). Centered around the ancestors and descendants of Alexander Harper (1744-1798) and Elizabeth Bartholomew. Alexander is son of John Harper and Abigail Montgomery. Subscribe to the Harper Post, a quarterly newsletter, filled with family photos, old and new,family memories, vital statistics, stories of our ancestors, history of the Western Reserve, updates on Shandy Hall - family homestead, queries, descendant charts, HELP FINDING ANCESTORS and DESCENDANTS! Produced in the Heart of the Western Reserve where the Harpers settled and founded Harpersfield, Ohio. This newsletter will be of interest to non-Harper descendants too , or those with a Harper in their family tree. All cousins welcome! This letter will tie into my website which I am preparing to upload by 2/15/99. Other descendant surnames covered in the letter topics will be: BARTHOLOMEW, MONTGOMERY, COWLES, ROBINSON, RUSSELL, WHEELER E-mail with your intention to subscribe and I will reserve a copy of the Bicentennial letter for you and e-mail you the address to send your check. Include your name, address, zip plus 4,and brief Harper lineage if applicable for my mail list. Reunion mailings will also be sent to those interested. Beverly Cowles, editor GGGG Granddaughter of Alexander Harper. [email protected]

Sherry & others, Thomas Harper the son of Benjamin and Charlotte Harper born Sept. 28, 1800 Frederick county Virginia actually had 15 children, according to census, the Obit. of Thomas and the Will of Thomas Harper. The children are as follows: Thomas Harper married Mary Jane Mouser in 1826 in Marion County Ohio. The children from this marriage were. 1- Abraham b. 1827 m. Nancy Lippencotte 2- Charlotte E. b. 1829 m. 1st John Rush 2nd William Craver 3- ? male according to 1830 census Marion Ohio 4- Joseph H. 5- Mary J. m. George Ulsh 6- ? male according to 1840 census Mary Jane Mouser Harper died 1841 and Thomas Harper re-married Sybil Tripp 1843, the children from this marriage were as follows: 7- Charles b. abt. 1844 8- Silas b. abt. 1845 9- Benjamin b. abt. 1846 10- Laura P. b. abt. 1847 m. Plotner 11- Frederic W. b. abt. 1848 12- Lewis G. b. abt. 1852 13- Sophia E. b. abt. 1854 M. Tatman 14- Orrin P. b. abt. 1857 15- Eva b. abt. 1859 m. Nole It seems that some of the children went by their middle name, for instance Sophia E. went by Ellen and Frederic W. went by William. According to the Obit of Thomas Harper in 1885 five children preceeded him in death, they must have been Abraham, the two ? in the earlier marriage, Charles and Silas, because they are not mentioned in the will. Hope this helps someone. Thanks for your time, Judy Woehrle [email protected]

"Hello again Cousins!" All posts submitted to: [email protected], by subscribers of either HARPER-L or HARPER-D, will appear in both the HARPER Family Mail List & the HARPER Family Digest and thereby go to all 400+ subscribers to the HARPER Family Mail List! When replying to a specific message that appears as part of a digest it is advisable to use one's mouse to select & highlight that part of a digest's text that one wishes to reply to, copy and paste to a new message, and then using one's mouse to select & highlight the address of the person whose message you are replying to, copy & paste to the To: line of the new message, repeat the process for Subject: line from the Digest Message to the new message so that the receiver of your message will recognize that you are replying to their message (some mail list subscribers will, as a matter of routine, delete any message not containing anything in the Subject: line), and then add whatever text you wish to insert in reply to the original message. If on the other hand, you wish for your reply to be posted to all 400+ subscribers to the HARPER Family Mail List, then your To: line must necessarily be To: [email protected] Hope that this helps! Thank you for your patience, cooperation, and participation in the HARPER Family Mail List! TTYL Craig List Adm for HARPER-L and HARPER-D At 11:15 AM 2/13/99 EST, you wrote: >Craig: > >I need help on how to reply to a listing without sending the whole digest back >to the sender >I think I missed those instructions somewhere. Would I just reply to Harper- >[email protected] or to the individual who wrote the message? >Thanks. > >

I am searching for information on the Hockinig County, Ohio Harper family.

Greetings, Everyone! I am seeking ancestors and descendants of James Madison HARPER b. 1844 and Ruthy Jane BLACKBURN. The only child I have for this couple so far is Charles Joseph (Josiah?) HARPER b. 25 Oct 1868 Nelsonville, OH d. 9 Nov 1944 Lenawee County, MI m. 28 Mar 1892 Nelsonville, OH Carrie Leota CAMPBELL b. 14 Nov 1876 Hocking County, OH d. 14 May 1941 Tecumseh, Lenawee County, MI. I believe that this couple lived and died in Athens County. James' parents were Benjamin F. HARPER b. 1814 Frederic County, VA d. 10 Mar 1875 Nelsonville, Athens County, OH m. 1842 Mary Ann SPENCER b. 1827. Their children were: *James Madison HARPER b. 1844 *Benjamin HARPER b. 1848 *Mary J. HARPER b. 1850 *Thomas HARPER b. 1853 *Aurilla HARPER b. 1856 *Lucinda HARPER b. 1858 *Charlotte HARPER b. 1861 *Charles HARPER b. 1864 I have conflicting information on Ruthy Jane BLACKBURN's parents. One source names Charles BLACKBURN b. 1786 VA and Elenor COURTS b. 1810. Another sources gives James P. BLACKBURN b. 3 Feb 1801 PA d. 6 Jan 1863 m. Eleanor COURTS b. 12 Oct 1812 PA d. 18 Sep 1876. Other children listed for this couple are: *Mary Ann BLACKBURN b. 30 Jun 1837 Guernsey County, OH d. 5 June 1932 Logan, Hocking County, OH m. 8 Sep 1861 Athens County, OH William Charles CAMPBELL b. 16 Sep 1829 Washington County, PA? d. 25 Oct 1901 Van Wert, OH *Silas C. BLACKBURN b. 1845 14 May 1920 Athens County, OH m. Rebecca Jane GROVE b. 1847 d. 3 May 1921 Carbondale, Athens County, OH *Charles P. BLACKBURN b. 1834 *Margery BLACKBURN b. 1843 *Louisa BLACKBURN b. 1849 Any and all information on any of these people would be greatly appreciated. This generation is our missing link. Thanks, Sherry Harper Hamblen

Craig: I need help on how to reply to a listing without sending the whole digest back to the sender I think I missed those instructions somewhere. Would I just reply to Harper- [email protected] or to the individual who wrote the message? Thanks.

Seeking the ancestors, siblings and descendants of Benjamin HARPER b. 1770 VA d. 1817 Frederic County, VA m. 1792 Frederic County, VA Charlotte d. 1844. We have five sons for this couple: 1. John HARPER b. 10 Jul 1798 VA d. 14 Sep 1880 Hocking County, OH m. 30 Jan 1822 Hannah GILHAM b. 3 Jul 1801 VA d. 7 May 1852 Benton Twp., Hocking County, OH (5 Children: Benjamin T., John II, David, Ashford, Martha Jane). 2. Thomas HARPER b. 28 Sep 1800 Frederic County, VA d. 23 Apr 1885 Robinson, KS m1. 11 Oct 1826 Marion County, OH Mary Jane MOUSER m2. Sibbyl TRIPP? b. 23 Feb 1816 VA d. 2 Feb 1882 KS (7 Children: Joseph, Meavy, Charles, Benjamin, Laura, William, Louis Gunn). 3. George "Hiett" HARPER b. 7 Aug 1804 VA d. 30 Jan 1878 m. 17 Mar 1831 Ann PROBASCO. 4. Levi HARPER b. abt 1808 5. Benjamin F. HARPER b. 1814 Frederic County, VA d. 10 Mar 1875 Nelsonville, Athens County, OH. m. 1842 Mary Ann SPENCER b. 1827 (8 Children: James Madison, Benjamin, Mary J., Thomas, Aurilla, Lucinda, Charlotte, Charles). Any information would be greatly appreciated. Family legend has it through descendants of four of the brothers that this family is related to Robert HARPER of Harper's Ferry. We have yet to find any descendants of Levi HARPER. Please contact me if you have any connection or clue! Thanks, Sherry Harper Hamblen

Hi Folks, A site with tax and other records for VA & NC: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm TTYL, Fran

At 09:46 PM 2/12/99 EST, you wrote: > > Dear List Members, > Although you have e-mailed me with your support for my idea (4 to one), the > people who would have to deal with this (list owners) have killed the idea. I > understand that it would have placed an extra burden on them and could > conceivably strain the list, thus hurting the purpose of the list. > I have to admit that I have mixed feelings about this. Common surnames > lists, like Smith or Harrison could get blasted. Maximizing the amount of > info seemed like a good thing to me and as one respondent wrote "this would > help break down the brickwalls". But I would rather kill this idea, rather > than hurt the lists. > Occasionally, some list owners will ask members for their "most wanted". > This also blasts lists with en masse mailings and this practice should also > be stopped (what's good for the goose is good for the gander). > In essence, let's do whatever the rootsweb will allow because it's survival > is more important than anything else. With this, I whole heartedly agree. > Thanks to all who listened and also those who responded. > "Hello again Cousins!" I am the List Adm for the HARPER Family Mail List and I this is my first communication in response to the suggested "Shotgun!" Perhaps I might be able to suggest a better alternative to this action which would have only a limited exposure to the HARPER Family Mail List and then become part of the HARPER Family Mail List Archives! That alternative would be utilization of the GenConnect HARPER Family Surname Boards also served by Rootsweb. Indexing for posts made to the GenConnect Surname Boards is made available through Surname Helper! http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Harper http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/HarperBibl http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/HarperBios http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/HarperDeed http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/HarperObits http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/HarperPens http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/HarperWill While I do not personally object to a well-thought out query that lists the information you have cited above, I do have qualified reservation for merely listing a series of surnames that are nothing more than a list of surnames. Should everyone put themselves in the position of someone searching for a particular surname within the HARPER Family Mail List Archives, and imagine the time that might be involved in retrieving archived posts in search of a series of surnames within previous HARPER Family Mail List posts going back to 1996, to possibly retrieving no further information for your all your effort than just finding a citation of the surnames for which you are searching. I am inclined to believe that we might all further the cause of genealogical research should we resolve to make all our posts as informative as possible when posting to the HARPER Family Mail List. I for one would very much like to see a post exemplifying a suggested listing format for this effort should you wish all 400+ subscribers to the HARPER Family Mail List to take part. I also do hope that all will exercise good judgement in realizing that should everyone begin doing this, and posting same within a very short time, quite a goodly number of our subscribers might choose to unsubscribe rather than be deluged with an onslaught of posts to the HARPER Family Mail List, especially so should no more meaningful information be included in most other than just a listing of surnames! We should also recognize that when replying to any such posts that are made to reply to the originator of the post, rather than replying to the HARPER Family Mail List and re quoting the entire original message each time in replying to the list. This is relevant to both HARPER Family Mail List subscribers and HARPER Family Mail Digest subscribers when replying to any specific message. Thank you for your attention, your patience, and cooperation in this matter. And thank you for your participation in the HARPER Family Mail List! TTYL Craig List Adm for HARPER-L and HARPER-D

Dear List Members, Although you have e-mailed me with your support for my idea (4 to one), the people who would have to deal with this (list owners) have killed the idea. I understand that it would have placed an extra burden on them and could conceivably strain the list, thus hurting the purpose of the list. I have to admit that I have mixed feelings about this. Common surnames lists, like Smith or Harrison could get blasted. Maximizing the amount of info seemed like a good thing to me and as one respondent wrote "this would help break down the brickwalls". But I would rather kill this idea, rather than hurt the lists. Occasionally, some list owners will ask members for their "most wanted". This also blasts lists with en masse mailings and this practice should also be stopped (what's good for the goose is good for the gander). In essence, let's do whatever the rootsweb will allow because it's survival is more important than anything else. With this, I whole heartedly agree. Thanks to all who listened and also those who responded.

That's a very unique idea, and I'm all for it! Kaylynn [email protected] §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ WANTED, Dead or Alive: Ellis, Hall, Harper, Loomis, Loveland, North & Schritt §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§

Hello All List Members, In order to stir some action on our list, I suggest a new approach to aid in our research. Code name: "Shotgun". This involves info to be submitted en masse. The info would involve only one individual and his/her vitals only. Where no vitals are known then immediate ancestors or descendants would be submitted. The point is to concentrate and focus all energies on one person, instead of a family. All parties on the list would see all vital data on this person and people could contact each other directly about that particular data to see if they can make a hit. This creates a real sense of family, where we all work together to accomplish a task. Instead of data on an individual hitting the list sporadically, here and there, all list members with pertinent data hits the list at the same time. Obviously, everyone is going to want to do this at the same time, which presents a problem. Therefore the list manager should decide who to "shotgun". This can be done by just reading the posts and choosing a possible candidate. Time frame? How long do you "shotgun" someone? I suggest a week is sufficient. That would be four a month, 48 a year. Anyway, let me know if you think this is feasable.

Dear Fellow Subscribers; OK !!!!! After numerous postings and years of research I am convinced that someone just flipped over a rock and found my gg grandfather, and my Harper line was born. Since there seems to be no records of my William A. (Antoine/Antwine) Harper b. ca 1815 NC; d. 1865-70 Hamburg, AR; m. Elizabeth Smith? b. ca 1817 SC, d. aft. 1870 Hamburg, AR........ now I would like to request any and all information on their children: Mary C. Harper b. ca 1836 AL, poss. m. George White. Martha R. Harper b. ca 1837 AL. Nancy Melvina Harper b. March 27, 1839 AL; m. William Anderson White July 13, 1861 Hamburg, AR; d. October 12, 1918 Anson, TX. Samuel Jackson Harper b. July 9, 1842 AL; m. October 24, 1869 (1)Susan Ann Fairchild, (2)Mary J. Thomas, (3)Suzanna Jones; d. August 21, 1905 Crossett, Ashley Co., AR. William M. (Mack) Harper b. ca 1843 AL; d. unknown Civil War. Elizabeth C. (Maggie) Harper b. 1846 AL; poss. m. James S. McNair June 14, 1863 Ashley Co., AR. Ellen R. Harper b. ca 1849 AL Robert Patrick Harper b. 1854 AL; m. Martha Josephine Fogle ca 1877 in Longview, AR; d. 1942 Bastrop, LA. James S. Harper b. ca 1858 Ashley Co., AR; m. Cumi Stone December 29, 1880 Ashley Co., AR. This family lived in Alabama at least from 1835 until 1855 (probably Talladega, Co. and the Mobile area) when they moved to Arkansas. Hopefully the children didn't come from the same rockpile where they found my gg grandfather. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Pharbus Harper