Cynthia - I'm finding so many Harpers in AL, it's making me dizzy. I havn't even attempted to look at those in GA to any great degree, although I see there are a number there, too. I have only traced my Harpers bact to about the 1840's, as follows (a summary): My earliest Harper is an Ishmael Harper, b. abt. 1844 in SC. He formally married (1866), Angeline Greene (b. abt. 1948, SC) in1866, in Tuskegee, Macon Co., AL, after emancipation, when colored marriages became legal. Either or both Ishmael and Angeline may have been mulatto, slaves of some one of many Harpers who populated several counties in the western part of the state or a few on the eastern border. My suspicion is that they may were more likely owned by Harper and Greene descendants that lived or owned property in one of the eastern counties--Coosa, Montgomery, Lee, Russell, Macon, even Clay. I have not been successful in identifying the these families. Census records would lead me to believe that both Ishmael and Angeline were brought to AL by families that removed there from SC. This may not help you very much, but maybe you (and persons on the list) can help me! Good luck, Annette M. Researching: SPEED, HARPER, LENNARD/LENARD/LEONARD, GREENE, KROUSE, LANE, BESTEDA, MCLANE...all found in AL counties. This summary