Hello All - I just came from the Nat. Archives (I live in Washington, DC), where I looked in the early census indexes and other records for HAPRERS in Alabama. I only looked at the indexes, not the actual microfilm, so his is scanty information, but may give some folks some clues in looking for Harper relatives. All the references below are listings for the name HARPER: 1860 AL Mortality Name County Age Mo. cause Artemissa (sp?) Randolph 17 Oct dopsy Catherine Sumpter 20 May perperalflu Eliza Tuscaloosa 36 Apr consumption Elizabeth Pickens 5 Mar scarlet fever Henry Randolph 1 Sep worms James Mobile 24 May drowned b. Eng. Margaret J. Cherokee 8 Sep belious fever Margery Pickens 2 Apr scarlet fever Martha A. Limestone 56 Jan Chronic---? b. VA Susan F. Henry 2 mo unknown Thomas S. Clarke 32 intemperance b. SC William Calvin Pickens 6 mo brain inflamation All were born in AL, except where noted. 1850 AL Mortality: Daniel T. Sumpter 20 Feb pneumonia =============== 1860 AL Census--Many HARPERS, too numerous for me to list on this visit; however, these are all the counties where they are found: Macon* Chambers Choctaw Dale Calhoun Marion* DeKalb Mobile Jefferson*+ Tallapoosa* Pickens*+ Butler*+ Marengo+ Henry*+ Jackson*+ Coffee Sumpter* Shelby*+ Barbour* Autauga Pike*+ Wilcox*+ Russell Randolph* Covington Cherokee* Marshall St. Clair Monroe Tuscaloosa Conecuh Limestone*+ Blount Greene*+ Dallas* Perry* Bibb*+ Lauderdale*+ Morgan (Did not see an index for 1870) 1840 Census Index. (* ) noted in above list of counties in addition to... Montgomery+ Morgan Dale Chambers 1830 AL Census Index (+), noted in above list of counties, in addition to... Madison 1820 AL Census B. St. Clair Co. Edward D. Limestone James W. Shelby Levi St. Clair W.W. St. Clair 1810 AL Census James Washington Co. Robert Madison Robert Madison (yes, this was listed twice...could be a father and son) ========================= Hope this helps someone. Annette Researching: HARPER, SPEED, LANE, GREENE, LENNARD/LENARD/LEONARD, MCLANE/MCLEAN in AL.