----- Original Message ----- From: Sheree Robinette <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 11:39 AM Subject: Re: Harper - Norfolk, Lancaster and MD. > Hello Jeanna. I have a rather elusive Harper family. I have ben told they > were from North Carolina, but I have vbeen lied toi so often about them, it > is hard to day whether it is true. Your messge intrigued me. Do yopu have a > Grover Harper in your line? Any better dates? My grandmother was born > Estelle Harper in Winterville, GA (near Athens) in 1917 to Frank Benjamin > Harper and Leila Chambers. Leila's family was from north Georgis several > generations back, and prior to that they were from South Carolina and even > further back they came to south Carolina from North Carolina. Frank Harper > was to put it as nicely as I can a crook. So were his sons. My grandmother > had an uncle named Grover Harper. Frank Harper married Leila in 1910 in > Athens, GA. They moved quite a bit. He was eventually arrested for 5 counts > of cattle theft in 1947 and died in 1951 in the Georgia State Prison. This > happened before I was born, so no one will taklk about him. I only > discovered this when I requested a death certificate for him from Georgia. > He changed the entire family's surname to Collins. I am told he did it to > avoid being drafted. His son Frank Jr. spent time in prison in Alabama ,. > Not sure of the charges there but I am told it was for stealing cattle. They > were a mean bunch. There was another son named Floyd who escaped from jail > in Alabama, Arkansas, or Florida and lives under an alias in NORFOLK, VA. > The fmaily has no contact with him. I have always been curious why he > selected Norfolk. I assume there were relatives there. He was in the > trucking business and uses the surname Vann. Any of those in your line? I > have no idea where Vann or Collins came from. I have been told that they > also used the surname White. Frank started with the name Harper and used it > in 1910 when he married. In the late 1920's he listed his surname as Collins > on his youngest daughter's birth certificate. He was on the run from the > Georgia (and maybe federal) authorities by the mid 1920'swhen Floyd was > born. Leila returned to Winterville to have her son with her mother acting > as midwife. the very next day she took a train to Arkansas to re join her > husband and family there. The other daughters were Pauline and Mary Ruth. > They married brothers Jack and Robert Duggan. Researchingthis line has been > extremely difficult. Would be happy for any assistance if you find a > connection along the way. I think that Frank's mother was named Naomi. there > was a school; teacher in this line. It sure is tough to sort fact from > fiction. Thnaks for your time > Sheree----- Original Message ----- > From: Jeanna Harper <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 11:31 AM > Subject: Harper - Norfolk, Lancaster and MD. > > > > > Does anyone have any information on Howell Harper son of Vincent and > > > Margaret Harper of Halifax, N.C.? My great great grandfather was > > > Aglernon S. Harper, son of Howell (unknown mother). > > > > > > Algernon S. Harper had several children. Four of his sons went to > > > Virginia. Tom Harper went to Norfolk. He married Ellen Brown. Charles > > > Richard Harper first went to Lancaster County, VA. where he married > > > Julia Iglehart Ball. He moved to Norfolk around 1910. John Frank Harper > > > (my great grandfather) moved to White Chapel District of Lancaster > > > County, VA. around 1880 where he married Dora Lee and then Corella > > > Sampson. In 1914 he moved to Baltimore Maryland. William W. Harper > > > appeared in John Frank Harper's household on the 1880 Lancaster County > > > census. > > > > > > Algernon Harper had another son -James- and three daughter - Mary, > > > Margaret, and Martha. Any help would greatly be appreciated. > > > > > > ==== HARPER Mailing List ==== > > Need list assistance? Please contact: [email protected] > > List Adm for HARPER-L and HARPER-D > > Now with over 420 subscribers! > > > > >