Does anyone have a spare Harper that they are not sure they want to claim? I haven't been able to find any connection for my great grandfather. He was born (I think) June 6, 1892. His death certificate claims he was born in Bryson City, Swain County, NC. He had a relative named Grover Harper. He was either a brother or uncle. He had a brother named Walt or Walter. My grandfather was born Frank Benjamin Harper. He married Leila Chambers in 1910 in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia. She was born in Winterville, Clarke County in 1891. After their marriage, Frank turned to a life of crime. Don't really know everything he was involved in, but he moved often. The family lived in Athens, Atlanta, and Quitman, GA. . They lived for a time in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, and Florida. They travelled to many other places in between. There were two sons who had records as well. The oldest, Frank Jr. spent time in prison in Alabama before moving to Florida. His brother was Floyd "Bo" and he was charged with cattle theft in Peach County, GA and Florida. Frank Sr. was convicted in 1947of 5 counts of cattle theft in Brooks and Peach counties in Georgia. He was incarcerated in Georgia State Prison in Reidsville where he died in 1951. No one from my family will discuss him and he died before I was born. He never had a picture taken. He was a draft dodger during WWI (or so I am told) and he changed the entire family's surname to Collins. When he died, the prison authorities used Collins on his death certificate. My grandmother, Estelle Harper aka Collins married using the Collins surname, to Howard H. Pitts of Moultrie, GA in 1934. Her sisters Paulina and Mary Ruth married brothers Jack and Robert Duggan. Anyone brave enough to claim them, please contact me. Thanks Sheree -----Original Message----- From: rharper [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 2 November 1999 21:21 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Harper + Coleman Sorry, no connection here. I go back to Benjamin B. Harper, b. 1785 Lincoln County, NC. Married Hanna Moore in 1808, they then moved to Carroll County, TN. Moved to what became Greene County, MO around 1835 to 1839. Family and descendants then lived in Greene, Wright, Webster, Ozark County, Missouri before moving to the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma area in 1925. Ron Harper -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 4:10 AM Subject: RE: Harper + Coleman >I don't think so. My research only goes back to Arthur Harper from Reading, >England, so far. > >-----Original Message----- >From: John Harper [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: 01 November 1999 07:02 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Harper + Coleman > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 11:30 AM >Subject: Harper + Coleman > > >> Hello, >> >> Please let me know if your data connects to this family: >> >> 1---Robert Franklin Harper, b. abt 1851 in Monticello, AK, d. 1901 >> + Mattie Louise Coleman, b. August 30, 1859 in Coldwater, MS, m. 1886 >> d. 1937 >> 2---Martha Elizabeth Harper, b. February 22, 1890 in Rowell, AK, d. >> November 1989 >> in Roswell, NM. >> >> Thank you for checking, >> Regards, >> Mike Savoy >> >> >> ==== HARPER Mailing List ==== >> Need list assistance? Please contact: [email protected] >> List Adm for HARPER-L and HARPER-D >> Now with over 420 subscribers! >> >> No connection at this time. JH, > > >==== HARPER Mailing List ==== >Your contributions to RootsWeb helps make HARPER-L possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > ==== HARPER Mailing List ==== HARPER Family Mail List Archives: courtesy of Rootsweb, our gracious host! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Just type in the mail list's name: HARPER