Sandy, For the Harper's that settled in KY you might want to contact Nancy (clssyldy307@cs.com). She has lots of KY info and replied to your question about "where in KY?": Harpers settled in Woodford Co KY. I will need to dig into my papers and research and see what Harper's I might have during that period and that lived in Kentucky. Jacob Harper b. abt. 1785 married and Jemima Rose, both born in KY, but there children were born in IN Charles Rose 1824 Mathias R. 1826 Eliza Ann 1829 SaraH E. 1830 Malinda Caroline 1838 Martin Lea 1837 Alonzo Drake 1838 ------------------------------- Then we have an Indiana Source Book III (from State Library) showing Knox Co., IN marriage licenses & certificates: Harper, Henry - Eliza Hadden 12-6-1825 Harper, Jacob - Jemima Rose 11-20-1817 Harper, James - Margrette Curry 12-4-1812 Harper, John T. - Caty Glass 2-2-1830 Harper, Joseph - Martha Palmer 11-9-1830 Harper, Thomas - Polly Sullinger 4-2-1821 Harper, William - Elizabeth Dunn 1-29-1813 This info may not help, but maybe the marriages will help another HARPER who is researching. This came from Doug Harper's files, that he so freely shared with me. Good Luck in your search, Laura (Harper) Hurst JOxner9137@aol.com wrote: Laura Where in Kentucky did they settle? I am researching Hanse and Michael Harper. Hanse was born 1797. Believe he married Nancy Locke. They were from Barren/Hart County area. Specifically I am looking for Margaret Harper b 1826 in KY. She married my ggrandfather Patrick Riordan in 1854. She stated she was a widow. On the 1850 census she is listed as Margaret Kelly living with Silas Harper. Is he her father or perhaps another relative. Was she really a Kelly who married one of Silas' sons? So confusing. Pat divorced her so I cannot even find where she is buried. Would appreciate any suggestions or ideas!!!! Thanks Sandy ==== HARPER Mailing List ==== Need to unsubscribe? Send a message to: HARPER-L-request@rootsweb.com (for list) HARPER-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest) that contains (in the BODY of the message) the command unsubscribe and NO additional text. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!