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Husband: Absalom HARPER 1
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   Born: in Georgia 2
Married: 12 Jul 1806 in Clarke County, Georgia 19 20
   Died: after 1840
 Father: Alexander Thornton HARPER
 Mother: Elizabeth JONES
Spouses:
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   Wife: Elizabeth HUGHEY 16 17
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   Born: (Private) 18
   Died:
 Father: James HUGHEY
 Mother: >>>
Spouses:
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Children
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01  (M): Samuel HARPER 21
   Born: 15 Mar 1809 in Georgia 22 23 24
   Died: 26 Jul 1882 in Simpson County, Mississippi 25
Spouses: Mary AINSWORTH
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02  (M): Jesse HARPER 26
   Born: 1812 in Mississippi 27
   Died: Unknown
Spouses: Nancy AINSWORTH; Lenora Ellen DEAR
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03  (M): Absolum HARPER 28
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04  (M): Elmore HARPER 31
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05  (M): Alexander HARPER 32
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Additional Information

Absalom HARPER:
Religion: 1820-1824, member and ordained minister of New Chapel Church, and delegate to the Pearl River Baptist Association; Pike County, Mississippi 3
Residence: 1826-1827, Simpson County, Mississippi 4 5
Property: 01 May 1826, Simpson County, Mississippi 6
Lot number 2, of Section 5, in Township 10, North of the 34 degree of Latitude, of Range 21West in the District of Choctaw and State of Mississippi, containing 108 acres
Property: 12 Jul 1826, Simpson County, Mississippi 7
Lot number 1 of Section 5, in Township 10 N of the 31st degree of Latitude, of Range 21 West in the District of Choctaw and State of Mississippi containing 110 acres
Property: 01 May 1827, Copiah and Simpson Counties, Mississippi 8
Lot number 7, of Section 31, in Township 1, of Range 2 East, in the District of Choctaw, Mississippi, continaing 80 acres
Residence: 1828, Simpson County, Mississippi 9
Residence: 1830, Simpson County, Mississippi
Occupation: 1837, Justice of the Peace; Simpson County, Mississippi 10
Property: 10 Feb 1840, Simpson County, Mississippi 11
The SE quarter of Section 6, in Township one, of Range 3 East, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Mount Salus, Mississippi, containing 157.44 acres
Property: 10 Feb 1840, Washington County, Mississippi
Lot number 2, of Section 6, in Township 18, of Range 7 West, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Mount Salus Mississippi containing 152.69 acres
Residence: 1840, Simpson County, Mississippi 12 13
Property: 10 Dec 1840, Simpson County, Mississippi 14
The NE quarter of the NW quarter of Section 8, in Township 1, of Range 3 east, in the District of lands subject to sale at Mount Valur (?), Mississippi, containing 40.25 acres
Military Service: 1812, during the War of 1812 as a Sergeant 15

Footnotes

  1. Letter from Calvin W. Harper, and his contribution to Family Search Ancestral File.
  2. 1880 Louisiana Census, Calcasieu Parish (File Num: 1254450).
  3. History of Half Moon Bluff Baptist Church, 1812-1830 (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/washingt/churches/halfmoon.txt).
  4. Land Patent 1915, cash-entry Jackson Land Office, Mississippi.
  5. Land Patent 2818, Cash-entry Jackson Land Office, Mississippi.
  6. Land Patent 1623, Cash-entry Jackson Land Office, Mississippi.
  7. Land Patent 1915, cash-entry Jackson Land Office, Mississippi.
  8. Land Patent 2818, Cash-entry Jackson Land Office, Mississippi.
  9. 1828 Mississippi Petitioner's List.
  10. The Whitemire Manuscript page (Gowen Research Foundation. http://bz.llano.net/gowen/hussey_millenium/whitms004.htm).
  11. Land Patent 18781, Cash-entry, Preemption Mount Salus Land Office, Mississippi.
  12. Ibid.
  13. Land Patent 24319, Cash-entry Mount Salus Land Office, Mississippi.
  14. Ibid.
  15. Hind’s Battalion of Cavalry, Mississippi Militia (Hind’s Dragoons) (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/military/warof1812/thomashinds1812.txt).
  16. Letter from Calvin W. Harper, and his contribution to Family Search Ancestral File.
  17. Dodd, Jordan, Georgia Marriages to 1850 (1997. [database online] Provo, UT. http://www.ancestry.com).
  18. Letter from Dudley Rinicker, rootsweb WorldConnect (rootsweb WorldConnect).
  19. Dodd, Jordan, Georgia Marriages to 1850 (1997. [database online] Provo, UT. http://www.ancestry.com).
  20. Poss, F. S., and T. O. Brooks, Clarke County, Georgia Marriage Records, 1803-1909 (Published by Authors, Cumming, Georgia), p. 91.
    Quality: 3.
  21. 1860 Louisiana Census, Rapides Parish, Alexandria Post Office, p. 74.
    Quality: 3.
  22. Ibid.
  23. 1870 Louisiana Census, Calcasieu Parish (ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/calcasieu/census/1870/indx1870.txt).
  24. Letter from Calvin W. Harper, and his contribution to Family Search Ancestral File.
  25. Letter from Dudley Rinicker, rootsweb WorldConnect (rootsweb WorldConnect).
  26. 1880 Louisiana Census, Calcasieu Parish (File Num: 1254450), p. 36.
    Quality: 3.
  27. Ibid.
  28. Letter from Calvin W. Harper, and his contribution to Family Search Ancestral File.
  29. Land Patent 18781, Cash-entry, Preemption Mount Salus Land Office, Mississippi.
  30. Land Patent 18782, Cash-entry, Preemption Mount Salus Land Office, Mississippi.
  31. Letter from Calvin W. Harper, and his contribution to Family Search Ancestral File.
  32. Ibid.

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