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I owned a horse named Ready Money. In my will I bequeathed this horse to my daughter Betsey,
along with my cart and yoke of oxen and other necessities of the 19th century.
My name was Sally Smith.
Descendancies of Allen Harper of Greene County, Georgia
- Allen Harper Descendancy Report
- Thomas Jefferson Harper and Mary Jane Almand Descendancy Report, from information provided by Robert N. Hale, Sr.
- Please note, for descendants of this line, Robert can provide a more detailed report.
Associated Lines
Photos
1967 James Henry Harper family, taken at the funeral of Sarah Connell Harper. L-R: James Henry Harper, Sally, Johnny, Mary, Shorty, Clara, Tippy, Margaret
Civil War Veteran John Bledsoe Harper.
Click for a group photo of J.B. and his "second family". After John's first wife Mariah M. Hanson Harper died, he remarried to Texanna Levi Tidwell of Alabama. Here is their family. My good friend Florida Jean Faulk Maurer descends from this line. Left to right in the back are: Wiley Mitchell, Wyatt Watson, Mary Annie, Leon Livingston, and Lou Pearl Harper. Seated are John Bledsoe and Tex Anna Harper.
James Henry Harper
Sarah Connell Harper
My name was Allen Harper.
Tax Lists
- Harpers in Early Georgia Tax Lists, and other records by Carolyn Harper Johnson
Census Extracts
- 1820 Census of Jasper County, Georgia
- 1820 Census of Morgan County, Georgia
- 1820 Census of Walton County, Georgia
- 1830 Census of Greene County, Georgia
- 1830 Census of Jasper County, Georgia
- 1830 Census of Morgan County, Georgia
- 1830 Census of Walton County, Georgia
- Blank Census Templates for Excel 97
- Some Harper Census Extracts, by Jean Maurer
Wills and Administration Records
- James Hanson Last Will and Testament - possible grandfather of Mariah M. Hanson (w/o John Bledsoe Harper)
- Sale of Allen Harper Estate, 6 March 1830, contributed to GenWeb by Carolyn L. Harper Johnson
- Estate of Allen Harper
- Will of Wyatt Harper, transcribed by Jean Maurer
- Division of the Property of Lucy Harper, transcribed by Jean Maurer
- Obituary of Jennie Shields Harper, Will of Sally Smith, and Appraisement of Estate of Allen Harper [incomplete], transcribed by Jean Maurer
Marriage Records
- Wyatt Harper and Jane Shields 1830
- Wyatt Harper and Martha White 1855
- John Bledsoe Harper and Mariah M. Hanson 1867
- John Bledsoe Harper and Texanna Tidwell 1881
- John Tarpley Harper and Sallie Pullin 1893
- Transcriptions of Marriage Records of Harpers of my line in Georgia
- Some Harper Marriage Extractions of Georgia and Virginia, by Jean Maurer
War Records
- Panola Guards article in the Madisonian 1887
- Harpers in the Georgia Militia in the War of 1812
- Our Harpers in the Civil War, and Brownfield in Revolutionary War, compiled by Jean Maurer
- James Martin Harper, Jr., USMC, WWII, KIA Enogai Point, New Georgia, BSI, 1943
Notes and Books
- Notes taken at Largo Library, abstracted by Jean Maurer
- Books and references, from Jean Maurer
Other Descendants and Researchers of Harper Lines and Allied Families of Georgia, Florida, and Virginia
- Jean Maurer – Allen Harper of Greene County, Georgia
- Carolyn Harper Johnson – Patrick Harper of Ireland and Virginia
- Dan Hulsey - John H. Hanson of Morgan County and Hall County, Georgia