Person:Elijah Harper (3)

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Elijah H. Harper
m. Abt 1797
  1. Sarah K. Harper1798 - 1867
  2. Mary W. Harper1801 - 1836
  3. William Mitchell Harper1803 - 1865
  4. Martha G. Harper1805 - 1856
  5. Nancy C. Harper1808 -
  6. Elijah H. Harper1811 - 1853
  7. Elisabeth B. Harper1812 - 1868
  8. Reuben J. Harper1815 - 1895
  9. James M. Harper1818 -
  10. Eliza T. (F.) Harper1820 - 1857
  11. Royster E. (C.) Harper1825 - 1836
m. 29 Oct 1833
  1. Royster Emily Harper1832 - 1916
  2. William Reuben Harper1834 - 1864
  3. Mary A. Elizabeth Harper1837 - 1896
  4. James Willis Harper1840 - 1914
  5. Frances Evalina Harper1843 - 1925
  6. John M. Harper1848 - 1922
  7. Judge Andrew Harper1852 - 1926
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4][5] Elijah H. Harper
Gender Male
Birth[1][4][5] 11 Mar 1811 Elbert County, Georgia
Marriage 29 Oct 1833 Elbert County, Georgiato Martha Eavenson
Occupation[5] 6 Aug 1850 1850 Census - Farmer
Residence[5] 6 Aug 1850 1850 Census - Elbert District, Elbert County, Georgia
Other[5] 6 Aug 1850 1850 Census - $1,700Value of Real Estate
Death[1][4] 8 Jul 1853 Elbert County, Georgia
Burial[6] Family Cemetery, Elbert County, Georgia

Elijah H. Harper was Justice of the Inferior Court in Elbert County in 1853. According to the 1850 Elbert County census he was a farmer.

AN ORDER TRANSMITTED TO SERGEANT ELIJAH H. HARPER.

May 13th day 1848. Mr. Elijah H. Harper 3rd Sergeant. You are hereby required to cause all the officers and privates composing the 3rd squad of the 315th Dist. G. M. to be and appear at Elberton on the 26th and 27th of this June armed and equiped as law directs for the purpose of drill review and inspection. John P. Fleming, John M. Adams, Eliel Hansard, Thomas J. Maxwell, George Eavenson, W,. T. Harman, Joseph Pulliam, W. L. King, John King, Thomas King, Wm Loftis, Junr, Francis R. Bond, Asa M. Rice.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Willis R. Head Bible, printed in 1837, in the possession of Jack E. Crane, Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1994.
  2. Georgia, Elbert County, Marriage Record Book 1836-1838, page 199.
  3. Eavenson-Strickland and Allied Families by Sexta Eavenson Strickland, page 11.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Family Bible of Willis R. Head, published by Thomas Mason and George Lane, New York, 1837, in the possession o.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 United States, Department of Commerce, Census Bureau. 1850 Census, Georgia, Elbert County, Elbert District - E. H. Harper. (Name: 1850 Census, Series M432, Roll 68, Page 370; Georgia, Elbert County, Elbert District, 6 August 1850, Page 370, Line 12, Dwelling 92, Family 92;).
  6. Ann Holloman, Royston, Georgia to William A. Coup, Boca Raton, Florida, citing Mr. Ernest W. Harper, Route 3, (1).