Person:John Harpole (14)

Name	John Harpole
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	14 Jan 1792	Virginia
Military`^?`	1814	(served in War of 1812)
Marriage	26 Jan 1816	Wilson County, Tennessee(his 1st wife) to Elizabeth Swingley
Marriage	20 Sep 1824	Rutherford County, Tennessee(his 2nd wife) to Mary Ann McMenamy
Census^[1]	1850	Obion County, Tennessee
Census^[2]	1860	Obion County, Tennessee
Death`^?`	12 Feb 1861	Obion County, Tennessee

Obion County, Tennessee, 1850 census:^[1]

Harpole, John 59 yrs Farmer (real estate = $1,700) b. Virginia

Page 28 yrs Farmer b. Tennessee

Milly 21 yrs b. Tennessee

William 18 yrs Farmer b. Tennessee

Bettiss, Christianna 80 yrs b. Pennsylvania

Obion County, Tennessee, 1860 census:^[2]

Harpool, John 68 yrs Farmer (real estate = $4,500; personal estate = $100) b. Virginia

W. P. 38 yrs Farmer (personal estate = $100) b. Tennessee

Milley 30 yrs b. Tennessee

Sarah P. 8 yrs b. Tennessee

Andrew J. 6 yrs b. Tennessee

Ferris E. 1 yr b. Tennessee

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Obion, Tennessee, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 325B, dwelling/family [no numbers].
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Obion, Tennessee, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 10, dwelling/family 654/---.
Obion, Tennessee, United States. Court Minutes
p. 100, 1 Oct 1855.

Appointed to be one of three superintendents of a crew to repair Reelfoot bridge on the Dresden-Hickman road.
Obion, Tennessee, United States. Court Minutes
p. 26, 2 Jun 1851.

Ordered by the court to serve as one of three election judges for District #1 during the upcoming election in August.
Carr, John. Early times in middle Tennessee. (Nashville, Tennessee: R.H. Horsley and Associates, 1958).

The first court for Wilson county was held at the house of Capt. John Harpole.