1. | Eliza Harper was born on 19 Oct 1852 (daughter of Hamilton (Ham) Harper and Mary Beckett); died between 1891 and 1947. Eliza married Jesse Hamilton Daniel between 1867 and 1902. Jesse was born between 1836 and 1865; died between 1891 and 1949. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | Hamilton (Ham) Harper was born in 1822 in Fayette Co Virginia Now Raleigh Co. Wva (son of Joseph Harper and Franceis " Fanny" Stover); died in 1896. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: HE OWNED 246 ACRES ON THE HEAD WATERS OF SAND LICK, RALEIGH CO DEED DATED: MARCH 1861, SIGNED BY JOHN LETCHER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND, VA. CONFIRMATION OF SURVEY MADE APRIL 3, 1860. Hamilton married Mary Beckett in 1850. Mary was born in 1831; died in 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Mary Beckett was born in 1831; died in 1895.
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4. | Joseph Harper was born on 16 Sep 1791; died on 30 Nov 1877 in Raleigh Co. Wva. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: JOSEPH HARPER IS TEMPORARY HEAD OF THE HARPER CLAN. THE FIRST IS A QUOTE FROM THE WRITINGS OF GENERAL ALFRED BECKLEY, REPRINTED IN BECKLEY USA, VOLUME 2 PAGE 336, WHICH READS: JOSEPH HARPER, ESQ., HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS ON COAL RIVER ESPECIALLY MY OLD FRIEND JACOB HARPER, SO SHAMEFULLY MURDERED AND HIS ENTERPRISING SONS, JACKSON, JOSEPH, GEORGE WESLEY, WILLIAM AND FRANKLIN." THE SECOND IS THE RALEIGH CO. DEATH RECORDS SHOWING THE DEATHS OF JAMES HARPER, AGE 18 YEARS, UNMARRIED, WHO DIED OF FEVER AT COAL RIVER, WVA ON SEPT 19 ,1853; AND JOSEPH HARPER, AGE 20 YEARS, UNMARRIED, WHO DIED OF FEVER AT COAL RIVER, WVA ON SEPT. 21, 1853. BOTH OF THESE WERE SONS OF JOSEPH AND FRANCES HARPER, ACCORDING TO THE DEATH RECORDS, AND THEIR DEATHS WERE REPORTED BY THEIR BROTHER JACOB. THE EARLY LAND RECORDS TO RALEIGH CO ALSO SHOW A JOSEPH HARPER, BUT THERE IS NOTHING THERE TO INDICATE HOW HE IS RELATED TO OTHER HARPERS. Joseph married Franceis " Fanny" Stover on 3 Aug 1814 in Giles Co Virginia. Franceis (daughter of Jacob Stover and Sarah "Sally" McGhee) was born on 21 Aug 1805 in Fayette Co Wva; died on 29 Sep 1877 in Raleigh Co. Wva. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Franceis " Fanny" Stover was born on 21 Aug 1805 in Fayette Co Wva (daughter of Jacob Stover and Sarah "Sally" McGhee); died on 29 Sep 1877 in Raleigh Co. Wva. Other Events and Attributes:
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10. | Jacob Stover was born about 1764 in Franklin Co VA (son of Henry Stover and Anna Kline); died about 1847 in Coal River, Raleigh Co. Wva. Notes: The cemetery at Workman's Creek sits on top of the mountain, and at the very top is an 8 ft Monument dedicated to Jacob Stover and Sallie McGhee. There is a drawing of a Pioneer Man and Pioneer Woman on the monument and it reads: Dedicated to Jacob Stover ca 1767-1844 Sally McGhee ca 1776-1836 Jacob married Sarah "Sally" McGhee on 16 Mar 1788 in Franklin VA. Sarah was born about 1767 in Virginai; died between 1823 and 1824 in Coal River, Raleigh Co. Wva. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Sarah "Sally" McGhee was born about 1767 in Virginai; died between 1823 and 1824 in Coal River, Raleigh Co. Wva. Other Events and Attributes:
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