Ulysses Grant Harper

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(Medical):DIED AT AGE 22

Died:
HEART TROUBLE

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• Fact 1: Fact 1

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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.
A DEED FOR 505 ACRES TO HAMILTON HARPER ON THE MIDDLE FORK OF SANDLICK CREEK, RALEIGH COUNTY. SIGNED: JUNE 18, 1866 BY ARTHUR I. BOROMAN, ESQ. GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

Facts about this person:

Armed Forces
Union Army Civil War

Residence
Clear Fork Raleigh Co Wva

Hamilton married Mary Beckett in 1850. Mary was born in 1831; died in 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

Facts about this person:

Occupation
Farmer and Large land owner on Clear Fork of Coal River Raleigh Co. Wva

Alt. Occupation 1860
Mail carrier

Burial
Raleigh Co. WVa

Residence
Lived in Giles /Logan and Fayette and Raleigh Counties Virginia

Census 1850
Joseph resided with Henry and Susan Miller family

Alt. Census 1860
Joseph resided with son Jacob and Elvira Harper and family

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]

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• Fact 1: Fact 1
• Name: Fanny

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Census 1850
resided with son Hamilton and Mary Harper family

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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
Married on 3-16-1788
And their children are listed as: Jacob Jr, Obediah, Henry, John, Lewis, Francis, Abraham, Susan, Sampson, and Jubal.
The following inscription is on the stone-
"Who with great faith in God left their homeland in Franklin Co. Virginia and settled here on Coal River at the mouth of Lick Run about 1815, and by word and deed set, an example for their ancestors to follow. We, their many descendents are forever grateful to these,'true pioneers for the courage they showed and the hardships they faced. It is to these the grandparents of us all that we give our greatest honor and our deepest respect." Dedicated 5-29-1994

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]

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• Name: Sally