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Lived at Flat Fork PO, Roane Co WV
Buried Hunt/Harper Cem, Ryan, Roane Co, WV
Harper, Arenstead VA RUSSELL CO. 154 1830
Harper, Asey VA RUSSELL CO. 154 1830
Harper, Enoch VA RUSSELL CO. 154 1830
Harper, Henson VA WOOD CO. 386 1830
1830 Russell Co, VA
2m 0-5
2m 5-10
1m 20-30
1f 0-5
1f 20-30
1840 Kanawha Co
1850 Kanawha Co VA Dist 29 # 1277-1295
Armistead Harper 50
Rachel 48
Margaret 16
Lidia 14
Jarusha 11
Almeda 8
Malinda 6
Sarah J 3
1860 Roane Co, WV
854 Flat Fork
Armistead Harper, 60 farmer 1200/1300 Va
Rachel, 56 KY
Malinda, 15 VA
Sarah J, 13 VA
Druzilla, 11 VA d/o Henderson
Sarah, 3 VA d/o Henderson
James Bishop, 45 VA
1870 Harper, Roane, WV # 37-42
Harper, Rachel 66 KY June
Lowe, Sarah C, 13 WV Nov
Anderson, MA 7 f WV Sept
1880 Census Place: Harper, Roane, West Virginia Page 40A
Rachel HARPER Self F W W 78 VA
Catharine HARPER GDau F S W 23 WV
Roane Co Deeds: Armstead Harper
to Spencer D Green, 1859, Bk 1, Pg 347, D 116a
to Oliver Hunt, Bk 1, Pg 551, 1860, D 50a [Elizabeth Almeda]
to Almeda Hunt, Bk 1 P 551,1860, 50a
to Alex Harper, B1 P 552, 1860, 60a Poca
to Joseph Raines, B1 P 553, 1860, 103a
to Wm H Lowe, B1 P 560, 1860, 50a Flat Fork
to Elizabeth Anderson, B2 P 373, 1866, 100a Flat Fork of Poca
to S B Steers, B2 P 92, lease (no year listed but preceeding entry was 1866, lease grantors included Asa, Geo W & John Harper
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'History of the Harper District' by MAC Hopkins
Armstead Harper was the son of John and Rachel (Taylor) Harper. He came here with his family, who were the first ot settle in the wilderness, now Harper District, about 1835.
Armstead Harper settled near of the mouth of Flat Fork where he had bought several hundred acres of land . . . .
The home of Armstead Harper was a great community center for miles around. Mr Harper was an upright and honorable Christian man. It was here that the first church of Harper District was founded. This was the Mount Moriah Baptist Church. Armstead Harper and his family were its first members. Here at the home of Mr Harper the first sermon in the district was preached. Asa Harper taught the first school in the district in a cabin on Mr Harper's farm in 1839. On this Armstead Harper farm is the first cemetery of the district. Mrs John Harper being among the first to be buried there.
Harper District received its name from Armstead, Asa and Thomas Harper, who made the first permanent settlement there about 1835.
Kanawha Co marriages:
Lowe, Levi, and Mary Harper, Mar. 18, 1856.
Munday, Garrett, and Mary Ann Harper, Sep. 16, 1869.
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