Nancy Elizabeth Harper

1826 - 1866  (39 years)

• Name	Nancy Elizabeth Harper
  Born	28 Sep 1826	Russell County, Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	19 Apr 1866	Roane County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Notes	RCDR: Elizabeth Anderson, 38y, 4/19/1866 P - Armsted Harper B - Russell Co, Va I - husband (name not given) Roane Co Deeds: Armstead Harper to Elizabeth Anderson, B2 P 373, 1866, 100a Flat Fork of Poca
  Person ID	I3252	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Armstead HARPER,   b. 19 Aug 1800, Russell County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 25 Nov 1867, Roane County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Rachel BISHOP,   b. 23 Jun 1801, Pike County, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 27 Oct 1883, Roane County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	1817	Russell County, Virginia, USA
  Notes	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 VA Rachel 48 KY Margaret 16 VA Lidia 14 VA Jarusha 11 VA Almeda 8 VA Malinda 6 VA Sarah J 3 VA 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 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 ~~~ '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 to 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.
  Family ID	F135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Samuel Hargus,   b. Abt 1825, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	10 Oct 1847	Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  Notes	KCMR: Hargis, Samuel, and Elizabeth Harper, Oct. 10, 1847. 1850 Kanawha Co VA # 1274-1292 Samuel Harper 24 Mary 21 John 3 Sarah 2 Rachel 4/12 David Shaver 17 Lafayette Shaver 14 Samuel Hargis 24 Elizabeth (nag) Andrew Hargis 1 James Hargis 9
  Children	1. Andrew Hargus,   b. 14 Feb 1848, Virginia, USA ,   d. 19 Mar 1925, Roane County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F2095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	William Anderson,   b. 1820, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	19 Jun 1856	Roane County, West Virginia, USA   [2, 4]
  Notes	RCMR: William, 40, w, Botetourt Co, Roane, s/o Alex and Catherine Elizabeth Hargess, 29, w, Russell Co, Roane,d/o Amrstead & Rachel Harper, 6/19/1856 1860 Roane Co, WV # 84 William Anderson 45 VA Elizabeth 32 Andrew 11 [Hargus] Jane 3 Frances 1 1870 Harper, Roane, WV # 60-66 Rhodes, M 54 June Va Martha 54 Aug WV Martha 16 June WV Alice S 9 Sept WV Anderson, Wm 9 Dec WV 1880 Roane co Henderson Harper has an Allis Anderson, 18, servant, B WV, par b WV Could she be daughter of William and Elizabeth?
  Children	1. Elizabeth Jane Anderson,   b. 16 Apr 1857, Roane County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 31 Oct 1938, Roane County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 81 years)   2. Frances M Anderson,   b. 18 Nov 1858, Roane County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. William M Anderson,   b. 10 Nov 1860, Roane County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. M Alice Anderson,   b. Abt 1862,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Alfred Sherman Anderson,   b. 20 Jun 1865, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 25 Nov 1934, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F1103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Death Records, Roane Co, WV. [S45] James and Janet Lockhart. [S2] Marriage Records, Kanawha Co, WV. [S15] Marriage Records, Roane Co, WV.