Geroge Washington Finley Harper

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

Name: George Harper
Age: 15
Birth Year: abt 1835
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Lower Creek, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 491
Household Members:
James Harper 51
Caroline Harper 42
George Harper 15
Mary Harper 9
Finley Harper 6
Cornelia Harper 2
Henry Bowman 20
Wm Austin 19
Green Husler 13
Daml Presnell 22

1860 Census
Name: G W F Harper
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1834
Gender: Male
Birth Place: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina
Post Office: Lenoir
Family Number: 1151
Household Members:
G W F Harper 26
Ella Harper 24
L W Gilbert 24
S M Clarke 19


MILITARY RECORDS

Name: George Washington Finl Harper
Residence: Caldwell County, North Carolina, North Carolina
Occupation: Merchant
Age at Enlistment: 27
Enlistment Date: 10 May 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Caldwell County, North Carolina
State Served: North Carolina
Service Record: Commissioned an officer in. Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 19 Aug 1862.Enlisted in Company H, North Carolina 58th Infantry Regiment on 10 May 1862.Promoted to Full Captain on 25 Apr 1863.Promoted to Full Major on 09 Apr 1865.
Birth Date: abt 1835
Sources: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A RosterNorth Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster

Buried:
Grave location and portrait:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27969902&ref=acom

Died:
North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Name: Geo W F Harper
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 86
Birth Date: 7 Jul 1834
Birth Place: Caldwell
Death Date: 16 Mar 1921
Death Location: Lenoir, Caldwell
Spouse's Name: Ella Rankin Harper
Father's name: James Harper
Mother's name: Caroline E Finley

Geroge married Ellen Rankin. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10793640

James married Caroline Ellen FINLEY 29 Aug 1833, Augusta Co. VA. Caroline (daughter of Samuel FINLEY and Mary TATE) was born 15 Mar 1808, Augusta Co. VA; died 09 Aug 1867, Caldwell Co. NC; was buried , First Presbyterian Churchyard Cemetery, Lenoir, Caldwell Co. NC. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: E3C7D36469EA4518A5F28FBCC703B63D3095

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Caroline Harper
Age: 42
Birth Year: abt 1808
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Lower Creek, Caldwell, North Carolina
Gender: Female
Family Number: 491
Household Members:
James Harper 51
Caroline Harper 42
George Harper 15
Mary Harper 9
Finley Harper 6
Cornelia Harper 2
Henry Bowman 20
Wm Austin 19
Green Husler 13
Daml Presnell 22

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10793643&ref=acom

Notes:

Married:
Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.
Name: Caroline E. Finley
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: James Harper
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 29 Aug 1833
County: Augusta
State: Virginia

Other Events:

• _UID: E5F8295137534F7EA35E867838632ED64C3D

Notes:

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37807690

Samuel married Mary TATE 20 Sep 1796, Augusta Co. VA. Mary (daughter of John TATE, Esquire and Jane (Jinney) Berry) was born ca 1776, Augusta Co. VA; died 25 Aug 1829, Augusta Co. VA; was buried , Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middlebrook, Augusta Co.VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 7570A97DECCE439288B115E601C8E2C03914

Notes:

Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. (Rosslyn, Virginia: The Commonwealth Printing Company, 1912-1913 in Three Volumes).

Finley vs. Tate--O. S. 280; N. S. 99--Bill by Samuel Finley and Mary, his wife, daughter of John Tate, who died December, 1802, testate. John's son, Isaac, removed to Kentucky. John at death left following children, viz: Oratrix Mary (married at that time). Nancy also married then to Adam McChesney, Ellen, Drusilla, Jane, Elizabeth, Clorinda, one other daughter and two sons, all since dead under age, unmarried and intestate. Nancy McChesney died soon after her father, leaving an only child, Jane Eliza McChesney. Her husband, Adam McChesney, has also died, leaving Jane Eliza his only heir and infant. Ellen is now wife of John Finley of North Carolina. Drusilla has married John D. Ewin of Rockbridge. Jane has married Jacob Vanlear of Augusta. Elizabeth and Clorinda are unmarried (latter is infant).? [Chalkley, V2, p 212]

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=tate&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScnty=2810&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=37808111&df=all&

Notes:

Married:
Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Name: Mary Tate
Spouse: Samuel Finley
Marriage Date: 22 Sep 1796
Marriage Location: Augusta County, Virginia

Notes:

In in Augusta County tax lists from 1792 through 1790 During his lifetime, this John was known as John TATE Jr to distinguish him from his father and as John TATE, then he was Esq. from 1791 to 1801 for the rest of his lifetime.

Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. (Rosslyn, Virginia: The Commonwealth Printing Company, 1912-1913 in Three Volumes).

Vol. 2 - Finley vs. Tate--O. S. 280; N. S. 99--Bill by Samuel Finley and Mary, his wife, daughter of John Tate, who died December, 1802, testate. John's son, Isaac, removed to Kentucky. John at death left following children, viz: Oratrix Mary (married at that time). Nancy also married then to Adam McChesney, Ellen, Drusilla, Jane, Elizabeth, Clorinda, one other daughter and two sons, all since dead under age, unmarried and intestate. Nancy McChesney died soon after her father, leaving an only child, Jane Eliza McChesney. Her husband, Adam McChesney, has also died, leaving Jane Eliza his only heir and infant. Ellen is now wife of John Finley of North Carolina. Drusilla has married John D. Ewin of Rockbridge. Jane has married Jacob Vanlear of Augusta. Elizabeth and Clorinda are unmarried (latter is infant).

WILL ABSTRACT

Page 252.--18th April, 1801. John Tate's will--To wife and children, whole estate to be kept together for their benefit. Executors, wife Jinney, friends Robert Tate, Samuel Finley, Isaac Tate. Teste: John Tate. 3d; James Henry, Wm. Fulton, Geo. Berry. Proved, 27th December, 1802. Jinney, Robert, and Sam. qualify.



Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=TATE&GSiman=1&GScid=552495&GRid=53753624&
Inscription:
PVT, VA Militia, Revolutionary War
Plot: Row 4, 3

John married Jane (Jinney) Berry. Jane (daughter of George Berry and Agnes Hall) was born Bef 1751, Augusta Co. VA; died 1835, Augusta Co., VA; was buried , Old Providence ARP Church Cemetery, Spottswood, Augusta Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

From WeRelate.org

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Tate_%2828%29

Several researchers have believed that the wife of this John Tate was a Jane "Jenny" Steele, but recently, after examining the Revolutionary Pension Application and Statement of John Berry, it appears that John Tate's wife was actually Jane "Jenny" Berry, the sister of John Berry, both children of George Berry (est. 1725-1804) of Augusta County, Virginia. In his Revolutionary War Service Statement, John Berry clearly states that he served for one month in the place of John Tate, his brother-in-law, and served under [then] Capt. William Tate, who appears to be the brother of this John Tate, as follows:

That also he (John Berry) volunteered for two months which tour he served out under Capt Thos Smith [Thomas Smith] in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and eighty who went from Staunton Virginia. The other officers not recollected. that also, he went as a substitute for his brother-in-law John Tate and served one month.

This tour was served in the fall about Sept. shortly previous to Cornwallises capture in Oct?r. 1781 [Cornwallis, 19 Oct 1781] under Capt. William Tate in Colo Boyers regiment again with Major Long ? Gen?l Layfayette Gen?l Wayne ? Gen?l Mulenburgh [sic: Lafayette, Anthony Wayne, Peter Muhlenberg] regular officers were along and commanded but this declarant was more under the immediate command of Gen?l [William] Campbell who was a militia officer & died on this Expedition Major [Thomas] Armisted is also recollected as a regular officer. that he served several minor tours as a volunteer besides the foregoing ? particulars of which are not sufficiently recollected to set them forth that on the second Expedition above named he marched from Augusta County Va. to Richmond where he staid in service the ballance of s?d tour.

It should also be noted that George Berry, John Tate's apparent father-in-law, was a witness to John Tate's will, listed above, also adding additional support to John Tate's wife being a Berry instead of a Steele.

In addition, Based on the research by the Berry Family Research Team, they also feel fairly confident that John Tate Esquire's wife was Jane 'Jinny' BERRY, a daughter of George Berry (c1720-1803).. Their research is at the following website:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/newupload/pages/report.htm

-----------------

Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. (Rosslyn, Virginia: The Commonwealth Printing Company, 1912-1913 in Three Volumes).

Vol. 2 - Finley vs. Tate--O. S. 280; N. S. 99--Bill by Samuel Finley and Mary, his wife, daughter of John Tate, who died December, 1802, testate. John's son, Isaac, removed to Kentucky. John at death left following children, viz: Oratrix Mary (married at that time). Nancy also married then to Adam McChesney, Ellen, Drusilla, Jane, Elizabeth, Clorinda, one other daughter and two sons, all since dead under age, unmarried and intestate. Nancy McChesney died soon after her father, leaving an only child, Jane Eliza McChesney. Her husband, Adam McChesney, has also died, leaving Jane Eliza his only heir and infant. Ellen is now wife of John Finley of North Carolina. Drusilla has married John D. Ewin of Rockbridge. Jane has married Jacob Vanlear of Augusta. Elizabeth and Clorinda are unmarried (latter is infant).

Birth:
Old Providence Cemetery records indicate birth before 1751.

Buried:
Grave location and photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=TATE&GSiman=1&GScid=552495&GRid=54057521&