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]