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Harris - Raper Family Bible Notes |
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I am not sure where I picked these up, but these were notes from a Harris Bible. |
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Caleb Raper of Pasquotank County married Margaret A. Harris 11/20/180 in Halls Creek Salvadora
Raper married Thomas E. Palmer 9/9/1880 Robert
Raper brother of Caleb married Anna Markham 1/4/1882 Children:
Mahlon Belton b. 9/10/1907 Margaret
Ann Thompson married Joseph Harris 11/3/1853 (he died 12/22/1859) R.
H. Raper married Mary B. Cartwright 10/18/1853 Children:
Eugene Murray 9/21/1894
Otis 2/9/1898 Caleb
Raper born 10/20/1842 married Margaret A. Raper
born 7/30/1836 Children:
Salvadora
10/29/1861
Joseph Warren
4/29/1864
Richard Henry
11/14/1870
Emma
2/3/1864
Martha
3/23/1868
William Kennedy
5/28/1878 Joseph
and Margaret A. Harris Children:
John Anderson
9/11/1856
Delfina
2/22/1859
Quintin Trotman
2/7/1856 Deaths: Robert
Raper father of Caleb Raper died 11/15/1881 Maggie
A. Harris daughter of Johnnie A. Harris and Jennie died 10/22/1887 George
Kirk Harris son of John and Jennie Harris died 12/9/1900 Salvadora
Raper Palmer died 4/30/1881 Joseph Warren Raper died 9/11/1870 Joseph
Harris died 12/22/1859 Quintin
Harris died June 1859 Delphina
Harris died July 1860 Margaret
A. Raper wife
of Caleb died May 22, 1903 Caleb Sr. died October 15, 1915 John
A. Harris died 2/4/1922 John
A. Harris, Jr. and Willie Walston were married 6/9/1907 (this is the John Harris who
last wrote in the Bible) Children:
Harvard Glenn 5/25/1908 – died 1/3/1977
Norman Joseph 12/5
Norman married Lucy 6/1/1935
Children:
Michael Wayne Harris 5/24/1947 |
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Other Notes on the Harris - Raper connection found in the North Carolina Archives |
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Will of Caleb Raper 1844 from Willbook N/185 AR Wife Mary, brother Robert Raper, son Caleb Raper [stepfather of John Harris] 50 acres From Abstracts of Pasquotank and Camden Counties Wills Book HIK 1752-1796 75-1762, WB I/26 AR Cornelius Raper 1813 Wife Ann Sons David, Samuel, Cornelius, Robert Daughters Fanny, Betsey Mary Raper 1816 Negro Stephen to son Robert Bed to son John, Bed to Patsy Josiah Raper 1762 Wife Mary Son Cornelius, daughter Penelipah, son Benjamin, daughter Margaret Other Notes on this family: 1870 Pasquotank Census Raper/Harris family Mt. Herman Township – Elizabeth City 7/22/1870 Caleb Raper 28 farmer $2500 real estate $665 personal property Margaret A. 35 keeping house Salvadora 6 Joseph Warren 4 John A. Harris 15 laborer Barbara White 15 cook Caleb and Margaret can’t read or write. John attended school in 1870, but census also stated he couldn’t read or write. 1880 Census June 1880 Salem Township – Pasquotank Caleb Raper 37 farmer Margaret A. 43 housekeeper Salvadora 18 Richard Henry 9 William K. 2 Household: Mollie Heavis (wf) 12 Elizabeth Price (wf) 21 cook C.C. Thompson (wm) 26 farm laborer Seth Perry (wm) 21 farm laborer Isaiah White (bm) 46 farm laborer Confuch (bf) 35 housekeeper Mottie (bf) 6 daughter Lethia (bf) 4 daughter Levia (bm) 2 son 1850 Census Robert Raper (father of Caleb?) Robert Raper 41 Mary 29 William 19 Henry 17 Mary 14 Martha 12 George 10 Caleb 8 Mary 7 John 5 1870 Census – other Rapers – possibly Caleb’s relatives Robert Raper 61 farming Mary A. 49 keeping house Margaret F. 19 housekeeper Robert D. 12 laborer Henry Raper 31 farmer Martha 31 keeping house William 13 |