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Subject: [ALHENRY] Re: Findings on Wilson Harper Letter of January, 1860, Henry County, Alabama
Date: 15 Mar 2002 20:08:17 -0700

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I am related to Wilson through his younger brother Alex (born 1852). Here is some more information on Wilson Harper

Born: November 8, 1841
Died: November 16, 1921
Buried: Harper Family Cemetery, Houston County Alabama

Military service:
Enlisted March 18, 1862, Jackson County Florida in the 6th Florida Infantry, Company D, CSA. He was wounded in the leg and captured on Missonary Ridge November 25, 1863. Released on oath from Ft. Delaware Prison on June 10, 1865. He was 5' - 5", hazel eyes, dark skin and hair (source: Biographical Rosters of Florida's confederate and Union Soldiers 1861-1865, Volume II by David W. Hartman and David Coles)

In a correspondence I have from the Ft. Delaware Society there is a copy of a card that says he was captured in Louisville on March 3, 1864 and it also noted on that card "Div 16 Detail". I don't know if that means he was on a work detail, escaped and was recaptured or what since that date conflicts with the date in the Florida roster book.

aside from the 1850 census I show him in the:

1860 census, Woodville Beat, Henry County, Alabama

1880 census, Gordon, Henry County, Alabama

married Mary Elizabeth Unk
Children:
Rachel, Mary, Rosa, Victoria, Benjamin & Albert
(Rachel was born 7 1/2 months after he enlisted, the others were born 1866 and later)

>From the same Florida roster book there is also:

Washington Harper. Born 1845, Henry County, Alabama. Enlisted July 1, 1863 in Knoxville with the 6th Florida Infantry, Company D, CSA. He was captured at Cassville, Georgia on May 19, 1864 and released on oath from Rock Island prison on June 20, 1865. He was 5' - 10.5", light skin, brown hair and grey eyes. (it would appear that when he turned 18 he went and joined the fight alongside his older brother Wilson)

He is also listed in the same household in the 1860 census but I don't see him in the 1880 census nor do I have information regarding marriage, etc.

Other Henry County residents in the 6th Florida Infantry, Company D were;

William Bruner
John A. Cohran
Willis A Conner
Thomas B. Koonce
Lewis W. Pynes
Calton Erasmus Sellers (another member of my family)
Solomon S Starling
John W. Thompson

There may be more but these are the only ones that the book specifically stated were from Henry County

Calton Erasmus Sellers and Wilson Harper were released from Ft. Delaware prison on the same day, June 10, 1865.

Bob Williams
Tampa, Florida

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