1. | Margaret Knox was born ca 1711, Ulster, Ireland; died 1780, Lancaster Co. SC; was buried , Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster Co. SC. Notes:
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Charles Town, South Carolina; Year: 1767; Page Number: 93
Name: William Harper
Birth Year: abt 1704
Arrival Year: 1767
Arrival Place: Charles Town, South Carolina
Age: 63
Source Publication Code: 7343
Primary Immigrant: Harper, William
Annotation: From the Journals of the Council of the Colony of South Carolina. Names and land allotments under the Bounty Act of 1761.
Source Bibliography: REVILL, JANIE. A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773. Columbia [S.C.]: State Co., 1939. 163p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1981.
Page: 93
Arrival Date: December, 1767
Ship: The Earl of Donegal
Shipmaster: Duncan Ferguson
Listed on the ship included:
William Harper, age 63
The males over age 16 made applications for land grants in Craven Co. SC, which part is now in Lancaster Co. SC.
William Harper, Sr. received 250 acres on Wild Cat Creek in Craven Co.; He was granted 100 acres for himself and 50 acres each for his wife and two youngest children, John and Jane. Each of the boys over age 16 received 100 acres in their own names for Daniel, William, Jr. and James.
Buried:
Grave location:
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Margaret married William Harper. William was born ca 1704, Ulster, Ireland; died 1777, Lancaster Co. SC; was buried , Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster Co. SC. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Mary Harper was born 1723, Ulster, Ireland; died 09 Nov 1810, Mecklenburg Co. NC; was buried , Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co. NC.
- Benjamin Harper was born ca 1737, Ulster, Ireland; died 12 Jun 1801, Lancaster Co. SC; was buried , Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster Co. SC.
- Robert Harper was born ca 1742, Ulster, Ireland; died 1777, Lancaster Co. SC.
- Dr. Daniel Harper was born ca 1747, Ulster, Ireland; died 15 Jul 1791, Lancaster Co. SC; was buried , Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster Co. SC.
- William Harper, Jr. was born ca 1749, Ulster, Ireland; died 19 Sep 1813, Lancaster Co. SC; was buried , Shiloh Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster Co. SC.
- James Harper was born ca 1751, Ulster, Ireland.
- John Harper was born ca 1753, Ulster, Ireland.
- Jane Harper was born ca 1756, Ulster, Ireland.
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