Dr. Daniel Harper

Male 1747 - 1791  (~ 44 years)


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  1. 1.  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.

    Notes:

    U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
    Charles Town, South Carolina; Year: 1767; Page Number: 93

    Name: Daniel Harper
    Birth Year: abt 1747
    Arrival Year: 1767
    Arrival Place: Charles Town, South Carolina
    Age: 20
    Source Publication Code: 7343
    Primary Immigrant: Harper, Daniel

    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 his parents and siblings:
    William Harper, age 63
    Margaret, age 56, his wife
    John Harper, age 14, his son
    Jane Harper, age 11, his daughter

    Daniel Harper, age 21
    William Harper, Jr., age 18
    James, age 16

    Robert Harper, age 25
    Agnes, age 24, his wife
    John, age 6, his son

    Benjamin Harper, age 30
    Martha Harper, age 24, his wife
    William Harper, age 4, his son

    Buried:
    Grave location and tombstone photo:
    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Harper&GSiman=1&GScid=2131051&GRid=10224814&
    Inscription: [decoration: double line of alternate blocks following edge of top center curve of stone]

    In memory of/ DANIEL HARPER/ M. DOCTOR
    who departed this life
    July 15th 1791 In the 46th
    Year of his age.
    Jefus into thy faithful hands
    My naked foul I truft,
    And my hope waits for thy command
    To raife me from the duft.