African Americans of the Kentucky Borderlands

Harper, Wilson

Item

Title

Harper, Wilson

Alias

Harper, Wilson W.

Gender

Male

Biography

Wilson Harper was born in Virginia May 16, 1807. The 1840 Boone, Kentucky census shows Wilson with one known enslaved. Wilson Harper and wife Agnes appear in the 1850 census in District 2, Boone, Kentucky. In 1860 Wilson is living in Taylor Port, Boone, Kentucky. His occupation is listed as farmer. The 1870 census shows Wilson and Agnes living in Taylorsport, Boone, Kentucky with their daughter Nancy. Wilson Harper died October 3, 1881 and is buried in Florence Cemetery.

Member

Harper family

Birth date

16 May 1807

Place of birth

Virginia

Life event(s)

Marriage 1: 27 Dec 1832; location unknown

Marriage 2: 1 Nov 1849; Kenton County (Ky.)

Kenton County (Ky.)

Spouse(s)

Brown, Nancy

Yeager, Agnes

Child(ren)

Harper, Nancy

Death date

3 Oct 1881

Death and burial information

Florence Cemetery (Florence, Ky.)

Participant in

1849--Family Escape From Wilson Harper

Member of

Friends of Emancipation (Boone County, Ky.)

Neighbor of

Neighbors in the 1850 Census: Vaughn, Henry; Foster, Jeremiah

Relationship

Known enslaved: Kite, Arelda; Kite, Elijah; Kite, Spencer

Harper, Mary Arelda

Kite, Elijah

Kite, Spencer

Description

Enslaved held in 1840: Females, 10 thru 23, one

Enslaved held in 1850: Male, 30 years old, black; Female, 22 years old, black; Male, 5 years old, black

Bibliographic citation(s)

FindAGrave.com, memorial #117895972

Source(s)

Find A Grave.com

Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Slave Schedules

Sixth Census of the United States, 1840

Seventh Census of the United States, 1850

Eighth Census of the United States, 1860

Ninth Census of the United States, 1870

Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850

Item sets

AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--H