Alfred Pleasant Harp, Dr

Dr. ALFRED PLEASANT (DR.) HARP (b. 10 Aug 1813, d. 15 Jun 1880) ALFRED PLEASANT (DR.) HARP (son of DIXON MARTIN HARP and CELIA EDMUNDSON) was born 10 Aug 1813 in BALDWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, and died 15 Jun 1880 in UPSON COUNTY, GA.. He married REBECCA DOZIER WEST on 20 Feb 1849 in TROUP COUNTY, GA., daughter of GEN. HENRY WEST and SARAH MORELAND.

Notes for ALFRED PLEASANT (DR.) HARP: FATHER OF ALL HARPS WHO REMAINED IN UPSON COUNTY, GEORGIA. VOLUNTEERED IN 1836 IN INDIAN WARS IN ALLEN'S COMPANY FROM UPSON COUNTY. SOMEHOW ACQUIRED THE TITLE OF "DR.", BUT NO RECORD CAN BE FOUND WHERE HE OBTAINED A MEDICAL DEGREE. HE PAID A PROFESSIONAL TAX, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES TITLED HIM AS DOCTOR, AND HIS OBITUARY LISTED HIM AS DOCTOR. VERY DISTINGUISHED, INTELLIGENT PERSON WITH A PLEASING PERSONALITY, DARK HAIR ON AN OVAL FACE, BROAD SHOULDERS, TALL IN STATURE WITH A SMALL MUSTACHE. ESPECIALLY KNOWN FOR HIS HOSPITALITY AND HEART OVERFLOWING WITH CHARITY.

WELL ESTABLISHED PLANTER AND ENTREPRENEUR IN UPSON COUNTY. PURCHASED 346 ACRES IN 1847 ON LOGTOWN ROAD NEAR HIS FATHER. HIS WEALTH HAD GROWN INTO QUITE A LARGE PLANTATION BY THE TIME HE MARRIED, WITH A STORE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSITIES FOR HIS FAMILY AND SLAVES. UPSON COUNTY WAS QUITE PROSPEROUS UNTIL UNION FORCES CAME THROUGH IN 1865, MOVING UP LOGTOWN ROAD. DESTRUCTION WAS RAMPANT, STOCK WAS STOLEN, FOOD, JEWELRY AND SLAVES WERE TAKEN AND HOMES WERE BURNED. COTTON FACTORIES WERE BURNED LEAVING MANY JOBLESS, FATHERS AND LOVED ONES DID NOT RETURN FROM WAR, SLAVES WERE GONE, AND LAND DROPPED IN VALUE. THE POPULATION FADED. ALFRED'S WEALTH DEPRECIATED AFTER THE WAR. TAX RECORDS SHOW HIS PROPERTY VALUED IN 1865 AT $23,587.93. IN 1866, THE VALUE WAS $3,323.00. ALFRED AND REBECCA MOVED INTO "OLD LONDON", A HAMLET IN NORTH THOMASTON IN 1870. HE CONTINUED TO FARM AND OPERATE HIS "LOWER PLANTATION" ON LOGTOWN ROAD. AT HIS DEATH, ALFRED HAD 1100 ACRES IN THE 16TH DISTRICT AND 300 ACRES IN THE 15TH DISTRICT.

ON APRIL 19, 1879, ALFRED HAD A STROKE, LOST HIS SPEECH, NEVER REGAINED HIS HEALTH, AND DIED JUNE 18, 1880. BURIED GLENWOOD CEMETERY, THOMASTON, GA. BURIED ROW 9, LOTS 17 AND 18, DOUBLE LOT, GLENWOOD CEMETERY.

MOST OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS FROM "THE DIXON HARP AND ALLIED FAMILIES" BY CHRISTINE TRICE STARLING, 1994, THOMASTON, GEORGIA.

1850 UPSON COUNTY CENSUS: ALFRED P. HARP, AGE 35, FARMER, BORN GA. REBECCA, 22 CELIA A. HARP 8/12

THE BOOK "THE EARLY HISTORY OF UPSON COUNTY, GEORGIA" HAS A CHAPTER ON PHYSICIANS IN UPSON COUNTY, BUT THERE IS NO MENTION OF ALFRED P. HARP.

More About ALFRED PLEASANT (DR.) HARP and REBECCA DOZIER WEST: Marriage: 20 Feb 1849, TROUP COUNTY, GA..

Children of ALFRED PLEASANT (DR.) HARP and REBECCA DOZIER WEST are: +CELIA ANN SARA JANE HARP, b. 28 Dec 1849, UPSON COUNTY, GA., d. 05 Nov 1935, CULLODEN, GA..