Family Files February 2022 - Person Sheet
Family Files February 2022 - Person Sheet
NameDaniel D HARPER 
, M
, MBirth21 Jun 1753, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Death16 May 1831, Coolspring Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Misc. Notes
From a History of Mercer County, Brown, Runk & Co. Chicago, p. 553-4
"The same year (1797) witnessed the coming of Daniel Harper, an old veteran of the Revolution. He located upon the tract of land many years subsequently known as the Williamson place. He was, it is related, a very peculiar man in many respects, being in particular a devout Baptist. The subject of religion was to him one of deep imediate interest. Harper's house, which in later years was used as a sort of improvised tavern, was known far and wide as the Baptist headquarters, from the frequency with which the ministers of that denomination assembled in it. It appears, however, that even the devoutness of Harper did not operate to render him tenacious of his theological views, for he afterward became as firm a Presbyterian as he had been a Baptist. But even the subtleties of Calvinism did not suffice to chain his faith, for his last years were spent in the folds of the Methodist Church."
Will names his wife Elizabeth and children below
"The same year (1797) witnessed the coming of Daniel Harper, an old veteran of the Revolution. He located upon the tract of land many years subsequently known as the Williamson place. He was, it is related, a very peculiar man in many respects, being in particular a devout Baptist. The subject of religion was to him one of deep imediate interest. Harper's house, which in later years was used as a sort of improvised tavern, was known far and wide as the Baptist headquarters, from the frequency with which the ministers of that denomination assembled in it. It appears, however, that even the devoutness of Harper did not operate to render him tenacious of his theological views, for he afterward became as firm a Presbyterian as he had been a Baptist. But even the subtleties of Calvinism did not suffice to chain his faith, for his last years were spent in the folds of the Methodist Church."
Will names his wife Elizabeth and children below
Spouses
Birth2 May 1765, Coolspring, Mercer, Pennsylvania
Death8 Feb 1833, Coolspring, Mercer, Pennsylvania