Father: Timothy Perkins
Mother: Mary Ann Sturgeon/Sturgell/Sturgill?
Spouse: Peter Harman/Harmon - b: 1813 -
TN
d: 1896 - LeMoore, Kings Co., CA
m: 28/Sep/1834 - Putnam Co., IL
Child-1: Eliza A. - b: 1836/1837 - IL - nra: 1850
2: Henry
D. - b: Apr/1838 - Bureau Co., IL - nra: 1900
m: Harriett Ruth - 13/May/1858 - Bourbon Co., Kans. Terr.
m: Elizabeth Jane Allen - 25/Nov/1865 - Lawrence, Douglas Co., KS
3: Martha
M. (Patsy) - b: 1839 - IL - nra: 1860
4: Solomon
- b: Oct/1841 - IL
d: 3/Apr/1929 - Trinity Co., CA
m: Cynthia A. ***** - ~1870
5: Francis
M. - b: 1844 - IL or MO
d: 21/Aug/1922 - San Diego Co., CA
m: Elizabeth ***** - ~1865
6: Sampson
- b: 4/Oct/1847 - Gentry Co., MO
d: Feb/1908 - Madera Co., CA
m: Mary Ann Montgomery - 23/Mar/1873 - Lake Co., CA
m: Caroline Elizira Rizpah Daughters - Nov/1877 - Lake Co., CA
7: Lucinda
- b: 1850 - MO - nra: 1860
8: Peter
- b: 1/Jun/1852 - MO
d: 22/Jan/1935 - Eureka, Humboldt Co., CA - bur: Ocean View
Cem.
m: Martha (Mollie) Salina Allen - 31/Dec/1875 - Tulare Co., CA
9: John
M. - b: 10/May/1853 - MO
d: 4/May/1936 - bur: Santa Rosa IOOF Cem., Sonoma Co., CA
m: Emma L. ***** - ~1893
10: Mary E. - b:
1/Dec/1855 - MO
d: 18/Jun/1943 - Tulare Co., CA - bur: Smith Mountain Cem.
m: James Henry Mankins - 22/Sep/1870 - Tulare Co., CA
11: Rebecca Elizabeth
(Betty) -
b: 1/Dec/1855 - MO
d: 21/May/1936 - Hartman, Prowers Co., CO
m: Giles Lee Cain - 24/Dec/1871 - Tulare Co., CA - div: ~1884
m: Andrew Jackson Miles - div: ~1890
m: James Ford - 25/Nov/1901 - Fresno Co., CA
12: Sarah Emma (Sallie)
- b: 16/Jun/1859 - Kans. Terr.
d: 11/Sep/1940 - Eureka, Humboldt Co., CA - bur: Ocean View
Cem.
m: James William Wood - 24/May/1884 - Humboldt Co., CA
m: George Washington Counts - 17/Apr/1885 - Humboldt Co., CA
13: William -
b:
1861 - KS - nra: 1880
Biographical Details:
According to an original manuscript family register, Rebecca Perkins was born on May 17, 1817, almost certainly in that part of Knox County, Kentucky, which was subsequently organized as Whitley County. In addition, family tradition indicates that her middle name was "Sarah". Her parents were Timothy and Mary Ann Perkins, who had come from Grayson County, Virginia, to Kentucky about 1812. Subsequently, they migrated to north central Illinois when Rebecca was ten or eleven years old. Peter Harman (or Harmon) and Rebecca Perkins were married in Putnam County, Illinois, on September 28, 1834. A somewhat humorous account of their wedding and associated minor mishaps has been published by Mr. Nehemiah Matson, an early settler.1 He affirms that they were married by John M. Gay, justice of the peace, but other sources indicate that Mr. Hooper Warren officiated. According to civil records, both of these men solemnized early marriages in Putnam County, therefore, either alternative is plausible; however, this apparent conflict might be resolved by the observation that in addition to being a justice of the peace, Mr. Warren was also county clerk and recorder. Consequently, it is possible that Mr. Gay performed the nuptials just as Matson remembered, but that the marriage license was officially certified and recorded by Mr. Warren. In any case, Peter and Rebecca apparently settled near relatives in Putnam, later Bureau, County; however, it can be inferred from the places of birth of their children as indicated in subsequent census records, that they moved to Missouri in the 1840's (probably about 1844). Indeed, the household of Peter and Rebecca Harmon appeared in the population schedule of the 1850 US Census for Gentry County, Missouri, as resident in Jackson Township. At this time, the Harmon household included in addition to Peter and Rebecca themselves; six of their children, viz., Eliza A., Henry, Patsey (Martha M.), Solomon, Francis, and Sampson; a female adolescent, Lucinda Philips, age eighteen born in Kentucky; and Rebecca's brother and sister-in-law, John and Sarilda (Serilda) Perkins. In addition, the population schedule also included the household of Rebecca's father, Timothy Perkins, including her younger brother and sister, Jesse and Eliza. It is further known that another sister, Mary Ann, had recently married Lewis Russell and was also living close by. Therefore, it is a reasonable presumption that the Harmon and Perkins families came from Illinois to Missouri together, but it is not known if they came directly to Gentry County or settled temporarily somewhere else (perhaps, even California) for a few intervening years.2 Accordingly, during the 1850's, six land patents were issued to Peter Harman (or Harmen) for parcels of forty acres each in Gentry County.3 In addition, he acquired a Military Bounty Land Warrant for one hundred and twenty acres originally issued to Private James M. Baland for service in the Georgia militia during the Creek War.4 (As a matter of history, the Creek War can be considered as a regional conflict associated with the War of 1812.) Consequently, Peter Harmon patented a total of three hundred and sixty acres in Gentry County; however, these parcels do not form a continuous tract, but are generally located along or near Wildcat Creek one to three miles south and west of the present town of Stanberry (which was not platted and settled until 1879 when the railroad was built.) Moreover, two of them adjoin a forty acre parcel patented by Rebecca's brother, Solomon.Source Notes and Citations:Nevertheless, as indicated elsewhere, it is clear from population schedules of the 1859 Kansas Territorial Census and the 1860 US Census for Bourbon County that the families of Peter and Rebecca Perkins Harmon, John and Serilda Perkins, and Lewis and Mary Ann Perkins Russell, evidently sold their land in Missouri and in 1857 migrated to the Kansas Territory. Moreover, the family of Solomon and Martha Perkins had preceded them the previous year. This presumption is further supported by a land patent for one hundred and sixty acres in Bourbon County issued to Peter Harman on December 5, 1865, again, by assignment of a Military Bounty Land Warrant.5 Geographically, this parcel is located three and one half miles northwest of the city of Fort Scott and, concomitantly, about six miles west of the boundary between the States of Kansas and Missouri. As noted elsewhere, motivation for migration of the extended Perkins family to Kansas is unknown, especially since in the years preceding the Civil War there was considerable violence and civil unrest prevalent in the border region between Missouri and the Kansas Territory. Even so, it is likely that the extended Perkins family generally supported the Union, a presumption that is further supported by the service of Henry and Solomon Harman with Union volunteer cavalry and infantry.6 Subsequently, however, although their relatives remained behind, it is believed by family researchers that Peter and Rebecca Perkins Harmon together with their surviving children (with the exception of their oldest son, Henry, and his wife and family) migrated to California either during or shortly after the close of the Civil War.7 Even so, the household of Peter and Rebecca Harmon has not been found in any federal population schedule of 1870, which at this time may have included as many as seven additional children, viz., Lucinda, Peter, John, Mary, Rebecca, Sarah, and William. Even so, the households of two of their older sons, Solomon and Francis, do appear, respectively, in the population schedules of the 1870 US Census for Siskiyou and Tulare Counties in California. Furthermore, upon consideration of the ages and birthplaces of Francis' children it would appear that they had arrived in California by 1864. Accordingly, it is a reasonable presumption that Peter and Rebecca Perkins Harmon moved to California contemporaneously with other members of their family; however, this remains to be confirmed definitively. (Issuance of a land patent in Kansas to Peter Harman in 1865 presents little chronological difficulty since it would have been entered several years earlier and it was common practice for real-estate parcels to be traded or sold even before patents formally issued.) In contrast, in 1870 Henry D. Harmon was resident with his second wife, Jane, and three children, near the present town of Tonganoxie in Leavenworth County, Kansas. Nevertheless, they also emigrated to California, apparently about 1875, and, consequently, all of the Harmon family had evidently settled in California by 1880. Indeed, according to the population schedule of that year, the household of Peter and Rebecca Harman, including their youngest son, William, was then resident in Modoc County, California, which is located in the relatively unpopulated, extreme northeastern corner of the state. Concomitantly, their sons, Henry, Solomon, and John were also living in this locality. In addition, sons, Francis, Sampson, and Peter, were resident, respectively, in Tehama, Humboldt, and Fresno Counties and twin daughters, Mary and Rebecca, were living with their husbands in Tulare County. Within this context, family tradition asserts that some members of the Harmon family came to California in a covered wagon. Furthermore, between 1884 and 1897 five of Peter and Rebecca's sons evidently "proved up" on homesteads in Modoc, Humboldt, and Mendocino counties and were issued patents. Further compiled research indicates that Peter and Rebecca Perkins Harmon likely moved to the San Joaquin Valley after 1880 and that Peter died in Kings County, California, in 1896.8 Subsequently, according to the population schedule of 1900, Rebecca lived with her son, John, in Long Ridge Township, Trinity County, California, and died in neighboring Humboldt County in 1903.
1a. Nehemiah Matson, Reminiscences of Bureau County, Republican Book and Job Office, Princeton, IL, 1872: pgs. 295-6.
"For a few years after Putnam county was organized, John M. Gay, as justice of the peace, was the only person on the west side of the Illinois river authorized to administer the marriage rite. Abram Stratton and Miss Sarah Baggs deferred their wedding two weeks, waiting for Mr. Gay to obtain his commission, so he could marry them. Squire Gay was sent for to marry a couple at Perkins' Grove, whose names were Peter Harmon and Rebecca Perkins, a daughter of Timothy Perkins. On the day appointed for the wedding, Gay's horse having strayed off on the prairie, could not be found until after noon, and the wedding party, being disappointed by his non-appearance, started in search of him. The groom, mounted on a horse, with his bride behind him, and the groomsman, also on horseback, with the bridesmaid behind him, and in this way they started for Gay's residence, twenty miles distant. After going about six miles, they met Gay, accompanied by Hezekiah Epperson, on their way to the marriage feast, and it was agreed that the wedding should take place then and there. Near by stood a vacant shanty, which had been built in order to hold a claim. This shanty was without door or floor, and was very filthy, having been a resort for deer and cattle, but it answered the purpose of breaking off the wind, which was blowing hard at the time. Into this shanty the marriage party went, and here the marriage service was performed. When the wedding was over, the happy couple, with their attendants, again mounted their horses, in the same order as they came, and started on their wedding tour, while Squire Gay returned home with a two dollar marriage fee in his pocket."b. ibid: pgs. 282-3.
"In the spring of 1831, Hooper Warren was appointed by Judge Young, clerk of the court, and he came to Hennepin to assist in organizing the county. For a number of years, Mr. Warren was clerk of the circuit court, county clerk, recorder, judge of probate, and justice of the peace, all of which he held at one time. In 1819, Hooper Warren was editor of Edwards' Spectator, one of the two papers then published in Illinois, and through it he carried on a warfare against the introduction of slavery, which was at that time contemplated."
back to bio.2. H. C. Bradsby (ed.), History of Bureau County, World Pub. Co., Chicago, IL, 1885: pgs. 87-91.
"In 1849 there was a party of fifteen started for California from about Perkins' Grove; among these were the Perkinses."
back to bio.3a. The United States of America; Certificate No. 13046; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas Peter Harmen of Gentry County, Missouri, has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office, at Plattsburg. whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Peter Harmen according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," for the North East quarter of the South West quarter of Section Five in Township Sixty two, of Range Thirty two, in the District of lands subject to sale at Plattsburg, Missouri, containing Forty acres according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said Peter Harmen Now know ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, unto the said Peter Harmen and to his heirs, the said tracts above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, to the said Peter Harmen and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the Second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four and of the Independence of the United States the Seventy ninth. By The President: Franklin Pierce; By H. E Baldwin asst Secretary; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (US Land Patent Certificate No. 13046; MO, Vol. 463, pg. 383, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 2 Oct 1854. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
b. The United States of America; Certificate No. 17,952; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas Peter Harman of Gentry County Missouri has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Plattsburg whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Peter Harman according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," for The South east quarter of the South west quarter of section thirty six in Township sixty three north of range thirty three west, in the district of lands subject to sale at Plattsburg Missouri containing forty acres according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said Peter Harman; Now know ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, unto the said Peter Harman and to his heirs, the said tracts above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, to the said Peter Harman and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six and of the Independence of the United States the eighty first. By The President: Franklin Pierce; By H. E Baldwin asst Secretary; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (US Land Patent Certificate No. 17952; MO, Vol. 469, pg. 15, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 1 Sep 1856. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
c. The United States of America; Certificate No. 17,953; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas Peter Harman of Gentry County Missouri has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Plattsburg whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Peter Harman according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," for The North east quarter of the South west quarter of section thirty five in Township sixty three north of range thirty three west, in the district of lands subject to sale at Plattsburg Missouri containing forty acres according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said Peter Harman; Now know ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, unto the said Peter Harman and to his heirs, the said tracts above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, to the said Peter Harman and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six and of the Independence of the United States the eighty first. By The President: Franklin Pierce; By H. E Baldwin asst Secretary; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (US Land Patent Certificate No. 17953; MO, Vol. 469, pg. 16, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 1 Sep 1856. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
d. The United States of America; Certificate No. 15049; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas Peter Harman of Gentry County Missouri has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Plattsburg whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Peter Harman according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," for the North West Quarter of the South West Quarter of Section Five, in Township Sixty Two, of Range Thirty Two, in the District of Lands subject to Sale at Plattsburg Missouri containing Forty acres according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said Peter Harman; Now know ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, unto the said Peter Harman and to his heirs, the said tracts above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, to the said Peter Harman and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty first. By The President: Franklin Pierce; By A. S. H. White asst Secretary; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (US Land Patent Certificate No. 15049; MO, Vol. 470, pg. 82, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 1 Oct 1856. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
e. The United States of America; Certificate No. 19247; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas Peter Harman of Gentry County Missouri has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Plattsburg whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Peter Harman according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," for the North West Quarter of the North East Quarter of Section Thirty six in Township Sixty Three, of Range Thirty Three, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Plattsburg Missouri containing Forty acres according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said Peter Harman; Now know ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, unto the said Peter Harman and to his heirs, the said tracts above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, to the said Peter Harman and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven and of the Independence of the United States the eighty first. By The President: Franklin Pierce; By G. H. Jones asst Secretary; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (US Land Patent Certificate No. 19247; MO, Vol. 471, pg. 121, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 20 Feb 1857. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
f. The United States of America; Certificate No. 13,999; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas Peter Harman, of Gentry County, Missouri, has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Plattsburg whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Peter Harman according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," for the North half of the lot numbered one, of the South West quarter of Section six in Township sixty-two, of Range thirty two, in the district of lands subject to sale at Plattsburg, Missouri, containing forty acres according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said Peter Harman; Now know ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, unto the said Peter Harman and to his heirs, the said tracts above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, to the said Peter Harman and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, James Buchanan, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty third. By The President: James Buchanan; By T. J. Albright Secretary; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (US Land Patent Certificate No. 13999; MO, Vol. 479, pg. 106, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 1 Dec 1858. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
back to bio.4. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas, In pursuance of the Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1855, entitled "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in military service of the United States," there has been deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Warrant No. 16,036 for 120 acres, in favor of James M. Baland Private Captain Glove's Company Georgia Militia Creek War with evidence that the same has been duly located upon the South East quarter of the South west quarter of Section Twenty Six and the East half of the North West quarter of Section Thirty five in Township Sixty three of Range Thirty three in the District of Lands subject to sale at Plattsburg Missouri containing one hundred and twenty acres. according to the Official Plat of the Survey of said Lands returned to the GENERAL LAND OFFICE by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, the said warrant having been assigned by the said James M. Baland to Peter Harman in whose favor said tract has been located
NOW KNOW YE, That there is therefore granted by the UNITED STATES unto the said Peter Harman as assignee as aforesaid and to his heirs the tract of Land above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of Land with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said Peter Harman as assignee as aforesaid and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In Testimony Whereof, I, James Buchanan, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand, at the City of Washington, the Sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty third. BY THE PRESIDENT: James Buchanan; By T. J. Albright Sec'y; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (Military Bounty Land Warrant No. 16036; Vol. 112, pg. 111, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 16 Aug 1858. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
back to bio.5. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: WHEREAS, In pursuance of the Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1855, entitled "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in military service of the United States," there has been deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Warrant No. 74510 for 160 acres, in favor of William P. Thompson minor child of Ephraim C. Thompson, Deceased, Private Captain Canoles Company Missouri Militia Black Hawk War with evidence that the same has been duly located upon the North East quarter of section fourteen in township twenty-five South of Range twenty four East in the District of Lands formerly subject to sale at Mapleton now Humboldt Kansas containing one hundred and sixty acres according to the Official Plat of the Survey of said Lands returned to the GENERAL LAND OFFICE by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, the said Warrant having been assigned by Robert T. State guardian for the said William P. Thompson to Peter Harman in whose favor said tract has been located
NOW KNOW YE, That there is therefore granted by the UNITED STATES unto the said Peter Harman as assignee as aforesaid and to his heirs the tract of Land above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of Land with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said Peter Harman as assignee as aforesaid and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In Testimony Whereof, I, Andrew Johnson, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand, at the City of Washington, the Fifth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five and of the Independence of the United States the Ninetieth. BY THE PRESIDENT: Andrew Johnson; By Edw. D Neill Sec'y; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (Military Bounty Land Warrant No. 74510; Vol. 263, pg. 117, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 5 Dec 1865. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
back to bio.6. Civil War Military Service Records, National Archives, Washington DC, (microfilm: roll roll M542_4). (Database searchable online at Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service, www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm, 2004.)
Henry Harman, Private, Company H, Ninth Regiment, Kansas Cavalry
Henry D. Harman, Sergeant, Company B, Fourteenth Regiment, Kansas CavalrySolomon Harmon, Corporal-First Corporal, Companies K & A, Sixth Regiment, Kansas Infantry
back to bio.7. "They (the Harmon family) lived near or in Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., KS in 1859. Had at least 3 adult sons, Solomon, Henry and Francis (all born in IL). Other children were: Peter, John, William, Sampson, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Mary and Sally. Believe family came from TN or KY by way of IL in 1850's and moved on to California around 1862 or 1863." Henry and Solomon were 22 and 18, but Francis was only 16 in 1860. Eliza appeared only in the 1850 census, which probably means that she died sometime in the 1850's. In addition, it is evident that after Illinois, the family lived in Gentry County, Missouri, for at least ten years before they moved with close relatives to the Kansas Territory. (Private correspondence with Helen I. Dilley)
back to bio.8. Barbara J. Smith provides dates and locations for births and deaths of several of Peter and Rebecca Harmon's children, viz., Henry D., Peter, John, Mary E., and Sarah Emma. However, in her work it is stated that Peter, Jr., was born in Kansas City. This is hardly likely and it is probable that Jackson County, in which Kansas City is located, has been confused with Jackson Township in Gentry County. (In passing, it should be further noted that the northern portion of Jackson Township where the extended Perkins family apparently settled seems sometime after 1850 to have been detached and included in Cooper Township.) Likewise, John was also probably born in Gentry County and not in California. Furthermore, it is apparent from census records that daughters, Mary E. and Rebecca E., were twins and census records and other sources indicate that they were born in December of 1855, not 1854 (as apparently reported in the Califonia Death Index).
Joann Clifton provides birth and death information for Peter and Rebecca Perkins Harmon as well as for their son, Sampson. (Barbara J. Smith and Joann Clifton; databases - billbar, :2694749; worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com, 2004.)
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Additional Citations:
9. 1850 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 197B, (microfilm roll - M432_399; img. 383).10. 1860 US Census Population Schedule for Bourbon County, Kansas Territory, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 461, (microfilm: roll M653_346; img. 462).
11. 1880 US Census Population Schedule for Modoc County, California, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 32A, (microfilm: roll T9_69; img. 65).
12. 1900 US Census Population Schedule for Trinity County, California, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 21B, (microfilm: roll T623_115; img. 536).
13. 1859 Kansas Territorial Census Population Schedule for Bourbon County, Kansas State Historical Soc., 6425 SW Sixth Ave., Topeka, KS, 66615: pg. 6, (microfilm: roll 1859_K1; img. 211).
14. Anonymous,"Marriage Records", unpublished. (Putnam County ILGenWeb Archives, 2015.)
15. Russell-Perkins Family Record, unpublished MSS.
16. T. F. Robley, History of Bourbon County Kansas, to the close of 1865, Press of the Monitor Book & Printing. Co., Fort Scott, KS, 1894.
17. William G. Cutler, History of the State of Kansas, The Western Historical Co. - A. T. Andeas Pub., Chicago, IL, 1883. (The Kansas Collection, www.kancoll.org/andcutl.htm, 2004.)
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18. Marriage Records, Bourbon County, Fort Scott, KS, Bk. A, pgs. 12-3.
19. California Death Index, 1905-1939, Department of Vital Statistics, California Department of Health Services, P. O. B. 942732, Sacramento, CA, 94234-7320. (Available online at www.ancestry.com)
20. California Death Index, 1940-1997, Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, P. O. B. 942732, Sacramento, CA, 94234-7320. (Available online at www.ancestry.com)
21. Smith Mountain Cemetery, Tulare County, California (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=8378&CScn=Smith+Mountain&CScntry=4&CSst=6&CScnty=236&, continuously updated).
22. Santa Rosa IOOF Cemetery, Sonoma County, California (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=640472&CScn=Santa+Rosa&CScntry=4&CSst=6&CScnty=231&, continuously updated).