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First Marriage of Harriett Loveless

First Husband: Benjamin Roper
Born: Abt. 1818
Married: August 17, 1837 - Lumpkin Co., Georgia
Died: November 9, 1848 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Buried: Old Tate cemetery, Tate, Pickens Co., Georgia

Wife: Harriett Loveless
Born: Abt, 1820

Children:

1) Jasper N. Roper
Born: July 9, 1838
Died: January 26, 1859 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Buried: Salem Baptist Church cemetery, Pickens Co., Georgia

2) Violet H. Roper
Born: October 8, 1841
Died: December 27, 1843 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Buried: Old Tate cemetery, Tate, Pickens Co., Georgia

3) James H. Roper

4) Benjamin F. Roper

Second Marriage of Harriett Loveless Roper

Husband: Jordan Presley
Born: September 2, 1828
Married: November 28, 1850 - Gilmer Co., Georgia
Died: January 10, 1888 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Buried: Salem Baptist Church cemetery, Jasper, Pickens Co., Georgia

Children:

1) William Barton Presley

2) Hester An Presley
Born: August 19, 1853
Died: March 21, 1863 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Buried: Salem Baptist Church cemetery, Jasper, Pickens Co., Georgia

3) George L. Presley
Born: November 1, 1850
Died: March 20, 1862 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Buried: Salem Baptist Church cemetery, Jasper, Pickens Co., Georgia


Notes for Jordan Presley and Harriett Loveless:

1) 1850 Cherokee Co., Georgia census, Household #1931 lists:

PRESLEY, Jourdan, 25, GA

2) Postmasters Serving Pickens County from 1854-1958:

Rich Mountain - Jordan Presley - 18 Oct 1859 - Discontinued

3) 1860 Pickens Co., Georgia census, Marble Works, Household #783 lists:

PRESLEY, Jordan, 31, Farmer, RE - $1,000
Harriett, 39
William B., 9
Hester A., 8
George L., 1
ROPER, James H., 16, Farm Hand
Benjamin F., 13

4) Civil War Muster Rolls

Jordan Presley, Company E 23 Georgia Infantry, Private

5) Muster Roll of Company E, 23rd Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee (CSA)
Pickens Co., Georgia ("Tate Guards")
PRESSLEY, Jordan - Private October 21, 1861.
Appointed Regimental Chief Musician December 1863.
Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present.
No later record

6)At various intervals during the Civil War, Governor Joe Brown gave orders that salt be supplied to wives and widows of soldiers serving the Confederate cause and in some instances widows having a son or sons in Confederate service.

July 24, 1863 - page 461 - Wives of Soldiers now in Service -

H. H. Presley

7) Constable Bond application filed by Jordan Presley on April 15, 1865.

8) 1870 Pickens Co., Georgia census lists:

PRESLEY, Jordan, 42, Clerk in Store, Real Estate - $800, Personal Estate - $135, Born GA, cannor read or write
Harriett H., 49, Keeping House, born SC

9) Postmasters Serving Pickens Co., Georgia

Ludville - Presley, Jordan, 6 Nov 187_

10) 1880 Pickens Co., Georgia Census Jerusalem District, Household #266 lists:

PRESLEY, Jourdan, 53, Clerk in Store
Harriett H., 59, Keeping House

11) Harriett's Application for Twelve Month Support from Jordan's estate

Although, as far as we can determine, Harriett lived almost her entire life in North Georgia, with both husbands being buried in cemeteries there, we have been unable to locate her grave and therefore don't know where her final resting place is. There is an unmarked grave next to Jordan's in Salem cemetery, which Lou Ann and I believe is Harriett's -- however, until this is proven, it is just our *hope* that Harriett is safely buried next to her husband surrounded by her children.

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