John Harvey

Notes:

Living with them at the time of the 1870 San Augustine County census were Jane and John Barnes, ages 18 and 19, born in TX and LA

1880 Census San Augustine County, Texas

29-30 Harvey, J.A. W M 35 M Farmer TX -- -- Harvey, L.D. W F 41 Wife M Keeps home MS IL GA Harvey, T.M. W M 9 Son S At home TX TX MS Harvey, J.C. W F 3 Daughter S At home TX TX MS Harvey, E.J. W F 3 Daughter S At home TX TX MS Dickerson, E.S. W F 18 Stepdaughter S At home TX TX GA Cooper, A.A. W F 17 Niece S At home TX -- -- Cooper, F.M. W F 15 Niece S At home TX -- --

John married Unknown First Wife Of John Harvey before 1862. Unknown was born before 1842; died before 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Harvey was born about 1862 in Texas; and died.

John married Lucy Dickerson on 13 Aug 1867 in San Augustine County, Texas. Lucy was born about 1845 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Francis M. Harvey was born about 1868 in Texas; died before 1880.
2. T.M. Harvey was born about 1870 in Texas; and died.
3. J.C. Harvey was born about 1871 in Texas; and died.
4. E.J. Harvey was born about 1877 in Texas; and died.

Notes:

Living with them at the time of the 1860 San Augustine census was 19 year old Joshua Herring.

Calvin married Mary Emily Allen on 29 Sep 1844. Mary was born on 13 Oct 1821 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Nancy Scoggins before 1823. Nancy was born before 1795; died about 1833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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FIRST GENERATION KNOWN BLASSINGAME W.HARVEY OF SAN AUGUSTINE CO., TEXAS By Joyce P. Hervey

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hervey/HFAV5.htm

Sometime after Sept. 15, 1817 (Nancy {Scoggins} & John Jones Bowie made purchases of property on that date from the sale of the estate of Jonas Scoggins) and before Sept. 11, 1818, Blassingame W. Harvey married Nancy (Scoggins) Bowie, widow of John Jones Bowie. On Sept. 11, 1818, "Nancy Harvey bought 3 lots in the town of Harrisonburg, and on Apr. 21, 1820, in Ouachita Parish, LA, Blassingame W. Harvey and wife Nancy Harvey, 'wife of the said Blassingame W. Harvey' for the sum of sixteen hundred and seventy-five dollars, sold to John J. Harvey 320 acres of the Scoggins old place, in Catahoula Parish, LA, also three town lots in Harrisonburg. The next day, John J. Harvey purchased of Nancy and Blassingame Harvey, two negro slaves, cattle, hogs, two horses, a yoke of oxen, a cart, and all their kitchen and household furniture."

"On Oct. 24, 1820, John J. Harvey 'for the love and esteem which he bears toward his sister-in-law, Nancy Scoggins, Widow Bowie, now the wife of Blassingame W. Harvey, brother of the declarent ... ' John J. gave all the property (lots not mentioned) back to Nancy."

Why would John J. Harvey buy his brother's property and then six months later give it all back to his brother's wife? Perhaps the answer is that Blassingame Harvey was preparing to leave his wife and his brother felt responsible for providing for her. According to tradition in the Harvey family of LA, "Blassingame W. Harvey 'ran off to Texas, leaving Nancy penniless in Ouachita Parish, and she m. his brother'." No marriage records are available to substantiate that the marriage occurred.

In 1830, Nancy was in Catahoula Parish, LA, where she was listed as head of the household on the 1830 census. She died in 1833, but no public record listing her heirs has been found.

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Married:
FIRST GENERATION KNOWN BLASSINGAME W.HARVEY OF SAN AUGUSTINE CO., TEXAS By Joyce P. Hervey

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hervey/HFAV5.htm

Nancy and John Harvey probably had the following four Harvey children: Amanda Harvey, b. ca. 1823 in MS; Charles Calvin Harvey, b. 10 Feb. 1825 in LA; John Austin "Aus" Harvey, b. 26 Jan. 1827 in LA; and Daniel Harvey. Whether they belonged to Blassingame or his brother John J. is unclear; however, it is likely that they belonged to John J., since the land transactions cited above seem to imply that Blassingame sold out and left Nancy about 1820. Evidence for the assumption that the above are all Nancy's children comes from San Augustine Co. records.1 Malinda (Bowie) Haggerty and her husband Jefferson Haggerty, along with their young daughter Araminta (b. ca. 1831), Malinda's brother, John Bowie, and three of the four Harvey children named above, i.e. Amanda, Charles Calvin, and John Austin, (Daniel remained in LA) arrived in San Augustine County in 1834 and located near the Blassingame W. Harvey family.

This is how they were listed at the time of the 1835 Sabine District, Texas census:

255. Thomas J. Hagerty 28 married Catholic farmer Malinda, his wife 21 Aramenta, daughter 4 Jane, daughter 5 mo. Nelson, man servant 40 Fan, wife, servant 23 Maria, her child 4 Mareah, her child 5 mo. 256. John Bohe 18 single Catholic farmer Amanda Harvy 12 single Catholic Calvin Harvy 11 Austin 9