DECEMBER 1988, VOL 5 NO 1

[Editor: The following Harvey family is perhaps related to the family of James Hervey/Harvey of New York ca. early 1800's, (see Vol. 2 No. 2, p. 54 and Vol. 1 No. 2, p. 9). Prior articles of the Bulletin have indicated that Virgil Temple Hervey, descendant of said James Hervey of NY, visited relatives in Texas and was pressed into service in the Confederate Army on one of his trips (ca. 1861-1865). Interestingly, the name Virgil Temple Harvey was given to a child born ca. 1873 to Stephen Prather Harvey of the following family. It seems likely that Virgil T. of New York and Stephen P. of Texas visited and knew, or thought, they were related to each other and that Stephen P. named his young son after his New York "cousin".]

Texas of the 1820's was a region undergoing drastic change. It was a land occupied by Indians, a handful of Spaniards, and growing numbers of American "squatters," with a few Spanish forts and Catholic missions. Texas became part of Mexico when Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821. Being so large and far removed from Mexico's seat of government, and with little manpower, Texas could not be protected from illegal intrusion by American settlers in their push towards the West. Mexico, realizing its problem of protecting Texas from illegal immigration, agreed to allow some colonization of Texas by the Americans, and in 1821 authorized Moses Austin to establish a colony of 300 families in Texas. Much to the Mexican's dismay, this opened a floodgate, which they could not again close to American immigration into Texas. Between 1821 and 1836, 25,000 to 30,000 Americans moved into Texas.

One of these early Texas immigrants was Blassingame W. Harvey, who came to Texas by 1824 and made application for a Mexican land grant.1

Who was Blassingame W. Harvey of San Augustine County and where did he come from?

The name "Blassingame" entered the Harvey family as a given name in Charlotte (formerly Lunenburg) County, Virginia when Thomas Harvey (b. ca. 1705, d. 1782) married Elizabeth Blassingame (b. ca. 1709) and they named one of their sons Blassingame Harvey (b. ca. 1736).4

From Virginia, the name was carried South by descendants and relatives of this couple. Several persons named Blassingame Harvey lived in Georgia: in Burke Co. in 1790-95,2 1820, 18243; Jefferson Co.4; and Washington Co., ca. 17902.

Blassingame W. Harvey of Texas was born in South Carolina ca. 1792- 1794,1,5,6 and died in San Augustine Co., TX on 20 July 1867.1 (Your editors have not researched South Carolina records to try to locate him there.) He is said to have arrived in Catahoula Parish, LA in 1802, with his brother John J. Harvey and perhaps other relatives. A Thomas and a Charles B. Harvey are listed on many records of that parish.1

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."1

"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."1

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 pen- niless in Ouachita Parish, and she m. his brother'."1 No marriage records are available to substantiate that the marriage occurred.1

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.1 Nancy probably had a daughter and a son by her first husband, John Jones Bowie: Malinda Bowie and John Bowie. She 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.1

When Blassingame W. Harvey left Louisiana, he probably headed toward San Augustine, TX because it was on the only convenient road to the interior of Texas from the landward side. When he reached the Ayish Bayou near San Augustine, where he settled, he found cleared fields, evidence of prior habitation by persons who had moved on. He found some old-timers who had "squatted" their land and established farms. Cotton farms worked by Negro slaves sprang up as the population of the area increased. The rolling hills and valleys covered with hardwood trees, the clear cold streams of water, the fertile soil, abundant wild life and game birds7 all no doubt helped convince him to put down some roots.

A colonization law passed by Mexico ca. 1823-1824 allowed a married man to be granted by the Mexican government a "league and a labor" of land in Texas, the league (4428 acres) for pastureland and the labor (177 acres) for cultivation. The law required that the colonist be a citizen of Mexico, obey the laws of Mexico, belong to the Roman Catholic Church, and live on the land he was granted. However, there was no provision made for conveyance of titles to the land until about 1834. Meanwhile, the settlers had no claim to their land except their occupancy of it or "squatters rights." Nevertheless, Blassingame W. Harvey received title to his "league" of land on 20 Feb. 1835 and his "labor" of land in Jan. 18388

On Sept. 3, 1826, Blassingame W. Harvey married Eliza Mary Ann Prather.1 Eliza was born in Catahoula Parish, LA Aug. 16, 1810, daughter of Col. Stephen Prather and Tamora Elizabeth (Ploudon) Prather.1

Of the Prather family, Ms. White and Ms. Toole1, in their sketches of Sabine Co's. old families, write the following: "The PRATHER lineage has been traced back to 1500 by descendants. JOHN PRATHER, b. before 1500, d. before June 1547, and wife Elene d. 1557. Both are buried in the Chancel of Englesham Church, Wiltshire, England. The next three generations of this lineage, GEORGE, ANTHONY, and THOMAS, are buried in England, but THOMAS, son of the above Thomas, was a stow-away on the ship 'Maria Providence,' landing in Elizabeth City, VA in 1622. He worked for John Powell to pay his passage, and then for money to buy land. His son JONATHAN PRATHER, is mentioned in the records of Calvert and Prince Geo. Co., MD. Jonathan's wife Jane m. 2nd John Smith, maternal uncle of John Bowie, the first of the Bowies to come to America, ca. 1705."1

"COL. THOMAS PRATHER, (son of Jonathan and Jane), b. 1673, d. 1712, m. MARTHA SPRIGG, dtr. of GEN. THOS. SPRIGG, Lord of Northhampton Manor, MD. Issue: THOMAS SPRIGG PRATHER, b. 1702, Prince Geo. Co., MD, m. 1st ELIZABETH CLAGETT, b. 1708, the dtr. of the very wealthy Capt. Thos. Clagett, and g. dtr. of Margaret Adams, whose father Col. Thos. Adams was Lord Mayor of London in 1645- 1646."1

"Issue of Thomas Sprigg Prather and Mary Keen Clagett Prather: Lt. THOS. CLAGETT PRATHER, b. May 9, 1726, killed Oct. 11, 1758, in the French and Indian War, m. May 9, 1750, MARGARET PRATHER, his 1st cousin. Issue: THOMAS PRATHER, b. Dec. 16, 1751, d. July 24, 1786, m. July 17, 1776, MARY PHILLIPS (dtr of Col. Theophilus Phillips and Ann Prather Phillips, a cousin to Margaret). Issue: COL. STEPHEN PRATHER, b. Ju. 18, 1782, Mercer Co., KY. (was in the War 1812, under Gen. Andrew Jackson, and in the Fredonian Rebellion of 1826, at Nacogdoches, Texas). He m. Jan. 19, 1808, in Concordia Parish, LA., Tamora Elizabeth Ploudon, b. Mar. 4, 1795, d. Ju. 1832. Issue: ELIZA MARY ANN PRATHER, b. Catahoula Parish, LA, Aug. 16, 1810."1

Issue of Blassingame W. Harvey and wife Eliza Mary Ann (Prather) Harvey:

Probable Issue of John J. Harvey and/or Nancy (Scoggins) Bowie Harvey, (widow of John Jones Bowie):

IN THE NEWS
OLD GENEALOGICAL QUERIES

[Ed. The following two newspaper clippings were found in the library in Knoxville, Tenn., in The Family Scrapbook, Vol. 2, E-L, p. 99; call #929.1]

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Com. Ap. 12-27-'25

M. M., Morrilton, Ark. [Ed. The newspaper is probably the Commercial Appeal, published at Memphis, Shelby Co., TN. The correspondent, "M. M." was Melbourne Moose]

"My great great grandfather, Oney S. HARVEY (HERVEY), lived in Hardeman County about 1830 to 1835. About the latter date he died. He had moved to Tennessee from North Carolina, 1820- 1830. His children, named in several deeds of gift are Oney, Calvin, James Walton, Albert, John, Emily (MURPHY), Hannah (STEELE). If any of the descendants see this I would be glad if they wrote me."

"Answer - Everything on this line has been printed in former columns but we will be glad to have communications from descendants. The name Harvey and Hervey is probably from the same root name but in the Harvey Book, by Oscar Jewell HARVEY, A.M., published 1899, Wilkes Barre, Pa., we find reference to one John HERVEY of Risley, in Bedfordshire, who was elected Knight of the Shire for the County for Bedford in 1386."

R. H. K. Indianapolis, Ind. [R.H.K. are the initials of the correspondent. The article is undated.]

"My great grandfather, Henderson HARVEY, lived near Knoxville, Tenn. He had seven sons, James, John, Francis, William, Robert, Samuel, and Henderson Jr. Robert as born 1788, near Knoxville, and is supposed to have served in the War of 1812. John was born in 1779 and James in 1791. Henderson married Martha McConnell and they arrived in Indiana about 1811. According to tradition she was a sister to Alex McConnell, a famous Indian fighter. I am a great grand- daughter of Robert Harvey. These people all belonged to the Friends [Ed. "Friends" church means Quaker]. Can you substantiate any of this with your Tennessee records?" "Answer - We have no record of the above family. Will our readers assist us? The Henderson family of East Tennessee was active in the early history of the state but we find no Harvey connection."

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The letter from R. H. K. of Indianapolis, Ind., reproduced above in Old Genealogical Queries, prompted your editor to search through files to see if more information could be found on Henderson Harvey, who moved from Knoxville, Tenn. to Indiana ca. 1811.

Following is what was found regarding the name Henderson Harvey (some of the following are obviously different Henderson Harveys):

Henderson Hervey was on the Census of Franklin Co., PA in 1790. He was a free white male over age 16 and had in his household 4 free white males under age 16 and two free white females, no slaves.(1)

Henderson Harvey was on the tax list in Butler Co., OH in 1807 (1).

Henderson Harvey was on the 1820 census in Wayne Co., IN.(2)

Henderson Harvey, born in TN, was 19 years old and working as a carpenter in Knox Co., TN in 1850, living in the household of Andrew J. Rose, also a carpenter.(3)

Henderson Harvey, born 1794 in TN & Sarah (Rinker), born 1806 in Green Co., TN (daughter of George Rinker) had the following children, all born in Montgomery Co., Ind.: Joseph M. Harvey, b. ca. 1829; Mary A. Harvey, b. ca. 1832; Martha Harvey, b. ca. 1834; George W. Harvey, b. ca. 1836; Lydia W. Harvey, b. ca. 1839; William Wallace Harvey, b. ca. 1843.(4)

Henderson C. Harvey was married to Nancy J. Knott in Knox Co., TX on 1 June 1852 by E. Marshall Plumlee.(5)

Henderson C. Harvey married Margaret Knott 3 Jul. 1855 in Knox Co., TN, by W. Henry Bates, MG.(5)

Nancy J. Knott, wife of Henry Harvey; born Oct. 14, 1833; died Apr. 5, 1853.(6)

Infants of Henderson & Margaret Harvey; budded on earth to bloom in Heaven was a Knox Co., TX tombstone inscription.(6)

Sallie E., daughter of Henderson and Margaret Harvey; died June 27, 1871, aged 15 yrs. 2 mos. 22 days, Knox Co., TN.(6)

Henderson Harvey(3) [Calvin(2), John J.(1)] (see article on page 1 of this issue for more on this family), married M. A. Harvey on 2 Dec. 1877 in San Augustine Co., TX.(0)7

Henderson Harvey (b. Mar. 1852 in Texas) & wife Mary A. Harvey (b. Mar. 1853 in Texas) were shown on 1900 Census Soundex in San Augustine Co., Texas with the following children, all born in TX: Mary F., b. Aug. 1882; Emma, b. Nov. 1885; Henderson, b. Oct. 1888; Jennie, b. July 1889; James E., b. Oct. 1890; John R., b. Nov. 1894.

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[Editor: In 1852, A. G. Hervey [Oney S.(2), Col. Thomas(1)] moved his family from Hardeman Co., TN to Navarro Co., TX. Along with Capt. Robert Hodge, Hervey operated a merchandising enterprise. While on a buying trip to New York in 1855, he wrote the first of the following letters to his wife Martha Gardner (Joyner) Hervey. The second letter that follows was to his daughter Lizzie while he was in the service of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Copies of A. G. Hervey's letters were sent to HFoA by Liz Gillispie and Marie Hervey.]

New York March 28/55 [1855]
Dear Matt
I will write you a few lines that you may know that I am still in the land of the living[.] I was quite well with the exception of cold[.] I have been very busy since I have been here[.] I am fearful that I have bought too much[.] I will not know until morning the amount of any of my Bills[.] I have bought Dry goods[,] silk goods[,] groceries[,] Hardware[,] Straw goods & part of my Notion Bill will finish it in the morning[.] then the Flat. Shoe. Saddlery. Clothing & crockery. all of which I will touch very light. I have tried to do so all through but it is very hard for one that never purchased before. it runs beyond my expectations. this is the last stock of goods I ever wish to buy on line [time?][.] I can do far better with the money ten or fifteen per cent at least. I will leave here about Saturday night for home[.] I can assure you I will waste no time on the way for I am getting what is called home sick which I will not get clear of until I see the prairie grass once more[.] my little ones take good care of them[.] Tell Harry that I will get him a gun if I can find one to suit him[.] Tell him to learn his book well[.] Kiss them a thousand times for me[.] I have not heard from you yet not a word from your uncle Bob[.] I wrote him yesterday[.] I expected some advice from him[.] I am doing the best I can[.] I expect that I have bought too many fancy goods[.] tell the ladys that I have some beautiful spring & fall mantillas[,] some very nice bonnets[,] riding hats & childrens and misses hats[.] I think I have some very nice goods at least a variety[.] I don[']t intent (sic) that many of them shall dress alike[.] bought two patterns watered silk at 100 or 120[.] I have one piece of heavy silk[,] for commen (sic) wear aprons & s. which cost not over fifty cents[,] 1 pr very nice Black Boreye(?)[.] you will see all when they get the bills[.] if Mrs. Hodge is not at home when they come tell the boys not to let them be seen by many[;] we must make some profit on them[.] they will leave here (the goods) about Sunday [-] freight 14(?) cents per foot to Galveston[.] Kiss the children for me & image one kiss to your self which I will bring with me. I can[']t find Miss Leslier(?) here among so many misses so I reckon I will not be able to bring her. I reckon it is best as we have not much to cook[.] give my love to all[.] tell the girls that I have a good lot of grass(?) skirts for their comfort this summer[.] don[']t show this you can tell all that is in it[.]
Your affectionate Husband
A. G. Hervey

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Pine Bluff April 2nd 1863
Dear Lizzie
I wrote to Harrie some time ago[.] he has not written to me yet, so I will write you a short letter[.] I hope you have learned to write well enough to answer it yourself[.] I often hear from you by your mothers letters, it gives me great pleasure to hear that you are a good girl and that you are learning very fast. if you will learn to play the piano well I will buy you one when the war is over[.] you must be a good girl and obey Ma[,] learn your books and love your mother & sister.

Your pa A. G. Hervey We have not been fighting lately. the Yankees don[']t trouble us much[.] we have been catching Jahawkers for three months[.] sometimes we would have as many as twenty[.] then we turned out to hunt conscripts[;] we caught at one time forty two[.] Ark. is a hard country to live in[.] it rains[,] snows[,] frosts & all else but good weather[.] we have to swim our horses over a great many creeks and sometimes rivers[.] we get plenty bread and poor beef to eat[.] we got some pork now. I dont know when I will come home[.] tell Charlie & Anna that I will write to them next[.] give my love to all your playmates
Your pa
A. G. Hervey

GENEALOGICAL DATA ABSTRACTED FROM REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION & BOUNTY LAND WARRANT APPLICATIONS - PART 2

[The following abstracts are from National Archives Film Series M805, Roll #406, entitled "Selected Records from Revolutionary war Pension & Bounty Land Warrant Application Files." The series reproduces all records from envelope files containing up to 10 pages of records, but only significant genealogical documents are microfilmed from larger files.]

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Joel Harvey, born in VA, enl. as volunteer of the U.S. in 96th Dist., SC in Oct. 1779, under Capt. William Harris and Col. Joseph Hays, served without interruption for 2 yrs. 6 mos, under Capt. Harris, Cols. Joseph Hays & Levi Casey, Gens. Andrew Pickens, Sumpter, & Greene. He was in following engagements: Black Stocks on Tiger River in SC under Gen. Sumpter[,] at the cowpens (marched to VA for that under Gen. Morgan[,] at the defeat of Gen. Tarlton, under Gen. Mings, and at the siege of 96 under Gen. Greene. He received a written discharge from Major William Harris.

He appeared in court in Simpson Co., MS on 15 Oct. 1832, a resident of Copiah Co., MS, age about 68 to make declaration: born 4 July 1764 acc. to father's family Bible; at time of enlistment lived in 96th Dist. SC, and since the Revolution has lived in SC, GA, KY, and since 1819 in MS. William Massey & William Morris (a clergyman) testified to his good character and veracity.

John Harvey, Pvt. MA, enl. 14 Feb. 1777 (while a resident of Southboro, Worcester Co., MA) in Company of Capt. Aaron Haines, Col. Edward Wigglesworths Regt., under Gen. Glover, of the MA line of the Continental Army, served six years, discharged 9 June 1783 (at close of the war) at Newburgh by Col. Fupper. He was present at the taking of Burgoyne, the Battle of Monmouth, was with Gen. Sulivan in RI, was in the battle at Quaker Hill, and was at the taking of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in VA.

He appeared in court in Chenango Co., NY on 1 Oct. 1818, while residing in Preston, Chenengo Co., NY to apply for pension. He appeared again on 10 Oct. 1820, still a resident of Preston and made declaration: that he has no real estate property, that his personal possessions are valued at $54.00, he is a farmer, but is troubled with a rheumatic complaint "which renders me unfit for labor - that I have no family vz any children able to render me any assistance and am very much enfeebled by age and hardship."

John Harvey, Lt. NH Line, received bounty land 200 acres issued 25 Mar. 1790.

John Harvey, born in NC, Pvt. NC militia, first volunteered for 3 mos. from Nov. 1778 to Feb. 1779, under Capt. Golson & Col. Littey, as a herdsman (in the cavalry). Volunteered again in Randolph Co., NC for 3 mos. under Col. Calling & Capt. William Gray, term ending Apr. 1780, and a third time for 3 mos. in July 1780 under Capt. Edward Williams & Col. James Dugan.

On 1 July 1833, he appeared in court in Clarke Co., AL, to make declaration: he is 72 years old, resident of Clarke Co., AL, lived in Randolph Co., NC when first entered service and resided there until 1825, thence came to Clarke Co., AL in 1826 and has remained here since. Appearing in court to declare that he is believed to be telling truth were Christopher Pritchett, a clergyman, and John Spinks, both of same co.

John Harvey, born in VA, Pvt., volunteered in Rowan Co., NC line, under Capt. Jacob Eckle last of June or first of July, 1776, served 3 mos; marched under Gen. Rutherford against the Cherokee Indians; discharged Oct. 1776. In 1780 he was drafted into the militia of Surry Co., NC for 5 mos., marched under Capt. Bosticke, Gen. Rutherford, Gen. Gates, Gen. Sumpter; was taken prisoner on 18 Aug. 1780 near Rocky Mount by Tarleton, escaped and returned home to Surry Co.

He appeared in court in Lawrence Co., AL on 22? Sept. 1832, age 73, resident of Lawrence Co., to declare: born in Orange Co, Virginia in 1758, on the 7th(?) Dec., according to his parents words; lived in Rowan Co., NC at time of first service; when drafted lived in Surry Co. whence continued to live until 1788, then moved to TN, Davidson Co., then to Smith Co., and lived there until 182_?, then moved to Lawrence Co., AL. Appearing in court to testify in behalf of John Harvey was William Hughes, justice of the peace, who has known the said Harvey since before his service, also appeared Carson P. Read.

John Harvey, Pvt./Sgt. NC. His widow, Comfort Harvey, appeared in court at Montgomery Co., IN on 18 Oct. 1848 to apply for widow's pension. She is a resident of Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co., IN, age 80 years. Her husband has been dead 42 years and upwards. Her knowledge of his service was obtained from him after her marriage to him: "When war broke out said John Harvey was an apprentice to the tailoring business at Boydtown, Macklenburgh Co., VA, and in the fall of 1776 he ran away from his master at Boydtown and enlisted as a private soldier into the Continental Army for the term of three years but the month & day ... or place where he enlisted she cannot state ... in the fall of the same year that the declaration of independence was made ... he was in his 18th year of his age." From her recollection, he served out his full term of three years, but for some reason could not get his discharge and was compelled to remain longer. He left the service on New Years Day after his enlistment was up, "that he had been drinking and had a high on that day and took it into his head to leave. After so leaving the service as aforesaid he again enlisted and continued in the service until the close of the war." The last year he served as a sergeant. She heard him speak of Gen. Wayne, Maj. Evans, Col. Martin, Capt. Armstrong, and Capt. Wiliams and presumes he served under them. He lost his bounty land certificate after her marriage to him and went to Raleigh to procure another, so she assumes he served in the NC line. He had a lameness of the hip which he always said was from a wound he received at the Battle of Stoney Point. She heard him say that he fought at the Battle of Brandywine. He sold his bounty land warrant while intoxicated for a trifling sum and complained that he was cheated out of his land.

Comfort declares that she was married to said John Harvey on 18 March 1784 and that her husband died in March 1806. She remembers that her birthday was on the 20th day of the January preceding when she was sixteen, that it was twenty two years after she was married the same month that her husband died and she was eighty on the 20th day of Jan last. She also remembers that she was married to him in less than two years after the war closed.

Comfort's brother, Ebenezer Jones, residing in White Co., TN, aged 76 and upwards, appeared in court in White Co. to declare: he is the younger brother of Comfort Harvey, widow of John Harvey; that Comfort is the former Comfort Jones and that she was married to John Harvey in the county of Augusta, state of VA, in March 1784. The wedding took place at the house of her father, Ebenezer Jones and the deponent, age 13 at the time, was present at the ceremony. They were married by a German clergyman named Hoover, and there was a company of young people from the neighborhood present besides his parents and brothers and sisters. Comfort was in the 17th year of her age at the time of her marriage. Comfort and John Harvey had four children, all known to the deponent. At the time of John Harvey's death, the place of residence of John Harvey and his family was in the immediate neighborhood of the deponent, in Blount Co., TN, but "the death of the said John Harvey was occasioned by breaking his leg in wrestling and occurred at Green County in the state of Kentucky-------- Tennessee aforesaid in the spring of the year 1806 ... deponent ,.. learned the fact of his death and the cause and circumstances ... very soon after ..."

MARCH 1989 VOL 5 NO 2

Mrs. R. E. (Jeannette Hervey) Daniel, of Chase City, VA, died Dec., 1988.

William W. Smith of Gainesville, FL, died Oct. 30, 1988.

[The next article is a quote from S. H. G. Hervey's Dictionary of Herveys of all classes, callings, counties and spellings from 1040 to 1500. Vol. V, Appendix and Indexes. From the series Suffolk Green Books, No. XX, Ipswich: W. E. Harrison, The Ancient House, 1929.

THE HERVEY NAME
EARLY SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION
Sydenham Henry Augustus Hervey (1846-)

"... I will now take a hasty glance at [Herveys] to see how they probably spelled and pronounced their name.

In a general way spelling must follow pronunciation, though sometimes the two are at loggerheads. So if we can see how this name was spelt in the centuries immediately following the Norman Conquest, we shall at the same time be hearing how it was pronounced. But it is very likely that the pronunciation of it differed a little according to who it was that pronounced it. We know how it was once said that a Breton might not pronounce it exactly as the Norman did, and the Fleming might differ from both. So among the invaders of England there might be three pronunciations at least. And when they got into England, bringing the name with them where it had never been known before, then Essex and Wessex, Anglia and Mercia and Northumbria, might have received it and pronounced it as best suited their several tongues. So we can imagine those three ways being doubled.

"So many of our records being in Latin, we see the name more often in that language than in English. The usual Latin forms are Herveus, Hervicus, Hervisium. All through my Indexes, and also in the Dictionary itself whenever I was not quoting and could do as I liked, I have written the name as Hervy. And that I think was by far the commonest way of writing the name in English during the first two or three centuries after the Conquest. Hervey comes in, I think, rather later, though I have not noted exactly when. Harvey is certainly much later. I do not think that it will be seen before 1400. Towards 1500 it was getting very common. During the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Harvey almost wiped out Hervey. I imagine that the new spelling as Harvey came in because a new pronunciation had come in, and the spelling followed the pronunciation. The pronunciation of the first syllable as Her was being pushed out and its pronunciation as Har was being pushed in by some influence or other. As the same change was not made on the other side of the Channel, it looks as if it was the influence of the Saxon that did it.

"It is difficult, it is more than difficult, it is impossible, to say now what is the right pronunciation of Hervey. About the pronunciation of Harvey there can be no doubt. Ask any man of any class or of any part of the country how to pronounce Harvey, and he will pronounce it Harvey. But ask several people how to pronounce Hervey

and they will pronounce it differently. There are probably differences in different parts of the country. I do not know whether there are or not. But I do know that there are differences of pronunciation of it between one class and another. If I went into a village and called on the squire, who was a fashionable man and sometimes went up to London for the season with his wife and daughters, I should find that he called the name Harvey. But if I went to the village shop, I should find that they called it Hervey. Not long ago I went to Mudie's shop in Oxford St., and asked for something to be sent to me. When I gave my name the shopman behind the counter did not seem quite to catch it, and so I spelt it for him letter by letter. He then said in a correcting tone of voice, as if I was spelling something different to what I had said at first, Oh, that is Hervey. I could only reply, Well, we call it Harvey. At which answer he could only smile, it being unanswerable. And in time the parcel arrived all right. That shows that though we speak the same language, yet we have among ourselves differences of pronunciation. To the same letters we give different sounds. And in this case which is right? Is the class or dialect right which pronounces Her in Hervey as Har? Or is the class or dialect right which pronounces Her as Her? Of course in one sense each is right in the following the custom of his dialect or class. But in another sense, a historical sense, they are right who pronounce Hervey as Hervey, and they are wrong who pronounce it as Harvey. The village shop was right. The fashionable squire who sometimes took his wife and daughters up to London for the season was wrong. Mudie's shopman was right, I was wrong. They were right, because they pronounced it just as it was pronounced in the centuries immediately after the Norman Conquest. Those were wrong who pronounced it in a way that did not come in till after 1400. Besides which Her does spell Her and does not spell Har.

"This difference or uncertainty as to the pronunciation of Hervey is not peculiar to it, but is shared with it by all names and all words into whose first syllable those two letters er come. In the case of Derby, Berkshire, Hertford, Germany, person, sermon, sergeant, and scores of others, we can see or hear or perceive somehow the syllable pronounced as er or as ar according to class or dialect or date.

"It follows then from the spelling of the name in early records that the usual pronunciation of it at about the time of the Norman Conquest was Hervey, as I heard it at Mudie's across the counter, and not Harvey, as I should have heard it at the squire's who went up to London for the season with his wife and daughters...

EARLY PENNSYLVANIA HERVEYS
By Joyce P. Hervey

The name Hervey was not uncommon in early days (prior to 1800) in Pennsylvania. The name appears in records in all sections of the state, in the industrialized cities as well as small agricultural communities. Most bearers of the name were descendants of English or Irish emigrants and many Herveys of eighteenth century America had their names misspelled in records as 'Harvey' just as do modern day wearers of the name, thus making it difficult to follow them from place to place through records as they moved ever westward.

Since the names Hervey and Harvey were so frequently interchanged, both surnames have been included in this article for those areas of Pennsylvania where either name appears in the records prior to 1800 that were searched.

General Records:

Some of the oldest records existing relating to early inhabitants of Pennsylvania are the Society of Friends (Quaker) records. Meyer's book on Quaker arrivals at Philadelphia, a book which contains a list of Certificates of Removal received at the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends, lists a William Harvey, of the City of Worcester, England, a malster by trade. The listing is "dated 12 mo. 8, 1712, from Mo. Mtg. at Worcester. Received 7 mo. 26, 1712.2 [It was customary for a Friend to be formally dismissed from his old "Monthly Meeting" (local governing group) and admitted to a new "Monthly Meeting" when moving lengthy distances would make it impossible to maintain participation in the old group.] [See also, Chester Co. (below) for this William Harvey.]

Allegheny Co.: Court records show that in March 1792, William Hervey, of St. Clair Township, posted a bond of £50 and James Wright posted a bond for £100 on the "condition for the appearance of James Wright at next session to answer to an indictment for a riot.³ William Harvey was a resident of the county in 1790.¹

Beaver Co.: William Hervey was a resident of South Beauex Twp. in this county in 1790.¹

Bedford Co.: William Harvey resided here in 1800.¹

Berks Co.: Residents of the county in 1790 were Job Harvey and William Harvey.¹ In 1800 were Isaac Harvey and Job Harvey.¹

Bucks Co.: In Bucks Co. in 1790 were the following: Abraham Harvey, Alexander Harvey, Henry Harvey (2), John Harvey, Joseph Harvey, Margaret Harvey, Matthias Harvey, Nelly Harvey, William Harvey (2), and Joseph Harvy. In 1800 many of these remained and others were listed on the census: Abraham Harvey, Elonor Harvey, Henry Harvey, John Harvey, Joseph Harvey (3), Matthias Harvey, Samuel Harvey (2), and William Harvey.¹

Butler Co.: In 1800, appearing on the census was Patrick Harvey.¹

Chester Co.: Harveys of Chester Co. descended from William Harvey who was born 9,5,1678 in the parish of Lyd(?) in Worcestershire, England, came to Penna. in 1712 bringing cert. from Friends of Worcester which was received by Penna. Monthly Meeting 7,26,1712. He married 6,12,1714, Judith Osborne widow of Peter Osborn, who had come over on the same vessel. She was born at Bilson, in Staffordshire, 1683. He was by occupation a maltster, and in 1714 purchased 300 acres of land on Brandywine, in Kennet (now Pennsbury), Chester Co., upon which they settled the following year. William died 6,20,1754, and his wife 5,1,1750. They had children: (1) Hannah, b. 6,18,1715, m. Jacob Way; (2) William, b. 2,9,1717, d. 4,24,1813, m. Ann Evitt; (3) Isaac, b. 9,21,1718, d. 11,3,1802, m. Martha Newlin and went to the South; (4) Amos, b. 10,3,1721, m. Kezia Wright; (5) James, b. 6,21,1723, d. 10,9,1784. The above information and more on descendants of this family are found in Futhey's book.⁴ Listed on the 1790 census of the county were: Amos Harvey, James Harvey, Jesse Harvey, Peter Harvey, and Thomas Harvey. On the 1800 census were these names: Abner Harvey, Absalom Harvey, Amos Harvey (3), Evan Harvey, Isaac Harvey, John Harvey, Joshua Harvey, Peter Harvey, and William Harvey.¹

Cumberland Co.: Early Marriage Records of Pennsylvania show a marriage between Henderson Harvey and Martha McConnell took place in 1779 in Cumberland Co.⁵ [See also Franklin Co. for this name.] The 1790 census showed Willm Hervey in the county in Hopewell Newton, Tyborn & West-Pensboro Twp. Also residing in the co. in 1790 were: David Harvey, and James Harvey (2). In 1800 these names were on the census: Andrew Harvey, Jonathan Harvey, and William Harvey.¹

Delaware Co.: A William Harvy was in the county in 1790. In 1800 were: Eli Harvey and John Harvey.¹

Fayette_Co.: Residing in this county in 1790 were Daniel Hervey, Daniel Harvey, and William Harvey. In 1800 was William Harvey.¹

Franklin_Co.: In 1790, residents of this county were Henderson Hervey, two James Herveys, of same twp., and William Hervey; all were of Fannet, Hamilton, Letter-kenney, Montgomery, and Peters Twp. In 1800, appearing on the census were: James Harvey, John Harvey, Titus Harvey, and William Harvey.¹

Huntingdon_Co.: Robert Hervey resided in this county in 1790. In 1800 on the census were: Robert Harvey and Jane Harvey.¹

Lancaster_Co.: By 1748, a large number of families from Chester Co. & elsewhere had moved into Lancaster Co. and established a community of Friends, so that by 1804 a Monthly Meeting, called Little Britain, was established.⁶ Harveys were numbered among the Society of Friends of Lancaster Co.

Two James Herveys were listed on the census in Lancaster County in 1790, in Mountjoy Twp. William Harvey was listed among names of persons who took Oath of Allegiance to Pennsylvania in Londonderry Township, on July 1, 1777-1778, renouncing allegiance to George III, King of Great Britain⁷ Tax rolls showed William Harvey's name on the roster of Derry Township in 1779; classification: renter.⁸ His name was not located on the census index for 1790, and no Herveys or Harveys were listed on the 1800 census.¹

Luzerne Co.: Benjamin Harvey, grandson of John Harvey (native of Mass, who settled in Lyme, New London Co., CT, where he died in 1705), settled in Luzerne Co. in the Wyoming Valley in 1772, bringing three sons and two daughters with him, and is progenitor of Harveys of this county. Some of the descendants of this family have been documented.⁹ Census records of 1790 show Benjamin Harvey, Elisha Harvey, and John Harvey. In 1800 the census listed Thomas Harvey and Rosanna Harvey.¹

Lycoming Co.: In 1800 Stephen Harvey was on the census.¹ Mercer Co.: The 1800 census showed George Harvey.¹

Montgomery Co.: Two John Harveys resided in the county in 1790; in 1800 Samuel Harvey was shown on the census.¹

Northumberland Co.: In 1800, shown on the census were: Alexander Harvy and William Harvy.¹

Philadelphia Co.: Residing in Philadelphia Co. in 1790 were: Alexr Hervey, of Southwork Swanson St. West Side, a shoemaker; Jona Hervey & Co., of Philad. City Middle Dist, So. Water St. to Chestnut St., East side, a merchant; Sampson Hervey, of Phila. City, Middle Dist., Race St. South to Ninth St., a ships chandr, Elizabeth Harvey, John Harvey, Samuel Harvey, and Thomas Harvey. On the 1800 census appeared these names: George Harvy and John Harvy.¹

Somerset Co.: William Harvey was shown on the 1800 census in this county.¹

Washington Co.: Francis Hervey, who was born in Cecil Co., MD (son of William Hervey, who emigrated from Campbelltown, Scotland, to Maryland, where he died) moved to Washington Co. in 1804. Descendants of this family are documented in the C._B._Record.¹⁰ However, Francis may have been the same as Francis Henery, who appeared on the 1793 Tax Lists in Cecil Township.¹¹ Others shown in the tax lists are: James Harvey, Finley Twp. 1793; William Hervey, Hopewell Twp. 1785; William Harvy, Hopewell Twp. 1793; William Hervey, Robinson Twp. 1784. John Hervey was a single Freeman in the West Lands of Robinson Twp. in 1784. The Census shows William Harvey, 1790; James Harvey and Job Harvey, 1800.¹

Westmoreland_Co.: A William Harvey left a will recorded in this co., dated 1799.¹¹ Census records show Joshua Harvy in 1790 and Joseph Harvey and Josiah Harvey in 1800 in Westmoreland Co.¹

York_Co.: Phillip Harvey was a resident of the county in 1790.¹

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[Editor: While in the service of the Confederate Army, A. G. Hervey^-3 (Oney S.-2, Thomas-1) wrote letters to his family. The following two letters, written from Arkansas, are totally different. The first reveals much of his thinking regarding the practice of religion; whereas, the second is primarily a factual account of his recent war experiences, but does give some insight into his fervor for the cause of Texas.]

Camp Bayou Bartholomew
Aug. 14th 1863

Dear Matt

I recd today two letters of date July 15th & 22nd which I can assure you afforded me much pleasure -- not only to learn that you were all well but to learn the change that had taken place in my little family and in the community around Chatfield. nothing affords me more pleasure than to learn that harmony & good will once more prevails in our community[.] god grant that it may continue.

Your course in regard to joining the church is commendable in your case and Harrys - though I regard the church as a great help & a safe guard to sustain the Christian faith -- but if you have doubts do not join the church by any means until you are fully satisfied that you are right[.] when you are convinced then join the church[.] as to Harrie I scarcely know what to say [--] under such excitement little boys or girls are apt to be deceived[.] you must notice him particularly & you can very soon see whether he is deceived or not[.] if you find clearly that he is not then let him join the church[.] even then it will require close watch & much & frequent advice to keep him from going astray.

You say that you will wait until I return that I may join the church with you[.] now my dear[,] I dont wish you to wait on that account. I am determined to endeavour to prepare my self for futurity[.] ever since I have received your letter I feel like a new man[.] I feel that with a prayerful christian wife to aid me & the prayers of my little boy that it will not be difficult for me to give up the ways of the world & live a true Christian life.

Now Matt[,] as to the church you join[,] exercise your own judgement. do not suffer your self influenced by any prejudices or preferences of mine[.] but I must say to you in candor that I never expect to join the Baptist Church[.] their doctrine of close communion is one that I can never reconcile to my conscience[.] I regard all good christians as one family regardless of the church creed to which they belong & for one sect of Christians to say to another[,] you are not a christian because you are not of my church consequently we cannot associate ourselves with you as such we are the only Christians [--] if you join in Communion with us you must join our church. it is a doctrine that does not reconcile itself to my way thinking. as to my preference I really have none[,] therefore you must not be influenced by me[.] I have as many objections to the Methodist discipline[.] the Baptist being the only church at that place it is the only one you could join so as to be ?consistent/consecrated?[.]

[Marginal note: Does not have yet.]

I dont think I will be at home before 1st Dec. so be of good cheer [? and ???????? on ?] for I will be there between now and Christmas[.] Calvin [A. G. no doubt refers to this brother, Calvin Hervey, of Arkansas] sold the horse I left there for $700.00 I

am using one of his, just received a letter from him [--] all well.

My health is improving[.] I am able for ?light? duty. the fighting you heard of at Ganisee? Landing I wrote particulars sometime since which you have certainly received before now[.] I write often [--] dont know how it is that you dont get my letters, still direct yours to Pine Bluff[.] I have sworn off of ever ever ?betting? another dollar on anything[.] I never did only on horse races I always won. Oney [he is probably referring to his brother, Oney S. Hervey] was drafted in the militia but cant stand to walk[.] My love to all friends[,] much to yourself & children[.] ???? for me[.] Yours ever A.G.Hervey

[Note added at top of letter:] Tell Ellen that she must not loose her ?religion? [--] to be a good and faithful servant

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[Marginal note at top of the second letter:]

You will probably think this a very cold letter but I cant write more now[.] I intended adding more[.] my chills are very light[.] I think I will be clear of them soon[.] I will try to go to Calvin for a few days but dont know that I will get off[.] Tell the children not to forget Pa.

Arkadelphia Sept. 13th 1863

Dear Matt

We are once more at this pleasant town but under very unflattering circumstances as we were forced to fall back[.] I was in the two fights below L[ittle] Rock. I will give you an imperfect description of the days work. Our Squadron with Capt. Mims Comp & Morgans Squadron all under command of Maj. Morgan, a gallant officer. (I commanded McKies Squadron [--] every other commissioned officer absent sick)[.] We were ordered at dark on Monday night 7th to proceed to a ford as picquets? & to support a section of Capt. Pratts Batt. Tuesday every thing at our stand passed off quietly with the exception of picquet firing about a mile above us. on Wednesday morning about 100 Fed Cavalry made their appearance on the opposite side from our picquets[.] Capt. Pratt sent a shell from one of his 12 pound guns which exploded in their midst killing two horses & wounding several men as was ascertained from their picquets above[.] they skedadled[.] Pratt sent two other shells after them to spur them up[.]

On the same evening we heard a long force coming down the river with artillery[.] we were certain that we would have some hot work, next morning we commenced hauling cotton which was near at hand to make protection for our battery[.] early Thursday morning a few men made their appearance & Capt Pratt sent them a shell, they then opened on us with two pieces shell & solid shot, we were at breakfast when the firing commenced[.] they saw us going down to the battery & opened on us[.] it was a little amusing to see the boys drop to the ground when they could hear the whiz of a shell[.] we formed in the left of the Battery where we got a full benefit from the shells of the enemy, they shot off three Bales of cotton at one fire which was all the damage they done us, we soon learned that they had built a pontoon across the River above us and were crossing [.] orders came for us to fall back[.] we had to go up the River & pass the feds[.] though they were in a bend we had a close run to prevent them from cutting us off. we fell back from miles across La Fourche Bayou when we formed as you will see from the ?impessed? map enclosed, the enemy engaged Col. Dobbins on the left or River road at that point ?our? men Captured two pieces of artillery & drove them back for a while, they reinforced and commenced the attack again in the meantime they showed them selves in our front. when Capt. Pratt sent them a defiant message and 12 pound shell then they deployed to Right & left through dense corn fields which lay in our ?front? and advanced their sharp shooters up within fifty yards of our Battery only the Bayou & fence intervening, in the mean time they engaged us sharply with two pieces artillery[.] Capt. Pratt replied handsomely[.] their Sharp Shooters then engaged us[.] Col. Newton Regt Cavalry supporting the right & Maj. Morgans command the left. in which our squadron was acting, Capt. Pratt with a few rounds of grape & canister silenced the sharp shooters Killing a number of them[.] they fired heaviest on the right at Col. Newtons men[.] they soon commenced firing from the field in front of us their balls ??? thick & close -- but by the aid of divine providence none of us hurt[.] a shell exploded about 20 feet to my right in our lines wounding two horses of Nunns Comp., some shells struck in front of us and bounded over our line[.] in fact they fell thick & fast front & rear[.] you may guess we lay flat without regard to the dust. very soon the left wing on the River gave way before superior numbers[.] we then recd orders to fall back which we had to do, through corn fields as the enemy was already in the road ahead of us[.] they shelled us as we went out by making good time[.] we got to L. Rock before them. there was no infantry engaged during the day when we got to L. Rock[.] Gen. Prices whole force was retreating to this point[.] we never halted in L. Rock but retreated leisurely as all the army was together & in good order except desertions which were numerous among the Ark troops, the Cavalry still remains in the rear[.] the enemy have followed as yet only 25 miles[.] yesterday morning our command was ordered to h? near[.] I went back with them as far as Benton when from fever & exaustion I was compelled to report sick. I was ordered by Maj. Morgan to report back to his surgeon who by the way is Dave Fentress from Bolivar [--] he lives on San Marcos Ten? [Tennessee?.] Married Dr. Browns Daughter Fanny[.] [A. G. is referring to some of his former neighbors, in Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tenn.] he ordered me with himself to Arkadelphia at which point we arrived after a fatiguing march in the dust among Thousands of Wagons. I never want to be caught in another General retreat.

Sept 14th I had a chill & light fever last night. news from the rear, the enemy are not pressing us[.] all the train and infantry will get here to day[.] Gen. Price & Staff just arrived[.] I think we will receive ?orders? by morning at least, to fall back to Red River[.] this a poor country and affords but little forage[.] we eat out whole neighborhoods in one night[.] a 100 acre field is a circumstance[.] some families have none left them, it is a hard fate but cant be avoided. David Parsons is in the rear [--] he was sick when I left him, I look for them up to day, Capt. McKie & all but about 25 of the men, joined us here last evening. Sent back to Monticello for the balance, Capt. McKie & Dash have been sick but they are now up but not able to duty[.] Lieut. Stewart is up but not able for active duty[.] he has sent up his resignation & I hope it may be accepted that we may have another that is sometimes able for duty [--] it will relieve me very much[.] King Tate will be the next Lieut. if the resignation is accepted or at least I think so, you need not look for me home soon [--] not until thing[s] assume a different shape[.] it is my duty now and that of every Texian to be at his post -- to defend his home & property[.] it will be too late when they secure a safe footing in our state[.] they should never cross ?Red? ?River? as long as we have a man left to fight them. I wonder now if the cowardly speculators of Ten. will lend a hand to protect their ill begotten gains[.] I think it doubtful[.] I expect part of them have holes already dug in the earth to hide themselves & gains. if not I guess they are preparing to get off to Mexico or Yankeedom[.] all of their sort that dont fight when our army falls back will be very apt to look up a limb[.] this is the general sentiment of Texians in the army, General Marmaduke commanded the Cavalry in the fight below L. Rock & still in the rear[.] he killed General Marsh Walker (in Ark, Brigadier) a few days ago in a Duel, he was under arrest but I suppose was released for the emergency, Peter Siler I am very certain is dead [--] I passed in 6 miles of them[.] his surgeon had given him out, Capt. Bogges says he heard afterward that he died. I wrote to cousin Fannie & sent the letter by one of her neighbors, I was very sorry that I could not go to see her? ?????? ??? some talk of our Squadron being put in a Regt. Walton[,] Col. Morgan Lieut. Col. & McKie Major[.] I dont think that McKie will consent to the arrangement as he is already virtually a major & can get a commission[.] about our business matters use your own discretion[.] I dont know what to advise, no use to sell negroes as the money wont do to keep nor will any property but land[.] if they overrun us land will be worth nothing for years[.] my love to all our friends - - much to your dear self & children[.] write to Spring Hill Ark. to care of Calvin[.] no letters from you since one by ?Dash?

Yours ever A. G. Hervey

[The following abstracts are from National Archives film series M805, roll #406, entitled "Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty Land Warrant Application Files." The series reproduces all records from envelope files containing up to 10 pages of records, but only significant genealogical documents are microfilmed from larger files.]

John Harvey, Pvt. PA line, served 2 yrs., Regt. comm. by Col. Broadhead.

On 7 Sept. 1842 his son George Harvey, age 50, resident of Deer Isle, Hancock Co., ME appeared in court in that county to swear that he is the son of John and Lucy Harvey, both deceased, that his father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and enlisted for "during the war" and served to its termination in the first PA Continental Regiment under Col. Broadhead, that his father died in Dec. 1838, that his mother died in June 1837.

John Harvey, Pvt. PA Continental line. No records exist on this John Harvey except that a bounty land warrant for 100 acres was issued to his assignee, Moses Sill, on 12 March 1792. A letter filed with this bounty warrant record, from G. W. Courter of New Orleans, LA, dated Aug. 8, 1932 asked for information on John Harvey, ancestor of G. W. Courter, who served toward the last of the War, and married Jane Beauchamp of MD at the close of the War and was granted land in Claremont Co., OH, where he died in 1819. This John Harvey had a son Beauchamp Harvey, who served in the War of 1812, enlisting from Highland Co., OH and lived in Wabash Co., IL after 1819.

John Harvey, VA, served six mo. and 12 mo. terms as a volunteer in 1780 and 1781

On 10 Feb. 1859, Nancy Harvey, age 87, resident of Marshall Co., TN, being born 23 Dec. 1771, made oath that she is the widow of John Harvey, who was a private in the War of the Revolution from VA, that he lived in Rockbridge Co., VA at the time of his service, that she was married to him in Franklin Co., TN by John Camden, J.P., on or about the first day of Aug. 1822, that her husband died in Franklin Co., TN on the 13th of April 1833, that she was born in Rockingham County, Virginia and her name before marriage was Nancy Houston.

Appearing in court with Nancy were neighbors Richmond Campbell, G. H. Hogan, and W. H . Sanders, who swore that they knew Nancy to be the widow of said John Harvey.

Also appearing in court was Nancy's daughter, Mucissa Hogan who made the following statement:

"I Mucissa Hogan live in Marshall Co [TN]. I was born in Christain County Kentucky in 1810 -- am now 47 years of age. Before my marriage to Mr. Hogan, my name was Mucissa Harvey. I am a daughter of John & Nancy Harvey. My father, John Harvey, died on the 13th day of April 1833 in Franklin Co., Tenn. We were all living there in Franklin Co. Myself, husband and children, and my mother moved to Marshall Co. in the year 1836.

"My mother, Nancy Harvey, is now living with me and my husband. My mother was born in 1771, according to our record, my parents were married in Franklin Co. Tenn. They lived together until my father's death. I lived with them or in the same neighbourhood. I have two brothers Layton and Leander, and one sister Manerva All children of John and Nancy Harvey. They are now dead. My father came from Virginia to Kentucky and from thence to Tennessee.

"I know my father died in 1833 for I was at his burial. He has oftentimes told me that he was in the Revolutionary War from Virginia. He was from Rockbridge Co. VA and said he served two campaigns, the one of six months the other of twelve months tour. He has often told me the following circumstance: said he, 'my father was drafted, and I though only sixteen years old, volunteered and went with him, my mother cried and tryed to persuade me not to go.' I have heard him say that his father was not with him the second campaign but remained at home. I have heard him talk a great deal about the Revolutionary War, but am not able now to state much about it...

"My father and mother, I must state, lived together many years before they were married. I was about twelve or thirteen years old when Esqr. Camden married them. I saw them married, recollect well for I was not well pleased, but I am not able to state the precise day and year of their marriage. I was married in 1825; and they were married about two or three years before. I never heard of or knew any call in question or doubt their being husband and wife after marriage. The children of John & Nancy Harvey were legitimated by act of the general assembly and names changed from Houston to Harvey. This I know about.

"This statement is necessary in order to explain the fact that I am 47 years old and they have been married only about 36 or 37 years.

Testators to the above statement were Granville H. Hogan and Selena A. Hogan.

JUNE 1989 VOL 5 NO 3

By Joyce P. Hervey

[Authors Note: This issue presents some of my most recent efforts to piece together the Hervey families of Halifax County, NC. Since many subscribers are descended from the Herveys of Halifax Co., you may find this collateral Hervey line interesting.

There were so many Herveys bearing the same names and living in Halifax County, NC at the time of interest that the task of sorting them into families is difficult. Nevertheless, after extensively reading through deed records, probate records, and court records, I consider this to be a good start in piecing together the family of William Hervey, Senior. Some of you may add to, prove or disprove it as you wish.]

The family of William Hervey Sr. seems certain to be related in some way to Col. Thomas Hervey. Halifax County records show that the two families lived in close proximity, bought and sold land together and to each other, witnessed each others deeds, were bondsmen at each others marriages, named their offspring with the same names, etc. The real unanswered question is how were they related. This present article simply attempts to piece together some of the descendants of William Hervey Sr.

A good place to begin is by trying to determine the approximate vital statistics (i.e. birth, death, marriage) of the subject. For a calculation of the approximate date of birth, consider the deed records of Halifax County. The first mention found there of William Hervey was 20 Feb. 1775: Wm. Harvey bought land from Wm. & Eliza Sullivant. The said land was adjacent to lands belonging to Thomas Williams, Jeremiah Sullivant, and Spencer Hurst. (Deed Bk. 13 pg. 238). (Other names appearing in deeds are relevant because they are names of neighbors, and neighbors were likely to be relatives.) Assuming William Hervey Sr. was at least 21 years old when he made the above purchase, he would have to have been born by 1754. Probably he was born several years before 1754, since, on 16 Nov. 1784, Wm. Hervey & Billy Hervey (presumably his son, William Hervey, Jr., who probably would have been at least 18 years old to have signed a legal document) witnessed sale of land by Thomas Hervey to Samuel Smith of Northumberland Co., VA, (land was near Burn Coat Swamp, adjoining lands of Elijah Humphries, Charles Sheppards, Nanleys, Pritchetts, and Kirks). Thus, for William Sr. to have a son at least 18 years old by the year 1784, he would probably have been born by 1745.

William Hervey's date of death is easier to pinpoint, since his will is recorded in Will Book 4, Page 5 of Halifax Co. The will, written on June 28th, 1825 and probated in August 1825, places his death in June, July, or August 1825. With a birthdate assumed to have been in 1745, he would have been about eighty years old when he died. Some might question, quite legitimately, whether this was the same William Hervey; maybe the one who died in 1825 was actually the younger William, who in turn had a son named William. A thorough search of census and deed records gives a measure of satisfaction that the William who died in 1825 is the same William who was born about 1745. The early censuses consistently showed no more than three William Harvey/Herveys in Halifax, and they all can be accounted for: William Sr., his son William, who was alive at the time of the elder William's death; and William Hervey (son of Col. Thomas Hervey) who died in 1803 and whose heirs are recorded in Will Book 3 page 394 (see HFA Bulletin, vol. 3 no. 3 page 112 for descendants). The William Harvey who died in 1825 and left a will was obviously elderly, because he had several grandchildren whom he named in the will as devisees and he had one great-granddaughter whom he named, i.e. "my grand daughter Frances Justice ... her daughter Elizar Justice".

No marriage record has been located for William Hervey Sr. His will named no wife, indicating that he was probably a widower (which would be expected in 1825 for an 80 year old man). Earliest recorded marriages in Halifax were about the 1780's, and William would have to have been married before then (by about 1765) to have a son 18 years old in 1784.

Deed records of Halifax Co. have perhaps provided the name of William's wife. (Though it is possible that the following deed concerns the younger William Harvey and wife, it probably refers to the elder, because the younger William had no young boy (apprentice) living in his household in the 1800 census; whereas the elder William did.) In Deed Book 18, on page 498 was an indenture, dated 8 May 1798: "as witness have pub[.] and placed an orphan boy of Gary Dammurad named Allen Dammural aged 5 years[,] the said Allen Dammural is put & placed by his mother Sarah Dammural to William Harvey and Francis his wife of said county [Halifax] within to dwell and reside and serve until the said apprentice arrives to the age of 21 yrs ... sd. apprentice shall serve in all lawful business & orderly in all things behaving himself towards his master & ... sd. William Harvey & Frances his wife do promise and agree to do what they can for the instruction of sd. apprentice providing sufficient food & clothing & lodging[.] the sd. William Harvey & wife Francis shall not turn sd. apprentice from under the ruff whereunder they sleep".

To begin piecing together the family of William Harvey Sr., consider his will, which is recorded below in its entirety. [Underlines (__) appear where words were illegible or the page in the book is torn. The will was transcribed from microfilm of the original will books.]

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From the will, five children of William Harvey Sr. are identified; namely, son William Harvey, executor of the estate; daughter Mary Downin Blackburn, wife of Asa Blackburn; a daughter Lydia Scoggins, wife of William Scoggins, whose daughters were Mourning and Mary Scoggins (William's granddaughters); Robert Harvey, whose share goes to his living children; Thomas Harvey, whose part to be divided among his living children.

One statement in the will is bothersome: "I give the remnant of my estate to be equally devided into seven parts". Each of the seven recipients should then have been listed but only four, viz. Robert Harvey's living children, Thomas Harvey's living children, Lydia Scoggin's living children and Frances Justice, his grand daughter who "is to receive an equal part of what is to be sold", were named in that Item. Such a statement in a will generally means that there are seven children, who will receive equal parts in the division. If one or more of the seven has already died, then the heirs of the deceased divide that share. The statement leads one to speculate that William perhaps had seven children. It might further be interpreted to mean that those persons whose "living children" received a share are deceased.

It is clear that the will was not carefully written and leaves one in doubt as to some of the family relationships, and was incomplete in naming all his heirs.

If there were two other children of William Harvey Sr., one possible son was John Harvey, who was a witness to the will of William Harvey Sr. and who left his own will that was probated in Feb. 1826 and witnessed by two people: James Perkins (the same person who was later executor of Mary Harvey Blackburn's estate) and Presley Williams (one of Mary Blackburn's legatees). John Harvey's heirs, listed in the will, were: wife Lydia & son Orran to be executors; five children to share in estate were Orran, Hannon, Holden, Jeney, and John S. Harvey.

Another possible child of William Harvey Senr. is a daughter who was the mother of Francis Justice, whom William called his "granddaughter" in his will. "Justice" is the apparent married name of the granddaughter, since Francis Justice had a daughter Elizer Justice.

ANITA BELLE HERVEY JASPER
April 17, 1904 - March 16, 1987
By Ruth Jasper McGuckin

Anita Hervey, my mother, was born April 17, 1904, in Woodville, Texas, where her father was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her parents were Mary Gay Caldwell Hervey and James Walter Hervey, son of Mary Jane Hooton Hervey and Albert Gallatin Hervey, son of Mary Elizabeth Murphy Hervey and Oney Scyprett Hervey, son of Ann Holt Hervey and Oney Scyprett Hervey. In the next few years the family moved from church to church and five more children were born. Anita's siblings were: Corinna, b. 1906; Ralph, b. 1909, d. 1912; Oney S., b. 1912, d. 1982; Christine, b. 1914; and Evelyn, b. 1917. Ralph died of diptheria which killed many children in those days. Anita loved her little brother and was deeply saddened by his death. She saved the letters of condolence which were received by her parents, and I have those letters now. They are beautifully-written messages of sympathy.

Each of the children was born in a different town as Rev. Hervey's ministry took him to various churches. This frequent changing of schools and friends was difficult for Anita as she was a very sensitive child. But she also was very adaptable and it was her nature to make the best of any situation. One drastic change came when they were transferred from Welsh, La., to Exeter, N.H., where they lived for three years: Anita's first three years of high school. This required great adaptability--she suffered from culture shock due to the differences in language, customs and climate. Then when she was 14 she was sent from Exeter to a nearby town to spend the summer with an elderly lady who needed a companion and help with the housework. Anita was very homesick and lonesome for her big family. But she did more than merely cope with the situation. One of her duties was to accompany Miss Moulton on her daily walks. Miss M. knew a great deal about horticulture and Anita learned much about the names and characteristics of many flowers, trees and shrubs. Anita never lost interest in flowers and through the years she passed this on to her children and grandchildren. They would show her pictures in catalogs to test her knowledge, and I don't believe she ever failed to identify any of the flowers.

In the fall of 1921 the Hervey family moved from New Hampshire to Marshall, Tx. and there Anita met John Jasper at the Methodist Church where he was Sunday School Superintendent. They were attracted to each other immediately, and he always told us that the moment he saw her, he knew she was the girl he intended to marry. But there were problems--she was only 17 and he was 26, and her father didn't want her to even look at a man that age, much less date him. She soon moved to Basile, La., when Papa became pastor there. She and John corresponded (I have those letters) and made plans and waited. A popular song of the day, "Side By Side" became their song. They were married by Rev. Hervey on December 26, 1923, when she was 19 and he was 28.

They lived in Marshall their first year; then moved to Austin when John was elected to the State Legislature. In 1925 they moved with their infant daughter to Dallas. John established his law practice, they bought a house and had two more children. Their first three children were: Virginia, b. 1925, d. 1977; Ruth, b. 1927, and John Walter, b. 1928. Their future looked great.

Then the Great Depression came. The law practice dwindled, the mortgage was foreclosed and they had two more babies: Barbara, b. 1932, and Lorraine, b. 1933. Things were awfully grim, but both had very strong characters and determination and worked hard and kept the family together. Mother used her incomparable "Pollyanna" abilities and taught us to appreciate what we had, to use our imaginations and to entertain ourselves. We always had woods and creeks to play in, had good schools, and good friends and neighbors. Anita and John practiced their Christian beliefs and in those Depression years had various friends and relatives come to live with us: people who had even less money than we had. We didn't have much money, but we were never poor.

They taught us by their example the true devotion a husband and wife should feel for one another. They took care of each other in every way, each supported the other in all endeavors, and they shared their sorrows as in the death of their grandson, Johnny Wright, and the death of their daughter, Virginia in 1977. They shared their joys and loved each other with no reservations. In 1970 they realized a dream which they'd had ever since losing their home in 1930--they bought another house. They luckily had 25 years to travel and enjoy each other's company after their children were grown and gone. Their five children have given them 21 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren, so far.

In 1978 they became ill; Anita with complications of diabetes, and John with a stroke which forced him to give up his law practice after 55 years. Mother did more and more for him as he became less able to care for himself. In 1982 they could no longer manage at home, so they entered a nursing home. They shared a room there, and as Daddy's health declined, Mother took care of him and almost never left his bedside. She was completely devoted and dedicated and they remained sweethearts until the end. John died in August, 1984, and Mother felt incomplete and unhappy without him after 60 years of marriage. She survived until March 1987, and she is buried beside him. I believe they are together again in the next world--still side by side.

[Editor: In the last issue of the Bulletin were two letters from A. G. Hervey, written in Aug. & Sept. 1863 to his wife, which told that he had been ill and that he hoped to visit his brother Calvin. He must have managed to make the visit, for the next letter, from Albert's brother, John P. Hervey, to Albert's wife, Martha G. Hervey, indicates that Albert had been at Calvin's place. In the following letter, John tells his sister-in-law of some of his war experiences and reminisces about the past.]

Camp Cheneyville, La.
Oct. 28, 1863

My dear Sister[:] [Martha G. Hervey]

I was much gratified on the recpt of your kind letter by the same mail I recd one from CMH [Calvin M. Hervey] stating that Albert was at his place & had been ?____? sick but was convalescing and I hope ere this that he is able to be in the saddle[.] We are at present on the skedaddle before a force of 25000 feds[.] we have a force of probably 10000 men we move with much dignity[,] bristling up occasionall[y] & throwing forward a pretty strong line of battle[,] only in order though to make their piquetts move near their main body[,] which we do pretty effectuatly[.] our Brig was out a few days ago and we thought a battle so eminent that we spread our neck & established a hospital & a few prisoners pass us daily[.] yesterday thirty one Blues passed us[.] we play all around them with our cavalry & I think that we will give them the best that we have in our shop? as soon as we reach Natchitoches which is in the hills. This is indeed the paradise of the planter (Bouess?) all bottom[,] above over flow and often cleared so far as the eye can reach[.] indeed it often reminds me of your own prairie home. The majority of the plantations are in ruins[.] some have majestic cane crops on them[.] upon some there is not a solitary negro left where there were hundreds before the war[.]

My Regt is in fine health and consequently my duties are light. You spoke of Harrys being ?____? [ed.: Harry's age at this time would have been 14] years old[.] it seems as but yesterday that I used to fondle him upon my knee a light haired blue(?) eyed boy[.] The flight of time is indeed rapid but it has not passed over me without silvering my hair with much frost of few winters[.]

I have letters frequently from my family[.] I have one & only one boy left and he gives me much promise indeed[.] he is apparently all that a fond parent could wish[.] In fact your letter brought about a train of thought that for the first time almost convince me that I was growing to be an old man[,] also a complete review of my past life [--] one idly spent in a moral view[.] a close review of ones past life is both pleasant & unpleasant bringing up variously hued memories ---

Tell Harrie that he might write me[.] I would be delighted to see a letter from him[.] its time for Beef & Bread[;] at least the Bugle says so[.]

Your aff[.] Brother
J. P. Hervey

[The following abstracts are from National Archives film series M805, roll #406, entitled "Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty Land Warrant Application Files." The series reproduces all records from envelope files containing up to 10 pages of records, but only significant genealogical documents are microfilmed from larger files.]

Jonathan Harvey, Pvt., Cpl. & Sgt. CT line, served three terms, 1777, 1780.

Appearing at the Fifth Circuit Court of Chancery in Herkimer Co., NY, on 1 Sept. 1832, was Jonathan Harvey, of Frankfort, Herkimer Co., NY to declare his service in the Revolutionary War: In 1777 he served as a common soldier in the state troops Continental line or militia of the state of Connecticut under Capt. Smith in Col. S. Ely's Regt. for about 8 months. In 1780 he enlisted in state service as corporal under Lt. John Griswold and served 9 months. A third term was two months as sergeant under Capt. Abner Comstock, also in CT. Jonathan testified that he was born in East Hallum, Conn. and lived there when he enlisted and until after the war, then moved to Mass., then to Herkimer Co., NY, where he has resided about 28 years. He is 72 years of age. Appearing in court to verify his claims were Jehiel Hungerford, who served with him during the war; Justin Dumon, a clergyman; and John Stewart, a friend. Edwin Clinton Harvey, of Utica, NY, (or of Camden, NY) wrote to the Archives in 1895, inquiring about the service of the above revolutionary war patriot.

Jonathan Harvey/Hervey, gunner, Mass. Regt., enl. 10 May 1777, served 2 yrs. 7 mos.

Jonathan Harvey's widow, Wealthy Harvey, age upwards of 84 years, appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, in Broome Co., NY, on 7 Apr. 1838, to claim eligibility for a widow's pension. She declared that: she is the widow of Jonathan Harvey who was "an orderly sergeant in Colonel Crafts Regt. of Artillery in the Army of the Revolution, that he served three years but she is unable from the infirmity of age and the consequent loss of memory to state the time he entered the army but believes it was 1777. He subsequently was a soldier in 1781 and she thinks under Capt. Cushing, but is unable to state the time he served or when he was discharged, but she knows that his last period of service was after her marriage with him."

She was married to her husband on 12 April 1781 by Rev. Isaac ?Barkly?. Her husband died 29 March 1832 and she remained a widow since his death.

Joseph Hervey, son of Jonathan and Wealthy Harvey, of Triangle, Broome Co., NY, appeared in court with his mother to swear that he "is of the age of forty three years and upwards" and to confirm his mother's statements.

Documents proving the marriage of Wealthy Pool to Jonathan Harvey were submitted by the Town Clerk of Bridgewater, Mass. He wrote that the record of publishment of intentions of their marriage is recorded on the 447th page in the Book of Records of Publishment & Marriages belonging to the town of Bridgewater in the Co. of Plymouth & State of Mass., dated 31 March 1781. The marriage record did not appear in the book of marriages belonging to the town of Bridgewater, but could be found in a book of marriages consummated by the Rev. Jones ?Banhar?, kept by him when he was one of the ministers of the town of Middleborough in Plymouth Co., Mass, confirming the marriage date of 12 Apr. 1781.

The Archives responded, on 21 Nov. 1928, to an inquiry about the above soldier from M. S. Harvey, of the First National Bank, Coudersport, Penna.

Joseph Harvey, Pvt. R.Island line for over two years.

On the 13th of Sept. 1839, appeared Susannah Harvey, widow of Joseph Harvey, a resident of Charlestown, Washington Co., RI, to make declaration:

"I am the widow of Joseph Harvey late of said Charlestown deceased who was a private soldier and served in the Revolutionary War for more than two years. I have understood from my said husband & others that in the fore part of said war in Oct. or Nov. I think 1775 the said Joseph Harvey who then lived in the town of Charlestown enlisted in the grade of a private into a company commanded by Capt. Royzel Smith in Col. Richmond's Regiment for one year and that he served in said company & Rgt. in the state of R.I. from said enlistment. After this tour of duty the said Joseph returned home to Charlestown and lived for several years without doing any military duty except as a drafted militia soldier. How many times he was drafted I cannot now tell. I remember that he was drafted in the same company & served at South Kingstown one or two months but the name of the officers under whom he served and the precise time of those services I cannot now tell. In the summer of the year 1782 my said husband being at home at said Charlestown was persuaded to enlist in the service of the United States to serve for three years in the grade of a private soldier in a Regt. of infantry in the state of Mass. Immediately after this enlistment my husband went away with a recruiting officer by the name of Pettis I think to join his Regiment as I then understood not far from Boston and I saw him no more until the war near over. When my said husband enlisted and went away into the last mentioned service he left me with two small children and without any means to support them except by my own labour. Fortunately I enjoyed good health and alone by my own labor I succeeded in sustaining myself and the two little ones until my husband returned; yet we suffered much many a time did they cry for bread and many a pillow did I moisten with tears. As my husband could not write I received no intelligence from him during his absence. He did not get home until long after many other soldiers had arrived, an before he did come I was tormented with the agonizing report that he had been killed. This proved to be false. Late in the fall of the year 1783 he returned, dressed in a soldiers uniform. He was feeble and emaciated and never afterwards enjoyed good health. He brought home a paper which he called his Discharge and which he appeared to prize and often showed to his acquaintances. Neither my husband nor myself could read writing and this Discharge was after deposited with a William Johnson for safe keeping. This man is now dead and after much search said discharge cannot be found. Names of the officers under whom my said husband served during this last tour of duty I cannot now tell and the service was so far off that I have no means of ascertaining ... I further declare that I was married to the said Joseph Harvey in the town of Charlestown aforesaid by Peleg Cross Esq a Justice of the Peace, in the month of January 1778. I have no documentary proof of said marriage and I understand that it is not found on the records of said Charlestown..I further declare that my husband the aforesaid Joseph Harvey died in said town of Charlestown in Nov. of 1812 and that I have remained a widow ever since his decease ...

Susannah Harvey again appeared in court on 7 May 1855, aged 94, still a resident of Washington Co., RI to reapply for a pension under a later act of March 3, 1855.

A letter written by W. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner, to Hon. Richard S. Aldrich, of the House of Representatives, on 20 March 1920, gave more specifics about the War Service and history of Joseph Harvey: "... it appears from the papers in the Rev. War Pension Claim W17977 that Joseph Harvey was born and reared in Charlestown, Rhode Island; date of his birth is not given.

"While residing in said Charlestown, he enlisted & served with the Rhode Island troops, as follows:

"From in Oct. or Nov., 1775, one year in Capt. Royal Smith's Company, Colonel Richmond's regiment; in August, 1778, one month under Lt. Boriah Lewis, and was in Gen. Sullivan's expedition; in the fall of 1779, one or two months at South Kingston, names of officers not given. "He enlisted in the summer of 1782 for three years service in Colonel Shepard's Mass. regiment and served until the fall of 1783.

"He died in the summer of 1812 in Charlestown, R.I.

"The soldier md. in Jan. 1778 in Charlestown, RI, Susannah Harvey, the dau. of Edward Harvey of Charlestown, RI.

"She was allowed pension in her application executed Sept. 13, 1839, at which time she was 79 years of age & residing in Charlestown, RI ...

"Their eldest child, Hannah Harvey, was born Jan. 14, 1779, and was a resident of said Charlestown in 1840. Hannah Harvey stated at this time that her parents had a large family of children, most of whom 'are now dead', names of other children not stated.

"In 1855 Susannah Harvey was residing with a daughter in Westerly, RI, and in 1857 she was residing with a daughter & son-in-law, J. L. Thompson in So. Lyme, New London Co., Conn.

"Their grandchildren were referred to but no names given and there are no further data as to family."

AUGUST 1989 VOL 5 NO 4

Both young men moved west within a few years, William to Washington Co., PA and Henry to Brooke Co., WV. A glance at a map of the area will show that, though the two settled in different states, they were very near to each other. The two counties are divided by a state line but are separated by no physical barriers.

Hervey Families bulletins have printed several articles about this Irish Hervey family. [See Vol. 3 No. 3, May 1987.] The family produced several Presbyterian ministers who were prominent in establishing churches in Western Pennsylvania, the West Virginia Panhandle, and Ohio in the early 1800's. The families were large ones with many offspring bearing the Hervey name, so the name is quite common in the tri-state area around Wheeling, West Virginia.

The following article, giving the history of the previously named Henry Hervey, and written by his son, Rev. David Hervey, appeared in print in 1879, in a publication from Wheeling, WV, titled History of the Pan-Handle, Being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia, edited by J. H. Newton et.al.

Brief sketch of the Hervey Family, of Brooke county, West Virginia, by Rev. David Hervey (now, June, 1879, in the Eighty-fifth Year of his Age.)

"The Hervey family is of Scotch origin. The members of it, from time immemorial, have been Presbyterian in their religious belief and church connection. At the time of the religious persecution in Scotland the family ancestors emigrated to the north of Ireland and settled in the county of Monahan. Here Henry Hervey, (the father of Rev. David Hervey, of Brooke county,) was born in 1740.

"At the age of thirty, he, in company with his cousin, William Hervey, came over to this country, landing at Philadelphia in April, 1770. Thence two years later, in 1772, they came west of the Allegheny mountains.

"William Hervey settled in Washington county, Pa., and Henry Hervey in Brooke county, Virginia. Henry Hervey forthwith entered his claim, by settlement, to the farm upon which his son Rev. D. Hervey now resides, located in Brooke county, about midway between the Ohio river and the Pennsylvania line. This farm was then, and for several years after, the frontier farm of the settlement. It is moreover believed to be the only farm in the county still owned and occupied by the children of the original settlers. It has been in the continuous ownership of the father and son for 107 years.

"Henry Hervey was married in 1776 to Margaret Hutcheson. She came over in company with her half brother, William Young, emigrating from near Belfast, Ireland.

"At the time of their marriage, from the best data at hand, he was thirty-six years old and she twenty- two. He was a man of retired habits, of great sweetness of disposition, yet of decided opinions and well established principles. She was a woman of remarkable force and power both mentally and physically, thoroughly devoted to duty under all circumstances, of more than ordinary intelligence, especially on religious subjects, of great decision of character, of persevering energy, and of great faith in prayer, in which she was unusually gifted.

"Both were active and continuous co-workers in the organization and subsequent support of Lower Buffalo Presbyterian church, of which they were members, and in which he was at one time elected ruling elder, but with characteristic modesty, declined to serve.

"Locating here in the troublous times of the Revolution, they were exposed to frequent alarms from fear of the Indians who often passed though this section. For mutual protection, the settlers built fort 'Wells,' situated near the site of the old Lower Buffalo church, and about three miles east of the farm on which Mr. Hervey resided. During the six or seven summers after their marriage, Mrs. Hervey lodged with others in the 'fort', while her husband armed for defense, would go out on Monday morning to his work on the farm, remain during the week and return on Saturday evening and spend the Sabbath with his family in the fort. And so it came about that some of the children were born in the fort. Their family consisted of nine children, five sons and four daughters, viz.: William, Jane, James, Mary, John, Isabel, David, Margaret and Henry.

"The father and mother--the revered head of the family--lived together for twenty-nine years on the farm that their industry had made productive, and were mutually blessed in each others society, when, in 1805, Henry Hervey, the father and husband, died after a short illness at the age of sixty-five, and was buried in Lower Buffalo graveyard. The mother, thus left in sole responsibility as the head of a large family, by her great executive ability, by her constant and even gladsome devotion to duty, by the depth and strength of her character, and by her life-controlling integrity and piety, raised a family distinguished for usefulness, intelligence and activity in the community and in the church. She communicated to them in some measure her own characteristics, making upon them an indelible impression, extending to the third and fourth generation, so that generation after generation of her descendants rise up and call her blessed. She lived in widowhood twenty-nine years, and died January 16, 1834, aged about eighty years (although her tombstone says seventy-seven), and lies buried in the graveyard of Beech Spring congregation, Harrison county, Ohio.

"Of her descendants, three of the first, three of the second and three of the third generation became ministers, a much larger number were elected to the office of ruling elder, and all, so far as known, who arrived at the age of maturity became consistent professing Christians.

"WILLIAM HERVEY, the oldest of the family of nine children, settled in Jefferson county, Ohio, and spent the greater part of his life in that state, but eventually returned to West Virginia and located in Ohio county, where he died in 1844, aged sixty-five years. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church from 1808 until his death. He was especially fond of machinery, and was something of a genius in that direction. Colonel Thomas Y. Hervey, of Ohio county, is his son. His other descendants are living in the west, where two of his sons were elders in a church in Illinois.

"JANE HERVEY, the second child, married Andrew Eagleson, and settled in Ohio, living for the most part in Harrison county, in the bounds of Beech Spring church. She raised a large family, worthy of mention, for their intelligence and strength of character. Two sons became elders in Beech Spring church, and one, Rev. John Eagleson, D.D., was for thirty- nine years, pastor of Upper Buffalo church, Washington county, Pa. He was a man eminent for scholarship, prudence and wisdom.

"REV. JAMES HERVEY, D.D., the third child, graduated from Jefferson College in 1810--was licensed to preach in 1812--and the same year was installed pastor of the church of the Forks of Wheeling, in Ohio county, W. Va. Wheeling, at that time a small village, formed a part of his pastorate. He was the first minister of any denomination that held regular religious service in the town. He continued to preach in Wheeling one-half his time for twelve or fifteen years, when the organization there became strong enough to sustain a minister of their own. Remaining at the Forks of Wheeling, he, in addition to his pastoral work there, established regular services at West Union, and other places, from all of which separate churches have arisen. In accordance with the wish of the increasing membership of the church at the Forks of Wheeling, the last years of his ministry were spent wholly in that congregation, to which he continued to preach until his death in 1858, aged 77 years. He lies buried in the cemetery adjoining the Church where his pastorate continued unbroken for forty-seven years. He was beloved by his people, and eminently respected by his co-presbyters. He was a man of deep thought, great clearness in the conception of truth, and unusual power as a theologian. He has six children living; one resides in Ohio, and five in West Virginia, four of these in the Pan-handle. They are faithful, intelligent and useful christians.

"MARY and JOHN died single and early in life, aged respectively twenty-three and twenty-four years.

"ISABEL HERVEY married James Black, of Harrison county, Ohio. She was the mother of three sons and one daughter. The daughter lives in East Virginia. One son died early; the other two sons live in affluence in their native county, influential, respected, worthy citizens, and pillars in the church, of which one has been an elder for many years.

"REV. DAVID HERVEY, the seventh child, was born on the homestead, October 29, 1794, and is consequently in his eighty-fifth year. He is the only living member of the family, and resides on the old home farm, which has been continuously in the ownership of his father and himself ever since the land was taken up by his father in 1772. He graduated at Jefferson College in 1825, was licensed by the Presbytery of Washington in 1827, installed and ordained pastor of Mount Prospect Church, Washington county, Pa., in 1828. In 1836, he accepted a call to Lower Buffalo, Brooke county, West Va., giving part of his time to Wellsburg. In 1839, he was called to the church of Crab Apple, Ohio. This call he first accepted, but afterwards declined. The Presbytery decided that a new call from Buffalo would be necessary if he remained there. It was at once presented by the congregation and he was again installed in his old charge, where he remained until 1851, when he was released at his own request. During the continuance of this pastorate he organized the church in Wellsburg and preached there until the present church building was erected. He also organized the church of Pine Grove, Washington Presbytery. After leaving Buffalo church he preached two years in Illinois, and out of that labor have grown several self-sustaining churches. His children (nine now living) have all come to years of maturity, and are all professing christians. They have all enjoyed a liberal education. Two sons graduated at Washington College. James is an attorney at law in Wellsburg. John has been a teacher since graduating in 1874, and is now superintendent of public schools in the city of Wheeling. Three sons have filled the office of ruling elder in the church. Two daughters married Presbyterian ministers. Four children still reside at the homestead and seven in the Pan-Handle.

"MARGARET HERVEY--the eighth child--married James Allison, of Jefferson county, Ohio. She died early in life, but left descendants who do her honor. Her sons are prominent citizens of Harrison county. They have acquired not only independence but affluence, and are withal christian gentlemen.

"REV. HENRY HERVEY, D.D.--the youngest son of the family--was born 1798; graduated at Jefferson College in 1825; was licensed to preach in 1827, and ordained and installed pastor of the church at Martinsburg, Ohio, in 1830. He spent his whole ministerial life in that church, resigning the pastorate in 1868. He was a scholarly man, a prolific writer and a steadfast friend of the cause of education. His church prospered greatly under his ministry, and his influence must long remain to bless the community in which he labored. He died in 1872. Of his children, two sons entered the ministry and at once occupied prominent positions. Henry died in 1875, while pastor of the church of Newark, Ohio. Dwight is pastor of a large church in Granville, Ohio.

"God's covenant blessing has thus attended every generation of the descendants of Henry and Margaret Hervey.

CHARLES BEDELL HERVEY, hotel business, 1874. History of Arizona, Richard E. Sloan, Phoenix: Record Publ. Co., 1930, V. 4, p. 268. F811.S63

CHARLES BIDELL HERVEY, hotel keeper, 1874. California of the South, John S. McGroarty, Chicago, L.A.: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1933, V. IV, p. 477. F 867 M22

EDWARD HERVEY, lawyer, 1895. American Blue Book, California Lawyers, H. Ames Boswell, 1928, p. 141. F860 B86

J. M. HERVEY, lawyer. History of New Mexico, It's Resources and People, L. A. etc.: Pacific States Pub. Co., 1907, V. 1, p. 336. F796.H7

JAMES C. HERVEY, rancher, 1847. History of Oregon, V. 4, p. 449-450. F876.G25

JAMES MADISON HERVEY, lawyer, 1874. Who's Who in New Mexico; Biographical Sketches of Contemporary New Mexicans, Albuquerque: Abousleman Co., 1937, V. 1, p. 102. F796.W56

JAMES T. HERVEY, dentist, 1851 [of Lexington, KY, born 1851 Jessamine Co., KY, Transylvania Univ., NY Dental College grad. 2-22-1878, m. Miss Mattie Crutchfield 1879]. History of Fayette County, Kentucky, ed. Wm. H. Perrin, Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 1882. F457.F2 P4 P.632

HARRY HERVEY, writer, lecturer, 1900- The Creative Arts in Texas; a Handbook of Biography, Goldie C. Smith, Nashville: Cokesbury Press, 1927, p. 59. F385.S64

JOHN HERVEY, soldier American Rev. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Thomas M. Owen, Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., Vol. III, p. 804, 1921. F326 O9

JOHN P. HERVEY, physician, 1832, Encyclopedia of the New West, Wm. S. Speer, Marshall, TX: U.S. Biographical Pub. Co., 1881. F385.S74

ROBERT HERVEY, lawyer, 1820. U.S. Biog. Dict. (Illinois), p. 635- 636. F540.U583

ROBERT G. HERVEY, 1839- , Eminent Men of Indiana, V. 2, p. 189-190. F525.B67

WILLIAM RHODES HERVEY, banker, lawyer, judge, 1870- , Press Reference Library Notables of the West; Being the Portraits and Biographies of the Progressive Men of the West, NY, etc.: Intl. News Serv. 1913-1915, V. 1, p. 693 (portrait). F595 P93. See also American Blue Book, California Lawyers, H. James Boswell, 1928, p. 60. F860 B86. See also Men of California; Western Personalities & Their Affiliations, etc., San Francisco, etc.: Western Press Reporter, Inc., 1926, p. 235. F860 M536

[The following obituary was sent to HFA by Ralph W. Garrett of San Diego, CA. He wrote: "I have enclosed an obituary of a prominent Hervey that lived in Wellsburg, W. Va. From the other side of the clipping it is dated Sept. 8 and has a listing of World War I casualties. It is probably 1917 or 1918. This clipping was saved by my wife's grandmother. I have never before seen an obituary that does not give the persons full name or mention any relatives. [The judge is] probably Harry C. Hervey, son of James Hervey 1819-1888, [who was] son of David Hervey (1794-1881) and Dorothy Faris."

According to the West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, Vol. 11, edited and published by Jim Comstock, Richwood, WV, 1976, "H. C. Hervey (1861- 1918) was born in Wellsburg. He was a Circuit Court Judge and served two terms as Prosecuting Attorney of Brooke County. He was educated in Wellsburg public schools and read law under his father. He was admitted to the Brooke County Bar when he was 21 years old. A Republican, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney with Democratic support.]

FUNERAL OF THE LATE JUDGE HERVEY
Obsequies Attended By Over One Hundred Members of the Bar.
"Anyone could make a speech about Judge Hervey who knew him," was the terse remark of his friend, Samuel G. Wells, following the funeral of the great jurist in Wellsburg, Saturday afternoon. In the notable addresses delivered by three distinguished divines relative to the life and character of Judge Hervey, the climax in the exercises was reached when Rev. W. J. Holmes, pastor of the Wellsburg Presbyterian church, said, "Judge Hervey was a man of faith and his faith was strengthened by his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ."

The Hervey obsequies were attended by about 100 members of the Bar Associations from Marshall, Ohio, Brooke and Hancock counties, which section constitutes the First Judicial District of West Virginia, over which Judge Hervey has presided for nearly a quarter of a century. The doors of the beautiful Presbyterian church were opened long before the funeral cortege arrived. The auditorium of the Sunday school was thrown open and joined with the main body of the church. The ushers were: S. O. Hamilton, Richard Palmer, J. M. Walker and S. G. Wells. The Teachers Sunday school class, as well as the Bible class, which was taught by Judge Hervey, arrived in a body and they are among the most highly educated and fervent Christian workers in Wellsburg. As the visiting lawyers filed into the edifice, it was noticed that nearly every member of the Wheeling Bar Association was present. The pulpit was draped with American flags and was banked with a profusion of beautiful flowers which had been sent by Wellsburg friends and the Bar Associations of which the deceased was a member. As the family arrived the congregation arose and remained standing until the body rested before the pulpit. The choir of the church, composed of Miss Katherine Reid, Mesdames Lucy Mendel George and Richard Palmer, John Calderwood, S. R. Hamilton and Dr. J. B. Walkinshaw, rendered "Jesus Lover of My Soul." Rev. J. P. Leyenberger, pastor of the Third Presbyterian church of Wheeling, read appropriate passages of Scripture, among the selections being words from God, as found in the fourteenth chapter of John. Following the reading of the Scripture he made a fervent prayer.

Rev. Jacob Brittingham, pastor of St. Lukes Episcopal church of Wheeling, in a warm, simple and earnest speech, told of the long friendship which had existed between Judge Hervey and himself for many years. He said that his acquaintanceship with the jurist had been of great assistance to him in his ministerial work. He declared that Judge Hervey had made a success of life and that he had done this by persistent effort, carefully planned and by going in one direction. His speech was closed with the reading of a beautiful poem--appropriate to the solemn occasion.

Rev. Charles H. McDonald, of Ashtabula, Ohio, former pastor of the Wellsburg church, of which Judge Hervey was a life-long member, in a feeling manner, said that during his years of ministry in the Wellsburg church, when services were opened the kindly face of Judge Hervey was invariably seen in the second row of seats from the rear door of the edifice and this was characteristic of the decedent, who was a modest man. In his interesting remarks he brought out feelingly the Christian influence which has been exerted by the life and example of the deceased. He called attention to the fact that Judge Hervey had presided over the judicial district possibly longer than any of the other jurists who had filled the position. He closed by saying "It is well that he lived, and he still lives in Heaven." Rev. W. J. Holmes made a beautiful speech. Among the things that he said were: "Judge Hervey welcomed me when I came to Wellsburg many years ago. He never told me that he was my friend, but I knew that he was because he always acted the part of a friend. In referring to the compassion Judge Hervey had for the poor and unfortunate he said that a poor man during the flood came to the jurist saying that he did not have shelter and that a school building had been closed against him. The Judge advised him that if the door was not opened to him to take an axe and smash it in. Mr. Holmes also said that when a poor woman was about to lose her home on account of the foreclosure of a mortgage, upon her statement of the case to Judge Hervey, she received a check which relieved the woman's necessity. Concluding he said the magnificent Bible class which is present here today and which was taught by Judge Hervey is known all over the State. It was taught by him for 25 years. The organization represents his Christian character. The soul of Judge Hervey is not dead. As long as the Bible class lives will he live."

Following a favorite anthem of the departed jurist the body rested in state in the vestibule of the church, and was viewed by hundreds of sorrowing friends.

The remains were then conveyed to Brooke cemetery, where after brief services the remains were laid to rest.

The Active pall bearers were: E. A. Hart, J. T. Cree, G. W. McCleary, D. B. Evans, N. C. Hubbard and J. B. Handlan. Honorary pall bearers: O. S. Marshall, W. W. Ingram, George L. Bambrick, Frank A. Chapman, Carl K. Jacob, Ed E. Carter, W. M. Werkman, A. L. Hooten, Everett F. Moore, James D. Parriott, R. M. Addleman, Alan H. Robinson, David A. McKee, F. P. McNell, Guy R. C. Allen, W. P. Hubbard, Wm. Erskine, Frank W. Nesbitt, J. W. Ewing, George R. Gilchrist, Joseph Handlan and Wm. H. Hearne.

Following the proclamation of Mayor C. K. Jacob, all county and state offices and business houses in Wellsburg were closed between the hours of 2:15 and 3:35, in respect to the memory of Judge Hervey.

OLD LETTERS
ALBERT G. HERVEY FAMILY
Chetcherville
April 24th 1864

Dear wife
I write a few lines to let you know that I am all safe[.] We are skirmishing with the enemy every day[.] they in full retreat down the river[.] heavy skirmish yesterday & day before[.] Our loss from Parsons Brigade up to this time is about thirty killed & wounded only about 5 killed[.] one of my men had his horse wounded[.] it was Mr. Houser? from Ellis[.] Mr. Oneal is in the rear with our stock[.] Mr. Bartlett has been with us all the time[.] I had a chill yesterday & did not go on duty but was in the field all the time[.] the day before I was in the busiest fire with my company[.] I was covering the left flank about 300 cavalry flanked me & from the exposed position of my horse I was compelled to fall back[.] the men conducted themselves very gallantly[.] I cant write more[.] Gen. Polegrin? is just getting up with the infantry[.] I go into duty[.] dont be uneasy[.] my love to all[,] many kisses to your self & the children -- no letter yet from you[.]
Yours ever A. G. Hervey
Not a man in my comp hurt[.] Bob Cooksey horse killed

Evening 24th, heavy skirmishing between our cavalry & the enemy 12000 strong mostly infantry[.] after several attempts to drive them we were compelled to withdraw a short distance[.] as soon as we withdrew the enemy commenced the retreat[.] our loss heavier to day than any other[.] 4 or 5 killed & about 20 wounded[.] our comp has not suffered any[.] it was a providential protection[.] I did not get to the comp this morning until near the close of the fight[.] I have been with the comp since 8 oclock A.M. our advance have been skirmishing a little as we come down we have advanced about 7 miles to day[.] the enemy are reported to be in position on a high hill below us[.] we will remain here to night[.] we are encamped on the ground ????? Gen Majors & Gen Bee fought their advance day before yesterday[.] they drove him from position[.] Gen Polignas is up with us with His infantry & 16 pieces artillery[.] we have needed artillery very much[.] they dont stand it well (the feds). they killed four horses in Carters Regt this morning with one shell[,] also two men. I learn that Col Jones is just in from Ten[n]. I havent seen him but hope he has letters for some of us[.] I look for Mr Morrell soon[.] I dont know when I will have a chance to get this off[.] I will write every day if I have a chance until I get it off[.] the enemy destroy everything[,] burn all the houses[.] they have lost all principle of a civilized people notwithstanding we treat their prisoners kindly but if our consciences would allow they ought to be treated as robbers & thieves incendiaries[.]

25th
we advanced to day some 12 miles without a skirmish until reaching near Bayou Rapides. I was ordered to Picquette a road leading across from our [the letter ends here at the bottom of a page]

[In. Capt. Hervey's battalion in 1864 was a Texas private, named W. W. Heartsill, who kept a diary for over four years of the war, and recorded events as they unfolded. The diary, published by the Tenn. Hist. Society, at Jackson, Tenn., is titled Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Confederate Army. Capt. Hervey's name is mentioned in the book in an entry on page 212, dated August 3rd and 4th, 1864: "Our horses are reveling in fine pastures, and will soon be recruited. The Battalion is scattered by Companies for three miles along Old Caney. This is certainly the loveliest country in the world. The Federals have destroyed nearly every building on this (north) side of Caney. The Battalion is composed of nine Companies, and are lettered as follows: ... Co. F, Capt. Hervey ..."

Mr. Heartsill meticulously recorded names of people who were wounded or sick, places they camped, how far they moved, and vividly described what he saw and thought. They were constantly on the move, traveling as much as 20 or more miles in a day, all around central to northern Louisiana, southern Arkansas and western Mississippi and Texas. On July 31st, he wrote: "to days march takes us through a poor piney woods country; at length we strike the river bottom again and soon pass through the once beautiful town of Campte, but alas, the hand of a more than savage foe hath laid it in ashes; but one house remains; why will the Federals still persist in carrying on the war against the women and children. We strike camp three miles below Campte, making 22 miles to day. This is 'Camp Polk' ... Within a quarter of our camp is the ruins of a magnificent plantation, with one broad sweep of the destroyers hand, and a widow Lady is housless, homeless and a beggar, Houses, Negroes, Furniture, Stock, Cotton; all gone, and by whom,? by the GREAT United States. So endeth July." On August 15th: "For the past three days it has rained incessantly. If all Louisiana was as poor as this part, it would not be worth soldiering for two hours. A march of 18 miles and strike camp near Randall's Brigade. It appears that all the Infantry is on the march in this direction. I have all day been dragging along sick, and the rain is pouring down so hard that I get permission to go to a house; after trying several places (Oh the magnanimity of this people) I failed, so I must stop in camps and take the rain."]

Former mayor of El Paso, Texas and founder of the Circle K Corp., Fred Hervey, is a descendant of the colonial Harvey Family of Massachusetts. Several years ago he hired a retired army officer in Wash. DC to research his family history and was able to trace his Hervey lineage back to an emigrant from England. When I spoke with him in 1986, he expressed hope that he might someday extend the family line backwards in England to the time of William the Conqueror.

Beginning with the first generation in America, his ancestry is:

[The following abstracts are from National Archives film series M805, roll #406, entitled "Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty Land Warrant Application Files." The series reproduces all records from envelope files containing up to 10 pages of records, but only significant genealogical documents are microfilmed from larger files.]

Joseph Harvey, soldier in the VA regulars, served 2 years.

On 23 May 1850, his widow, Lucy Harvey, age 88, of Monroe Co., KY, made declaration that her husband enlisted under Francis Coward in Orange Co., VA in the early part of the war and served to the end of his enlistment, then was drafted in 1781 and served 3 months. She declared that she married her husband on 12 Nov. 1778, that her husband died on 25 March 1828 and she has remained a widow ever since. She presented for proof of her marriage a true and original record of their own and the ages of all their children, that it is in the handwriting of her deceased husband. The record showed:

On 19 July 1855, five years after Lucy's application for pension, two persons appeared in court in Lucy's behalf to testify to the service of her husband: First was Henry Bushong of Monroe Co., KY, aged past 84 years, who declared he was well acquainted with Joseph Harvey who died in Barren Co. KY about the year 1828. He knew him for many years. He came first from VA. Two of Joseph's sons married two of his daughters. Henry, also from VA, had served in the Army in the Indian Wars and the War of 1812.

Second was Ann Harvey, aged past 56 years, of Monroe Co., KY, who appeared and made declaration that she knew Joseph Harvey 10 years and knows he was reputed to be a soldier in the Revolutionary War. She had heard him say he served two years. Her husband, Austin Harvey (now deceased) was a son of said Joseph and his wife.

They both declared that Lucy Harvey, widow of Joseph Harvey, had not remarried since her husband's death, and that she died in this county in Oct. 1851. Names of her children living when she died are: Betsy Lawrence, a widow, James Harvey and William Harvey all now living in this county, Martin Harvey and Abner Harvey in Missoura and Patsy Davis a widow now living in Cumberland Co., KY. The said Abner Harvey and his widow have both died since so that the other five mentioned above are her only children now living. The list of Abner Harvey's children now living are Greenville Harvey, Jane Harvey, Almarine H. Harvey, Joseph Harvey and William Harvey

July 15, 1989

Recently I bought a book published in 1988 which is a condensation of a three volume book written in the 1830's by Captain Albert Henry Andrew Hervey. He was English and stationed in India with the Madras Native Infantry for some 40 years, under the auspices of the East India Company.

I am in the process of reading this book, which will take me some time, but I thought I would advise you of its existence in case you had not yet come across it.

The book is entitled "A Soldier of the Company, Life of an Indian Ensign 1833-43" by Captain Albert Hervey. It is edited by a Charles Allen and published by Michael Joseph LTD of London, England, in association with the National Army Museum of London, England.

As a quite different aspect of the Hervey name, I recently studied a railroad map and timetable put out by the Canadian railway system, VIA. I found thereon a railroad stop called "Hervey". Its location was, to me, a surprise. It is in the Province of Quebec, about 100 miles north of Montreal. One opinion, from a French Canadian, was "Oh, that is a stop in hunting and fishing territory". I am pursuing other leads to see if I can find any written historical data on the place. I hope to be able to come up with more data on Hervey, Canada, soon.
George E. Hervey
Woodcliff Lake, NJ

[Editorial note: Hervey Junction was easily found just where George E. Hervey indicated it was. It appears to be on the CN Railroad and runs from Montreal to Quebec, not quite paralleling the St. Lawrence River, but almost. It is not surprising to learn of a French Canadian town named Hervey. The name Herve' is still quite common in France and probably the town in Canada took its name from a French source. As often happens when names arrived in the Americas it may have been Anglicized.

As an aside, how many of you readers knew there used to be a small Arkansas town to the east of Texarkana named Hervey. It was located at the site of Col. Calvin M. Hervey's plantation (C. M. Hervey was brother to Albert G. Hervey, of whom most have heard. If you have a very old roadmap of Arkansas (ca. 1950's) you may be able to find it; apparently the town no longer exists.]

[Ralph Garrett, of San Diego, CA, whose wife is a Hervey descendant of the Irish branch, has sent information on his wife's ancestry, some of which appears earlier in the Bulletin. He answered two questions asked of him: one regarding actress Irene Hervey, wife of singer Alan Jones, who were parents of singer Jack Jones and one regarding his possible relationship to George and Rachel Garrette, who are among our readers. His replies follow.]

May 27, 1989
As you requested I have enclosed copies of the pedigree chart for my wife and family group sheets for her parents and Hervey grandparents. I have pages from the family bible for information indicated. I am just getting started filling in the other information. I am particularly interested in the 7 other children of Col. Thomas Yates Hervey and Rachal Amanda Maxwell.

As far as I know now we are not related to George and Rachel (Hervey) Garrett of Oklahoma City, OK. However my records of the Garretts are very limited. My father was Ralph W. Garrett of Tulsa, OK and my grandfather was Melvin Cox Garrett of Fremont, NE and born in TN.

July 11, 1989
My wife used to visit her grandmother, Edna Bedilion Hervey, when she lived in Los Angeles. We have the family bible with dates for Col. Thomas Yates Hervey and subsequent generations. These dates all agree with the dates given in "Eight Generations of Faris Family of United States" compiled by Nellie L. Flack. This is a rich resource for Hervey family information. I have enclosed a family page for William Hervey (1780-1845) which used some information from this source. I am missing the name of one daughter from the first marriage. She may have died before the will of William Hervey.

According to my wife's grandmother Irene Hervey was not a Hervey. Her real name was Irene Hedwig but she changed her name to Hervey when she came to Hollywood. ...
Ralph W. Garrett
San Diego, CA