Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....Harman, Arthur D. 1832 - uk
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Author: MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA
ARTHUR D. HARMAN, a farmer, and engaged in milling and cotton ginning- 
business, Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ga., son of William M. and Nancy (Dillard) 
Harman, was born in Monroe county, Ga., Nov. 14, 1832. His great-grandfather, 
Hezekiah Harman, emigrated from England to Virginia some years before the 
revolutionary war, and then moved to North Carolina. His grandparents, Merriman 
and Nellie (May) Harman, were born in North Carolina, migrated to Georgia in 
1828, settled first in Monroe county, and then went among the first settlers to 
Meriwether county. There they lived the first year on a dirt floor, and as 
there was no sawmill near, he split out puncheon with which to lay a floor. Mr. 
Harman's father was born in Chatham county, N. C, in 1805, where he grew to 
manhood; then (1826) he came to Georgia and settled in the woods. In 1830 he 
was married to Nancy, daughter of Arthur and Mary (Abney) Dillard, who were 
born in South Carolina, and moved thence to Georgia and settled in Jones county 
in 1826. Both families for generations were farmers. To this union five 
children were born: Eliza J. Emeline E., Nancy A., Martha F. and Arthur D., the 
subject of this sketch, all of whom are now living except the eldest daughter. 
Mr. Harman was reared in Meriwether County  and was schooled in the log cabin 
of that day and locality, with dirt floor, puncheon seats,. a chimney made of 
clay and sticks and square holes cut through the logs for windows. The only 
time he had for schooling was between "laying-by" and "fodder-pulling" time. 
Before the war he was captain of the militia, when the position had some local 
distinction, but in 1861 he enlisted as a private in Company A (Capt. J. D. 
Frederick), Tenth Georgia battalion (Maj. Rylander). He was on some of the most 
hotly contested fields -the Wilderness, Petersburg, Davis Farm, Blow Up, Deep 
Bottom, Turkey Ridge, Hatcher's Run, Suffolk, etc. After Suffolk he was 
transferred to Gen: Ranse Wright's brigade and remained with it until the 
surrender at Appomattox. For a considerable time during the war he acted as 
commissary, and in this position was faithful and prompt in the discharge of 
every duty. After the war he returned to his farm and has since engaged in 
farming. In 1892 he moved to Carrollton and invested in milling and cotton-
ginning. Mr. Harman was married in 1857 to Miss Jane 1. Fincher-born in Troup 
county-daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Brooks) Fincher, who were among the 
early settlers of Meriwether county. To them eight children have been born: 
William 1., born March 26, 1859; Arthur D. born July 11, 1861; John A., born 
July 13, 1864; Betsy B., born February 15 1867; James R, born March 3, 1870; 
Luther M., born Jan. 26, 1872; Edgar S., born March 21, 1875, and Anna I., born 
Nov. 12, 1878. Mr. Harman is a royal arch Mason and himself and wife are 
members of- the Baptist church. He is a man in whom everybody has the utmost 
confidence and possesses no inconsiderable influence, and he and family are 
highly esteemed.



Additional Comments:
“MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA”, Historical and Biographical Sketches
by S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., Published in 1896.  Transcribed by Elizabeth Robertson 
July 2004.


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