Chattooga County GaArchives Photo Person.....Harp, Feriba O'Rear 
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Source:             Rubye Lorene Harp Jones Of Baird, TX
Name:               Feriba O'Rear Harp
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This is a photograph of Feriba O'Rear Harp/Harrup. The original framed 
photograph was owned by Rubye Lorene Harp Jones (1905-1999) of Baird, Texas.

Feriba O'Rear Harp was born February 18, 1815 in Georgia, died August 21, 1890 
in Johnson County, Texas, and was buried in Sand Flat Cemetery in Johnson 
County. Her husband, Seborn/Seaborn Harp, was the son of Thomas M. and Sarah 
Martin Harp (Harrup). Seborn Harp, who was a farmer, was born circa 1800 in 
Chattooga County, Georgia and died in 1873-1874 in Chattooga County. After his 
death, Feriba Harp and their children came to Johnson County, Texas by covered 
wagon and settled in Sand Flat. Several of Feriba's brothers and sisters also 
settled in Johnson County.

The children of Seaborn and Feriba O'Rear Harp were: Benjamin F., Mary, Sarah 
Jane, James, Elizabeth, Margaret, Thomas B., Daniel Franklin, Louronia Ellen 
(Ella), and Amanda Louise Harp. Sarah Jane Harp, born October 22, 1839 and 
died June 22, 1881, married Nathaniel C. Boatwright. Daniel F. Harp, born 
January 24, 1853 and died April 25, 1942, married Martha Sugg Harville. 
Louronia (Ella) Harp, born 1856 and died 1921, married Daniel Wesley Teasley. 
Amanda Louise Harp, born August 8, 1857 and died November 30, 1912, married 
William Franklin Beck, born January 11, 1853 and died February 20, 1933. 

Feriba O'Rear Harp was the daughter of Benjamin O'Rear, who was born circa 
1789 in North Carolina and died in 1855 in Chattooga County, Georgia. Benjamin 
O'Rear and his father, Daniel O'Rear, a veteran of the American Revolution, 
are buried in the Macedonia Churchyard in Chattooga County. Benjamin and his 
first wife, whose name is unknown, had several children: Daniel Floyd, James, 
and Feriba O'Rear. After his first wife's death, Benjamin O'Rear married 
Elizabeth Cook on May 27, 1829, in Greene County, Georgia. They had the 
following children: Benjamin Franklin, Lewis B., Martha A., Monroe Berian, 
Elizabeth Susan, Mary, Emery, and Thomas O'Rear. After his second wife died, 
Benjamin O'Rear married Mary O'Donald on November 4, 1849 in Murray County, 
Georgia. Benjamin O'Rear was a farmer and a veteran of the War of 1812, 
serving as a private in the Georgia Militia. Benjamin and Daniel O'Rear have 
VA grave markers at the Macedonia Churchyard.


Additional Comments:
Additional information on the Beck, Harp, and O'Rear families may be found in 
The History of Johnson County, Texas published by the Johnson County History 
Book Committee in 1985 and Chattooga County The Story of a County and Its 
People by Robert S. Baker.


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