Joseph Harp

1805 - 1836  (31 years)

• Name	Joseph Harp  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1805	, Augusta, VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	Mar 1836	Rockford, Mercer, OH, USA
  Person ID	I14345	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Peter Harp, *,   b. 18 Aug 1770, East District, Berks, PA, USA d. 20 Dec 1842, Dublin Twp., Mercer, OH, USA (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Hillegas,   b. 1 Nov 1773, Upper Saucon, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1826, Washington, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Jun 1795	New Hanover Lutheran Church, Montgomery, PA, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F3113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah (Sally) Carmony,   b. 20 Nov 1803, , Augusta, VA d. 27 Jul 1880, , Mercer, OH, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1823	Montgomery, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F4947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph and Sarah had six daughters. They married in Montgomery county. They lived in Monroe Twp., Miami Co., OH in the 1830 census. (C-1025) Family tradition from Irene Hall Pederson, a great granddaughter of Joseph and Sarah states thle they were still young, they moved to Mercer Co., Ohio from Miami Co., Ohio. On route, they were crossing the ice covered St. Mary's River at Shane's Crossing (Now Rockford). Sarah drove her sled across with the girls and Joseph rode his horse. The ice broke under Joseph. He drowned and was not found for four days. This probably would have been a story told to Irene by her grandmother, Sarah Harp Alexander, who was a daughter crossing the ice in this story. (C-714)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1721] Betty Pond Snyder, Denman-Frisinger and Allied Families (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, c1987). [S1701] Lyndon Harp, Descendants Chart (prepared by Lyndon Harp, Alta Loma, CA 91701). [S1785] Bob Woltz to Linda Coate Dudick E-mail letter dated Mar. 22, 1996 at RCWOLTZ@freh-01.adpc.purdue.edu In L. Dudick files (C-714). [S168] Dull, Keith A., Early Families of Berks, Bucks, Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania.