James HARVEY R4714. Nancy HARVEY, widow.
10 Feb. 1859 Marshall County, Tenn. Nancy HARVEY aged 87 states she was born in Rockingham County, Va., 23 Dec 1771. Her husband John HARVEY served in 1780 and 1781 from Rockingham County, Va. He never applied for or drew a pension. They married in Franklin County, Tenn., by a justice of the peace John Camden about 1 Aug. 1822. John HARVEY died in Franklin County on the 13 April 1833. Her name before marriage was Nancy Houston. Richard CAMPBELL, G.H. HOGAN, and W.H. SANDERS vouch for her. Granville H. HOGAN states he was born in Summer County, Tenn., in 1805 and his father moved from Summer to Warren County. In 1823 he became aquatinted with the HARVEYS and in 1825 he married their daughter Mucissa and settled in Franklin County near her parents. He continued to reside there until 1836 when he came to Marshall County. Mrs. Nancy HARVEY has been living with him for the past 23 years. HOGAN has heard his father, Edward HOGAN, state that he knew Mr. HARVEY and both were soldiers in the Revolution. HOGAN has heard Mr. HARVEY say he was 16 when he inlisted and that two of the men he served with were his friends. Arthur HOPKINS and a man called Big Fort Tom SPENCER. In 1833 Mr. HARVEY got a Mr. TALL (TAUL) to propose his pension papers but HARVEY died before the proof was made out. Mr. TALL then moved to Talladega, Alabama, and died shortly thereafter. HOGAN has often heard Mr. HARVEY say that his father was a soldier. His father was HOGAN thinks, Job HARVEY. Mr. HARVEY was born in Rockbridge County, Va., in 1764. The records of his birth, death and marriage were written by him in a Bible in Franklin County, which HOGAN has often seen and read. HARVEY gave his Bible to his son Leander HARVEY who let Samuel J. CROCKETT have it. If CROCKETT does not have it HOGAN does not know who does, for Leander went off to Texas and died there. This record and a short account of his life, HARVEY himself wrote and tacked in his Bible. Hogan would further state that Mr. and Mrs. HARVEY lived together a great many years before they were married by Esquire CAMDEN which was some two or three years. (page missing?). Mucissa HOGAN states she was born in 1810 in Christian County, Kentucky, to John and Nancy HARVEY. She had two brothers, Layton and Leande and a sister Minerva. all dead. She has heard her father say that his father was drafted and although he was only 16 he chose to go along, although his mother cried and tried to persuade him not to go. Her father had arranged to meet Mr. Michael Tall, Esq. (Micah TAUL), a lawyer of Winchester, at Hillsboro to finish his pension application but on that very same day he died. HARVEY had planned to write to Mr. Arthur HOPKINS somewhere in Kentucky to prove his service. HARVY was a very large man. “My father and Mother, I must state, lived together many years before they were married. I was about 12 or 13 years old when Esq. CAMDEN married them. I saw them married and recollect it well for I was not well pleased.” Their children were legitimized by act from the General Assembly and their names changed from HOUSTON to HARVEY. “this I know all about.” Witnessed: Granville A. HOGAN, Selina A. Hogan. Malcom PATTERSON aged 67, born in North Carolina, states he moved from North Carolina to Wilson County Tenn. He fought in the Creek Indian War of 1813 and received bounty land. After The war he moved to Franklin County and lived in the neighborhood with Maj. John HARVEY. He saw HARVEY and Nancy HOUSTON married there by Esq. John (Jack) CAMDEN. Mrs. Mucissa HOGAN (their daughter) and many others were at the wedding. I was then a constable and Mr. HARVEY was a man of property. They had lived together many years and were married as soon as Mr. HARVEYS first wife died in Kentucky. For the last 16 years I have lived in Cain Creek in Marshall County near Mrs. Nancy HARVEY. Granville and Mucissa HOGAN state John HARVEY was first married in Kentucky to Prudence Ferrell who did many years before his second marriage. He had one son by his first marriage and we have not heard from him in 30 years or more. We suppose he is dead as he was then an old man.