Letitia Harper^{[1, 2]}

1785 - 1835  (50 years)

• Name	Letitia Harper
  Born	27 Feb 1785	Guilford Co., N. Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 Jul 1835	Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina
  Buried	Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I23668	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Lt. Col. Jeduthan Harper,   b. 15 Nov 1736,   d. Nov 1819, Randolph County, North Carolina  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Mary Gizeal Parke,   b. 23 Feb 1755,   d. 21 Feb 1845, Randolph County, North Carolina  (Age 89 years)
  Married	The children born to Jeduthun and Gizeal Park Harper were Mary (1777-1817), Elizabeth (1782-1821), Letitia (1785-1835), Jesse (1784-1851), Sarah (1789-1858), Absalom Tatum, and two other sons who died in infancy.
  Family ID	F8997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Col. Robert Lindsay,   b. 26 Sep 1776, Prob Guilford Co., N. Carolina ,   d. 28 Oct 1818, Greensboro, Guilford Co., N. Carolina  (Age 42 years)
  Married	1803	Guilford County, N. Carolina
  Children	+ 1. Ann Eliza Lindsay,   b. 15 Oct 1804, Guilford County, North Carolina ,   d. 29 Jul 1868, Guilford County, North Carolina  (Age 63 years)   2. Living   3. Living + 4. Mary Teas Lindsay,   b. 12 Mar 1813, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina ,   d. 27 Feb 1847, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina  (Age 33 years)
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F8996	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Henry Humphreys,   b. 1787, Albermarle Co., Virginia ,   d. 26 Mar 1840, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina  (Age 53 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1821	Guilford, North Carolina
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F8998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Robert Lindsay - Letitia Harper p23355-6RobertLindsayLetitiaHarper.jpg
  		Letitia Harper p23668LetitiaHareper.jpg

  
  

  Documents		Henry Humphreys-Death Notice The Weekly Standard Apr 15, 1840
  		Letitia Humphreys-Death Notice Weekly Raleigh Register Aug 18, 1835

  
  

  Histories

  Henry Humphreys-Founders of Greensboro

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11467127/letitia-lindsay_humphreys. Letitia Harper Lindsay Humphreys Birth 27 Feb 1785 Death 25 Jul 1835 (aged 50) Burial Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina Tombstone indicates that Letitia was the daughter of Jeduthan Harper of Randolph Co. NC. She was married in 1803 to Robert Lindsay. The below article was sent in by another contributor: Deaths. In Greensboro, 25th ult. Mrs. Letitia Humphreys, wife of Henry Humphreys, Esq. ? Published in Raleigh Register and North-Carolina Gazette (Raleigh, North Carolina), Tuesday, August 18, 1835, p. 3. [S150] Photograph, https://photos.geni.com/p13/2d/37/4e/56/5344483c3c57e127/gih23mip_original.jpg. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53778723/henry-humphreys. Henry Humphreys Birth 1787 Death 26 Mar 1840 (aged 52?53) Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina Burial: Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina Henry Humphreys came from Maryland to Caswell County, North Carolina. (Some sources say he was born in Virginia.) He was in Guilford County, NC by 1807, and settled in the new town of Greensborough (now Greensboro), one of its first settlers. He was involved in many enterprises, was a merchant with two stores in Greensboro, one in Statesville, and one in Lexington, NC. Around 1830, he built the Mt. Hecla cotton mill, the first steam powered cotton mill in the South. It was an enormous enterprise, that provided work for a large humber of people in the area. Mr. Humphreys was also involved in the Greensboro city government, and was a very active member of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church. He first lived at Blandwood (which was later transformed into a grand Italianate manor by his step daughter's husband, Governor John Motley Morehead), and then he built a three story mansion at the corner of Elm and Market Streets, facing the court house square in the center of Greensboro around 1827. Mr. Humphreys was twice married, first to Mary Baldwin of Caswell County, who died c. 1820. He then married Letitia Harper (1785-1835), the widow of Robert Lindsay, Jr. (1776-1818) on 7 Nov. 1821. There were two children born of the first marriage, Louisa, who died young, and Anne Laura "Nancy" Humphreys (30 May 1817-22 May 1864, Mrs. Thomas Randolph Tate, bur. Elmwood cemetery, Charlotte, NC). There were three children born of the second marriage: Absalom T. Humphreys (1822-6 Nov. 1844), Henry Park Humphreys (1825-10 March 1832), who was killed in an accident at an early age, and Sarah Letitia "Sallie" Humphreys (1830-1860, Mrs. William B. Walton).