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Benjamin Harper

Birth: 1735
Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Death: 12 Jun 1801 (aged 65–66)
Riverside, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA
Burial: Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Riverside, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 34.7900404, Longitude: -80.8316109
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Memorial ID: 10224818 View Source

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[decoration: eagle with outspread wings clutching in one claw three arrows and in the other an olive branch.] In Memory of/ BENJAMIN HARPER/ who died June 12th A.D. 1801./ Aged 66 Years./ Friend, do not carelefs on thy road,/ O'erlook this humble fhrine;/ For, if thou art a friend of God,/ Here lies a friend of thine./ His clofet was a bethel fweet;/ His houfe a houfe of pray'r:/ In humble ftrains at Jesus' feet/ He wreftled daily there./

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Martha Knox Harper

1743–1815 (m. 1761)

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Created by: Mary Clyde Reid
Added: Jan 4, 2005
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10224818/benjamin-harper: accessed ), memorial page for Benjamin Harper (1735–12 Jun 1801), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10224818, citing Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Mary Clyde Reid (contributor 46772562).

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