Robert H Harkness (1836 - 1882)

Born 1836 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

Died 14 Sep 1882 at about age 46 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

Biography

In the 1850 census Robert (age 14) was in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States.^[1]

He married Martha Jane Riley abt 1857

In the 1860 census Robt (age 25) was in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States.^[2]

Robert served with the South Carolina Infantry, 14th Regiment, Company I on the Confederate side, starting as a Private and mustering out as an Ordinance Sergeant.

He died 14 Sep 1882 in Greenwood, South Carolina. He was buried in Little Mountain Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolin.^[3]

Research Notes

Mary (Brownlee) Harkness (1803-1899) was the 2nd wife of his father, so she was not his mother. His mother was probably Mary Eliza 'Nut'.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, (FamilySearch Record: M8Q8-7V3 : accessed 9 June 2023) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-69T3-TYG Image number 00122, Robert H Hearkness (14) in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States. Born in South Carolina; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

   Robert Hearkness M 46 South Carolina

   William B Hearkness M 16 South Carolina

   Robert H Hearkness M 14 South Carolina

   Mary L Hearkness F 9 South Carolina

   Elizabeth E Hearkness F 5 South Carolina

   Jesse P M 2 South Carolina

   James P Hearkness M 1 South Carolina

2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, (FamilySearch Record: MZTW-WNM : accessed 9 June 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BS6-YPB Image number 00274, Robt H Harkness (25) in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States. Born in South Carolina; citing Page: 270; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 1212; FHL microfilm: 805212; Record number: 10480;.

   Robt H Harkness M 25 South Carolina

   Martha J Harkness F 23 South Carolina

   Jno D Harkness M 2 South Carolina

   Haga Valentine F 70 South Carolina

   James Brister M 40 South Carolina

   Eliza Brister F 30 South Carolina

   Drusalla Brister F 7 South Carolina

3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58308696/robert-h-harkness: accessed 9 June 2023), memorial page for Robert H. Harkness (1836–14 Sep 1882), Find A Grave: Memorial #58308696, citing Little Mountain Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Wes & Debi Grossnickle (contributor 46836898).

See Also:

• son John D, - "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9JH-381 : 12 March 2022), J. R. Harkness in entry for John D. Harkness, 1938.
• dau Mary H - "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9KG-VVN : 12 March 2022), J. R. Hark... in entry for Mary H. Jones, 1929.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.