Harmon Geiger
| ID: | I102 |
| Last: | Geiger |
| First: | Harmon |
| Middle: | |
| Birth: | 31 Jul 1769 1 |
| Death: | 17 May 1852 at Lexington Co., South Carolina 2 3 |
| Burial: | Harmon Geiger Cemetery, Lexington Co., South Carolina 4 5 |
| Sex: | M |
| Sources: | 6 |
| Mother: | Anna Murff b: 15 Apr 1742 d: 10 Jul 1831 |
| Father: | John Geiger b: 8 Jan 1748 d: 18 Sep 1817 |
| Marriage 1 | Sara Sharpe b: 14 Oct 1776 d: 25 Apr 1849 |
| Wedding: 14 Oct 1786 | |
| Children: | |
| 1 Anna Elizabeth Geiger b: 17 Oct 1810 South Carolina | |
| 2 Sarah Caroline Geiger b: 24 Sep 1812 | |
| Sources: | |
| 1 | Title: Tombstone |
| 2 | Title: Tombstone |
| 3 | Title: SCMAR - Marriage and Death Notices from Columbia, South Carolina, Newspapers, 1838-1860. Author: Holcomb, Brent Howard. Publication: 1988. SCMAR (South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research), Columbia, South Carolina. Date: 21 May 1852 Page: p. 109 Text: [Columbia Newspapers: the South-Carolinian - p. 109] [THE SOUTH-CAROLINIAN] Issue of May 21, 1852 Died, on the 17th inst., at his residence in Lexington district, Mr. Harmon Geiger, in the 85th year of his age. |
| 4 | Repository: --Name: Library of Congress Title: Silent Cities. A Tombstone Registry of Old Lexington District South Carolina, Vol 1. Author: Seay, June Anderson Publication: First Edition 1984, Call Number: 86-114293 Note: ISBN 0-9617786-4-4, 0-9617786-5-2 Page: p. 311 Note: Surnames in cemetery and footnotes: Geiger, Sharp, Holladay, Rawls, Neuffer, Conrad, Kinsler, Holliday, Taylor, Hafely, Ford, Sightler, Reeder, Seibles Text: From Dixiana [sw of Columbia] follow Hwy. 21 [south abt 3 mi] to corner of Old Wire Road, turn right [sw] and drive one mile to "G" markers on left. The cemetery is approximately six hundred feet from the road in the woods, in the area of Silver Lake. It is surrounded by coping in a heavily wooded area. In past years, the cemetery has been well tended, but shows evidence of neglect in recent months |
| 5 | Title: Tombstone Note: Lies next to grave of wife. Text: In Memory / of / HARMON GEIGER / Born / July 31st 1769, / Died / May 17th 1852 / "Man is like to vanity: / His days are as a shadow / that passeth away." |
| 6 | Title: 1820 U.S. Census, Lexington Co., South Carolina Publication: Roll M33_121 Date: 7 Aug 1820 Page: p. 42 Note: Household of Harmon Geiger with 8 free white persons and 22 slaves; 17 persons were engaged in agriculture, none in commerce or manufacturing. Free white Males: < 10 - 2 10-16 - 1 16-26 - 1 >45 - 1, probably Harmon Geiger, age 51 Free white females: <10 - 2, including Anna Elizabeth Geiger, age 9 26-45 - 1, probably Sara Sharpe Geiger, age 43 Text: Harmon Geiger 2 1 - 1 - 1 / 2 - - 1 - / - 17 - - / 5 5 - 2 5 1 3 1 |
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