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Family: Harding, John J. / Davis, Dorcas S. (f204)

• Father | Male Harding, John J.

  
  

  Born	16 Feb 1782	Maryland
  Died	25 Jul 1863
  Buried
  Married	23 May 1810  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]	Montgomery Co., MD  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Father	Harding, Garah | F1239 Group Sheet
  Mother

  
  

  Mother | Female Davis, Dorcas S.

  
  

  Born	25 May 1791	Maryland
  Died	11 Oct 1856	Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA
  Buried	1856	Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA
  Father	Davis, Richard Sr. | F1127 Group Sheet
  Mother	Simpson, Esther | F1127 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Harding, John Jr.

  
  

  Born	5 Apr 1811	Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA
  Died	5 Sep 1871	Fauquier Co., VA
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Harding, Richard

  
  

  Born	5 Mar 1813
  Died	1893
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Harding, Harriet

  
  

  Born	23 Mar 1815	Loudoun Co., VA
  Died	5 May 1867
  Buried
  Spouse	Powell, Dr. Francis Whiting Sr. | F65
  Married	7 May 1835	Loudoun Co., VA

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Harding, Dorcas

  
  

  Born	16 Aug 1819	Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA
  Died	Jul 1889	Fauquier Co., VA
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Male Harding, Garah

  
  

  Born	Jan 1820
  Died	14 May 1866	Baltimore, MD
  Buried	15 May 1866	Baltimore, MD

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Harding, Mary

  
  

  Born	Jan 1822	Loudoun Co., VA
  Died	3 Jul 1906	Baltimore, MD
  Buried
  Spouse	Gill, B. Franklin | F3680
  Married	Aft 1870

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Harding, William

  
  

  Born	9 Jan 1822
  Died	Aft 1870
  Buried

  
  

  Child 8 | Female Harding, Martha Washington

  
  

  Born	22 Feb 1829
  Died	Aft 1880
  Buried

  
  

• Documents

  Harding John and Dorcas Davis marriage

  
  

  FOLIOS

  Harding Family Bible

  
  

• Notes

  Performed by: John Littlejohn, Methodist Episcopal minister, from KY Historical Society -highway marker John Littlejohn (Marker Number: 871) County: Logan Location: Russellville town square, US 68, 431 Description: Born Eng., 1756, came America, 1767. Became Methodist preacher at age 20, riding the circuits in Md., Va., Ky. Came to Louisville from Leesburg, Va., 1818. Moved Warren Co., Ky., and then 7 miles south of Russellville in 1822. Died in 1836 after 60 years as minister. His priceless journals (1772-1832) are preserved by the Methodist Church. See over. (Reverse) John Littlejohn - Guardian of the Declaration of Independence, other state papers, which were entrusted to him by President James Madison in War of 1812. As the British advanced on Washington, Aug. 1814, the President ordered the national archives loaded onto a wagon and sent about 35 miles to Littlejohn, Methodist preacher, Leesburg, and sheriff, Loudoun Co., Va. Over.

  
  

• Sources

  [S429] Marriages of Loudoun County, VA 1757-1853, Wertz, Mary Alice, (1985). [S285] Harding family file, Montgomery County Historical Society. [S284] Harding Family Bible. [S392] Loudon Conty Marriages 1760-1850, John Vogt &t. William Kethley Jr., gives second date of 13 dec 1810 (minister's return), [Q:3]. [S422] Marriage Licenses of Montgomery County 1798-1898, Janet Thompson Manuel.