NPS CWS&SS shows two (2) Joseph Harper's, neither one a Colonel, and both the same person.
Joseph Harper
Regiment Name Capt. Wimbish's Company Virginia Light Artillery. (Long Island Light Artillery.)
Side Confederate
Company
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Film Number M382 roll 25
Also:
Harper, John
Unknown Private Private
Capt Abram Wimbish's Co Va Lt Arty
Long Island Light Artillery (also Long island Artillery), Campbell County; formerly Capt Patrick H. Clark's Co Va Lt Arty; enlisted March 15, 1862 for 3 yrs or the war, mustered into service March 20, 1862; reported as Co E, Fitzgerald's 1st Regt C.S. Lt Arty, which never organized or recognized by A&IGO; served in Jones' 4th Bn Reserve Arty
Company disbanded & men distributed by Major Jones among retained co's of Bn, per S.O. No. 209, Hdqrs, Army of Northern Virginia, dated Oct 4, 1862
28 members transfered to Capt Fry's Co
61 members transferred to Capt Page's Co, afterwards Montgomery's Co, the Morris Arty
Joseph Harper
Regiment Name Capt. Montgomery's Company Virginia Light Artillery.
Side Confederate
Company
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Film Number M382 roll 25
Also:
Harper, John
Unknown Private Private
Harper, Thomas
Unknown Private Private
Capt Charles R. Montgomery's Co Va Lt Arty
Morris Arty (also Davis Arty), Louisa County; formerly Capt Richard C.M. Page's Co Va Lt Arty; formerly Capt Lewis M. Coleman's Co Va Lt Arty
Company enlisted Aug 19, 1861, for 1 yr; reorganized May 14, 1862 - some recruits enlisted March 1862 by Col W.R.Winn, 74th Regt (Hanover County) Va Militia
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Virginia Census, 1607-1890
Name: Joseph W. Harper
State: VA
County: Dinwiddie County
Township: Southern Div.
Year: 1850
Record Type: Slave Schedule
Page: 155
Database: VA 1850 Slave Schedule
Virginia Census, 1607-1890
Name: Joseph W. Harper
State: VA
County: Dinwiddie County
Township: Dist. 1
Year: 1860
Record Type: Slave schedule
Page: 430
Database: VA 1860 Slave Schedule
Virginia Census, 1607-1890
Name: Joseph W. Harper
State: VA
County: Brunswick County
Township: St.Andrews Parish
Year: 1860
Record Type: Slave schedule
Page: 451
Database: VA 1860 Slave Schedule
Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850
Groom Name: JOSEPH W. HARPER
Bride Name: SARAH J. MOORE
Marriage Date: 17 May 1844
County: Brunswick
State: Virginia
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American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
about Joseph W. Harper
Name: Joseph W. Harper
Birth Date: 1840
Birthplace: Virginia,
Volume: 72
Page Number: 528
Biographical Info: Civil War
Reference: Hist. Of Harris co, Ga., 1827-1961. By Louise Calhoun Barfield. Columbus, Ga. [c1961] (xvi,766p.): 301
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Joseph Wells Harper
Born: 14 Oct 1807 Dinwiddie, Virginia
Died: 15 Feb 1888 Petersburg, Virginia
Spouse: Sallie Carter Ferguson
Born:
Died:
Marriage: 1 Jan 1879
Parents:
Joseph Wells Harper
Born: 26 May 1766 Harpers Home, Dinwiddie, Virginia
Died: 15 Apr 1835 Harpers Home, Dinwiddie, Virginia
Spouse: Elizabeth Winfield Scott
Born: 1767 in Laurel Branch, Dinwiddie, Virginia
Died: 1836 in Dinwiddie, Virginia
Marriage: 1795 in Dinwiddie, Virginia
Children Sex Birth
Thomas Jefferson Harper M Harperss Home, Virginia
Ann Mason Harper F 1794
Eliza Wingfield Harper F 13 Mar 1805 in Dinwiddie, Virginia
Joseph Wells Harper M 14 Oct 1807 in Dinwiddie, Virginia
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Harper, Joseph Wells (Col.C.S.A.) II
Birth : 14 OCT 1807 Harper Home, Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Death : ABT. 1894 Harper Home, Dinwiddie County, Virginia-Buried Joseph W. Harper Graveyard
Gender: Male
Parents:
Father: Harper, Joseph Wells I
Mother: Scott, Elizabeth Winfield
Family:
Spouse:
Unknown, Sallie G.
Gender: Female
Family:
Spouse:
Stith, Susan G.
Gender: Female
Family:
Spouse:
Ferguson, Elizabeth Haney "Lizzie"
Gender: Female
Children:
Harper, Joseph Wells III
Birth : 1881
Gender: Male
Harper, Sallie Elizabeth
Birth : 19 MAR 1883
Gender: Female
Family:
Spouse:
Unknown, Sallie G.
Death : 22 MAR 1858 Dinwiddie County, Virginia-Buried Joseph W. Harper's Graveyard.
Gender: Female
Family:
Spouse:
Stith, Susan G.
Death : 12 DEC 1826 Dinwiddie County, Virginia-Buried Joseph W. Harper's Graveyard.
Gender: Female
Family:
Marriage: 17 MAY 1844
Spouse:
Moore, Sarah
Gender: Female
Family:
Marriage: 17 MAY 1844 in Brunswick County, Virginia
Spouse:
Moore, Sarah J.
Death : 22 SEP 1856 Dinwiddie County, Virginia-Buried Joseph W. Harper's Graveyard.
Gender: Female
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hrpr/dat1.html
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Joseph Wells Harper, Jr. was born on October 14, 1807 in
the Harper Home in Dinwiddie County, Virginia and died on
February 15, 1888 in Dinwiddie County, Petersburg,
Virginia. He was the last Harper child to live in the Harper
Home in Dinwiddie County, McKenney, Virginia. He was
also a Colonel in the Confederate States Army. He was
married 4 times. His four wives were: 1) Susan G. Sith, the
daughter of Needham W. Stith and Lucy Gray Haskins. She
died on December 12, 1826., 2) Sarah J. Moore who was
married on May 17, 1844. She died on September 22, 1856.,
3) Sallie G. Ferguson who was married on January 1, 1879.
She died on March 26, 1882. The child of Joseph Wells
Harper, Jr. and Sallie G. Ferguson was Joseph Wells Harper
III who was born in 1881 in the Harper Home in Dinwiddie
County, Virginia., and 4) Elizabeth (Lizzie) Haney Ferguson
who was married on February 6, 1883. Joseph Wells Harper,
Jr. and Elizabeth (Lissie) Haney Ferguson had two children:
1) Sallie Elizabeth Harper who was born on March 19, 1883
in the Harper Home in Dinwiddie County, Virginia and died
on June 21, 1958 and 2) Flora Scott Harper who was born in
the Harper Home in Dinwiddie County, Virginia on March
19, 1883. Flora Scott Harper married Alfred Henry Kean.
Joseph Wells Harper, Jr. was buried in the Harper Family
Cemetery in Dinwiddie County, Virginia sideways at the foot
of the graves of his first three wives.
http://www.harpersinmissouri.com/HarperPage25.html
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The Daily Dispatch: February 28, 1861.
.--Senate bills for the relief of Joseph W. Harper, (refunding a merchant's license tax paid in Brunswick;)...referred to the Committee on Finance.
JR