Looking for information on John H. Harvey, born abt 1858, lived in Screven in 1910 according to the 1910 federal census.. He was married to Martha. My grandmother was Mattie Harvey.

John and Martha Harvey are still in Wayne cty in 1920.
there was a Jno. H. Harvey who died in Wayne Cty GA on Mar 10, 1925 . His death certificate lists dob as Dec 12, 1860 but no parents names are listed. It says he was bron in Bryan Cty GA. Cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage. Wife was listed as Martha Highsmith Harvey. Martha H Harvey, 84 years old who died in Wayne also on Sept 17, 1941.

It looks like they married around 1880:
1880 Wayne Cty GA
236 236 Harvey, John 19, Ga/Ga/Ga; day laborer
Martha 19 wife, Ga/Ga/Ga
237 237 King, James F, 59
Louisa 58
Rosa, 22, dau
William, son, 24
Harvey, Henry 21, day laborer
Havery, Jasper 18 clerk in store

1900 Wayne Cty GA'
221 222 Harvey, John H, Dec 1860 39 married 20 yrs
martha, wife, Aug 1860, 8 births 8 living
Emett, son, Feb 1881 19
John H, son, Aug 1882
Willie, son, Aug 1885 14
Florance P{, dau, Oct 1887 12
Ward, son, Jan 1890 10
Fannie, dau, April 1892 8
Henry W, son, Aug 1894 5
Mattie, dau, Nov 1898 1
Evaline, mother, May 1832 68 wd, l birth l living
Brannen, Daniel J, boarder, May 1832 68, widow, Eng/Ireland/Ireland

If this is the correct Harvey family of Bryan Cty GA, then the 1900 census is incorrect when it lists Evaline has having had only l child:
1880 Bryan Cty GA census is very hard to read
150 125 Havery, George or Roger, 55
Evnaline 47 wife
Sinia 20, dau
Albert ?, 19, son
Emmett, W, 17, son
Florence E, 14, dau
Miles, 12, son
Rushel V, 9, son
Brooks 7, son
'Eliza?, 53 sister

Eveline's husband is listed as George R on 1870 census, but there is no John H in household. Looking at the 1860 census shows that there were two Emeline Harveys.
1860 Bryan
163 Robinson Harvey 35
Emeline 28
Nathan 10
Clem 9
Glen 9
America 5
Georgia 3
Lynah 9/12

1860 Bryan
151 William Harvey 50
Eveline 25
Eliza C or E 4
James H 3
John H 1

Bernice

Mattie Harvey is my grandmother. What's remaining of the family have little knowledge of the Harvey's. Here's the text of an email from another member who found the following:
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Screven Cemetery, Old Section
J. H. Harvey, SR b. 12/12/1860 d. 3/17/1925
Martha Highsmith Harvey b. 8/5/1860 d. 9/17/1944
Jasper W. Kicklighter b. 3/13/1870 d. 4/13/1945

I COULD NOT FIND JOHN HARVEY IN 1870 - HE IS BORN IN DECEMBER AND THE CENSUS WAS TAKEN IN JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER SO HE WAS NOT BORN YET IN 1860 WHEN CENSUS WAS TAKEN. I COULD NOT FIND HIS MOTHER THOUGH I TRIED SPELLING IT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS - THERE ARE AT LEAST 7 JOHN HARVEYS LIVING IN 1870 IN GA BUT NOT ONE OF THEM IS YOUR JOHN - SO THE LAST NAME MUST BE BADLY MISSPELLED.

A suggestion is that you send for a copy of John's death certificate as it should show his parents' names.
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I ordered the death certificate per her suggestion....I have not received it yet.

How did you confirm that the death certificate doesn't list the parents? Do you have a copy? What are your theories as to why the death certificate wouldn't list parents?

Thanks.

Some death certificates issued before 1928 are on line. Use this website:http://content.sos.state.ga.us/index.php
select death certificates from menu on right
select advanced searach from menu at top of page
from drop down menu on right select Georgia Death Certificates; click on add; for key words use Harvey and Wayne.
The person who supplied the info for the death certificate must not have known who John's parents were.

It's not uncommon for the ages to be wrong. I would go with a dob of 1859 and William and Emeline Harvey from the 1860 Bryan County census as parents, especially has the James H age 3 is probably the Henry Harvey age 21 on the 1880 census with Jasper Harvey age 18. They are next door to John and Martha Harvey. I suspect that the William and Emeline Harvey in 1860 is the Wm Harvey age 70 and Emily, wife age 45 in the house hold of R Johnson age 32 on the 1880 Wayne Cty census.

Bernice

I found William HARRY 59 wife Emaline 30 sons Henry 13, John 10, Godfrey 7, Leonard 6 and Madison 4 in the 1870 Dist.1 Appling Co., Ga census. Probably your William Harvey and more of Henry's brothers names. I searched William born abt 1810 GA in Bryan then Appling Co., Ga. Happy hunting and just think outside the box when researching, follow siblings and watch for mispellings and switching between first and middle names.