Individual Details

Harve Pippin stood trial for highway robbery, Circuit Court, January Term, 1881. The trial was covered in the GAINESBORO SENTINEL, Gainesboro TN. William Berry was released from prison, pardoned by the governor and brought into court to testify against Harv Pippin. William had previously been convicted of highway robbery.

1 Nov 1880, a grand jury for Jackson Co TN found that on 1 Nov 1880, William Berry robbed John Pippin of $65. The money was the property of Richard Freelon Pippin, John's father. William Berry was tried, sentenced for 10 years & sent to the state penitentiary in Nashville.
The newspaper report above in January of 1881, stated that Berry's citizenship had been restored and he had been brought up to testify against his confederate, Harv Pippin. [They were not only confederates in robbery, but also first cousins.] Apparently Harve planned the robbery & hired Berry to carry it out. Harv was then sentenced to ten years.

Harve was married twice, (1) to Delia Davis, 31 Jul 1898, Hamilton Co, TN, and (2) to Mary (although I find no record of a Mary). The surname for either is not known. Harve is on the 1900 Census in Hamilton Co TN. He was 45, b. Mar 1855, married for 2 years. Delia, wife, b. Nov 1880, age 20, 2 children - neither one living.


There are other conflicting records concerning a Harvey/Harry Pippin.
He seems to have been younger in subsequent years - perhaps he did not want his second wife to know all of his history.

1910 Census. Chattanooga, 1st Civil Dist, Hamilton Co, TN, Hh 39
Harvey Pippin, age 46, married twice, this time for 3 years, b. TN, Stable man, lumber Co
Mary, wife, 36, also her 2nd marriage, no children, b. TN

1930 Census. Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN, Hh 136
811 Spears Ave
Harvey Pippin, 67, married at age 35, b. TN, watchman, saw mill
Mary, wife, 60, married at 28, b. TN
Albert Holfield, boarder, 68, widow, married at 21, b. Germany, Machinist bed spring mfg

There is a Tennessee Death Record for "Harry Pippin" of Chattanooga, Hamilton County - lived at 811 Spears. He died 15 April 1930 of double lobar pneumonia. His date of birth given as 13 March 1861 and born in Tennessee. He was a watchman at the lumber mill. Wife who was living, was Mary Pippin. His parents were Kinch Pippin and Mary Berry both born in Tennessee. Mrs. S. J. Cope was the informant and he was buried Brown Cemetery in Chattanooga.

Birth	Abt 1854
Death	Abt 1908

Father	Kinchen Pippin (1787 - 1869)
Mother	Mary "Pollie" Berry (1829 - )
Sibling	Hogan "Hoge" Pippin (1855 - 1908)
Sibling	Martha Ann Pippin (1856 - )
Sibling	Mary Pippin (1857 - )
Sibling	Lucy Pippin (1861 - 1944)
Sibling	Harry Pippin (1862 - 1930)
Sibling	Sina "Seney" Pippin (1863 - 1890)
Sibling	Kinchen Pippin (1866 - )