Nathan Whitehead

Male, #10228, (say 1770 - )

Parent*Thomas Whitehead (c 1744 - b Feb 1808)
Parent*Elizabeth Culpepper (c 1750 - 1832)
Nathan Whitehead|b. say 1770|p10228.htm|Thomas Whitehead|b. circa 1744\nd. before Feb 1808|p9911.htm|Elizabeth Culpepper|b. circa 1750\nd. 1832|p9908.htm|Nathan Whitehead|b. circa 1719\nd. before Apr 1779|p9476.htm|Mary Davis|b. say 1719\nd. before 1760|p9478.htm|Benjamin Culpepper the Ferryman|b. say 1721\nd. 1772|p9905.htm|Elizabeth (?)|b. circa 1721\nd. before May 1789|p9906.htm|

Birth*say 1770 Nathan was born at Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, say 1770. 
 He was the son of Thomas Whitehead and Elizabeth Culpepper. 
Biography* Nathan is mentioned in his grandfather, Nathan Whitehead, Sr's will: "To Nathan Whitehead, son of Thomas Whitehead, a negro girl named Phyllis." 
Will12 Feb 1788 In Elizabeth (?)'s will on 12 Feb 1788 at Nash Co., North Carolina, John, Henry, Nathan, Mary, Abiah, Martha, Nathan, Rahab, Elizabeth and Martha was named as an heir.
(Elizabeth's will reads as follows:
     In the name of God Amen I Elizabeth Culpepper of Nash County and State of North Carolina being in good Health of Boddy (sic) and of Sound and perfect mind and memory Praise be therefore given to Almighty God for it. I do hereby make and ordain this my present last Will and Testament in Manner and form following that is to say:
     First and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of the Almighty God hoping through the merrets, death, and passion of my Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ, have fully and free parden and forgiveness of all my Sins and inherit everlasting Life and My Boddy I commit to the earth to be decently buried.
     At the discression of my Executors hereafter named and as Touching the disposition of all such temporal Estates as it Hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth;
     First I will that my debts and funeral charges should be paid and discharged;
     Item I give and bequeath unto my Grand Child John Culpepper one bay horse colt and also one Negroe Girl name Pegg. She and her increase to him and his heirs & assigns forever; also one cow & calf to said J. Culpepper His heirs etc.
     Item, I give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Henry Whitehead one cow and calf to him his heirs and assigns forever.
     Then unto my Grand Child Nathan Whitehead one cow and calf to him his heirs and assigns forever.
     I give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Mary Daniel one cow and calf to her her heirs and assigns forever.
     I give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Abier Whitehead one Chest to her and her heirs forever.
     I give and bequeath unto my grandchild Martha Manning one Side Saddle to her and her heirs forever.
     I also give and bequeath unto Natus [Nathan] Culpepper one bed and furniture to him and his heirs and assigns forever.
     My will and desire is that all the rest of my estate ungiven shall be sold and equally divided between my three daughters - Rahab Whitehead, Elizabeth Whitehead and Martha Manning and all of them to share equally and sharing alike
I also appoint my beloved friends Rahab Whitehead, executrix and Sion Daniel Executor of this my last will and Testament and I do hereby Utterly disallow and Revoke Disown asell? all and every other former Testament's and Wills by me in anyway before named and bequethed Rattifiing and confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament in witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twelfth Day of February in year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Eight. Signed in the presence of us:
     John Smedley ("x" his mark) [apparently the John Smelly in 1790 Nash census]
     Martha Smedley ("x" her mark) [wife of John & daughter of Mark & Elizabeth Mason]
     Cherry Powell ("x" her mark)
Signed: Elizabeth Culpepper ("x" her mark)
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Nash County, May Court, 1789, the foregoing will was duly proven in open court by the oath of John Smedley....).1 

Charts Descendants of Benjamin Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC (Six generations)
Last Edited 9 May 1999

Citations

  1. Transcribed by Lew Griffin from LDS Film: 1577511 Item 2.