Mary Culpepper1

Female, #36203, (circa 1766 - before 1856)

ParentErasmus Culpepper of Nash Co., NC (circa 1742 - circa 1782)
ParentChloe Whitehead (circa 1748 - before May 1818)
Mary Culpepper|b. circa 1766\nd. before 1856|p36203.htm|Erasmus Culpepper of Nash Co., NC|b. circa 1742\nd. circa 1782|p9458.htm|Chloe Whitehead|b. circa 1748\nd. before May 1818|p9459.htm|Benjamin Culpepper the Ferryman|b. say 1721\nd. 1772|p9905.htm|Elizabeth (?)|b. circa 1721\nd. before May 1789|p9906.htm|Nathan Whitehead|b. circa 1719\nd. before Apr 1779|p9476.htm|Mary Davis|b. say 1719\nd. before 1760|p9478.htm|

Birth*circa 1766 Mary was born at Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, circa 1766. 
 She was the daughter of Erasmus Culpepper of Nash Co., NC and Chloe Whitehead. 
Marriage*Feb 1786 She married Sion Daniel at Nash Co., North Carolina, in Feb 1786. 
Married NameFeb 1786 As of Feb 1786, her married name was Daniel. 
(heir) Will12 Feb 1788 In Elizabeth (?)'s will on 12 Feb 1788 at Nash Co., North Carolina, Mary 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.....2 
(heir) Will31 May 1816 In Chloe Whitehead's will on 31 May 1816 at Nash Co., North Carolina, Mary named as heir(s). 
Death*before 1856 She died at Nash Co., North Carolina, before 1856. 
Biography* Court minutes 04/1784 - Mary was orphan of Erasmus, chose mother Chloe as guardian.
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Mary's Revolutionary War pension application (R2653) states that her husband, Sion, served in the NC Line. She (then a widow) applied for a pension on 3 Jan 1848 in Nash County, NC. She was aged 82. She stated that Sion lived in Wake County, NC, at the time of his enlistment, where his father Peter Daniel had sent him to go to school. His father Peter lived in Halifax County, NC, at the start of the Revolutionary War. She stated that she and Sion were married in February 1786 in Nash County. And that their children were Benjamin (born 3 Dec 1786), Elizabeth (born 28 Nov 1788), Winnefred (born 28 Mar 1793). Other children were mentioned but not named. One William Whitley stated for his wife Giley that Mary came by to their house and took all the soldier's old papers about two years before she died (affidavit made in 1856).
(Names referenced above: Mary Culpepper Mary Culpepper). 

Charts Descendants of Benjamin Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC (Six generations)
Last Edited 12 Nov 1999

Citations

  1. Virgil D. White, compiler, Genealogical abstracts of Revolutionary War pension files, Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing Co., 1990-1992.
  2. Transcribed by Lew Griffin from LDS Film: 1577511 Item 2.