Dorothy Culpepper1

Female, #403, (2 May 1788 - 14 Apr 1869)

Parent*Rev. Peter Culpepper of Camden Co., NC (29 Dec 1752 - 18 Mar 1825)
Parent*Mary McPherson (c 1756 - 12 Apr 1813)
Dorothy Culpepper|b. 2 May 1788\nd. 14 Apr 1869|p403.htm|Rev. Peter Culpepper of Camden Co., NC|b. 29 Dec 1752\nd. 18 Mar 1825|p399.htm|Mary McPherson|b. circa 1756\nd. 12 Apr 1813|p11345.htm|Henry Culpepper IV of Currituck Co. NC|b. circa 1729|p445.htm|Christian Warren|b. circa 1732|p396.htm|Daniel McPherson|b. say 1730\nd. after 20 Sep 1797|p11372.htm|Mary (?)|b. say 1735|p39291.htm|

Name Variation  Dorothy Culpepper was also known as Dolley. 
Birth*2 May 1788 Dorothy was born at Currituck Co., North Carolina, on 2 May 1788.2 
 She was the daughter of Rev. Peter Culpepper of Camden Co., NC and Mary McPherson. 
1790 Census2 Aug 1790 Mary, Elizabeth, Sally and Dorothy was probably a free white female in Rev. Peter Culpepper of Camden Co., NC's household on the 1790 Census on 2 Aug 1790 at Currituck Co., North Carolina.3 
1800 Census4 Aug 1800 Lucinday, Miranda and Dorothy was probably a free white female, under age 10, in Rev. Peter Culpepper of Camden Co., NC's household on the 1800 Census at Currituck Co., North Carolina. Enumerated in census but otherwise unidentified is 1 M10-16..4 
Marriage*circa 1808 She married Dempsey Spence at North Carolina circa 1808. 
Married Namecirca 1808  As of circa 1808, her married name was Spence. 
Marriage*circa 1813 She married Peter Wilson Pearce at North Carolina circa 1813. 
Married Namecirca 1813  As of circa 1813, her married name was Pearce. 
Will3 Jan 1825 In Rev. Peter Culpepper of Camden Co., NC's will on 3 Jan 1825 at Camden Co., North Carolina, Rebecca, Mason, Peter, Lucinday, Dorothy, Archibald, Stephen, John, Thomas, Peter and Elizabeth was named as an heir.
(Peter's will, as transcribed by Alice Doak, follows:

Will Book C 1755-1854 pg. 54 - Camden Co., NC.
January 25, 1825 - Proved August Term 1825

In name of God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Ghost - I, Peter Culpepper,the elder, being of sound mind & memory do constitute & appoint this my Last Will & Testament pray me now & from following that is today - First it is my will that all my lawful debts be paid.

2nd - It is my will & I do hereby lend my wife Rebecca Culpepper a certain part of my plantation on which I now live bounded on the Southwest by the main Road on the north by the land that formerly divided Joseph Overton's land from mine east by a ditch running from said land near my apple orchard to the main Road near McCoy's land together with the use of the houses Standing thereon and

Also Item - My wife the use of all my farming utensils my kitchen furniture except one washing tub called Elizabeth Hawkins washing tub. Also 20 BBO corn, two Barrels Poke (pork) one feather bed & furniture, one cow & calf, 4 sitting stools, my working mare & melase round tea stand, my horse known by the name of Jack Taylor & my hourse Cart all the above I lend my wife, Rebecca Culpepper, during her natural life time but not to abuse. I also lend to my wife the use of my 3 negroes. Lony, Henry & Toney & woman, Grace, during her natural life. Also, my riding gig to have & to hold use therein during her natural life and after the death of my wife, Rebecca Culpepper, my will is that the above property be sold by my Executor & the money coming from the sale thereof to be divided between my heirs hereinafter to be named.

3rd - As to my son, Mason Culpepper, he has already had of my money & other property more than a fair portion of my fortune. Had he conducted himself towards me so as to have merited my fatherly affection - but since his Eighteenth year of age among all my_______in life he has shown himself the most inhuman toward my personal character & property in consequence of which I do not wish him to have any part or lot in the remaining part of my property after my decease as I solemnly say I owe my son, Mason, nothing to my knowledge.

4th - I give to my son, Peter O'Kelly Culpepper, house & plantation and whole tract of land whereon I now live on including all the uplands & swamp lands that I bought of the kin of Joseph Overton, dec'd., together with my two Negro men, Clark & Miles, to have & to hold forever I also give my son, Peter O. Culpepper my mahogany_______& my square folding leaf mahogany table & him to own my (?) watche To have forever.

I give to my Daughter, Dolly Pearce, one feather bed and furniture - one large trunk(?), oak_____which holds my large family Bible to have & to hold forever.

5th - I give unto my granddaughter, Lucy Baxter Spence, the house and plantation where Andrew Powers now lives to have & to hold forever. I leave my Negro boy, Joe, to be sold after my death at Publick sale for six months _____ & the money arriving from the sale of my Negro boy Joe, I give to my daughter, Lucy Baxter Spence, to have and to hold forever.

6th - I give my tract of land called my Upton tract of land to my two grandchildren, Susannah Fanny & Peter Culpepper Lockhart Pearce, to be equal as may be - Beginning at the end of the land near the May Swamp thence running a straight course South so as to make an equal division of the tract of land leaving that part of said land adjoining the plantation where Peter Pearce now lives to Peter Culpepper Lockhart Pearce and the other part to Susannah Fanny Pearce the lands above Directed(?) you to the above Peter Culpepper & Susanniah Fanny (Pearce) to them & their heirs on the Culpepper side & Blood to have & to hold forever. I also give my Granddaughter, Susannah one Cow & calf, one feather bed & furniture to have & to hold forever -

7th - I give to my granddaughter, Elizabeth D. Hawkins, two feather beds & furniture also one cow called the______or Forhand cow, one red heifer 3 years of age, a linen wheel and a washing tub, one sow & pig, two ewes & Lambs, two sitting chairs to have & to hold forever -

8th - I give to my grandson, Stephen Decauter or Decater(?) Culpepper all my lands lying on the south side of the road called Doughty's new road, Currituck County, beginning at the sweet gum standing on the South side of the road______in William Powers line thence West with the road till we come direct a point to the great ditch thence a south most course to William Powers line thence with a line to Josiah Cherry's line & Samuel Powers, Henry Culpepper, & William Powers & my self & thence with said Powers line to the first station gum to have and to hold forever. -

9th - I give to my grandson, John Abbot Culpepper, the plantation & tract of land called the middle field tract beginning at the South end of my new ditch thence running south along the line that divides Stephen's land to the corner tree standing on William Powers line thence westalong said Powers line to a south east course_____strike the end of the ditch that divides the middle field tract from the plantation & tract of land that Thomas Culpepper last built on & thence the various courses of the ditch to the gum swamp thence a due north course to the extremity of my own Virginia plantation paton line thence along another line to ______line thence south a line of marked trees to the great ditch thence along said ditch to the first station to have and to hold forever-

10th - I give to my grandson, Thomas Culpepper, the plantation and tract of land whereon my son, Thomas Culpepper, last lived to have & to hold forever -

11th - My will is that all my property real & personal within doors and outdoors that is not above named to be sold at the most credit & the money arising from the sale thereof to be divided between Dolly Pearce & Peter O. Culpepper and the representative of my daughter, Elizabeth, deceased & of my son Thomas Culpepper & of Henry & of my son Archibold Culpepper & therefore representative of my daughter, Lucinda. The property lent to my wife to be sold at or after her death & the money coming from the sale to be equally divided among the before mentioned heirs & representatives.

And I have & do declare this to be my last will & Testament & by this presents do make void & disclaim all the other wills made by my heretofore & do hereby constitute my trusted friend Willie McPherson & Peter O'Kelly Culpepper my sole Executors of this my last will & Testament as witness my hand this the day & date above mentioned.

Peter Culpepper (Seal)

I hereby renounce my right of Executor to the above will of Peter Culpepper.
W. McPherson

State of North Carolina
Camden County August Term 1825

The annexed will of Peter Culpepper, dec'd read exhibited and proved in open Court by the oath of Geo.Ferebee, Washington Brite & Luke Lamb in due form of Law and at the same time appeared Willie McPherson the Executor to the will & refused to qualify as so. Also appeared Rebecca Culpepper who descented from the said will and on motion ordered that Mason Culpepper has a_____on said estate /with the will annexed/ who app'd, qualified and entered into Bond in the sum of $4000 with Jean(?) Bell & Charles Whitehurst Security. Let the Will be recorded.

Test
M.L(?) Leary, Clerk). 
Deed*13 Aug 1839 A deed was granted to her by Pocahontas Culpepper of Portsmouth, VA and with Peter O'Kelly Culpepper as an adjacent landowner on 13 Aug 1839 at Camden Co., North Carolina.
(Book V, p. 347: 13 Aug 1839 — Pokey Hunter [Pocahontas] Culpepper to Dorothy Pearce, for $10, her undivided share of a tract of 50 acres adjacent to Mathias Sawyer, Peter L. Culpepper, etc., part of the Upton tract. Witnesses: Samuel Pearce and H. Chamberlain.).5 
Deed*4 Apr 1842 She granted a deed to Nancy Culpepper witnessed by Peter Lockhart Culpepper Pearce on 4 Apr 1842 at Camden Co., North Carolina.
(Book Y, p. 80: 4 Apr 1842 — Nancy Culpepper of Currituck Co. to Dorothy Pearce of Camden Co., for $10, 50 acres, part of the Upton tract. Witnesses: Samuel C. Pearce, Peter C. Pearce).5 
Deed*3 Sep 1845 A deed was granted to her by Stephen Decatur Culpepper and with Peter Lockhart Culpepper Pearce as an adjacent landowner on 3 Sep 1845 at Camden Co., North Carolina.
(Book Y, p. 92: 3 Sep 1845 — Stephen D. Culpepper of Currituck to Dorothy Pearce of Camden, for $15, 50 acres adjacent to Peter C. Pearce, etc., part of the Fanning place. Witness: Peter C. Pearce.).5 
Deed*14 Dec 1853 A deed was granted to her by Henry Culpepper witnessed by Peter Lockhart Culpepper Pearce and with Rev. Peter Culpepper of Camden Co., NC as a previous landowner on 14 Dec 1853 at Camden Co., North Carolina.5 
Death*14 Apr 1869 She died at Camden Co., North Carolina, on 14 Apr 1869.6 

Family 1

Dempsey Spence (say 1786 - say 1813)

Family 2

Peter Wilson Pearce (6 Nov 1794 - 18 Dec 1828)
Child

Charts Descendants of Henry Culpepper, III, of Norfolk Co., VA (Six generations)
Last Edited 14 Oct 2007

Citations

  1. James A. Whitehurst and Mary Evelyn K. Whitehurst, Cemeteries, "Upper Woods" Sharon Community, South Mills, SC, 1 Jan 1987.
  2. , Culpepper/Whaley Bible, Photographed by Nick Johnson of Phoenix, AZ, Nov 2001, Linda Frances Whaley Thomas, owner, Chesapeake, Virginia.
  3. 1790 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 22, Image 0499, Unknown Township, Currituck Co., NC
    Peter Culpepper, 2M16+, 3M<16, 4F.
  4. 1800 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 163, Ancestry.com Image 27, Unknown Township, Currituck Co., NC
    Peter Culpepper, 2 M0-10, 2 M10-16, 1 M16-25, 1 M26-45, 3 F0-10, 1 F10-16, 1 F26-45.
  5. NC Clerk Camden Co., Camden Co., NC Deeds, Books D-AA, 1788-1856, transcribed by Lewis W. Griffin: Microfilm at LDS Library in Salt Lake City.
  6. From Culpepper/Whaley Bible:
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    "Dolly Culpepper daughter Peter Culpepper and Mary his wife was bornd May the 2nd 1788 and departed this life April the 14th 1869. A funeral discourse was delivered in memory of her on the 4th Sabbath the 23 of May 1869 by the Rev. John D. Berryman founded on the 7 v of the 4th chapter of Paul's Epistle to Timothy - I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith."