Sion Culpepper

Male, #43024, (circa 1769 - after 1812)

ParentJohn Culpepper of Norfolk Co., VA (circa 1743 - before 1791)
ParentMary (?) (say 1748 - before 19 Oct 1812)
Sion Culpepper|b. circa 1769\nd. after 1812|p43024.htm|John Culpepper of Norfolk Co., VA|b. circa 1743\nd. before 1791|p727.htm|Mary (?)|b. say 1748\nd. before 19 Oct 1812|p43025.htm|Robert Culpepper Jr. of Lower Norfolk Co., VA|b. say 1694\nd. before Oct 1774|p678.htm|Dorcas (?)|b. say 1700|p679.htm|||||||

Birth*circa 1769 Sion was born at Norfolk Co., Virginia, circa 1769. 
 He was the son of John Culpepper of Norfolk Co., VA and Mary (?)
1810 Census*6 Aug 1810 Sion was listed as the head of a family on the 1810 Census at Camden Co., North Carolina. Enumerated in the census but otherwise not identified are 1 M0-10, 1 F0-10, 1 F10-16.1 
Death*after 1812 He died after 1812. 
Biography* Sion Culpepper is found in Norfolk Personal Property Tax Lists:
1785 - John Culpepper & son Simon: one male over 21, one male 16 - 21, two horses
1786 - John Culpepper, Sion Culpepper: one male over 21, one male 16-21, two horses
1791 - 1797 one male over 16 and no horse
1799 - 1804 one male over 16 and no horse
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Elizabeth Culpepper and Edward Youngman, Norfolk Co., VA, 8 Mar 1798, surety Sion Culpepper makes oath that Elizabeth is of lawful age. Arthur Emmerson, minister. Elizabeth must have been either Sion's sister, or his daughter.
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He is mentioned (and excluded from any inheritance) in the will of his mother Mary Culpepper, dated 6 Sep 1812.

(Names referenced above: Sion Culpepper Sion Culpepper).2 
Research note*27 Apr 2004 This writer believes Sion Culpepper who disappeared from Norfolk Co. tax records in the early 1800s was the same person as S. Culpepper in 1810 Camden Co. NC. He was probably the father of Zion Culpepper. [L. W. G.]

Your help with this person will be appreciated. Contact Lew Griffin (see footnote for details).2 

Family

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Charts Descendants of Robert Culpepper, Jr. of Lower Norfolk Co., VA (Six generations)
Last Edited 8 Apr 2007

Citations

  1. 1810 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 160, Ancestry.com Image 16, Unknown Township, Camden Co., NC
    S. Culpepper, 1 M0-10, 1 M26-45, 1 F0-10, 1 F10-16.
  2. Lewis W. Griffin Jr., 4307 North 34th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85018, e-mail address, Phone: (602) 955-2597.