Benjamin Culpepper of Edgefield District, SC

Male, #5760, (between 1755 and 1765 - 10 Jan 1829)

ParentBenjamin Culpepper son of Joseph (say 1724 - before 1771)
ParentLydia (?) (say 1725 - after 1775)
Benjamin Culpepper of Edgefield District, SC|b. between 1755 and 1765\nd. 10 Jan 1829|p5760.htm|Benjamin Culpepper son of Joseph|b. say 1724\nd. before 1771|p20883.htm|Lydia (?)|b. say 1725\nd. after 1775|p26134.htm|Joseph Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC|b. say 1696\nd. 1745|p3209.htm|Martha (?)|b. say 1700\nd. 24 Jan 1764|p3210.htm|||||||

Birth*between 1755 and 1765 Benjamin was born at Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, between 1755 and 1765.1 
 He was the son of Benjamin Culpepper son of Joseph and Lydia (?). 
Revolutionary War*between 1775 and 1783 He provided service in the American Revolutionary War between 1775 and 1783
(DAR Listing: Benjamin Culpepper, born 1750 in Virginia, died 10 Jan 1829 in South Carolina, married Mary Mason, married second, Joyce Powell Sheppard, First Lieutenant, South Carolina
(Culpepper Connections Note: The preceding DAR listing is as published in the Patriot Index. However, it is believed that Mary Mason was the wife of Benjamin's son, Benjamin IV.)
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Benjamin spent 91 days as a private under the command of Colonel Robert Goodwyn in the winter of 1778. He enlisted in the Third Regiment, South Carolina Line, on March 15, 1779, and was captured at the fall of Charleston, SC. November, 1780, he apparently "deserted" his duty as a servant to Captain George Lidell. He then turned around and served from Jan 1, 1781, to May 31, 1781, 151 days, as a lieutenant under Captain Peter Burns, Colonel Wade Hampton, and General Sumter.
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No. 366: Audited Acc. of Benjamin Culpepper - For Militia duty - AA 1683-A, pp. 1aaa- 3aaa
To the Humble David Ramsay Esquire President and the ? of the Honorable Members of the Senate ------
     The Petition of Benjamin Culpeper humbly sheweth, that your Petitioner performed ninety one days duty as a private soldier under the command of Col. Robert Goodwyn in the winter of 1778 and one hundred and fifty one days duty under the Command of Genl. Sumter from the 1st day of Jan'y to the last day of May 1781 for which your Petitioner hath received no compensation altho he delivered his acco. for the same in due time to the late William Arthur Esq. Dep'y auditor for the District of Orangeburgh ----- Your Petitioner therefore prays your Honorable ? to take his case into consideration & allow him such relief as you can your ? may ? acct and your Petitioner asks ? ?____
? ? ? (signed) Benjamin Culpepper

Personally appeared before me this Thirty first day of January 1791 Benjamin Culpepper Esquire who maketh oath that the ? account is just and true and that no part thereof hath been received.--------------- Sworn before me
                    Benjamin Culpeper
R Hampton J.C.

[This was written on the back side of the following report]

Report of the Committee on the Petition of Benjamin Culpeper. 4th February 1791
to be considered tomorrow postponed until the Committee reports whether the acco. was ? ? to the auditor within the time prescribed by same [or "him"]
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The Committee to whom was referred the Petition of Benjamin Culpeper Report ? That they have taken the same into consideration and are of opinion that the allegations set forth in the said Petition are true, and recommend the adoption of the following Resolution towit: Resolved that the Commissioner of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, directed to issue an Indent to Benjamin Culpeper for the sum of Eighty four pounds seven shillings ?? ?? with interest thereon from the first day of April 1783 being for the amount of his acco. against this state.--------

State of South Carolina
          To Benjamin Culpepper……..Ds
                          £ Sterling
Is 91 days duty as a private soldier in the
militia under the command of
Colo: Robert Goodwyn from the 15 Jan y 6:10
tothe 15th March 1779; a prday

Is 151 days duty in the militia as a
Horseman under the command of
Genl Sumpter……….a 2of pr day £ 151:__:_ 27:11:5

Is One stud horse impressed by Lieut.
Henry Reives by order of Gen. Sumpte
appraised to £ 50._.._

Is 1 ½ ? Flour a 3 7/4………………………………… 2.16..
Is 100 ls of bacon a 6………………………………… 2.10..
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                     £ 83:7:5:).2,3 
Marriage*circa 1781 He married (?) (?) circa 1781. 
1790 Census*2 Aug 1790 Benjamin was listed as the head of a family on the 1790 Census on 2 Aug 1790 at Orangeburg District, South Carolina.4 
Marriage*circa 1795 He married Joyce Powell Sheppard at Edgefield District, South Carolina, circa 1795. 
1800 Census*4 Aug 1800 Benjamin was listed as the head of a family on the 1800 Census at Edgefield District, South Carolina. Unaccounted for are 3 females 0-10..5 
Deed18 Jun 1801 He was an adjacent landowner in the deed granted on 18 Jun 1801 at Edgefield District, South Carolina.
(William Moore to Major Thomas Butler. Deed, 18 June 1801, £50.10 sterling, 150 acres on north side of Pen Creek of Little Saluda River bounded S on Loderrick Hill, N on Benjamin Culpepper. SE by William Sudeth and John Gorman Senr; warrant all but ten acres of sd tract lying at upper end where the line crosses the Charleston Road next to Richardsons. Also 30 acres being part of old survey by John'? Richard Lewis to John Lewis and from John Lewis to John Douglass. lying on Pen Creek joining land of John Gorman. William Suddith, Lodwick Hill, which thirty acres I only defend from myself, heirs and assigns. If the thirty acres should he taken away by an older right, sd William Moore is not bound to make any thereof good. Wit Geo B Moore, William Spragins. /s/ William Moore. Proven 25 March 1802 by William Spragins; Wm Nibbs J.Q. Rec 25 March 1802.).6 
Deed7 Feb 1803 He witnessed a deed grant on 7 Feb 1803 at Edgefield District, South Carolina.
(Jeremiah Trotter to John Poots, for Two Hundred Dollars, One hundred fifty acres situate on the waters of Big and Little Saluda rivers, bounding SE & SW on Foshee, SE on Neilson (illegible), NW & NE on Toles, NW of Elliss, SW on Thomas Schurry, originally granted unto sd Jeremiah Trotter in 1788. Witnesses: Richard Tear, Benjamin Culpeper. /s/ Jeremiah (T) Trotter. Justice Arthur Simkins certifies the relinquishment of dower by Mary Trotter the wife of Jeremiah Trotter, 7 February 1803; /s/ Mary (x) Trotter. Proven 17 August 1805 by Richard Tear; Gideon Christian, J. P.).7 
Deed19 Mar 1805 He was an adjacent landowner in the deed granted on 19 Mar 1805 at Edgefield District, South Carolina.
(James Foy, eldest son and heir at law of Peter Foy decd, to his brother William Foy, Deed of Gift, 19 Mar 1905, love and affection, fifty acres upon Red Bank Creek of Little Saluda River, it being part of land originally surveyed and actually possessed by sd Peter Foy decd many years previous to th war between Britain and America, sd fifty acres adj land of Daniel Brown, Benjamin Culpepper, Spring Branch. Witnessess: Henry Pope, John Harvy. /s/ James Foy. Proven 19 Mar 1805 by John Harvy, John Pope J. Q. Rec. 25 Mar 1805).8 
1810 Census*6 Aug 1810 Benjamin was listed as the head of a family on the 1810 Census at Edgefield District, South Carolina. Unaccounted for is 1 male 26-45.9 
Deed*18 Dec 1811 He granted a deed to George James Strother, Joyce Powell Sheppard and Joyce Powell Culpepper on 18 Dec 1811 at Edgefield District, South Carolina.
(This indenture made this 18th Day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and eleven and of the American Independence the thirty sixths. Between Benjamin Culpeper of the one part and George Strother of the other part of the same District and State aforesaid.

WHEREAS the said Benjamin Culpeper is desirous of making some fixed and permanent arrangement as to his property and estate, and thereby to make provision for his wife Joyce Culpeper, his daughter Joyce Culpeper and the aforementioned George Strother, and that no event accident or occurrences may frustrate and defeat the mind, will and intention of the said Benjamin Culpeper in all and singular or any part and parcell of the provisions in this Deed contemplated, he hath resolved, and determined to divest himself of all the property interest and estate herein after mentioned, and to vest the whole and every part thereof in the said George Strother for the uses, intents and purposes herein after mentioned.

NOW this INDENTURE WITNESSETH That in pursuance of the fixed purpose and intention of the said Benjamin Culpeper, and also for and in consideration of one Dollar and Twenty five Cents to the said Benjamin Culpeper by the said George well and truly paid at and before the sealing and delivery of their presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and for divers other causes and considerations specially moving the said Benjamin thereto, hath granted, bargained and sold and by their presents doth grant bargain and sell unto the said George Strother the following Negros, namely Jacob, Dublin, Nammy, Lydia, Peter and Morrice and all and every of their issues and _____, and also four of my best and most valuable Horses, my Waggon and gear, and all of my Household and kitchen furniture & all my my Plantation Tolls, the one half of my Stock of Cattle, Sheep and Hogs to have and to hold all and singular the Negros and other property aforementioned to the said George Strother his Heirs and ______to and for and upon the several uses trusts and purposes and subject to the several limitations and agreements hereinafter mentioned, limited, expressed and declared of and concerning the same.

The said Benjamin Culpeper excuses and reserves to himself the right and privilege (if he shall wish to claim and exercise the same) to keep in his own custody forever and posession during his natural life, all and singular the aforementioned Negros and other property, and to use employ and control the same, to enjoy and have during his natural life the profits and advantages of the same; but not to sell or dispose of the same or any part thereof without the consent of the said George Strother.

And the said Benjamin Culpeper further stipulates and provides that if his wife Joyce Culpeper shall outlive him the said Benjamin _____and in that case the said Joyce shall be permitted to choose the four Horses from my stock of horses then on hand - that the one full half or share of my Cattle, Hogs, Sheep all of my Household and kitchen furniture, and Plantation Tools shall be ascertained by the judment and decision of three disinterested persons one to be chosen by my wife, one by the said George Strother and one by the children which I had by my former wife - And that the division shall have been fully ascertained in manner aforementioned then immediately shall the said George make and execute to the said Joyce my wife a Deed for all the aforementioned Negros and their issue and the said four horses and the waggon and gear, and the said one half or share of all my stock of Hogs, Cattle Sheep, and all of my household and kitchen furniture., and Plantation Tools to her and her Heirs forever to dispose of the same as she thinks prudent and proper. --

And it is further provided that during the lifetime of the said Benjamin and before the execution of the said Deed from the said George Strother to the said Joyce Culpeper she the said Joyce has full power and right to sell will or otherwise dispose of all or any of the aforementioned property subject however to life estate of the said Benjamin Culpeper.

AND lastly it is provided that if the said Joyce Culpeper should die intestate without having made any disposition of the aforementioned property then it is expressly understood and provided that the same and all and every part thereof be equally divided between my Daughter Joyce Culpeper and the said George Strother the Trustee named in this case them and their Heirs forever.

IN WITNESS whereof we have mutually hereunto set our hands and affixed our Seals the day and year above written.

Benjamin Culpeper (signed by one that deed)
in presence of James Spann, David Richardson, George S Strother

SOUTH CAROLINA, Edgefield District - Before me personally appeared David Richardson and made oath on the holy Evangist of Almighty God that he was present and saw the within named Benjamin Culpeper and George S Strother sign the within instrument of writing for the purposes therein mentioned and saw James Spann sign with himself as witness thereunto. David Richardson.

Sworn before me 30th March 1812, John Blocker, S. Q., Clerks Office, Edgefield District
Recorded in my office in Book H H page 69 and examined this 30th Mary 1812. S. Butler, Reg. E. D.).10 
Deed*Mar 1812 He granted a deed to George James Strother in Mar 1812 at Edgefield District, South Carolina.
(Benjamin Culpepper to George J. Strother for $300, land in Lexington District on Halland’s Sheds Creek on waters of the Broad River, 183 acres bordering George Strother, Jacob Bookman. Signed: Benjamin & Joyce Culpepper. Witnesses: David Richardson, James Spann (Edgefield Deed Bk 39, p. 356)
     Joyce & Benjamin Culpepper to George J. Strother for $150, a tract in Lexington District, 56 acres on the waters of the Saluda River, bordering Clemmons, etc. Witnesses: David Richardson, James Spann (Edgefield Deed Bk 39, p. 357)
     Joyce & Benjamin Culpepper to George J. Strother for $600, a tract on Hollands Shed Creek, 261 acres bounded on all sides by vacant land. Witnesses: David Richardson, James Spann (Edgefield Deed Bk 39, p. 359)
     Benjamin & Joyce Culpepper to George J. Strother for $100 (not sure of amount), a tract in Lexington District on a road from Drehrs Mill, on branch waters of the Saluda River, 20 acres, bordering Clemmons. Witnesses: David Richardson, James Spann (Edgefield Deed Bk 39, p. 360)).11 
Deed*Sep 1813 A deed was granted to him in Sep 1813 at Edgefield District, South Carolina.
(Lemuel Munson bound to Joseph Culpepper of Abbeville District for $350 to assure to Culpepper title to a tract of 220 acres in Edgefield District bordering Frederick Slappey, Henry Shelnut, Thomas Berry, William Thornton & lands belonging to the estate of David Cunningham. Munson to pay off a note given to John Slappey for $350 next January then the bond will be null and void. Witness: William Glover).12 
DeedApr 1814 A deed was granted to him in Apr 1814 at Edgefield District, South Carolina.
(Richard A. Rapley, Commissioner of Equity Court, Abbeville District, to Benjamin Culpepper for $1,000, 500 acres as granted to Daniel Ravenal & Robert Larry on the headwaters of Mine Creek and waters of Saluda River, of the Congaree & Santee Rivers, bordering at the time of survey John Cotton & Joseph Davis and most recently the land of George Youngblood, dec’d. Witnesses: Eldred Jenkins, J. M. Butler).13 
Deed21 Jul 1817 He granted a deed on 21 Jul 1817.
(State of S. Carolina, Edgefield District. Know all men by these presents that I Benjamin Culpeper of the district and State aforesaid in consideration of twelve hundred dollars to me paid by Jonathan Weaver of the state and district aforesaid have granted bargained & sold and released and by these presents do grant bargain sell and release unto the said Jonathan Weaver three certain tracts of land containing five hundred acres more or less, one hundred and fifty acres granted to Robert Lang January the 26th 1773 two tracts granted to Daniel Ravenal Junr. One of one hundred and fifty acres and the other two hundred acres lying in the district and state aforesaid on waters of Mine Creek waters of Little Saluda bounded North East by lands of William Herrinbow. N. W. by lands of Reuben Kirkland and William Mastin S. W. by lands of Benjamin Loveless S. E. by lands of Ogetell Cocksoff and Andrew Gomillon and by these presents do grant bargain sell and release unto the said Jonathan Weaver Together with all deeds singular the rights members, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise incident or appertaining to have and to hold all and singular the premises above mentioned with the said Jonathan Weaver his heirs and as signs against myself and my heirs and against every person or persons whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof. As witness my hand and seal this 21 day of July in the year 1817 and the forty first and second year of American Independency - Benj. Suddath, Lewis Suddath. Benjamin Culpeper
     State of So. Carolina, Edgefield District . I Thomas Dozier justice of Quoruin do hereby certify with whom it may concern that Joice Culpeper the wife of the written named Benjamin Culpeper did this day appear before me and upon being privately and separately examined by me did declare that she does freely voluntarily and without any compulsion dread or fear of any person or persons whom so ever renounce release and forever relinquish unto the written named Jonathan Weaver his heirs and assigns all her in trest and estate and also all her right and claim of dower of in or to all and singular the premises within mentioned and released. Given under my hand & seal this 21 day of July 1817. Thomas Dozier J.Q. Joice (x) Culpeper
     Personally appeared before me, Thomas Dozier, Benjamin Sudduth who being duly sworn made solemn oath that he was present and did see Benjamin Culpeper sign seal and as his act and Deed deliver the written instrument of writing to and for the ? written mentioned ? ? also see Lewis Suddath with himself ? scribe(?) his name as a witness thereto. Sworn to before me this 21st day July 1817. Thomas Dozier J. Q., Benjamin Suddath. Recorded 22 July 1817
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(Previous Landowner) Deed21 Jul 1817 He was a previous land owner in the deed granted by Andrew Culpepper of Henry Co., AL, Lettis Culpepper, Preston Sheppard Gilder, Mary Gilder and Joyce Powell Sheppard on 21 Jul 1817 at Edgefield Co., South Carolina.
(On 21 July 1817, Drury Culpeper and wife, Lettice, Preston Gilder and wife, Polly, together with James Shepherd and wife, Joice, bonded in favor of deed made by (their father) Benjamin Culpepper and his (second) wife Joice, to Jonathan Weaver of Edgefield County, South Carolina, the same date.). 
(free wh male 45 +) 1820 Census7 Aug 1820 Benjamin was probably a free white male, age 45 or over, in Joyce Powell Sheppard's household, on the 1820 Census at Edgefield District, South Carolina. Unaccounted for is 1 female 16-26..15 
Death*10 Jan 1829 He died at Edgefield District, South Carolina, on 10 Jan 1829.16,17 
Burial*say 12 Jan 1829 His body was interred say 12 Jan 1829 at Strother-Sheppard Cemetery, Edgefield District, South Carolina. From Culpepper / Strother / Sheppard Cemetery, Saluda, SC: "Sacred to the Memory of Benj. Culpepper who died Jan. 10th 1829, Supposed to be 60 years of age.".18,19
Biography* D.A.R. application 169581 indicates that Benjamin Culpepper was born 10 Jan 1750. However, in the 1800 census, he was listed as being between 26 and 45 years of age which would give a birth year range of 1755 - 1774. Since Benjamin fought in the Revolutionary War, that would seem to suggest a birth before 1756. In any event, allowing for a five year margin of error in the 1800 census, Benjamin Culpepper was probably born in the early 1750's in Edgecombe Co., NC.

Benjamin Culpepper III probably moved to Camden District, South Carolina in 1767 or earlier, with his brother, Joseph Culpepper, or in 1771 or earlier, with his mother Lydia Culpepper.

Benjamin first appears in South Carolina records as a Revolutionary War soldier. According to the "South Carolina Roster of the Revolution" and the South Carolina Auditor General's accounts, Benjamin spent 91 days as a private under the command of Colonel Robert Goodwyn in the winter of 1778. Col. Goodwyn may have been a relative or acquaintance, who, like Benjamin, was from the Sandy Creek area of Granville County, NC (see Granville Grants, by Margaret M. Hofmann).

He enlisted in the Third Regiment, South Carolina Line, on March 15, 1779, and was captured at the fall of Charleston, SC, on May 12, 1780. This writer has no record of how long Benjamin may have remained a prisoner of the British. One would presume that prisoners were exchanged fairly quickly after any given battle.

He served from Jan 1, 1781, to May 31, 1781, 151 days, as a lieutenant under Captain Peter Burns, Colonel Wade Hampton, and General Sumter.

Benjamin probably married his first wife soon after the Revolutionary War. Her name is not known but it is suggestive that Benjamin had land dealings with with a John Monk and a Thomas Monk. Aug 1787, Benjamin leased 50 acres from John Monk, minister of the Gospel, on the north side of the Saluda River.

He was also the recipient of three SC state grants that year, one for 265 acres on the south side of the Congaree River; one for 5.5 acres, an island in the Saluda River; and one for 33 acres, two islands in the Saluda River. All were in Orangeburg District. In 1788, Benjamin Culpepper and Thomas Monk were jointly granted 896 acres on Hancock's Branch, in Orangeburg District, some 25 miles or more up the Saluda River from what would become Columbia, SC.

Benjamin was listed in the 1790 census in Orangeburg District, SC, living in the Dutch Fork between the Saluda and Broad Rivers, an area where wheat rather than indigo was the normal crop. All of the above mentioned land was in that part of Orangeburg District which became Lexington District in 1804. Sometime between 1795 and 1800, Benjamin married Joyce Powell Sheppard, the widow of William Augustus Strother.

William, the son of George Strother, and grandson of Jeremiah Strother of Sandy Creek, Granville Co., NC, had died in 1794, in Edgefield District. He and Joyce had three children, John Sheppard Strother (1788), George James Strother (1791), and Jeanette Strother (1794).

At some point, possibly in conjunction with his marriage, Benjamin moved to Edgefield District, SC where he was noted in the 1800 census. Benjamin is also noted in the 1810 census in Edgefield District, SC living near Thomas Richardson and George Strother, both of whom were probably relatives.

By December 1811, Benjamin, now about 60 years old, appears to have been in declining health. In order to make "some fixed and permanent arrangement as to his property and estate, and thereby to make provision for his wife Joyce Culpepper, his daughter Joyce Culpepper, and (his wife's son) George Strother," he deeded many of his possessions to George Strother (Edgefield DB 31-69). Perhaps George had agreed to take care of Benjamin and his family, or perhaps this was property which Joyce had brought into the marriage. Included were six negroes, "four of my best and most valuable horses, my wagon and gear, and all of my household and kitchen furniture and all my plantation tools, and one half of my stock of cattle, sheep, and hogs." James Spann and David Richardson were witnesses.

In March 1812, Benjamin sold his land in Lexington District to George Strother, in a series of four deeds (Edgefield DB 39-356, 357, 359, 360). Included were three tracts on Hollingsheads Creek on the Broad River, totalling 500 acres, and 20 acres some distance away, near Drehr's Mill on the Saluda River. Strother paid $1150 for the four tracts. The deeds were signed by both Benjamin and Joyce Culpepper.

In July 1817, Benjamin sold three tracts of land in Edgefield District, totaling 500 acres, to Jonathan Weaver (Edgefield DB 34-145). Included were 150 acres granted to Robert Lang in 1773, and two tracts granted to David Ravenal Jr., one of 150 acres, the other of 200 acres, on Mine Creek and the Little Saluda River. Joyce Culpepper gave her consent. Benjamin had bought this land in April 1814 (Edgefield DB 31-515).

According to the D.A.R. record mentioned above, and his tombstone, Benjamin lived until 10 Jan 1829. No deed records have been found for him after 1817. For some reason, his wife Joicy was listed as the head of household in the 1820 census of South Carolina. However, a male over 45, probably Benjamin, was listed in the household. (This is based on the original handwriting, the printed version incorrectly lists a male 26-45.)

Benjamin's mother may have been Lydia, and she may have been the widow of an earlier Benjamin Culpepper, who may have been the son of yet another Benjamin, who died in Edgecombe County, NC around 1772.

(Names referenced above: Benjamin Culpepper of Edgefield District, SC Benjamin Culpepper of Edgefield District, SC). 

Family 1

(?) (?) (circa 1754 - before 1790)
Marriage*circa 1781 He married (?) (?) circa 1781. 
Children

Family 2

Joyce Powell Sheppard (29 Dec 1770 - 24 Feb 1841)
Marriage*circa 1795 He married Joyce Powell Sheppard at Edgefield District, South Carolina, circa 1795. 
Child

Charts Descendants of Joseph Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC (Six Generations)
Last Edited 4 Feb 2008

Citations

  1. D. A. R. application 169581 gives birth date as 10 Jan 1750. The 1800 census places his birth between 1755 and 1774, and the 1810 census places it before 1765. If both are correct, then he must have been born between 1755 and 1765. And based on his Rev. War service, probably towards the earlier end of that range. His tombstone says that he was "suppossed to be 60 years of age" at his death on 10 Jan 1829. That would place his birth in 1768.
  2. E-mail from Mary Genevieve Taylor Harris (Mrs. John N. Harris Jr.), e-mail address, Dallas, TX to Lew Griffin, 1983-2004.
  3. DAR Patriot Index, Washington, DC: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2003.
  4. 1790 Federal Census, United States.
    Unknown Township, North part, Orangeburg District, SC
    Benjamin Culpeper, page 94, 1 Male 16+, 3 Males 0-16, 3 Females, 4 Slaves
    Joseph Culpeper, page 94, 3 Males 16+, 3 Females, 22 Slaves.
  5. 1800 Federal Census, United States.
    Unknown Townships, Edgefield District, SC
    Benjamin Culpepper, page 133, 2 M10-16, 1 M16-26, 1 M26-45, 4 F0-10, 1 F10-16, 1 F16-26, 1 F26-45, 8 slaves.
  6. Carol Wells, Edgefield County, South Cazrolina Deed Books, Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 975.737 R2.
    Edgefield Deed Bk 22, pp. 12-14.
  7. Carol Wells, Edgefield County, South Cazrolina Deed Books, Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 975.737 R2.
    Edgefield Deed Bk 26, p. 190.
  8. Carol Wells, Edgefield County, South Cazrolina Deed Books, Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 975.737 R2.
    Edgefield Deed Bk 25, p. 300.
  9. 1810 Federal Census, United States.
    Unknown Township, Edgefield District, SC
    Benjamin Culpepper, page 70, 1 M26-45, 1 M45+, 1 F0-10, 1 F45+, 8 slaves.
  10. E-mail from Mary Genevieve Taylor Harris (Mrs. John N. Harris Jr.), e-mail address, Dallas, TX to Lew Griffin, 1983-2004.
    Edgefield Deed Bk 31, page 69.
  11. Edgefield Co. SC Deeds abstracted by Lew Griffin , Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 975.737 R2.
  12. Edgefield Co. SC Deeds abstracted by Lew Griffin , Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 975.737 R2.
    Edgefield Deed Bk 31, p. 481.
  13. Edgefield Co. SC Deeds abstracted by Lew Griffin , Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 975.737 R2.
    Edgefield Deed Bk 31, p. 515.
  14. E-mail from Mary Genevieve Taylor Harris (Mrs. John N. Harris Jr.), e-mail address, Dallas, TX to Lew Griffin, 1983-2004.
    Edgefield County Clerk of Court, Deed Book 34, pp. 145-147.
  15. Unknown Townships, Edgefield District, SC
    Daniel Culpepper, page 127, 1 M16-26, 1 F0-10, 1 F16-26, 0 slaves
    Drury Culpepper, page 120, 2 M0-10, 1 M10-16, 1 M26-45, 2 F0-10, 1 F10-16, 1 F26-45, 1 slave
    Joicy Culpepper, page 83, 1 M45+, 1F16-26, 1 F45+, 7 slaves.
  16. This date of death is from his tombstone. However, Benjamin's wife Joyce was a Head of Household in the 1820 census, but since there was a Male 45+ also noted, this was probably Benjamin. There is no record of Benjamin in Edgefield County deeds, as far as this writer knows, after 1817.
  17. E-mail from Carole Burton, e-mail address, 109 Chadwick Drive, Charleston, SC 29407-7425, 2004 - 2005.
    According to SaludaCemetery Vol.1,pg.16 the Culpepper cemetery inventory
    says,
    Joyce Culpepper Age 70 yrs.1month & 27 days, 24 Fwb.1841
    George J.Strother age 26yrs.6mo.& 5days, 08 Oct 1817
    William Strother age 28yrs.6mo.& 2days, 18Aug.1794
    James Sheppard ESQ. age 23yrs.11mo.& 30 days.10Feb.1824
    Benjamin Culpepper supposed to be 60 yrs.of age 10 Jan.1829
    This inventory was done 28Nov1987.
  18. E-mail from Mary Genevieve Taylor Harris (Mrs. John N. Harris Jr.), e-mail address, Dallas, TX to Lew Griffin, 1983-2004.
    photo by Joan Berry.
  19. Letter of 9 Sep 1985 from M. G. Shepherd (4909 Seaver Lane, Apt 102, Richmond, VA 23228) to Mrs. Mavie H. Williams, and found in the Culpepper family file at the Tomkins Library of the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society, Edgefield, SC.