Elizabeth (?)

Female, #9906, (circa 1721 - before May 1789)

Ancestry Unknown* Information about the ancestry and husband(s), if any, of Elizabeth (?) is wanted. See page footer for contact information. 
Birth*circa 1721 Elizabeth was born circa 1721. 
Marriage*circa 1741 She married Benjamin Culpepper the Ferryman at Edgecombe Precinct, North Carolina, circa 1741. 
Married Namecirca 1741 As of circa 1741, her married name was Culpepper. 
(heir) Will15 Apr 1767 In Benjamin Culpepper the Ferryman's will on 15 Apr 1767 at Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, Elizabeth was named as an heir.
     The full text of the will reads more or less as follows, with slight editing for clarity:
          In the Name of God Amen. I Benjamin Culpepper of Edgecombe County being in Perfect Health Praised be God do make Constitute and order this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
          Item: I give and Bequeath to my I lend to my Loving Wife Elizabeth During of her Widowhood two Negroes, Toney and Fibb, one Feather Bed and Furniture and five Cows and Calves and one mare.
          I give and bequeath to my loving Daughter Rahab Whitehead one Negro named Robbin, three Hundred and twelve Acres of Land lying on the North side of Mochsin [Moccasin] Creek in Edgecombe County to her and her heirs for ever.
          Item: I give and Bequeath to my Loving Daughter Martha Manning one Negro named Dinah to her and her heirs forever and two hundred Acres of Land lying on the South Side of Peachtree Creek to her and her heirs forever.
          Item: I give and bequeath to my loving Daughter Elizabeth Culpepper one Negro Boy called Jessy and Feather Bed and Furniture and two hundred Acres of land lying on the North Side of Peachtree [Creek] with a Plantation belonging there to her and her heirs forever.
          Item: I Give and bequeath to my loving Son Arasmus Culpepper Three hundred and twenty acres of land lying on the South Side of Fishing Creek with two Plantations belonging to its [sic] to him and his heirs lawfully begotten of his body and one Negro named Will, Negro Called Moll, Negro Boy called Peter, Negro girl called Doll, Negro Boy called Tom
          and also two negros named Toney and Fibb, after the Old woman's [wife Elizabeth's] death or widowhood [willed to her above]
          and as for my cattle, hog and horses, them to be sold and the money equally divided amongst them [presumably meaning "the above mentioned children"].
          And lastly I do hereby Constitute and ordain Erasmus Culpepper my sole ... executor of this my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15 day of April and in the Year of our Lord 1767. Wit: Thomas Whitehead, Nathan Whitehead. Edgecombe County, August Court, 1772, will proved by the oath of Thomas Whitehead..1 
Tax roll*between 1780 and 1782 She registered to pay taxes at Nash Co., North Carolina, between 1780 and 1782.2 
Miscellaneous*1784 Petition. In or before 1784, Elizabeth Culpepper, Benjamin's widow, petitions for dower's rights and is granted one third of the 320 acres.

North Carolina Nash County (no date, but before October 1784) – To the worshipful Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Nash County. The petition of ELIZABETH CULPEPER humbly showeth that BENJAMIN CULPEPER late the Husband of your petitioner some few years past died seized and possessed of a tract of land lying in this County adjoining CULPEPPERs Bridge on Fishing Creek containing about three hundred and twenty acres and your petitioner being desirous that her dower in the said land should be set off to her according to the late act of assembly She therefore petitions your worships that you will direct your writ according to the said act to the Sheriff of the county commanding him to sell off and deliver possession of the Dower aforesaid to your said petitioner and this in duty bound be. ELIZABETH CULPEPPER

Nash County – October Court 1784 – Agreeable to the petition of ELIZABETH CULPEPPER Widow of BENJAMIN CULPEPPER Deceased, Exhibited at the Court aforesaid for her third part of the land her Husband BENJAMIN CULPEPPER aforesaid died possessed of containing 320 acres be laid off for the use of this Widow. Ordered that the Sheriff summon Twelve freeholdors connected with neither party either by consanguinity or affinity and entirely disinterested which said jury shall upon their oath allot and set off to the said ELIZABETH CULPEPPER Widow one third part of the land as above said. By order. William Hall, C. C. In 1784. 
Will*12 Feb 1788 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....3 
Death*before May 1789 She died at Nash Co., North Carolina, before May 1789. 
Probate*May 1789 Elizabeth's will was probated at Nash Co., North Carolina, in May 1789. 

Family

Benjamin Culpepper the Ferryman (say 1721 - 1772)
Marriage*circa 1741 She married Benjamin Culpepper the Ferryman at Edgecombe Precinct, North Carolina, circa 1741. 
Children

Charts Warren Culpepper's Ancestry Chart
Last Edited 15 Dec 2007

Citations

  1. Transcribed by Lew Griffin from LDS Film 1548857.
  2. Elizabeth Culpepper, Nash Co., NC, 1780 & 1782 Tax List.
  3. Transcribed by Lew Griffin from LDS Film: 1577511 Item 2.