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- Lydia has been suggested as the mother of Joseph, John and Benjamin
Culpepper of South Carolina since she appears to have been a widowed
woman who owned land near Joseph in South Carolina. 22 Aug 1771, Lydia
or "Liddy Cullpeper" received a royal land grant (Royal Grants Vol.
24, p. 199) "on the Fork of Wateree and Congaree River on a Branch
Called Griffins Creek. Bounding North Westwardly part on John Griffin
and part Vacant land - Southeastward on lands unknown and all other
Sides on Vacant land." See http://gen.culpepper.com/theories/Eastover.
PDF for a plat of her land and surrounding landowners.
Since Lydia was granted land in her own name, this suggests that she
was a widow at the time the land was granted. Since her presumed son,
Joseph, held land in his own right and her other presumed sons, John
and Benjamin, have not been identified in pre-Revolutionary land
records, it is possible that they were living together on Lydia's land
as an extended family.
Lydia's maiden name and place of birth are unknown, however, based on
a study of extant records of Culpepper's in South Carolina, North
Carolina and Virginia, and known migration patterns of other families
in South Carolina about this time, Lydia was probably born and married
in North Carolina. The names John, Joseph, and Benjamin Culpepper were
used in several Culpepper families that appear to trace back to Robert
Culpepper of Norfolk Co., VA. While some members of the line remained
in Norfolk Co., VA, other members of the line appear to have moved
across the North Carolina border to Northampton and later Edgecombe
County. From there various branches moved to Anson Co., NC, South
Carolina and Georgia.
Lydia may have been related to one of the families that were living
near the Culpepper's in Edgecombe / Granville County on Fishing Creek,
Sandy Creek, Mocassin Creek, or Peach Tree Creek, such as the
Strothers, Richardson's, Masons, Thompsons, Powell's, Ward's, Wilders,
Foreman's, and Rowell's, to mention a few.
Since no will has been found, there is only circumstantial evidence
based on extant records to suggest that Lydia's husband was Benjamin
Culpepper, Jr. and that they married around 1741 on Fishing Creek in
Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
Sometime between 1754 and 1767, Lydia and her sons, and possibly her
husband Benjamin Jr., as well, moved to South Carolina, either
Orangeburg or Camden District. By 1771, Lydia was in Camden District
where, as noted, she was granted 350 acres on Griffin's Creek in 1771.
She was mentioned on a tax record there in 1775 (Leon Hollingsworth
Collection). Her date of death is not known. She did not appear as a
head-of-household in the first U. S. census in 1790 although she might
have been one of three women noted living with her probable son,
Joseph Culpepper.
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Abt 1725 - Aft 1775 (~ 51 years)