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Daniel Deupree

Male 1768 - 1848  (80 years)


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  • Name Daniel Deupree 
    Born 26 Mar 1768  Lunenburg Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Will 23 Feb 1848  Oglethorpe Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 22 Nov 1848  Oglethorpe Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Will Probate 12 Jan 1849 
    Oglethorpe Co., GA 
    Person ID I6735  MyTree
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2010 

    Father Lewis Deupree,   b. 1732, Goochland, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1799, Laurens Co., S. C. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Amy Willingham,   b. 11 Aug 1733, Bristol, Lunenburg, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 11 Oct 1784, Lunenburg Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 51 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Married 1 Jun 1762  Lunenburg Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3709  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Ellington,   b. 3 Aug 1772, Prince Edward Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1848, Oglethorpe Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 30 Nov 1789  Lunenburg Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. William Ellington Deupree,   b. 21 May 1791, Cloud's Creek, Lexington, Oglethorpe Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1835, Deerbrook, Noxubee Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
    +2. Lucy Deupree,   b. 2 Feb 1792, Oglethorpe Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1821, Oglethorpe Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
     3. Thomas Mercer Deupree,   b. 1793, Oglethorpe Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1862, MS (?) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    +4. Elizabeth Decatur Deupree,   b. 1798, Oglethorpe Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1897, Marshall Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years)
    +5. Daniel Lewis Deupree,   b. 19 Mar 1803, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1881, Noxubee Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +6. Elijah C. Deupree,   b. 27 Nov 1807, Oglethorpe Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1880, Dearbrook, Noxubee Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    +7. Joseph M. Deupree,   b. 14 Jul 1809, Oglethorpe Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1834, Noxubee Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
     8. Sarah Ellington Deupree,   b. 17 Apr 1811, Oglethorpe Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Mary Jane Deupree,   b. 2 Apr 1813, Oglethorpe Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Martha Deupree,   b. 21 Oct 1815, Athens, Clarke Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F3706  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Daniel Dupré (Lewis4 Josias Garnier,2 Josias2 Josias1) was born in
      Brunswick, N.C. He married, 1789, Sarah Ellington, daughter of the
      Rev. Edward Ellington, rector of Goose Creek Church, near Charleston,
      S.C. The Ellingtons were from England and disliked the French so
      heartly that she changed the spelling of her new name to Deupree. In
      retaliation for this presumptous act (there was also a little resentment because she introduced red hair into the family) her collateral descendants to this day, when they mention her name, quickly add "Meanest Woman That Ever Lived!"

      They moved to Cloud's Creek, near Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where he died prior to Dec. 8, 1848. His will is dated Feb. 2, 1848.

      Deeds, Bk 15-161:
      10 Feb 1788. Daniel Dupree of Lunenburg Co., purchases 130 A. of land
      for 25 Lbs., from Nathaniel Dacus of same county, land in Lunenburg
      Co. on Branch of Juniper Creek and Farmer's line.

      More Notes:
      Elijah Deupree was a large land owner. He built a colonial
      residence about one mile south of Daniel's home (his brother's).
      Elijah's youngest son, Charles Barnett Deupree, died before 1861.
      William Daniel Deupree and Thomas Jefferson Deupree (Elijah's sons)
      were captains in the Confederate Cavalry. Joseph Lattimore (Latt)
      Deupree and James Wayne Deupree were privates. William Daniel Deupree
      was a successful farmer in the Cliftonville
      neighborhood, and later moved to and engaged in the cotton business in
      Jackson, Tennessee. He died there "about fifteen years ago".
      Dr. Thomas Jefferson Deupree retired from his practice and moved to
      Jackson, Tenn., where he taught Natural Science in Union University
      for over 30 years. Two of his grandsons, Thomas Wayne Deupree and
      Edward Deupree, were Colonels in the First World War.
      Joseph Lattimore (Latt) Deupree was a planter and merchant at
      Deerbrook, but later moved to Jackson, Tenn., and was in the insurance
      business. His last years were spent at Mayhew.
      James Wayne Deupree entered service as a volunteer when he was 36
      years of age. He finished his education at Howard Colege, Marion,
      Alabama. He inherited the old Dupree place from his father, to which
      he took his bride, Della Bush. He took charge of Deerbrook Academy as
      Institute Conductor, and was considered one of the best in the state
      by the State Superintendent.
      Daniel, son of DanieL Deupree and wife, Sarah Ellington, married
      Frances Cox of the Cox-Belling family of Virginia. Their children were
      Louis, John Cox, Elijah, Joseph, William, and Nancy. (Note: the other
      three daughters' names were not given).
      Elijah, son of Daniel Deupree and wife, Sarah Ellington, married
      Eliza Massey Wayne. Their children were William Daniel, Thomas
      Jefferson,
      Lattimore, and James Wayne.
      Thomas Jefferson Deupree, son of Elijah, married Mary Williams.
      Their children were Thomas Jefferson, Jessie, Mary, William, Fannie
      Dell, Emma Lee, Allie Bush, and Sarah.
      (Note: Some portions of the above were purposely omitted, as they were
      not compatible with known facts which have been proven, it was thought
      that it would not be expedient to perpetuate obvious errors).

      From Lewis J. Deupree's Letter: "My grandfather, Daniel, was his
      (Lewis J. Dupree's) uncle."
      ...Daniel lived in Pickens Co., AL before moving to Noxubee, MS.
      Daniel had six sons and four daughters.

      (From: The History of Deerbrook):
      "We here resume our story, for we have not yet completed the list
      of Georgians vrho later joined this colony. Mr. Daniel Deupree first
      settled east of the Tombigbee (two and a half lines faded out here)
      ... west of Col. Billup's place, and in 1842 a handsome residence.
      Later Drewry Deupree, cousin of Daniel and Elijah, came from Georgia
      to manage the plantation of Daniel Deupree.
      One year afterwards Mrs. William Deupree, widow of the oldest
      brother of Daniel and Elijah, came from Georgia, but like Daniel
      Deupree, had lived some years in Pickens Co., Ala., and settled west
      of Elijah Deupree. About this time the Deuprees had become numerous.
      Daniel had six sons and four daughters; Elijah Deupree, five sons;
      Drewry Deupree, five sons; widow Deupree, four sons and a grand
      daughter. This was high tide for the Deuprees.
      Soon some of them moved away. Drewy Deupree and all his sons
      returned to Georgia; widow Deupree died and her descendants went to
      Texas. Of the sons of Daniel Deupree, Elijah Cox Deupree and William
      Manly Deupree died before 1861; Colonel Louis Jared Deupree was on the
      staff of Gen. Wm. B. Bate, as voluntary aid; Dr. Thomas Mercer
      Deupree, a graduate of Charleston Medical College, S. C., was a
      soldier in the Noxubee Troopers, Co. F, of the First Mississippi
      Cavalry; Joseph Ellington Deupree and John Greer Deupree were
      privates, one in the Elevnth (sie) Mississippi Infantry and the other
      in the First Mississippi Cavalry. Of the sons of Elijah Deupree,
      Charles Barnett died before 1861; William Daniel and Thomas Jefferson
      rose to the rank of captain in the Cavalry; Joseph Lattimore
      served (sie) as Privates.

      "Mostly a Memory": -
      The only remains of the historic and onceinfluential Sharon Baptist
      Church in Noxubee County are a few graying tcmbstones and timbers used
      to build the Pilgrim's Rest Baptist Church in the background. The
      Sharon Church existed from 1846 to 1915. Photo by Broox Sledge. Inside
      the pamphlet is the following article about the old church, written by
      Broox Sledge, Macon, Miss:
      A faded minute book, a few timbers forming part of another
      structure, and some graying tombstones are all that remain of the
      simple grandeur of one of the most historic and influential churches
      ever to exist in Noxubeecounty.
      The Sharon Baptist Church was a vital part of the Deerbrook area
      east of Brooksville from its organization in 1846 until its
      dissolution in 1915. The old minute book is the property of Mrs,
      William Deupree of Memphis. The remaining timbers form the foundation
      and support structure for the present-day Pilgrim's Rest Colored
      Baptist Church in approximately the
      same location as the one-time site of the Sharon church.
      The graying tombstones remain in the old Sharon cemetery which
      holds
      not only the remains of some of the county's finest early influential
      religious personages but also the bones of four victims of a murder
      orgy
      unequalled in Noxubee county's lore of the past.
      The Sharon Baptist Church was organized Oct. 31, 1846. The church
      named as its first deacons Daniel and Elijah Deupree, with William
      Cunningham named church clerk, and William Manning the first pastor.
      It is not (c)lear why the names of Daniel and Elijah Deupree were not
      on the list of founding members. (The names of their slaves were.)
      They were listed in the minutes as being present at the meeting to
      consider the organization of the church. Possibly they were already
      members of another church and did not leave to join Sharon until all
      details were complete and the church actually an organized body. This
      mystery is also true and Jared D. Brooks, who became one of the
      church's outstanding members and the man for whom the town of
      Brooksville was name

      Oglethorpe Co., GA. Wills, Bk. D, p. 231 (Ga. Archives M/f Rleel
      46-11):
      Will of Daniel Deupree, Lexington, Georgia, 23 Feb. 1848.....etc.... I
      would remark that in distribution of my property heretofore made among
      my children, my object has been equality. If I have not succeeded the
      failure has been unintentional. I have not now, nor have had
      heretofore, any partialities to gratify or Prejudices to overcame. I
      love all my children and my constant aim has been to give each one an
      equal share of my estate. I have previous to the year 1846, given to
      each of my children, property & money to the amount of three thousand
      dollars. During the year 1846, I gave property to the children of my
      deceased son, Joseph to the value of $1600.00. To my daughter, Lucy
      Lumpkin, property to the value of $1700.00.
      To each of my sons, Daniel & Elijah, property to the value of
      $1600.50. I was willing to give at the same time to my son in law John
      Starnes property to the value of $1600.00 provided he would obligate
      himself to hand it over & convey it at the death of his wife,
      Elizabeth Starnes, to the Children of my said daughter, Elizabeth, by
      her previous husband, Josiah Rainey- John Starnes was unwilling to
      receive said property upon this condition, and the final arrangement
      was for Starnes to take property to the value of $1000.00 for which
      he gave nis note payable to myself or my legal representative, twelve
      months after the death of my said daughter, Elizabeth, and I gave to
      four of the children of my said daughter Elizabeth, by her first
      husband Rainey, each in cash, the sum of $100.32 and hold now in my
      hands for the other child of my said daughter, Elizabeth Decatur
      Rainey, the sum of $139.00. ..... hereby give to the children of my
      said daughter, Elizabeth by her first husband, Josiah Rainey, the
      aforesaid note of $1000.00 or the proceeds of the same ....etc.
      .......the widow of my son, William E. Deupree, is now and has been in
      possession of a tract in Noxibee County, Mississippi, containing 440
      acres, which tract of land I purchased from my two sons, Elijah &
      Daniel,
      I will and devise said tract of land to Elizabeth Deupree, widow of
      my dead son, William E. during her life or widowhood and at her death
      or marriage, said land to be sold and the money equally divided among
      the children and representatives of children of my said son, William
      This land is to be valued at the final distribution of my estate at
      $3520.00. ..... my
      daughter Lucy Lumpkin's gift of land valued at $1700.00....no tan
      absolute gift, but given during the life of my said daughter, Lucy,
      and at her death to be equally divided among her children and the
      representives of children, .....at the same time....daughter, Lucy,
      received this property, I took lands from Samuel Lumpkin to amount
      to...value of said property, at death of his wife.... etc.
      I give to my beloved wife, Sarah, absolutely & forever one negro
      girl by the name of Fannie about 12 years old. I lend to my said wife
      during her life time, all the rest and residue of my estate not
      mentioned in this will, both real and personal. ..... the residue of
      the money disposed of in the following manner:
      One sixth to my son, Daniel...
      One sixth...son, Elijah.
      One sixth...the children of son, Joseph, dec'd.
      One sixth to children of son, William E. & repre. of them.
      One sixth to dau./children of Elizabeth by first husband Rainey.
      One sixth to dau. Lucy Lumpkin….
      I have excluded from a participation of my property, the child of My
      daughter Elizabeth by her husband John Starnes, not because I love him
      less than the others, but because he is well provided for, better than
      his Rainey brothers and sisters.
      I appoint Daniel Deupree, Eiljah Deupree, Lewis J. Deupree, and L.
      M. Johnson Executors of this My Will.
      Witnesses: Richard R. Winfrey Shelton Oliver Daniel Deupree
      (Seal)
      George E. Smyth Jas. S. Sims

      Georgia Oglethorpe County Court of Ordinary November adjourned
      Dec 5th 1848:
      The last Will and testament of Daniel Deupree late of this County
      deceased having been presented at this Term of the Court by Leander M.
      Johnson one of the executors, and the same having been duly proven by
      the subscribing witnesses George E. Smyth, James S. Sims, Shelton
      Oliver, and Richard R. Winfrey and the said Leander M. Johnson having
      been duly Qualified as executor, the other executors Residing within
      this State to wit Lewis J. Deupree decling for the present to be
      Qualified, It is Ordered that said Qualified Executor proceed to make
      out an exact inventory of the said Testator- and that Shelton Oliver,
      Richard R. Winfrey Charles G. Hargrove, John Pope, and William
      Crowder, all being
      freeholders of Oglethorpe County .... (are) appointed to appraise the
      Estate.
      Proved January Term 1849
      Rec. 12 January 1849.