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Personal data David D. Epperson 


Household of David D. Epperson

He is married to Hannah Judith Thompson.

They got married in the year 1753 at Albemarle County, Virginia, he was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Hannah Epperson  1754-1836 
  2. David Epperson  1755-1777 
  3. Francis Epperson  1756-1784
  4. Thompson Epperson  1757-1836 
  5. James Epperson  1759-1782
  6. John Epperson  1761-1817 
  7. William James Epperson  1762-1823 
  8. Robert Epperson  1764-1825 
  9. Lucy Jane Epperson  1765-1860
  10. Charles Epperson  1766-1852 
  11. Judith Epperson  1768-???? 
  12. Susannah Epperson  1770-???? 
  13. Elizabeth Epperson  1776-1798 


Notes about David D. Epperson

ID: I3999
Name: David EPPERSON
Sex: M
Birth: 27 MAY 1734 in Albemarle Co., VA
Birth: 1734 in New Kent Co., VA
Death: DEC 1799 in Albemarle Co., VA
Event: Updated 2002
Burial: DEC 1799 Greenwood, Albemarle Co., VA
Christening: 22 JUN 1734 New Kent Co., VA

Owned a large plantation on one of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, which was called EPPERSON MOUNTAIN

Will of David Epperson
Albemarle County, VA Will Book 4; p. 33.
transcribed by Michael Vaughn Sims - May 19, 2002
from a photocopy made by Doris Sketoe - July 1982

In the name of God, amen.

I David Epperson of Virginia and County Albemarle, being through the mercy of God of sound mind and memory, do make appoint constitute and ordain this my last will and testament and desire it to be received by all as such. Imprimis my soul I humbly bequeath to God who gave it me. My body I commit to the earth from whence it was taken to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix and executors hereafter mentioned. My will is and I positively order that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my estate, my will is and I desire that my estate be neither appraised nor sold. Item the 1st I lend unto my beloved wife all my estate real and personal during her natural life. Item the 2nd I give and bequeath unto my son Charles Epperson his heirs and assigns forever one half of my land so as to include the mantion [sic] spot whereon I now live. Item I give and bequeath unto my son John Epperson his heirs and assigns forever the other half of my land. Item 3d I give unto my eleven children, viz, Robert, James, Thompson, William, John, and Charles Epperson, Judith Gardner, Elizabeth Proctor, Susanna Langford, Hannah Freeman and Lucy Burke [Burch?] to them and their heirs and assigns forever, all my stock of every kind whatsoever and household and [kitchen?] furniture together with the rest of my estate whatsoever not heretofore divided to be equally divided among them. Lastly I do nominate and appoint my wife Hannah Epperson Executrix James Epperson and Jonathan Langford Executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty 2 day of February one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine.
  Signed, sealed and delivered
In the presence of Test.
John Hall
Nathan Hall
Candis Hall
  David Epperson (Seal)
his D mark
At Albemarle October Court 1799

This last will and testament of David Epperson dec’d. was produced unto court and proved by the oathes of John Hall Nathan Hall and Candis Hall witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.

Test. John Nicholas [Clerk? / Cal? / C. C. O?]

Pursuant to the above order with under written commissioners did on this tenth day of Sept. 1799 proceed to divide the lands of [rest cut off by photocopy]

Received by bequeath all the property of son Francis Epperson - ca. 1784; viz - one mare, saddle and bridle, one crop of corn, two crops of tobacco 11   See Will of Francis Epperson
  Provided lodging for the the circuit riding minister of Saint Anne’s Parish12
1799 Died - October / December 1799, Saint Anne’s Parish, Albemarle County, VA; buried EPPERSON FAMILY CEMETERY ON EPPERSON MOUNTAIN, Albemarle County, VA
  At the time of his death, David Epperson and his children ownded a combined acreage of 1,400 acres on and bordering Epperson Mountain, Saint Anne’s Parish, Albemarle County, VA

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Birthday May 27, 1734

  • The temperature on May 27, 1734 was about 8.0 °C. There was 154 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1734: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 21 » In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.

Day of death December 17, 1799

  • The temperature on December 17, 1799 was about -6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1799: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 7 » Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
    • September 19 » French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
    • September 26 » War of the 2nd Coalition: Franco-Swiss troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.
    • November 9 » Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor (Consulate Government).
    • December 10 » France adopts the metre as its official unit of length.
    • December 26 » Henry Lee III's eulogy to George Washington in congress declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen". (This is not to be confused with Washington's funeral on December 18.)


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