Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
William Capps
1764 - 1847 (82 years)-
Name William Capps Birth 16 Oct 1764 Chatham County, North Carolina Gender Male Death 1847 reen River District of Henderson County, North Carolina Burial Fortune Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina Person ID I65448 Tree1 Last Modified 21 Mar 2024
Family Anne 'Nancy' Cooksey, b. 1766, Johnson County, North Carolina d. 1852, Green River District of Henderson County, North Carolina (Age 86 years) Marriage 1791 Greenville County, South Carolina Notes - === Contributed by Ralph D. Smith
1791 - Nancy Cooksey m. William Capps in S.C. in 1791.
Source: Henderson Co., N.C. Heritage book on the Capps family.
Family ID F34722 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Mar 2024
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Notes - === Contributed by Ralph D. Smith
William Capps was born in Chatham Co., N.C. on Oct. 16, 1764. He served in the Rev. War and after the War he moved to S.C. and lived in Edgefield and Greenville Counties. He brought his family to Buncombe Co., N.C. after 1800.
Source: Henderson Co., N.C. Heritage book on the Capps family.
William and Nancy Capps are buried in the Fortune Cemetery, Henderson Co., N.C. Their markers show William Capps, 1761-1847 and Nancy Cooksey Capps, 1766-1852. William Capps, Jr. [Rev. War Marker] Pvt. N.C. Troops, 1780, Johnson Co., N.C.
Source: Henderson County Cemetery Book.
1792-3 - Zachariah Cooksey and Josiah Cooksey witnessed a land transaction for William Capps in Greenville Co., S.C.
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