Benjamin Carper (1778 - 1855)

Born 17 Mar 1778 in Maryland, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Van Meter) Carper — married 11 Jan 1801 in Botetourt, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1855 at age 76 in Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Carper is a Virginian.

Benjamin Carper was born about 1779 in Botetourt, Virginia. Benjamin died February 17,1855 in Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia.

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Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 02 October 2021), memorial page for Benjamin Carper (1779–17 Feb 1855), Find A Grave: Memorial #158285689, citing Fincastle Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Carolyn Boggs-Burt (contributor 47707322) .

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/351385438/?article=b9613201-4129-4a3c-82e3-e97b9e665c22&focus=0.022280863,0.45445654,0.19136134,0.48471344&xid=3355&_gl=1*10fhkq9*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE2NzQzNzAxNjcuRUFJYUlRb2JDaE1JdGYyRHlzbmFfQUlWaDRqSUNoMk9hZ1JQRUFBWUFTQUFFZ0pRWlBEX0J3RQ..*_gcl_dc*R0NMLjE2NzQzNzAxNjcuRUFJYUlRb2JDaE1JdGYyRHlzbmFfQUlWaDRqSUNoMk9hZ1JQRUFBWUFTQUFFZ0pRWlBEX0J3RQ..*_ga*NDY3NDcyMTQ3LjE2NzQyMTg5Njc.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY3NTI2Mjk2NC4yNy4xLjE2NzUyNjMyOTcuMzEuMC4w*_ga_B2YGR3SSMB*YzdiZTY4ZGUtNTM5ZC00ZDkxLWEyYWUtZjM4ZjBlM2Q3NDRiLjQwLjEuMTY3NTI2MzI5OC4zNS4wLjA.&_ga=2.262649156.973283139.1675163622-467472147.1674218967&_gac=1.253871804.1674369808.EAIaIQobChMItf2Dysna_AIVh4jICh2OagRPEAAYASAAEgJQZPD_BwE

• The Carpers of Roane County, Peggy A. Grubbs, Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1985. pp 261-262. Accessed on Family Search 12 Aug 2022.
• Nicholas will transcribed on Rootsweb, naming as heirs wife, Elizabeth, and children Elizabeth Harvey, Jacob Carper, Henry Carper, Benjamin Carper, Mary McFerran, Joseph Carper, Sally Holestein, and Isaac Carper
• United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5W-5YT : 20 February 2021), Benjamin Carper, Botetourt, Virginia, United States; citing 271, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 189; FHL microfilm 29,668.

• United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M885-RMF : 23 December 2020), Benjn Carper, Botetourt Parish, Botetourt, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRC9-MJT : 6 August 2020), Benjamin Carper, 1801

• Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5RK-Q96 : 29 January 2020), Benjamin Carper, 1855.

• https://sparedandshared.wordpress.com/letters/1844-mary-ann-carper-to-martha-hester-sweetland/

• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~hcpd/norman/carper.htm

Research Note

Find a Grave Memorial ID: 158285689 cites born 1779 in Botetourt County, Virginia, USA yet description states "Benjamin Carper, a son of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Harvey) Carper, was born in western MD in 1778". Suggestion sent to memorial manager. ^[2]