Elizabeth (Culpepper) Wilder (abt. 1722 - bef. 1822)

Born about 1722 in Province of North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of William Wilder — married about 1744 in Edgecombe County, Province of North Carolina

Descendants

Died before Sep 1822 before about age 100 in Warren County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth Culpepper Wilder was the first-mentioned daughter in her mother's will, this would give her a birth year of around 1722.

Elizabeth Culpepper Wilder is mentioned in her mother's will as Elizabeth Wilder, it is evident she married a man named Wilder.^[1]

Elizabeth and husband William Wilder were in Wilkes County, Georgia before 1777 as her husband was signatory on certain documents regarding the militia.^[2]

Elizabeth's husband, William Wilder, died sometime before 1784 and Elizabeth was administrator of his estate which was probated on the 19th April 1784 in Wilkes County, Georgia.^[3]

Elizabeth, as administrator of her husband estate filed a petition with the government for reparations for horses stolen from her husband by the Indians.^[4]

Sampson Wilder, was granted administration de bonis non for his father's estate in 1822. This would imply that Elizabeth was deceased prior to this date.

Elizabeth died sometime before 1822, in Warren County, Georgia. Note: Warren County, Georgia was cut out of Wilkes County, Georgia in 1797.

Sources

1. ↑ BIRTH-SIBLINGS-PARENTAGE: Culpepper Family Tree from Culpepper Connections! The Culpepper Family History Site www.gen.culpepper.com
2. ↑ "Chronicles of Wilkes County, Georgia" by Mary Bondurant Warren. The book is primarily excerpts from newspaper articles about the history of Wilkes County. However, in the back there are some documents, with facsimile of the signers. Following Wilders were resident in Wilkes Co, GA in 1777. p. 441. Wilkes County's signers [This letter to the Continental Congress sought the removal from command of Gen. McIntosh]. "Written from Wilkes County, 5 July 1777." Among the signers: Dred Wilder; Culp_____ Wilder*; Joseph Wilder; William Wilder; The first 3 signatures are close together on the page that of William Wilder is toward the end of a 3 column list. It was further stated that all signatories were Wilkes County Freeholders. p. 447 has a "Petition to the Honorable speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly from sundry residents of Wilkes County" - concerning headright grants, etc. There were numerous signatures, and this is not dated. William Wilder was the only Wilder to sign this. Wilkes County was laid out in 1777.
3. ↑ WILDER, WILLIAM, dec'd. will probated Apr. 19, 1784, Folio 60; The Early Records of Georgia, Volume I, Wilkes County abstracted and compiled by Grace Gillam Davidson, published in 1933 at Macon, GA.
4. ↑ Georgia Indian Depredation Claims by Donna B. Thaxton, 1988. Pages 377 and 380. Page 380: "Elizabeth Wilder, Warren Co., Affadavit made 18 October 1802. Creek Indians stole the horses her husband, William Wilder, Sr. valued at approximately $1400, she doesn't remember the exact year but it was during the American Revolution."