Allan Capps USN(ret.)

Ancestors

Son of Archie Capps and Bessie Louise (Doby) Capps

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Biography

Allan Capps USN(ret.) participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the 2023 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to some previously unsourced profiles.

This profile is part of the Doby Name Study.

This is a personal biography written by me, Allan Archie Capps. ^[1]

Allan Capps USN(ret.) was born in North Carolina.

I was born in 1971 to Archie Marion Capps and Bessie Louise Doby Capps at County Hospital in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. ^[2] My middle name, Archie, is my father's first name.

This profile is part of the Gibsonville, North Carolina One Place Study.

We lived in Gibsonville, NC (the Alamance County side) from my birth until I was 12 years old. My parents decided to build a house in Graham, NC so we would be closer to Alamance Christian School, which we attended from grade to 12. I graduated in 1990.

Allan Capps USN(ret.) is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Navy 8 Feb 1995-31 Mar 2017
Chief Petty Officer

In 1995 I decided to join the military. Initally I wanted to join the Air Force because my father served in the Air Force, but there was not recuiter in my home town so I ended up joining the Navy instead, and served more than of 22 years. During my time in the Navy I served in Diego Garcia, Japan, Hawaii, San Diego, Bahrain, Maryland, Key West FL, Greensboro NC, and Washington, D.C.

Sources

1. ↑ Information personally entered by Allan Capps.
2. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQ8-4LP : 8 December 2014), Allan Archie Capps, 1971; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 59, p. 1434, Alamance, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

Resources

• Braswell, A Good Name. The Braswells of Johnston and Wayne Counties in North Carolina.", by Zelda (Braswell) Wood. Page 195.
• History of the Woodard Family of Johnston County, N.C.", by William T Woodard. Page 431.
• "William Capps of Jamestowne, VA and His Johnston County, NC Descendants", by Frances G Howell.
• North Carolina DOT historical aerial imagery.
• State maps with interactive county creation timeline.
• Atlas with maps of counties, cities, and townships.

Wikitree Projects and Free Space Profiles

Allan Capps USN(ret.) is a member of the Doby Name Study Project.

• Doby Name Study: For years my sister, neice and I have been researching my maternal grandfather's family, the Doby family, but there is little information to be found. In 2021 I decided to start a one-name-study for the Doby name and all it's spelling variations (Doby, Dobie, Dobey, Dobby, Dobbie, Dobbey, etc.).
  • Doby settlers in Rowan and Davidson Counties, NC between 1787 and 1850.
  • 2004 Doby Family Reunion

Allan Capps USN(ret.) is a member of the Capps Name Study Project.

• Capps Name Study. There are at least two lines of Capps families in the United States that do not have a common ancestor in the U.S. The goal of this project is to identity and document all Capps family members and descendants. Visit the page for details on how to volunteer.

William Capps of Jamestowne, VA and His Johnston County, NC Descendants

• Gibsonville One-Place Study
  • First Baptist Church of Gibsonville, NC
  • Gibsonville School, Gibsonville, NC
  • Whitesell's Variety Store, Gibsonville, NC
  • Pete's Grill, Gibsonville, NC
  • Rock Creek Township, Guilford County, NC
• Whitsett, NC
  • I have been a lifelong member of First Baptist Church of Whitsett, NC. I am working through the church history, including the old church directories and adding current and former church members into Wikitree.
  • Rock Creek Jersey Dairy, Whitsett, NC
  • Whitsett Public School, Whitsett, NC
  • Whitsett Institute, Whitsett, NC
  • William Thornton Whitsett (1866-1934)
  • Rock Creek Township, Guilford County, NC
• Volunteer School, Volunteer, NC
• The Masonic Home for Children, Oxford, NC
• Alamance Christian School, Graham, NC
• South Fork Friends Church, Snow Camp, NC
• 1976|American Freedom Train
• United States Navy Chief Petty Officers
• Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia, NC.
• Books:
  • Braswell, A Good Name. The Braswells of Johnston and Wayne Counties in North Carolina
  • William Capps of Jamestowne, VA and His Johnston County, NC Descendants
  • History of the Woodard Family of Johnston County, N.C.
• Allan's Images

DNA Information

• I have done the Big-700 Y-DNA test on Family Tree DNA. My Y-DNA halpogroup is R-BY115243.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between my father, Archie Marion Capps, and myself. Paternal relationship is also confirmed by and AncestryDNA test between my sister, Amy Louise (Capps) Cloer and myself.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between my mother, Bessie Louise (Doby) Capps and myself. Maternal relationship is also confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between my sister, Amy Louise (Capps) Cloer and myself.