Display Patriot - P-155080 - David EPPERSON/APPERSON

David EPPERSON/APPERSON

SAR Patriot #: P-155080

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A002912

Birth: 27 May 1734 / New Kent / VA
Death: bef Oct 1799 Greenwood / Albemarle / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. DAR - PREVIOUSLY-CREDITED MILITARY SVC BELONGS TO DAVID APPERSON A203061 WHO DIED IN 1778  -  Jul 2015
  2. PAID 1783 SUPPLY TAX

Additional References:
  1. LIB OF VA, ALBEMARLE CO, VA PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX, 1782-1799, REEL #5
  2. HENING'S STATUTES, Volume XI, pg 112-129
  3. Genealogical, Burial, and Service Data for Rev War Patriots Buried in Virginia (M.E. Lyman, 2016)
  4. Woods "history of Albemarle co VA pg 369-398
  5. Virginia in the Revolution, pg 256
  6. The Story of David Epperson and His Family (Edna Epperson Brinkman, 1933)
  7. David Epperson Will, Albemarle County, VA (February, 1799)

Spouse: Hannah Thompson
Children: Charles; Elizabeth; Susannah; John; William; David; Robert;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1984-01-31 MO Unassigned Raymond Joseph Felling (123338) Charles   
1986-10-06 AL 226674 Troy Erwin Ellis (128336) William   
1994-07-14 CA 208121 Robert Bruce Epperson (142805) Charles   
1994-10-31 LA 207632 Dwight Joseph Lawrence Epperson (143574) Charles   
1999-11-05 MO 4847 Carl Joseph Felling (152694) Charles   
2001-09-26 PA 10320 Augustus Orloff Thomas II (150724) Charles   
2023-03-31 TX 106146 Fred Alan Brown (225832) Lucy   
Burial:
Blue Ridge Farms Cemetery (C-0231415)
Location:
Greenwood / Albemarle / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2448203
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
38.009780 / -78.767250
Find A Grave Memorial #:
89656188
Marker Type:
Vertical / Military with SAR Stake
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
bef 01 Mar 2011

Comments:

Grave Photo and GPS provided by Craig Batten, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Michael Leonard Waugh

David Epperson was born on 27 May 1734, as recorded in the Parish Register of Saint Peter’s Church in New Kent County, Virginia. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Epperson.

According to a family history written by Edna Epperson Brinkman in 1933, David married Hannah Thompson around 1753 in Albemarle County, Virginia. Together, they had thirteen known children.

A devout supporter of American independence, David Epperson signed the Petition of Dissenters in Albemarle and Amherst Counties in the year 1776. This petition called for religious liberty and was a bold statement supporting the separation of church and state in the newly emerging American government.

According to records from the National Archives and the Revolutionary War pension files, four of David’s eight sons engaged in active military service during the American Revolution. Two served in the VA Continental Line and two served in various milita units:

David's sons James and John payed the 1783 Supply Tax.  Brinkman (1933) reports that sons William and Robert also rendered service during the Revolution, but no official records have been located to confirm this. His youngest son, Charles, was not of age to serve.

David Epperson’s own documented Revolutionary service was the payment of the Supply Tax in 1783, which supported the war effort. He also appears in Albemarle County tax records for the years 1782 and from 1784 through 1788.

He survived the war and wrote his Last Will and Testament in February 1799. This document was probated in the October Court of Albemarle County, Virginia, in October of that same year. In his will, David named his wife, Hannah, and listed his eleven surviving children: Charles, John, Robert, James, Thompson, William, Judith, Elizabeth, Susannah, Hannah, and Lucy.

David Epperson is buried on his former property at Blue Ridge Farm Cemetery in Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia. His grave is commemorated with a memorial on Find a Grave (Memorial ID: 89656188).

Sources:

  1. Brinkman, Edna Epperson. The Story of David Epperson and His Family of Albemarle County, Virginia (1933). See Chapters II (pages 15, 29) and XXII (page 249). Available via Internet Archive.
  2. FamilySearch: David Epperson payment of Supply Tax in 1783.
  3. Property Tax Register, County of Albemarle, Parish of Fredericksburg.
  4. FamilySearch: David Epperson Will; Virginia, Albemarle County, Wills, 1748–1919; general index, 1748–1930.

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Additional Information:
  • DAR NOTE - FAMPCL - FURTHER RESEARCH REQUIRED ON SON JOHN AND WHETHER HE WAS THE MAN WHO WAS FATHER OF WILLIAM  -  Dec 2021
  • RESEARCHER NOTES:
    • there has been confusion about this two David APPERSON/EPPERSON patriot records
    • Compatriot Michael Waugh has created a Proof Summary to help clarify the points of confusion
    • the summary and underlying evidence can be found in Research Documents tab


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