North Carolina Culpepper Archives
Bertie County

County History and Geography

In the Outer Coastal Plain of North Carolina and at the western end of Albemarle Sound, Bertie County was formed in 1722 from Chowan Precinct and old Albemarle County. Windsor, its county seat, is on US-13, about 100 miles east of Raleigh. Bertie is bordered by the counties of Hertford, Chowan, Washington, Martin, Halifax and Northampton.

Any names below in red have not been matched with a person in the Culpepper family tree. If you can identify any of them, please let us know.

Census Records

No Culpeppers have been found in any Bertie County censuses prior to 1920.

1920 US Census

1930 US Census

Birth Records

North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000

Source: North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Register of Deeds. North Carolina Birth Indexes. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives. Microfilm.

Military Records

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Source: National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 4,277 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Source: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

Marriages

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

Source: Ancestry.com. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.

North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2000

Source: Ancestry.com. North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: (1) Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, in published books cataloged by the Library of Congress, or county records in possession of the individual county clerks or courthouses. (2) North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina County Marriage Indexes. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Deeds

Wills

Moses Moore

Will book G, 1816-1854, pp 36,37:
In the name of God Amen. I Moses Moore of Bertie County and State of North Carolina being of sound mind and in my perfect Senses do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament This first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Seventeen.

First. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah Moore all the property real and personal she possessed at our Marriage after paying her just debts out of the same I also give her one Negro Girl named Beck one boy named Elias one Walnut chest of drawers four Cows & Calves my Bay horse one bed and furniture four sows and pigs and one Riding Chair and harness also provisions for her family she has at my hour for (page ripped) (y)ear.

Item Secondly I give and bequeath to my Daughter Pennelope Granberry my negro man Ben and my negro woman Fortune and all the property she had before to her and her heirs forever.

Item thirdly. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Tabetha Moore one negro named Isaac one boy named Luke also all the negroes she had before to her and her heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Nelly Culpepper my negro man Jacob and Bob also all the negroes she had before to her and heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Polley Rutland my negro man Chelsey and my negro woman Amy also all my land I bought of Bayless Harrell and William Higgs also as much of my lands I bought of William Andrews on the lower end of said land as to Run within seventy Yards of Cary Island Joining Samuel Granberrys land and all the property she had before to her and her heirs forever.

Item I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Lewis my negro man Lewis and girl Milley also the upper part of my land I bought of William Andrews Runing Seventy yards below carey Island also all the Negroes she had before to her and her heirs forever.

Item I give my Grand son Samuel Granberry son of Langly Granberry and Sarah his wife my negro man Abram to him & his heirs forever.

Item. I lend to my wife Sarah Moore during her natural life all my land and plantation on which I now live includeing the land I bought of Josiah Peele.

Item I give to my Grand Daughter Sarah Rhodes one negro girl named Mariah which she has in possession to her and her heirs forever.

Item I lend to my Daughter Pennelope one negro named Winney during her natural life and after her death I give the said Winney to my grandaughter Sarah Granberry Daughter of James Granberry and his wife Pennelope to her and her heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Polley Rutland one negro child named Winney her and her heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Polly Rutland one negro Woman named Peggy to her and her heirs forever.

Item I give my Notes and money to be Equally devided amongst my Daughters Pennelope Granberry Tabitha Moore Nelly Culpepper Polly Rutland and Elizabeth Lewis to them their heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah Moore all the Corn fodder & Brandy which is now on her own plantation to her and her heirs forever also I give her my beloved wife Sarah Moore the sum of five hundred Dollars to be paid out of my estate.

Item It is my desire that all the remainder of my estate should not given away nor lent in this Will should be sold by my Executors and Equally divided between my Daughters Penelope Granberry Tabetha Moore Nelly Culpepper Polley Rutland and Elizabeth Lewis to them and their heirs forever.

Lastly I make and ordain Whitmell Rutland and Turner Horne my Executors to this my last will and Testament and I do Revoke and make Void all other Wills made by me in Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year above written. don in presents of us Moses Moore (Seal) Signed) Benjamin Coffield John Jones Polley her mark Baker.

Bertie County Court February 1818: proved by Benjamin Coffield. Sol. Cherry Cik

Bertie County Court August 1819: "The Annexed paper writing purporting to be the last will and Testament of Moses Moore decd being Contested by the heirs at Law of the said Moses it was therefore Ordered that a issue be made up to try the Validity thereof and a lawful Jury being impanelled to try the Validity of said Will who say that the said paper purporting to be the last Will foresaid is his last Will and Testament & they say that the said Moses did devise thereupon it is ordered by the Court to be recorded Teste}E. A RhodesClk."

Deaths

North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-1996

Source: Ancestry.com. North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: (1) North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. North Carolina Death Records, 1968-1996. North Carolina Vital Records, Raleigh, North Carolina. (2) North Carolina Archives and Records Section. North Carolina County Records, 1908-1967. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Social Security Death Index

Source: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. All records of deaths on or before 31 Dec 2006 in which the final benefit was paid or final residence was in this county.

Burials

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006

Source: National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.