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The Epperson Family |
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Antoine "Anthony" Epperson was born on November 6, 1730, in Goochland, Virginia. He married Susannah Holland in Bedford County, Virginia in 1775. Samuel Epperson Anthony Epperson was an early member of the Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church. During the War of 1812, from October 12, 1813 to February 8, 1814, Thomas and Benjamin Epperson were in McLin's Company. In 1814 Benjamin, Thomas, and Samuel Epperson were in Washington County, Tennessee. Thomas Epperson was on the Revolutionary War pension list in Jonesborough, Tennessee. He died on November 14, 1814 |
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Anthony Epperson was born on February 22, 1770. He married Ellender Divers Mary Edna Epperson (1805), He was in Washington County, Tennessee in 1814. He died on March 4, 1839 in Smith, Tennessee, at the age of 69. |
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In 1795, Peter Epperson was on a jury in Washington County, Virginia and
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Thomas Epperson was born about 1758 and was living in Washington County, Virginia when he enlisted for the third time in 1782 under Sevier. |
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John Epperson was born before 1765. He married Elizabeth Bowen. John was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving in the 14th Virginia Regiment with his father, David. After the War, John and his wife, Elizabeth, were known to be living on Epperson Mountain in Albemarle County, Virginia in 1799. Their home was a plantation of four hundred acres with two houses and several small outer buildings. John and Elizabeth sold their home 28 November 1799. This was about the time of the death of his father. \In his father's will, John was bequeathed one-half his father's property. He sold this share of his inherited property to his brother, Charles, on 17 April 1800. He then moved his family to Lincoln County, Kentucky. At the time of the 1810 census, John Epperson was in Washington County, Virginia. The household consisted of:
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Gabriel Epperson was born about 1770 in Virginia. His father was Francis Epperson. He married Jane Harley. At time of the 1810 census, Gabriel was in Washington County, Virginia. The household consisted of
At the time of the 1840 and 1850 census he was in Sullivan County, Tennessee. |
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Asa Epperson was born about 1792. He was the son of John Epperson (1761) and Elizabeth Bowen. He married Leah Barron. Thomas Epperson (1815) In 1840 an Asa Epperson family was in Fulton, Fountain County, Indiana, but it doesn't quite match. Leah is not included
The next household was William Epperson. Asa died on October 30, 1847 in Lovila, Monroe County, Iowa. In 1850
In 1863 Thomas Epperson was witness to Thomas Barron's will |
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James Epperson was born about 1793. He married Cassandra King. Leander Epperson (1727), |
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Benjamin Epperson was born about 1797 in Washington County, Virginia. He married Nancy Barron on October 19, 1816 in Washington County, Tennessee. Nancy Surena Epperson (1818)
In 1823 Benjamin left his family and took his son with him After heleft, Nancy married John Crouch on November 2, 1818. The the time of the 1830 census he was in Perry County, Tennessee with his brothers James Asa, John, Thomas, Peter. They left Tennessee for Fountain County, Indiana in 1832.
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©Roberta Tuller 2025
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