You may want to look at
www.CappsCousins.com which is our Capps DNA website. The Patriarch
Page, Results Page and Misc Page may be of interest to you. There are 2 Capps DNA groups
that we have identified in the United States. We have also found that Capes testers are
related to the Capps testers more than 400 years ago. Each Capes matches a different Capps
Group.
From our paper genealogies and DNA Tests we believe that in the late
1700s that the SC Capps have a genetic connection to the Capps in Chatham, NC. If you have
Capps males then we encourage you to have them test and post their genealogies. We are
always looking for new members.
Regards,
Bob Capps
From: fpikok(a)barrow.com> To: capps(a)rootsweb.com> Date: Thu, 10
Jan 2008 14:05:34 -0900> Subject: Re: [CAPPS] John Capps living in SC ca 1758> >
Does anyone have any info on> Elizabeth Capps who md. in Washington Co., TN in 1835 to
Levi Bowers.> > Frances> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathryn
Capps" <kate(a)berkeley.edu>> To: <capps(a)rootsweb.com>> Sent:
Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:30 AM> Subject: [CAPPS] John Capps living in SC ca
1758> > > Becky,> > > Below is my interest in the Capps family;> >
-----------> I've been researching this Capps line since 1999 (and others
before> me for decades) and no one has been able to go beyond this John> Capps. A
DNA match on Capps DNA Project suggests a strong connection> with a William Capps b. 16
Oct 1761 in NC -- as well as some other NC> Capps.> > ---------------> First
Generation> > 1. John CAPPS. John died in South Carolina.> > From "The
Brunson-Johnson-Tisdale-Capps Familes of Crenshaw Co., AL"> by Mr. Thomas Heflin
Compton: We believe that JOHN CAPPS of SC was> the partriarch of this CAPPS line. There
is evidence that helived> near the head-waters of the Black River in the area that
would> eventually become a part of Sumter CO. In 1758 he signed a petition> along
with 37 other settlers, asking the general assembly to appoint> six (6) commissioners
to lay out the necesary roads ot provide access> to the City of Charleston, the nearest
market for their produce.> There is ample evidence, in serveral publications, that John
Capps> was a Revolutionary soldier. One record shows that he was paid 3> pounds 14
shillings for 52 days militia duty n 1782. Another record> shows that he was paid 26
pounds sterling, on 7-26-1784, for 52 days> duty in the state militia in 1782. On
8-6-1784 he was granted 200> acres of land in Camden District. He filed a Revolutionary
claim that> was recorded on return #62, dated 6-10-1785; File numbers AA1057;>
AA5698; AA5849A were assigned to John CAPPS relative to his RW claims> against SC.>
> John Capps married JANE _____. They had a minimum of eleven children.> So far four
have been identified by name: Samuel b@1774, Matthew> b@1780, Adam b@1790, James W.
b@1791> > John married Jane UNKNOWN.> > They had the following children:> 2
i. Samuel (~1770-1831)> 3 ii. Matthew (1780-)> 4 iii. Adam (1790-)> 5 iv. James W
(1791-)> > > Second Generation> > 2. Samuel CAPPS. Born abt 1770 in Camden
District, S.C,. Samuel died> in Jan 1831; he was 61.> > Samuel was born between
170-74 in an area of Camden Dist., SC, that> was redesignated as Clarendon Co, Sumter
District in 1798. Samuel and> his wife, Sarah, both died in Sumter District, SC and are
buried> there. Samue died betwwen 8 and 22 January 1831. in Mr. Compton’s> original
note there is a reference to Page 342, Footnote 162 which is> a property deed to Joseph
Horton.> > It is believed that no less than eleven children were born to Samuel>
& Sarah. Eight have been identified. The three unidentified are all> female: two
born between 1799 and 1802 and one born @ 1806> > According to family legend several
of the Samuel Capps children left> Sumter District, SC in the 1830s and 1840s and moved
to Alabama:> Alexander settled in Butler Co.; Robert Humphery, Samuel J, Richard> M,
John R., Lenora, and Harriett settled in Pike CO.> > abt 1794 when Samuel was 24, he
married Sarah WISE, daughter of> Nathan WISE, in Camden District, S.C,. Born abt 1779
in Camden> District, S.C,. Sarah died in Sumter District of South Carolina in> 1838;
she was 59.> > They had the following children:> 6 i. William (~1795-)> 7 ii.
Alexander (~1797-~1860)> 8 iii. Female (~1799-)> 9 iv. Female (~1802-)> 10 v.
Robert Humphrey (~1803-)> 11 vi. Female (~1806-)> 12 vii. Samuel J (~1812-)> 13
viii. Richard M. (1816-~1865)> 14 ix. Lenora (~1816-)> 15 x. Harriett (1818-)> 16
xi. John R (~1822-)> > 3. Matthew CAPPS. Born in 1780.> > 4. Adam CAPPS. Born
in 1790.> > 5. James W CAPPS. Born in 1791.> > > Third Generation> >
6. William CAPPS. Born abt 1795.> > William Capps migrated to Texas> > > 7.
Alexander CAPPS. Born abt 1797 in South Carolina. Alexander died> abt 1860; he was
63.> > 2nd child of Samuel Capps and Sarah Wise) was b @1797 in Camden> District,
SC.> In 1830 The Alexander Capps family was living in Sumter District. The> family
moved to Butler Co., AL @ 1831. The homestead was located on> the west side of the
Patsaliga River, in the Skaines Bridge area.> When they moved to that area there was
still a large population of> Native Americans in the vicinity. It is reported in a
family leged> that Alexander’s wife, Lucy Ridgeway had a great fear of them.> >
It is believed that Alexander and Lucy died in the 1860s (most likely> from Typhoid
Fever epidemic that took a number of other familiy> members). They are possibly buried
in an old cemetary located in the> Skaines Bridge area, west of the river. There area
is now referred to> as The old Bently Plantation. or they could occupy unmarked graves
in> the Siloam Baptist Chuch Cemetary in the Ivy Creek Community. No less> than 15
children were born to Alexander and Lucy Ridgeway> > abt 1825 when Alexander was 28,
he married Lucy RIDGWAY, daughter of> James Friendly RIDGWAY. Born in 1807 in Sumter
Dist., SC.> > They had one child:> 17 i. Samuel James (1826-1860)> > 8.
Female CAPPS. Born abt 1799.> > 9. Female CAPPS. Born abt 1802.> > 10. Robert
Humphrey CAPPS. Born abt 1803.> > 11. Female CAPPS. Born abt 1806.> > 12.
Samuel J CAPPS. Born abt 1812.> > 13. Richard M. CAPPS. Born in 1816 in Sumter
District of South> Carolina. Richard M. died abt 1865; he was 49.> > On 26 Jan
1845 when Richard M. was 29, he first married Martha Mercer> COMPTON, daughter of Jesse
COMPTON & Elvira Merrit Virtue COMPTON, in> Pike Co., AL. Born in 1827 in
Pensacola, FL. Martha Mercer died in> 1850; she was 23.> > They had the following
children:> 18 i. William Friendly (1846-)> 19 ii. James Harmon (1848-1891)> 20
iii. Henry Jackson (~1849-1923)> > Richard M. second married Mary THOMAS.> >
They had one child:> 21 i. Emma J (~1865-)> > 14. Lenora CAPPS. Born abt
1816.> > 15. Harriett CAPPS. Born in 1818.> > 16. John R CAPPS. Born abt
1822.> > > Fourth Generation> > 17. Samuel James CAPPS. Born in 1826.
Samuel James died on 8 Apr> 1860; he was 34.> > 1st child of Alexander Capps and
Lucy Ridgeway> Sameul James died 4-8-1860 from typhoid fever. It is reported that
he> is buried in an old abandoned cemetary located on the old Bertley> farm, on the
west side of the Patsaliga Rivers, Skaines Bidge area.> That cemetary has been called
the Capps Family Cemetary.> > In 1848 when Samuel James was 22, he married Mary S
DAVIS, in Butler> Co., AL. Born in 1826 in Butler Co., AL.> > They had the
following children:> 22 i. Mary (1850-1860)> 23 ii. Yancy Marion (1851-1937)>
> 18. William Friendly CAPPS. Born on 28 Dec 1846 in Butler, Co., FL.> > > On
22 Dec 1872 when William Friendly was 25, he married Malitia> Melissa
"Lissie" CAPPS, daughter of Robert Humphrey CAPPS & Jane S.> SIMMONS, in
Butler Co., AL. Born in 1846 in Crenshaw Co, AL.> > They had the following
children:> 24 i. Luther Ira (1876-)> 25 ii. Emma Melissa C. (1880-~1930)> 26 iii.
William Friendly "Little Will", Jr.> (1887-1960)> > 19. James Harmon
CAPPS. Born on 5 Mar 1848 in Butler, Co., FL. James> Harmon died in Crenshaw Co, AL in
1891; he was 42.> > Homesteaded land in Crenshaw Co., AL. Land patent issued to 2nd
ife,> Mary Catherine Benbow> > On 29 Aug 1866 when James Harmon was 18, he first
married Mary Amanda> COWART, daughter of George Jefferson COWART. Born in 1850 in
AL.> > They had the following children:> 27 i. John William (1869-)> 28 ii.
Eugene Adolphus (1872-~1949)> 29 iii. Jimmie Lee (1873-)> > In 1875 when James
Harmon was 26, he second married Mary Catherine> Benbow.> > They had the
following children:> 30 i. Ella Victoria (1876-)> 31 ii. George Washington
(1878-)> > 20. Henry Jackson CAPPS. Born abt 1849 in Butler Co., AL. Henry>
Jackson died in Marriana Co., FL on 13 Oct 1923; he was 74. Buried in> Magnolia Baptist
Cemetary, Blountstown, FL. Occupation: Farmer.> > Homesteaded land in Calhoun Co.,
FL. I have a copy of a letter> written by Jimmy Leigh Capps which talks about visiting
Henry Jackson> in FL about 1911. This is a strong piece of evidence that this Henry>
J. is the son of Richard M. Capps> > On 28 Oct 1875 when Henry Jackson was 26, he
married Anna Eliza KENT,> daughter of John KENT & Susan GAY, in Jackson C0., FL.
Born in Oct> 1860 in Jackson C0., FL. Anna Eliza died in Calhoun Co., FL in 1936;>
she was 75.> > They had the following children:> 32 i. Ida L (1876-~1880)> 33
ii. Susan Ella (1878-)> 34 iii. Henry Richard (1880-1948)> 35 iv. Lula Jo
(~1882-)> 36 v. Sherman Randolph (1884-1967)> 37 vi. Cleveland Grover (1884-)> 38
vii. Martha (~1886-~1886)> 39 viii. James Lillian (1888-)> 40 ix. Emma (1890-)>
41 x. Alton Friendly (1894-1975)> 42 xi. Carlie (1894-1959)> 43 xii. George
Washington (1899-1964)> 44 xiii. Coty (1898-1987)> 45 xiv. Albert Elton
(1902-1962)> 46 xv. Lewis Lesley (1906-1982)> > 21. Emma J CAPPS. Born abt
1865.> > Mary "Polly" Thomas Capps. She was possibly born in South
Carolina> approx 1826. In 1855 she was living in Pike or Butler Co, AL and she>
married Richard M Capps (who was from Clarendon Co, SC and came to AL> sometime after
1830). In 1857 she gave birth to a daughter, Emma.> Richard M Capps died sometime
between 1860 and 1870. According to a> family letter written in 1934, Mary
"Polly" Thomas Capps and Richard> M Capps "had some girls." Then
the letter states "this widow moved> with some of her brothers to Florida at or
near Apalachicola. In the> 1870 Franklin Co, FL census (Apalachicola post office) I
find this> household:> > Capps,Sarah 44 South Carolina> Emma E 15 Alabama>
Martha J 11 Alabama> Mary A 9 Alabama> Susan E 8 Alabama> >
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