Bradshaw Family History
Gus Little
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Name Gus Little Gender Male Person ID I1627 My Genealogy Last Modified 1 Jan 2019
Mother Lucinda Corpening, b. 21 Sep 1823, Burke Co., North Carolina 
, d. 23 Oct 1846, Burke Co., N-Cr (Age 23 years) Relationship natural Father John Eli Corpening, b. 28 Apr 1826, North Carolina , d. 29 Sep 1890 (Age 64 years) Relationship natural Married 23 Jun 1774 Hampton City, York County, Pennsylvania Notes - After marriage in 1774 they came to Lincoln County, North Carolina, the next winter, as their oldest child was born in Lincoln County in 1775. As they came to North Carolina they were snow bound in Virginia about forty days, and during that time they stayed with a farmer. Corpening threshed wheat at one shilling and board per day, and his wife helped the farmers wife for her board. It is said that there was another man who came with them, he said he would not work for one shilling per day, but would rather pay that amount for board.
Albert lived about one year in Lincoln County, then moved to Burke County (now Caldwell County) and settled on Lower Creek. The log house that he built on the east side of Lower Creek was still standing in 1920. The land Albert owned was granted by Earl Granville under King George II - being granted to Philip Kearns, January 8, 1761. It was conveyed to Conrad Mitchel in 1762, then to John Conrad Kerns in 1744, then to Christopher Beckman in 1780, and to Albert Corpening in 1780.
The family that left North Carolina for Maryland and later Pennsylvania spelled their name Chorpening.
Family ID F0618 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Barbara Propst, b. 2 Feb 1754, Lynn Township, Hampton City, York County, Pennsylvania , d. Abt 1829, Burke County or Caldwell County, North Carolina (Age 74 years) Married 3 Feb 1803 Children 1. Mary Kincaid, b. 1825, d. 1924 (Age 99 years) [natural] 2. Emily E A?, b. 1831, d. 1920 (Age 89 years) [natural] 3. Joseph Corpening, b. 22 May 1809, Caldwell County, North Carolina , d. 23 Nov 1882, Caldwell County, North Carolina (Age 73 years) [natural]4. Ola Tuttle, d. Aft 1827 [natural] 5. John Corpening, b. 3 Apr 1775, Lincoln County, North Carolina , d. 8 Nov 1834, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States (Age 59 years) [natural]6. Susan Corpening, b. 7 Apr 1812, Lincoln, North Carolina , d. 9 Aug 1840, Clay, North Carolina, United States (Age 28 years) [natural]7. Anna Corpening, b. 9 Jan 1815 [natural] 8. Andrew Jackson Corpening, b. 4 Feb 1818, Burke, North Carolina, USA , d. 31 Dec 1904 (Age 86 years) [natural]9. Rebecca Corpening, b. 12 Mar 1821, Caldwell, North Carolina , d. 14 Mar 1893, Caldwell County, North Carolina (Age 72 years) [natural]Last Modified 20 Feb 2014 Family ID F0617 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Henrietta Josephine Corpening, b. 23 Sep 1853, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States , d. 8 Jan 1941, Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States (Age 87 years) Last Modified 1 Jan 2019 Family ID F616 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- After marriage in 1774 they came to Lincoln County, North Carolina, the next winter, as their oldest child was born in Lincoln County in 1775. As they came to North Carolina they were snow bound in Virginia about forty days, and during that time they stayed with a farmer. Corpening threshed wheat at one shilling and board per day, and his wife helped the farmers wife for her board. It is said that there was another man who came with them, he said he would not work for one shilling per day, but would rather pay that amount for board.