Albert F. Corpening^[1]

1747 - 1827  (80 years)

• Name	Albert F. Corpening
  Born	16 Mar 1747	Youmpts, United Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Oct 1827	Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
  Buried	Corpening Cem., Caldwell Co., North Carolina
  Person ID	I1636	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

  
  

  Father	Hendrick Courpenning,   b. Abt 1727, Youmpts, United Netherlands ,   d. 30 Oct 1827, Burke, NC, USA  (Age 100 years)
  Family ID	F626	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	23 Jun 1774	Northampton County, PA, USA
  	Spouse: Barbara Corpening (born Propst), Jr.
  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.
  Children	1. John Corpening,   b. 3 Apr 1775, Lincoln County, North Carolina ,   d. 8 Nov 1834, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States  (Age 59 years)   2. Abraham Corpening,   b. 29 Sep 1776,   d. 23 May 1847  (Age 70 years)   3. Mary E. aka Polly Corpening,   b. 19 Oct 1778,   d. 24 May 1867  (Age 88 years)   4. Jacob Corpening,   b. 9 Mar 1782,   d. 30 Apr 1853  (Age 71 years)   5. George Corpening,   b. 16 Nov 1785, North Carolina ,   d. 20 Oct 1856, North Carolina  (Age 70 years)   6. Elizabeth Corpening,   b. 1788,   d. WFT Est 1816 1882  (Age 94 years)   7. Catherine Corpening,   b. 10 Jun 1791, Burke County, North Caroline, USA ,   d. 13 Apr 1868  (Age 76 years)   8. Albert David Corpening,   b. 25 Feb 1799,   d. 16 Jul 1851  (Age 52 years)
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2019
  Family ID	F618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary E. aka Polly Corpening,   b. 19 Oct 1778,   d. 24 May 1867  (Age 88 years)
  Married	WFT Est 1806 1832
  Children	1. Peter Forney,   b. 21 Apr 1756, Lincolnton Township, Lincoln, Colony of North Carolina, British Colonial America ,   d. 1 Feb 1834, Mt. Welcome, Lincolnton, Lincoln, North Carolina  (Age 77 years)  [natural]   2. Thomas Forney  [natural]   3. Isacc Newton Forney,   b. 5 Aug 1806,   d. 21 Dec 1881  (Age 75 years)  [natural]   4. Hervey Forney  [natural]   5. Albert Forney  [natural]   6. Marquis De Lafayette Forney  [natural]   7. Bergner Forney  [natural]   8. Daniel Forney  [natural]   9. Fatima Ellen Forney,   b. 20 May 1811, Burke County, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 1 Dec 1855, McDowell County, North Carolina, United States  (Age 44 years)  [natural]   10. Mary Forney  [natural]   11. Abraham Forney,   b. 15 Oct 1758, Lincolnton Township, Lincoln, Colony of North Carolina, British Colonial America, United Kingdom ,   d. 22 Jul 1849, Denver, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States  (Age 90 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2014
  Family ID	F0619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Ola Tuttle,   d. Aft 1827
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2019
  Family ID	F703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		https://www.myheritageimages.com/D/storage/site265997241/files/50/00/27/500027_7557765b5ukf95s46oza2c.jpg
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• Notes

  Albert Corpening came to Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary War. These sketches were originally written by Col Thomas George Walton (1815-1905). 1st published in the old Morganton Herald in 1894 The CORPENING FAMILY "ALBERT CORPENING, a native of the Netherlands, settled in Pennsylvania and married a lady of German parentage, BARBARA PROPST. He removed to Burke County about the year 1777, purchased a large tract of land on John's River from the heirs of Gen. JOSEPH MCDOWELL, (KNOWN AS "Ash Hill), on which Gen. MCDOWELL lived at the time of his death in 1801. Mr. CORPENING was the ancestor of five sons, JOHN, GEORGE, JACOB, ABRAM, and DAVID CORPENING., all of whom were respected, industrious. Well-to-do farmers of ample means, owning good lands on the Catawba , Linville and John's Rivers and Lower Creek. All by the name of CORPENING of this county are descendants of these five brothers. Mr. ALBERT CORPENING had one daughter, MARY, who was the wife of Major FORNEY of Upper Creek. Mrs. Forney was known for all those good qualities...industry, thrift, hospitality and benevolence, characteristic of the better class of Germans." "They came to North Carolina in the winter of 1774, settling in Lincoln County. When they came to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia they were snow-bound for about forty days and during that time they lodged with a farmer. Corpening helped the farmer at one shilling and board per day, and his wife helped the farmer's wife for her board. It is said that another man came with them. He was not inclined to work at only a shilling per day and would pay his board. One made $5.00, the other spent $5.00 Albert Corpening lived about a 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 Corpening 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 Kearns in 1744, then to Christopher Beckman in 1780, and to Albert Corpening in 1780." From a paper in my possession. The family that left North Carolina for Maryland and later Pennsylvania spelled their name Chorpening. "Tradition has it that there were four brothers in the family that came across from Netherlands. Also that their home had been in Netherlands only a short time. It is believed that they were originally French Huequenots. They settled first in North Carolina. At an early date three of the Corpening men in company with one, John Walter, moved from North Carolina to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where they formed the acquaintace of the Dewalt Aukneys, French Huguenots direct from France. After several years residence in Maryland (Washington County) the men of the family with John Walter and the Aukneys went to Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where they bought farms. Tradition says that on account of trouble with the Indians in that section the families were left behind in Maryland for safety until such time as seemed discreet for them to be moved to Pennsylvania. During this period the men made several trips back and forth, finally moving the families about 1780. At the time the Corpenings settled in Pennsylvania, the population was almost entirely German, which accounts for many ideas we have held for years. Van Corpening is on some of the old tombstones in Pennsylvania and seemed to confirm the idea that they were German. But this was only through intermarriage most probably." From letter of Mrs. Betty Corpening Blair, Clarksburg, West Virginia. In 1790 Burke County had 13 militia companies: "The seventh company, with Albert Corpening as Captain had 98 heads of families, and lay on John's River, some of which is in present Burke territory but included 90 heads of families from Caldwell." From "Here Will I Dwell" "Albert purchased a large acreage on both sides of Lower Creek in the Copenhagen section of Caldwell County from Christian Beckman. Other large tracts were added to this." From Heritage of Caldwell County.

  
  

• Sources

  [S500006] Stone-Casey Family Website, Clelia Casey (Reliability: 3), 31 Dec 2018. Personal photo of Albert F. Corpening Added via a Photo Discovery™