Bradshaw Family History
Barbara Propst
1754 - Abt 1829 (74 years)-
Name Barbara Propst Born 2 Feb 1754 Lynn Township, Hampton City, York County, Pennsylvania 
Gender Female Died Abt 1829 Burke County or Caldwell County, North Carolina Buried 1829 Person ID I1637 My Genealogy Last Modified 1 Jan 2019
Father Johann Michael Propst, b. 13 Mar 1701, Bonniegheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany , d. Abt 1771, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA (Age 69 years) Mother Anna Maria Kerr, b. Between 1710 and 1715 Married Between 1732 and 1735 Muddy Creek Lutheran Church in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, PA Family ID F639 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Gus Little 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 Albert F. Corpening, b. 16 Mar 1747, Youmpts, United Netherlands , d. 30 Oct 1827, Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States (Age 80 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
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Notes In 1774, shortly after their marriage, Albert and Barbara began a trip to North Carolina. They were held up by a snow storm and stayed the winter with a farmer where Albert helped with the farm work for a shilling and board per day, and Barbara helped the wife. They finally arrived in Lincoln County, North Carolina, where their first child, John, was born April 3 1775.
Coming into what is now Caldwell County, NC, they purchased a large acreage on both sides of Lower Creek in the Copenhagen section on the present Calico Road from Christopher Beckman.
All of this information is from "The Heritage of Burke Co, NC", 1981, pp 149-153.
According to Elaine Schwar and Carolyn Price (noted Brobst historians), Barbara was a daughter of Johann Michael Probst (1701). Some other records do not show her in that family, but those records do not show her anywhere else, either.
Other records (Lee Ann Propst) show that she had a brother, Henry, who moved with her and Albert from Pennsylvania to Rowan County, North Carolina shortly after their marriage. Because of bad weather, they had to lay over in Western Virginia for some time before moving on to NC in 1775. But Johann Michael Probst didn't have a son named Henry. Henry may have been a cousin or a nephew.
It was once thought that she might have been a daughter of Johann Michael Propst (1712), not Probst, and so belongs to the West Virginia Propsts. However, if in fact, she was born in Lynn Township, Northampton (Lehigh) County, PA, then she is probably correctly placed in the family of Johann Michael Probst (1701). Considering the date of her reported birth -- 1754, and marriage in Penna in 1774, when Johann Michael Propst was already in Pendleton Co, WV (Rockingham Co, VA) by then, so she could not have been his daughter.
The 1713 German Bible which belonged to Barbara Probst is in a vault in the Asheville [Pack Memorial] NC Library. In that Bible, her name is shown as Probst. The Bible does not contain any ancestry data; only the statement: "Bible belonging to ancestors of Barbara Probst (Mrs. Albert Corpening) mother of David Corpening and Catherine Corpening (Mrs. John Shuford) of North Carolina".
Pending any further evidence, I have shown her as a daughter of Johann Michael Probst (1701) and Anna Maria Kerr (abt 1710).
Another record shows that she lived as a widow in Somersettown, PA, in 1796, 1804, and 1814, and died in Somerset, PA. But Albert didn't die until 1827, and she was still alive -- named in his will. This record appears clearly to be in error; must have been some other Barbara Probst/Brobst.
Her will was probated in January 1830 in Burke (now Caldwell) Co, NC.
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