Albert David Corpening

1799 - 1851  (52 years)

• Name	Albert David Corpening
  Born	25 Feb 1799
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Jul 1851
  Person ID	I1651	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Albert F. Corpening,   b. 16 Mar 1747, Youmpts, United Netherlands ,   d. 30 Oct 1827, Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	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.
  Family ID	F618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Sonora Forney  [natural]   2. Lucinda Corpening,   b. 21 Sep 1823, Burke Co., North Carolina ,   d. 23 Oct 1846, Burke Co., N-Cr  (Age 23 years)  [natural]   3. Infant Forney  [natural]
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2014
  Family ID	F0626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Perkins,   b. 7 Sep 1799,   d. 26 Aug 1848  (Age 48 years)
  Married	WFT Est 1830 1846
  Children	1. Laura Corpening,   b. 1827   2. Julius Alonzo Corpening,   b. 1829   3. Charles Lucius Sheiuflin Corpening,   b. 1830   4. Thomas Jefferson Corpening,   b. 23 Jun 1832   5. Selina Margret Corpening,   b. 23 Jun 1832   6. Catherine Cecelia Corpening,   b. 1834   7. Susan Virginia Corpening,   b. 1836   8. Julia Antoinette Corpening,   b. 1841
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2019
  Family ID	F625	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  These sketches were originally written by Col Thomas George Walton (1815-1905). 1st published in the old Morganton Herald in 1894 "DAVID CORPENING, the youngest of the CORPENING family, married MARY PERKINS, a daughter of JOHN PERKINS, and inherited the John's River plantation from his father, ALBERT; a warm friend of mine, a man of sterling worth; remarkable for his strong common sense, high moral character, and was in my opinion, and in that of many others, one of the best and most skillful farmers of the county. I was guardian of two of his daughters. He was happily married to a lady, who was a helpmeet in the true sense of the word. I have attended many sales of the property of deceased persons in Burke County, but never one evincing so much order, care, thrift and prosperity as his; a house erected for the purpose, neatly kept and filled with cloth of home manufacture; flax, tow, and cotton; baskets and other useful utensils of the farm; gamon sticks of white oak, drawn and shaped by his own hand, ready for use at hog-killing time; every article, tool and implement used in the cultivation of land, clean, bright and in perfect order; a place for all, and all in it's proper place. Well, did he deserve the name of a model farmer?"