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Descendants of Cason Capps

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM ROGERS² CAPPS (CASON¹) was born February 14, 1796 in Orange co., N.C., and died January 06, 1851 in Weakley county, Tennessee. He married LUCY FLY October 12, 1815 in Williamson County, Tennessee, daughter of ELISHA FLY and ELIZABETH REED. She was born February 23, 1803 in Davidson County, Tennessee, and died January 14, 1849 in Weakley county, Tennessee.

Notes for WILLIAM ROGERS CAPPS:
William Capps had been on an errand to Christmasville or perhaps Pillowville on Jan 6, 1851 to buy cloth for a slave baby's dress when on his return, his horse was frightened, throwing him and killing him.

The last will of William Capps is on record in Dresden, TN. County seat of Weaklely Co. He willed, first, his soul to God who gave it, and his body to the earth from which it was taken to placed wherever his children thought best. An acreage of land was given each son, a horse, saddle and bridle to each daughter.

4 of the sons immigrated to Missouri, 1 later returned to Tennessee.
Capps buried on farm owned by Joe W. Stout, 16th Dist. Weakley Co. TN

For many years called the Snellgrove place. In the 1920's 30's and 40's many holes were dug on this farm by people looking for gold. Legend was that the Fly's and Capp's buried gold there.

(North to South)

Lucy Capps Born 2/23/1803 Died 1/14/1849
Infant Child of William and Lucy Capps
(Lucy Fly Capps died in childbirth.)

William Capps
father of W.A. Capps
Born Feb. 14, 1796
Died Jan. 6, 1851

(on one marker with line down middle)
Erasmus Infant
Born Died
Dec. 18, 1857
Died
Apr. 25, 1867 April 25, 1867
Children of W.A. and I.R. Capps

Irreny R.
Wife of W.A. Capps
Born 10/13/1839 died 4/29/1867

W.A Husband of M.A. Capps
Born 1/7/1837 Died 4/29/1876

Eva dau. of E.E. and B.F. Cantrell
Born and Died June 10, 1891

William Rogers Capps was born on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1796 in Orange County, North Carolina. He was the son of Cason Capps and Mary "Polly" Rogers. He was named after his grandfather William Rogers, Mary "Polly" Rogers' father, who died in the American Revolutionary War. William Rogers Capps was the first of 7 generations of Capps to carry the "Rogers" name. In fact, the tradition has carried 200 years all the way to 1996 with the birth of David Roger Capps. Another interesting note about the year of William's birth is that his future father-in-law, Elisha Fly, left North Carolina for Tennessee that same year just as Tennessee first became a state.

William and his father Cason served with the North Carolina Militia during the War of 1812. William was a private in the Third Regiment, Sixth Brigade, of Orange County, North Carolina. Their active service included a march to Hillsborough, North Carolina in November 1814. A certification of William's War of 1812 service is included on page ____.
Soon after returning home from military service, William decided to set out for adventures in the new west of Tennessee, which had gained its statehood the same year William was born in 1796. Several members of the Capps, Rogers, and neighbor Prior families were at that time traveling westward. William was about 17 at the time of his departure from North Carolina. He borrowed $50 from his father Cason and headed west.

William's first stop was in Middle Tennessee in what was then Williamson County. He settled near the family of Elisha Fly, who had come to Tennessee in 1796 from Northampton County, North Carolina. William met and married Elisha's daughter Lucy Fly soon after his arrival. Lucy was only 12˝ when they were married in Williamson County, Tennessee on October 12, 1815.

Williamson County was split from Davidson County in 1798. Maury County was split from Davidson County in 1808.

About 1820, the signing of The Cumberland Pact between the State of Tennessee and the Chickasaw Indian tribe opened up large tracts of land in West Tennessee for settling. Once again William and his wife Lucy felt the urge to travel west. Also making the trip to the new lands in West Tennessee were Elisha Fly and several other families including the Cochranes and the Sedwicks. According to the Carroll County Occupant Entry Book, William settled on 239ž acres of land in Range 1, Section 4, between 1820 and 1825. On March 5, 1826, William bought 21 additional acres in the same area from his father-in-law Elisha Fly for $63. This piece of land was part of a 640 acre tract that Elisha Fly had purchased from Joseph B. Porter who was a representative of the State of Tennessee. Joseph Porter was probably selling land the State had obtained from the Chickasaws in The Cumberland Pact. The land on which William Capps and Lucy Fly settled was just north of the North Fork of the Obion River in the area known as "Flytown". The area is now known as "Staffords Store".

Carroll County was established by the Tennessee State Legislature in 1821 and Gibson and Weakley Counties were established soon after in 1823. All three of these counties and several others were carved out of the old Chickasaw Indian Lands. The earliest West Tennessee pioneers had come to the area in the late 1810's. At that time, the are was nothing but wilderness. One early settler told stories of killing more than 70 bear within the first year of his arrival in 1819. According to stories from Fly family members who traveled on to Missouri years later, one member of the Fly family was killed by a panther in West Tennessee. Even the famous Davy Crockett came to the area to hunt and explore the Tennessee wilderness. He was a neighbor of some of the Capps families in the area and stories still exist about his hunting and fishing with the Capps boys. In fact, William Rogers Capps' grandson James Monroe Capps, son of James Nicholas Capps, married Davy Crockett's granddaughter Margaret Catherine Whitehurst.

During the 1820's and 1830's, William and Lucy prospered and continued to add land to what was by then a large plantation. William purchased 65 acres from R.E.C. Dougherty in September 1829 and 15 more acres from John W. Cochrane in September 1832. An additional 141 acres was added in September 1833 from Jeremiah Fly, who was Elisha Fly's brother. Also in 1833, William purchased 190 acres from B. Gillespie which brought his total land holdings to more than 755 acres. This land also included 84 acres acquired from William's brother-in-law John Richard Fly, who was Lucy Fly's brother. William and Lucy became quite wealthy for their time and area. Slave purchases were even made to harvest pumpkins, apples, and other crops, and tend to the large herds of horses and other livestock. William had come very far from a teenager traveling west with $50 of borrowed money to his name. One of William's responsibilities as a landowner in the area was upkeep of the local roads. In December 1829, he was appointed overseer of the main road from Christmasville to the northwest corner of Carroll County.

In late 1833, Willam received word from Orange County, North Carolina that his father Cason Capps had died. Cason and William had apparently not kept in contact since William left. In Cason's will, the $50 that William had borrowed 20 years earlier was taken from his inheritance plus interest. William did not wish to make the long trip back to North Carolina and designated his brother Robert Rogers Capps to handle the sale of his portion of Cason's estate. William's portion of the North Carolina estate was sold to Robert in 1836. William sold the 253 acres of Orange County, North Carolina property to Robert for only $125.

After the death of Cason Capps, William Capps' sister Mary "Polly" Capps and her husband Lemuel Stout, who was a full blooded Cherokee Indian, left their home in Randolph County, North Carolina to be near William Capps and James Rogers Capps. They settled near the Obion River near the land belonging to Elisha Fly. Elisha's daughter Anna Fly and her husband Henry Capps were also neighbors, along with Davy Crockett. Henry died in 1836 leaving his wife Anna a widow with eight children and a ninth on the way. William Capps was an executor of Henry Capps' estate.

From 1839 to 1843, William served as overseer for another road crew in the area. He replaced Elisha Fly's son Jeremiah Nicholas Fly and some of his crew members included John Cantrell, Niece Cochran, William Capps' son Henry Capps, Willam's brother James Rogers Capps, Josiah Moore whose son Edwin L. Moore later married _________ Stafford, Elisha Fly's son John Richard Fly, and several others.

Fortunes turned bad for William Capps and Lucy Fly's family in the late 1840's. Within a four year span beginning in 1849, ten members of William's family would die. Two infant grandchildren of William died in early 1849: William Washington Capps, the firstborn son of Henry Washington Capps and Nancy Grooms; and the infant child of Matthew Earls and Mary "Polly Penny" Capps.

The most devastating loss of all to William Capps occurred in 1849. In January 1849, Lucy Fly was pregnant with her 12th child. As the story is told by members of the Capps family who later moved to Missouri, Lucy was a kind lady and she often assisted the slaves in the chores. On January 14, 1849, Lucy was helping the Capps slaves Harriet and Rachel weave cloth. She was suddenly gripped by terrible labor pains and Lucy and her child died in childbirth. Lucy's death at the age of 45 left eleven children ranging in age from 5 to 33 without a mother. The loss of Lucy was devastating to William and his health soon began to fail. Lucy Fly Capps was buried with her infant child on the William Capps land in Weakley County. The cemetery is now known as Capps Cemetery I or the William Capps Cemetery.

William recorded his own will on December 24, 1849, ten months after Lucy's death. He had never recovered from losing Lucy and by the time the will was written, William described himself as "being very sick but of sound mind and memory." He knew he was dying and would be leaving his children Pleasant, 16, Penelope, 14, William, 11, Sarah, 9, and Cicero, 6, as orphans.

About one year after writing his will, William left on an errand to Christmasville to buy cloth. According to family stories, William always carried the key to his cash box pinned to his suspenders. On his way home from Christmasville, his horse threw him against a tree and William died there on January 6, 1851. Many believe that William was attacked and the horse was frightened on purpose. When William was found, the key and the cash box were missing. The mystery of William Rogers Capps death was never solved and was ruled an accident. William was buried next to Lucy on the William Capps land in Weakley County. The cemetery is now known as Capps Cemetery I or the William Capps Cemetery.

William Rogers Capps willed his "body to the dust from whence it came" and his spirit "to God who gave it." He instructed that his funeral expenses be paid with his own money and that all his possessions be sold including crops and grain to pay debts. He gave each of the children horses and furniture, and the land was divided. William's will was witnessed by his oldest son Henry Washington Capps and by Bright Grooms, who was the father-in-law of Henry. William's son Elisha Fly Capps was named executor of the will since he was reportedly the only one of the children who could read and write. The will is on file in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee.

The William Rogers Capps family had always been a close family but with the death of both of their parents they began to disagree amongst themselves. Five of the children were under the age of 15 and were too young to make decisions. Elisha Fly Capps had been named executor of the family estate by William in his will and was caught up in many of the family arguements over how to deal with the property. By February 1851, Elisha had fulfilled his responsibilities of selling the estate's slaves at auction including Harriett, Rachel, Willis, Jackson, and Levi. Harriett was purchased by William's brother-in-law John W. Cochran for $501.50, William's son Francis Rudolphus Capps purchased Willis for $849 and later took him to Missouri when he moved there. Henry Washington Capps purchased the slave boy Jackson for $405 and Levi was bought by a man named Jeptha Cooper for $282. According to stories from Elisha Fly Capps' family, it took two full days to sell all of William's wealth.

Several of the younger children were placed in the care of guardians soon after William and Lucy's death. According to Weakley County court records, John W. Cochran became guardian of his nephew Pleasant B.R. Capps. J.H. McKenzie, a respected citizen of the area and friend of the Capps family, became Special Guardian of William Alexander Capps, Sarah Ann Capps, and Cicero Lafate Capps. One of J.H. McKenzie's relatives, James Monroe McKenzie, donated a large portion of land in Carroll County for new railroad lines. When the Memphis and Ohio and the Nashville and Northwestern Lines crossed in Carroll County on this land, a town sprang up and took the name McKenzie. The town was organized in 1865 and incorporated in 1869.

In August of 1853, John Rogers Capps and Penelope Ellender Prior Capps filed suit against the other heirs of William and Lucy. They did not want the land and possessions divided as Elisha Fly Capps was directed as executor of the will. Soon after all the arguing and accusations, Elisha Fly Capps packed a few belongings and his family and moved to Missouri. He would never return to Tennessee. Many years later Elisha's grandchildren discovered he had not even bothered to sell his portions of the estate. The original land deeds were still in the family's possession in the 1960's, but are now worthless. Elisha Fly Capps' grandson Alphus Capps from Missouri mentions the deeds in a letter written in the 1960's to John Rogers Capps' grandson James Harbert Capps in Tennessee. The letter is included in this on page ____.

Tragedy struck the family of William Rogers Capps and Lucy Fly many times in the 1850's. Lucy and the infant child died in 1849 and William died in early 1851. That same summer, the first of the children died, Mary "Polly Penny" Capps Earls, along with her infant son James Monroe Earls. Mary's husband Matthew Earls died two months later also in 1851. It is likely that a fever of some kind took their lives. William's mother Mary "Polly" Rogers Capps also died in 1851. She had lived to her 80's and died while living with her son and William's brother Robert R. Capps in Alamance County, North Carolina. In 1853, William's son James Nicholas Capps died in Grainger County, Tennessee. About the same time, William's brother James Rogers Capps died in Grainger County and William's sister Mary "Polly" Capps Stout died in Weakley County.

Many years passed before the children became close, some only by letters. Henry Washington Capps, Cicero Lafate Adron Capps, Francis Rudolphus Capps, and Elisha Fly Capps all went on to Missouri and became another generation of pioneers. Pleasant eventually went on to Oklahoma before attempting a return home to Tennessee in his old age. John Rogers Capps went to Mississippi for a time before returning home to Tennessee. Cicero Lafate also eventually made it back and Pleasant died in Arkansas trying to return. At least four of the sons fought in the Civil War though not all on the same side.

Nearly all of the West Tennessee Capps families and many of the Missouri and Texas Capps families can trace their roots back to William and Lucy. William had come to Tennessee as a teenager with nothing and married Lucy, a 12 year old girl. By the time of their death, they had ___ children and owned over ____ acres of West Tennessee land. The Capps family can be proud to claim William and Lucy as the beginning of a great legacy. Their gravesite can still be found in Weakley County.

This biography was compiled from the work of Joyce L. Ford of Texas, a descendant of Elisha Fly Capps who kept detailed diaries and recorded many of the stories. Other sources include land records of North Carolina and Tennessee, court records, will and marriage records, and military records. A collection of document copies is included in the next few pages.Carroll County Court Records
State of Tennessee
24 December 1849

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
WILLIAM ROGERS CAPPS

In the name of God amen. I, William Capps, planter of Carroll County, Tennessee, being very sick but of sound mind and memory, do make and ordain this my last will.

First, I give all my body to the dust from whence it came to be buried at the discretion of my dearly beloved friends and my spirit to God who gave it; and as touching my worldly goods, where with it has pleased God to bless me with.

First, I direct that my funeral expenses and all my debts be paid as soon after my death as possible and out of any monies that I may die possessed of or that may first come into the hands of my administrator or my executor Elisha Capps; ---

Secondly, I give to Francis Rudolphus Capps one horse to be worth $40.00; ---

Third, I give to my son John R. Capps the file colt, which has been called his by the family; ---

Fourth, I wish and will to my son Pleasant B. Robertson Capps one horse, bridle and saddle to be worth $55.00, when he shall have reached the age of 18 years old; ---

Fifth, I give and bequeath to my daughter, Penelope Pryer Capps, one horse, bridle and saddle, to be worth $55.00, when she shall have reached the age of 18 years or married; ---

Sixth, I give to my son William Alexander Capps, one horse, bridle and saddle to be worth $55.00, when he shall have reached the age of 21 years; ---

Seventh, I give to my daughter, Sarah Anny H. Capps, one horse, bridle and saddle, to be worth $55.00, when she shall have reached the age of 21 years or married; ---

Eighth, I give to my son Lafate Adron Capps, one horse, bridle and saddle to be worth $55.00, when he shall have reached the age of 21 years old;

Ninth, It is my wish and will that all my lands be equally divided between my sons being Henry W. Capps, James N. Capps, E.F. Capps, John R. Capps, F.R. Capps, Pleasant B. Capps, William A. Capps, and Lafate Adron Capps according to quantity and quality; ---

Tenth, I wish and will that all my Negro property with all my stock of all kinds whatsoever with all my household and kitchen furniture and all my farming tools of every description be sold afore time and also all the grain of every description that belongs to the place; lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my son E.F. Capps my executor; In witness thereof I do to this my will set my hand and seal. This the 24th Day of December 1849,

Wm. Capps (Seal)

Signed, Sealed, and Published in our presence and we have scribed our names hereto in the presence of the testator this 24th Day of December 1849.

Bright Grooms
Henry W. ("H" his mark) Capps

I, William Capps, having heretofore made and published my last will and testament do make and declare this a codicil thereto, to wit, I wish the whole of the money that may arise from the sales of the above named property and all the debts to me, that can be collected, to be equally divided among my children named in my former will and my daughter Mary Earls to share in this last division; and secondly I wish the five youngest of my children to have a good feather bed and good furniture furnished them when they arrive to the age of 21 years in addition to what I have left to them heretofore.

Wm. Capps (Seal)

Test.
Bright Grooms
Henry W. ("H" his mark) Capps

State of Tennessee
Weakley County

This day the foregoing paper writing was established in open court as the Last Will and Testament of William Capps deceased, and ordered by the Court.

LAND DEED
STATE OF TENNESSEE
CARROLL COUNTY
MARCH 5, 1826

ELISHA FLY TO WILLIAM CAPPS

This indenture made and entered into this 5th day of March A.D. 1826 between Elisha Fly of the one part and William Capps of the other part witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of sixty three dollars by the said William Capps to the said Elisha Fly in hand paid and have and by these present do bargain, sell, release, convey, and confirm to the said William Capps all that tract of land lying in the 12th surveyors district in Range 1 and Section 4 bounded as follows: Beginning at an Elm and pointer in the East boundary line of a 640 acre granted to by the State of Tennessee to O.P. Nicholson in a hollow, thence West 28 poles to a Poplar and Black Gum, thence North 120 poles to a stake and pointer in North boundary line of O.P. Nicholson 640 acres, thence East 28 poles to North east corner of 640 acres, thence South 120 poles to the beginning making in all 21 acres, to have and to hold the above described tract of land with all its appurtenances to his proper use and behoof forever - and the said Elisha Fly for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators covenants with the said William Capps that him and them will warrant and forever defend the same against all persons whatever lawfully claiming said lands. In testimony whereof I the said Elisha Fly have here unto set my hand and seal the date above written.

Elisha ("X" his mark) Fly (seal)

Witness: Salmon Sedwick
J.W. Cochran
Robert Hisaw
J.R. Capps

State of Tennessee
Carroll County

Personally appeared before me George Hern Clerk of the County Court of said County. J.W. Cochran and J.R. Capps, witnesses to the within deed with whom I am personally acquainted and who being first sworn deposeth and saith that they are acquainted with the within named Elisha Fly, the bargainor and that he acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes there in set forth and on the day it bears date.

Given under my hand at office this 7th March 1839.

G. Hern, Clerk
By J.R. Smith, D.C.

Registered 8th day of March A.D. 1839

Witness: Tho. A. Hawkins - Register of Carroll County
LAND DEED
STATE OF TENNESSEE
CARROLL COUNTY
SEPTEMBER 9, 1833

JEREMIAH FLY TO WILLIAM CAPPS

This indenture made and entered into this the 9th of September 1833 between Jeremiah Fly of Carroll County and the State of Tennessee of the one part and William Capps of the State and County aforesaid of the other part witnesseth, that for and in consideration of the sum of seven hundred dollars in hand paid by the said Capps to Jeremiah Fly the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and hath bargained, sold, alienated, and conveyed and confirmed unto the William Capps a certain tract or parcel of land lying in Carroll County, Tennessee on the North side of the South Obion River being a part of a 640 acre tract granted to R.E.C. Dougherty bounded as follows, beginning on a stake and Dogwood pointer at E. Fly N.E. corner running South with his line 94 poles to his S.E. corner thence West 23 poles to a Poplar and Hickory, thence South 16 poles to a Poplar with White Oak pointer, thence East 56 poles to a Dogwood, thence South 98 poles to a forked Beech the South boundary of the original tract, thence East 92 poles to a Sugar tree and 2 Dogwood pointers, thence North 78 poles to a Black Gum, thence North twenty degrees West 42 poles to a Dogwood, thence North 38 poles to an Elm, thence East 22 poles to a Hickory, thence North 43 poles to a Red Oak, thence West to the beginning, containing one hundred and forty one acres more or less to have and to hold the above described land with all and singular the right profits, emoluments, heriditaments and appurtenances of and belonging to the same unto the William Capps his heirs and assigns forever, and the Jeremiah Fly for himself his heirs or administrators doth covenant and agree to and with the Capps his heirs or assigns that the above recited land or premises he the Jeremiah Fly will warrant and forever defend the said from all and every person whatever lawfully claiming the land. In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal day and date above written.

Jeremiah ("X" his mark) Fly (seal)

Test. John R. Fly
Sampson ("X" his mark) Price

State of Tennessee
Carroll County Court
September Term 1833

Then the within deed from Jeremiah Fly to William Capps for one hundred and forty one acres of land was this day produced in open Court and the execution thereof duly proven by the oaths of John R. Fly and Sampson Price to be the act and deed of said Fly and ordered to be recorded and State tax paid to me.

Edward Gwin, Clerk
By T.A. Hawkins, D.C.

Registered 28th day of November A.D. 1833

Witness, Tho. A. Hawkins, Regst. of Carroll CountyLAND DEED

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
ORANGE COUNTY
OCTOBER 20, 1836

WILLIAM CAPPS TO ROBERT CAPPS

This indenture made this 20th of October A.D. 1836 between William Capps of the County of Carroll and State of Tennessee of the one part and Robert Capps of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina of the other part witnesseth that the said William Capps for the sum of one hundred and twenty five dollars to him in hand paid at or before the signing of these presents the receipt whereof he doth acknowledge hath given, granted, bargained, and sold and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, and sell unto the said Robert Capps all his right title and undivided interest or distribution share in a certain tract of land situated in Orange County, State of North Carolina on the banks of the Great Alamance River adjoining the land of John Rogers, William Holt, John Osland, and Jeremiah Holt whereof Cason Capps, deceased, lived and died, seized and possessed of a good title for the said lands containing by estimation 253 acres be the same more or less. To have and to hold the said right title and undivided interest with its appurtenances to the said Robert Capps, his heirs and assignees forever, and to his and their only proper use and by proof and the said William Capps oath by these presents covenant and agree that he will forever warrant and defend his right title and undivided interest in said land to the said Robert Capps, his heirs and assignees and against the claim of all persons whatsoever. In witness thereof he the said William Capps hath set his hand and seal day and date first above written.

William Capps (seal) 1838

Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of

Daniel Sharp
Jas. McDaniel

Orange County May Term

The execution of this deed was duly proven in open court by the oath of Daniel Sharp, a subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be registered.

J. Taylor, C.C.LAND DEED
STATE OF TENNESSEE
CARROLL COUNTY
FEBRUARY 20, 1840

JOHN R. FLY TO WILLIAM CAPPS

I, John R. Fly, have this day bargained and sold and do hereby transfer and convey to William Capps and his heirs forever for the consideration of four hundred dollars to me paid a tract of land in the State of Tennessee, Carroll County and District No. 3 containing by estimation eighty four acres and 11 poles a part of said tract of land lies in Weakley County, the other in Carroll County, Tennessee, on the north side of the South Fork of the Obion River be the same and more or less and bounded as follows. Beginning on a stake standing in the South boundary line of Cochran's 100 acre tract with three Dogwood pointers, runs South 120 poles to a little White Oak with three Hickories and one Maple pointer, thence East 123 poles to the beginning corner of a 640 acre tract entered in the name of O.P. Nicholson of which this a part, said corner is on a stake with post Oak, Black Gum, Dogwood, and Poplar pointers, thence North 93 poles to a Poplar, thence West 48.5 poles to a stake standing in cleared ground, thence North 27 poles to a Dogwood standing in the mouth of Cochrans and Capps lane which both Capps and Cochran corners on, thence West with said Cochran's line 74.5 poles to the beginning containing by estimation 84 acres and 11 poles, to have and to hold the same to the said William Capps, his heirs, and assigns forever. I do covenant with the said Capps that I am lawfully seized of the said land, have a good right to convey it, and that the same is unencumbered. I do further covenant and bind myself, my heirs and representatives to warrant and ever defend the title to the said land and every port thereof to the said William Capps, his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims of all persons whatever this 20th February 1840, executed and delivered in our presence.

John R. Fly (seal)

Test. A.N. Scates
Joseph T. Dudley

State of Tennessee
Carroll County

Personally appeared before me George Hern, Clerk of the County Court of the said County, the above named John R. Fly with whom I am personally acquainted and who acknowledged that he executed the foregoing deed for the purpose therein set forth and on the day it bears date.

Witness my hand at office this 28th of February 1840.

G. Hern, Clerk
By J.R. Smith. D.C.

Registered 13th day of March A.D. 1840

Witness, Thomas A. Hawkins, Registrar of Carroll CountyFigure ___. Bible Records CENSUS RECORDS OF WILLIAM ROGERS CAPPS

1830 Carroll County, Tennessee

Capps, William 112001-01001

Males Females

1 5 and under 1 under 5
1 5-10 1 20-30
2 10-15
1 30-40

1840 Carroll County, Tennessee

Capps, William 1211001-100101

Males Females

More About WILLIAM ROGERS CAPPS:
Fact 1: buried, farm owned by Joe W. Stout

Notes for LUCY FLY:
Lucy Capps and the slave women were busily engaged in weaving cloth for the plantatation needs when she was seized with labor pains for the birthing of her 12th and last child. Her eldest son was 33 years of age. She was 46. She never returned to her unfinished task at her loom as neither she nor the child survived.

More About LUCY FLY:
Fact 1: Lucy was part Cherokee Indian
Fact 2: buried, farm owned by Joe W. Stout

Children of WILLIAM CAPPS and LUCY FLY are:

6.	i.	HENRY WASHINGTON³ CAPPS, SR., b. October 23, 1816; d. August 28, 1861, Springfield, Missouri.
7.	ii.	JAMES NICHOLAS CAPPS, b. December 21, 1818, Williamson Co., Tennessee; d. March 23, 1853, Gibson Co., Tennessee.
8.	iii.	MARY POLLY PENNY CAPPS, b. March 31, 1821, Tennessee; d. July 1851, Meridian Cemetary, Weakley Co., Tennessee.
9.	iv.	ELISHA FLY CAPPS, b. April 13, 1824, Carroll co., TN.; d. June 12, 1891, Anutt Cemetary, Dent co., MO..
10.	v.	FRANCIS RUDOLPHUS CAPPS, b. February 20, 1827, Tennessee; d. February 19, 1897, Lake Springs, MO.
11.	vi.	JOHN ROGERS CAPPS, b. July 23, 1831, Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery, Carroll County, Tennessee; d. August 07, 1901, Trezevant, Carroll Co., Tennessee.
12.	vii.	PLEASANT B. ROBERTSON CAPPS, b. October 16, 1833; d. December 09, 1910, Mena, Polk County, Arkansas.
13.	viii.	PENELOPE ELENDER PRIER CAPPS, b. February 17, 1836, Carroll co., Tennessee; d. Bet. 1861 - 1862, Weakley County, Tenn..
14.	ix.	WILLIAM ALEXANDER CAPPS, b. January 07, 1837, Carroll, County, Tennessee; d. November 29, 1889, Weakley County, Tenn..
	x.	SARAH ANN HARRISON CAPPS, b. August 27, 1841, Tennessee; m. LEONARD C. CLAIBOURNE, August 05, 1858, Carroll County, Tennessee.
15.	xi.	CICERO LAFAYETTE ADRON CAPPS, b. June 13, 1844, Carroll, County, Tennessee; d. March 28, 1895, Peck, Weakley Co., Tennessee.
	xii.	INFANT CAPPS, b. January 14, 1849, Weakley County, Tennessee; d. January 14, 1849, Weakley County, Tennessee.

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