Number 95 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H. Carpenter, 1901.
He is listed as a child on page 79 with the comment of: No further trace.
PARENTS LISTED:
Robert Carpenter b. abt 1694 Long Island, NY - d. Aft 25 Feb 1750/1751 & Bef 7 Mar 1751 in NY.
Elizabeth Carpenter b. 17 Aug 1708 Long Island, NY - d, abt 1746 Westchester, NY.
NAME:
Zophar, also spelled Sophar, in the Book of Job (2:11, 11:1, 20:1, 42:9), one of the three comforters of Job, a biblical archetype of the good man whose misfortunes are undeserved. - Zopher then seems a corruption of the biblical name.
WILL: Will dated 1794 and filed in the county of Garrard which was formed in 1797. His will mentions his wife Mary, and gives 100 acres to each of his three sons, Zenes (Zenith), Rufus and Robert Carpenter.
CENSUS:
The Census Records of Garrard County, Kentucky Index:
1800 - Mary, widow of Zophar, Zenes Carpenter, Rufus Carpenter.
1810 - Zenith Carpenter, Rufus Carpenter, Robert Carpenter
See the Carpenter and Related Family Historical Journal, Vol. X, No. 9, page
558 for more census information!
DRUMMER:
Regarding the "question about which Zophar served in the Revolutionary War as a drummer" -- the issue was not whether there were two Zophars serving in the Rev War, it was that Zophar's service as a drummer was in the French & Indian War with Capt. Dickerson's Rangers in Augusta County Va, and not in the Rev War. Some had claimed he served as a drummer in the Rev War, and Gerald Tudor fought a one-man Rambo style campaign to try to correct the record, but he was overwhelmed by the numbers of people who wanted to believe a convenient untruth.
When all the misinformation is cleared away, there appears to be only one Zophar Carpenter, who is first recorded in Botetourt Co. VA records in 1755, and thereafter until migrating to KY c1791.
FYI: The "Mary Coles Davis" is another error Gerald tried to correct. Her maiden name is unproved.
SEE ALSO:
ZOPHAR CARPENTER 'S FORT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zophar_Carpenter's_Fort
Zophar Carpenter's Fort
Carpenter's Fort on McKenzie's Fork of Paint Lick Creek in Kentucky was established by Zophar Carpenter, a native of New York colony who migrated to western Virginia in the 1750s and to Kentucky about 1788.[1] The fort is also referred to as Zophar Carpenter's Station, and placed "near Suck Fork Creek".[2] Zophar Carpenter served as a drummer in Captain Dickenson's Company of Virginia Rangers in the French & Indian War.[3] He appeared on a 1792 tax list in Madison Co. KY with Edward Carpenter and John Carpenter.[4] He died on February 6, 1796 at age 65 and is interred in the Carpenter Graveyard near Paint Lick, Garrard County, Kentucky.[5]
References
1.Jump up ^ Forrest Calico: History of Garrard County, Kentucky, and Its Churches, The Hobson Book Press, New York, N.Y., 1947, pp. 36, 114, 118, 129, 140, 141, 178, 200, 373, 376, and appended map.
2.Jump up ^ John E. Kleber, ed.-in-chief: The Kentucky Encyclopedia, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., 1992, p. 365.
3.Jump up ^ Lewis Preston Summers: Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800, Kingsport Press, Kingsport, Tenn., 1929, p. 312.
4.Jump up ^ Roger Boardman: 1792 List of Taxpayers for Madison County KY, http://files.usgwarchives.org/ky/madison/taxlists/1792tax.txt, accessed 2010.
5.Jump up ^ Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 21, No. 61, Frankfort, Ky., Jan 1923, reprinted with new material by the Southern Historical Press, Easley, S.C., 1981, pp. 68, 109.
WERELATE:
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Zophar_Carpenter_(1)
Acquisition of Land in Augusta County, VA:
Zophar Carpenter acquired 135 acres on the NW side Jackson's River (near the "Cowpasture"). ["A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia", By Oren F. Morton, B., Lit. Dayton, Virginia, J. K. Reubush Company 1923].
Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:
Zophar Carpenter sold 130 acres on north side Jackson's River in 1789 to Michael Mallow for £275. ["A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia", By Oren F. Morton, B., Lit. Dayton, Virginia, J. K. Reubush Company 1923].
[edit ]
▼ Records of Zophar Carpenter in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's Augusta County Records:
Vol. 1 - Following paper in package marked 1755-56-57--it is apparently a fragment --on the back is written:
"A Copy. JOHN RANDOLPH, C. H. B."
Paid in Northampton:
To the County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7070
To:
Paid in Hampshire, in part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
Paid in Lunenburg, in part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770
To Robt. Brackenridge, Sheriff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
To David Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
To John Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
To Geo. Robinson, Geo. Rowland, Geo. Horbinson, James Humphries, Matthew Sheddon, Mr. Moore, Jeremiah Green, Philip Watkins, John McAfee, Andrew Gaughagan, Peter Farr and George Duck,
each 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1680
Paid in Brunswick to the County, in part . . . . . . . . . . 3195
To Wm. Hugart, John Hamilton, Samuel Hamilton, Robert Gillaspy, George Douther, James Burnsides, Jos. Milehan, John Lewis, John (____), James Jackson, James Miller, David Howell. Robt. Gillaspey, Corporal Samuel McMary, Eldad Reade, Topher Carpenter, Henry Lawless, Robt. Gay, John Stevenson, John Weems, John Taylor, Wm. Kinkead, John Kinkead, James Clements, James McKnight, Wm. Mann, Thomas McMullin,
each 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8100
Vol. 1 - NOVEMBER 19, 1766. - (340) Joseph Carpenter, Sr., and Wm. Whooley appointed road surveyors from Fort Defiance to Handley's Mill, with these workers and their tithables: Peter Wright, Solomon, Thomas, Nathaniel Carpenter, John Umphries, Thos. Carpenter, Zopher Carpenter, Ezekiel Johnston, Edward and John McMullin, James Williams, Joseph Leeper, John Fieler, William Christian and Peter Whooley, Wm. McMurry, Thos. Wright, Rob. Galesby, Pat. Corrigan and Joseph Carpenter, Jr.
Page 37.--19th August, 1767. Archd. Clendenning's estate settlement, by Ann Clendenning. recorded--Paid Ash Claftrock, John Clendenning, Wm. Galespie, Zopher Carpenter, James Furguson, David Galloway, James Millican, Robt. Galespie, Geo. Roberts, Benj. Kimsey, John Bailer, John Jeremiah; paid by Jeremiah Seeley.
Vol. 1 - NOVEMBER, 1768 (C). - Zaphar Carpenter, Dr., to Israel Christian.--1765, 21st December. To 3 dues harps, 1/6.
▼ Information on Zophar Carpenter
Zophar moved from NY to VA, near Covington as early as 1755 when Zophar's name is on a list of delinquents in the tax levies of Augusta Co. Joseph Carpenter, possibly Zophar's uncle, had settled this area on the Jackson River in the late 1740's. "There were evidently four Carpenter settlements, all circa the early 1750's and within thirty-five or so miles of each other. Fort Carpenter, so-called, was on the river. It was occupied by Joseph and his family- children, mostly grown and married before coming to Virginia.. . Solomon Carpenter had a homestead at Low Moor; Zophar Carpenter at Mallow [Station] and Nicholas Carpenter at White Sulphur Springs."
During the French and Indian Wars Zophar was a drummer in Capt. Dickenson's Company in 1756. He purchased 135 acres on the northwest side of the Jackson River in 1763 and 50 acres on the James River in 1767.
Zophar was in court often. He is mentioned with Thomas and Solomon Carpenter several times, but it is not known how they are related.
Nov 1768 due to indebtedness to Israel Christian incurred in Dec 1765 for one shilling six pence for three Jews Harps. Botetourt County Order Book I, 1770-1772, p. 49: Zophar Carpenter accused of unlawfully keeping Moses Watkins' wife. Book II 1772-3, p. 44. Michael Kelly versus Zophar Carpenter for assault, trespass and battery. July 14, 1773. Zophar Carpenter appointed surveyor of road from Fort Defiance and the tithables who usually wrought thereon to attend him.
In 1789 Michael Mallow bought of Zophar Carpenter and Mary , his wife, and David Glasburn and Elizabeth, his wife, 130 acres on the north side of the Jackson River for 275 pounds. Zophar and Mary moved with the younger children to Garrard Co. KY by 1791. He owned 300 acres there which he divided between his three sons in his will. Mary may have been of Irish descent, since daughter Elizabeth is referred to as "Irish". ...
He is listed as a child on page 79 with the comment of: No further trace.
PARENTS LISTED:
Robert Carpenter b. abt 1694 Long Island, NY - d. Aft 25 Feb 1750/1751 & Bef 7 Mar 1751 in NY.
Elizabeth Carpenter b. 17 Aug 1708 Long Island, NY - d, abt 1746 Westchester, NY.
NAME:
Zophar, also spelled Sophar, in the Book of Job (2:11, 11:1, 20:1, 42:9), one of the three comforters of Job, a biblical archetype of the good man whose misfortunes are undeserved. - Zopher then seems a corruption of the biblical name.
WILL: Will dated 1794 and filed in the county of Garrard which was formed in 1797. His will mentions his wife Mary, and gives 100 acres to each of his three sons, Zenes (Zenith), Rufus and Robert Carpenter.
CENSUS:
The Census Records of Garrard County, Kentucky Index:
1800 - Mary, widow of Zophar, Zenes Carpenter, Rufus Carpenter.
1810 - Zenith Carpenter, Rufus Carpenter, Robert Carpenter
See the Carpenter and Related Family Historical Journal, Vol. X, No. 9, page
558 for more census information!
DRUMMER:
Regarding the "question about which Zophar served in the Revolutionary War as a drummer" -- the issue was not whether there were two Zophars serving in the Rev War, it was that Zophar's service as a drummer was in the French & Indian War with Capt. Dickerson's Rangers in Augusta County Va, and not in the Rev War. Some had claimed he served as a drummer in the Rev War, and Gerald Tudor fought a one-man Rambo style campaign to try to correct the record, but he was overwhelmed by the numbers of people who wanted to believe a convenient untruth.
When all the misinformation is cleared away, there appears to be only one Zophar Carpenter, who is first recorded in Botetourt Co. VA records in 1755, and thereafter until migrating to KY c1791.
FYI: The "Mary Coles Davis" is another error Gerald tried to correct. Her maiden name is unproved.
SEE ALSO:
ZOPHAR CARPENTER 'S FORT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zophar_Carpenter's_Fort
Zophar Carpenter's Fort
Carpenter's Fort on McKenzie's Fork of Paint Lick Creek in Kentucky was established by Zophar Carpenter, a native of New York colony who migrated to western Virginia in the 1750s and to Kentucky about 1788.[1] The fort is also referred to as Zophar Carpenter's Station, and placed "near Suck Fork Creek".[2] Zophar Carpenter served as a drummer in Captain Dickenson's Company of Virginia Rangers in the French & Indian War.[3] He appeared on a 1792 tax list in Madison Co. KY with Edward Carpenter and John Carpenter.[4] He died on February 6, 1796 at age 65 and is interred in the Carpenter Graveyard near Paint Lick, Garrard County, Kentucky.[5]
References
1.Jump up ^ Forrest Calico: History of Garrard County, Kentucky, and Its Churches, The Hobson Book Press, New York, N.Y., 1947, pp. 36, 114, 118, 129, 140, 141, 178, 200, 373, 376, and appended map.
2.Jump up ^ John E. Kleber, ed.-in-chief: The Kentucky Encyclopedia, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., 1992, p. 365.
3.Jump up ^ Lewis Preston Summers: Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800, Kingsport Press, Kingsport, Tenn., 1929, p. 312.
4.Jump up ^ Roger Boardman: 1792 List of Taxpayers for Madison County KY, http://files.usgwarchives.org/ky/madison/taxlists/1792tax.txt, accessed 2010.
5.Jump up ^ Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 21, No. 61, Frankfort, Ky., Jan 1923, reprinted with new material by the Southern Historical Press, Easley, S.C., 1981, pp. 68, 109.
WERELATE:
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Zophar_Carpenter_(1)
Acquisition of Land in Augusta County, VA:
Zophar Carpenter acquired 135 acres on the NW side Jackson's River (near the "Cowpasture"). ["A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia", By Oren F. Morton, B., Lit. Dayton, Virginia, J. K. Reubush Company 1923].
Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:
Zophar Carpenter sold 130 acres on north side Jackson's River in 1789 to Michael Mallow for £275. ["A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia", By Oren F. Morton, B., Lit. Dayton, Virginia, J. K. Reubush Company 1923].
[edit ]
▼ Records of Zophar Carpenter in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's Augusta County Records:
Vol. 1 - Following paper in package marked 1755-56-57--it is apparently a fragment --on the back is written:
"A Copy. JOHN RANDOLPH, C. H. B."
Paid in Northampton:
To the County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7070
To:
Paid in Hampshire, in part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
Paid in Lunenburg, in part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770
To Robt. Brackenridge, Sheriff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
To David Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
To John Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
To Geo. Robinson, Geo. Rowland, Geo. Horbinson, James Humphries, Matthew Sheddon, Mr. Moore, Jeremiah Green, Philip Watkins, John McAfee, Andrew Gaughagan, Peter Farr and George Duck,
each 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1680
Paid in Brunswick to the County, in part . . . . . . . . . . 3195
To Wm. Hugart, John Hamilton, Samuel Hamilton, Robert Gillaspy, George Douther, James Burnsides, Jos. Milehan, John Lewis, John (____), James Jackson, James Miller, David Howell. Robt. Gillaspey, Corporal Samuel McMary, Eldad Reade, Topher Carpenter, Henry Lawless, Robt. Gay, John Stevenson, John Weems, John Taylor, Wm. Kinkead, John Kinkead, James Clements, James McKnight, Wm. Mann, Thomas McMullin,
each 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8100
Vol. 1 - NOVEMBER 19, 1766. - (340) Joseph Carpenter, Sr., and Wm. Whooley appointed road surveyors from Fort Defiance to Handley's Mill, with these workers and their tithables: Peter Wright, Solomon, Thomas, Nathaniel Carpenter, John Umphries, Thos. Carpenter, Zopher Carpenter, Ezekiel Johnston, Edward and John McMullin, James Williams, Joseph Leeper, John Fieler, William Christian and Peter Whooley, Wm. McMurry, Thos. Wright, Rob. Galesby, Pat. Corrigan and Joseph Carpenter, Jr.
Page 37.--19th August, 1767. Archd. Clendenning's estate settlement, by Ann Clendenning. recorded--Paid Ash Claftrock, John Clendenning, Wm. Galespie, Zopher Carpenter, James Furguson, David Galloway, James Millican, Robt. Galespie, Geo. Roberts, Benj. Kimsey, John Bailer, John Jeremiah; paid by Jeremiah Seeley.
Vol. 1 - NOVEMBER, 1768 (C). - Zaphar Carpenter, Dr., to Israel Christian.--1765, 21st December. To 3 dues harps, 1/6.
▼ Information on Zophar Carpenter
Zophar moved from NY to VA, near Covington as early as 1755 when Zophar's name is on a list of delinquents in the tax levies of Augusta Co. Joseph Carpenter, possibly Zophar's uncle, had settled this area on the Jackson River in the late 1740's. "There were evidently four Carpenter settlements, all circa the early 1750's and within thirty-five or so miles of each other. Fort Carpenter, so-called, was on the river. It was occupied by Joseph and his family- children, mostly grown and married before coming to Virginia.. . Solomon Carpenter had a homestead at Low Moor; Zophar Carpenter at Mallow [Station] and Nicholas Carpenter at White Sulphur Springs."
During the French and Indian Wars Zophar was a drummer in Capt. Dickenson's Company in 1756. He purchased 135 acres on the northwest side of the Jackson River in 1763 and 50 acres on the James River in 1767.
Zophar was in court often. He is mentioned with Thomas and Solomon Carpenter several times, but it is not known how they are related.
Nov 1768 due to indebtedness to Israel Christian incurred in Dec 1765 for one shilling six pence for three Jews Harps. Botetourt County Order Book I, 1770-1772, p. 49: Zophar Carpenter accused of unlawfully keeping Moses Watkins' wife. Book II 1772-3, p. 44. Michael Kelly versus Zophar Carpenter for assault, trespass and battery. July 14, 1773. Zophar Carpenter appointed surveyor of road from Fort Defiance and the tithables who usually wrought thereon to attend him.
In 1789 Michael Mallow bought of Zophar Carpenter and Mary , his wife, and David Glasburn and Elizabeth, his wife, 130 acres on the north side of the Jackson River for 275 pounds. Zophar and Mary moved with the younger children to Garrard Co. KY by 1791. He owned 300 acres there which he divided between his three sons in his will. Mary may have been of Irish descent, since daughter Elizabeth is referred to as "Irish". ...
Number 95 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H. Carpenter, 1901.
He is listed as a child on page 79 with the comment of: No further trace.
PARENTS LISTED:
Robert Carpenter b. abt 1694 Long Island, NY - d. Aft 25 Feb 1750/1751 & Bef 7 Mar 1751 in NY.
Elizabeth Carpenter b. 17 Aug 1708 Long Island, NY - d, abt 1746 Westchester, NY.
NAME:
Zophar, also spelled Sophar, in the Book of Job (2:11, 11:1, 20:1, 42:9), one of the three comforters of Job, a biblical archetype of the good man whose misfortunes are undeserved. - Zopher then seems a corruption of the biblical name.
WILL: Will dated 1794 and filed in the county of Garrard which was formed in 1797. His will mentions his wife Mary, and gives 100 acres to each of his three sons, Zenes (Zenith), Rufus and Robert Carpenter.
CENSUS:
The Census Records of Garrard County, Kentucky Index:
1800 - Mary, widow of Zophar, Zenes Carpenter, Rufus Carpenter.
1810 - Zenith Carpenter, Rufus Carpenter, Robert Carpenter
See the Carpenter and Related Family Historical Journal, Vol. X, No. 9, page
558 for more census information!
DRUMMER:
Regarding the "question about which Zophar served in the Revolutionary War as a drummer" -- the issue was not whether there were two Zophars serving in the Rev War, it was that Zophar's service as a drummer was in the French & Indian War with Capt. Dickerson's Rangers in Augusta County Va, and not in the Rev War. Some had claimed he served as a drummer in the Rev War, and Gerald Tudor fought a one-man Rambo style campaign to try to correct the record, but he was overwhelmed by the numbers of people who wanted to believe a convenient untruth.
When all the misinformation is cleared away, there appears to be only one Zophar Carpenter, who is first recorded in Botetourt Co. VA records in 1755, and thereafter until migrating to KY c1791.
FYI: The "Mary Coles Davis" is another error Gerald tried to correct. Her maiden name is unproved.
SEE ALSO:
ZOPHAR CARPENTER 'S FORT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zophar_Carpenter's_Fort
Zophar Carpenter's Fort
Carpenter's Fort on McKenzie's Fork of Paint Lick Creek in Kentucky was established by Zophar Carpenter, a native of New York colony who migrated to western Virginia in the 1750s and to Kentucky about 1788.[1] The fort is also referred to as Zophar Carpenter's Station, and placed "near Suck Fork Creek".[2] Zophar Carpenter served as a drummer in Captain Dickenson's Company of Virginia Rangers in the French & Indian War.[3] He appeared on a 1792 tax list in Madison Co. KY with Edward Carpenter and John Carpenter.[4] He died on February 6, 1796 at age 65 and is interred in the Carpenter Graveyard near Paint Lick, Garrard County, Kentucky.[5]
References
1.Jump up ^ Forrest Calico: History of Garrard County, Kentucky, and Its Churches, The Hobson Book Press, New York, N.Y., 1947, pp. 36, 114, 118, 129, 140, 141, 178, 200, 373, 376, and appended map.
2.Jump up ^ John E. Kleber, ed.-in-chief: The Kentucky Encyclopedia, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., 1992, p. 365.
3.Jump up ^ Lewis Preston Summers: Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800, Kingsport Press, Kingsport, Tenn., 1929, p. 312.
4.Jump up ^ Roger Boardman: 1792 List of Taxpayers for Madison County KY, http://files.usgwarchives.org/ky/madison/taxlists/1792tax.txt, accessed 2010.
5.Jump up ^ Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 21, No. 61, Frankfort, Ky., Jan 1923, reprinted with new material by the Southern Historical Press, Easley, S.C., 1981, pp. 68, 109.
WERELATE:
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Zophar_Carpenter_(1)
Acquisition of Land in Augusta County, VA:
Zophar Carpenter acquired 135 acres on the NW side Jackson's River (near the "Cowpasture"). ["A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia", By Oren F. Morton, B., Lit. Dayton, Virginia, J. K. Reubush Company 1923].
Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:
Zophar Carpenter sold 130 acres on north side Jackson's River in 1789 to Michael Mallow for £275. ["A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia", By Oren F. Morton, B., Lit. Dayton, Virginia, J. K. Reubush Company 1923].
[edit ]
▼ Records of Zophar Carpenter in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's Augusta County Records:
Vol. 1 - Following paper in package marked 1755-56-57--it is apparently a fragment --on the back is written:
"A Copy. JOHN RANDOLPH, C. H. B."
Paid in Northampton:
To the County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7070
To:
Paid in Hampshire, in part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
Paid in Lunenburg, in part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770
To Robt. Brackenridge, Sheriff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
To David Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
To John Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
To Geo. Robinson, Geo. Rowland, Geo. Horbinson, James Humphries, Matthew Sheddon, Mr. Moore, Jeremiah Green, Philip Watkins, John McAfee, Andrew Gaughagan, Peter Farr and George Duck,
each 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1680
Paid in Brunswick to the County, in part . . . . . . . . . . 3195
To Wm. Hugart, John Hamilton, Samuel Hamilton, Robert Gillaspy, George Douther, James Burnsides, Jos. Milehan, John Lewis, John (____), James Jackson, James Miller, David Howell. Robt. Gillaspey, Corporal Samuel McMary, Eldad Reade, Topher Carpenter, Henry Lawless, Robt. Gay, John Stevenson, John Weems, John Taylor, Wm. Kinkead, John Kinkead, James Clements, James McKnight, Wm. Mann, Thomas McMullin,
each 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8100
Vol. 1 - NOVEMBER 19, 1766. - (340) Joseph Carpenter, Sr., and Wm. Whooley appointed road surveyors from Fort Defiance to Handley's Mill, with these workers and their tithables: Peter Wright, Solomon, Thomas, Nathaniel Carpenter, John Umphries, Thos. Carpenter, Zopher Carpenter, Ezekiel Johnston, Edward and John McMullin, James Williams, Joseph Leeper, John Fieler, William Christian and Peter Whooley, Wm. McMurry, Thos. Wright, Rob. Galesby, Pat. Corrigan and Joseph Carpenter, Jr.
Page 37.--19th August, 1767. Archd. Clendenning's estate settlement, by Ann Clendenning. recorded--Paid Ash Claftrock, John Clendenning, Wm. Galespie, Zopher Carpenter, James Furguson, David Galloway, James Millican, Robt. Galespie, Geo. Roberts, Benj. Kimsey, John Bailer, John Jeremiah; paid by Jeremiah Seeley.
Vol. 1 - NOVEMBER, 1768 (C). - Zaphar Carpenter, Dr., to Israel Christian.--1765, 21st December. To 3 dues harps, 1/6.
▼ Information on Zophar Carpenter
Zophar moved from NY to VA, near Covington as early as 1755 when Zophar's name is on a list of delinquents in the tax levies of Augusta Co. Joseph Carpenter, possibly Zophar's uncle, had settled this area on the Jackson River in the late 1740's. "There were evidently four Carpenter settlements, all circa the early 1750's and within thirty-five or so miles of each other. Fort Carpenter, so-called, was on the river. It was occupied by Joseph and his family- children, mostly grown and married before coming to Virginia.. . Solomon Carpenter had a homestead at Low Moor; Zophar Carpenter at Mallow [Station] and Nicholas Carpenter at White Sulphur Springs."
During the French and Indian Wars Zophar was a drummer in Capt. Dickenson's Company in 1756. He purchased 135 acres on the northwest side of the Jackson River in 1763 and 50 acres on the James River in 1767.
Zophar was in court often. He is mentioned with Thomas and Solomon Carpenter several times, but it is not known how they are related.
Nov 1768 due to indebtedness to Israel Christian incurred in Dec 1765 for one shilling six pence for three Jews Harps. Botetourt County Order Book I, 1770-1772, p. 49: Zophar Carpenter accused of unlawfully keeping Moses Watkins' wife. Book II 1772-3, p. 44. Michael Kelly versus Zophar Carpenter for assault, trespass and battery. July 14, 1773. Zophar Carpenter appointed surveyor of road from Fort Defiance and the tithables who usually wrought thereon to attend him.
In 1789 Michael Mallow bought of Zophar Carpenter and Mary , his wife, and David Glasburn and Elizabeth, his wife, 130 acres on the north side of the Jackson River for 275 pounds. Zophar and Mary moved with the younger children to Garrard Co. KY by 1791. He owned 300 acres there which he divided between his three sons in his will. Mary may have been of Irish descent, since daughter Elizabeth is referred to as "Irish". ...
He is listed as a child on page 79 with the comment of: No further trace.
PARENTS LISTED:
Robert Carpenter b. abt 1694 Long Island, NY - d. Aft 25 Feb 1750/1751 & Bef 7 Mar 1751 in NY.
Elizabeth Carpenter b. 17 Aug 1708 Long Island, NY - d, abt 1746 Westchester, NY.
NAME:
Zophar, also spelled Sophar, in the Book of Job (2:11, 11:1, 20:1, 42:9), one of the three comforters of Job, a biblical archetype of the good man whose misfortunes are undeserved. - Zopher then seems a corruption of the biblical name.
WILL: Will dated 1794 and filed in the county of Garrard which was formed in 1797. His will mentions his wife Mary, and gives 100 acres to each of his three sons, Zenes (Zenith), Rufus and Robert Carpenter.
CENSUS:
The Census Records of Garrard County, Kentucky Index:
1800 - Mary, widow of Zophar, Zenes Carpenter, Rufus Carpenter.
1810 - Zenith Carpenter, Rufus Carpenter, Robert Carpenter
See the Carpenter and Related Family Historical Journal, Vol. X, No. 9, page
558 for more census information!
DRUMMER:
Regarding the "question about which Zophar served in the Revolutionary War as a drummer" -- the issue was not whether there were two Zophars serving in the Rev War, it was that Zophar's service as a drummer was in the French & Indian War with Capt. Dickerson's Rangers in Augusta County Va, and not in the Rev War. Some had claimed he served as a drummer in the Rev War, and Gerald Tudor fought a one-man Rambo style campaign to try to correct the record, but he was overwhelmed by the numbers of people who wanted to believe a convenient untruth.
When all the misinformation is cleared away, there appears to be only one Zophar Carpenter, who is first recorded in Botetourt Co. VA records in 1755, and thereafter until migrating to KY c1791.
FYI: The "Mary Coles Davis" is another error Gerald tried to correct. Her maiden name is unproved.
SEE ALSO:
ZOPHAR CARPENTER 'S FORT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zophar_Carpenter's_Fort
Zophar Carpenter's Fort
Carpenter's Fort on McKenzie's Fork of Paint Lick Creek in Kentucky was established by Zophar Carpenter, a native of New York colony who migrated to western Virginia in the 1750s and to Kentucky about 1788.[1] The fort is also referred to as Zophar Carpenter's Station, and placed "near Suck Fork Creek".[2] Zophar Carpenter served as a drummer in Captain Dickenson's Company of Virginia Rangers in the French & Indian War.[3] He appeared on a 1792 tax list in Madison Co. KY with Edward Carpenter and John Carpenter.[4] He died on February 6, 1796 at age 65 and is interred in the Carpenter Graveyard near Paint Lick, Garrard County, Kentucky.[5]
References
1.Jump up ^ Forrest Calico: History of Garrard County, Kentucky, and Its Churches, The Hobson Book Press, New York, N.Y., 1947, pp. 36, 114, 118, 129, 140, 141, 178, 200, 373, 376, and appended map.
2.Jump up ^ John E. Kleber, ed.-in-chief: The Kentucky Encyclopedia, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., 1992, p. 365.
3.Jump up ^ Lewis Preston Summers: Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800, Kingsport Press, Kingsport, Tenn., 1929, p. 312.
4.Jump up ^ Roger Boardman: 1792 List of Taxpayers for Madison County KY, http://files.usgwarchives.org/ky/madison/taxlists/1792tax.txt, accessed 2010.
5.Jump up ^ Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 21, No. 61, Frankfort, Ky., Jan 1923, reprinted with new material by the Southern Historical Press, Easley, S.C., 1981, pp. 68, 109.
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Acquisition of Land in Augusta County, VA:
Zophar Carpenter acquired 135 acres on the NW side Jackson's River (near the "Cowpasture"). ["A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia", By Oren F. Morton, B., Lit. Dayton, Virginia, J. K. Reubush Company 1923].
Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:
Zophar Carpenter sold 130 acres on north side Jackson's River in 1789 to Michael Mallow for £275. ["A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia", By Oren F. Morton, B., Lit. Dayton, Virginia, J. K. Reubush Company 1923].
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▼ Records of Zophar Carpenter in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's Augusta County Records:
Vol. 1 - Following paper in package marked 1755-56-57--it is apparently a fragment --on the back is written:
"A Copy. JOHN RANDOLPH, C. H. B."
Paid in Northampton:
To the County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7070
To:
Paid in Hampshire, in part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
Paid in Lunenburg, in part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770
To Robt. Brackenridge, Sheriff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
To David Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
To John Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
To Geo. Robinson, Geo. Rowland, Geo. Horbinson, James Humphries, Matthew Sheddon, Mr. Moore, Jeremiah Green, Philip Watkins, John McAfee, Andrew Gaughagan, Peter Farr and George Duck,
each 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1680
Paid in Brunswick to the County, in part . . . . . . . . . . 3195
To Wm. Hugart, John Hamilton, Samuel Hamilton, Robert Gillaspy, George Douther, James Burnsides, Jos. Milehan, John Lewis, John (____), James Jackson, James Miller, David Howell. Robt. Gillaspey, Corporal Samuel McMary, Eldad Reade, Topher Carpenter, Henry Lawless, Robt. Gay, John Stevenson, John Weems, John Taylor, Wm. Kinkead, John Kinkead, James Clements, James McKnight, Wm. Mann, Thomas McMullin,
each 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8100
Vol. 1 - NOVEMBER 19, 1766. - (340) Joseph Carpenter, Sr., and Wm. Whooley appointed road surveyors from Fort Defiance to Handley's Mill, with these workers and their tithables: Peter Wright, Solomon, Thomas, Nathaniel Carpenter, John Umphries, Thos. Carpenter, Zopher Carpenter, Ezekiel Johnston, Edward and John McMullin, James Williams, Joseph Leeper, John Fieler, William Christian and Peter Whooley, Wm. McMurry, Thos. Wright, Rob. Galesby, Pat. Corrigan and Joseph Carpenter, Jr.
Page 37.--19th August, 1767. Archd. Clendenning's estate settlement, by Ann Clendenning. recorded--Paid Ash Claftrock, John Clendenning, Wm. Galespie, Zopher Carpenter, James Furguson, David Galloway, James Millican, Robt. Galespie, Geo. Roberts, Benj. Kimsey, John Bailer, John Jeremiah; paid by Jeremiah Seeley.
Vol. 1 - NOVEMBER, 1768 (C). - Zaphar Carpenter, Dr., to Israel Christian.--1765, 21st December. To 3 dues harps, 1/6.
▼ Information on Zophar Carpenter
Zophar moved from NY to VA, near Covington as early as 1755 when Zophar's name is on a list of delinquents in the tax levies of Augusta Co. Joseph Carpenter, possibly Zophar's uncle, had settled this area on the Jackson River in the late 1740's. "There were evidently four Carpenter settlements, all circa the early 1750's and within thirty-five or so miles of each other. Fort Carpenter, so-called, was on the river. It was occupied by Joseph and his family- children, mostly grown and married before coming to Virginia.. . Solomon Carpenter had a homestead at Low Moor; Zophar Carpenter at Mallow [Station] and Nicholas Carpenter at White Sulphur Springs."
During the French and Indian Wars Zophar was a drummer in Capt. Dickenson's Company in 1756. He purchased 135 acres on the northwest side of the Jackson River in 1763 and 50 acres on the James River in 1767.
Zophar was in court often. He is mentioned with Thomas and Solomon Carpenter several times, but it is not known how they are related.
Nov 1768 due to indebtedness to Israel Christian incurred in Dec 1765 for one shilling six pence for three Jews Harps. Botetourt County Order Book I, 1770-1772, p. 49: Zophar Carpenter accused of unlawfully keeping Moses Watkins' wife. Book II 1772-3, p. 44. Michael Kelly versus Zophar Carpenter for assault, trespass and battery. July 14, 1773. Zophar Carpenter appointed surveyor of road from Fort Defiance and the tithables who usually wrought thereon to attend him.
In 1789 Michael Mallow bought of Zophar Carpenter and Mary , his wife, and David Glasburn and Elizabeth, his wife, 130 acres on the north side of the Jackson River for 275 pounds. Zophar and Mary moved with the younger children to Garrard Co. KY by 1791. He owned 300 acres there which he divided between his three sons in his will. Mary may have been of Irish descent, since daughter Elizabeth is referred to as "Irish". ...
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