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Hans Casper Kolb

Hans Casper Kolb

Male 1692 - 1770  (77 years)


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  • Name Hans Casper Kolb
    Birth 13 Jul 1692  Swartzenau, Palatinate, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male
    Immigration 11 Sep 1729  [2
    On ship 'Allen' which had sailed from Rotterdam on July 7th 1729 
    Will 30 Sep 1769  Charleston Co., SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Recorded 4/30/1770 in Will Book 1767-1771, Page 447 - orig p. 756-757 
    Death Between 30 Sep 1769 and 30 Apr 1770  Camden District, Chester Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Findagrave.com 23 Jul 2023 
    See Notes 
    Burial Fort Lawn, Chester Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Old Stone Cemetery
    Person ID I1302  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Father Peter Kolb,   b. 1671   d. 1727 (Age 56 years)
    Relationship natural
    Mother Maria Barbara ???,   b. Bef 1677
    Relationship natural
    Marriage Bef 13 Jul 1692 
    Family ID F469  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Alcordas Phillis,   b. Between 1701 and 1715, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 12 May 1764 (Age < 63 years)
    Marriage Abt 1729 
    Children 
     1. Mary Culp,   b. 1731, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Jun 1783 (Age > 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Peter Culp,   b. 1732, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 22 Aug 1791 and 31 Jan 1792, Chester Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Barbara Culp,   b. 1733, Bucks Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1790, Camden District, Chester Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Margaret Culp,   b. 1735, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Catherine Culp,   b. 1737, Bucks Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1775, Mecklenburg, Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Henry Culp,   b. 1738, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 15 May 1783, Camden District, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 45 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Benjamin Franklin Culp, Sr,   b. 15 May 1741, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1819, Chester Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Augustian Culp,   b. 1745, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1784, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. John Culp,   b. 1750, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1809, Cabarrus Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F466  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Jul 1692 - Swartzenau, Palatinate, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Recorded 4/30/1770 in Will Book 1767-1771, Page 447 - orig p. 756-757 - 30 Sep 1769 - Charleston Co., SC Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Between 30 Sep 1769 and 30 Apr 1770 - Camden District, Chester Co, SC Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Fort Lawn, Chester Co, SC Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

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  • Notes 


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      See Website - www.davidculp.com ** no longer there **
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      See Website - http://www.mendheim-usa.com/web/hckolbdesc/pafg01.htm
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      According to www.davidculp.com research:
      He emigrated to America September 11 or 15, 1729 aboard the ship 'Allen' which had sailed from Rotterdam on July 7th 1729. Also listed on the ship's manifest is Anna (Alcordas?) (Felicitas?) (Phillis?) Kulp (1701/15-1764) I and others believe that this is Hans Casper Kolb's wife. Hans Casper Kolb (who signed some documents Kulp) resided in Pennsylvania and eventually settled in South Carolina about 1754 though part of the land was in North Carolina at that time. All Casper's descendants it is believed changed their name to Culp.
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      found at findagrave.com on 7/23/2023

      Hans Casper Culp

      Birth: 13 Jul 1692 Germany
      Death: 30 Apr 1770 (aged 77) Chester County, South Carolina, USA
      Burial: Old Stone Cemetery, Fort Lawn, Chester County, South Carolina, USA
      Memorial #: 18013570

      Family Members
      Spouse
      Anna Alcordas Phillis Kolb Culp 1710-1764
      Children
      Barbara Culp McKinney 1733-1782
      Benjamin Kolb Culp 1741-1819
      John Kolb Culp 1750-1809
      Created by: Milagros Jennings (46878822)
      Added: 21 Feb 2007
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18013570/hans-casper-culp
      Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18013570/hans-casper-culp: accessed 23 July 2023), memorial page for Hans Casper Culp (13 Jul 1692-30 Apr 1770), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18013570, citing Old Stone Cemetery, Fort Lawn, Chester County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Milagros Jennings (contributor 46878822).
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      found at findagrave.com bef 7/23/2023

      Hans Casper Culp

      Birth: 1692, Germany
      Death: 1770
      Chester County
      South Carolina, USA

      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Anna Alcordas Phillis Kolb Culp (1710 - 1764)*

      Children:
      John Kolb Culp (1750 - 1809)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Old Stone Cemetery
      Fort Lawn
      Chester County
      South Carolina, USA

      Created by: Milagros Jennings
      Record added: Feb 21, 2007
      Find A Grave Memorial# 18013570
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      found at http://www.mendheim-usa.com/web/hckolbdesc/pafg01.htm

      Descendants of Hans Kaspar (Casper) Kolb
      First Generation

      1. Hans Kaspar (Casper) Kolb was born about 1708. He died on 30 Apr 1770 in Camden District, SC. He resided in 1754 in Anson, North Carolina. He resided 4 in 1770 in Will, Charleston County, SC.
      Hans Kaspar Kolb was born about 1708 in Germany and died in 1770 inSouth Carolina. He came to America from Rotterdam aboard the ship'Allen' arriving in Philadelphia on September 11, 1729 and lived inPennsylvania until approximately 1753. He was a member of the GermanBaptist Brethren and came over with Alexander Mack, a founder of theGerman Baptist Brethren (part of the ``Anabaptist´´ or early Mennonitemovement). Also on the ship was Anna ``Phyllis´´ (Felicitas) Kolb whoit is believed was Kaspar´s wife.
      He went by the name of Casper and changed his last name from Kolb toCulp. He moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina in 1754 getting agrant along the Catawba River in that year from North Carolina. Thegrant was surveyed into South Carolina in 1763 when the state line wasestablished. He died in 1770 in South Carolina. When Chester Countywas created in 1785, his land fell in the NE corner of the county.Casper is believed to have owned over 900 acres of land in Chester Co,SC. The grant indicates that he occupied the land for some time. Hemade his will, which names four daughters and five sons, on September30, 1769 and it was proved on April 30, 1770 and is recorded on page447 of the old Charleston Wills Book, 1767-1771.
      Hans married Anna Phyllis (Felicitas) Kolb about 1729. Anna was born about 1710. She died before 1764.
      Two indentures made by Casper Culp on 5/12/1764, each conveying 225acres to Matthew Patton and to James Patton, respectively, arerecorded in Mecklenburg, NC, records. They include the phrase "Free ofDower Rights", which implies his wife had died by then.
      Hans and Anna had the following children:

      Mary Culp was born about 1731 in Pennsylvania. She died after Jun 1783.
      Mary married William F. Taylor after 1764. William was born about 1714. He died before Jun 1783 in Chester County, South Carolina.
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      Facts about this person:
      Fact 1
      maybe William Taylor

      Peter Culp was born about 1732. He died after Aug 1791.

      Barbara Culp was born about 1733. She died after 1782.

      Margaret Culp was born about 1735 in Pennsylvania. She died in 1745/1839.
      Margaret married Robert Brown. Robert was born in 1719/1755. He died in 1745/1833.
      maybe Robert Brown

      Catherine Culp was born about 1737 in Pennsylvania. She died about 1775 in North Carolina.
      Catherine married (1) John (Lance) Lentz. John was born in 1731 in Germany. He died on 5 May 1803 in Rowan County, North Carolina. John died on 5 Feb 1807 in North Carolina.
      Catherine married (2) Husband Probst 1. Husband was born 2 in 1719/1755. He died 3 in 1745/1833.

      Henry Culp was born about 1738. He died after 1798.

      Benjamin Culp was born on 15 May 1741. He died on 29 Oct 1819.

      Augustian Culp was born about 1745. He died in 1805/1810.

      John Culp was born in 1750. He died on 17 Apr 1809.

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      ID: I3701
      Name: Hans Casper Kolb
      Sex: M
      Birth: 13 JUL 1692 in GER Mannheim or GER Palatinate Swartzenau 1 2
      Immigration: List of Foreigners Imported in the Ship Allen from Rotterdam 07 JUL 1729 Port of Baltimore listed as Hance Gasper Kulp
      Death: 30 APR 1770 in SC Craven Co Charleston 3 2
      Note:
      http://www.davidculp.com/genealogy.htm
      "Another Kolb came to Pennsylvania in September 1729 on the ship "Allen". He was Hans Casper Kolb. Hans Casper settled in Bucks County, PA and owned several properties in Pennsylvania, but had moved to Anson County South Carolina by 1753. Some researchers had decided that he was a son of Peter Kolb and a grandson of Dielman Kolb of Wolfsheim; however, he came with Alexander Mack, leader of the German Baptist Brethren and Hans Casper is recorded as being part of that group at Schwarzenau. So, he was a member of the Brethren church and not Mennonite and pretty surely not a descendant of Dielman Kolb of Wolfsheim. With our recent DNA tests, we have had confirmation that the DNA of the Hans Casper Kolb descendants does not match the patterns of the descendants of Dielman Kolb. We also now know that there are many Kolb families who are not related to each other." - Glenn Landis

      Hans Casper Kolb (Kulp) (1692-1770) born in Schwarzenau, Palatinate, Germany arrived in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on September 11 or 15, 1729 aboard the ship "Allen" which had sailed from Rotterdam on July 7th 1729. He immigrated along with Rev. Alexander Mack who had founded the German Baptist Brethren in 1708 in Schwarzenau. Also listed on the ship's manifest is Anna (Alcordas?) (Felicitas?) (Phillis?) Kulp (1701/15-1764) I and others believe that this may have been Hans Casper Kolb's wife. Other evidence suggests that in fact, Anna Phyllis may have been a sister. There is recorded a Phyllis Kolb living in New Castle, Delaware at the time Hans Casper was residing in Pennsylvania. Hans Casper Kolb (who signed some documents Kulp) eventually settled on land grants in South Carolina about 1754 though part of the land was in North Carolina at that time. All Casper's descendants it is believed changed their name to Culp.
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      RECORD OF THE PASSENGERS ON THE SHIP "ALLEN" ARRIVING AT THE PORT OF BALTIMORE 7 OF JULY 1729
      Hance Gasper Kulp, John Martin Crist, John Jacob Hopback, Johannes Mcinterfeer, Christian Kitsintander Linhart Amwigh, Mathias Snyder, Joseph Prunder, Johannes Prunder, Sick- Mathias Ulland, Jorick Hoffart, Johannes Perget, Johannes Weightman, Phillip Michael Fiefsler, Valentine Perhart, Hisle Hance Jorick, Klauser Hendrick Holstein, Germt. |P28|p Feltin Rafer, H?orick Fetter, John Jacob Knight, Alixander Till, Henderick Peter Middledorf, Mathew Bradford XXX , Nicholas Bayly English, David Lisley, Jacob Possart, Daniell Cropp - Sick
      THESE FOLLOWING ARE UNDER THE AGE OF FIFTEEN.
      Johannes Possart, Christopher Gotlip Matter, John Henderick Prundar, Johannes Ulland, Christian Hoffart
      THESE FOLLOWING ARE FEMALE PASSENGERS.
      Christina Margaret Kessell, Anna Barbara Kessell, Eve Tabaek Elee, Susan Hammer, Dorothia Galler, Margaret Iller, Elizabeth Iller, Maria Iller, Anna Phillis Kulp, Anna Catrina Crist, Magdelina Hopback, Phronick Mickinturfer, Anna Barbara Kitsintander,

      William McKinney, born 1729 in Virginia, died 4/17/1785. He was a brother of James McKinney and both had come to present Chester County from Virginia. In youth, the two brothers had been hired by a horse drover to help drive horses to South Carolina. Later, they entered into the business on their own and finally settled on Fishing Creek. William McKinney's father was a Scotsman that had come to America from England and settled in Virginia. William McKinney seems to have been a very highly educated man and he became a much sought after legal advisor of the area, a "backwoods lawyer," when the closest such was in Charlestown, some two hundred miles and a week away. His name is found in many deeds and estates of the area and, in fact, many of the originals were penned by him. The home he built on Fishing Creek was marked on old maps as close to (Upper) Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church and the home stood until after the middle of this century when it was demolished for building material. On 11 August 1774, William McKinney bought 100 acres of land from Christopher Strait that included the church, adjacent to the former land of Hans Casper Culp, so he actually owned the most famous landmark of Chester County today!

      William was hired to a horse drover who took horses to South Carolina. Later he carried horses to South Carolina and sold them on his own account.
      He finally settled in SC and purchased a tract of land about a mile west of Fishing Creek, nine miles from Chester village, the county seat of Chester Dist.
      It is thought that William married Barbary Culp a German lady in about 1750/2. They lived on a large farm with a very large spring on it in Craven, South Carolina.
      In a deed dated September 9, 1771 in Chester District, James and Agnes Ferguson sold 140 acres to William McKinney on the north side of Fishing Creek. Apparently they had bought or obtained land in SC. The 140 acres sold were part of a land grant of 30 acres on Fishing Creek to James Ferguson dated December 12, 1768.
      Barbara Culp was probably born in Pennsylvania in about 1733 the daughter of Hans Caspar Culp and Anna Phillis or Felicitas.
      It is recorded that Barbara Culp had been partially scalped in one of the South Carolina Indian raids but had survived and lived to get married and rear a family.
      Barbara (Culp) McKinney is best remembered as having been the victim of a Cherokee Indian attack in August of 1761, during which she was abducted, tomahawked, scalped, and left for dead. She miraculously survived to bear more children. There have been many pages written into history books about the incident, but the best by far is in Elizabeth F. Ellett's "Women of the American Revolution", Vol III. That account was written by Daniel Green Stinson (1793-1879), the great histographer of Chester County.
      After Barbara (Culp) McKinney's horrible experience, she wore black silken caps to hide her baldness and wounds. My late great-grandmother, Margaret (McFadden) Edwards, a great-granddaughter of Barbara's, owned one of those caps, but its whereabouts is now unknown.
      [This comes from "Captain Bill Book III" by Robert J. Stevens.....page 163-4]
      Her date of death in present Chester County, SC is not known, but sometime after 1782, when she was named as administratrix in her husband's will. She is buried in Old Richardson's Church, or Burnt Meeting House Cemetery, beside her husband, both graves unmarked.
      The little settlement of white settlers had spread over the rich lands on Fishing and Rocky Creeks, the dwellings being gathered into clusters, of which there were some three or four within a short distance of each other.? Not a great way from Steel?s and Taylor?s Forts was another settlement consisting of a few families, among which were those of William McKenny and his brother James.? These lived near Fishing Creek.? In the summer of 1761, sixteen Indians, with some squaws of the Cherokee tribe, took up their abode for several weeks near what is called Simpson?s Shoals, for the purpose of hunting and fishing during the hot months.? In August, the two McKennys being absent on a journey to Camden, William?s wife, Barbara, was left alone with several young children.? One day she saw the Indian women running towards her house in great haste, followed by the men.? She had no time to offer resistance; the squaws seized her and the children, pulled them into the house, and shoved them behind the door, where they immediately placed themselves on guard, pushing back the Indians as fast as they tried to force their way in, and uttering the most fearful outcries.? Mrs. McKenny concluded it was their intention to kill her, and expected her fate every moment.? The assistance rendered by the squaws, whether given out of compassion for a lonely mother, or in return for kindness shown them, --proved effectual for her protection till the arrival of one of the chiefs, who drew his long knife and drove off the savages.? The mother, apprehending another attack, went to some of her neighbors and entreated them to come and stay with her.? Robert Brown and Joanna his wife, Sarah Ferguson, her daughter Sarah and two sons, and a young man named Michael Melbury, came in compliance with her request, and took up their quarters in the house.? The next morning Mrs. McKenny ventured out alone to milk her cows.? It had been her practice heretofore to take some of the children with her, and she could not explain why she went alone this time, though she was not free from apprehension, it seemed to be so by a special ordering of Providence.? While she was milking, the Indians crept towards her on their hands and knees; she heard not their approach, nor knew anything till they seized her.? Sensible at once of all the horror of her situation, she made no effort to escape, but promised to go quietly with them.? They then set off towards the house, holding her fast by the arm.? She had the presence of mind to walk as far off as possible from the Indian who held her, expecting Melbury to fire as they approached her dwelling.? As they came up, he fired, wounding the one who held Mrs. McKenny; she broke from his hold and ran, and another Indian pursued and seized her.? At this moment she was just at her own door, which John Ferguson imprudently opening that she might enter, the Indians shot him dead as he presented himself.? His mother ran to him and received another shot in her thigh, of which she died in a few days.? Melbury, who saw that all their lives depended on prompt action, dragged them from the door, fastened it, and repairing to the loft, prepared for a vigorous defense.? There were in all, five guns. Sarah Ferguson loaded for him while he kept up a continual fire, aiming at the Indians wherever one could be seen. ? Determined to effect their object of forcing an entrance, some of the savages came very near the house, keeping under cover of an outhouse in which Brown and his wife had taken refuge, not being able on the alarm, to get into the house.? They had crept into a corner and were crouched there close to the boarding.? One of the Indians, coming up, leaned against the outside, separated from them only by a few boards, the crevices between which probably enabled them to see him.? Mrs. Brown proposed to take a sword that lie by them and run the savage through the body, but her husband refused; he expected death, he said, every moment, and did not wish to go out of the world having his hands crimsoned with the blood of any fellow creature.? "Let me die in peace", were his words, "with all the world".? Joanna, though in the same peril, could not respond to the charitable feeling.? "If I am to die", she said, "I should like first to send some of the redskins on their journey.? But we are not so sure we have to die don?t you hear the crack of Melbury?s rifle?? He holds the house.? I warrant you, that redskin looked awfully scared as he leaned against the corner here.? We could have done it in a moment."?? Mrs. McKenny, meanwhile, having failed to get into her house, had been again seized by the Indians, and desperately regardless of here own safety, was doing all in her power to help her besieged friends.? She would knock the priming out of the guns carried by the savages, and when they presented them to fire would throw them up, so that the discharge might prove harmless.? She was often heard to say, afterwards, that all fear had left her, and she thought only of those within the building, for she expected for herself neither deliverance nor mercy.? Melbury continued to fire whenever one of the enemy appeared; they kept themselves, however, concealed, for the most part, behind trees or the outhouse.? Several were wounded by his cool and well-directed shots, and at length, tired of the contest, the Indians retreated, carrying Mrs. McKenny with them.? She now resisted with all her strength, preferring instant death to the more terrible fate of a captive in the hands of the fierce Cherokees.? Her refusal to go forward irritated her captors, and when they had dragged her about half a mile, near a rock upon the plantation now occupied by John Culp, she received a second blow with the tomahawk which stretched her insensible upon the ground.? When after some time consciousness returned, she found herself lying upon the rock, to which she had been dragged from the spot where she fell.? She was stripped naked, and her scalp had been taken off.? By degrees the knowledge of her condition, and the desire of obtaining help came upon her.? She lifted up her head, and looking around, saw the wretches who had so cruelly mangled her, pulling ears of corn from a field near, to roast for their meal.? She laid her head quickly down again, well knowing that if they saw her alive, they would not be slack in coming for finish the work of death.? Thus she lay motionless till all was silent, and she found they were gone; then with great pain and difficulty she dragged herself back to the house.? It may be imagined with what feelings the unfortunate woman was received by her friends and children, and how she met the bereaved mother wounded unto death, who had suffered for her attempt to save others.? One of the blows received by Mrs. McKenny had made a deep wound in her back; the others were upon her head.? When her wounds had been dressed as well as was practicable, Melbury and the others assisted her to a bed.? Brown and his brave wife having then joined the little garrison, preparations were made for defense in case of another attack? the guns were all loaded and placed ready for use, and committing the house to the care of the Browns, Melbury sallied forth, rifle in hand, and took to the woods.? He made his way directly, and as quickly as possible, to Taylor?s Fort at Landsford.? The men there, informed of what had happened, immediately set about preparations for pursuing the treacherous Indians who had thus violated the implied good faith of neighbors by assailing an unprotected woman.? The next morning a number of the, well armed, started for the Indian encampment at the shoals.? The Cherokees were gone; but the indignant pursuers took up the trail, which they followed as far as Broad River.? Here they saw the Indians on the other side, but did not judge it expedient to pursue them further, or provoke an encounter. ??? In the meantime William McKenny had reason for uneasiness in his absence from home; for he knew that the Indians had been at the shoals some time, nor was the deceitful and cruel character of the tribe unknown to him.? He was accustomed long afterwards to tell of the warning conveyed to him while on his road to Camden; two nights in succession he dreamed of losing his hat, and looking upon this as an omen of evil, became so uncomfortable that he could proceed no further.? Taking one of the horses out of the wagon, he mounted and rode homeward at his utmost speed.? Reaching his own house a little after dark, he was admitted by the women as soon as he made himself known.? The scene that greeted his eyes was one truly heart-rending; the slain man, John Ferguson, still lay there, and in the same apartment the dying mother and Mrs. McKenny, more like one dead than living, mangled almost past recognition- the blood still gushing from her wounds, and drenching the pillows on which she lay.? No fictitious tragedy could surpass the horrors of this in real life.? Days later a group of men from the area trailed the Indians within miles of the Cherokee Nation. One of the men, Thomas Garett, killed the Indian that scalped Mrs. McKinney and actually found her scalp in the Indian?s shot bag.? The wounds in Mrs. McKenny?s head never healed entirely; but continued to break out occasionally, so that the blood flowing from them stained the bed at night, and sometimes fragments of bone came off; nevertheless, she lived many years afterwards and bore several children.? She was at the time with child, and in about three months gave birth to a daughter-Hannah, afterwards married to John Stedman- living in Tennessee in 1827.? This child was plainly marked with a tomahawk and drops of blood, as if running down the side of her face.? The families of McKenny and McFadden residing on Fishing Creek, are descended from this Barbara McKenny; but most of her descendants have emigrated to the West.? The above-mentioned occurrence is narrated in a manuscript in the hand-writing of her grandson, Robert McFadden.
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      WILL OF CASPER KULP
      In the name of God, Amen, I Casper Kulp, Being weak of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God therefore, calling into mind the Mortality of my Body, knowing that it is appointed for all Men once for to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul unto the Hands of God who gave it and my Body for to be Buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executor and such worldly Goods as it hath pleased God to Bless me with in this Life I give and bequeath of in the following Manner Viz:

      First my Will is that all my lawful debts be paid.

      Imprimis to my four daughters Mary Taylor, Barbara McKeney, Margaret Brown and Cathren Lance to each one I give and bequeath one shilling sterling money of Great Britain and no more,

      Imprimis I give and bequeath to my son Peter Kulp my large Bible,

      Imprimis I give and bequeath to my son Benjamin Kulp one Negroe Boy named Tow**,

      Imprimis I give and bequeath to my son John Kulp my Plantation on which I now live with all the improvements thereunto belonging likewise all my Plantation tools and one Negroe Wench named Cate.

      Imprimis my will is that all my Household furniture with my Stock of Horses, Cows, Sheep and Hogs be sold and equally divided amongst my five sons Peter, Henry, Benjamin, Augustian and John

      I likewise constitute and appoint Capt. Robert Patton Executor of this my last Will and Testament and do revoke and disanul all former Wills and Testament by me made or Given, In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal this Thirtieth day of September 1769.

      Casper Kulp (L. S.)
      Witness Present} Proved by Virtue of a Dedimus directed by the
      James Patton} Honorable William Bull Esq., Lieu. Gov. to John
      James Crafford} Gaston Esq., 30th April 1770. At the same time
      Casper Steger} Qualified Robert Patton Executor to the said Will.

      Recorded in Will Book 1767-1771, Page 447, Charleston Co., SC

      Estate Inventory of Hans Casper Culp: One Negroe Man, One Negroe wench, two horses, one mare, three milch cows, three head of young cattle, one ewe, sundry small articles,total value: 450 pounds

      Marriage
      1 Anna Phillis or Alcordos Felicitas b: BET 1701 AND 1715

      Children
      Peter Kolb b: 1737
      Catherine Kolb b: 1737
      Augustian Kolb b: 1745
      Henry Kolb b: 1738
      Barbara Kolb b: ABT 1733 in PA
      John Culp b: 1746 in PA Burks Co
      Margaret Kolb b: 1735
      Benjamin M or Benjamin Franklin Kolb b: 1741 in PA

      Sources:
      Title: US Sons of the Amer Rev Membership App ancestry.com
      Title: familysearch.org family tree MMS9-LFY
      Title: Culp Lindsey Ellis Riley etc Tree ancestry.com owner brculp1
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    2. [S48] See Notes.

    3. [S46] See Documents.

    4. [S77] Will.