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1851 Family Bible
of
Riland & Hannah (Kruzan) Capps/Caps/Capts

The Currituck website was set up just to give you information about folks that lived, worked and died there, however, this is a classic example of a family with origins in Currituck County but who moved westward and made their homes & fortunes in other states.  Researchers, do not limit yourselves to one particular county or state when trying to find your ancestors!

We know that Riland Capts was in Vigo Co., Indiana by Sept. 1839 from this Currituck Co. deed----

Currituck Co., NC Deed Book 22; pg. 334 Riland CAPPS to Jesse W. DOXEY, September 14, 1839 - Riland CAPPS of the State of Indiana and County of Vigo and Jesse W. DOXEY of Currituck County for $126.00,  64 acres of land in Currituck county known by the names of Frost and Capps land, bounded by BRIGHT's line, William BRIGHT, James COWELL, Tully C. DOZIER. /s/ Riland (x - his mark) CAPPS. Witnesses, John LAW, E. M. HUNTINGDON. Sworn in the state of Indiana on October 9, 1839. E. M. HUNTINGDON. David WALLACE, Governor the state of Indiana. Wm. J. BROWN, Secretary of State. Currituck February Term, 1840. Registered March 21, 1840.

And we know from his Bible that Riland's parents were J. & Sarah/Sally Capts. We know from court records that "J. Capts" was actually John and that Sarah (maiden name unk.) became his widow before February 26, 1821.  In 1823 she deeded her young son several personal items and 2 cows.

Currituck Co. NC Court - Monday, February 26^th 1821
   Ordered that Sally Capps have the right of admr. on the Estate of John Capps, decd., who qualified as such and Entered into bond with Solomon Bright and Tully Poyner Junr. securities in the sum of $400
   Ordered that Michael Simmons Esqr., James Cowell, Dennis Dozier and Robert Etheridge be appointed commissioners to lay off allot and set apart unto Sally Capps widow of John Capps decd. so much of the stock crop and provisions which were of the said deceased as shall be sufficient for the maintenance of said widow and family for one year under an act of assembly in such cases made provided and make report thereof under your hands and seals to next term.

Currituck Co., NC Deed Book 16; pg. 99 I Sarah CAPPS for the natural love I bear unto my beloved Son Ryland CAPPS have granted unto him all my goods & chattles reserving the use of them during my life; 2 feather beds & furniture, 1 chest, 1 trunk, 1 table, 1 safe, 1 loom, 1 pot & 2 heiffers to have & hold after my death the goods chattles & personal estate.  Witness: M. SIMMONS; Registered Feb. 11, 1823 [see actual deed]

The census records we have been able to uncover on Riland are below, however, we haven't been able to find him or his mother, Sarah, from 1830-1850.  In 1830 Grainger Co., TN there was a Sarah Capps, born 1770-1780, who had a male in the home born 1810-1815 which would fit but there is no way to determine if this is Sarah Capps, widow of John Capps, or if it is someone entirely different.

1860 Prairie Creek, Vigo Co., IN
Riland Capes Hanah Capes Eli A. Capes Hanah Capes Zebulin Hayworth	45 27 5 2/12 19	farmer	$2000 / $600	NC IN IN IN IN

1870 Prairieton, Vigo Co., IN
Riland Capps Hannah Capps Eli A. Capps Selvester Carpenter Jesse Ames Elizabeth Ames	55 36 15 10 17 21	farmer keeping house works on farm works on farm farm laborer keeping house	$8000 / $1000	NC VA IN IN IN IL

1874 plat showing Riland Caps property in Prairieton, Vigo Co., Indiana

1880 Prairieton, Vigo Co., IN
Rilan Caps Hannah Caps Selvester Carpenter E. Louisa Watson	66 46 19 12	head wife servant / single servant	farmer keeping house servant servant	NC OH IN IL	NC VA NC IN	NC VA NC IN
1900 Prairie Creek, Vigo Co., IN
Martin K. Lee	76	head Nov. 1823	farmer married 6 years	IN	OH	OH
Hannah C. Lee	66	wife Oct 1833	8 children/1 living	IN	VA	VA

Front Row Hannah (Kruzan) Capts & Riland Capts Back Row their son, Eli Anderson Capts

Left to right: Margaret Cecil Capps; Rosanna (Brennan) Capps); Gladys Rose Capps Taken before 1944 in the Eli Anderson home in Prairieton, IN seen below.  Bonnie Grace Ella Capps was born here in 1888.

BIRTHS BIRTHS Riland Capts the Son of J. Capts and Sarah Capts in the year of our lord December the 15, 1814 Benjamin Kruzan Was born in the year of our lord 18.4 [1804] October the 4 [see 1850 census]     Hannah Capts was born in the year of our lord 1833 October the 26 Hannah Manda Capts Was born in the year of our lord 1860 April the 18     Eli anderson Capts Was born in the year of our lord 1854 August the 2 Ephraim Kruzan was born in the year of our lord 1830 July the 18 [see death certificate]     Mary Malinda Capts Was born in the year of our lord 1857 June the 3 Nancy J. Kruzan was born in the year of our lord 1837. October the 17 [see 1860 Mortality Census]     Julyann Capts Was born in the year of our lord 1858 July the 1, first Hannah S. Kruzan was born in year of our lord 1860 March the [torn]5 [see 1860 Mortality Census]       Rily Edsall Capts was born [torn] year of our lord 186[torn] the 28 of November [Tombstone states Riley died Aug. 22, 1863, age 1 yr, 10 months & 1 day]       John Riland Capts Was born in [smudge] the year of our lord 1864 March the 22       Sarah Catherine Capts was born January 16 A.D. 1870 [This entry was in the lower margin and very faint.]  [An entry on Find-A-Grave states her death occurred on April 23, 1870, aged 3 months & 7 days.]

DEATHS DEATHS Decesed on the 27 of June 1857 Mary Malinda Capts Charles ed Caps decest on January the twenty forth [no year]     Julyann Capts Decesed on the 1 of January 1859 Riland [torn] Died [torn] Aged 73 years [see tombstone of Riland & Hannah in New Harmony Cemetery, Prairieton, Vigo Co., Indiana]     Hannah A. Capts Decesed on the 19 of September 1861 Hannah C. Lee wife of Martin K. Lee died April 24, 1905 Aged 71 yrs. [Martin K. Lee (1823-1913 see death certificate) married Hannah Capps (widow of Riland Capps) in Vigo Co., Indiana on Nov. 15, 1893]     Rily Edsall Caps Deceased August the 22,1863       John Riland Caps Deceased September the 27, 1865       Sarah Catherine Capts Died April 23rd A.D. 1870       Charles ed Caps was born August the [fourth?] [rest of line is blank]

DEATHS  BIRTHS DEATHS Bonnie Grace Ella Capps [grandmother to our submitter] Oct. ten 10, 1888 [Died July 27, 1971 Garden Grove, CA and you can view her obituary] Benjamin Kruzan the father of Hannah Capts Departed this life on the 23 of September 1860     [torn] pps [torn] 1890 [This is more than likely Margaret Cecil Capps and you can view her death certificate and also a news clipping of an executor named.] Nancy J. Kruzan the wife of E. Kruzan Departed this life on the 7 of April 1860     Florence Goldie Capps July 10, 1892 [Died Oct. 15, 1893 - Dau. of Eli Anderson & Rosanna Brennan Capps; age 1 yr, 3 months & 5 days] Hannah S. Kruzan Departed this life April the 18, 1860     Martin Lee Capps Nov. 7, 1894 [Died April 9, 1980 see death certificate] Eli Anderson Capps Died November 4, 1930 [see death certificate]     Gladys Rose Capps Feb. 1, 1897 [Died July 24, 1965 see death certificate] [see estate papers filed] Horace Frank Capps Died Friday, July 14, 1939 [see tombstone; short obituary & death certificate]     Lester Capps Feb. 5, 1899 [Died Dec. 31, 1960 see death certificate & obituary] Rosanna Brennan Capps Died Jan. 11, 1944 Born Sept. 15, 1868  [see death certificate]     Rector Rea Capps Oct. 2, 1901 [Died Dec. 8, 1987 [see his Feb. 2, 1928 marriage certificate] [see news clipping of Rector's son's 1951 marriage] [see his obituary image 1 & image 2]       Oscar Myrel Capps March 23, 1904 [see death certificate; see1966 marriage] [see Candidate for Commissioner image 1 & 2]       Horace Frank Capps July 19, 1910 [Died July 14, 1939 see right column for other data]

MARRIAGES MARRIAGES Riland Capts and Hannah Kruzan Was Married October the 22, 1853 Eli Anderson Capts and Ros Anna Brennan Was Maried October the 27, 1887 [Vigo Co., Indiana] See the record below of Eli's family that was found tucked into the Riland & Hannah Capts Bible.  Also a 1999 letter to Thomas Ryland Capps 1937-2000) from Irene C, Hampton.  You can see the deeds that are cited in the letter below at: Currituck Deed Bk. 8, pg. 250; Currituck Deed Bk. 16; pg. 99 and Currituck Deed Bk. 22; pg. 334.     Ephraim Kruzan and Nancy Jane Cox was Maried February the 24, 1859       Ephraim Kruzan and Amandah Jane Hawkins was Maried September the 26, 1863 [see Amanda's tombstone]       Eli Anderson Capts and Eliza Jane Paddock Was Maried December the 16, 1874

These records and family photographs were submitted by Paula Westcott Applegate (great-great-granddaughter of Riland Capts) but is owned collectively by she and her Capps cousins.  No part of these records may be used for any commercial purposes. However, please feel free to copy any of this material for your own personal use and family research.

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