The family records of William Deupree (1759-1854) of Charlotte Co., VA, are written in a suede-bound ledger book, six inches wide by fifteen inches tall, and one and a half inches thick. The book was used for many purposes by William Deupree, who had a tavern on the King's Road (Route 173) and Old Courthouse Road (Route 730) south of Keysville, pictured at the right in a photograph taken in 1930. The ledger contains a few pages of tavern business, and many pages of the ongoing settlement of the estates of two of his sons who predeceased him, Overton Deupree (who died in 1832) and Moses A. Deupree (who died in 1833). There are some pages missing, and lots of blank pages. The earliest date in the book is 1832, and the latest date in the book is 1850. Several of William's youngest grandchildren practiced writing their names on the endpapers. The family record seems to have been written in 1842 with a few additions after that. Although the entries after 1842 are in a shaky hand, there is a very clear entry for 1850 which may have been written by someone else. The ledger book was found in an abandonned Charlotte Co. building in 1957 by Mrs. Gene Hile McKinney. She kept the book, although other valuable papers were saved and given to the Virginia Historical Society. These papers include many letters written by William Deupree's descendants back to Virginia, both before and after his death. In 1983, Mrs. McKinney published the Deupree family records in The Southsider: Local History and Genealogy of Southside Virginia, and I was a subscriber to the quarterly magazine. Mrs. McKinney subsequently sent me the ledger book. The records appear on four pages near the middle of the book. Click here to see a section in William Deupree's own hand. To the right of the first part of the record below is a picture of William Deupree's home in Charlotte County; the photograph was taken in 1930. The house has subsequently been torn down. List of Ages my Family Wm Deupree Born July 7th 1759 Amy Pettus Born August 17th 1761 Wm Deupree & Amy Pettus Married Decr 27 1780 Julia first Daughter Born Septr 22d 1782 Mary 2d Daughter " April 18th 1784 Thomas 1st Son Born June 12th 1786 Susanah 3 Daughter born April 30th 1788 Wm Son born July 30th 1790 Nane [Nancy] Daughter Born November 6th 1791 Joseph Son born April 4th 1794 John ditto born July 18th 1796 Overton ditto Born November 3d 1798 Amy Daughter born Octr 8th 1800 Prudence Daughter born Novr 4th 1802 Abram Lewis Son born Octr 2d 1805 Moses A Son born Octr 21st 1807 Nancy Deupree present Wife born May 1775 Married to me December 31st 1833 Parsha L. Lipscombe born January 11th 1827 Wm Deupree's Daughter Pamilia Married August 1839 ========================= [following single entry in a different color of ink, possibly a different handwriting:] Nancy Brown 2nd Wife of Wm Deupree Esq was born 29th May 1775 ========================= List ages Wm Deupree Jr Children [following single entry in different ink and possibly different handwriting:] Parsha L Lipscomb & Mary M. Watson married 31 May 1850 Mary J. Deupree now Willingham Born Septr 1st 1816 Susanah T. Deupree X Jennet was born January 13th 1819 Thos L Deupree born Septr 6 1821 Pamilia F Deupree now Gwin was Born Jany 22d 1824 Jos W. Deupree born Feby 14 1827 Benjamin F. Deupree was born Octr 25 1829 Robert Deupree born Octr 31 1839 [name left out] Born Octr - 1841 [this was Margaret] Patience 2d Daughter Mary C Born March 1845 List of Deaths Amy Deupree first Wife Died May 28th 1828 Son John Died August 22 1798 Son Abram L. Died April 15 1808 Daughter Susana died Jany 7th 1815 Son Joseph died Octr 11th 1814 Son Thomas died Jany 7th 1825 Son Overton died May 8 1832 Son Moses A. died Feby 14th 1833 Daughter Mary C. died Augt 10th 1834 Letty Deupree Wm Wife died Augt 14th 1836 John Cheaney [inserted above] Jr Wife died May -- 1838 Harmon Elam died May 31st 1838 Wm Deupree Son died July 23d 1842 James Brooks died 1842 Ages of Amy Foards family Devereaux Foard Born Novr 5th 1797 Amy W. Foard Born Octr 8 1800 Sarah A. P. T. Foard born Jany 7th 1822 Amy E. C. M. Foard born Jany 14 1824 Wm T. A. Foard born Feby 15 1826 Moses A. D. Foard born March 28 1828 Mary S. A. Foard born Augt 3 1830 Jos S. H. Foard born Jany 7 1833 Julia Frs J Foard born Aprl 12 1835 Ages Moses Deuprees Children Julia Ann Deupree Born April 1st 1829 Isabella Christiana Feby 13 1831 Amy Jane Novembr 9 1832 [On next page] 1840 Sarah A. P. Foard Daughter of D. & A. Foard Married to James Hicks Octr 10th 1839 1841 his elder Daughter Sarah A. P. T. Hicks Daugh ter born -- 1841