Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameWilliam DEPRIEST 
Birth Date3 Apr 1729
Birth PlaceGoochland County, Virginia
Death Date13 Mar 1768 Age: 38
Death PlaceHenry, Virginia
Burial PlaceEdgewater, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Anne Arundel County Home Cemetery
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Birth Date3 Apr 1729
Birth PlaceSt. James Parish, Goochland County, Virginia
Death Date1790 Age: 60
Death PlaceGolden Valley, Rutherford County, North Carolina
FatherCharles W. “John” TONEY , 322 (1705-1776)
MotherElizabeth Ann HARRIS , 323 (1707-1800)
Family ID2465
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Notes for William DEPRIEST
Leader of "The DePriest Gang" a group of future patriots that conspired to counterfeit money and died as a political prisoner of the British in a Maryland jail . He was born in Goochland, VA - moved to Pittsylvania in 1767 along with other family members. The account of his capture and imprisionment is covered in the Virginia Gazette. He died and his children were "bound out" as orphans in 1768 (to be cared for by someone assigned by the Camden Parish of Pittsylvania, VA) children named as orphans of W2:"Ordered that the Church Wardens of the Parish of Cambden in this County do bind out Randolph, Willam, John, Elizabeth and James Dupriest according to law." (The youngest child, Ann Depriest, was born in March 1768 and probably wasn't recognized at the time). Note: there was NO mention of a Christopher which is proof that W2/Tabitha did NOT have a son named Christopher as some have speculated.
He married Tabitha (Harris Toney) and all 4 of his sons were involved in the Revolutionary War:
Randolph (R2) landed in Hickman, TN with 15 children via his wife, Anna "Amy" Barnett Wiliam (W3) ended up in Rutherford, NC with his wife, Esther James ended up in Mississippi - had multiple wives and John who is thought to be the John that landed in Indiana
On Find A Grave.
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He married Tabitha (Harris Toney) and all 4 of his sons were involved in the Revolutionary War:
Randolph (R2) landed in Hickman, TN with 15 children via his wife, Anna "Amy" Barnett Wiliam (W3) ended up in Rutherford, NC with his wife, Esther James ended up in Mississippi - had multiple wives and John who is thought to be the John that landed in Indiana
On Find A Grave.
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