Individual Details

It is most likely that Henry's family migrated with other close families (including the Funks) from Pennsylvania to Rockingham County, Virginia, beginning in 1785 through 1788. Henry's father first appeared on the Rockingham Co., VA tax list in 1787, and is believed to have arrived about three years before the Funk family in 1788. Henry first appeared on the tax list in 1800 with two horses when he was nineteen years old. He was taxed for one horse in 1801and two horses in 1806. Henry's farm in Singer's Glen was just north of the community (photographs available). This is believed to be the three parcels of land that he purchased from Jacob (Henry, according to Swank) Toffinger on 16 September 1811. He sold the 127+ acres to John Averts (Evers, according to Swank) on 15 April 1814 for $700.00. The land was transferred upon John's death to his daughter and son-in-law, Catherine and Daniel Swank. This land was the property of Henry Burkholder in 1980, and was still in the Burkholder family in 2000. Henry and Fanny also deeded other Rockingham County land to William Rice on 28 January 1817. In the spring of 1830, Henry set out on horseback from Virginia to find a location for a home in the West. He came to Union Township, Logan Co., Ohio and entered 40 acres in the "Fallen Timber" district in the west side of the township. In 1831 he brought his entire family of about fifteen persons, including his son-in-law, Samuel Claytor, Nancy, a widowed daughter and her three children. They set out from Rockingham County, Virginia, with a three horse team, arrived in the fall, and put up in the cabin which had been prepared for them. They arrived in Logan Co. before the marriage of their son, Henry, to Mary Powell on 15 December 1831. Two sons, Joseph and Jacob, followed the next year. They improved the forty acres of government land which they had entered, and succeeded well in the new country. Henry's occupation was that of a miller, and he continued in the Mennonite faith. He died intestate and the Court appointed Joseph, his oldest son, to administer the estate (Copy of Court document available).

EVIDENCE OF PENNSYLVANIA ORIGINATION:
The 1880 Census quotes Christian, Henry's son, as saying that his father was born in Pennsylvania.

In Baskins History of Logan County, Ohio, David Culp (son of Henry and Fanny) was quoted as saying that his father was a miller by trade, and had moved to Virginia from Pennsylvania when he was young.

In Perrin's "History of Alexander, Union, and Pulaski Counties, Illinois", Nancy Culp (daughter of Henry born 11 July 1879 in Rockingham Co., VA, and Mary Powell) indicated that her father was from Pennsylvania and her mother from Maine or Ohio. Either Nancy was incorrect, or Perrin misinterpreted what she said - because Henry was from Virginia and Mary was from Maine or Delaware. They did come to Union Co., Illinois by way of Ohio, but I believe the Pennsylvania reference eludes to Henry's earlier roots.

In a letter from Clifton Winfred Culp (son of Joseph born 30 October 1856 and grandson of Henry born 11 July 1879) to his son in law Fred Hill dated June 9, 1950, he states that his grandparents were born and reared in Pennsylvania. Again, this is incorrect, but it is indicative of the family claim to Pennsylvania roots passed down to another generation.

Several family history files found in the Stinson Memorial Library in Anna, Union Co., IL, referenced the Culp family coming from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ohio before settling in Illinois.

Henry's marriage surety (consent form) was signed by a Henry Culp. I believe this Henry was his father, the Henry Culp born in Pennsylvania in 1762 (copy of Consent available).

BURIAL: Most sources believe that Henry was buried in Logan Co., Ohio, on Daniel Funk's farm west of Bellefontaine. Other sources believe that he was buried on the farm of his son, David Culp. Both farms should be in the same general area of Union Township. The Ohio Death Index places Henry's death in 1836, instead of 1838 used by most researchers.

Birth	24 Feb 1781	Pennsylvania, British America
Marriage	22 Mar 1798	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA - Frances Funk
Residence	1806	Pleasant, Fairfield, Ohio, USA
Residence	1810	New Haven, Rockingham, Virginia, USA
Residence	1820	Pleasant, Fairfield, Ohio, USA
Residence	1830	Pleasant, Fairfield, Ohio, USA
Death	1838	Logan, Ohio, USA

Spouse	Frances Funk (1781 - 1845)
Child	Nancy Anne Culp (1798 - 1856)
Child	Joseph Culp (1800 - 1875)
Child	Barbara Culp (1802 - 1831)
Child	Jacob Culp (1806 - 1809)
Child	Susan Culp (1807 - 1858)
Child	Henry Culp (1809 - 1879)
Child	Elizabeth Culp (1810 - 1881)
Child	Samuel Culp (1811 - )
Child	David Culp (1813 - 1886)
Child	Christian Culp (1815 - 1883)
Child	Frances Culp (1817 - 1901)
Child	Samuel F Culp (1820 - 1848)
Child	Elizabeth Culp (1821 - )

Father	Henry Culp (1762 - 1844)
Mother	Dorothae (1765 - 1835)
Sibling	Jacob Culp (1786 - 1831)
Sibling	Magdalena "Mary" Culp (1787 - 1857)
Sibling	Christian Culp (1790 - 1849)
Sibling	Sarah Culp (1793 - 1845)
Sibling	Benoni Culp (1799 - 1841)
Sibling	David Culp (1804 - 1839)