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Piper Geneology
Durham North Carolina |
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Vist Eno State Park / Piper Cox House |
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Johaness Pfeiffer was born in Tulpehocken Berks Pennslvania, on August 12, 1765 and died in 25 April 1835 in Orange County North Carolina. He married Elisabeth Herndon in January 3, 1796 in North Carolina. Johness Pfeiffer became John Piper to Americanize his name from the old spelling of Pfeiffer or perhaps Peiffer.
John Piper is the son of Johann Jacob Pfeiffer (b. 5-1- 1730 d. 5-21-1798 in Tulpehocken Berks Pennsylvania) and
Catharina Margaretha Unversagt (b. 1735 d. 2-2-1792).
These are the forefathers of the Piper family. We do not have their arrival from Europe as of yet, but think that the generations of Johann and Catharina were the ones immigrating to the US colonies.
Restoration of the Piper Cox House.
27 August 1790 Petition for a road from Wm. Dossett's Plantation to Wm. Johnston's old store. Ordered floolowing Jury lay off: Wm Cabe...John Piper, Sr. and John Piper Jr.
this is from Orange County Records.
The Piper /Cox house was built in today's location of Eno River State Park's Orange County. This house was in resotoration in the late 1990's and early 2000. Completion was done by late 2001. "The Piper Cox House will become an outstanding venue for visitors to explore the cultural history of Eno River Valley" a quote from Park Superintnedent Dave Cook.
The hous is really two houses joined together by a breezeway. The older log home at the rear was built between 1765 and 1820 either by John Piper Sr, or John Piper Jr. The cabin is a 3 room two story rough hewn log home. Members of the Piper family lived there until 1846 and during that time, along with farming and working the mill just below the house, they helped run the Piper Cabe school on a knoll a short disntance away. The family cemetary is on a hill above the river behind the Few's Ford Picnic area.
This cabin was restored in 1987 with a grant from the state of North Carolina. In the 1870's Wiley W. Cox bought the property and built a larger grander addition in front of the cabin. This addition has a two story five room structure considered fine for that day. The Cox family inhabited the home until 1908. The house is being reconstructed to its original 1870's appearance. Plans are to have it open to the public April through October beginning 2002.
Please do note the above information is sourced from ancestry.com from a distant relatives's tree.
Robert P. Piper a descendant of John Piper fought in the Civil War on the Union side. He was killed leaving behind his wife, Anne Elisabeth Kent (b. 1842 and married to Robert P. Piper in 1858 in North Carolina) and their two young children Roberta, and Robert Lafayette (b. 1861 in North Carolina). Anne Kent Piper took the two children and went to Arkansas to be with extended members of the family. We are investigating this connection, but don't have exact information as of yet. We are in the progress of getting more information and photos. |
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Home that was built in the 1830's on land tthat John Piper III owned on the Eno River in North Carolina. John Piper III is the father of Robert P. and Lucinda Piper, grandfather of Robert Lafayette Piper. . According to Eno Valley historians, this home is thought to be the birthplace of Robert P. and Lucinda. This home is not the Piper / Cox house mentioned in the information to the right column. Pictures of that home will be posted soon. |
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The first John Piper, great grandfather of Robert P. Piper and Lucinda Piper bought this land after the Revolutionary War from William Few. This was the site of the Tillthammer Mill, built just before the Civil War, which is believed to be built on the site of the original Few Mill. The mill was swept away in a major flood in 1908.The Piper Cox house is located on a hill just above Few's Ford on the Eno River, and the Tilthammer mill was just a "stone's throw away". Robert Newsome |
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Robert Lafayette Piper |
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The Piper / Cox House restored |
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Notte on Elisabeth Herndon and her ancestors. Elisabeth Herdon is the descendant of Governor Edward Digges of Virginia Colony. Gov. Digges' daughter Catherine Digges married William Herndon in 1677 in St. Stephen's parish in Queen / King County in Virginia. These records come from old family bibles, written historical accounts, old family records that were later turned into a book. . Catherine Digges and the claim she is the daughter of Edward Digges, and also the marriage of Catherine Digges to William Herndon in 1677 is disputed by some geneologists. Edward Digges and his wife Elizabeth Page had 13 children, and not all of them are accounted for by name, birth or by death records.The theory is that all girls died young save for Elizabeth and a few other children. This is the arguement of social historical societies. The actual records (which were destroyed in fires in the Revolutionary and Civil wars) are gone, the ones that bears evidence that Catherine Digges is the daughter of Edward Herndon and wife of William Herndon. William Herndon was referred to as "the immigrant", so perhaps her marriage was not blessed by her family and she was disowned, or perhaps she was illigetimate. We have documentation received from other family members that supports the Herndon Diggies connection, so we are not discounting the existence of this connection. More information will be posted as we receive it. |
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