Peter Dupuy Jr. was born on 12 Feb 1729 in King William Parish, Manakin, Goochland County, Virginia. He bought for £20, 400 acres both sides Little Nottoway Riv., adj. Watson, Jones, J. B. Dupuy patent 1747 on 20 Apr 1750 in Amelia County, Virginia.(17) He sold for £60, 400 acres both sides Little Nottoway Riv., adj. Watson, Ptr. Jones, Batte Jones, Yarborough on 11 Nov 1757 in Amelia County, Virginia. (18) He bought for £80, 250 acres from John Smith, Sr. in St. Patrick Parish on 22 Dec 1757 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. (19) He sold for £80, 250 acres bought from John Smith, Sr. in St. Patrick Parish to William Dixon on 7 Mar 1760 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. (20) He bought for £100, 188 acres Nottoway Parish, West Creek from John Steuart on 30 Oct 1762 in Amelia County, Virginia. (21) He bought for £366, 244 acres on the head of the Little Nottoway River from Robert Maddox on 15 Nov 1779 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.(22) He appeared on the census in 1782 in Amelia County, Virginia. He bought for 5000 lbs of tobacco, 102 acres on Snail's Creek on 28 Jul 1785 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. (23) He bought for £400, 473 acres on Sandy Creek, Echols Fork, from Joseph Motley on 5 May 1787 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.(24) He sold for £65, 95 acres on West Creek, where Dupuy lives, adj. Halse, Jones, Mrs. Buell Jones on 25 Oct 1787 in Amelia County, Virginia.(25) He bought for 10,000 lbs tobacco, 300 acres West side of Echol's Fork, Branch of Sandy Creek, from B. C. Lacy on 16 Feb 1791 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.(26) He sold for £30, 103 acres on Snail's Creek, baought from John Baldwin on 3 Dec 1791 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.(27) He sold for £70, 244 acres on the head of the Little Nottoway River on 3 Dec 1791 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.(28) He bought for £150, 200 acres on Shoco Creek from William Willias on 17 Sep 1796 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.(29) He sold for £225, 328 acres on west side of Echol's Fork, Branch of Sandy Creek, bought from B. C. Lacy on 17 Sep 1796 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. (30) He bought for £112, 120 acres on South Side of Shoco Creek on 26 Dec 1797 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. (31) He sold for £120, 120 acres on South Side of Shoco Creek to son Robert on 11 Nov 1801 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. (32) He signed a will on 30 Jan 1812 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. (33) He died about Apr 1812 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He had an estate probated on 18 May 1812 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.(34)

Sources:
17. Deed Record. Amelia County, Virginia, Deed Book 3, Page 359.
18. Ibid. Amelia County, Virginia, Deed Book 7, Page 81.
19. Ibid. Prince Edward County, Virginia, Deed Book 1, Page 123.
20. Ibid. Prince Edward County, Virginia, Deed Book 2, Page 20.
21. Ibid. Amelia County, Virginia, Deed Book 8, Page 24.
22. Ibid. Prince Edward County, Virginia, Deed Book 6, Page 255.
23. Ibid. Prince Edward County, Virginia, Deed Book 7, Page 186.
24. Ibid. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Deed Book 8, Page 76.
25. Ibid. Amelia County, Virginia, Deed Book 18, page 199.
26. Ibid. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Deed Book 10, Page 453.
27. Ibid. Prince Edward County, Virginia, Deed Book 9, Page 95.
28. Ibid. Prince Edward County, Virginia, Deed Book 9, Page 95.
29. Ibid. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Deed Book 10, Page 430.
30. Ibid. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Deed Book 10, Page 436.
31. Ibid. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Deed Book 11, Page 238.
32. Ibid. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Deed Book 12, Page 288.
33. Probate File. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, D&W 11, p. 371.
34. Ibid. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, D&W 11, p. 371.

Will of Peter Dupuy, Jr.
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, D&W 11, Page 371/2:


In the name of God Amen January 30 eighteen hundred and twelve. I Peter Dupuy of Pittsylvania in the state of Virginia, being in perfect health and sound in mind and memory thanks be to God therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die do make constitute and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it and my body to be buried at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter mentioned as touching such worldly goods as it hath pleased God to bless one with in this life I give divide and dispose of in the manner following.

1st It is my will and desire that all my just debts be paid.

2nd It is my will and desire that my beloved wife Elizabeth Dupuy remain upon this my plantation where I now reside with the lands and tenements thereof should she be the longest liver the whole to remain in her possession to wit, the whole of the Negroes Except Nancy the house hold and kitchen furniture farming utensils and stock of all kinds except what shall be willed to Sarah Dupuy under mentioned to remain until her decease.

3rd I give and bequeath unto my son Jessee Dupuy the sum of eighty five pounds Virginia currency to be raised out of my estate at our death.

4th I lend unto my daughter Sarah Dupuy one certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Pittsylvania on Shoco Creek which I now reside in containing two hundred acres be the same more of less after our decease. I also lend her one Negro girl slave by the name of Nancy and all her future increase one feather bed and furniture to be of the value of nine of ten pounds one mare or gi--en to be worth twenty five pounds one cow and calf one sow and pigs during her natural life and at her decease to be equally divided amongst all the legal heirs of her body, if any, if not to be equally divided betweenmy legatees underneath mentioned, viz., Stephen Dupuy, William Dupuy, Robert Dupuy, Jessee Dupuy, Mary Ellington, Elizabeth Mottley.

5th It is my will and desire that one childs part be equally divided between my granddaughter Mary Keesee and Elizabeth Mottley and if the said Mary Keesee should die without a lawful heir begotten of her body my will and desire that her part return and be equally divided amongst all my legatees hereafter named. It is also my will that Elizabeth Mottley's part of that child's part be hers and her heirs forever.

6th It is my will and desire that all the remaining part of my property after our decease may be equally divided between my beloved children viz. Stephen Dupuy, William Dupuy, Robert Dupuy, Jessee Dupuy, Mary Ellington, Elizabeth Mottley, Sarah Dupuy to them and their heirs forever.

7th and lastly I do appoint my son Robert and Joel Willis Executors to this my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.

Peter Dupuy

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of:

J. Lansdown
W. A. Vaden
Byrant Thompson

At a court held for Pittsylvania County the 18th of May 1812.

This last will and testament of Peter Dupuy Deceased was exhibited in court and proven by the oaths of two subscribing witnesses thereto. Ordered that the same be recorded and on the motion of Robert Dupuy and Joel Willis the Executors therein named who made oath thereto according to law. Certificate is granted them for obtaining probate thereof in due form they giving security. Whereupon they together with Davis C. Williams, Wilson Vaden, John Adams, Creed Tanner, Allen Woodson & Johnson Landsdown their securities entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of ten thousand dollars conditioned according to law.

Test.

Will Tunstall CC


Deed Book 25 Page 395, Pittsylvania County, Virginia:

Deed between the heirs of Peter Dupuy and the Deacons of Shoco Creek Baptist church, for 2 acres of land:

"This indenture made this 8th day of January in the year of our Lord Christ 1819 Between Elizabeth Dupuy, Sally Dupuy, and Elizabeth Mottley of the County of Pittsylvania, William Dupuy and David Ellington and Polly Ellington of the state of Kentucky, Stephen Dupuy of the County of Prince Edward Jesse L. Dupuy of the County of Norfolk and John Keesee of the state of North Carolina of the one part"

Note: This lists the heirs of Peter Dupuy alive at this date.

He was married to Elizabeth Malone (daughter of Robert Malone and Mary Harrison) about 1755. Elizabeth Malone was born on 8 Jan 1729 in Stepney Parish, Maryland. She died after 1819 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Peter Dupuy Jr. and Elizabeth Malone had the following children:

+22 i. Stephen Dupuy.
+23 ii. John Dupuy.
+24 iii. William Dupuy.
+25 iv. Robert Dupuy.
+26 v. Mary Malone Dupuy.
27 vi. Sarah Dupuy appeared on the census in 1820 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. (35)
+28 vii. Elizabeth Dupuy.
+29 viii. Jesse L. Dupuy.