What is "caperton"

Caperton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Hugh Caperton (1781–1847), nineteenth-century congressman and planter from Virginia
• William Banks Caperton (1855–1941), Admiral of the United States Navy
• William Gaston Caperton III (born 1940), 31st Governor of the U.S. state of West Virginia
• Kaley Caperton (1997- ), Country music artist