Upson Co
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Upson County

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History

In the Piedmont Region of Georgia, Upson County was formed in 1824 from Crawford and Pike Counties. Its county seat, Thomaston, is on US-19 about 70 miles south of Atlanta and 50 miles west of Macon. Upson is bordered by the counties of Pike, Lamar, Monroe, Crawford, Taylor, Talbot and Meriwether.

Newspapers: The Macon Telegraph, Macon, GA and The Thomaston Times, Thomaston, GA.

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Any names below in red have not been matched with a person in the Culpepper family tree. If you can identify any of them, please let us know.

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Census Records

1830 US Census

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Page 110, Unk Twp, Upson Co., GA
John J. Culpepper, 1 M5-10, 1 M10-15, 1 M30-40, 1 F10-15, 1 F30-40 (#32054)

1832 Gold Lottery

The names below are only for the 40 acre Gold lots, which were only the southeastern part of the Cherokee land. There was a separate 1932 lottery for the balance of the land (see below). All land was awarded in Cherokee County which was then quickly divided into ten different counties.

Lot Identifier: Lot/District/Section

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John J. Culpepper, 588 District, Upson Co., GA, drew lot 380/19/3 in what became Paulding Co., GA, 1832 (#32054)

1840 US Census

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Page 28, District 587, Upson Co., GA
John J. Culpepper, 1 M5-10, 1 M20-30, 1 F15-20 (#27219)

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Page 34, District 589, Upson Co., GA
Mary Culpepper, 1 M5-10, 1 M15-20, 1 F30-40 (#32059)

1850 US Census

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No Culpeppers found.

1860 US Census

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No Culpeppers found.

1870 US Census

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Page 146A, Family 1142, Thomaston PO, Upson Co., GA
Frank Culpepper, 25, M, Farm hand, $--/$--, GA (#27224)
Mollie Culpepper, 20, F, GA
Fletcher Culpepper, 4, M, GA
Mollie Culpepper, 6/12 (Dec), F, GA

No Culpeppers were found in any Upson County censuses after to 1870.

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Marriages

Georgia Marriages to 1850

Ancestry.com Online database, 1997.
Original Source: Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850. Liahona Research

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Nancy C. Culpepper and David Cooper on 2 Dec 1836 in Upson Co., GA
(#32362)√

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William H. Culpepper and Sarah Lester on 27 Mar 1831 in Upson Co., GA
(#32073)√

Georgia Marriages to 1851-1900

Ancestry.com Online database, 2000.
Original Source: Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850. Liahona Research

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No Culpeppers found.

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Georgia Deaths, 1919-1998

Ancestry.com Online database, 2001.
Original Source:
State of Georgia. Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-98. Georgia: Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, 1998.

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Melvin Culpeper, d. 23 Jun 1923 in Upson Co., GA (#51252)√

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Social Security Death Index

All records of deaths on or before 30 Sep 2004 in which the final benefit was paid in this county.

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No Culpeppers found.

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Burials

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No records of Culpepper graves have been found.

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Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015

 
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