Georgia Culpepper Archives
Wilcox County
History
In the Upper
Coastal Plains Region of Georgia,
Wilcox County was formed in
1857 from Dooly, Irwin and
Pulaski
Counties. Its county seat,
Abbeville, is on
US-129 about 145 miles SSE of Atlanta. Wilcox is bordered by the counties of
Pulaski, Dodge,
Telfair, Ben
Hill, Turner, Crisp and
Dooly.
Newspapers: The Macon Telegraph,
Macon, GA and Cordele Dispatch,
Cordele, GA.
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.
Census Records
No Culpeppers
found in any Wilcox County censuses prior to 1900.
1900 US Census
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ED 98,
Page 236A (2), Family 28, Savell, Wilcox Co., GA
Charlie Culpepper, Head, M, Jun 1867, 32, Md 8 yrs, GA/GA/GA, Sawmill
Laborer (#3341)√
Sally Culpepper, Wife, F, Apr 1872, 28, Md 8 yrs, ch 4/2, GA/GA/GA
Ora L. Culpepper, Daughter, F, Apr 1894, 6, Sng, GA/GA/GA
John Thomas Culpepper, Son, M, Aug 1897, 2, Sng, GA/GA/GA
Ed M. Culpepper, Brother, M, Sep 1878, 21, Sng, GA/GA/GA, Teamster |
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ED 98,
Page 250A (16), Family 309, Maple Branch Twp, Wilcox Co., GA
William Gammage, Head, M, Jan 1844, 56, Wid, GA/GA/GA, Farmer (#
48133)√
William J. Gammage, Son, M, Nov 1879, 20, Sng, GA/GA/GA
Minie Bell Gammage, Daughter, F, May 1882, 18, Sng, GA/GA/GA
Nell Gammage, Daughter, F, May 1884, 15, Sng, GA/GA/GA
Goodwyn George Gammage, Son, M, Jul 1891, 8, Sng, GA/GA/GA
Shad Culpepper, Boarder, M, Mar 1882, 18, Sng, GA/GA/GA (#3346) |
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ED 98,
Page 250A (16), Family 310, Maple Branch Twp, Wilcox Co., GA
William Culpepper, Head, M, May 1829, 71, Md 42 yrs, GA/GA/GA, Farmer
(#3282)√
Mary Culpepper, Wife, F, Feb 1839, 61, Md 42 yrs, ch 12/5, GA/GA/GA
Pate Culpepper, Son, M, Feb 1874, 26, Sng, GA/GA/GA
Fannie Adkins, Granddaughter, F, Feb 1895, 5, Sng, GA/GA/GA |
1910
US Census
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ED 138, Sheet 19A, Family 111, Anc.com img 38, Wilcox Co., GA
E. M. Culpepper, Head, M, 30, md1-7 yrs, GA/GA/GA, Oversees General Farm
(#3345)√
Bell Culpepper, Wife, F, 27, md1-7 yrs, ch 1/1, GA/GA/GA
Myrtis Culpepper, Dau, F, 2, Sng, GA/GA/GA |
1920 US Census
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ED 145, Sheet 3B, Family 56, Anc.com img 6, Maple Branch, Wilcox Co., GA
E. M. Culpepper, Head, M, 40, md, GA/GA/GA, Oversees General Farm
(#3345)√
Bell Culpepper, Wife, F, 37, md, GA/GA/GA
Myrtis Culpepper, Dau, F, 11, Sng, GA/GA/GA
Maida Culpepper, Dau, F, 7, Sng, GA/GA/GA
Royce Culpepper, Son, M, 3 6/12, Sng, GA/GA/GA
Donald Culpepper, Son, M, 1 0/12, Sng, GA/GA/GA |
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ED 145, Sheet 7B, Family 56, Anc.com img 14, Maple
Branch, Wilcox Co., GA
Wm. J. Culpepper, Head, M, 17, md, GA/GA/GA, Farm Laborer (#
3643)√
Lucile Culpepper, Wife, F, 16, md, GA/GA/GA |
1930 US Census
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No
Culpeppers found. |
Marriages
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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Wilcox Co., GA Marriages, 1858 – 1921
Source:
Wilcox Co., GA Marriages,
1858-1921.
Microfilm of manuscript at Abbeville, Wilcox County,
Georgia. Includes indexes. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1962;
Marriage Records (white and colored), 1858-1921 - FHL US/CAN Film # 271,347.
Film searched and transcribed by Warren Culpepper.
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E. M. Culpepper and Belle Gammage on 6 Nov 1901 in Wilcox Co., GA, Book
C-139
(#3345)√ |
Obituaries
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Rebecca W. Tomberlin
ABBEVILLE -- Funeral services for Rebecca W. Tomberlin, 96,
will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 20, 2003, in the Abbeville First
Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Stubbs Cemetery. The Revs. Tim
Hill and James Faircloth will officiate the services, directed by
Frazier & Son Funeral Home of Rochelle. Mrs. Tomberlin died Wednesday,
June 18, 2003, in Dorminy Medical Center. Mrs. Tomberlin was born on
Aug. 19, 1906, in Wilcox County. She was the daughter of the late Jim
Wilson and Dovie Bowman Wilson. She was a homemaker and a member of the
Abbeville First Baptist Church, the Euzelian Sunday School Class, the
Joy Makers, the Wilcox County Arts Council and was a charter member of
the Abbeville/Wilcox County Optimist Club. She was chaplain of the
Martha McCleod Chapter 559 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
She was preceded in death by her husband, M. D. Tomberlin in 1980; a
daughter, Gwendolyn Clark in 1988; a grandson, Robbie Clark in 1967, and
seven brothers and sisters. Survivors include a daughter,
Carol Culpepper of Abbeville;
grandchildren, Mike Sherret, Gerry Lynn Griffin and David Clark all of
Fitzgerald, and Ronald Culpepper of
Abbeville; and great-grandchildren, Brian Sherret, Justin Griffin and
Hannah Griffin. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral
home. (Cordele Dispatch, 19 Jun 2003) |
| Odis L.
Culpepper
Odis L. Culpepper, age 87, of Abbeville, passed away Friday,
August 7, 2009, at his residence. Graveside services will be held at
10:00 a.m. Monday, August 10, 2009, in the Stubbs Cemetery in Abbeville.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Stubbs Cemetery, Inc.
Fund, 113 Riverside Drive, Abbeville, GA 31001, Abbeville First Baptist
Church, or Blue Gray Community Hospice, 815 S. Main St., Fitzgerald, GA
31750. The family may be contacted at the residence of
Ronald Wayne and Amy Culpepper at
752 N. Broad St., Abbeville, GA or at 229-467-2113. Frazier and Son
Funeral Home in Rochelle is in charge of arrangements. (Obituary of Odis
L. Culpepper, published 9 Aug 2009 in both the Clarion Ledger in
Jackson, MS and The Telegraph in Macon, GA) |
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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Mrs. Minnie B. Culpepper, d. 27
Apr 1932 in Wilcox Co., GA (#3621)√ |
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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H. H. Culpepper, 3 May 1911 - 22 Jun 2003, Pitts, Wilcox Co., GA, SSN
252-26-1766 issued in Georgia before 1951 (#3665)√ |
Places
If you have a photograph or more information on any of these, or in
particular, if you know which Culpepper a place may have been named for, please
contact us.
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Culpepper Circle, Pitts, Wilcox Co, GA
(This street was probably named for or by Homer Hollis Culpepper (#
3665). He was residing in Pitts at the time of his death in 2003.) |
Last Revised:
02 Jan 2015
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