Alabama Culpepper Archives
Lauderdale County

History

Lauderdale County was formed in 1818 from Indian lands. Located in the northwestern corner of the state, it is bordered on the south by the Tennessee River. It is also bordered by the Alabama counties of Limestone, Lawrence, Colbert, the Mississippi county of Tishomingo, and the Tennessee counties of Hardin, Wayne and Lawrence. The western half of Lauderdale County is within the Southeastern Plains Region, and the eastern half is part of the Interior Plateau. The county seat is at Florence. Other towns and communities include St. Florian, Lexington, and Cloverdale. Florence is on US-43 and US-72, about 70 miles west of Huntsville and 120 miles northwest of Birmingham.

Newspapers: Florence Times Daily, Huntsville Times, Birmingham News

Sources Searched

	During May 2005, a comprehensive search for Culpeppers was made in the Lauderdale County, Alabama section of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (US/CAN Book 976.199).
	In October 2005, a comprehensive online search was made for Lauderdale County Culpeppers in the Archival databases at Ancestry.com and ALGenWeb at Rootsweb.com

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 were found in any Lauderdale County censuses prior to 1940.

Births

No records have been found of Culpepper births in Lauderdale County.

Deeds

No records have been found of Culpepper deeds in Lauderdale County.

Military Records

No records have been found of military service by Culpeppers from Lauderdale County.

Marriages

Early Alabama Marriages

Source: Early Alabama Marriages. Family Adventures, San Antonio, TX, 1991.

No records have been found in this publication of Culpepper marriages in Lauderdale county.

Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 (Selected Counties)

Ancestry.com Online database, 1999.
Source: Dodd, Jordan R, comp. Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 (Selected Counties) [database online]. Orem, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999. Original data: Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920

No records have been found in this database of Culpepper marriages in Lauderdale county.

Alabama Marriages, 1807-1902

Ancestry.com Online database, 2004.
Source: Hunting For Bears, comp. Alabama Marriages, 1807-1902 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: Alabama marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.

No records have been found in this database of Culpepper marriages in Lauderdale county.

Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969

Source: Ancestry.com. Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: (1) Alabama Center for Health Statistics. Alabama Marriage Index, 1936-1969. Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Montgomery, Alabama; (2) Dodd, Jordan R., et. al. Early American Marriages: Alabama to 1825. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx; (3) Hunting For Bears, comp. Alabama marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library; and (4) Dodd, Jordan R., comp. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920.

	Beverly J Culpepper married Jun 1956 in Lauderdale Co., AL
	Jerry N Culpepper married Oct 1964 in Lauderdale Co., AL

Alabama Death Index, 1908-1959

Ancestry.com Online Database.
Source: Alabama Death Index, 1908-1959. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: State of Alabama. Indexes of Vital Records for Alabama: Deaths, 1908-1959. Montgomery, AL: State of Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Record Services Division, 19--.

No records have been found in this database of Culpepper deaths in Lauderdale county.

Social Security Death Index

All records of deaths on or before 30 Jun 2009 in which the final benefit was paid or final residence was in Lauderdale county.

Sherry A. Culpepper, 16 Mar 1943 - 6 Jun 2008, Florence, Lauderdale Co., Alabama 35633, SSN 419-94-8087 issued in Alabama in 1974

Burials

Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens

Lauderdale Co., Alabama, Twp 3, Rng 11

Source: Robert Ellington Torbert, Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens, USGenWeb Archives, Lauderdale Co., Alabama (File)

Garden 13, Row 17, husband and wife:
Eugene W. Culpepper, 23 Jun 1908 - 3 Sep 1989 (#2635)√
Margaret S. Culpepper, 5 Apr 1907 - 2 Jul 1991 (#2636)√

Obituary Indices

1890 - 1930

Source: Theo Williford, Sr., Index of Deaths in the Florence Times, 4 Jul 1890 - 31 Dec 1930, USGenWeb Archives, Lauderdale Co., Alabama (File)

George Culpepper died 13 Sep 1912 in Tuscaloosa, AL (Obituary published 20 Sep 1912)
(#9614)√

1931 - 1945

Source: Theo Williford, Sr., Index of Deaths in the Florence Times, 1 Jan 1931 - 31 Dec 1945, USGenWeb Archives, Lauderdale Co., Alabama (File)

Annie Bell Culpepper died 11 Mar 1943 in Nashville, TN and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Florence, Alabama (Obituary published 13 Mar 1943)

1988 - 1998

Source: Robert Ellington Torbert, Index to Death Announcements in the Times Daily, 1 Jan 1988 - 31 Dec 1998, USGenWeb Archives, Lauderdale Co., Alabama (File)

	Carl Arvin Culpepper died 22 Apr 1994 in Tuscumbia, AL and was buried 24 Apr 1994 in Macedonia Cemetery (Obituary published 23 Apr 1994) (#5264)√
	Eugene Culpepper died 3 Sep 1989 in Florence, AL (Obituary published 4 Sep 1989) (#2635)√
	Margaret S. Culpepper died 2 Jul 1991 in Florence, AL and was buried in Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens (Obituary published 3 Jul 1991) (#2635)√

Places

Culpepper's Bakery, 1208 Florence Blvd, Florence, Lauderdale Co., AL
Owned by Mickey Eugene Culpepper (#2674), descendant of Joel Culpepper who first came to Alabama prior to 1850.

Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015

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