North Carolina Culpepper Archives
Wilkes County

County History and Geography

In the Piedmont Region of north central of North Carolina, Wilkes County was formed in 1777 from Surry County and the District of Washington. Wilkesboro, its county seat, is on US-421, about 50 miles west of Winston-Salem and 70 miles north of Charlotte. Wilkes is bordered by the counties of Alleghany, Surry, Yadkin, Iredell, Alexander, Caldwell, Watauga and Ashe. Few Culpeppers have ever lived in this part of the state.

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.

Early Tax Lists and Other Records

Neither of the following two records can be confirmed by any other Culpepper presence in this part of the state. In fact, the only Culpepper prior to the 20th century who has records in this or any of the neighboring counties was an otherwise unidentified Richard Culpepper who appears in the 1820 census in Iredell County. However, there were Daniel and John Culpeppers both present in Wilkes County, Georgia during the late 1700's, and it seems rather certain that the state was miscoded in these records from the online database at Ancestry.com

Census Records

No Culpeppers have been found in any Wilkes County censuses prior to 1940.

Birth Records

North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000

Source: North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Register of Deeds. North Carolina Birth Indexes. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives. Microfilm.

Military Records

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Source: National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 4,277 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Source: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

Marriages

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

Source: Ancestry.com. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.

North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2000

Source: Ancestry.com. North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: (1) Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, in published books cataloged by the Library of Congress, or county records in possession of the individual county clerks or courthouses. (2) North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina County Marriage Indexes. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Deeds

Deaths

North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-1996

Source: Ancestry.com. North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: (1) North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. North Carolina Death Records, 1968-1996. North Carolina Vital Records, Raleigh, North Carolina. (2) North Carolina Archives and Records Section. North Carolina County Records, 1908-1967. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Social Security Death Index

Source: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. All records of deaths on or before 31 Dec 2006 in which the final benefit was paid or final residence was in this county.

Burials

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006

Source: National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.