South Carolina Culpepper Archives
Lexington District/County
History
In the middle South
Carolina part of the Sand Hills region, European settlement of this area
began around 1718 when the British established a trading post on the Congaree
River, which eventually became the town of Granby. Beginning in the
1730s many German, Swiss, and Scotch-Irish immigrants moved into the
area and established small farms. This part of the state was first named Saxe Gotha
township about 1733.
Lexington County was formed in
1785 from Orangeburg District. In 1791, Lexington County was abolished
and merged back into the larger
Orangeburg
District.
It was reformed in 1804 as Lexington District.
Granby was the leading town and county seat for many years, but
the growth of Columbia across the Congaree led to Granby's decline, and in
1818, the
county seat was moved to the town of Lexington, which today
is on I-20, about 10
miles west of Columbia, and 60 miles ENE of Augusta, GA. In 1868, Lexington
District was designated Lexington County. Small
parts of the county later went to form
Aiken
(1871) and
Calhoun
(1908) counties.
Lexington County is bordered by the counties of
Newberry, Fairfield,
Richland, Calhoun,
Orangeburg, Aiken and
Saluda.
Newspaper:
Lexington County Chronicle;
The State, Columbia
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
1790 US Census
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No
Culpeppers were found. |
1800 US
Census
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Unknown Township, Lexington District, SC
Joseph Culpepper, page 560, 2 M0-10, 1 M16-26, 1 M26-45, 1 M45+, 1
F0-10, 1 F10-16, 1 F45+ (#13518)√
John Culpepper, page 561, 3 M0-10, 1 M16-26, 1 F0-10, 1 F16-26 (#
31566)√ |
1810 - 1930 US Censuses
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No
Culpeppers were found. |
Births
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No records of any Culpepper
births have been
found. |
Marriages
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No records of any Culpepper
marriages have been
found. |
South Carolina Death Index, 1915-1949
Source:
Ancestry.com.
South Carolina
Death Index, 1915-1949 [database online]. Provo, Utah:
MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: South Carolina. South
Carolina Death Index, 1915-1949. Columbia, S.C.: South Carolina
Division of Vital Records, Office of Public Health Statistics and
Information Services, SC Department of Health and Environmental Control.
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Mildred B. Culpepper,
White, Female, born c 1907, died 21 Jul 1942 at age 35 in Lexington Co.,
SC, Vol-Cert# 21-9141 (#51505)√ |
Social Security Death
Index (SSDI)
All records of deaths on or before 30 Sep 2004 in which
the final residence was in this county.
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Ambrose J. Culpepper, 7 Nov 1921 - 20 Dec 1997,
West Columbia, Lexington Co., SC; SSN 253-16-1850 issued in Georgia
before 1951 (#3914)√ |
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Gladys T. Culpepper, 10 Mar 1919 - 17 Oct 1992,
Gaston, Lexington Co., SC; SSN 250-22-9891 issued in South Carolina in
1952 (#51504)√ |
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Melvin J. Culpepper, 4 Feb 1929 - 15 Aug 1991,
West Columbia, Lexington Co., SC; SSN 414-34-7299 issued in Tennessee
before 1951 (#49443)√ |
Burials
Chapin United Methodist Church Cemetery
Lexington Avenue, 3
blocks form US-76, Chapin, Lexington Co., SC
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Edwin M. Culpepper
-- US Army, 10 Dec 1911 - 19 Jan 1978 (#
1319)√ |
Grace Lutheran Church Cemetery
Main Street,
Gilbert, Lexington Co., SC
|
Mildred B. Culpepper, 1 Jun
1907 - 21 Jul 1942 (#51505)√ |
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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No Culpepper-named or related places have been found. |
Last Revised:
02 Jan 2015
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