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County County History and Geography

In the Piney Woods Region of east Texas, Angelina County was formed in 1846 from Nacogdoches County. Its county seat and largest town, Lufkin,  is on US 59, about 120 miles northeast of Houston. Angelina is bounded by the counties of Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Jasper, Tyler, Polk, TrinityHouston and Cherokee.

In 1861, Angelina County was the only county in east Texas, and one of only a handful of other Texas counties, to reject secession... Before the war, a principal source of wealth in Angelina County was the raising of livestock, since most of the early settlers were not slaveholding planters able to concentrate on agriculture. After the war, livestock was largely supplanted by the lumber industry...

Economically Angelina County improved greatly in the 1880s because of the arrival of the railroads. Exploitation of the county's pine and hardwood timber became possible, and lumber began quickly to return a bonanza. The construction in 1882 of the Houston, East and West Texas Railway was followed in a few years by the Kansas and Gulf Short Line, which later became the Cotton Belt. Other railroads of the county included... as well as many small tram lines for lumbering. Lufkin is the hub at which most of these rail lines met.

The Great Depression hit Angelina County quite hard. By 1933 more than 2,500 residents were on relief rolls-about 10 percent of the county population. This was mainly because the timber industry in Texas was particularly vulnerable to the depression. The boom in housing and other businesses that depended on lumber ceased abruptly with the failure of banks and lending institutions and with unemployment. Many Angelina County lumber companies were forced to close or to decrease their activities sharply. County inhabitants turned back to small farming and stock raising to feed themselves; the 1935 census numbered more than 18,000 cattle and 17,000 hogs. The Civilian Conservation Corps for East Texas was headquartered in Lufkin during the depression. It served twenty-six counties and seventeen camps in efforts to bring about financial recovery.

Source: Southeastern Genealogy Online.

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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

No Culpeppers were found in any Angelina County censuses prior to 1870

Angelina Co., TX - 1870

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Sheet/Pg 68, Pg 254B (21 Sep 1870), Pennington PO, Angelina Co., TX
Wm Culpepper, 45, M, MS, Farmer (#3476)
Mrs. Elizabeth Culpepper, 34, F, MS
James Culpepper, 21, M, LA (Marr-Jul-1870), Gen.Labor
Mrs. Matildie Culpepper, 24, F, MS
Molly Freeman, 14, F, LA

Transcribed from Ancestry.com images by Pat Roberts.

Angelina Co., TX - 1880

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ED 8, Sheet 2B, Pg 213, Pct 1, Angelina Co., TX
Martha Crosier, F, 33, Head, WD, VA VA VA, Seamstress (# 48572)
Mary Crosier, F, 12, Dau, S, MS VA VA
Elizabeth Culpepper, F, 9, Boarder, S, TX VA MS (#7311)
Dorah Culpepper, F, 8, Boarder, S, TX VA MS
James W. Wiley, M, 30, Boarder, S, VA VA VA, Carpenter
(Elizabeth & Dora were also enumerated with their father in the Bosque Co. census)

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ED 10, Sheet 24D, Pg 264, Pct 3, Angelina Co., TX
Ervin Culpepper, M, 30, Head, M, TX MS ?, Farm, (#3478)
Nancy C. Culpepper, F, 20, Wife, M, TX ?? LA
Francis Culpepper, F, 8, Dau, S, TX TX TX
Tingie Culpepper, F, 6, Dau, S, TX TX TX

Transcribed from Ancestry.com images by Pat Roberts.

Angelina Co., TX – 1890

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Destroyed by fire

Angelina Co., TX – 1900

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No Culpeppers found

Angelina Co., TX – 1910

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ED 7, Sheet 9, Pg 199A, Pct 5, Gen.com Img 17, Angelina Co., TX
Edwin L. Culpepper, Head, M, 33, M1, md-6 yrs, TX GA GA, Foreman-Lumber Mill (#3326)√
Birtie V. Culpepper, Wife, F, 28, M1, md-6 yrs, ch 0/0, LA LA LA
Molly C. Pettit, Sister-in-Law, F, 18, S, LA LA LA

Transcribed from Genealogy.com image by Pat Roberts.

Angelina Co., TX – 1920 & 1930

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No Culpeppers found.

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Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997

Source: Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Microfiche. Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas.

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Andre Culpepper, Male, born __ 1979 in Angelina Co., Texas, child of Artis Lee Culpepper and Lillie Katherine Scott (#53391)√

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Sharika Culpepper, Female, born __ 1985 in Angelina Co., Texas, child of Artis Lee Culpepper and Lillie Katherine Scott (#53392)√

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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

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No Culpeppers found

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.

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No Culpeppers found

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Marriages

Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002

Source: Ancestry.com. Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002. Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas.

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J. E. Culpepper and Matilda Havard, 14 Jul 1870 (#3478 & 41632)

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Jowel H Culpepper, 53, married Rachel A Sumrall, 38, on 13 Oct 1981 in Angelina Co., TX
(#53395)√

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William Culpepper and Elisabeth Havard, 15 Jun 1868 (#3476 & 7310)

Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2002

Source: Ancestry.com. Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2002 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2002. Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas.

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Jowell H Culpepper, 56, and Rachel A Culpepper, 41, divorced on 12 Sep 1984 in Angelina Co., Texas. Original Marriage Date: 13 Oct 1981. Number of Children: 0. (#53395)√

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Land Title Abstracts

Source: Ancestry.com. Texas Land Title Abstracts [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Texas General Land Office. Abstracts of all original Texas Land Titles comprising Grants and Locations. Austin, Texas: , 19--.

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Grantee: J. E. Culpepper; Patentee: J. E. Culpepper; 11 Feb 1875; 160 acres; Angelina Co., TX (#3478)

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Grantee: Wm. Culpepper; Patentee: William Culpepper; 12 Feb 1875; 160 acres; Angelina Co., TX (#3476)

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Deaths

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000

Ancestry.com Online Database.
Source:
 Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2006. Original electronic data from: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX. Texas Department of Health. State Vital Statistics Unit.

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Lillie Culpepper, Female, died 9 Oct 1998 in Angelina Co., TX (#53392)√

Social Security Death Index

Ancestry.com Online Database
Source:
Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. All records of deaths on or before 31 Dec 2005 in which the final benefit was paid or final residence was in this county.

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No Culpeppers found

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Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015

 

 
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