Arkansas Culpepper Archives
Lee County

County History and Geography

On the Mississippi River in the Delta Region of East Central Arkansas, Lee County was formed in 1873 from Phillips, Monroe, Crittenden and Saint Francis Counties. Marianna, its county seat, is on US-79, about 90 miles east of Little Rock and 50 miles SW of Memphis. Lee is bordered by the Arkansas counties of Phillips, Monroe and Saint Francis, and the Mississippi county of Issaquena.

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 have been found in any Lee County censuses prior to 1930.

1930 US Census

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

Arkansas Marriages, 1779-1992

Source: Hunting For Bears, comp.. Arkansas Marriages, 1779-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: Arkansas marriage information taken from county courthouse records.

Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900

Source: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.

Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939

Source: Ancestry.com. Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Vital Records Division, Arkansas Department of Health. Marriage Record Index, 1933-1939. Arkansas, USA: Arkansas Genealogical Society. Microfiche.

Arkansas Divorce Index, 1923-1939

Source: Ancestry.com. Arkansas Divorce Index, 1923-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Arkansas Divorce Index 1923-1939. Arkansas, USA: Arkansas Genealogical Society. Microfiche.

Arkansas Land Records

Source: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Arkansas Land Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997. Original data: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Arkansas Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1993.

Deaths

Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950

Source: Ancestry.com. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950. Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society. Microfiche

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 30 Jun 2009 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.