Georgia Culpepper Archives
Chatham County
History
In the Lower Coastal Plains Region of Georgia,
Chatham County was formed in
1777 as an original county. It was previously organized in 1758 as the Parishes
of St. Philip and Christ Church from lands of the Creek cession of 1733. Its county seat,
Savannah, is on
I-16 and I-95 about 250 miles southeast of Atlanta. Chatham is
on the Atlantic Ocean and bordered by the Georgia counties of
Effingham and Bryan, and the South Carolina counties
of Jasper and Beaufort.
Newspaper: The Savannah Morning
News, Savannah, GA
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 Chatham County censuses prior to 1900.
1900 US Census
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ED 60, page 1, 113-123 S Droughton Street,
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA
One of about 30 boarders, mostly single, in the HH of A. R. Mallete:
O. J. Culpepper, Boarder, M, Aug 1881 (18), S, UN/UN/UN, Traveling
Salesman (#3823)√
(He was noted as out of town, traveling, so birth places not
available) |
1910 US Census
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ED 61, page 5A, 511 Liberty Street,
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA
Dora Culpepper, Head, F, 39, Wid, ch 9/5, GA/GA/GA, Dressmaker (#
38626)√
Elam Culpepper, Son, M, 18, S, GA/GA/GA
Gilbert Culpepper, Son, M, 12, S, GA/GA/GA
Mollie Culpepper, Dau, F, 9, S, GA/GA/GA, Western Union
Mabel Culpepper, Dau, F, 4, S, GA/GA/GA |
1920 US Census
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ED 64, page 20A-B, 713 Barnard Street,
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA
Dora Culpepper, Head, F, 47, Wid, GA/GA/GA (#38626)√
Mary Culpepper, Dau, F, 18, S, GA/GA/GA, Western Union
Mabel Culpepper, Dau, F, 13, S, GA/GA/GA |
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ED 76, page 18A, 409 Gaston East, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA
Elam R. Culpepper, Head, M, 27, M, GA/GA/GA, Stockman at Motor Co (#38628)√
Ruth Culpepper, Wife, F, 25, M, GA/GA/GA
Marjorie Culpepper, Dau, F, 4 0/12, S, GA/GA/GA
Robert E. Jackson, Boarder, M, 33, S, FL/FL/FL, Foreman at Stock
Yard |
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ED 79, page 25B, 307 Thirty-second Street
East, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA
Ernest Culpepper, Head, M, 27, M, VA/VA/VA, Mill Wright at Lead
Plant (#385)√
Catherine Culpepper, Wife, F, 25, M, SC/SC/SC
Clifford Culpepper, Son, M, 3/12, S, GA/VA/SC |
1930 US Census
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ED 17, page 5A, 217 Waldburg Street,
Savannah, Chatham Co., GA
Rent=$32, Radio=N, Farm=N
Riley L. Culpepper, Head, M, 32, M, md @ 20, GA/GA/GA, RR Switchman
(#30423)√
Ruth B. Culpepper, Wife, F, 31, M, md @ 18, GA/GA/GA
Ruth B. Culpepper, Dau, F, 12, S, AL/GA/GA
Richard L. Culpepper, Son, M, 10, S, GA/GA/GA |
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ED 27, page 12A, 126 Gaston East, Savannah,
Chatham Co., GA
Rent=$45, Radio=N, Farm=N
Margaret T. Clare, Head, F, 43, Wid, CAN/CAN/CAN, Illegible
occupation (#50712)√
Eugene Culpepper, Son, M, 16, S, CT/VA/CAN |
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ED 38, page 41A, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA
Rent=$20, Radio=N, Farm=N
Elam R. Culpepper, Head, M, 37, M, md @ 22, GA/GA/GA, Auto Stock
Mgr (#38628)√
Ruth A. Culpepper, Wife, F, 35, M, md @ 20, GA/SC/GA
Marjorie A. Culpepper, Dau, F, 14, S, GA/GA/GA |
Military
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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Robert E Culpepper,
White, Single, born 1923 in Virginia, residing in Chatham Co.,
Georgia, enlisted as a Private in the US Army on 31 Mar 1943 in
Georgia (#38061)√
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Marriages
Georgia Marriages to 1850
Ancestry.com Online database,
1997.
Original Source: Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850. Liahona
Research
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No Culpeppers found. |
Georgia Marriages to 1851-1900
Ancestry.com Online database,
2000.
Original Source: Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850. Liahona
Research
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No Culpeppers found. |
Chatham Co., GA Marriages Index,
1806-1950 (Spouse
not shown)
Source:
Chatham Co., GA Marriage Index (A-Houston), 1806-1950,
Chatham Co., GA Court of Ordinary, Microfilm of original records in the
Chatham County Courthouse, Savannah, Georgia. Filmed by the Genealogical
Society of Utah, 1959, 2001, FHL US/CAN Film # 183,851
Note: Both brides and grooms were indexed,
but their spouses were not shown. To pick these up will
require a search of the actual books, and the books were not available
on film at the FHL. The GA Historical Society in Savannah or the Georgia
State Archives may have microfilm of the books. Else, need to visit the
Court of the Ordinary in Savannah.
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Elam R. Culpepper (and Ruth _____) on 18 Jun 1914 in Chatham Co., GA, Book AA-186
(#38628)√ |
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Eliza Culpepper (Black)
on 4 Jun 1902 in Chatham Co., GA, Book P-20 |
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Ernest L. Culpepper (and Sarah Catherine Platt) on 14 Jun 1913 in Chatham Co., GA, Book Book
Z-128 (#385)√ |
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Joseph M. Culpepper Jr.
(and Emmie Nungezer)
on 14 Jun 1911 in Chatham Co., GA, Book X-578 (#6657)√ |
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Margaret Culpepper on 3 Nov 1920 in Chatham Co., GA, Book JJ-208
(#50712)√ |
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Mary A. Culpepper on 12 Apr 1920 in Chatham Co., GA, Book II-529
(#38630)√ |
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Richard F. Culpepper (and Elizabeth Ann Toehl) on 25 Feb 1943 in Chatham Co., GA, Book FFF-557
(#26684)√ |
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Ruth B. Culpepper (and William Benjamin George) on 27 Feb 1937 in Chatham Co., GA, Book YY-210
(#26683) |
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Susie Culpepper on 22 Jun 1912 in Chatham Co., GA, Book Y-62
(#50797)√ |
News Clippings
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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Nicholas James Culpepper, infant son
of James Culpepper and Jeanette
Scott entered Heaven on December 17, 2002. Survivors: grandparents,
Robert and Angela Culpepper, Carol
and James Scott, and Angel and Cliff Tregunna; great-grandparents,
Leonard and Gladys Caldwell, Bobby Culpepper,
Caroline Thrap, Bill and Mary Wohlfiel, Doris Conn, and Betsey Scott;
and many uncles, aunts, cousins, and other family in GA, CA, FL, and AL.
Graveside Service: 11:00 a. m. Monday, December 23, 2002, at Hillcrest
West Cemetery, with Rev. Jimmy Shupe officiating. Hubert C. Baker
Funeral Home 7415 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Savannah (Savannah Morning
News, 22 Dec 2002) |
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Patricia Piper Gibson
MACON -- Patricia Piper Gibson, 71, died Sept. 12. She was a lifelong
resident of Macon and a charter member of the Unitarian Church.
SURVIVORS: her husband, David Gibson of Macon; two daughters,
Ellen Hope Gibson Culpepper of
Lincoln, Neb., and Patricia Jean'e Gibson Walker of Stansbury Park,
Utah; her stepmother Frances Gilmore Piper of Savannah; a half sister
Gay Piper Gwinner of Savannah; five grandchildren,
Teresa Culpepper, Nora Culpepper, David Knighton, Derek
Knighton and Rebecca Knighton; and a great-grandchild. MEMORIAL SERVICE:
11 a.m. Saturday at Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home, burial in Macon
Memorial Park. REMEMBRANCES: American Heart Association, 363 Pierce
Ave., Macon, GA 31204; or a charity of the donor's choice. (Savannah
Morning News, 15 Sep 2000) |
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Birth Announcements: May
22: Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Culpepper,
Rincon, a girl, Victoria Carolyn Culpepper
(Savannah Morning News, 14 Jun 1998) |
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RINCON -- J. Russell
Lewis, 59, died Oct. 11 at Candler Hospital. The native of Effingham
County was a member of First Baptist Church of Rincon. He was employed
by International Paper as an electrician. He was a 32nd-degree Mason of
the Scottish Rite in the Valley of Savannah and a member of Springfield
Masonic Lodge No. 440, F&AM, and Union I.B.E.W. No. 1391. He was a past
president of Rincon Jaycees, a Boy Scout volunteer, an avid gardener and
a member of Pine Pointe Homeowners Association. SURVIVORS: his wife,
Ernestine Lewis of Rincon; a daughter and son-in-law,
Susan and Mike Culpepper of Dallas,
Ga.; a son and daughter-in-law, Benjamin and Deborah Lewis of Guyton;
his mother, Loree Lewis of Savannah; a brother, Horace Lewis of
Savannah; three sisters, Judy Kersey, Janice Nash and Sarah Harris, all
of Savannah; a grandson, his mother-in-law and father-in-law and a
number of nieces and nephews. FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today at First Baptist
Church of Rincon, burial in Rincon Cemetery. Thomas C. Strickland & Sons
Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. REMEMBRANCES: National Cancer Institute,
Melanoma Research, 681 5th Ave., New York, NY 10022; or Shriners
Hospital for Children, 12502 North Pine Drive, Tampa, FL 33612-9499. (Savannah
Morning News, 13 Oct 2000) |
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McLEAN, Va. -- Mrs. Iva
Elizabeth Walea Lewis, 87, died Aug. 16 at Heritage Hall Health Care,
Leesburg, Va. The Georgia native was the widow of James H. Lewis.
She was a member of Whitmarsh Island Baptist Church while residing in
Savannah and attended Garfield Memorial Christian Church, McLean. She
retired from Savannah's Candler Hospital, where she was a switchboard
operator for 25 years. SURVIVORS: two daughters,
Jacqueline Lewis Culpepper of McLean and Peggy Lewis
Hunter of Murfreesboro, Tenn. ; a son, James E. Lewis of Atlanta; eight
grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and
in-laws. VISITATION: 11 a.m. -1 p.m. Monday at Hubert C. Baker Funeral
Home, Hodgson Memorial Chapel. GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 1:30 p.m. in Forest
Lawn Memory Gardens. (Savannah Morning News, 19 Aug 2001) |
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WAYNESBORO -- Mrs. Emma
Joyce Joyner, 63, died May 31 at home. She was born in Arkansas and was
a resident of Burke County for more than 30 years. She was a dispatcher
for the Burke County EMA for 15 years and a homemaker and a Baptist.
SURVIVORS: two daughters, Jeannie Joyner
Culpepper of Waynesboro and Sandra Joyner Jarvis of Augusta;
two sisters, Ruth Brison of Ozark, Ark., and Elsie Emanuelson of
Needles, Calif.; four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. VISITATION:
7-9 p.m. Friday at DeLoach Funeral Home. FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday at
DeLoach Funeral Home, burial in Screven County Memorial Cemetery in
Sylvania. (Savannah Morning News,
1 Jun 2000) |
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Jesup - Jennis Howard
(Moose) Anderson, 77, died Sunday, May 19, in the Beverly Health Rehab.
Center after a short illness. The Tattnall Co. native had lived in Wayne
Co. most of his life. He was retired from the Wayne County Board of
Education and was a U. S. Veteran of WWII. He was predeceased by his
first wife, Josephine (Baby) Anderson. Survivors: his wife, Ruth Blake
Anderson of Jesup; daughters and sons-in-law, Drawdy and Herbert
Griffis, Sheila and Gary Sapp, all of Jesup, Anna and Rocky Lane of Odum,
Shirley and David Culpepper of
Clute, TX; sons and daughters-in-law, Rudy and Edwina Anderson, Donnie
and Robin Anderson, Karl and Ann Anderson, Mike and Jan Anderson, all of
Jesup, Robert and Benita Anderson of Clute, TX; step-daughters and
son-in-law, Wanda and Doug English, Barbara Ann Blake, all of Jesup;
sisters, Anita Manning, Jackie Hires, both of Jesup; 19 grandchildren,
ten great-grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, seven
step-great-grandchildren and several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.
Funeral Services: 4:00 p. m. Wednesday, May 22 from the Rinehart & Sons
Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: Jesup City Cemetery. Rinehart & Sons
Funeral Home (Savannah Morning
News, 22 May 2002) |
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LYONS -- Ruby Lee Kight,
82, died July 14 at Meadows Hospital in Vidalia. She was a native of
Lumber City, a longtime resident of Toombs County and the widow of J.W.
Kight. She was a homemaker and a member of Liberty Baptist Church in
Lyons and Lyons Senior Citizens. SURVIVORS: six daughters, Betty Page,
Velma Williamson and Carol K. Wright, all of Lyons, Marion Parker of
Homerville, Mable Culpepper of
Eastman and Mattie Benforado of Raleigh, N.C.; 17 grandchildren, 17
great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. VISITATION: 7-9 p.m.
today at Jones-Stewart Funeral Home, Lyons. FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Friday at
Jones-Stewart Funeral Home, burial in Lakeview Memorial Gardens in
Vidalia. REMEMBRANCES: A charity or church of the donor's choice.
(Savannah Morning News, 16 Jul 1998) |
Georgia Deaths, 1919-1998
Ancestry.com Online database, 2001.
Original Source:
State of Georgia. Indexes of
Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-98. Georgia: Georgia Health
Department, Office of Vital Records, 1998.
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below in red have not been matched
with a person in the Culpepper family tree. If you can identify any of
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please let us know.
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Billy G. Culpepper,
d. 22 Jul 1983 at 52 years in Chattooga Co., GA; Res. in Chatham Co., GA
(#6682)√ (Note: SSDI shows place of death as DeKalb Co., AL,
which borders Chattooga Co., GA. The Chatham Co., GA residence (at the
opposite corner of the state) in this death record makes no sense and is
probably in error.) |
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Catherine L. Culpepper,
d. 25 Apr 1919 in Chatham Co., GA, Cert # 3442-A
(#50798)√ |
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John I. Culpepper,
White, d. 19 Oct 1956 at 60 years in Chatham Co., GA; Res. in Chatham Co., GA,
Cert # 22998 (#50714)√ |
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Robert Culpepper,
Black, d. 14 Dec 1993 at 42 years in Chatham Co., GA; Res. in Chatham Co., GA,
Cert # 054026 (Also in SSDI) |
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Ruth G. Culpepper,
d. 8 Aug 1967 at 72 years in Chatham Co., GA; Res. in Chatham Co., GA,
Cert # 0200083
(#38362)√ |
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Toni L. Culpepper,
White, Female, d. 7 Apr 1949 at 3 years in Chatham Co., GA; Res. in Chatham Co., GA,
Cert # 6932 |
Social
Security Death Index
All records of deaths on or before 30 Sep 2004 in which
the final benefit was paid in this county.
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Elam Culpepper, 12
Aug 1892 - 1 Dec 1980, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA, SSN 258-01-2238 issued
in Georgia before 1951 (#38628)√ |
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Robert C. Culpepper,
14 Jul 1951 - 14 Dec 1993, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA, SSN 417-72-0752
issued in Alabama in 1966 (Black. Also in GA Death Index above) |
Last Revised:
02 Jan 2015
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