Georgia Culpepper Archives
Pierce County

History

In the Lower Coastal Plains Region of Georgia, Pierce County was formed in 1857 from Appling and Ware counties. Its county seat, Blackshear, is on US-84 about 240 miles southeast of Atlanta, 90 miles southwest of Savannah and 85 miles northwest of Jacksonville, FL. Pierce is bordered by the counties of Appling, Wayne, Brantley, Ware and Bacon.

Newspaper: The Blackshear Times, Blackshear, GA and The Waycross Journal-Herald, Waycross, 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 Pierce County censuses prior to 1900.

1900 US Census

ED 150, page 9B, Railroad Street, Blackshear, Pierce Co., GA
Servant in HH of Lewis J. and Corry V. Grady
Walter B. Culpepper, Head, M, Jun 1877 (22), S, GA/GA/GA, Farm Laborer (#34320)√

1910 US Census

ED 150, page 9B, Railroad Street, Blackshear, Pierce Co., GA
Walter B. Culpepper, Head, M, 32, M¹ 8, GA/GA/GA, Laborer in Livery Stable (#34320)√
Mary Nevada Culpepper, Wife, F, 33, M¹ 8, ch 4/2, GA/GA/GA
Gerald L. Culpepper, Son, M, 7, S, GA/GA/GA
John B. Culpepper, Son, M, 33, S, GA/GA/GA

1920 US Census

ED 139, page 9B, Blackshear, Pierce Co., GA
(A 2-p Culpeper spelling was used in census)
Brooks Culpepper, Head, M, 42, M, GA/GA/GA, Laborer at Kaolin Factory (#34320)√
Navada Culpepper, Wife, F, 43, M, GA/GA/GA
Loyd Culpepper, Son, M, 17, S, GA/GA/GA
John B. Culpepper, Son, M, 13, S, GA/GA/GA

1930 US Census

No Culpeppers were found

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.

John B Culpepper, White, Married, born 1906 in Georgia, residing in Pierce Co., Georgia, enlisted as a Private in the US Army on 27 Jul 1943 in Fort McPherson, Georgia (#16483)√

Marriages

Georgia Marriages to 1851-1900

Ancestry.com Online database, 2000.
Original Source: Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850. Liahona Research

Bettie Culpepper and D. B. English on 05 Mar 1890 in Pierce Co., GA
(#51162)√

Pierce County, Georgia Marriages 1875-1925

From USGenWeb Archives

	J. T. Culpepper and Marie E. Avera on 9 Mar 1913 (#9547)√
	Walter B. Culpepper and Nevada M. Baxter on 17 Oct 1901 (#34320)√

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.

	Dorrell E. Culpepper, d. 30 Aug 1994 at 33 years in Pierce Co., GA; Res. in Pierce Co., GA (#51164)√
	J. Floyd Culpepper, d. 23 Apr 1920 in Pierce Co., GA (#16482)√
	John B. Culpepper, d. 23 May 1964 at 57 years in Pierce Co., GA; Res. in Pierce Co., GA (#16483)
	Netherae P. Culpepper, d. 6 Jul 1969 at 53 years in Ware Co., GA; Res. in Pierce Co., GA (#51165)√

Social Security Death Index

All records of deaths on or before 30 Sep 2004 in which the final benefit was paid in this county.

Dorrell E. Culpepper, 10 Sep 1960 - 30 Aug 1994, Blackshear, Pierce Co., GA, SSN 259-17-0966 issued in Georgia in 1974 (#51164)√

Burials

Blackshear Cemetery

Blackshear, Pierce Co., GA
From USGenWeb Archives

J. Lloyd Culpepper, 27 Oct 1902 - 23 Apr 1920
(#16482)√

Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015

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