Georgia Culpepper Archives
Twiggs County
History
In the Upper
Coastal Plains Region of Georgia,
Twiggs County was formed in
1809 from Wilkinson County which had been formed in 1803-1806 from the Creek
Sessions. Its county seat,
Jeffersonville, is on
US-80 about 100 miles SSE of Atlanta and 20 miles southeast of Macon. Twiggs is bordered by the counties of
Jones, Wilkinson,
Bleckley,
Houston and Bibb.
Newspapers: The Macon Telegraph,
Macon, GA and The Twiggs County News Era, Jeffersonville, 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 Caucasian Culpeppers
were found in any Twiggs County censuses prior to 1940, and only one
was found in any of the land lotteries.
1827 Land Lottery
 |
William Culpepper, Bostwicks District, Twiggs Co., GA, drew lot 188-17 in Muscogee Co.,
GA, 14 May 1827 (#4869)√ |
1910 US
Census
One Black
Family found: John Culpepper, age 27, page 169A.
1920 US
Census
No Caucasian
or Black Culpeppers found.
Marriages
Georgia Marriages to 1850
Ancestry.com Online database,
1997.
Original Source: Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850. Liahona
Research
|
No Culpeppers found. |
Georgia Marriages to 1851-1900
Ancestry.com Online database,
2000.
Original Source: Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850. Liahona
Research
|
No Culpeppers found. |
Other Marriages
Source:
Bess Vaughn Clark, Twiggs County, Georgia, Records: A Reconstructed
Heritage, Wolfe Publishing, Fernandina Beach, FL, 1999. (FHL US/CAN
Book 975.8545 H2c), page 175
|
Jane
Culpepper married Edward Talbot Bullard (dates and places not
cited). Edward was the son of Wiley Bullard (born 1802 in Twiggs Co., GA
and who moved to Stewart Co., GA in early pioneer days and moved to
Mitchell Co., GA in 1858) and his first wife, Mary Talbot (born in
Pulaski Co., GA). Edward and Wiley both died of smallpox in Mitchell
Co., GA in 1863 during the Civil War. (#3369)√ |
|
Matthew
Culpepper married Georgia Bullard (dates and places not
cited), half sister of Edward Talbot Bullard and the daughter of Wiley
Bullard and his second wife Mary Fitzgerald. Wiley and Mary married 23
Jul 1840. (#3379)√ |
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.
|
Larcus C.
Culpepper, d. 14 Jan 1969 at 75 years in Catoosa Co., GA; Res. in
Twiggs Co., GA |
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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No Culpeppers
found. |
Burials
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No records of Culpepper
graves have been
found. |
Last Revised:
02 Jan 2015
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