Georgia Culpepper Archives
Washington County

History

In the Upper Coastal Plains Region of Georgia, Washington County was formed as an original county in  1774 from the Creek Cession of 1773. Its county seat, Sandersville, is about 125 miles southeast of Atlanta and 65 miles ENE of Macon. Washington is bordered by the counties of Hancock, Warren, Glascock, Jefferson, Johnson, Wilkinson and Baldwin.

Newspaper: The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, GA, The Macon Telegraph, Macon, GA and The Sandersville Progress, Sandersville, 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.

Early Records

Births, 1784-1801

The following birth records have been copied from a document entitled "A List of Ages" compiled by William B. Bryan on 16 Apr 1843. While not explicitly identified as doing so, the document lists Henry Stokes (and wife Sarah), their children and their grandchildren (including William Bryan, the compiler). There were about seventy names included, primarily with the Stokes surname. There were also a few O'Neals, Bryans and Culpeppers. On 29 Jun 2010, Jean Odom Carter, who owned the document, created a scanned image which was then transcribed by Voncille Bush and edited by Sarah Murphy and Gerry Lee. Sarah Murphy graciously provided a copy of the transcription to Culpepper Connections on 16 Aug 2010. Excerpted from the full list and Included below are Henry and Sarah Stokes, plus all eleven of their children, plus the eight children of their daughter, Mary Stokes (Seven of these were Culpeppers). The other grandchildren are not included here.

First Generation: Henry Stokes and Sarah his wife:

1. Henry Stokes Son of John Stokes and Elizabeth his wife was born May 2^nd AD 1728.

2. Sarah Stokes wife of Henry Stokes was born Oct 18^th AD 1738.

Second Generation: Children of Henry Stokes and Sarah his wife:

1. Elizabeth Stokes Daughter was born May 23^rd AD 1755.

2. Mary Stokes Daughter was born Oct 7^th AD 1757.

3. John Stokes Son was born Dec 12^th AD 1759.

4. Dorcas Stokes Daughter was born March 19^th AD 1762.

5. Henry Stokes Son was born Feb 6^th AD 1764.

6. Samuel Stokes Son was born Feb 17^th AD 1766.

7. William Stokes Son was born April 8^th AD 1768.

8. Sarah Stokes Daughter was born Sept 24^th AD 1770.

9. Young Stokes Son was born January 31^st AD 1773.

10. Silvanus Stokes Son was born June 11^th AD 1775

11. Allen Stokes Son was born April 28^th AD 1779.

Third Generation (List here limited to children of Mary Stokes)

Child of Mary Stokes

1. Allen Stokes Son was born Feb 17^th AD 1781.

Children of John Culpepper & Mary (Stokes) his wife:

1. Elizabeth Culpepper was born Sep 29^th AD 1784 (#61646)√

2. Sampson Culpepper was born Mar 8^th AD 1787 (#3237)√

3. Agness Culpepper * was born Oct 14^th AD 1789 (#5659)√

4. John Culpepper was born Apr 22^nd AD 1792 (#3236)√

5. Henry Hardy Culpepper was born Mar 12^th AD 1795 (#61647)√

6. Charles Culpepper was born Jan 28^th AD 1798 (#61648)√

7. Mary Culpepper was born Jan 2^nd AD 1801 (#3716)√

* At the time of document creation in April 1843, all of the names above were flagged as being deceased with the exception of Agness Culpepper.

Unknown Source

Washington Co., GA Surveyor's Records, Books D-E

Early Land Grants, 1786-1792

Militia Service,, 1793-1794

1805 Land Lottery

One draw for bachelors over 21 and minor orphans; Two draws for married with wife and/or child, and for widow with child. P=Prize drawn, B=Blank drawn

1807 Land Lottery

Persons Entitled to Draw
Bachelor, 21 years or over, 3 year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States – 1 draw
Married man with wife and/or minor child, 3 year residence in Georgia, citizen of United States – 2 draws
Widow, 3 year residence in Georgia; Spinster, 21 years or older, 3 year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
Minor orphan, father and mother dead, 3 year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
Family of minor orphans, father and mother dead, 3 year residence in Georgia – 2 draws
Minor orphan father dead, mother living, 3 year residence in Georgia – 1 draw
Family of minor orphans, father dead, mother living, 3 year residence in Georgia – 1 draw

Census Records

No Culpeppers were found in any Washington County census prior to 1890.

1890 US Census

Even though the 1890 US Census was subsequently destroyed by fire in Washington, DC, Washington Co., GA preserved its own copies of the census, and the following Culpeppers are found within that.

1900 US Census

1910 US Census

Marriages

Georgia Marriages to 1850

Ancestry.com Online database, 1997.
Original Source: Dodd, Jordan. Georgia Marriages to 1850. Liahona Research

Georgia Marriages to 1851-1900

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

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.

Social Security Death Index

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

Burials