Bell Co
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Bell County

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History

In the Eastern Coalfields Region of southeastern Kentucky, Bell County was formed in 1867 from Knox and Harlan Counties. Its county seat, Pineville, is on US-25E about 100 miles SSE of Lexington. Bell is bordered by the Kentucky counties of Whitley, Knox, Clay and Harlan, as well as by Claiborne Co., TN and Lee Co., VA.

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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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Census Records

No Caucasian Culpeppers found in any Bell County censuses prior to 1940. African-American Culpeppers found here in 1910 and in adjacent Harlan County in 1920.

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Kentucky Death Registry, 1911-1996

Name, Death, Age at Death, Place of Death, Residence, Vol, Cert#

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Lucky Culpepper, 02 Oct 1911 at age 42, Bell Co., KY, 11, 24883 (African-American. See Henry L. Culpepper family in Bell Co., 1910 census, not yet transcribed here)

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Social Security Death Index

All records of deaths on or before 30 Sep 2003 in which the final benefit was paid in this county.

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No Culpeppers found.

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Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015

 
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