Louisiana Culpepper Archives
Union Parish
History
In the Uplands region of
northern Louisiana, Union Parish was formed in
1839 from Ouachita Parish. Its parish seat,
Farmerville, is about 80 miles east of Shreveport and 200 miles NNW of Baton Rouge. Union
is bordered by the Louisiana parishes of
Morehouse, Ouachita,
Lincoln, and Claiborne, as well as by
the Arkansas county of Union.
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
1870 US Census Index
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Pleasant Culpepper, Union
Parish, LA 115 Downsville 5 W. (#9816) |
1880 US
Census
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4th Ward, Page 500D,
Union Parish, LA
R. B. Culpepper, Self, M, M, W, 27, LA/---/---, Farmer
(#
132)√
Mattie Culpepper, Wife, F, M, W, 24, AL/---/--- |
1930 US
Census
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ED 56-10,
Sheet #4-B, Line 69, Weldon Road, Police Jury Ward 4, Union Parish, LA
Home rented, Amount=blank, Radio=blank, Farm=Yes
Charles N Culpeper, Head, M, 68, M, md@26, AR/LA/GA, Farmer,
Vet=No (#142)√
Annie Culpeper, Wife, F, 54, M, md@44, LA/LA/LA, Not employed |
Land Patents
Extracted by
Lew Griffin from the General Land Office's Automated Records Project.
Name, Date, Parish, Acres/Offset
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John Culpepper, 1884 Lincoln/Union Parish, 40.2800 acres/10638238
(#137)√
John Culpepper, 1893 Lincoln/Union Parish, 0.0000 acres/13724680
John Culpepper, 1893 Lincoln/Union Parish, 0.0000 acres/13725204
John Culpepper, 1893 Lincoln/Union Parish, 120.6900 acres/13724942 |
Marriages
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Angie Culpepper and Brock B. Michem, 4 Apr
1888, Union Parish, LA
(#146)√ |
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Charley N. Culpepper and Ida Loula Bays, 29
Nov 1888, Union Parish, LA
(#142)√ |
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John Culpepper and Sarah A. M. Liggin, 19 May
1869, Union Parish, LA
(#137)√ |
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Mary Culpepper and John Antley, 3 Jun 1871,
Union Parish, LA
(#9817)√ |
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O. J. Culpepper and Nancy Wynton, 2 Jan 1851,
Union Parish, LA
(#9784)√ |
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P. l. Culpepper and Sarah Elizabeth Alford, 25
Jul 1870, Union Parish, LA
(#9816)√ |
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William M. Culpepper and Maria Atkins, 3 Sep
1888, Union Parish, LA |
Family Records
Family of James
Travis Mayes and Elizabeth Culpepper Mayes
Records found among the papers of Mrs. Ida Elizabeth Mayes Gilbert in 1965
and provided to Culpepper Connections by Susie Brown.
Births
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James Travis Mayes was born 18 Oct 1834. (Perry Co., Alabama)
(#51826)√ |
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A. Elizabeth Culpepper Mayes was born 5 March 1839 (Jasper Co.,
Georgia) (#134)√ |
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C. A. Mayes was born 5 February 1860 (Union Parish, Louisiana) |
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Martha Ann Mayes born 25 February 1861 (Union Parish, LA) |
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James Frank Mayes born 20 Feb 1862 (Union Parish, LA) |
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John
Thomas Mayes born 31 August 1864. (Union Parish, LA) |
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Nancy Clementine Mayes born 16 Feb 1866 (Louisiana) |
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Ella
J. Mayes born 10 Feb 1868 (Louisiana) |
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J. G.
Mayes born 26 Nov 1869 (Louisiana) |
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William A. Mayes born 20 Nov 1870 (Louisiana) |
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Ida
Elizabeth Mayes born 5 Mar 1872 (Louisiana) |
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Clara
L. Mayes born 23 Jan 1874 (Louisiana) |
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Mary
Roberts Mayes born 28 Jan 1875 (Louisiana) |
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Lanie
A. Mayes born 8 May 1877 (Louisiana) |
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Cansas
Eugenie Mayes born 16 Feb 1879 (Louisiana) |
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L. A.
Mayes born 17 Sept 1880 (Louisiana) |
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L.
Corine Mayes born 27 Nov. 1881 (Louisiana) |
Deaths
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C.
A. Mayes died 4 Aug 1865 (Downsville, Union Parish, Louisiana) |
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J. C.
Mayes died 22 Dec 1869 (Union Parish, LA) |
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Nancy
Clementine Abbott died 4 Jan 1899 |
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Delia
Mayes Gaskin died 14 jan 1917 |
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Mrs.
Elizabeth Mayes died 30 Oct 1927 (Union Parish, LA) |
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James
T. Mayes died 4 Aug 1905 (Union Parish, LA) |
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Bert
Mayes Thomas died 17 Aug 1932 |
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Ella J. Mayes Kennedy died 2 Nov 1932 |
Louisiana Statewide Death
Index, 1900-1949
Ancestry.com Online Database
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C. N. Culpepper, 22 Jan 1945, 83 Years, Union Parish, LA
(#142)√ |
Social
Security Death Index
All records of deaths on or before 30 Sep 2003 in which
the final benefit was paid in this parish.
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Alice Culpepper, 28 Jul 1889 - Jun 1978,
Spearsville, Union Parish, LA; SSN 433-15-0519 issued in LA in 1973 (#800)√ |
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Walter Culpepper, 20 Oct 1890 - Oct 1978,
Spearsville, Union Parish, LA; SSN 430-28-8640 issued in AR before 1951
(#797)√ |
Burials
Alabama-Weldon
Cemetery
Also known as Weldon Cemetery, this Cemetery is located in the extreme
western part of Union Parish, next to the Claiborne Parish line, on LA
Route 2, near Bernice. A partial census was taken by Steve Porter in May
2004 and provided to Culpepper Connections. A
full census was taken by Media Thurmon and Bob Reeves, published as
the "Centennial History and Memories of Weldon Baptist Church and
Community, 1900 - 2000" and posted to the USGenWeb Archives.
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A. W.
Puckett, 5 Mar 1842 - 25 Jul 1916 (#166)√
Martha A. (Culpepper) Puckett, 8 Nov 1845 - 5 Jun 1932 (#129)√ |
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Dallas Bays, 1841-1919 (#6782)√
Elizabeth Bays, 11 Nov 1854 - 31 Mar 1927 (#6783)√
(Parents of Nancy Elizabeth Bays Culpepper and Ida Lue Bays Culpepper) |
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Stephen Culpepper, 21 Jan 1869 - 2 Feb 1952 (#
145)√
Nancy Elizabeth (Bays) Culpepper, 1875 - 1944 (#176)√ |
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Charlie
Newton Culpepper, 17 Dec 1862 - 21 Jan 1945 (#142)√
Ida Lue Bays Culpepper, 5 Mar 1872 - 10 Feb 1948 (#170)√ |
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Cuba
Newton Culpepper, 23 Feb 1907 - 5 Apr 1940 (#6791)√ |
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Brady
Dixon Culpepper, 26 Nov 1894 - 3 Apr 1969 (#6797)√
Thelma Harrell Culpepper, 10 Jun 1896 - 4 Mar 1977 (#39178)√ |
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Willie
A. Green, 17 Sep 1887 - 5 Jan 1983 (#6787)√
Theo Culpepper Green, 1 Sep 1894 - 20 Jun 1961 (#6786)√ |
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Marie
Elizabeth Culpepper, 20 Sep 1920 - 8 Dec 1920 (#6824)√ |
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John
Allen Culpepper, 1892 - 1939 (#6796)√ |
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Jesse W.
Gray, 22 Nov 1885 - 2 Aug 1965 (#7039)√
Captola Culpepper Gray, 2 Jan 1890 - 17 Jan 1966 (#6784)√ |
Mount Nebo Cemetery
Union Parish, LA. 0.8 miles south of Farmerville, LA
Source: Compiled by W. C. Nolan, Cemetery Inscriptions of Union Parish, 4
volumes, Shreveport, LA: J&W Enterprises, 199-. FHL US/CAN 976.389 V3n. Provided
to Culpepper Connections by Douglas O. Culpepper and identified by Susie
Brown.
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James T. Mayes, 18 Oct 1834 - 4 Aug 1905 (#51826)√
Elizabeth Culpepper (Mayes), 15 Mar 1839 - 30 Oct 1927
(#134)√ |
Last Revised:
02 Jan 2015
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