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Leflore County

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County History

Leflore County, in the Mississippi Delta region, was formerly a part of Sunflower, Carroll and Tallahatchie counties and was established in 1871 during the administration of Governor Alcorn. It was named for Greenwood Leflore, the principal chief of the Choctaw at the time of removal. As of 2000, Leflore County's population was 37,947, and it is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat and largest town is Greenwood. Greenwood, which calls itself the Cotton Capital of the World, boasts the nation's second largest cotton exchange. B.B. King, King of the Blues, was born near Itta Bena at Berclair in Leflore County in 1925 and initiated his career in the mid-1940s on a broadcast over Greenwood’s WGRM. Other towns include Money, Morgan City, Schlater and Sidon. Leflore County is bordered by Tallahatchie County (north), Grenada County (northeast), Carroll County (east), Holmes County (southeast), Humphreys County (southwest) and Sunflower County (west).

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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 Culpeppers were found in any Leflore County censuses prior to 1920.

1920 US Census

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ED 165, Page 14B, Lines 55-60, beat 5, Leflore Co. MS (1 March 1920) (#58422)
Cleveland Culpeper
, Head, M, Black, 30, md, MS/MS/MS farming
Lilian Culpeper, Wife, F, Black, 24, md, MS/MS/MS farm labor
Nelson Culpeper, Son, M, Black, 9/12, sng, MS/MS/MS
Zo Warren, Stepson, M, Black, 7, sng, MS/MS/MS
Lola Warren, Stepdau, F, Black, 2, sng, MS/MS/MS
Willie Valure, Sister, F, Black, 18, sng, MS/MS/MS farm labor

Transcribed for Culpepper Connections by Linda Jones Cushing

1930 US Censushis

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ED 42-10, Page 41A, Beat 3, Leflore Co., MS
Rent Farm, Radio=N
Emma Culpepper, Head, F, Black, 25, Wid, MS/AL/AL, Cannot read or write, Farmer, Cotton Farm

Transcribed for Culpepper Connections by Malcolm Wicks Culpepper

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Military Records

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Source: National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 (database online) Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 4,277 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration

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No Culpepper found.

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.

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Nelson Culpepper, born 1918 in MS, Black, Separated, Education: Grammar School, Height/Wt: 67/135; Resided in: Leflore Co., MS; Enlisted 29 Jan 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS (Drafted) (#58496)

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Marriages

Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935

Source: Hunting For Bears, comp.. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: Mississippi marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.

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Joseph Culpepper and Matilda Stringer married 3 Dec 1846 in Leflore Co., MS (#58471)

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Land Records

Mississippi Land Records

Source: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Mississippi Land Records (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1997. Original data: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Mississippi Pre-1908 Patents: Homesteads, Cash Entry, Choctaw Indian Scrip and Chickasaw Cession Lands. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1997

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Joseph Culpeper, issued 2 Dec 1850, Choctaw Meridian, Leflore Co., MS, Twp 19-N, Rng 1-E, Sec 10 (#58471)

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Deaths

Social Security Death Index

Source: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index (database on-line). Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2007. All records of deaths on or before 31 Dec 2007 in which the final benefit was paid or final residence was in this county.

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Juanita Culpepper, 13 Jul 1907 - Feb 1986, Last Residence: Greenwood, Leflore Co., MS 38930, SSN 492-44-9177 issued in Missouri in 1956-1958 (#38842)

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Places

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No places named Culpepper were found in this county.

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Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015

 
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