Oklahoma Culpepper Archives
Grady County
History
In the Frontier
Country of central Oklahoma,
Grady County was formed in 1907 from
Pontotoc,
Pickens, Caddo and Comanche Counties. Its county seat,
Chickasha, is on
I-44 about 40 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. Grady is bordered by the counties of
Canadian, McClain, Garvin, Stephens, Comanche and
Caddo.
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
Oklahoma was
opened to white settlers with the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. The
earliest extant census for Oklahoma Territory is for 1900, and Oklahoma
Territory became a state in 1907. No Culpeppers
have been found in any Grady County censuses prior to 1940.
Cemeteries
Fairlawn
Cemetery
North of Chickasha past the airport on the west side of Highway 81.
From USGenWeb Archives, submitted by Sandi Carter
