South Carolina Culpepper Archives
Berkeley District/County
History
In the Carolina Low
Country, Berkeley County was formed in 1682 as one of four proprietary
counties, the others being Colleton,
Craven and Carteret. However, in the early years of South Carolina (1682-1769),
counties were used only for geographical divisions, and did not have
governmental functions. In 1706, parishes were set up and coexisted with
the counties. Today’s Berkeley County included all or parts of the
parishes of St. Stephens, St. James Santee, St. Johns Berkeley, St.
Thomas/St. Denis and St. James Goose Creek. In 1769, South Carolina was
divided into seven judicial districts which served as governmental
units. Charleston District was one of them.
In 1785, Charleston was divided into six counties, one of them being
Berkeley, but none of the counties became functional and they were
abolished in 1798. In 1882, Berkeley County was formed from
Charleston County. Its county seat, the
town of Moncks Corner, is on US-52, about 30 miles north of Charleston
and 80 miles southeast of Columbia. Berkeley County is bordered by the
counties of Clarendon,
Williamsburg,
Georgetown, Charleston,
Dorchester and
Orangeburg.
Newspaper:
The Post
and Courier, Charleston
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
1790 - 1930 US Censuses
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No
Culpeppers were found enumerated in any US censuses. |
Births
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No records of any Culpepper
births have been
found. |
Marriages
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No records of any Culpepper
marriages have been
found. |
Social Security Death
Index (SSDI)
All records of deaths on or before
30 Sep 2004 in which the final residence was in this county.
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Charles W. Culpepper, 31
May 1921 - 15 Dec 1989, Goose Creek, Berkeley Co., SC; SSN 256-26-8116
issued in Georgia before 1951 (#47879)√ |
Burials
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No records of Culpepper graves have been found.
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Places
If you have a photograph or more information on any of these, or in
particular, if you know which Culpepper a place may have been named for, please
contact us.
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No Culpepper-named or related places have been found. |
Last Revised:
02 Jan 2015
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