South Carolina Culpepper Archives
Colleton District/County
History
In the Carolina Low
Country, Colleton County was formed in 1682 as one of four proprietary
counties, each bordering the Atlantic coast, and the Colleton
part of the low country was known for its extensive rice and cotton
plantations.
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 Colleton County was the parish of St.
Bartholomew’s, and the original county also embraced the parishes of
St. Paul and St. George Dorchester.
In 1769, South Carolina was divided into seven judicial
districts which served as governmental units.
Charleston District was one of them, and it included St.
Bartholomew's Parish, among others. In 1785, Charleston was divided into
six counties, one of them being Colleton, but none of the counties
became functional and they were abolished in 1798, at which time
Colleton District was formed. In 1828 the first nullification meeting in
the state was held in Walterboro.
In 1868, Colleton District was designated
Colleton County. Its county seat, the town of Walterboro, is on I-95,
about 50 miles west of Charleston and 80 miles south of Columbia.
Colleton County is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, and the counties of
Beaufort, Hampton,
Bamberg, Dorchester
and Charleston
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 - 1850 US Censuses
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No
Culpeppers were found. |
1860
US Census
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Page 289, Family 567,
Walterborough PO, Colleton District, SC
Wright Culpepper, 60, M, Stage Driver, $--/$400, SC (#9494)√
Catherine Culpepper, 48, F, SC
Alonzo Buffkin, 25, M, Laborer, $--/$300,
SC
Sara Buffkin, 21, F, SC |
1870 - 1930 US Censuses
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No
Culpeppers were found. |
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. |
Military
Service
The Official
Roster of South Carolina Serviceman and Servicewomen in World War II,
1941-46 (Five Volumes)
Repository: Tompkins Library, Edgefield, SC, Call
# F274.7 M3 Vol II, 1941-46
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Clifton D. Culpepper, 01536309. Born in
Savannah, GA on 9 Sep 1919. Home Address: Waltersboro, Colleton Co.,
SC. Enlisted for active duty in the US Army on 14 Apr 1945. OS APT 2
Sep 1945 to 24 Apr 1946. Awards: ACM APCM WWIIVM. Honorable
separation from active duty as 2LT from the 1002 ENGR FOREST BN on
16 May 1946. (#36673)√ |
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Ernest L. Culpepper, Jr., 5823280. Born in
Marfort?, NC on 13 Jan 1928. Home Address: Walterboro, Colleton Co.,
SC. Enlisted for active duty in the US Navy on 3 Aug 1945. Awards:
WW-II Victory Medal. Honorably Discharged as a S2C from the Naval
Hospital in Bainbridge, MD on 8 Mar 1946. (#39989)√ |
Social Security Death
Index (SSDI)
All records of deaths on or before 30 Sep 2004 in which
the final residence was in this county.
|
Catherine Culpepper, 1 Aug 1894 - Sep 1978,
Walterboro, Colleton Co., SC; SSN 251-17-9496 issued in South Carolina
in 1972 (#36672)√ |
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Ernest Culpepper, 12 Jan 1928 - Sep 1977,
Walterboro, Colleton Co., SC; SSN 249-46-0874 issued in South Carolina
before 1951 (#39989)√ |
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.
| Culpepper Drive, Walterboro
Probably named for or by someone in the family of Ernest Lee Culpepper
(#385)√ |
Last Revised:
02 Jan 2015
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