Texas Culpepper Archives
Angelina County
County County History and Geography
In the Piney Woods Region of east Texas, Angelina County
was formed in 1846 from Nacogdoches County. Its county seat and largest
town, Lufkin, is on US 59, about 120 miles northeast of Houston.
Angelina is bounded by the counties of Nacogdoches,
San Augustine,
Jasper, Tyler,
Polk,
Trinity, Houston and Cherokee.
In 1861, Angelina County
was the only county in east Texas, and one of only a handful of other
Texas counties, to reject secession... Before the war, a principal source
of wealth in Angelina County was the raising of livestock, since most of
the early settlers were not slaveholding planters able to concentrate on
agriculture. After the war, livestock was largely supplanted by the lumber
industry...
Economically Angelina County improved greatly in the 1880s because of the
arrival of the railroads. Exploitation of the county's pine and hardwood
timber became possible, and lumber began quickly to return a bonanza. The
construction in 1882 of the Houston, East and West Texas Railway was
followed in a few years by the Kansas and Gulf Short Line, which later
became the Cotton Belt. Other railroads of the county included... as well
as many small tram lines for lumbering. Lufkin is the hub at which most of
these rail lines met.
The Great Depression hit Angelina County quite hard. By 1933 more than
2,500 residents were on relief rolls-about 10 percent of the county
population. This was mainly because the timber industry in Texas was
particularly vulnerable to the depression. The boom in housing and other
businesses that depended on lumber ceased abruptly with the failure of
banks and lending institutions and with unemployment. Many Angelina County
lumber companies were forced to close or to decrease their activities
sharply. County inhabitants turned back to small farming and stock raising
to feed themselves; the 1935 census numbered more than 18,000 cattle and
17,000 hogs. The Civilian Conservation Corps for East Texas was
headquartered in Lufkin during the depression. It served twenty-six
counties and seventeen camps in efforts to bring about financial recovery.
Source:
Southeastern Genealogy Online.
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
No Culpeppers
were found in any Angelina County censuses prior to 1870
Angelina Co., TX - 1870
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Sheet/Pg 68, Pg 254B (21 Sep 1870), Pennington PO, Angelina Co., TX
Wm Culpepper, 45, M, MS, Farmer (#3476)√
Mrs. Elizabeth Culpepper, 34, F, MS
James Culpepper, 21, M, LA (Marr-Jul-1870), Gen.Labor
Mrs. Matildie Culpepper, 24, F, MS
Molly Freeman, 14, F, LA |
Transcribed from
Ancestry.com images by Pat Roberts.
Angelina Co., TX - 1880
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ED 8,
Sheet 2B, Pg 213, Pct 1, Angelina Co., TX
Martha Crosier, F, 33, Head, WD, VA VA VA, Seamstress (#
48572)√
Mary Crosier, F, 12, Dau, S, MS VA VA
Elizabeth Culpepper, F, 9, Boarder, S, TX VA MS (#7311)√
Dorah Culpepper, F, 8, Boarder, S, TX VA MS
James W. Wiley, M, 30, Boarder, S, VA VA VA, Carpenter
(Elizabeth & Dora were also enumerated with their father in the
Bosque Co. census) |
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ED
10, Sheet 24D, Pg 264, Pct 3, Angelina Co., TX
Ervin Culpepper, M, 30, Head, M, TX MS ?, Farm, (#3478)√
Nancy C. Culpepper, F, 20, Wife, M, TX ?? LA
Francis Culpepper, F, 8, Dau, S, TX TX TX
Tingie Culpepper, F, 6, Dau, S, TX TX TX |
Transcribed from
Ancestry.com images by Pat Roberts.
Angelina
Co., TX – 1890
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Destroyed by fire |
Angelina
Co., TX – 1900
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No
Culpeppers found |
Angelina
Co., TX – 1910
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ED 7, Sheet 9, Pg 199A,
Pct 5, Gen.com Img 17, Angelina Co., TX
Edwin L. Culpepper, Head, M, 33, M1, md-6 yrs, TX GA GA,
Foreman-Lumber Mill (#3326)√
Birtie V. Culpepper, Wife, F, 28, M1, md-6 yrs, ch 0/0, LA LA LA
Molly C. Pettit, Sister-in-Law, F, 18, S, LA LA LA |
Transcribed from
Genealogy.com image by Pat Roberts.
Angelina
Co., TX – 1920 & 1930
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No
Culpeppers found. |
Texas Birth Index,
1903-1997
Source:
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Andre Culpepper,
Male, born __ 1979 in Angelina Co., Texas, child of Artis Lee
Culpepper and Lillie Katherine Scott (#53391)√ |
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Sharika
Culpepper, Female, born __ 1985 in Angelina Co., Texas, child of Artis Lee Culpepper and Lillie Katherine Scott
(#53392)√ |
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
Culpeppers 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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No
Culpeppers found |
Marriages
Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002
Source:
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J. E. Culpepper
and Matilda Havard, 14 Jul 1870 (#3478 & 41632)√ |
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Jowel H Culpepper, 53, married Rachel A Sumrall, 38,
on 13 Oct 1981 in Angelina Co., TX
(#53395)√ |
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William Culpepper
and Elisabeth Havard, 15 Jun 1868 (#3476 & 7310)√ |
Texas Divorce Index,
1968-2002
Source:
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Jowell H Culpepper,
56, and Rachel A Culpepper, 41, divorced on 12 Sep 1984 in Angelina Co.,
Texas. Original Marriage Date: 13 Oct 1981. Number of Children: 0.
(#53395)√ |
Land Title Abstracts
Source:
Ancestry.com. Texas Land Title Abstracts [database online]
Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Texas General Land Office.
Abstracts of all original Texas Land Titles comprising Grants and
Locations. Austin, Texas: , 19--.
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Grantee: J. E. Culpepper; Patentee: J. E.
Culpepper; 11 Feb 1875; 160 acres; Angelina Co., TX
(#3478)√ |
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Grantee: Wm. Culpepper; Patentee: William
Culpepper; 12 Feb 1875; 160 acres; Angelina Co., TX
(#3476)√ |
Deaths
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Ancestry.com Online Database.
Source: Texas Department of
Health. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000. [database on-line] Provo, UT:
Ancestry.com, 2006. Original electronic data from: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX. Texas Department of Health. State Vital Statistics Unit.
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Lillie Culpepper,
Female, died 9 Oct 1998 in Angelina Co., TX (#53392)√ |
Social
Security Death Index
Ancestry.com
Online Database
Source: Social Security
Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Provo,
Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. All records of deaths on or before 31
Dec 2005 in which
the final benefit was paid or final residence was in this county.
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No
Culpeppers found |
Last Revised:
02 Jan 2015
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