Texas
Culpepper Archives
Jim Wells County
County History and Geography
In the South Texas
Plains region,
Jim Wells County was formed in 1912 from Nueces County. Alice, the county seat and largest town,
is on US-281, about 40 miles west of Corpus Christi and 120 miles south of San
Antonio. Jim Wells is bordered by the counties of Live Oak,
San Patricio, Nueces,
Kleberg, Brooks and Duval.
The county's vegetation is typical of the South Texas Plains region, with
grasslands, mesquite, post oak, live oak, and cacti predominating. Between 41
and 50 percent of the county is considered prime farmland. Natural resources
include caliche, industrial sand, oil, and gas.
When the county was established from Nueces County in 1912, its population of
887 was chiefly resident in Alice, which was made county seat. By 1920 the
population was estimated at 6,587.
During the early years of the twentieth century cattle raising remained the
primary industry in the county. But after 1910 large-scale farming began, and by
1920 cotton, sorghum, peanuts, corn, cowpeas, and flaxseed were being grown in
sizable quantities. The introduction of diversified farming changed the county
from the last frontier of South Texas to a center of production. Sorghum and
cotton production have long been the mainstays of the county's agricultural
economy. The county was also among the leaders in the state for watermelons, and
grapefruit and oranges were grown in significant quantities. Ranching continued
to be a major emphasis; livestock, primarily cattle, and livestock products
still accounted for more than half of all agricultural receipts.
Oil was discovered in the county in 1931, and oil and natural gas production
became and remained leading nonfarm industries, despite the falling prices of
the 1980s. Annual oil production in the early 1990s was nearly 800,000 barrels;
between 1933 and January 1, 1991, 457,243,288 barrels were produced, making the
county one of the all-time leaders in oil production among Texas counties.
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 Jim Wells
County censuses prior to 1930.
Jim Wells Co., TX – 1930
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ED 125-6, Sheet 13B, Pg 174, Precinct
4, Premont, Jim Wells Co., TX
Owns Home, Radio=N, Farm=Y
Charles H. Hornsby,
Head, M, 42, md @ 26, AL/AL/AL, Farmer (#34529)√
Pansy Hornsby, Wife, F, 32, md @ 16, AL/AL/AL
Leorne Hornsby, Daughter, F, 12, Sng,
TX/AL/AL
Charles J. Hornsby, Son, M, 10, Sng,
TX/AL/AL
Lela Culpepper, Mother-in-law, 58, wid, md @
17, AL/AL/AL |
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ED 125-6, Sheet 15A, Pg 176, Precinct
4, Premont, Jim Wells Co., TX
Owns Home, Radio=N, Farm=Y
Zenas D. Culpepper,
Head, M, 37, md @ 22, AL/AL/AL, Farmer (#34524)√
Mamie L. Culpepper, Wife, F, 37, md @
22, AL/AL/AL
Louise V. Culpepper, Daughter, F, 13, Sng,
TX/AL/AL
Cathryn Culpepper,
Daughter, F, 8, Sng,
TX/AL/AL |
Transcribed from Ancestry.com images by
Pat Roberts
Texas Birth Index,
1903-1997
Source:
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Mary Lee Culpepper,
Female, born 23 Aug 1931 in Jim Wells Co., Texas, child of Jenas Donavon
Culpepper and Mamie Lee Hornsby (#34536)√ |
Culpepper Mother
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Carol Jean
Culpepper and John Leslie Crawford are the parents of Kayla Marie
Crawford, Female, born __ 1994 in Jim Wells Co., Texas (#39208)√ |
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Iris Culpepper
and Jose Trejo III are the parents of Jennifer Nuteen Trejo, Female,
born __ 1984 in Jim Wells Co., Texas (#53649)√ |
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Pansy Culpepper
and C H Harnsley (Charles Marvin Homer Hornsby) are the parents of Noel Michael Harnsley
(Hornsby), Male, born __ 1940 in Jim Wells Co., Texas (#34528)√ |
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: Ancestry.com.
Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 [database online]. Provo, Utah:
MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas Department of State Health
Services. Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002. Texas Department of
State Health Services, Texas.
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Carol J Culpepper,
19, married John L Crawford, 25, on 7 Jun 1988 in Jim Wells Co., TX
(#39208)√ |
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Iris Culpepper,
16, married Jose Trejo III, 19, on 9 Mar 1984 in Jim Wells Co., TX
(#53649)√ |
Texas Divorce Index,
1968-2002
Source:
No attempt
has yet been made to match any of the names below with a person in the Culpepper family tree.
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Perry L Culpepper,
45, and Annie M Culpepper, 44, divorced on 20 Oct 1976 in Jim Wells Co.,
Texas. Original Marriage Date: 30 Mar 1951. Number of Children: 2.
(#2878)√ |
Land Title Abstracts
Source:
Texas General Land Office,
Texas Land Title Abstracts [database online]
Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Abstracts of all original Texas Land Titles comprising Grants and
Locations. Austin, Texas: , 19--.
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No
Culpeppers found |
Deaths
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
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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No
Culpeppers found |
Social
Security Death Index
Source: Social Security
Administration.
Social Security Death Index
[database on-line]. 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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