Major Contributors of Content

Alice B. Doak, Alexandria, VA, E-Mail. A researcher of the eastern NC Culpeppers, with more than one descent from the family.  Alice has been a great help.

Barbara S. Lockard, Fort Worth, TX, one of Lew Griffin's early contacts from the late 1970's, contributed much of our information on the descendants of Joel Culpepper and Rebecca Hammack of Harris Co. GA.  She also shared her extensive research on all branches of the Culpepper family over a number of years.  Barbara died in August 2005.

Beverly Sue Culpepper, Atlanta, GA. E-Mail. Provided copies of the James Monroe Culpepper family bible.

Bill Russell, Alexandria, VA, E-mail, Biography. Researcher of the colonial Culpeppers and their linkage to Barbados and England.  In his spare time, Bill is a scholar of early Virginia history, and it was Bill who first put us in touch with William S. Smith Jr., mentioned below, and with Dr. Warren M. Billings, http://www.uno.edu/history/berkeleypapers.cfm. When Dr. Billing's monumental work on Sir William Berkeley is published, it could provide us with many useful details, not only on Berkeley's wife, Frances Culpeper, but perhaps on her siblings as well.

Cathy McBirnie Griffin, Phoenix, AZ. E-mail, Lew Griffin says, "Somehow it seems fair to include my wife Cathy in this list, as she has been a great help to all of us, over the years, as far as publishing our records on the Culpepper family. I can't tell you how many hours she has spent, just typing various records for inclusion at our web site, in the last fifteen years or so. I suspect that with the exception of Warren and me, no one can yet compete with her as far as time spent on our Culpepper family tree."

Charles Lee Culpepper (1895-1986) and his sister Martha Anne Culpepper Hunt (1890-1978) compiled extensive records on the family of their grandfather Francis Gillespie Culpepper, which the Rev. Culpepper generously shared with Lew Griffin in the late 1970's.  These records, including updates from the current Culpepper Heritage Association, founded by Rev. Culpepper's grandson, Tom S. Culpepper E-mail, form the core of our records on this branch of the family.

Chip Culpepper, Little Rock, AR, E-mail, Biography. Has provided considerable content for Culpepper Places, Culpeppers in the Media, Culpeppers in the Civil War, and the Arkansas Culpeppers, as well as information on descendants of Capos Conley Culpepper.

Dorothy Nash Roberts, Dallas, TX, E-mail. Researcher of the Francis Gillespie Culpepper descendants. Has also provided transcriptions for nearly half of the Culpepper families in the 1930 census.

Dorothy Culpepper Wingfield, Perry, GA, a granddaughter of the Rev. George Bright Culpepper, shared his 25 page typed history of the Daniel Peek Culpepper family, as copied by her in 1992; and various old family photos as well.

Eleanor Culpepper Willingham, Grantville, GA. Eleanor was a major contributor to Lew Griffin in his George Washington Culpepper line of the Culpepper Chronicles. She is a member of our 90-Plus Club and may also be found in our Interesting Folks section.

Ellaree Dean Speer (1900-1996) of Birmingham, AL, was Lew Griffin's double cousin, on the Culpepper side, and supplied his first records on and contacts among the family of John Wesley and Betsey (Culpepper) Dean.  She was also a source of old photos in the Lewis Peek Culpepper family, old family stories, and old letters.

Fred Gleaton, Atlanta, GA. E-mail. Fred first put Warren Culpepper and Lew Griffin in touch with one another in 1997. Thanks to Fred's initial encouragement, our current Culpepper web site was born in April 1998.  See About this Web Site on our Culppeper Connections home page for all the details.  Fred is also a major contributor on the family of David Culpepper (1823 - 1893) and Argent Sutton, of early Dooly / Crisp Co. GA.

Genevieve "Gennie" Harris, 5824 Meadow Crest Drive, Dallas, Texas 75230, E-mail. Researcher of the descendants and ancestry  of Joel Culpepper of Cherokee Co., AL, and of his wife, Ann Elizabeth Tyler. Gennie's work on both the Culpeppers and the Tylers / Theilers has been meticulous. She has also provided a considerable amount of material for our Civil War section.

Gertrude Walker "Trudie" Stone (1925 - 2001) of Newnan, GA was the chief researcher of the descendants of Malachi Culpepper, and over a 20 year period, was a great help to Lew Griffin in locating correspondents in many other branches of the Culpepper family as well.

Glen N. Colepeper, Cape Town, South Africa, E-mail. Researcher of the South African Colepepers.

Harry Linwood "Lin" Monell E-mail wrote an extensive and thorough report entitled The Descendants of Robert Culpeper and Elizabeth Bracket which he published 28 Aug 1993. Contributor Diane Mathena E-mail sent us a copy, with Lin's permission, in 1998.  An early researcher of note on this line was Joseph G. Merrell.

John Leland Culpepper (1915-1998) Primary researcher of the descendants of Joseph Culpepper, who came from Jackson County, GA, around 1840, and settled in Lauderdale Co., MS, and Sumter Co., AL. Leland was kind enough to share his many family group sheets with Lew Griffin. Those were the days of the earliest IBM PC's. It was Lew's wife Cathy who first put those records into computer format, on that old PC. Early on, Leland's research, and Cathy's data entry, was shared with Levin Ellis Culpepper who eventually published those records, with his own additional research appended. Levin Culpepper's book on these Culpeppers can be found at the the LDS Library in Salt Lake City. Of course, our own current records on this family are here at Culpepper Connections!

Karen Mallumian, Lamar, MO, , E-mail, Researcher of the Missouri Culpeppers and the descendants of Joseph Archie and Sarah Bradley Culpepper.

Kathyrn English Culpepper (1905 - 1996) and her sister Louise Culpepper Broach (1903 - 1983) of Rome, GA, were great resources on the family of Charles William Culpepper of Gordon Co. GA.  Louise was one of Lew Griffin's early correspondents, and supplied her recollections of various early family members.  Kathryn put her own extensive family recollections into a 75 page handwritten narrative, and in 2002 Charles William descendant Lorinda Culpepper E-mail, shared a copy of this narrative with Lew Griffin. Lorinda has also provided information and old photos on the family of Osbit Culpepper.

Lew Griffin, Phoenix, AZ, E-mail, Biography. A double Culpepper descendant who has been the primary source of the genealogical information at Culpepper Connections! He focuses, in particular, on the descendants of John and Nancy Gillespie Culpepper, and on this couple's ancestry, as well as on the descendants of the closely related lines of Benjamin Culpepper, Rev. Sol., of SC, and Joseph Culpepper, Rev. Sol., of SC.

Loris O. Brewer, Lockhart, TX, E-mail, Web Site. Researcher of the descendents of Allison Culpepper of Georgia.

Malcolm Wickes Culpepper, Clinton, MS, E-mail. Brother of Royce Culpepper and researcher of the line of Mathew Nathan Culpepper of Chickasaw Co., MS. Malcolm has provided full transcriptions of the 1930 US Census in Mississippi.

Margaret Phillips Dodd (1904 - 2002) of Winter Haven, FL, was a great storyteller, and supplied much information and many old family stories about her grandfather Lewis Peek Culpepper and his children, which brought those people to life.

Mary Lillian Butler Pierce (1915 - 2000) of Albertville, AL, was one of Lew Griffin's long-time correspondents from the late 1970's, and was a storehouse of information on the family of John Jefferson Culpepper (1797 - 1885).  Our records on this branch of the family, including old family stories, and other contacts, came largely from Mary Lillian's personal knowledge of the family.

Pat Culpepper Roberts, Covington, TX, E-mail, Biography. Pat is a descendant of Joel Culpepper of Cherokee Co., AL, but like several others, she has taken an interest in the broader Culpepper family as well.  For example, among other things, she has provided a large number of census transcriptions, including all of the Culpeppers in 1850-1920 Texas, most in 1930 Texas, all in Oklahoma, and more to come.

Royce Culpepper, Mt. Juliet, TN, E-mail, Biography, Web Site. Brother of Malcolm Culpepper and researcher of the descendants of Mathew Nathan Culpepper of Chickasaw Co., MS. Has also provided content for Culpepper Places and the Culpepper Archives sections of this web site.

Sandra Durbin, Riverside, CA, E-mail. Researcher of the African-American Culpeppers of Riverside Co., CA and Wilcox Co., AL, and her many other lines as well.  Sandra's interest in family history goes back many years.  As a young person, she used to write letters back to Alabama for one of her elderly relatives, and she still remembers old bits and pieces of family history in her family which have long been forgotten by others.  She has also traveled extensively over the years, pursuing leads on her various ancestral lines wherever she can find them.  Sandra's determination and persistence sets a good example for anyone with difficult lines to research.

Skip and Linda Lassiter, Columbus, GA, E-mail. Linda Dawkins Lassiter is the daughter of Clifford Florine Culpepper. Skip and Linda have provided details on the descendants of her great-grandfather, William Henry Culpepper.

Tommie Reeves Smith, Grand Prairie, TX, E-mail. Researcher of the descendents of the Civil War veteran, John Malcolm Culpepper, and related lines.  Tommie is another one of Lew Griffin's old correspondents from the late 1970's, and her help over the years has been invaluable.

Warren H. "Dick" Culpepper, Provo, UT, E-mail. Dick has been researching the Culpeppers about as long as Lew Griffin has, but oddly enough, the two were not in touch with each other until about 1992 or so.  Dick has collected extensive records over the years on the Culpepper family in England, Virginia, and the Carolinas, and hopes to publish a book on his findings in the not too distant future.

Warren L. Culpepper, Atlanta, GA, E-mail, Biography. Site Sponsor and webmaster for Culpepper Connections! Also, researcher of the English, Barbados and Georgia Culpeppers, and the descendants of Erasmus Culpepper of Nash Co., NC.

William S. Smith Jr., was kind to enough to allow us to reprint his Master's Thesis, Culpeper's Rebellion, New Data and Old Problems, a paper originally written in 1990.