Alabama Culpepper Archives
Lamar County
History
Lamar County was
formed in 1867, and was named both Jones and Sanford County before taking on its
current name in 1877. Lamar is bordered by Marion,
Fayette, and Pickens counties
in Alabama, and by Lowndes and
Monroe counties in Mississippi. The county is
drained by the Tombigbee River. The county seat is at Vernon. Other towns and
communities include Sulligent, Beaverton, and Millport. Vernon is about 90 miles
west of Birmingham, 50 miles NW of Tuscaloosa, and 30 miles northeast of Columbus, Mississippi.
Newspapers: Tuscaloosa News,
Birmingham News,
Columbus Dispatch (MS)
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.
Sources Searched
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During May
2005, a comprehensive search for Culpeppers was made in the Lamar
County, Alabama section of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City
(US/CAN Book 976.186). |
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In October 2005, a comprehensive online search was made for Lamar County
Culpeppers in the Archival databases at
Ancestry.com
and ALGenWeb at
Rootsweb.com |
Census Records
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No Culpeppers
were
found in any Lamar County censuses prior to 1940. |
Births
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No records have been found of Culpepper
births in Lamar County. |
Deeds
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No records have been found of Culpepper
deeds in Lamar County. |
Military Records
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No records have been found of military
service by Culpeppers from Lamar County. |
Marriages
Early Alabama Marriages
Source:
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No records have been found in this
publication of Culpepper marriages in Lamar county. |
Alabama Marriages,
1809-1920 (Selected Counties)
Ancestry.com Online database,
1999.
Source:
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No records have been found in this
database of Culpepper marriages in Lamar county. |
Alabama Marriages,
1807-1902
Ancestry.com Online database,
2004.
Source:
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No records have been found in this
database of Culpepper marriages in Lamar county. |
Alabama Death Index, 1908-1959
Ancestry.com Online Database.
Source:
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Cooper
Culpepper died 6 Aug 1909 in Lamar Co., Alabama
(#54621)√ |
Social
Security Death Index
All records of deaths on or before 31 Mar 2005 in which
the final benefit was paid or final residence was in Lamar County.
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Lena Culpepper, 15 Sep 1877 - 15 Nov 1970, Millport, Lamar
Co., Alabama 35576; SSN 421-68-4064 issued in Alabama in 1965 (the aunt of Purvey
Cooper Culpepper--see above and below) (#5100)√ |
Burials
Ebenezer
Cemetery
Fernbank, Lamar Co., Alabama on County Road 55
Number 114 on the New Cemetery Map of Lamar County.
Source:
AL GenWeb Archives
Cemetery surveyed by T. L. & Margaret Shackelford in June of 2003.
| Purvey Cooper Culpepper,
s/o K. P. & M. V. Culpepper, 6 Jun 1908 - 6 Aug 1909
(#54621)√ |
Places
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No records of any
places named Culpepper
have been
found in Lamar County |
Last Revised:
10 Feb 2008
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