Oklahoma Culpepper Archives
Pontotoc County
History
In the Lake Country
of south central Oklahoma,
Pontotoc County was formed in 1907 from
Chickasaw
Nation land. Its county seat, Ada, is about 70 miles southeast of Oklahoma City. Pontotoc is bordered by the counties of
Seminole, Hughes, Coal,
Johnston, Murray, Garvin,
McClain and Pottawatomie.
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
Oklahoma was
opened to white settlers with the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. The
earliest extant census for Oklahoma Territory is for 1900, and Oklahoma
Territory became a state in 1907. No Culpeppers
have been found in any Pontotoc County censuses prior to 1940.
Cemeteries
Lula Cemetery
From Oklahoma USGenWeb Archives
Southeast of the community of Lula, in T-3-N, R-8-E, Sec. 36
