Catherine Bell

Female, #32055, (circa 1797 - circa 1865)

Parent*Robert Bell (c 1765 - b 1820)
Parent*Barbary (?) (c 1765 - c 1825)
Catherine Bell|b. circa 1797\nd. circa 1865|p32055.htm|Robert Bell|b. circa 1765\nd. before 1820|p32056.htm|Barbary (?)|b. circa 1765\nd. circa 1825|p32057.htm|||||||||||||

Birth*circa 1797 Catherine was born at South Carolina circa 1797. 
 She was the daughter of Robert Bell and Barbary (?). 
Marriage*circa 1816 She married John Jefferson Culpepper at South Carolina circa 1816. 
Married Namecirca 1816  As of circa 1816, her married name was Culpepper. 
Deed*Jan 1826 John Jefferson Culpepper, Catherine Bell and Robert Bell granted a deed and with Barbary Bell as a previous landowner in Jan 1826 at Edgefield District, South Carolina.
(John Culpepper, Catherine Culpepper, William Bell, Robert Bell, Margaret Bell & Mary Bell, for $651, 144 acres to William H. Buffington, a tract where Barbary Bell formerly lived, as granted to George Shelnut, on Cuffeetown Creek bordering Josiah Langley’s Mill, Elijah Harding, Benjamin Hasting, George McDuffy. Witnesses: Hugh Mosely, Henry Shelnut. Catherine Culpepper, Mary Ann Bell give consent.).1 
1830 Census1 Jun 1830 Catherine was probably a free white female, age 30 and under 40, in John Jefferson Culpepper's household, on the 1830 Census at Upson Co., Georgia. Unaccounted for is 1 Male 5-10..2 
1840 Census1 Jun 1840 Catherine was probably a free white female, age 40 and under 50, in John Jefferson Culpepper's household, on the 1840 Census on 1 Jun 1840 at Chambers Co., Alabama.3 
Census1850 She was listed as a resident in the census report at Chambers Co., Alabama, in 1850. 
Death*circa 1865 She died at Almond, Randolph Co., Alabama, circa 1865. 
Burial*circa 1865 Her body was interred circa 1865 at Concord Baptist Cemetery, Randolph Co., Alabama. 
Biography* Census: 1860 Almond P. O. District, near Louina (now Wadley), Randolph Co., AL. \p. 838? #1526 (Catherine 65 SC in hh of John J. Culpepper).\
      According to census records, Catherine was born in South Carolina. Her mother, Barbary, was recorded in the 1820 census of Edgefield District, SC and this is where Catherine is believed to have married John Jefferson Culpepper. Barbary Bell died sometime after the 1820 census and before Jan 1826 when "Catharine Culpepper" and her husband, "John J. Culpepper" were listed in a 13 Jan 1826 Edgefield District, SC deed with Wm. Bell, Robert Bell, Margaret Bell and Mary Bell as heirs of Barbary Bell. The land mentioned in the deed was on Cuffeeton Creek by Josiah Langley's Mill bounding Elijah Harding, Benjamin Hasting and Geo. McDuffie's land, and had originally been granted to Geo. Shelnut and was very close if not adjacent to the land that John Culpepper, Senior sold in 1823. The heirs of Barbary Bell granted the land to Wm. H. Buffington for $651. Hugh Mosely and Henry Shelnut were witnesses and releases were signed by Catherine Culpepper wife of John J. Culpepper and Mary Ann Bell wife of William Bell on 13 Jan 1826. The deed was recorded 22 Nov 1830. Catherine and John J. Culpepper presumably returned from Georgia to settle the estate since based on 1827 Georgia Land Lottery records, John J. Culpepper, was supposed to have been in Georgia since 1824.
      Catherine was recorded with her husband and children in the 1830 census of Upson Co., GA and the 1840 and 1850 Chambers Co., AL census. And Catherine was noted in the 1860 census of Almond P. O. District, near Louina (now Wadley), Randolph Co., AL with her husband and grandson. She was not noted in the 1870 census and is presumed to have died in the interim in Randolph Co., AL.
      John William Culpepper wrote 18 Aug 1994 that a descendant, Mrs. John (Edith Champion) Zuber, said that Catherine was buried with her husband in the Concord Baptist Church Cemetery. The grave was not recorded in the index of church cemetery records possibly because the grave was unmarked or is too worn to read. 

Family

John Jefferson Culpepper (4 Nov 1797 - 4 May 1885)
Children

Last Edited 27 Feb 2008

Citations

  1. Edgefield Co. SC Deeds abstracted by Lew Griffin , Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 975.737 R2.
    Edgefield Deed Bk 45, p. 30.
  2. 1830 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 110, Unk Twp, Upson Co., GA
    John J. Culpepper, 1 M5-10, 1 M10-15, 1 M30-40, 1 F10-15, 1 F30-40.
  3. 1840 Federal Census, United States.
    Page ??, Lew Griffin Transcription, Chambers Co., AL.
    John J. Culpepper, 2 M5-10, 1 M40-50, 1 F15-20, 1 F40-50.