Elizabeth Emory B. Haralson

Female, #32457, (25 May 1835 - 3 Nov 1871)

Birth*25 May 1835 Elizabeth was born at Troup Co., Georgia, on 25 May 1835. 
Marriage*18 Dec 1855 She married Francis Marion Culpepper at Troup Co., Georgia, on 18 Dec 1855.1 
Married Name18 Dec 1855  As of 18 Dec 1855, her married name was Culpepper. 
1860 Census1860 Elizabeth and Sarah listed as a household member living with Francis Marion Culpepper in the 1860 Census at Almond, Randolph Co., Alabama. 26 m-p. 838 hh 1481. 
Employment* Elizabeth's occupation: teacher at Chambers Co., Alabama. 
1870 Census*23 Aug 1870 Elizabeth was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census at Chambers Co., Alabama. 33 f-Beat 13 p. 203 hh 14. 
Death*3 Nov 1871 She died at Alabama on 3 Nov 1871. 
Burial* Her body was interred at Frederick & Davis Family Cemetery, Chambers Co., Alabama.2 
Biography* Elizabeth was 27 years old when she lost her husband in the Civil War. She apparently lost her daughter, Sarah, during this same time period. Elizabeth was left to raise her infant son alone. Nearly a year after her husband's death, Elizabeth went before acting Justice of the Peace, William Brewer, in Tallapoosa Co., AL to request payment of the money due her husband for his service.3 Yet another year passed and apparently no payment was received. Capos Conley "Chip" Culpepper, II obtained a copy 4 of the following letter which Elizabeth wrote:

State of Alabama
Tallapoosa County

August 4th 1863

To Hon Wm H. S. Taylor
2nd Auditor
Richmd Va

Dear Sir

I send enclosed herein another claim for My Deceased Husband due from the Confederate States for Services He as a Soldier in said Confederate Services as you will see by examining said papers. I made out my claim in the fall or winter of last year and sent them to Hon. B. H. Hill Senator from Georgia my Particular Friend & Acquaintance then in Rich[mon]d Who on his return home informed me that he left my claim in your office with a promise that it would be attended to in its turn which was not done as he informed me in a letter dated 31st March last and requested me to make out another claim & forward it to you & that you would send me a draft promptly on Some Bank in Montgomery or on Some one authorized to pay me. His letter of 31st March last was sent to Dadeville some 25 Miles from my Office Daviston. Mr. Hill states he had forgotten my address or office & it lay there for a long time but having rec'd it late this Summer I have failed to write & send you the necessary Vouchers On the Subject of my claims to his my husband till the present day he has never rec'd but $17.35¢ in clothing not having rec'd his Bounty for enlisting 50$ nor his Computation Transportation wages or for any other dues which the law entitled him to. I hope therefore you will do me the Justice as I have no doubt you will and send it to me in a Draft enclosed in a letter Directed to Daviston Post Offices Tallapoosa County Ala. Your compliance will very much oblige a disconsolate Widow with one Child by my Beloved Dec'd Husband.

__________Yours Respectfullly
_______________/s/_Elizabeth E. B. Culpeper

My Husband's name was Francis M. Culpepper of Capt Hamner's Company B 37th Regmt Ala Vols Comanded by Col Jas. F. Dowdell as you will see by my claim.

Yet another year passed before, finally, on October 11, 1864, a check was drawn payable in the amount of $89.91 to "Elizabeth E. B. Culpepper Widow."5

After the War, a 33 year old "Liza" Culpepper was noted as a teacher in the 1870 census of Chambers Co., AL. Her nine year old son, "Charley," was living with her. She had real estate valued at $800. Elizabeth died a year later at the age of 36. She was buried in the Frederick and Davis Family Cemetery which located off of the Huguley to Cusseta Road in the West 1/2 of Section 8, Township 21, Range 28 in Chambers Co., AL. 6 Elizabeth's brother, Kinchen L. Haralson, was married to Mary Davis and at least two of their infant children are buried in the same cemetery. Kinchen and "Molly" raised Elizabeth's orphan son, Charles. 

Family

Francis Marion Culpepper (7 Mar 1834 - 25 Jul 1862)
Children

Last Edited 14 Feb 2007

Citations

  1. Jordan Dodd, compiler, Georgia Marriages, 1851-1900, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2000.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/gamarr/main.htm
    Francis M. Culpepper and Elizabeth Haralson on 18 Dec 1855 in Troup Co., GA.
  2. Margaret Parker Milford, A Survey of Cemeteries in Chambers County, Alabama, Valley, AL: Chattahoochee Valley Historical Society, 1983.
    p 238 'Wife of F. M. Culpepper; 36 yrs., 5 mos., 8 days.'
  3. record obtained by Capos Conley "Chip" Culpepper, II from Francis M. Culpepper's Civil War file in the National Archives
  4. from Francis M. Culpepper's Civil War file in the National Archives
  5. copy from Confederate Archives, Chapter 10, File No. 30, page 29 obtained by Capos Conley "Chip" Culpepper, II from Francis M. Culpepper's Civil War file in the National Archives
  6. A Survey of Cemeteries in Chambers County, Alabama edited by Margaret Parker Milford and Eleanor Davis Scott, Chattahooche Valley Historical Society, Inc., Publication No. 14 (Huguley, AL: Genealogical Roving Press, 1983) p. 237