Eliza Channel

Female, #3322, (circa 1822 - )

Biography* Diann Wilkey Montgomery wrote on 24 Mar 2007:
     "When Neil Culpepper died, his widow Eliza moved to Mockingbird Gap, Stewart Co., GA, and lived with Rebecca Upton, her widowed sister, and Rebecca's m-i-l and children and other family members (see 1850 census, p. 55)...
     "Then Elizabeth (Channel) Culpepper married Francis Osburn/Osborn in 1851. They had a child, Henry F., b. 1852 in GA or AL. (I haven't found this birth record.) Francis died and Elizabeth married James Wilkey in Russell Co., AL on Dec 30, 1857. They lived in Barbour Co., AL for the 1860 and 1870 census records. In the 1860 census Henry F. appears as a "Wilkey"; however, the marriage date for Elizabeth and James was several years after his birth. He is not with them in the 1870 census. Her son, Elijah C. Culpepper, is living close to her in the 1870 census for Barbour Co., AL.
     "They move to Coryell Co., TX in about 1875 and Elijah C. is again living close to Elizabeth in the 1880 census in Coryell Co. Elijah and family move to Cass Co., TX. After James' death, Elizabeth goes to live in Cusseta, Cass Co., TX and she applies for a Conf. Widow's Pension in 1899. A Culpepper signs the application stating that he fought in the war with James."
(Names referenced above: Eliza Channel Eliza Channel).1 
Birth*circa 1822 Eliza was born at South Carolina circa 1822.2 
Marriage*21 Jan 1840 She married Neil Culpepper at Muscogee Co., Georgia, on 21 Jan 1840.3 
Married Name21 Jan 1840 As of 21 Jan 1840, her married name was Culpepper. 
(free wh female 15-20) 1840 Census1 Jun 1840 Eliza was probably a free white female, age 15 and under 20, in Neil Culpepper's household, on the 1840 Census on 1 Jun 1840 at Muscogee Co., Georgia.
(Unaccounted for are 2 Males 10-15, 1 Male 20-30 and 1 Female 15-20.).4 
1850 Census*1 Jun 1850 Eliza was listed as a household member living with an unknown person on the 1850 Census on 1 Jun 1850 at Stewart Co., Georgia.2 

Family

Neil Culpepper (circa 1814 - before 1 Jun 1850)
Marriage*21 Jan 1840 She married Neil Culpepper at Muscogee Co., Georgia, on 21 Jan 1840.3 
Child

Last Edited 25 Mar 2007

Citations

  1. E-mail from Diann Wilkey Montgomery, e-mail address to Warren Culpepper, Mar 2007.
  2. 1850 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 55A, Mockinson Gap, Stewart Co., GA
    Sarah Upson, 65, F, SC
    Mary Upson, 12, F, GA
    Louisa Upson, 5, F, GA
    Rebecca Upson, 34, F, GA
    Eliza (Channel) Culpepper, 27, F, SC
    Nathan Channel, 22, M, Farmer, GA
    Jackson Stewart, 19, M, Farmer, GA
    Thomas Channel, 25, M, Farmer, GA.
  3. Ancestry.com, compiler, Georgia Marriages to 1850, Online database at Ancestry.com, 1997.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/2085a.htm
    Neil Culpepper and Eliza Channel on 21 Jan 1840 in Muscogee Co., GA.
  4. 1840 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 319 (image 1), 724 District, Muscogee Co., GA
    Neil Culpepper, 2 M10-15, 2M20-30, 2 F15-20.