James Thomas Culpepper1

Male, #3973, (24 Sep 1824 - 10 Jun 1890)

Parent*Joel Culpepper of Sumter Co., AL (c 1803 - 5 Jul 1875)
Parent*Amelia Yarbrough (c 1803 - 1860)
James Thomas Culpepper|b. 24 Sep 1824\nd. 10 Jun 1890|p3973.htm|Joel Culpepper of Sumter Co., AL|b. circa 1803\nd. 5 Jul 1875|p3971.htm|Amelia Yarbrough|b. circa 1803\nd. 1860|p3972.htm|Joseph Culpepper of Jackson Co. GA|b. circa 1765\nd. before 6 May 1816|p2254.htm|Nancy (?)|b. circa 1770\nd. after 1830|p2257.htm|Joseph Yarbrough|b. circa 1770\nd. 1823|p4084.htm|Elizabeth (?)|b. circa 1772|p4085.htm|

DNA* He has been proven by DNA and genealogical research to be a descendant of Joseph Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC, who is a grandson of Henry Culpepper of Lower Norfolk, VA.2 
Name Variation  James Thomas Culpepper was also known as Jim. 
Birth*24 Sep 1824 James was born at Jackson Co., Georgia, on 24 Sep 1824.3 
 He was the son of Joel Culpepper of Sumter Co., AL and Amelia Yarbrough. 
1830 Census1 Jun 1830 James was probably a free white male, age 5 and under 10, in Joel Culpepper of Sumter Co., AL's household, on the 1830 Census at Jackson Co., Georgia.4 
Marriage*22 Oct 1845 He married Frances Yarbrough at Sumter Co., Alabama, on 22 Oct 1845.5 
1850 Census1 Jun 1850 Phoebe, James, Frances, Therese and Reuben listed as a household member living with Ambrose Yarbrough on the 1850 Census on 1 Jun 1850 at Woods, Sumter Co., Alabama.6 
Census1850 He was listed as a resident in the census report at Sumter Co., Alabama, in 1850. 
1860 Census*1 Jun 1860 James was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census at Lauderdale Co., Mississippi.7 
Civil War*between 1863 and 1865 He served in the War Between the States between 1863 and 1865
(Co. C, 40th Alabama Infantry. Enlisted in October 1863, and was wounded at Lookout Mountain on Nov. 24, 1863. Released from the hospital in Richmond, VA, on Mar. 24, 1865. Jim and his brothers are named on the Confederate Memorial in Livingston, Alabama.). 
Marriage*1 Jun 1866 He married Mary Anthony Jane Watts at Sumter Co., Alabama, on 1 Jun 1866.8 
1880 Census*1 Jun 1880 James was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census at Hurricane Creek, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi.9 
Death*10 Jun 1890 He died at Sumter Co., Alabama, on 10 Jun 1890.3 
Burial*circa 12 Jun 1890 His body was interred circa 12 Jun 1890 at Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Cuba, Sumter Co., Alabama.3 

Family 1

Frances Yarbrough (23 Feb 1821 - before 1866)
Children

Family 2

Mary Anthony Jane Watts (25 Apr 1839 - 7 Dec 1923)
Children

Charts Descendants of Joseph Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC (Six Generations)
Last Edited 24 Jun 2008

Citations

  1. E-mail from Emily K. Erwin Allison to Lew Griffin, 2002.
  2. Culpepper Project at FamilyTreeDNA.com, http://gen.culpepper.com/dna/results.htm[:WEB].
  3. Sarah Mozingo, compiler, Choctaw County Cemeteries, Rootsweb: USGenWeb Archives, 1996.
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~alchocta/cemeteriesindex.html
    Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Sumter Co., Alabama, near Choctaw County line.
    + James Culpepper, Sept. 24, 1824 - June 10, 1890
    + Mary A. J. Culpepper, Apr. 25, 1839 - Dec. 7, 1923.
  4. 1830 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 338, Jackson Co., GA
    Joel Culpepper, 1 M0-5, 1 M5-10, 1 M20-30, 2F 0-5, 1 F20-30.
  5. Family Adventures, compiler, Early Alabama Marriages (36 vols.), Shreveport, Louisiana: J & W Ent., 1991, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. US/CAN 976.1 V2e.
    James Culpepper married Frances Yarborough on 22 Oct 1845 in Sumter Co., Alabama.
  6. 1850 Federal Census, United States.
    Pages 342B, Lines 22-27, Woods, Sumter Co., AL
    Ambrose Yarbrough, 71, M, Farmer, RE=$400, NC
    Phoebe Yarbrough, 70, F, GA
    James Culpepper, 26, M, GA
    Frances Culpepper, 26, F, GA
    Theisley A. H. Culpepper, 3, F, MS
    Reuben J. Culpepper, 2, M, MA.
  7. 1860 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 173, Family 1191, Lines 14-21, Beat 5, Lauderdale, MS
    J. Culpepper, 36, M, Farmer, RE=$628, PE=$750, GA
    Frances Culpepper, 38, F, Dom Bus, GA
    Therese A. Culpepper, 14, F, MS
    Reuben Culpepper, 11, M, MS
    Huldah Culpepper, 9, F, MS
    Sarah Culpepper, 7, F, MS
    Hardie Culpepper, 3, M, MS
    Joseph Culpepper, 6/12, M, MS.
  8. Family Adventures, compiler, Early Alabama Marriages (36 vols.), Shreveport, Louisiana: J & W Ent., 1991, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. US/CAN 976.1 V2e.
    James Culpepper married Mary Lacy on 1 Jun 1866 in Sumter Co., Alabama.
  9. 1880 Federal Census, United States.
    FHL Film 1254653, National Archives Film T9-0653, Hurricane Creek, Page 209A, Lauderdale Co., MS
    James Culpepper, Self, M, Md, Wh, 55, Farmer, GA/GA/GA
    Mary Culpepper, Wife, F, Md, Wh, 41, Keeping House, AL/GA/GA
    Hardy Culpepper, Son, M, Sng, Wh, 21, Farmer, MS/GA/AL
    Micken F. Culpepper, Son, M, Sng, Wh, 17, Works On Farm, MS/GA/AL
    Tandy K. Culpepper, Son, M, Sng, Wh, 12, Works On Farm, MS/GA/AL
    James Culpepper, Son, M, Sng, Wh, 10, Works On Farm, MS/GA/AL
    John R. Culpepper, Son, M, Sng, Wh, 4, N/A, MS/GA/AL
    William A. Lacy, SSon, M, Sng, Wh, 20, N/A, AL/GA/AL.