| Birth* | 1794 | Polly was born at Virginia in 1794. |
| Marriage* | 1815 | She married Rev. Benjamin Culpepper at Anson Co., North Carolina, in 1815.1 |
| Married Name | 1815 | As of 1815, her married name was Culpepper. |
| Birth of Son | circa 1818 | Her son Pleasant T. Culpepper was born circa 1818 at Anson Co., North Carolina. |
| 1820 Census | 7 Aug 1820 | Polly was probably a free white female, age 26 and under 45, in Rev. Benjamin Culpepper's household, on the 1820 Census at Anson Co., North Carolina. Enumerated in census but otherwise unidentified are 1 M0-10 and 1 F0-10..2 |
| Birth of Son | 19 Oct 1820 | Her son Rev. James Lawrence Culpepper was born on 19 Oct 1820 at Anson Co., North Carolina. |
| Birth of Son | 20 Nov 1821 | Her son John Gaston Culpepper was born on 20 Nov 1821 at Anson Co., North Carolina. |
| Birth of Son | circa 1825 | Her son Thomas Culpepper was born circa 1825 at Lexington, Henderson Co., Tennessee. |
| 1830 Census | 1 Jun 1830 | Polly was probably a free white female, age 30 and under 40, in Rev. Benjamin Culpepper's household, on the 1830 Census at Henderson Co., Tennessee.3 |
| Birth of Son | 4 Jun 1832 | Her son Benjamin Franklin Culpepper was born on 4 Jun 1832 at Lexington, Henderson Co., Tennessee. |
| Birth of Son | circa 1834 | Her son Joseph A. Culpepper was born circa 1834 at Lexington, Henderson Co., Tennessee. |
| Birth of Son | 30 Jul 1837 | Her son Rev. Charles Hartwell Culpepper was born on 30 Jul 1837 at Lexington, Henderson Co., Tennessee. |
| 1840 Census | 1 Jun 1840 | Polly was probably a free white female, age 40 and under 50, in Rev. Benjamin Culpepper's household, on the 1840 Census on 1 Jun 1840 at DeSoto Co., Mississippi.4 |
| Death of Spouse | circa 1856 | Her husband Rev. Benjamin Culpepper died circa 1856 at Bradley Co., Arkansas. |
| Death of Son | 1 May 1862 | Her son Joseph A. Culpepper died on 1 May 1862 at Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee. |
| Death of Son | 5 Sep 1864 | Her son Rev. James Lawrence Culpepper died on 5 Sep 1864 at Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., Arkansas. |
| Census* | 1870 | She was listed as a resident in the census report at Bradley Co., Arkansas, in 1870. |
| Death* | 1 Jul 1870 | She died at Bradley Co., Arkansas, on 1 Jul 1870. |
| Biography* | | According to an obituary found in the Oliver/Culpepper Bible: "Mrs. Polly S. Culpepper was born in Anson Co, NC in 1794; professed religion and joined the Methodist Church in 1812; was married to Benjamin Culpepper in 1815, who died a minister of the Gospel, fourteen years since. They moved to west Tennessee in 1822; thence to Mississippi in 1840; thence to Arkansas in 1850, where she died, of a disease of the heart, after an illness of two months, July 1, 1870. She died at the residence of her son Franklin Culpepper, near Pleasant Ridge Academy, Bradley Co. Sister Culpepper was a member of the church near sixty years. She lived to see her youngest son, now twenty-five years old, a minister of the Gospel. She had another son, James Culpepper, who died six years ago, after preaching eighteen or twenty years. Six of her children are now living, all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Surely Sister Culpepper did not live in vain. Hers is truly a religious houselhold. All of her children, as well as some of her grandchildren, are devoted to the service of the Lord. The writer called on her a few days before her departure to the better land. She expressed herself as desiring to depart to that land where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are forever at rest. H. R. Hamilton." |
(20 Nov 1821 - 23 Jun 1912)