Joel Mathias Culpepper

Male, #5849, (25 Feb 1840 - 22 Apr 1913)

Parent*John Tyler Culpepper of Cherokee Co., AL (1810 - b 1880)
Parent*Martha Melvina Baker (c 1813 - a 1880)
Joel Mathias Culpepper|b. 25 Feb 1840\nd. 22 Apr 1913|p5849.htm|John Tyler Culpepper of Cherokee Co., AL|b. 1810\nd. before 1880|p5811.htm|Martha Melvina Baker|b. circa 1813\nd. after 1880|p5812.htm|Joel Culpepper of Cherokee Co. AL|b. 1782\nd. after 1855|p5766.htm|Ann E. Tyler|b. 17 Dec 1790\nd. 10 Nov 1870|p5771.htm|Andrew Baker|b. say 1789\nd. before 1850|p47937.htm|Elizabeth (?)|b. say 1790|p57665.htm|

DNA* He has been proven by DNA and genealogical research to be a descendant of Benjamin Culpepper of Edgefield District, SC, who is a grandson of Joseph Culpepper and 2-great-grandson of Henry Culpepper of Lower Norfolk, VA. 
Birth*25 Feb 1840 Joel was born at Cherokee Co., Alabama, on 25 Feb 1840. 
 He was the son of John Tyler Culpepper of Cherokee Co., AL and Martha Melvina Baker. 
1840 Census1 Jun 1840 Joel, Rufus and James was probably a free white male, under 5 years old, in an unknown person 's household, on the 1840 Census on 1 Jun 1840 at Cherokee Co., Alabama.1 
Civil War*between 1861 and 1865 He served in the War Between the States between 1861 and 1865
(from David Culpepper: in the records of DeKalb Cemeteries a marker was placed by the State of AL "Joel Mathias Culpepper Co. B 55th AL Inf. CSA").2 
Marriage*circa 1863 He married Margaret Drake at Rome, Floyd Co., Georgia, circa 1863. 
1870 Census* Joel was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census at Cherokee Co., Alabama.3 
1880 Census* Joel was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census at Cherokee Co., Alabama.4 
1900 Census* Joel was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census at DeKalb Co., Alabama. 
Photographed*circa 1905 He was photographed Joel Mathias Culpepper family of Lookout Mountain, AL, pictured around Thanksgiving 1900. Matt and Margaret Culpepper are shown with nine of their eleven children. (Adolph and Kansas were not present.) Seated to the left of his father and wife Margaret is Donald. The others, left to right, are Katie, Lorn, Washington, Homer, Braxton, Ester, Cleveland, and Johnson. circa 1905.5
Joel Mathias Culpepper family circa 1900
1910 Census* Joel was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census at DeKalb Co., Alabama.6 
Death*22 Apr 1913 He died at DeKalb Co., Alabama, on 22 Apr 1913. 
Biography* The Cherokee County line was formerly the brow of Lookout Mountain, overlooking Wills Valley. By act of AL Gen Assem, 1875-6 the Cherokee County border was moved back to the Little River from about Sect. 15 T.8.R.9 to the AL-GA line. Among others, inhabitants of Twp 7 R 9 enumerated in 1870 census Cherokee County were living in DeKalb Co. 6 years later. 
Burial*say 24 Apr 1913 His body was interred say 24 Apr 1913 at Fischer Cemetery, Fort Payne, DeKalb Co., Alabama.2 

Family

Margaret Drake (Mar 1846 - after 1920)
Children

Charts Descendants of Joseph Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC (Six Generations)
Descendants of Joel Mathias Culpepper of DeKalb Co., AL
Last Edited 8 Jul 2008

Citations

  1. 1840 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 118, Ancestry.com images 15-16, Unknown Township, Cherokee Co., AL
    J. T. Culpepper, 3 M0-5, 1 M30-40, 1 F0-5, 1 F5-10, 1 F20-30.
  2. E-mail from Mary Genevieve Taylor Harris (Mrs. John N. Harris Jr.), e-mail address, Dallas, TX to Lew Griffin, 1983-2004.
  3. P. 313.
  4. ED 54, sheet 21.
  5. E-mail from Lora N. Culpepper (#51749), e-mail address, Alabama to Culpepper Connections, 2005-2008.
  6. ED 50, sheet 8.