Culpepper Watkins Deese
Personal and Family Information
Culpepper was born on 4 May 1842 in Stanly County, NC, the son of Milton Deese and Mary P..
He died on 20 Jan 1933 in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
He had two marriages/partners. His first wife was Mary Elizabeth Sanders, who he married in ABT 1864. The place has not been found. Their eight known children were Robie P (1865-1872), John Albert Milton (1867-1872), James Robert Comodore (1869-1952), Mary Elizabeth (1872-1942), Maggie Mat (1874-1949), Luetta (1876-1880), Ella Lee (1878-1885) and Joseph Culpepper (1880-1949).
His second wife was Nancy Thomas Josephine Clemintine Bryant, who he married on 28 FEB 1883 in Lonoke County, Arkansas. Their nine known children were Charlie Fletcher (1883-1983), William Henry (1885-1963), Allen Benjamin (1887-1903), Blanche B.E. (1888-1972), Clifton Josh (1891-1921), Grover Clay (1892-1959), Emma H. T. (1894-1936), Hannah Elston (1896-1922) and Thomas Scott Dewey (1898-1966).
Pedigree Chart (3 generations)
Events
| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes |
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| Birth | 4 MAY 1842 |
| Place: | Stanly County, NC |
| Agency: | Deese Family Bible, BK Deese, Austin Arkansas |
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Bible-Deese, CulpepperW Family
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| Death | 20 JAN 1933 |
| Place: | Lonoke County, Arkansas |
| Age: | 90y, 8m, 19d |
| Address: | file no 694, registered 6139. Influenza and carcinoma of colon
Akr Certified copy dated may 16, 1993 |
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Death Cert, Deese, Culpepper W
DeathCert-Deese,CulpepperW1933
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| Census | 1840 |
| Place: | Montgomery County, North Carolina |
| Address: | T5, West Pee Dee River
Stanly County formed from Montogmery between 1840 and 1850,bordens Anson and Union on south |
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| Census | 5 OCT 1850 |
| Place: | Tallahatchie County, Mississippi |
| Age: | 8 |
| Address: | dwelling 99 family 99
Milton Dees, 38 m, farmer born South Carolina, Mary Dees, 40 F NC, Harriet A 15 NC, Isabella C 12 NC, Martha E 9 NC, Culpepper Watkins 8 NC,
Alfred A 5 NC, Sarah F 5 NC, Mary C 2 Mississippi
dwelling 100 family 100, Eljah C Carmichael 34 farmer NC, Eliza " 34 NC, Charles Dees 67 male farmer South Carolina |
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| Census | 17 JUL 1860 |
| Place: | Tallahatchie County Mississippi |
| Age: | 18 |
| Address: | Charleston Twp,family 273, dwelling 273 with wife and children
John Taylor 30 farmer SC, Harriett A 25 NC, Mary J 4 Miss, Robert M 2 Miss, Joh C 9mo Miss, Milton Dees 48 NC, Mary P 48 NC, Culpepper 17 NC,Alfred A 16 Miss,
Sarah F 15 Miss, Mary C 13 Miss |
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| Census | 15 AUG 1870 |
| Place: | DeSoto County, Mississippi |
| Age: | 27 b NC |
| Address: | Dwelling 288 family 288 Twp 5 R 7
Dees, C W 27 farmer born NC, _ Mary E 25 born Miss, Robie 4 female forn Miss,
John 2 male born Miss, Jamie 9month, male born Miss.
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| Census | 15 JUN 1880 |
| Place: | Lonoke County, Arkansas |
| Age: | 38 born NC |
| Address: | ED 187 Praire Township, Dwelling 199, family 201
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farmer wife and 5 children |
| Cause: | US Census1880 |
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Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County
| Source: | Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County |
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| Date: | JUN 1880 |
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| Publisher: | ancestry.com |
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| Census | 2 JUN 1900 |
| Place: | Lonoke County, Arkansas |
| Age: | 58 |
| Address: | Prairie Township, Dwelling no 24, family no 25
Deese, Collof, head wf born May 1842 age 58, married 17 yrs born North Carolina, f&m North Carolina, farmer, owns home, free of morgage
__ Nannie, wife wf born Mch 1857 age 43 married 17 yrs, mother of 9, 9 living born Arkansas, f Georgia, m Tenn
__ Joe c son wm born Nov 1880 age 19 single, born Ark, f N C m Ark
__ Charley son wm born Nov 1883 age 16, single, born Ark, f N C m Ark
__ William son wm born June 1885 age 14, single, born Ark, f N C m Ark
__ Albert son, wm born Jan 1887 age 13, single, born Ark, f N C m Ark
__ Blanche, daughter wf born Oct 1889 age 10, single, born Ark, f N C m Ark
__ Clifton son wm born Nov 1890, age 9 single, born Ark, f N C m Ark
__ Grover son wm born Jan 1892 age 8, single, born Ark, f N C m Ark
__ Emma, daughter wf born Aug 1894 age 5, single, born Ark, f N C m Ark
__ Hanna son wm born Aug 1896 age 3, single, born Ark, f N C m Ark
__ Dewey son wm born Feb 1899 age 1, single, born Ark, f N C m Ark |
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| Census | 7 MAY 1910 |
| Place: | Lonoke County, Arkansas |
| Age: | 66 |
| Address: | Prairie Township,
dwelling no 71, family no 72 ED 138, page 16B
with wife and 5 children, WH also near |
| Cause: | US census |
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Census 1910 Arkansas, Lonoke County
| Source: | Census 1910 Arkansas, Lonoke County |
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| Publisher: | Department of Commerence and Labor |
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| Census | 12 JAN 1920 |
| Place: | Lonoke County, Arkansas |
| Age: | 77 born NC |
| Address: | Prairie Township, ED162, sheet 9B, line 66
dwelling 165, family 167
with wife Nannie and 2 daughters, 2 sons close by |
| Agency: | 1920 census |
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Census 1920 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Praire Twp and Totten Twp
| Source: | Census 1920 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Praire Twp and Totten Twp |
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| Authors: | US Census |
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| Date: | JAN 1920 |
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| Publisher: | Ancestry.com |
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| Census | 7 APR 1930 |
| Place: | Lonoke County, Arkansas |
| Age: | 87 born NC |
| Address: | Butler twp, dwelling 44, family 43
with wife, next to son |
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Census 1930 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Cleveland, Prairie, & Butler Twp
| Source: | Census 1930 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Cleveland, Prairie, & Butler Twp |
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| Publisher: | Dept of Commerence |
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| Burial | 1933 |
| Place: | Lonoke County, Arkansas |
| Age: | 90 |
| Address: | Wattensaw Baptist Church, highway 31, north of Lonoke, Arkansas
N 34° 53.173’ W 91° 52.587’
http://arkansasgravestones.org/
findagrave 152370977 |
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Cemeteries -Lonoke County
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| OTHER EVENT | BET 26 JUL 1861 AND 20 SEP 1863 |
| Place: | Tallahatchie County, Mississippi |
| Age: | 19 |
| Type: | Military Service |
| Address: | Co D, 27th Mississippi Infantry Volunteers |
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Compiled Service Records of Confederate Veterians
| Source: | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Veterians |
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| Authors: | Danny L Collins
North Augusta, SC 29841 |
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| Publisher: | National Archives
Washington, DC |
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| Citation Date: | BET 1861 AND 1863 |
| Text: | Confederate Military Service, Private in Infantry |
| Quality: | Primary |
The 27th Mississippi Infantry. A day to day history of its Soldiers
| Source: | The 27th Mississippi Infantry. A day to day history of its Soldiers |
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| Authors: | Robert C Wells |
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| Publisher: | not named,
Made in the USA, Coppell, TX 28 July 2020 |
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Multimedia
Notes
Note 1
Culpeper County, Virginia was surveyed by George Washington as a teenager. maybe the source of an unusal name...
Note 2
Culpepper death certificate names father Melton Deese born Alabama and mother Susan Duke born Mississippi. RS Duke and two of his wifes, including Susan buried next to CW Deese family in Wattensaw.
Historical Southern Families. Volume XVII, Later Descendants of The Dees (Deas) Family:
Charles Dees #63, son of Richard Dees #13, appears in the Chesterfield Co Census of 1810 with a family consisting of himself and wife, b 1784-94, and 2 sons b. 1800-1810. He does not appear in the records yet found until the 1850 census of Tallahatchee Co. Miss., which show Charles Dees, b 1783 in South Carolina, living in the family of his probable son-in-law and daughter, Elijah C. and Eliza Carmichael, and Charles's probable wife, Easter Dees, b 1780 in South Carolina, living in the family of a younger son Charles Dees Jr. These Mississippi census records show that the family of Charles Dees lived across the border in North Carolina (probably Richmond or Anson County) for a number of years.
There were seven families in the Charles Dees group living in Tallahatchee Co. Miss. in 1850: Bryant Dees, b 1803 in S.C., Milton Dees, b 1812 in S.C., Eliza Carmichael b 1816 in N.C. and Abe Dees b 1821 in N.C., being almost certainly son and daughters of Charles and Easter Dees. Griffin b 1824, Alex b 1825, and Charles Jr. b 1828 all in North Caolina, could have been sons of Bryant Dees above, or else younger sons of Charles and Easter Dees.
The families are as follows:
1. Griffin Dees, b 1824, Elizabeth Dees b 1827 both born in N. C. and son William N. Dees b 1849 in Mississippi. This family also had in it William Sullivant , b 1828 in Tenn.
2. Alex Dees b 1825 in North Carolina, Emily J. Dees b 1823 inAlabama and Elisha Green b 1836 in Tennessee.
3. Bryant Dees, b 1803 in South Carolina, wife Rebecca b 1825 in North Carolina, and all the children born in N.C. as follows: (1) Laura b 1829; (2)Martha b 1837; (3) Thomas b 1839; (4) Caroline b 1841; (5) Mary b 1842; (6) Charles b 1843; (7) Daniel b 1845.
4. Charlie Dees Jr. b 1828 in N.C., Easter Dees b 1780 in S.C. and Martha A.C, Dees, presumably Charles Jr.'s wife, b 1831 in N.C. It seems almost certain that Charles Dees Jr. was the youngest son of Charles and Easter Dees, as Bryant Dees above had a son Charles F. Dees, b 1843.
5. Abe Dees, b 1821 in N.C,, Margaret Dees b 1830 in Tenn., and Children Mary J.N. Dees b 1845 and Louisiana Dees b 1847 in Mississippi; also in the family were Thomas J. Dixon, b 1847 in Tenn, and Joshua Cissom b 1835 in Alabama.
6. Milton Dees, b 1812 inS.C., wife Mary b 1810 in S.C. and children; Harriet b 1835, Isabella b 1838, Martha b 1841, Culpeper b 1842, Alfred b 1845, Sarah b 1845 (all these children born S.C.) and Mary C. Dees b 1848 in Mississippi.
7. Elijah C Carmichael, b 1816, wife Eliza Carmichael, b 1816, both born in N.C. and Charles Dees b 1783 in South Carolina.
Note 3
Brothers Alfe and Cul enrolled together and both served as privates Co D, 27, Mississippi Infantry
Culpepper Enrolled into service July 26, 1861, Tallahatchie Cty, Miss. Mustered into Confererate service Sept 6, 1861 at Brookhaven, Lincoln Cty Miss as private in Co D, 27th Mississippi Infantry Volunteers present on musters 9/13/1861, 10/31/1861, 6/30/1861.
captured Oct 15, 1862 near Lancaster Kentucky. Paroled Nov 14, 1862
sent to hospitial Sept 9, 1863, forloughed home Sept 20, 1863
Family traditon is that Alfe was killed in the civil war. I have assumed he was killed about same time and place as Cul was captured. Refer to Records of 27th Miss Inf for the movements, places and dates of significant battles.
https://web.archive.org/web/20100515203632/http://www.mississippiscv.org:80/MS_Units/27th_MS_INF.htm
27th Mississippi Infantry (from Dunbar Rowland’s "Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898"; company listing courtesy of H. Grady Howell’s "For Dixie Land, I’ll Take My Stand’)
Company D -- Rayburn Rifles (raised in Lawrence County, MS)
Colonels -- Thomas M. Jones, resigned March 26, 1863; James A. Campbell, died at Johnson's Island, 4 February, 1864. Lieutenant-Colonels -- James L. Autry, killed at Murfreesboro; A. J. Hays, transferred to staff of General Bragg; James A. Campbell, promoted; Andrew J. Jones, killed at Resaca. Majors -- George H. Lipscomb, killed at Perryville; James A. Campbell, promoted January, 1863; Andrew J. Jones, promoted May, 1863; Amos McLemore, killed by a deserter; Julius B. Kennedy, killed at Atlanta.
When General Bragg's army was transferred from Mississippi to Chattanooga for the advance into Kentucky, the regiment was ordered to Chattanooga, where, in the organization of August 18, 1862, it was assigned to Hardee's Corps. Colonel Jones was put in command of a brigade of Gen. Patton Anderson's Division, including the Twenty-seventh. Late in August the army crossed Walden's Ridge, marched through Middle Tennessee and reached Glasgow, Ky., September 13. On the 16th they marched to Munfordville and secured the surrender of the garrison that had repulsed Chalmer’s Brigade. Hardee moved to Perryville, where the Union army advanced to attack, bringing on the battle of October 8. In this battle Jones' Brigade charged in line with the brigades of Wood, Brown, Jones and Cleburne, driving back the enemy in their front about a mile. The casualties, however, were very heavy, and the victory did not extend along the whole line. General Bragg fell back to Cumberland Gap, through which the troops passed October 19-24, retreating to East Tennessee. In December they advanced from Chattanooga to Murfreesboro.
In the Chickamauga campaign Walthall's Brigade and Govan's Arkansas Brigade constituted Liddell's Division of W. H. T. Walker's Corps. Walthall's Brigade, on September 18, forced a Federal command from Alexander's bridge, but finding the bridge destroyed were compelled to cross at Byram's ford, after which, on the next day, they marched to the north and went into battle in that confused area where Ector and Wilson had been worsted. The Twenty-seventh, under Col. James A. Campbell, participated in the charge that ran over King's Brigade of United States regulars as they were changing front, capturing four hundred prisoners and a battery. This was in the woods, between the fortified position that Thomas held next day, and the creek. Being flanked and losing many officers and men, the Twenty-seventh and other regiments fell back in some confusion. Next morning they moved a mile to the left and then three miles to the north, and went into battle on the Chattanooga road, which they occupied and crossed in the rear of General Thomas. Here most of the skirmishers of the brigade were captured, and Lieut.-Col. Jones, then acting as field officer of the day, was wounded. At this time only three were left on the field of the ten field officers of the brigade. Colonel Campbell commended the conduct of Captains Kennedy, Company G; Baugh of F, and Boyd of E. Casualties of the regiment, 10 killed, 88 wounded, 19 missing.
The 27th Mississippi Infantry battles: http://jonescorosinheels.weebly.com/27th-miss-inf-history.html
The Battle of Pensacola (Sept 1861 - Jan 1862)
The Battle of Perryville (Oct 8, 1862)
The Battle of Murfreesboro (TN) (Dec 31, 1862 - Jan 3, 1963)
The Tullahoma Campaign (June 1863)
The Battle of Chickamauga (Sep 19 - 20, 1863)
The Chattanooga Siege (Sep - Nov 1863)
The Battle Chattanooga (Nov 23 - 25, 1863)
The Atlanta Campaign (May - Sep 1864)
The Battle of Resaca (May 14 - 15, 1864)
The Battle of New Hope Church (May 25 - June 4, 1864)
The Battle of Ezra Church (July 28, 1864)
The Atlanta Siege (July - Sep 1864)
The Battle of Franklin (Nov 30, 1864)
The Battle of Nashville (Dec 15 - 16, 1864)
The Carolinas Campaign (Feb - Apr 1865)
Note 4
1840 census of Montgomery County NC lists three Dees families" Allen Deese, William Deese, and Milton Dees.
Milton Dees: one w male child 0-5 yrs, one w male 20-30 yrs.one w female 0-5 yrs, one w female 5-10 yrs, and one w female 30-40. total 5, no slaves
Anson County NC lists six Dees families, Charles, Edmd, James, Levi, Mary, and Stephen.
South Carolina also has many Dees in Sumter and Chesterfield Cty
Note 5
Enrolled into service July 26, 1861, Tallahatchie Cty, Miss
Mustered into Confererate service Sept 6, 1861 at Brookhaven, Lincoln Cty Miss as private in Co D, 27th Mississippi Infantry Volunteers
present on musters 9/13/1861, 10/31/1861, 6/30/1861.
captured Oct 15, 1862 near Lancaster Kentucky. Paroled Nov 14, 1862
sent to hospitial Sept 9, 1863, forloughed home Sept 20, 1863
Sources
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Veterians
| Source: | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Veterians |
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| Authors: | Danny L Collins
North Augusta, SC 29841 |
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| Publisher: | National Archives
Washington, DC |
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| Citation Date: | BET 1861 AND 1863 |
| Text: | Confederate Military Service, Private in Infantry |
| Quality: | Primary |
- The 27th Mississippi Infantry. A day to day history of its Soldiers
| Source: | The 27th Mississippi Infantry. A day to day history of its Soldiers |
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| Authors: | Robert C Wells |
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| Publisher: | not named,
Made in the USA, Coppell, TX 28 July 2020 |
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- Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County
| Source: | Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County |
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| Date: | JUN 1880 |
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| Publisher: | ancestry.com |
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- Census 1910 Arkansas, Lonoke County
| Source: | Census 1910 Arkansas, Lonoke County |
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| Publisher: | Department of Commerence and Labor |
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- Census 1920 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Praire Twp and Totten Twp
| Source: | Census 1920 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Praire Twp and Totten Twp |
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| Authors: | US Census |
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| Date: | JAN 1920 |
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| Publisher: | Ancestry.com |
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- Census 1930 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Cleveland, Prairie, & Butler Twp
| Source: | Census 1930 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Cleveland, Prairie, & Butler Twp |
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| Publisher: | Dept of Commerence |
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- The 27th Mississippi Infantry. A day to day history of its Soldiers
| Source: | The 27th Mississippi Infantry. A day to day history of its Soldiers |
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| Authors: | Robert C Wells |
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| Publisher: | not named,
Made in the USA, Coppell, TX 28 July 2020 |
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