John Culpepper

John Culpepper (January 1841) was an American politician who was a Federalist Congressional Representative from North Carolina.

Origins John Culpepper was born about 1761 near Wadesboro, Anson County, Province of North Carolina, the son of Sampson Culpepper (1737 Bertie County, Province of North Carolina – 1820 Wilkinson County, Georgia) and Eleanor Gilbert (April 25, 1745, Norfolk County, Virginia Colony – July 19, 1823, Wilkinson County, Georgia). John Culpeper of Albemarle, leader of Culpeper's Rebellion in 1677, was Culpepper's third great uncle.

Culpepper attended the public schools; became a minister and pastored Rocky River Baptist Church for fifty years; Under the authority of the Third North Carolina General Assembly during the American Revolution, Montgomery County, North Carolina was formed in 1779 from a portion of Anson County. Culpepper was to later represent U.S. Congressional Districts that contained both counties. District boundaries have been redefined each decade in the year following each national census since the 1790 census.

Political career Culpepper presented credentials as a Federalist Member-elect to the Tenth Congress and served from March 4, 1807, until January 2, 1808, when the seat was declared vacant as the result of a contest on account of alleged irregularities; subsequently reelected to fill the vacancy declared by the House of Representatives and served from February 23, 1808, to March 3, 1809. He was deemed a man of sound sense, but not brilliant, useful rather than showy. thereafter a medical doctor for 50 years. A. Fuller Culpeper (June 28, 1843, Darlington County, North Carolina – Dade County, Florida). His son by either his first or second wife. Fuller through battlefield promotions eventually became a lieutenant in his elder brother's light artillery battery. Charles M Culpeper (May 23, 1845, Darlington County, North Carolina – May 9, 1860 (aged 14)). Son by his second wife Catherine Pinkney. Evan Alexander Culpepper Sr. (March 17, 1808, Anson County, North Carolina, United States of America – June 10, 1884, Coryell County, Texas, United States of America); had issue.

Death Culpepper died at the residence of his son in Darlington County, South Carolina in January 1841; interment in the cemetery at Society Hill, South Carolina.