Our upcoming link(s) to the Dinosaur's of Culpeper County!' General Robert E. Lee - Headquartered in Culpeper several times during the Civil War Clara Barton - Famous nurse and founder of the Red Cross performed her first field duty in Culpeper at the Battle of Cedar Mountain Patrick Henry - Argued cases concerning religious freedom in Culpeper, Va. Courthouse A.P. Hill - Born in Culpeper, Va. and lived in what is now called the A.P. Hill Building on the corner of Main & Davis St. / a celebrated Civil War hero Daniel Boone - Lived in Stevensburg, VA for 3 years during the 1750's Walt Whitman - Famous American poet, also served as a nurse in Culpeper, Va. during the Civil War Ulysses S. Grant - Commander of the Union Army and later President of the US, resided in the Town of Culpeper for several months during the winter and spring of 1864 Lafayette - Marched through Culpeper, Va.during the Revolutionary War and returned in the early 1800's to be wined & dined at Greenwood George Washington - Employed by Culpeper County 1749-1751 as the official surveyor in Va.

 

 

 

  

GENEALOGY

If you have genealogy questions please email us at contact@culpepermuseum.com. Genealogy Research is not our expertise, but we have been able to assist many folks by at least letting them know some of our local resources. 

Some other resources are:

  • Culpeper Country Library: the library has a special history room with information about local history and genealogy. Visit their website at tlc.library.net/culpeper for location, opening hours and use the "catalog" to search for books.
  • Culpeper Genealogy Society is a non-profit educational society organized for the purposes of uniting people interested in Culpeper County, Virginia, history and family genealogy; encouraging preservation of records; promoting educational programs; and publishing literature related to local records and genealogies. Visit their website at www.rootsweb.com/~vacgs/ for more information.

The Museum carries several books and maps which are helpful to most researchers. Please, feel free to contact us and we will do all that we can. Thank you.