John
Latimer
Culver
Born in Hancock County, Georgia
Ancestors 
Brother of
William Hall Culver, Henry Harris Culver, Anna Elizabeth (Culver) Connell, Mary Josephine (Culver) Moore, Thomas Hardy Culver, German Pierce Culver, Benjamin Carter Culver, Robert Montgomery Culver, Everard Hamilton Culver and Amazon Beall Culver
Husband of
Mary Lewis (Cheely) Culver
— married
12 Nov 1850 in Hancock County, Georgia
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Missouri (Culver) Moore, Anna Moore Culver, Lewis Edwards Culver, Bell Louwill Culver and Robert Hardy Culver
Died
at age 87
in Hancock County, Georgia
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Dec 2013
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Biography
John Latimer Culver was born on December 26, 1829 in Hancock County, Georgia. He was the son of Hardy Culver and Ann Latimer. He married Mary Lewis Cheely on November 12, 1850 in Hancock County.[1]
His Civil War service began on July 15, 1861 when he enlisted in Company K, 15th Regiment Georgia Infantry with his brothers. He was promoted to Captain on November 1, 1861.
After the war, John was a successful planter and was also involved in politics. He was president of the Democratic party organization in Hancock County, and also served as Mayor of Culverton.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ2-VJY : 4 November 2017), John L. Culver and Mary Cheely, 12 Nov 1850; citing Marriage, Hancock, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 222,074.
- ↑ Memoirs of Georgia Volume I, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, 1895.
- US Civil War Soldier Records & Profiles, 1861-1865 (Ancestry)
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Kristin Merritt 
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23andMe, GEDmatch A396543 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member km41566
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Sam Casey :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A550191 [compare], Ancestry member sjcaseyjr
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~0.78%
Rebecca Wilson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T051889 [compare], FTDNA kit #208588
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