This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blackshear, Cooper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1NE.2ACIB/165.1 Message Board Post: Funny that you should be looking for this information as I became interested recently as well. Having watched "Cold Mountain" I checked out a local Sacred Harp group and noticed the Blackshear name as the author for many of the alto lines. R. D. Blackshear is a cousin to my line but I may know someone who might have additional information. Let me know if I can help.