Carolyn and Dave, I have been trying to find a connection between the Rowan County (my branch) Caspers and the Bertie County Caspers for years with no luck. I've spoken with other Casper researchers and they have all ran into the same "brick wall." In addition to the Rowan County / Bertie Connection I would give almost anything to find where in Germany our family is from. Research shows the Caspers to have once been most heavily situated in the Pfalz and Bavarian regions but today they are found throught-out Germany. If either of you ever find the answers to these two questions PLEASE let me know. Thanks ! Jim Casper mystikal1@netdot.com Subject: Re: [CASPER] CASPER/COSPER Connections Carolyn, I find it hard to believe that those Bertie County Caspers are not somehow connected to the Rowan County Caspers, but my knowledge of Caspers in general is very spotty. In re your desire to know more about Peter Caspers family...there were a multitude of Peter Caspers who were descended from the Conrad who moved to Rowan County about 1775. I thought I had pegged one Peter Casper family as being one that moved to Union County IL in the early 1800's because some gravestones in the Mt.Pisgah Lutheran Cemetery there seemed to match a Peter Casper's family I had found on the internet in names and dates, but when I mentioned it to an acquaintance, she said that couldn't be, because she is descended from that Peter Casper. The Peter I'm talking about was married to Catherine Frick, and one of the graves was Catherine Casper who was the same age as Catherine Frick. Another grave in that proximity, by the way, was Wiley Casper who was apparently killed in the Civil War on the Northern side. The above mentioned Peter Casper did not have a Wiley, but did have a William. He also had a Simeon, another of the graves in that cemetery. I came across all that while looking for the parents of Julian Casper who married Rufus Miller. They were both from Rowan County, and Julian's grave was near Catherine Casper's grave. You see the problem! The acquaintance mentioned above is Pat Beck, pbbecksalisburync@cbil... (my address book doesn't show the last part, but you will find her in the Casper forum of GenForum). Let me know if you come across something interesting. Dave ==== CASPER Mailing List ==== THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO FLAMING ALLOWED. .

Dave and Jim, My Cosper line is believed to be with the Pennsylvania Jacob Cosper's. I haven't found the one link that I need to prove this, but have accumulated a lot of data on that family. It is written in a county historical book that this family was of Dutch ancestry. Sorry I can't be of more help, Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim To: CASPER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [CASPER] CASPER/COSPER Connections Carolyn and Dave, I have been trying to find a connection between the Rowan County (my branch) Caspers and the Bertie County Caspers for years with no luck. I've spoken with other Casper researchers and they have all ran into the same "brick wall." In addition to the Rowan County / Bertie Connection I would give almost anything to find where in Germany our family is from. Research shows the Caspers to have once been most heavily situated in the Pfalz and Bavarian regions but today they are found throught-out Germany. If either of you ever find the answers to these two questions PLEASE let me know. Thanks ! Jim Casper mystikal1@netdot.com Subject: Re: [CASPER] CASPER/COSPER Connections Carolyn, I find it hard to believe that those Bertie County Caspers are not somehow connected to the Rowan County Caspers, but my knowledge of Caspers in general is very spotty. In re your desire to know more about Peter Caspers family...there were a multitude of Peter Caspers who were descended from the Conrad who moved to Rowan County about 1775. I thought I had pegged one Peter Casper family as being one that moved to Union County IL in the early 1800's because some gravestones in the Mt.Pisgah Lutheran Cemetery there seemed to match a Peter Casper's family I had found on the internet in names and dates, but when I mentioned it to an acquaintance, she said that couldn't be, because she is descended from that Peter Casper. The Peter I'm talking about was married to Catherine Frick, and one of the graves was Catherine Casper who was the same age as Catherine Frick. Another grave in that proximity, by the way, was Wiley Casper who was apparently killed in the Civil War on the Northern side. The above mentioned Peter Casper did not have a Wiley, but did have a William. He also had a Simeon, another of the graves in that cemetery. I came across all that while looking for the parents of Julian Casper who married Rufus Miller. They were both from Rowan County, and Julian's grave was near Catherine Casper's grave. You see the problem! The acquaintance mentioned above is Pat Beck, pbbecksalisburync@cbil... (my address book doesn't show the last part, but you will find her in the Casper forum of GenForum). Let me know if you come across something interesting. Dave ==== CASPER Mailing List ==== THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO FLAMING ALLOWED. . ==== CASPER Mailing List ==== THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO FLAMING ALLOWED.