Barbara, I have Cooper in may family line too. I know that my husband's line has Native American but do not know which line the Native American is in. Let me know what you think. Thanks Joy My Coopers were from Ohio too. My Coopers were from NJ and settled in Brown County and Adams County, Ohio. Here is my Cooper line. Thomas Cooper married Margaret (--) Children William Cooper 4 May 1762 died 26 Sept 1859 in Brown County, Ohio married abt 1783 Elizabeth Richmond born 18 Sept 1769 in NJ Children of William Cooper and Elizabeth Richmond John Joanna Cooper born 15 Dec 1753 Margaret (Peggy Cooper born 10 Feb 1798 married 25 Jan 1813 in Aberdeen, Adams, Ohio John Boone (my husband' line) Sydney Cooper Thomas Cooper Mary Cooper born 24 Aug 1799 Charles Cooper born 18 Apr 1801 Elenor Cooper born 13 Sept 1802 Zenas Cooper born 1 Apr 1804 Jacob Cooper born 30 Nov 1805 Eliza Cooper born 15 Jan 1808 died 27 Mar 1886 Brown County, Ohio My Cooper line ends with Margart (Peggy) Cooper married John Boone From: [email protected] Date: 2004/04/04 Sun PM 11:56:16 PDT To: [email protected] Subject: [COOPER] Cooper-Native American connections Hi everyone. Thought I'd add my Cooper/Native American connection to the list. My g-grandmother Emma Viola Cooper was Oneida Indian, born in Patterson, Ohio, on Feb 2, 1869, d. Jan 4, 1894 in Hennessey, Kingfisher Co., Oklahoma Territory. She married Charles Auston Brannon on May 11, 1883, in Burrton, Harvey Co., Kansas. Her parents were Phillip Henry Cooper (b. Feb 13, 1813 in New York) and Elizabeth Boyles (b. abt. 1834 in Pennsylvania, d. Jun 21, 1898). Phillip and Elizabeth had 10 other children: Mary Ann Cooper b. Aug 21, 1851 in New York, d. Apr 1899 Johnny Morrison Cooper b. Dec 6, 1853, d. Jan 15, 1854 Morrison Boyles Cooper b. Jan 26, 1855 in Ohio, d. Aug 1, 1923 John Henry Cooper b. Apr 29, 1858 in Ohio, d. Feb 3, 1940 George Ervins Cooper b. Jul 18, 1860 in Ohio, d. Jan 15, 1923 Eliza Jane "Jennie" Cooper b. Jan 8, 1862 in Ohio, d. 1923. (She married someone named Hayes and they had 2 children - Charles & Willie.) Stella Evaline Cooper b. Jan 23, 1864 in Ohio Charles Railton Cooper b. Sept 12, 1865 in Ohio, d. Jun 1923 Harry Alfred Cooper b. Jul 1, 1867 in Ohio Thomas Clemons Cooper b. 1870 in Ohio, d. Jun 22, 1958 In the 1870 census, the family was in Jackson Township, Hardin Co., Ohio. In 1880, they were in Silver Lake Township, Shawnee Co., Kansas. My grandfather, his siblings, and cousins Charles & Willie Hayes all attended the Chilocco Indian School in Kay Co., Oklahoma. I'd love to talk with any distant cousins. Barbara ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== We have archives! Search for your COOPER information here..... http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=COOPER ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237