Janet, Did Thomas have any siblings? Do you have the names of his children who stayed in VA? My Coopers George B was born in VA and migrated to KY he served in the KY Legislature from Pulaski Co, in the 1820's. His son John C was in the KY Legislature from Lincoln Co in the 1860's. -----Original Message----- From: Janmim@aol.com <Janmim@aol.com> To: COOPER-L@rootsweb.com <COOPER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 10, 2000 3:43 PM Subject: [COOPER-L] Thos. Cooper, Henry Co VA>Greene Co GA >Hello Everyone, > >I recently posted the will and estate settlement of my ancestor Thomas >Cooper, who was b. 1733 or so, maybe Frederick Co VA, bought land in >Albermarle Co 1755, later moved to Henry Co VA (part formerly Pittsylvania). >CA. 1791 he and most of his children and their families moved to >Hancok/Greene Co GA, where he died bef. Feb 1796. > >In response to my post I received three emails (which I can't locate) from >other descendants asking if I had any proof of the information "out there" >that he was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and participated in >the Virginia Convention of 1788, which was convened to ratify the >Constitution, that troublesome document under much scrutiny now. I hope this >email gets to all of you. > >Since checking this out seemed like a good idea, I found a book, which does >confirm these facts, but House of Delegates, not House of Burgesses, I didn't >find him there before the Rev.: "The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, >1619-January 11, 1978: A Bicentennial Register of Members" Compiled by the >Library of Virginia. > >Specifically: > >VIRGINIA CONVENTION OF 1788. Thomas Cooper represented Henry Co with John >MARR. FYI, Franklin Co was represented by John EARLY and Thomas ARTHUR. >Pittsylvania was represented by Robert WILLIAMS and John WILSON (names I >don't recognize). Bedford was represented by John TRIGG and Charles CLAY. >Campbell by Robert ALEXANDER and Edmund WINSTON. > >Thomas Cooper was a member of the House of Delegates from Oct. 15, 1787 until >1790, about the time he went to GA. > >The particulars for the VA House of Delegates: > >SESSION, OCT 13-1787 - JAN 1788, > >Henry Co: John MARR, Thomas COOPER (Abraham PENN is mentioned as well, but a >footnote says "Abraham Penn was declared unduly elected, and Thomas Cooper >was declared elected"...Wonder what the story behind that is, maybe >undervotes?) >Bedford Co: John TRIGG, James TURNER >Campbell Co: John CLARKE, Charles Moil TALBOT >Franklin Co: John EARLY, Thomas ARTHUR >Pittsylvania Co: William LYNCH, Benjamin LANKFORD >(the above five counties rep'd in the VA Senate by Charles LYNCH) > >SESSION JUNE 1788 and OCT 20-DECEMBER 19, 1788: > >Henry Co: Thomas COOPER, Abraham PENN >Bedford Co: Thomas LEFTWICH, John TRIGG >Campbell Co: John HUNTER, John CLARKE >Franklin Co: John EARLY, Joshua RENTFRO >Pittsylvania Co: Benjamin LANKFORD, Constant PERKINS >(The above rep'd in the Senate by Charles LYNCH) > >SESSION Oct 19 - DEC 19, 1789 > >Henry Co: Thomas COOPER, Abraham PENN >Bedford Co: John J. TRIGG, Thomas LEFTWICH >Campbell Co: John HUNTER, John CLARKE >Franklin Co: Joshua RENTFRO, Samuel HAIRSTON >Pittsylvania Co: William DIX, Benjamin LANKFORD >(These rep'd in VA Senate by Charles LYNCH) > >SESSION OCT 18-DEC 1790 > >Henry Co: Joseph MARTIN (more on him below), Thomas COOPER >Bedford Co: John TRIGG, Christopher H. CLARKE >Campbell Co: John CLARK, David G. TALBOT >Franklin Co: Joshua RENTFRO, John EARLY >Pittsylvania Co: Matthew CLAY, Benjamin Lankford >(Robert CLARKE represented the above five counties in the Senate..Anybody >know who all these Clarks are?) > >I have copied all of the pages for the above, plus the next two General >Assembly sessions. > >Now I was most interested that in his last term Thomas Cooper served with >Joseph MARTIN (who served several more terms), one of THE most interesting >personas of early Eastern Tennessee History ("married" the daughter of the >revered Cherokee Nancy WARD, while also having two successive marriages >inHenry Co, everybody knew about). For an interesting sketch on him check >out this site at the New River Notes: >http://www.ls.net/~newriver/swva/hssv-2.htm#martin > >Best Regards, > >Janet Hunter > > >==== COOPER Mailing List ==== >Keep this list and over 6000 others online with your RootsWeb >membership or sponsorship. >RootsWeb Gen.Data Coop.Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >