This is where I have documented much of my information. It comes from the North Carolina census's ... 1850 CENSUS RECORD OF PASQUOTANK COUNTY - DATED 21 AUGUST 1850 William Cooper - 31 M Mary Cooper - 34 F Margaret Cooper - 7 F Joseph Cooper - 5 M Mary Waymoth - 14 F Elizabeth Jennings - 71 F This census shows that the real estate value owned was worth $100.00 and that two children attended school within that year and that there was one person over 20 years of age who cannot read & write. 1860 CENSUS RECORD OF PASQUOTANK COUNTY - DATED 28 AUGUST 1860 William Cooper - 51 M - Farmer Mary Cooper - 48 F Margaret A. Cooper - 18 F - Domestic Joseph B. Cooper - 15 M Lucy E. Cooper - 8 F Sarah F. Cooper - 5 F This census shows that the real estate value was $30.00 and the value of personal estate was $217.00. It show that William and Mary could not read or write and that Joseph was the only child attending school. 1870 CENSUS RECORD OF PASQUOTANK COUNTY - PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP - DATED AUGUST 17, 1870 Polly Cooper - 60 F W - Keeping Home Mary Cooper - 29 F W - At Home Lucy E. Cooper - 19 F W - At Home Sarah F. Cooper - 16 F W - At Home The children and wife of William Cooper, as listed in the 1880 Census of Pasquotank County, lived in close proximity of each other. Listed below you can see can the somewhat close location of Margaret, Joseph, Lucy and Sarah. The sequential numbers in the census (39, 59,101,120, 121, 122) makes one believe that the family often stayed close together and care for each other. 1880 CENSUS RECORD OF PASQUOTANK COUNTY - PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP - JUNE 12, 1880 - Page 4 (39) - Enumeration Visit Number On The Census Robert N. Morgan - W M 32 - Farmer Martha V. Morgan - W F 32 - Wife - Keeping House Elliott Whitehurst - W M 34 - Bro in Law - Farmer Margaret Coopper - W F 38 - (Her Future Husband, Thomas Pritchard is shown as Enumeration Visit(51) 1880 CENSUS RECORD OF PASQUOTANK COUNTY - PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP - JUNE 16, 1880 - Page 11 (101) - Enumeration Visit Number on Census John Scott - W M 24 - Farmer Sarah F. Scott - W F 25 - Wife - Keeping House Mary A. Scott - W F 2 - Daughter Sarah E. Scott - W F 8/12 - Sept - Daughter Polly Cooper - W F 70 - Mother in Law 1880 CENSUS RECORD OF PASQUOTANK COUNTY - PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP - June 18, 1880 - Page 13 (120) - Enumeration Visit Number On The Census Joseph Cooper - W M 33 - Farm Hand Cordelia Cooper - W F 29 - Wife - Keeping House Margaret Cooper - W F 8 - Daughter Joseph J. Cooper - W M 6 - Son William S. Cooper - W M 10/12 - July - Son (121) - Enumeration Visit Number Listed On The Census Luther Jones - W M 26 - Farmer Sopha L. Jones - W F 20 - Wife - Keeping Home Cloey Jones - W F 1 - Daughter (122) - Enumeration Visit Number On The Census Lucy E. Madrin - W F 27 - Left Alone - Keeping House Martha L. Madrin - W F 6 - Daughter Mary P. Madrin - W F 28/30 - June - Daughter