Hi Ben...I have been trying to make contact with them again by e-mail, havent heard back as yet..Did the test with the Raiford Cooper match with your line on the DNA?? Later...Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Cooper" <bcooper@mc2k.com> To: <cooper@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [COOPER] Raiford & Coore Jr. COOPER [1850 - 1860]Bollinger&Stoddard Co., MO > Well, HELLO! Joyce. I do hope you can help me with this contact you have. > Have one or more of them contact me by email, phone or snail-mail. It would > be great if they had some sort of Bible record, Coore Jr. will or what ever > that would show the familial relationship between Raiford and Coore Jr. and > then some of their descendants. > > I had a descendant of Raiford Cooper take the DNA test, what I need is a > descendant of Coore Jr. to ascertain the relationship. It might not hurt to > have a second test from a descendant of Raiford, too. > > THANKS! for responding to my message. You are the first to respond to this > specific message and I put this out on several lists. > > God bless! > > Ben > > PS. I just noticed the closeness of these two families geographically a week > or so ago. Don't know where my head has been. > > PPS. I think I finally deciphered the "?"s I had at the end of Elizabeth > Cooper in the 1860 USC. It read, "Insane Blind female". Insane is probably > what we can dementia today. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. Cooper Walker" <jskywalker@cox-internet.com> > To: <cooper@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:52 PM > Subject: Re: [COOPER] Raiford & Coore Jr. COOPER [1850 - 1860] > Bollinger&Stoddard Co., MO > > > Hi Ben...I have just been in touch with a Cooper family near me and they say > they are connected with Rayford and Coore Cooper. I know they have male > Coopers in the family..I have not gone into any detail with them, they may > be the link you are looking for...if we could get them to take the DNA > test... > > Later..Joyce > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Cooper" <bcooper@mc2k.com> > To: <cooper-l@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:02 PM > Subject: Re: [COOPER] Raiford & Coore Jr. COOPER [1850 - 1860] Bollinger > &Stoddard Co., MO > > I am looking for information on two brothers, Raiford COOPER and Coore > COOPER Jr. Information I have indicates Raiford moved to Bollinger Co., MO > and Coore Jr. resided in Stoddard Co., MO from NC and TN. Their father was > Coore Sr.and grandfather, Fleet Cooper Sr. > > Coore Jr. lived in Duck Creek, Stoddard County, MO in the 1860 USC. The Duck > Creek Wild Life Area is located in the southern tip of Bollinger Co., Mo, > close to Grassy, MO where Raiford resided. I have been unable to find Duck > Creek on any map. It may be a ghost town now. > > Following is the 1850 & 1860 USC showing Coore and his son Benjamin in > Gibson Co., TN and then Stoddard Co., MO. > > 1850 US Census, District 10, Gibson County, Tennessee, December 10, 1850, p. > 242-B. Ancestry.com: p. 21. > > 1647-1647..Cooper,.Coor.........58...M..W....Farmer..NC > ............................"..,.Benjamin...22...M..W....Farmer..NC > ............................"..,.Scott........70....M..W....Farmer..NC > ............................"..,.Elizabeth...67.....F..W.................NC > .......................Smith,.Susan.......24.....F..W.................NC > -------------------------------------- > 1860 US Census, Duck Creek, Stoddard County, Missouri, September 18, 1860, > p. 167. > Ancestry.com: p. 7. > > 1346-1267..Cooper,.Core.........76...M..W....Farmer.....NC > ............................"..,.Elizabeth...87...F..W......Spinster....NC.....[?..Blind..?] > ------------------------- > 1860 US Census, Duck Creek, Stoddard County, Missouri, September 19, 1860, > p. 169. > Ancestry.com: p. 9. > > 1375-1245..Cooper,.Benjamin...30..M..W.....Farmer...NC > ............................"..,.Susan........21...F..W...................NC > ............................"..,.William........4..M..W...................MO > ---------------------------------------- > Benjamin, Susan and William Cooper disappear after this census. I am > wondering if any descendants of Raiford may have information on his brother, > Coore Jr., and his descendants. > > H. Ben Cooper > Bella Vista, AR > bcooper@mc2k.com > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOPER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >