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