Hi Diane, My line of Cooper's came through this area (Surry Co., VA) in the early 1700's. Who is your earliest ancestor from this area and what time period... My connection is a Benjamin Cooper. Thanks, Gary S. Cooper ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Ethridge" <deae@consolidated.net> To: <cooper@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 7:25 AM Subject: Re: [COOPER] Cooper Surname Newsletter, etal >I would like to receive a copy of the newsletter, please, if it will >pertain > to the early Cooper line out of south-eastern VA (Surry/Sussex Co area). > > I am from Joannah Cooper who married Wm Gilbert of the Surry Co. VA > Gilberts. Info about them is scarce so anyone from these lines, I would > love to hear from you to compare notes. > > Thank you, > Diane Ethridge > Conroe, TX > > deae@consolidated.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Cooper" <garluke@windstream.net> > To: <COOPER@rootsweb.com>; <COOPER-DNA@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 10:13 PM > Subject: [COOPER] Cooper Surname Newsletter, etal > > >> We have a Cooper Surname Newsletter available now. I do not believe I can >> attach the URL on the message board, however, if you are interested in >> receiving a copy, please send me your email address. >> >> >> I hope you enjoy it and will share your stories of interest with other >> members of the group. >> >> We also have a new mail-list group available to all that is intended for >> use by anyone researching their COOPER family history worldwide. >> >> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cooperfamilyhistory/ >> >> H. Ben Cooper >> >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hi Gary: I am from Anna (or Joanna) Gilbert who married Reuben Wright in 1798, Sussex Co. VA. I don't know who Anna's parents were but am sure she is from Joanna Cooper. b 1729 (who marr Wm Gilbert). This Joanna was the daughter of a James Cooper (& Eliz Kelly), son of Reuben Cooper, son of Reuben Cooper, according to the info that I've been able to find on gen sites on the internet. My Anna Gilbert Wright was b in Surry Co. VA in 1779 & I don't know if she is the dau or gr dau of Wm Gilbert. These folks appear to be quite affluent & it's surprising that info on them is so scarce but I'm still looking after about 10 yrs of research. I did find a document at the Library of VA that gives Joanna Gilbert property after the death of her husband, William. I know that some in this family went to GA but mine went to IN & later some of their children moved on to IL, around Jasper/Edgar/Clark Co. My Reuben & Anna (Gilbert) Wright went to Greene Co. OH & then on to Henry Co. IN where Reuben was a Methodist-Episcopal minister in Knightstown, IN. They are in the 1850 Wayne Co. IN census but Reuben's age is listed incorrectly in the index - it indicates that he is 21 yrs old. On the census page itself, it appears that he is either 91 or 71, we aren't sure which is correct. I have good info on 3 of their children & even more info on their grandchildren but just can find very little on this couple or their earlier history. I have found a concentration of folks of all 3 surnames living close to one another in Fentress/Overton Cos, TN but I don't know if that's indicative of something important... or maybe nothing at all. Thank you for contacting me & sorry I don't have more to share. Diane Ethridge Conroe, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "gsc" <gcooper@lexcominc.net> To: <cooper@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [COOPER] Cooper Surname Newsletter, etal > Hi Diane, > My line of Cooper's came through this area (Surry Co., VA) in the early > 1700's. > Who is your earliest ancestor from this area and what time period... My > connection is a Benjamin Cooper. > Thanks, > Gary S. Cooper > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diane Ethridge" <deae@consolidated.net> > To: <cooper@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 7:25 AM > Subject: Re: [COOPER] Cooper Surname Newsletter, etal > > >>I would like to receive a copy of the newsletter, please, if it will >>pertain >> to the early Cooper line out of south-eastern VA (Surry/Sussex Co area). >> >> I am from Joannah Cooper who married Wm Gilbert of the Surry Co. VA >> Gilberts. Info about them is scarce so anyone from these lines, I would >> love to hear from you to compare notes. >> >> Thank you, >> Diane Ethridge >> Conroe, TX >> >> deae@consolidated.net >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gary Cooper" <garluke@windstream.net> >> To: <COOPER@rootsweb.com>; <COOPER-DNA@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 10:13 PM >> Subject: [COOPER] Cooper Surname Newsletter, etal >> >> >>> We have a Cooper Surname Newsletter available now. I do not believe I >>> can >>> attach the URL on the message board, however, if you are interested in >>> receiving a copy, please send me your email address. >>> >>> >>> I hope you enjoy it and will share your stories of interest with other >>> members of the group. >>> >>> We also have a new mail-list group available to all that is intended for >>> use by anyone researching their COOPER family history worldwide. >>> >>> >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cooperfamilyhistory/ >>> >>> H. Ben Cooper >>> >>> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Diane, If you know of a Cooper male that is related to you, he shoudl do a DNA test. I am not sure of the Elizabeth Kelly you refer to. There was a James Cooper in this area, but I am not sure he married an Elizabeth Kelly. It has been surmised that Elizabeth Kelly married a Benjamin Cooper(from PA), but this is not my Benjamin. Internet genealogy is, or can be very suspect at times. Gary S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Ethridge" <deae@consolidated.net> To: <cooper@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [COOPER] Cooper Surname Newsletter, etal > Hi Gary: > I am from Anna (or Joanna) Gilbert who married Reuben Wright in 1798, > Sussex > Co. VA. I don't know who Anna's parents were but am sure she is from > Joanna > Cooper. b 1729 (who marr Wm Gilbert). This Joanna was the daughter of a > James Cooper (& Eliz Kelly), son of Reuben Cooper, son of Reuben Cooper, > according to the info that I've been able to find on gen sites on the > internet. My Anna Gilbert Wright was b in Surry Co. VA in 1779 & I don't > know if she is the dau or gr dau of Wm Gilbert. These folks appear to be > quite affluent & it's surprising that info on them is so scarce but I'm > still looking after about 10 yrs of research. I did find a document at > the > Library of VA that gives Joanna Gilbert property after the death of her > husband, William. I know that some in this family went to GA but mine > went > to IN & later some of their children moved on to IL, around > Jasper/Edgar/Clark Co. > > My Reuben & Anna (Gilbert) Wright went to Greene Co. OH & then on to Henry > Co. IN where Reuben was a Methodist-Episcopal minister in Knightstown, IN. > They are in the 1850 Wayne Co. IN census but Reuben's age is listed > incorrectly in the index - it indicates that he is 21 yrs old. On the > census page itself, it appears that he is either 91 or 71, we aren't sure > which is correct. I have good info on 3 of their children & even more > info > on their grandchildren but just can find very little on this couple or > their > earlier history. I have found a concentration of folks of all 3 > surnames > living close to one another in Fentress/Overton Cos, TN but I don't know > if > that's indicative of something important... or maybe nothing at all. > > Thank you for contacting me & sorry I don't have more to share. > > Diane Ethridge > Conroe, TX > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gsc" <gcooper@lexcominc.net> > To: <cooper@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 9:31 AM > Subject: Re: [COOPER] Cooper Surname Newsletter, etal > > >> Hi Diane, >> My line of Cooper's came through this area (Surry Co., VA) in the early >> 1700's. >> Who is your earliest ancestor from this area and what time period... My >> connection is a Benjamin Cooper. >> Thanks, >> Gary S. Cooper >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Diane Ethridge" <deae@consolidated.net> >> To: <cooper@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 7:25 AM >> Subject: Re: [COOPER] Cooper Surname Newsletter, etal >> >> >>>I would like to receive a copy of the newsletter, please, if it will >>>pertain >>> to the early Cooper line out of south-eastern VA (Surry/Sussex Co area). >>> >>> I am from Joannah Cooper who married Wm Gilbert of the Surry Co. VA >>> Gilberts. Info about them is scarce so anyone from these lines, I would >>> love to hear from you to compare notes. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Diane Ethridge >>> Conroe, TX >>> >>> deae@consolidated.net >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Gary Cooper" <garluke@windstream.net> >>> To: <COOPER@rootsweb.com>; <COOPER-DNA@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 10:13 PM >>> Subject: [COOPER] Cooper Surname Newsletter, etal >>> >>> >>>> We have a Cooper Surname Newsletter available now. I do not believe I >>>> can >>>> attach the URL on the message board, however, if you are interested in >>>> receiving a copy, please send me your email address. >>>> >>>> >>>> I hope you enjoy it and will share your stories of interest with other >>>> members of the group. >>>> >>>> We also have a new mail-list group available to all that is intended >>>> for >>>> use by anyone researching their COOPER family history worldwide. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cooperfamilyhistory/ >>>> >>>> H. Ben Cooper >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >