Could this be the same famlies? George COOPER (Daniel2, William1) was born in Aug 1745. He married Margaret LAFFERTY. He died in Sep 1801 at age 56. Margaret LAFFERTY was born in 1743. She died in Apr 1825. The five known children of George3 COOPER and Margaret LAFFERTY were as follows: i. Daniel C. COOPER married Sophia GREEN. He was born in Nov 1773. He died in Jul 1818 at age 44. LAND RECORDS Montgomery Co. OH Deeds (no separate index found) Book B - no Duncan (FHL film 966,546) C-123: 2 April 1813, Daniel C. Cooper and wife Sophia to David Duncan, both Montgomery Co. OH, $60, part of lot #84 in town of Dayton. Wit. Isaac G. Burnet, John Falkerth. (FHL film 966,546) Book D - no Duncan (FHL film 966,641) E-106: 21 Sept. 1816, David Duncan and wife Mary (X) to Abraham Darst, both Montgomery Co. OH, $50, part of lot 84 in Town of Dayton. Wit. too faint to read. (FHL film 966,641) E-203: 16 Aug. 1816, Anthony Logan and wife Jane to John Duncan, both Montgomery Co. OH, $1000, Sec. 26, Twp. 2, Range 6 between the Miami Rivers, 50 acres. Wit. Samuel Archer (JP), Alex. Logan. (FHL film 966,641 (FHL film 966,642) F-318: 22 F-155: 17 May 1815, Daniel C. Cooper and wife Sophia to David Duncan, both Montgomery Co. OH, $100, lot 17 in Town of Dayton, reserving water from Mud River. Wit. Susan H. Green, John Fotherth (JP). Dec. 1817, David Duncan and wife Mary to Ralph Willow and Nathaniel Willow, all Montgomery Co. OH, $300, lot 17 in town of Dayton; water reserved to Daniel C. Cooper. (FHL film 966,642) 2. Fannie Cooper (m Mahlon MEEKER, 1821). Butler Co., OH ii. Bryan Lafferty COOPER was born in Jan 1775. He died in Jun 1794 at age 19. iii. Mary COOPER was born in Mar 1778. She died in Jan 1794 at age 15. iv. John G. COOPER was born in Mar 1780. He married Ellenor W. PERRINE. He died in Oct 1872 at age 92. v. Fannie COOPER was born in Nov 1788. She died in Sep 1811 at age 22. m Mahlon MEEKER, 1821 Butler Co., OH ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [COOPER] NJ COOPERS > Hi List, > I am still looking for the parents of Jesse Cooper. The > first mention of him is in 1802 in a newspaper in Cincinnati stating that he had a > letter waiting for him at the post office. It was addressed to "Jesse Cooper > of Columbia" . Columbia was a small town in Hamilton County, Ohio near > Cincinnati. > The next mention of him is in 1815 when he is listed in the probate > records as being the appraiser (this is not the correct legal term but that's > what he did) of the estate of George Cooper. I don't know if George was a > relative of Jesse's or not. > In 1825 (mid 20s anyway) Jesse petitions the court to have his land > divided. I suppose that he wanted to sell some of it. > Jesse is listed with his wife Dorcas in the Hamilton County censuses > of 1820 and 1830. Sometime in the 1830s he and his family moved to Clermont > County. > The last mention of him comes in Nov. 1848 when he's mentioned in a > diary of a woman who lived in Madisonville, another small town near Cincinnati. > She states that he fell into the fly wheel at Kugler's distillery and was > injured. He probably died from that since he is not listed in the 1850 census of > Clermont County. > Jesse would have been born around the mid 1780s. He had 3 sons; > William (my ancestor), Jared and Samuel. > My father always said he thought that we were descended from the same > Coopers as Daniel C. Cooper who laid out the city of Dayton, Ohio in 1796. > However, I have no proof whatsoever. Still I wonder about it whenever I see > Daniel's statue in Cooper Park in Dayton. > Does any of this sound familiar? > Thanks! > > Sharon Schwartz > > > ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== > Hoaxes and Urban Legends on the Internet > http://www.snopes.com/ > <A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/">Snopes.com</a> > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >