Joyce Wright wrote: > > please let us in on what their names are. > Some of us have COOPERs that we have no idea > where they settled. They might be our cousins also. > thanks so much for sharing them. You are so right, Joyce- Since we had a published account of my husband'GGgrandfather, Sylvester, from his service in the Buena Vista Rifles of Chickasaw Co., MS through his descendants who settled in DeWitt Co., TX, I had spent most of my time looking for southern roots, and discounting any names that showed up in the Midwest. That is, until we discovered that Sylvester's father, Cader, had been married in Christian Co., KY. The book on Sylvester had said his father was from NC, but didn't even give his name. Turns out Cader's parents, John Cotton and Nancy Arnold Cooper, were in SC in the late 1700s, before coming to KY, and then Monroe Co., MS where John C. died in 1829. At one point, I had the wrong Cader, in Bertie Co., NC, but once John C.'s will was uncovered and shared with us by John Cooper, Emma Shepherd in Newman, IL recognized the info as tying in with her line from Abner, another one of John Cotton's sons. Seems they branced out from KY into IL and IN, where descendants still are. Since then, (which was this past spring) it seems like things have snowballed, and cousins keep turning up. I would post this line, but it alone is 37 pages, just for the registry report. I will try to post as much as I can in bits and pieces. But if you have any specific queries I will try to respond if there is anything I recognize. From most indications, the "preponderance of evidence" is that John Cotton Cooper, b. 1758 in Spartanburg, SC was the s/o David Cooper, b. 1725 in Warwickshire, Eng. and Elizabeth possibly WILDER. David names in his will March 17, 1792 his children: William Cooper; Rehab FOWLER; Marcome Cooper; John Cooper; Charity WILMUTH; Orphas AMOS; Sion Cooper; Malichi Cooper; Elizabeth Cooper; and Edward Cooper. There are lots of people working on all these lines, so we ought to be able to fill in any blanks if we all work together. < Zeand@aol.com> wrote: >Read about your John Cooper's children - what state did they live in and when were he or his children born. My Sarah Cooper was born 1802. Thanks for >your info. Zelma >> John Cotton Cooper was b. 1758 in Spartenburg, SC He m. Nancy Arnold possibly in KY. Two hundred acres of land in Christian Co., KY were surveyed for John Cooper in 1803. Also on the same page, John Cotton and David Cooper, written as two seperate names, but in same handwriting as rest of document, were named as witnesses to a survey for Possy?? Campbell of 340 acres. I'm sorry, but I don't have dates for all the children yet. But what we do know, from others', is this: Thomas b. 1776 m. Rebecca____; Zachariah b. 1783 m. Mary Quinn; David b. abt. 1790 m. Elizabeth Alexander 1810 in Christian Co., KY; Abner b. 1792 m. Rebecca McCoy 1810 in Butler Co., KY; Cader b. 1796 m. Sarah Byars 1816 in Christian Co., KY Isaac Cooper was executor of John C.'s will (1829 Monroe Co., MS) so he was probably the oldest son. Others named, each receiving one dollar, were: Charity Haster Rebecca Logan otherwise Cooper the sum of one dollar Betsy Biers(Byars) Zachariah Cooper Sarah Morgan Winnifray Biers Marcum Cooper Abner Cooper Rody Givins Eady Givins From information I received from Jane Ramsey <spicetea@mindspring.com>, David Cooper3,( s/o Marcome2 grandson of David1) had by wife 1) Elizabeth WADLINGTON, a daughter Sarah Ann Cooper, b.28 Sept. 1802 in Trigg Co., KY. Could she be yours? I will some of the others as I can. I hope this fits, or gives you a lead. Nancy