> > 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 > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [COOPER-L]Zachariah , Cader, sons of John Cotton. > Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 12:28:12 -0500 > From: Nancy Bray Cooper <miminbc@sprynet.com> > To: COOPER-L@rootsweb.com > > lmhamb@concentric.net wrote: > > > > Nancy Bray Cooper wrote: > > > > Descendants of Cader Cooper > > 1 Cader Cooper 1796 - 1842 > . +Sarah Byars 1799 - 1864 > ...... 2 Nancy Cooper 1817 - > .......... +Lof(tin?) Goyne > ...... 2 Eliza Cooper 1819 - > .......... +David C. Hefner 1815 - > ...... 2 John C. Cooper 1821 - > .......... +Martha Walker > ...... 2 Elizabeth Cooper 1823 - > .......... +Haskill? Owens > ...... 2 Albert C. Cooper 1825 - > ...... 2 Mary Jane Cooper 1828 - > ...... 2 Sylvester Cooper 1830 - 1883 > .......... +Amy Harriet Marshall 1835 - 1934 > ...... 2 Emily Cooper 1832 - > ...... 2 Joseph Cooper 1834 - > ...... 2 Sarahan S. Cooper 1837 - > ...... 2 Martha A. Cooper 1840 -