Fellow Cooper Researchers: It has been a while since I have posted a query on the list. I am wondering if there are any new researchers of the family of Thomas Cooper who married Sarah ANTHONY, 1762, Bedford Co VA, and died ca. 1797 in Greene/Hancock Co GA. Sarah was the daughter of Joseph Anthony and Elizabeth CLARK. I believe the (undocumented) source for Thomas birth in Frederick Co, VA in 1733/5 is "Anthony Roots and Branches" compiled by Nancy Vasti Jacob, which I finally found and looked at. Thomas also has been claimed in at least one DAR membership application and I hope to view that soon. I had been tentatively accepting information at a Culpepper family website that Thomas was the son of Benjamin Cooper who married Elizabeth KELLY, 1721 in Philadelphia, PA. However, in more closely examining their Thomas, I find he was b. 1720s it seems and there is the wide variety of conflicting information for that Benjamin's whereabouts, so I decided to begin taking a closer look. In 1764 Bedford Co deeds records there is a Thomas Cooper, Sr., and Thomas Cooper Jr., and a James Cooper, who is brother of Thomas Cooper Jr. Separately, at genforum there is a post that says that Thomas b. 1735, is the son of Thomas b. 1710. There is also a Thomas Sr. and Thomas Jr. in 1767 Pittsylvania Co Tax lists (this family is found in Henry Co in the 1780s). I fully understand that Sr. and Jr. designations in tax lists, deed records etc., can refer to an older and a younger man of the same name, not necessarily father and son. In Bedford Co, however, Sr. and Jr. appear to be living in the same general area (Possum Creek). Again, I plan to research much more but am curious if any of you out there have more information on my Thomas. I descend through his daughter Mary (Polly) who married John WALLER, son of George Waller II and Anne Winston CARR. Mary Polly married Crispen Robertson SHELTON, grandson of Crispen Shelton and Letitia BUFORD maybe or Monticue maybe or Payne maybe. Lots of folks tracking that down. Thanks in advance, Janet (Baugh) Hunter