Dolores, She doesn't have much on Sion, I'm sorry to say. She has b. 1760 VA, Rev. Sol., and will in Pickens Co., SC Nov. 7, 1831. Do you have it? If you do, I would be interested in that info. Or can you tell me his children? He would be a brother of my husband's John C.(Cotton). Thanks you, Nancy DMPringle727680@aol.com wrote: > > Nancy, > This is one of my COOPER lines, and I look forward to reading more. Thank > you for posting this. Is there anything more on Sion COOPER or his son > Alexander? > Looking forward to reading more! > Godspeed... > Dolores Miller Pringle > > ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== > This list is brought to you by the RootsWeb Members and Sponsors. > RootsWeb Gen.Data Coop.Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

Nancy, I have quite a bit of info on Sion COOPER md. Mary BRANTLEY. He was born 1760, VA, according to my records and died in Spartanburg Dist., SC. I am on a new email system, and I'll see if I can paste some of what I have in here. I would appreciate it very much if you would send me any info you might have on the parents and/or sibs of Sion COOPER. Thank you! Will abstract: Book A, Page 192: Sion Cooper owned 132 lying on Cain Creek joining lands of Jacob Schroeder and others. Heirs: Nancy Smith. Heirs of Ansel Cooper. Heirs of Vincent Cooper decd. James Kelly and wife Mary, Rahab Fields. Celia Nix, Lewis Cooper, John Ferguson. (no date given, but acc. to book January 1857. [Either Delilah or Sally married John Ferguson; neither daughter mentioned in will so both prob. deceased by 1857.] The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research SCMAR, Volume XX Number 1, Winter, 1992 Pickens District Real Estate Divisions (Continued from Volume XIX, p.164) No. 1, p.39 Pages 192-193: Real Estate of Sion Cooper Decsd The undersigned one of the heirs of Sion Cooper decsd. petitions your Court for an order to sell or divide the Real Estate of Sion Cooper decsd lying on waters of Cain Creek adjoining Lands of Jacob Schroeder & others containing 132 acres more or less. the following are the heirs Nancy Smith, heirs of Ansel Cooper, Robert F. Morgan, heirs of Alexander Cooper decsd, heirs of Vincent Cooper decsd, James Killy & wife Mary, Rahab Fields, Celia Nix, Lewis Cooper & John Ferguson your petitioner. John Ferguson. South Carolina, Pickens District. Personally appeared L. N. Robins & Samuel Reid and made oath in due form of Law that the Real Estate of Sion Cooper late of said District decsd. is not worth $1000 to the best of their knowledge. Levi N. Robins, Saml Reid. Sworn to & subscribed before me 21 Augt 1854. W. J. Parsons, O. P. D. State of South Carolina, Pickens District. To Rahab Fields, Warren Cooper, Davis Cooper, Nancy Cooper, Hannah Cooper, Matilda Cooper, Eliz. Starky, Robert F. Morgan, Legal heirs of Sion Cooper who died intestate, you are hereby required to appear at the Court of Ordinary to be holden at Pickens Court House on 4th day of Dec next to shew cause if any you can why the Real Estate of Sion Cooper decsd situate in Pickens District lying on waters of Cane Creek adjoining lands of Jacob Shroder and others containing 132 acres should not be sold or divided equally among the legal heirs. 27 Nov 1854. W. J. Parsons (Seal) South Carolina, Pickens District. In Ordinary. On the petition for sale of the Real Estate of Sion Cooper decsd, it is ordered that the tract of land described in said petition be sold by the sheriff on sale day in Jany on a credit of twelve months.... Dec 5th 1854. W. J. Parsons (Seal), O. P. D. Info received on 2/1/00: Sion Cooper b. 1760 Virginia, m. 1777 Virginia, d. March 6, 1831 Pickens Co., South Carolina. S/o David Cooper and Elizabeth Wilder. Her last name isn't proven. Sion m. Mary Brantley b. 1760 Virginia d. February 8, 1852 Pickens Co., South Carolina. Children Elizabeth Cooper m. Isaiah Starkey Lewis " b. South Carolina m. Sarah Rehab " b. " " d. August 1869 m. John Field Vicon " b. " " m. Matilda Delilah " b. " " m. 1. John Furguson 2. George Hagood Nancy (Sale) Cooper b. " m. Unknown Nix Ansel " b. June 16, 1779 South Carolina m. Mary Alexander " b. 1781 South Carolina m. Vishti, your probably right Vashti. Polly " b, 1786 " " m. James Kelly Nancy " b. 1798 " " m. John Travis Smith John W. Cooper wcooper@chase3000.com Federal census for 1800 and 1820: 1820 COOPER SION Pendleton County SC 201 000101 01201 Federal Population Schedule SC 1820 Federal Census Index SC320279150 1800 COOPER SION Spartanburg County SC 168 20110 21010-00 Federal Population Schedule SC 1800 Federal Census Index SCS1a793265 Found this listed as 1830 census, PA. Must be incorrect as Pickens Co., etc. info points to SC: 1830 COOPER SION Pickens County PA 298 Pickens District Federal Population Schedule PA 1830 Federal Census Index PA558405436 Sion Cooper Sex: M Birth: 1760 in Virginia or Nash Co., North Carolina Death: 6 MAR 1831 in Pickens Co., South Carolina Spartanburg ? Military Service: Lived in Wake City, NC at enlistment. Event: LDS Ancestral File # 25QD-J3 Note: Source;The following info is from the Revolutionary pension papers #R2302 for service in NC and SC of Sion Cooper and his wife Mary. He joined the Revolutionary Army at about sixteen years of age. He was about 66 years of age in 1826 and was living in Pendleton Destrict, SC. After Sion's death on 6 March 1831 in Pickens District, Mary applied for a pension station that she was the only wife Sion ever had. After Mary's death on 8 February 1852, their oldest son, Ansell, residing in Pickens District and aged 73 years (born 16 June 1779) petitioned the court for pension due his father and mother. He listed the children of Sion and Mary in addition to himself as Lewis Cooper and married sisters, Nancy Smith, Polly Kilby, Rahab Fields, and Delila Ferguson. He further stated that Sion Cooper and mary Brantley were married in Virginia. Sion, Mary R2302, NC & SC Line, sol appl 6 Nov 1826 Pendleton Dist SC & had a wife & 2 daughters at home, sol lived in Wake Cty NC at enl, sol d 6 Mar 1831 & Mary Cooper was Exc'x in Pickens Dist SC on 7 Nov 1831 Mary was the wid of sol. Sol's oldest son Anesll Cooper appl 27 April 1852 Greenville Dist SC & stated wid d 8 Feb 1852 leaving children; Lewis Cooper, Nancy Smith, Polly Kilby, Rahale Fields & Delia Ferguson, wid's maiden name was Mary Brantley & his parents m in VA in 1778, sol's son Ansell was b 16 June 1779. Source: TALLT75501@aol.com; Revolution War Pension File Abstrats Dan Cooper has his birthday in 1769. Sources: Famitly group sheets from Earline Day; Clyde Toland's book. The above book states that Sion died in Pickens Co., South Carolina as apposed to Earline Day has him dying in Spartanburg Co., South Carolina. The book also tells of Sion residing in Wake Co., North Carolina when he entered the Revolutionary War at age 16. he served 18 months and was in South Carolina when peace was made. He moved to Pickens Co. in 1800. The book gives his marriage date as 1778, ( 1777 according to Earline Day's info). Source: Cyon (Syon?) Cooper having property in 1801 on Beaverdam Creek (Broad River?) next to Matthew and William Cooper. Source: South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 20; The undersigned one of the heirs of Sion Cooper decsd. petitions your Court for an order to sell or divide the Real Estate of Sion Cooper decsd. lying on waters of Cain Creek adjoining Lands of Jacob Schroeder & others containing 132 acres more of less. The following are the heirs Nancy Cooper Smith,heirs of Ansel Cooper, Robert F. Morgan, heirs of Alexander Cooper decsd., heirs of Vincent Cooper decsd., James Killy and wife Mary, Rahab Cooper Fields, Celia Cooper Nix, Lewis Cooper & John Ferguson your petitioner. . . John Ferguson. South Carolina, Pickens Dist. Personally appeared L. N. Robins & Samuel Reid and made oath in due form of Law that the Real Estate of Sion Cooper late of said Dist. decsd. is not worth $1.000 to the best of their knowledge. Levi N. State of South Carolina, Pickens Dist. to Rahab Fields, Warren Cooper, Davis Cooper, Nancy Cooper, Hannah Cooper, Matilda Cooper, Eliz. Starky, Robert F. Morgan, Legal heirs of Sion Cooper who died intestate, you are hereby required to appear at the Court of Ordinary to by holden at Pickens Court House on 4th day of Dec next to shew cause if any you can why the Real Estate of Sion Cooper decsd. situate in Pickens Dist. lying on waters of Cane Creek adjoining lands of Jacob Shroder and others containing 132 acres should not by sold or divided equally among the legal heirs. 27 Nov 1854. W.J. Parsons South Carolina, Pickens Dist.. In Ordinary. On the petition for sale of the Real Estate of Sion Cooper decsd., it is ordered that the tract of land described in said petition be sold by the sheriff on sale day in Jany on a credit of twelve months. Source: LDS File # 25QD-J3 or 1ZNN-WH Father: David Cooper b: 1725 in Edgecombe, North Carolina or Warwickshire, England Mother: Elizabeth Wilder b: 1726 in Edgecomb Co., North Carolina Marriage 1 Mary Brantley b: 1760 in Virginia Married: 1777 in Virginia Children Ansel Cooper b: 16 JUN 1779 in South Carolina Alexander Cooper b: 1781 in South Carolina Elizabeth Cooper b: 1783 in South Carolina Lewis Cooper b: 1785 in South Carolina or Virginia Polly Cooper b: 1786 in South Carolina Rehab\Rahab Cooper b: 1788 in South Carolina Nancy Cooper b: 1798 in South Carolina Vincon Cooper b: 1811 in South Carolina Delilah Cooper b: BET. 1805 - 1813 in Spartanburg Co.,South Carolina Sally\Sale Cooper b: 1815 in South Carolina Celia Cooper Some of this may be repetitive, but I didn't have time to sort through it! Hope it's okay. Looking forward to hearing from you! Dolores Miller Pringle ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Bray Cooper <miminbc@sprynet.com> To: <COOPER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 1:14 AM Subject: Re: [COOPER-L] COOPER, Marcom & David > Dolores, > She doesn't have much on Sion, I'm sorry to say. She has b. 1760 VA, > Rev. Sol., and will in Pickens Co., SC Nov. 7, 1831. Do you have it? > If you do, I would be interested in that info. Or can you tell me his > children? He would be a brother of my husband's John C.(Cotton). > Thanks you, > Nancy > > DMPringle727680@aol.com wrote: > > > > Nancy, > > This is one of my COOPER lines, and I look forward to reading more. Thank > > you for posting this. Is there anything more on Sion COOPER or his son > > Alexander? > > Looking forward to reading more! > > Godspeed... > > Dolores Miller Pringle > > > > ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== > > This list is brought to you by the RootsWeb Members and Sponsors. > > RootsWeb Gen.Data Coop.Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== > Keep this list and over 6000 others online with your RootsWeb > membership or sponsorship. > RootsWeb Gen.Data Coop.Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >