Nancy, Good to hear from you again. Your letters are always a delight. Don't worry about them being too long. I appreciate all you are doing to help all of us. Amelia At 01:13 AM 6/6/00 -0500, you wrote: >I have just returned from IL, returning Emma Shepherd's 3 inch notebook >of data to her, and enjoying a wonderful visit with her. We traveled >through Haywood Co., TN, but unfortunately the timing prevented meeting >with Reese Moses, genealogy columnist from Brownsville and the original >contributor of the "little ledger" of family birth listings of the >early Bertie Co., NC Cader. We did have a nice phone conversation >though. I was extremely eager to quiz her about the connection of her >Brownsville protégé(actual owner of the ledger) to a Cooper line. Her >answer to the question, "Which line is Carol's family from?" >was:...NONE-as far as we can tell!!! (And this is after seven years of >research on her part, and the ledger has been in her husband's family >for three generations!) > >However, we proceeded on into Hopkinsville, Christian Co., KY where I >did find actual record of Cader and Sarah BYARS marriage and discovered >Sarah's mother was Elizabeth BLAIR.(father Stripling Byars)Also found >quite a few land records which I will post seperately. > >I don't want to make this excessively long,(and I do have a tendency to >"get all the details")but, to get to the point, I wanted to impress upon >all the other folks who have also looked at the Big Picture from my >previous single sighted perspective just how CLOSE the states of TN, KY, >IN and IL all are right there on the western edge, as well as TN, KY, >WV, VA,NC, SC,GA, AL, MS, etc. on the south and west. So, after driving >these midwestern states in an afternoon,(compared to taking all day to >get across Texas! No brag, just fact. <Grin>)I have a whole new >perspective on how it was not that hard for our ancestors to be >scattered across seven states, with one son going one way and six >others, another(each). > >SO, that said, I will give you a rundown of what Emma has concluded, and >then post the sources to go with it. > >First of all, from our personal interest, the John C. Cooper whose will >was read May 1829, Monroe Co., MS is John COTTON COOPER, b. 1758 >Spartenburg, SC the 4th child of David COOPER b. 1725 Warwickshire, ENG >and his wife Elizabeth ("Betsy") WILDER? (His will dated 1792, m. 1747) > >David was the third child of Marcom COOPER, b. 1699 Warwickshire, ENG. >He lived in VA, Spartenburg, SC. >Children: > i.William, b. VA m. Lidy CLARK, d. aft. 1784 will dated 1775 >Spartenburg, SC. > ii.Rehab, b. bet. 1748-1750 Nash Co., NC m. Godfry FOWLER d. 1769 > Wake >Co., NC. Raised her family in Wake Co. > iii.Markham/Marcum, b. 1750 VA/NC? m. ca. 1768 Sarah JACKSON, d. > 1811 >will dated 1809 Aug. 30 Nash Co., NC. Lived VA, SC, NC, KY. > iv.Charity, b. 1751 VA m. ___WILMUTH d. 1777. > v.John Cotton, b. 1758, Spartenburg, SC m. Nancy ARNOLD. Lived Butler >Co., KY, d. bef. will read 1829 Monroe Co., MS. > vi.Sion, b. 1760 VA(?) Rev. Sol. from NC. Will in Pickens Co., SC 7 >Nov. 1831. > vii.Malichia, b. 14 Jan. 1762 Wake Co., NC. Rev. Sol. m. Ann >WILKERSON. Executor of his father's will. d. 1843. 3 sons, 2 daughters. > viii.Orpha, b. 1764 Wake Co., NC m. Daniel AMOS moved to Spartenburg, >SC, then to TN. > ix.Elizabeth, b. 1770 NC m. John ARNOLD (one who died in KY?) > x.Edward, b. 1773 Spartenburg, SC m. Susannah COLE 1795. > >I will let the dust settle on this one before going on to more details >on each. >Until then, >Nancy Cooper > > > > > >Daniel R. Cooper wrote: > > > > To Julia and Dotti: The David Cooper that you are referencing b. 1725? > > d.7 May 1792 in Thickitty, SC between Gaffney and Spartanburg. He m. > > Elizabeth Wilder? (has not been documented) His children were: Rehab, > > Marcome, William, John, Charity, Orpha, Sion, Malachi, Elizabeth and > Edward. > > There is much info about Davids descendants but very little info about > > his siblings, parents or origin. I recently received a listing from a > > Walter Wilmoth indicating that David might have been the son of a William > > Cooper b. bef 1700 in England and Elizabeth Lau b. bef 1700 in England. He > > list's their Children as: George b.1715 in Eng., Ann Cooper b. abt 1717 in > > Eng. or Va m. Thomas Wilmoth Sr. in Richmond Co., Va or Md., John Cooper b. > > bef 1720 d. abt 1767 in Lunnengburg Co., Va, m. Lucretia Lnu, Marvil Cooper > > b. abt1721, David Cooper b.1725 in Va, m. Elizabeth Wilder abt 1747 d.7 May > > 1792, Thomas Cooper and James Cooper. > > Please realize that all of this info about David Cooper's parents and > > siblings have not been verified and is only listed as possable points of > > reference for further study. I have been researching Davids ancestors and > > siblings for so long that I welcome any information that might give me a > > clue for further research. > > > > At 09:42 AM 11/18/99 EST, you wrote: > > >Hello Julia, > > > > > >It's in South Carolina. > > > > > >Dottie > > >------------------------------------- > > >In a message dated 11/18/99 8:02:47 AM, JCooper799@aol.com writes: > > > > > ><< Dottie, > > >What State is this Spartanburg courthouse in? > > > > > >Julia Cooper > > > << Jerry, > > > > > > I have just seen your message (below). You may already know this, but > > >David > > > Cooper, my ancestor, died in 1792, I believe, in the Gaffney > area. He was > > > married to an Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) Cooper. His will is on > file > > >at > > > > Good Hunting > > Dan Cooper > > dancooper@intermediatn.net > > > > ==== 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 COOPER-L and over 6000 other lists 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