Will, I find this 'Blount' Cooper listed in the 1790 & 1800 Bertie Co NC census without the name 'Edmund'; also there is a 'Blount' Cooper Will 1849 Edgecombe Co NC(formed from Bertie) that lists his wife 'Sophie; also there is a 'Blount' Cooper listed in 1830 Nash Co NC(formed from Bertie)??? Barry ---------- > From: Will Cooper <wcooper@cot.net> > To: COOPER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [COOPER-L] Emund Blount COOPER & Mary LESTER > Date: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 10:59 PM > > Hello Coopers, et al, > > I'm just back from a month's trip that included research in TN and NC. > > My ggg grandfather, Edmund Blount COOPER first appears (or my first record > of him) as a single head of household, age 16-26 in the 1790 census of > Bertie Co. NC. He married Jinette PHILLAW in Bertie Co in 1799 and appears > in the 1800 census of Bertie Co with a white female his age category, > presumably Jinette, his new wife and an older white female, (almost > certainly Jinette mother), and 9 slaves. In 1803 he begins to appear in > numerous Wake and Granville County records and about 1826 moves from Wake > County to Henry County Tennessee. He died in Henry County TN in 1845 > leaving a lengthy will and a very substantial estate. He names the > following children in the will: Whitmel H. Cooper, Sarah Alston Cooper > Tharpe, Mary Cooper Cooney, E.B. Cooper, Jr., Jesse Christmas Cooper, John > W. Cooper and Jane Elinor Cooper Harris. > > >From court records and wills I discovered while in NC, it is clear that his > wife Jinette's mother was Mary ?? PHILLAW PIERCE, wife of John PIERCE who > left her and her daughter, Jinette PHILLAW, his step daughter, a > comfortable estate. Based on other references in the wills, I am > conjecturing that Mary PHILLAW PIERCE's maiden name was LESTER, i.e. Mary > LESTER. > > If anyone on the list can add anything about Mary LESTER or Blount COOPER'S > parents I will be most appreciative. Otherwise I am left with the > assumption, growing stronger all the time, that Blount COOPER was conceived > by a flash of lightning, and suddenly appeared, full grown, in Bertie Co. > in1790. > > Will Cooper > Dorris, CA > > > ==== 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