This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Russell>Tobey> Copeland> Doty/Doughty Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ikJ.2ACIB/1584.2 Message Board Post: Sue, I am the DAR member that established Joseph Copeland as a Patriot and proved his line. The following is documentation that I have found on Joseph and Nicholas Copeland. The Roman numerals are not really part of their name. They are my designation so that I can keep the Nicholas' and Josephs' separated. If this is not what you are looking for let me know as I have more info. on this line. Catherine Land sales can be found in Land Records for Chatham County, NC 1771- Jun Oct and 1774 Feb. In 1783 Joseph was one of the first nine settlers in Jefferson County, Tennessee. He settled 7 miles above Dandridge on the south side of the French Broad River. later owned 640 acres of land. Ramsey, The Annals of Tennessee. Joseph, with brothers, William and James, moved to East Tenn in 1783 and settled on 640 acres, seven miles north of Danridge on the south side of the French Broad River. Each received land grants which are documented in the T4orth Carolina Land Grants In Tennessee. James later sold his land to William and moved to South Carolina in 1786 and purchased land from his wife's cousin Archibald Dill, who had been a nearby neighbor on the Long Island of the Holston. William became a signer for the State of Franklin and remained there until his death. Joseph moved to Jef ferson, which is part of Knox County October 12, 1793 - Knoxville Gazette - (newspaper article) On the 3rd, a party of Indians, consisting of 30, plundered the house of Mr. Copeland on the South bank of French Broad, the family only a few minutes before passed over to the North side and were eye witnesses to their number and depredation. His will was written 10 Aug 1799 and proved Jun 1816 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Joseph is a DAR Patriot. He is listed in the Centennial Edition of the DAR Patriot Index (p.663) as b. 1740 d. 1816 married Sarah ---Sol Cl NC, He served in the military in 1776 in Rev. War- North Carolina Line. Rec land grant in Davidson County TN in March 17, 1785 Joseph's will was written August 10, 1799. It was proved in June 1816 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Will Of JOSEPH COPELAND In the name of God, amen. The 10th day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, I, Joseph Copeland, of Jefferson County and State of Tennessee, being weakly in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to almighty God, therefor calling unto mind the Mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for ~ all men onst to die, I do make anD ordain this my last will and testament. That is to say, princjpally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection shall receive the same again by the mighty promise of God and as touching such worldly estate therewith it has pleased God to help me with in this life. I desire first that all my lawfully debts should be paid, the rest I give, devise, and dispose in the following manner and form. Imprimis, I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Sarah Copeland the third of three hundred acres of land, the lower end of my plantation, with all my moveable property estate as long as she continues my widow. Item: 1 give unto my beloved Stephen Copeland, the sum of five shilling sterling . Item: I give unto my beloved son, Zacheus Copeland, five shilling sterling, Item: I give unto my beloved son Rickety Copeland, three hundred and forty acres of land, the upper end of the above said plantation. Item: I give unto my beloved daughter, Isabel, the sum of five shilling sterling. Item: I give unto my beloved daughter, Susannah, five shilling sterling . Item: I give unto my beloved son, Nicholas Copeland, five shilling sterling. Item: I give unto my beloved daughter, Mary, the sum of five shilling sterling, Item: I give unto my beloved son Solomon Copeland, three hundred acres of rand, the lower end of the above Mentioned plantation, to be enjoyed by him. and his heirs forever with all my movable estate, after my wife decease or marriage. I likewise constitute, make, and ordain my dearly beloved wife and my beloved friend, John Seahorn, ~y joint executors of this my last will and testament, and I do hereby alterly disallow, revoke, and disannual all and every former testaments, wills, legacies, bequeaths, and executors by me if any was before named, willed, and bequeathed, ratifying, and confirming by this and no other to be my last will and testament. It witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year above writte n . Signed, sealed, published, pronounced, and declared by the said Joseph Copeland as his last will and testament, Joseph Copeland Wit: George Graham (mark) George Lewis Reuben Dobkns State of Tennessee Jefferson County June Sessions, 1816 Then was the last will and testament of joseph Copeland, deceased duly proven in Open Court by the oaths of George Graham and Reuben Dobkins, two of the subscribing witnesses to the same and ordered to be recorded. Joseph Hamilton, Clerk by his Dep., Joseph Hamilton, Jr. CHATHAM COUNTY,, NORTH CAROLINA June 29, 1771 (P. 51) Thomas Blyth sold to Joseph Copeland - 52 pds, L22 a. on the North side of Haw River 'concluding an Island". Wit: William Copeland, John Blyth, jacob Vaughn. Signed by: Thomas (X) Blyth. OCt. 1, 1771 (P,5) - Joseph Copeland sold to Thomas Tucker - 55 pds. 122 a. on the North side of Haw River,, concluding and island -it be in the land granted by deed to the said Joseph Copeland by Thomas Blyth bearing date 1771. Wit: William Copeland, Senr., John (x) Bohannon. Signed: Joseph (E) Copeland. Feb, 18,, 1774 (P. 216) - Joseph Copeland and Sarah his wife to William Clark - 125 pds. - 27 1/2 a. - a tract of land granted to a certain Nicholas Copeland - - being one half of the survey granted to aforesaid Nicholas Plan - - being the land and Plantation whereon Josiah Copeland formerly lived. Wit: John Auld,, George Glasscock, George Herndon. Signed: Joseph Copeland (X], Sarah (S) Copeland. Sources: Copeland Cuzzins, Vol. 3 Copeland Cuzzins Vol. 5 # 3 Copeland Cuzzins, Vol 1. #3, "North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee," 1778-1791, P. 51 "Copeland Genealogical Record," by Leona Hart Copeland in Texas State Library, Austin, TX From A Follow-Up Study of the Graduates of Jefferson High School (Jefferson City, TN, 1956-1960) A Thesis Presented to the Graduate Council of The University of Tennessee in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science by Jessie B. Malone August, 1963: "Formerly, the 318 square miles now known as Jefferson County were included in those of Greene County. In 1783 the first settlers came to Jefferson County, and these included the following men and their families: Robert McFarland, Alexander Outlaw, Thomas Jarnigin, James Hill, Wesley White, James Randolph, Joseph Copeland, Robert Gentry, and James Hubbard. The first two men mentioned located in the area known now as Hamblen County. The last seven settled in what is now called Sevier County. About four miles above the mouth of the Chucky River and on the north side was the site chosen by Captain Jarnigin for his homestead. James Hill lived about a mile below Captain Jarnigin, and Wesley White settled immediately opposite Taylor's Bend. Robert Gentry located four miles above Dandridge, and Joseph Copeland seven miles above Dandridge on the south side of the French Broad River. After this period of settling during 1783, the population grew rapidly. "Some very important events occurred during the decade following the year 1783. In 1785 the Franklin government divided the area then known as Greene into three distinct and separate counties. One of the new counties formed by this division was Caswell, which included the area now known as Jefferson and Sevier counties. Jefferson and Knox counties were created on June 11, 1792, by Governor Blount. During the following year he had these counties formed into the Hamilton Judicial District. Sevier County was created in 1794 by dividing Jefferson County, and in 1797 the county was divided again, a part of it becoming Cocke County.7 The remaining area of 318 square miles is the present Jefferson County." More information is available from the document on Jefferson County currently saved in MY DOCUMENTS. "The formation of the judicial system in Jefferson County was not long in coming. In just one year, one month, and eleven days following the formation of Jefferson County, the first Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Jefferson County Court met at the home of Jeremiah Matthews, about four or five miles west of Dandridge, and north of the French Broad near the river. This meeting took place on July 22, 1793. A short time later Dandridge became the county seat. Today, more than 169 years later, Dandridge remains the seat of justice in the county. In 1810 the Circuit Court was organized, and about a quarter of a century later the Chancery Court. Law and order were held in a sort of sacred trust, and the religious duties of individuals and communities were given, perhaps, greater emphasis than before.9 "By 1810 churches were organized in all parts of the county, and religious services were held in homes whenever buildings for worship were not available.10 Religion and education have been vital influences in the lives and activities of the people since its beginning. The oldest church in the county is the Hopewell Presbyterian Church in Dandridge. It was organized in 1785, eight years before the town was established. The people are practically all Protestants, largely Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist. "Education has been a major concern of the people since before the organization of the county. Efforts to establish outstanding educational facilities were made in various communities.11 After the church buildings were erected, somewhat later came the construction of various schools. During the beginning of the educational system in the county, both public and private schools flourished. The first academy was located in a log house at Dandridge. The trustees were appointed in 1806, and the academy was opened in 1818. A brick building was erected later, and the academy became a co-educational institution." FROM: Search - "In spite of the dangers to his family and neighbors, Bryce Russell stayed on as one of the earliest citizens of Tennessee. North Carolina Warrant 1521, 1790, awarded a land grant of 150 acres in Tennessee to Brice Russell. The land was in Sullivan County on the north side of the Holston. Sullivan County Deed Book 1, p. 50 (reprinted in Watauga Association Vol. 1, no. 2 (1972), p. 40) states that on October 23, 1782, Bryce Russell received Land Grant 110 of 640 acres on the north side of the Holston beginning at Joseph Copeland's line, adjacent to land of James Byth (Blythe?), and cornered by Joseph Rogers's land."