wow sue. we have some very common names in our lines.. let me give you and the rest of the group my info to see if we have a connection... i havent had alot of luck finding info on my william and mary copeland besides some arkansas census and alabama and texas info.. take a look and let me know.. this is an old email between a fellow genealogy buddy and myself. we have alittle additional info but the email will show you the basics.. thanks.. carolyn copeland- hennen p.s. sorry for the typos. my keyboard needs to be replaced.. :)) COPELAND INFO: It took some digging but I finally found Henry C Copeland's family in TX in 1860 and in AR in 1850. I also found his and his brother's service in the CSA, too. 1860 Hopkins co TX, Bright Star, pg 190 note: Bright Star is now known or also known as Sulphur Springs *gh Mary Copeland 44 SC George 24 AR Henry 20 AR Columbus 18 AR Adaline 16 AR James 12 AR Annie 10 AR Eldridge 7 TX Annie 2 TX After I found this one I started digging in AR in 1850...that takes a little more doing because the 1850 census is not indexed on Heritage Quest, so I went to each county where I found an index for 1850 in census-online. I looked through all of them...and the very last county that had any Copelands listed was where I found them. They were listed alphabetically and I found them in Scott Co AR. :) 1850 Scott co AR Boone Twp, pg 140b William Copeland 49 NC Mary 37 TN George W 14 AR Henry C 9 AR Christopher C 6 AR [Columbus in 1860 census] Adaline 4 AR James M 3 AR Ann 4/12 This site http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/9thinf.htm is where I found Columbus C Copeland age 20 b abt 1841 pvt., Co F enlisted 12 Oct 1861 at Bright Star Henry C. Copeland age 21 b abt 1840 pvt., Co G enlisted 8 Oct 1861 Tarrant I found George W. Copeland in the 4th Regiment, TX Cavalry (4th Mounted Volunteers) at http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm After finding all this I got to wondering "why would Henry go to AL when he couldn't find is family after returning from the war?" So I looked up the 9th infantry and found this: 9th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Maxey's) (Young's) 9th (Maxey's) Infantry Regiment [also called 8th Regiment] was organized during September, 1861. The men were recruited in Galveston and Paris, and Titus, Llano, Collin, and Lamar counties. It moved east of the Mississippi River and saw action at Shiloh and Perryville. Later it was assigned to General P. Smith's and Extor's Brigade. It fought at Murfreesboro, served in Mississippi, then participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Nashville. Ordered to Alabama, it ended the war at Mobile. This regiment lost thirty percent of the 226 engaged at Shiloh and thirty-eight percent of the 323 at Murfreesboro. Few surrendered in May, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels Samuel B. Maxey, Wright A. Stanley, and William H. Young; Lieutenant Colonels William E. Beeson and Miles A. Dillard; and Majors James Burnet, W.M. Harrison, and James H. McReynolds. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm Since he had finished his service in AL, maybe he liked it there and/or had met the Eubanks family and decided to return. I don't see anything that indicates that his family had ever been there before. It will take some more digging to determine what happened to his family. There is a James B Copeland in 1870 Hunt co TX that is abt the right age to be his brother. Hunt is a neighboring county to Hopkins. note: henry "c" is henry clinton copeland which makes me wonder if william or mary are connected to the clinton name. God i hope i'm not related to Bill.. hahahaha.l anyways, ive heard that the parents often used the mothers maiden name for the son's middle name? ive found and gotten more info and documents on some of these people and also know that henry clinton copeland married sarah frances eubanks and when she passed away he remarried to her sister martha jane aka mattie... please let me knowif any of you are related... thanks.... Soopy46@aol.com wrote: Hi all I will post my family........the furthest I go back right now is to the co. Fermanagh, Ulster, Northern Ireland. my ggg grandfather James Copeland b? marr Anne Henderson(of Kesh hill) They lived in Lisbellaw These are some of their children: 1.....Hugh Copeland b.1780 marr Nicholina Armstrong d/o Wiiliam Armstrong of Inishmore 2.....Henry Copeland b? 3.....William Copeland b? 4.....Elizabeth Copeland ? marr Bracken 1.....Hugh Copeland and Nicholina lived in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, NI. Hugh died in 1841, and Nicholina and 10 of the children came to US in 1848. First they went to Ohio, then Brooklyn NY. By 1856 James Copeland (the oldest son) and his 4 next in age siblings went on to Australia in 1856. The rest of the family stayed in Brooklyn NY. Years later some ventured to other states. Sue in NY ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COPELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Cheap Talk? 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