This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ikJ.2ACIB/1540.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Nancy, I have the family of Thomas Edward Copeland, b.Aug.14, 1886 Wake Co.,NC/d. Oct 1964, and Dicie Chavis, b.1889 Wake Co.NC, whose children seem to have moved to other locations, some of them to California. There children were: Clinton Leroy COPELAND b: 12 Feb 1911 in Wake County,North Carolina Atlas J. COPELAND b: 4 Feb 1912 in Wake County,North Carolina Naomi Jane COPELAND b: 7 Oct 1913 in Wake County,North Carolina Thomas Bailey COPELAND -b. 1917 Maycie B. COPELAND - b. 1919 Ruben J. COPELAND - b. 1921 John Wesley COPELAND - b. 1923 There is a death record for Naomi: , CALIFORNIA DEATH INDEX 1940-1997 (Ancestry.com). Name: RICKS, NAOMI JANE Social Security #: 237241322 Sex: FEMALE Birth Date: 7 Oct 1913 Birthplace: NORTH CAROLINA Death Date: 10 May 1993 Death Place: LOS ANGELES Mother's Maiden Name: CHAVIS Father's Surname: COPELAND. Some time ago, I came across an article about the John A. Copeland, Jr. family, who was famous for his involvement in the incident at Harpers Ferry, and was hanged for it. There was an interview with a Thomas Copeland of Wake Co., who was elderly, and said that he was about the only Copeland still living in the County, since most of his family had moved to California some time ago. Incidently, although this Thomas Copeland indicated that he was probably a descendant of John A. Copeland, whose family moved to Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio, I doubt if he really was because the John A. Copeland family that lived in Raleigh, Wake Co.,NC, married Delilah Evans, of Orange Co.,NC, and then moved to Ohio about 1847 was NOT from the same family as the Copelands that remained in Wake County a bit longer, from which that Thomas Copeland was a descendant of. The John A. Copeland family had been a former slave freed sometime around 1815, according to written documents, while the earlies! t black or mulatto Copeland who lived in Wake County, was Isaac Copeland, d. btn 1830-1840, was the ancestor of the remaining Wake County Copelands that were free people of color. I had found a death record for Naomi Copeland in California, and that article confirmed that I had the right person. I haven't finished researching the family, so there most likely are others who can be found living there. Here is their descendancy chart: 1 Isaac COPELAND b: ABT 1742 d: 1830/1840 2 Thomas COPELAND b: 1790 d: BEF 1880 + Patsy EVANS d: BEF 1837 3 William COPELAND b: 1822 d: BEF 1910 + Sarah Ann WIGGINS b: 1828 d: BEF 1855 4 Joseph COPELAND b: 1844 4 James COPELAND b: 1845 + Honey b: 1845 4 Sallie COPELAND b: 1847 4 Calvin COPELAND b: 1852 d: 1920/1930 + Maggie b: Jul 1853 d: AFT 1930 5 John David COPELAND b: Jun 1875 + Gertrude BAKER b: 1881 6 John Birdick COPELAND 6 Frank Pettigrew COPELAND b: 1 Jan 1908 d: 5 Jun 1985 + Lucy DAWSTER b: 19 Dec 1904 d: 21 Jul 1990 7 Frances G. COPELAND 6 Mabel COPELAND + Ernest FREEMAN 5 William Henry COPELAND b: Jun 1878 + Siddie b: 1881 6 Calvin COPELAND 6 Lilly M. COPELAND + Mark L. POPE 7 James R. POPE 6 Louise COPELAND 6 Henry COPELAND Jr. b: 17 Apr 1910 d: Feb 1983 + Jessie 6 Maud COPELAND + Archie D. DONNELSON 6 Robert COPELAND 6 John COPELAND 5 Joseph COPELAND b: Oct 1880 + Annie WILLIAMS b: 1884 6 Eugene E. COPELAND + Lucie 6 Maggie L. COPELAND 6 Odessa E. COPELAND 5 George COPELAND b: Jun 1882 + Cherry b: 1887 5 Thomas Edward COPELAND b: 14 Aug 1886 d: Oct 1964 + Dicie CHAVIS b: 1889 6 Clinton Leroy COPELAND b: 12 Feb 1911 d: 7 Jul 1992 + Martha 6 Atlas J. COPELAND b: 4 Feb 1912 d: 23 May 1995 6 Naomi Jane COPELAND b: 7 Oct 1913 d: 10 May 1993 6 Thomas Bailey COPELAND 6 Maycie B. COPELAND 6 Ruben J. COPELAND 6 John Wesley COPELAND 5 Charles COPELAND b: Mar 1889 5 James COPELAND b: Feb 1892 + Laura 6 James COPELAND Jr. 4 Albert COPELAND b: 1854 + Elizabeth MCULLERS b: 1830 4 Isaac COPELAND b: 1861 3 Wilson COPELAND b: 1829 + Elizabeth EVANS b: 1805 d: BEF 1900 3 Liddy COPELAND b: 1839 3 Sarah Ann COPELAND b: 1841 + Treasure HARRIS 3 Asa Fabius COPELAND b: 1847 Much of this is online at my family tree at Rootsweb/Ancestry.com, which you are free to look at: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwilliams-1&id=I735 I have included most of my Resources online, also, so you may want to take a look at the individual files to view them. Deloris