The Copeland that was freed in 1815 interests me. My husband's line of Copelands left North Carolina right after that time for Indiana. I don't have the name of their father, but I had thought that maybe they left after the settlement of an estate. My husbands ancestor was living in Iredell County, NC and his widowed sister was living next door, James Copeland and Elizabeth Abbott. I believe they had a brother named Hugh, who also headed for Indiana. Elizabeth did not go to Indiana with them, I didn't track her. Miles, Rufus, Evan, and Jacob were also family names.