Hi List , for the past 10 years I have bought , photo copied and internet copied tax and census records. One of the first census records I bought about 8 years ago was the 1850 Breathitt CO KY census for 30 dollars and today it is on the internet for free. The 1840 to at least 1880 Breathitt CO KY census records are online and these were some of the very first census records put on the internet . The Clay CO KY census records are online and the Copes' are on the 1810 to 1820 Clay CO KY census records there and the 1810 ( Alpha listing on this one ) and 1820 ( enumerated ) Floyd CO KY census . My Cope family listed on the 1850 KY census records- 1850 Breathitt CO KY- 1) James he is 64& Mary Hammon Cope- she is 64 -her parents are listed as Philip Hammon of the Indian Spy fame marr. Christina Cook - William Jackson Cope of Breathitt CO KY son of James P. Cope listed Philip Hammon as his grd-father in the 1898 interview with Rev. John Dickey . James P. Cope is the son of James Cope and Elizabeth Burris - not sure if she is a first wife for my 4th-grt James Cope. Wiley Cope & Keziah Burns Cope's son 1850 Breathitt -2) James D. Cope he 51 VA and wife Elizabeth Crawford-she 47 dau. of Archibald Crawford & Margaret Brown. James P. Cope was a Justice of the Peace in Breathitt CO KY in 1839.He is one of 3 Copes' found as Justice of the Peace 2 in KY and one in MO. 1850 Morgan CO KY census- I photo copied this complete census from a book I found in the LDS Church on LA, CAL. This book did not list the state of birth on all of the families listed. 3) Thomas Prater he is 57 & Rebecca COPE- she is 55 and a dau. of James & Elizabeth Burris Cope. Thomas Prater is a son of Archibald Prater . 4) Mason Williams he is 70 & Sarah Cope- she is 68 and a dau. of James & Elizabeth Burris Cope 1850 Floyd CO KY census- photo copied complete census found in book- LDS Church LA, CAL.No birth state listed in this copy. 5) William Prater he is 63 & Nancy Cope she is 60 - and a dau. of James & Elizabeth Burris Cope. William Prater is a son of Archibald. 6) 1848 Daviess CO MO- will of Wiley Cope marr. Keziah Burns b) 1775-1780 marr. about 1797 - may have been in Buncombe CO NC.Wiley Cope is listed next to Brice Burns 1810 Clay CO KY and he is listed son of William Burns listed 1820 by Brice Clay CO KY. William Burns has listed children named Wiley Burns and Keziah Burns and I know Iam related but can find the link yet. William Burns is on the 1787 Wilkes CO NC tax list and I have copied this tax list and another found by the Copes' family is on this tax list and he is William TOLBY/Taulbee. William Tolby/Taulbee is listed near James Cope 1820 Floyd CO KY and these Tolbys' are found by the Copes' 1830 Perry CO KY census page that became Breathitt CO KY in 1840. In the next few weeks I will list these many census pages where the Copes'and related families are found in KY. Wiley Cope was a Capt. in the Floyd CO KY 56th, Regi , Militia 1803 under CoL. Jacob Goodwin Lykins- this man is on the 1787 Wilkes CO NC tax list and the 1790 Wilkes CO NC census ( have this census ) with Hance Lykins and they are listed in Rowan CO NC 1760s from Frederick CO VA and from Philadelphia CO PA 1734 father Peter Lykins who died in Frederick CO VA. Wiley Cope was a Justice of the Peace 1807 Floyd CO KY and I find him there with William Bryant. William Bryant is on the 1810 Clay CO KY census near Wiley Cope. Note: Wiley Cope's son Mason Williams Cope my 2nd-grt was a Justice of the Peace in 1836 Daviess CO MO. ( May be I should call my Cope family the Here comes the Judge family ) William Bryant marr. Rachel Willcockson Myler/Miller dau. of John Willcockson & Sarah BOONE ( her father is Squire BOONE ) and she is a sister of Daniel Boone. The Copes' are found with the Willcocksons' and the Boone related Bryans and Linvilles' on the 1768 and 1772 Rowan CO NC tax lists 1810 Clay CO KY and were Mason Williams Cope moved to the Boone related Wilcoxens are found by my Copes' 1860-1880 Collin CO TX. .Hiram Bryant son of William & Rachel Willcockson Bryant is the ancestor to the Breathitt CO KY Bryants. Hiram married Sarah Evans 1815 Clay CO KY and story is he went to MO with his father got into trouble there and came back to Breathitt CO KY died there before 1840. 1840 Breathitt CO KY census as they appear-there 356 enumerated names on this internet census record with no page numbers and I have made an outline on about 20 % of these people and who they married. Sally Evans Bryant is on this census- 280- Moses Viers- I found a listing in Morgan CO KY showing he married Docia/Nicey Holland there 19 Oct 1835 281- Flem Viers 282- Stephen Jett age 1770-1780 marr. Rachel Miller/Myler age 1760-1770- dau. of Rachel Willcockson - internet info says she married a James Enoch Myler/Miller first.Note: a Rachel Miller 0-2-2 is found by John Wilcoxen SR and JR 1790 Rowan CO NC census record that I have a copy of. 283- Elisha Terry 284- Oliver Crawford- 1820-1825 marr. Elvira Jett 285- Gideon Crawford - 1780-1790 - never marr. 286- Valentine Crawford- 1810-1820 287- Evan Bryant marr. Elizabeth King- he is the son of Hiram & Sarah- they are Squire BOONE desc.s . 288- Sally Bryant- 1790-1800 - wife of Hiram 289- Oliver Crawford- 1780-1790 290- Moses King- 1780-1790 291- Clab/Claiborne Crawford- 1800-1810 Here is my outline for Hiram & Sarah Evans Bryant children-These are Squire Boone desc.s 1) Evan b) ca 1815 Clay CO KY marr. Elizabeth King- I have Wolf CO KY noted for this couple- this couple listed 1840, 1850 and 1860 Breathitt CO KY census records. 2) Rachel b) ca 1817 -NFI 3) Hiram b) 1820 MO d) 1896 Morgan CO KY marr. Sarah Mullins - this couple listed 1850 and 1860 Breathitt CO KY census records. 4) Nancy b) 12 Mar 1821 Estill CO KY marr. Curtis JETT 18 May 1839 Estill CO KY-This couple listed 1840-1860 Breathitt CO KY census records- Curtis Jett is a son of Stephen & Rachel Jett- a double Squire Boone connection. 5) Huram b) 1825 marr. Mary Mullins - this couple listed 1850 and 1860 Breathitt CO KY census. 6) Ancil b) 1829 marr. Elizabeth Johnson - this couple listed 1860 Breathitt CO KY 7) Sabrina b) 1830 died 1893 Morgan CO KY marr. William Hensley 8) Martha b) 1833 marr. William K. Murphy JR. 9) Margaret b) 1836 died 1854 Morgan CO KY marr. Jesse Oldfield. I have nothing more on these families but if you use the census records I listed to you , you will find the children of most of these families I listed on the Breathitt CO KY census and can continue adding to them from census to census. Last - James & Elizabeth Burris Cope's dau. 7) Elizabeth marr Isacc Jones and found them next to Wiley Cope 1810 and 1820 Clay CO KY - they had 8 dau.s by 1820 and can not find them after 1820. There are 2 missing sons of James & Elizabeth Burris Cope and they are William and John Cope . David