Dear Researchers of Greenup County, Kentucky, Smith Branch was named after Revolutionary War veteran Godfrey Smith, who, arriving from Pennsylvania about 1810, was the first settler on its banks. Smith Branch, Greenup County, Kentucky, flows into the Ohio River about four miles downriver from the town of Greenup. Godfrey Smith died in 1847. In the 1850 Census of Greenup County, my third-great grandfather William Cooper was enumerated immediately after John Crossett and John McKee [both Senior and Junior]. All three of these Irish families [McKee, McKee and Crossett] lived in ONE house in 1850, on Smith Branch. Since William Cooper was listed next after the McKees and Crossetts, it is probable [though not certain] that William Cooper also dwelled on Smith Branch, especially since William Cooper was keeping one-year-old William Crossett, John Crossett's son, in his home. If you have studied the people of Smith Branch about 1850, including John Montgomery, Emanuel Patrick and Pegnon/Pageman Kelly, please contact me! I hope to gain knowledge that will exactly locate the home of William Cooper in 1850 [which, by the way, he did NOT own, having sold his land by 1848]. Thank you for your help in unlocking the secrets of Greenup County history. Note: Beyond 1850, I'm not sure it's going to do much good, because by about 1852, the year his three-year-old son Valentine died, William Cooper had relocated to Quincy, Lewis County, Kentucky under some shameful circumstances, details of which will be given upon request. Please provide some feedback, as I am feeling a touch of discouragement in my search for the parents of William Cooper, who first appeared in the records of Greenup County in 1846. Randal W. Cooper <rwcooper@kellnet.com> Lorain, Ohio