Hello All and Happy Sunday! I'm "trying" to find out what happened to Martha Jane and her husband, Hiram Cooper. In 1857, Mary Jane Calvert sold a slave 'Jim' age about 37 to Martha Jane Cooper, wife of Hiram Cooper. In 1860, the (William and) Mary Jane Calvert family have relocated to Jefferson County, AR. There, they own two slaves, 1 black male, age 20 and 1 black female, age 20. (I have been told) There is no 1860 record of Hiram or Martha Jane Cooper owning any slaves per the slave census schedule. I checked the 1860 census records on the Union Parish, LA web site and saw no Hiram Cooper (died Oct 10, 1864, per familysearch.org) or Martha Jane Cooper (died 23 Dec 1875) living in Union Parish, LA. Just about all the names on that census have initials as first names, which makes it hard but, I know that both Hiram and Martha Jane were born (per 1850 census) in Tennessee, and there were no Cooper's born in Tennessee per the 1860 census. What happened to this Cooper Family? I'm asking because 'Jim' was my GG Grandfather and I was trying to find out what happened to him also between the years 1857 and 1870 (where he is found on the Union Parish, LA census under the names Jas Culbert). Any thoughts as to where I should turn to next will be most appreciated. Thanks and have a wonderful day! Dena Calbert-Jordan Contra Costa County California