About a month ago I sent some information on Roper genealogy including sharing some of the brick walls I had encountered in my research. Are there others out there doing Roper research? Tell me what are your brick walls and maybe we can share information and get some of this research unbricked. Hope to hear from you. Jeff H. Roper >Subject: Re: Roper genealogy and brick walls >Date: Sat, Apr 17, 1999, 8:56 PM >> >>Roper family genealogy, >> >>It sounds like Roper genealogy researchers have run into more than a few >>brickwalls. I'll share mine plus other information that might be of help >>in your research. >>I wanted to make sure you were aware of this web site. I looked at it for >>the first time and it looks pretty comprehensive. It is LDS on-line >>database--- http://32.96.111.13/default.asp >>It allows you to do pretty thorough surname searches. I typed David Roper >>and got 75 different ones. >>Of course other searches include where I heard from most of you at >>http://[email protected] >>Other Searches: >>http://rsl.rootsweb.com >>http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/sursrch.pl >>http://www.roperld.com >>http://www.roperld.com/RopAfrAmer.htm >> >>My Roper brick wall is like Chuck Gibson's---William Roper who was born in >>1766 in Orange County, NC and married August 31, 171 in Yanceyville, >>Caswell County, NC to Keziah Yates. He died in Giles County, TN. What I >>know of his father was that it was David Roper, born in March 24, 1726 in >New Kent County, VA. He married on February 3, 1745 or 6 to Sarah Yates and >died after1795 >>in Caswell County, NC. The information prior to that is very sketchy. A >>distant relative of mine, L.David Roper, is researching this line as well. >>He directly descends from David Roper as well. L. David Roper believes that >David's father was John Roper born appx 1708 at St. Peter's Parish in New >Kent County, VA and married in St. Peters Parish in Charles City, VA in appx >1726 to Mary. He died in Fauquier, VA in 1784. L.David Roper believes his >father was John Roper, Jr. born appx 1660. Married to Susannah before 1686 >in St. Peters Parish, New Kent County, VA. He died before Nov 8, 1759 in >Charles City, VA. David had another son besides William--Henry H. >Henry had a son, Moses Roper, who was born to >>Nancy, a slave of Henry's. Henry sold Moses when he was six years old. >>Moses wrote a famous slave narrative detailing the cruelty of his life as a >>slave under different slave masters. You can find out more about this >>info. by consulting L.David Roper's web site above: >>http://www.roperld.com/RopAfrAmer.htm or "Roper, Moses" search on >>altavista.digital.com L. David Roper (david roper) is requesting that >>any Ropers who are interested in genealogy and may trace their roots to >>Moses Roper get hold of him at [email protected] >> >>Now my lineage in full and I hope this connects with someone Jeff H. >>Roper, son of John DeWitt (Dee) Roper. My grandfather was Clay Mitchell >>Roper , born in Marionville, Mo. on Feb. 27, 1893 Married June 1932 to >>Hester Campbell. He died in Oklahoma City, OK on Oct. 19, 1974. His >>parents were DeWitt Clinton Roper born, March 13, 1846 in Pulaski, Giles >>County, TN and married on Dec. 5, 1869 in Shelby County, TN to Mary Ann >>Mitchell. He died on March 17, 1924 in Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma. He >>had 9 brothers and sisters: William Henry Roper-born April 1, 1871; Mary >>Lenora Roper-born Feb. 10, 1873; Sarah Maggie Roper-born Mar 30, 1874; >>Frank Henderson Roper born Oct 1, 1876; Ollie D. Roper born Sept. 3, 1879; >>Lulu Leone Roper born Sept 8, 1879; George Wiley Roper born July 5, 1884; >>Fred Leroy Roper-born July 8, 1886; Grace Glenn Roper born-Sept. 19, 1890; >>and Clay Mitchell Roper. Their parents were Wiley Blunt Roper, born June >>12, 1814 and Minverva Fry born April 28, 1822 in Giles County, TN. >>Married May 22, 1845 in Giles County, TN. He died May 24, 1897 in >>Marionville, Lawrence County, MO. Wiley Blunt Roper and Minverva Fry also >>had 10 children. DeWitt Clinton was the oldest--born Mar 13, 1846; then, >>Margaret L. Roper-born June 13, 1847; David Russell Roper born June 13, >>1847; John W. Roper born Feb. 22, 1851; William Fry Roper born Feb. 17, >>1853; George L. Roper--born Feb. 1855; Wiley Blunt Roper, Jr. born June 8, >>1858; Minerva Lulu Roper-born Mar 5, 1863; Mary Roper born Oct 2, 1865; and >>Myrtle Roper born Oct 9, 1868. Wiley Blunt Roper's parents were David >>Yates Roper and Dionecia Abernathy. David Yates Roper was born in 1779 in >>NC. He married Dionecia Abernathy on Oct 27, 1809. He died on Sept. 1, >>1845 in Giles County, TN. Besides Wiley Blunt Roper, there were six >>additional children of David Yates and Dionecia: Sina B. Roper born July >>10, 1810; Ephraim Roper born Jan 12, 1812; Keziah Roper born 1813; Wiley >>Blunt June 12, 1814; James C. Roper born Mar 24, 1823; Dionecia Roper born >>June 12, 1824; and Susan J. Roper born Oct. 1827. David Yates Roper's >>father was William Roper who married Keziah Yates. I discussed them >>earlier and William's father David and my brick wall before that. >> >>I hope this is helpful to one of my relatives!! >>Best wishes, Jeff H. Roper