Gary, Jonathan Cooper is my 5G Uncle and Captain John Cooper is my 5G Grandfather. Jonathan had a sister names Zilpha and she is my 4G Grandmother. You can see all the information that I have on http://singletonfamily.org/ There was a John Barden that came to Sumter District, South Carolina. He was born about 1750 and died in Sumter around 1807. He married Rebecca Mellette. I am 99% sure that he is related to my line of Bardens. Do you know anything about that John? jackie in Sumter, SC