This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1895/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am NOT aware of any surveyed and memorialized graves in Pulaski County, Kentucky, a place where pioneer ROPER families first settled in that state. One seemingly good place to look for ROPER graves would seem to be the ROPER Cemetery located at Mount Victory within the Daniel Boone National Forest. This ROPER Cemetery is located at Latitude 37.0200813, Longitude -84.3957705 (370112N 0842345W) about two miles east of Poplarville. It can be found on the USGS Map named "Dykes". See also: http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:516581,Roper Cemetery Kentucky State Highway 192 passes through the National Forest to the North and East. The Roper Cemetery seems to be on the hilltop adjacent the Mount Victory Lookout Tower, accessible on Mount Victory Road, which is accessible by Old Whitney Road from Highway 192. The location of the cemetery is shown on Google Maps here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Roper Cemetery/@37.020088,-84.395832,551m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x885d2f0a05b435f1:0x458a6790e349a5f2 The more precise location of the cemetery with respect to the Lookout Tower is shown in this depiction: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Roper Cemetery/@37.020261,-84.395287,275m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x885d2f0a05b435f1:0x458a6790e349a5f2 The location in respect to the nearby village of Mount Victory is shown here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Roper Cemetery/@37.0240712,-84.3938107,2202m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x885d2f0a05b435f1:0x458a6790e349a5f2 This ROPER Cemetery is about 107 miles North of Knoxville, Tennessee; 170 miles South of Cincinnati, Ohio, 125 miles East of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and 290 to 339 miles West of Blacksburg, Virginia, depending upon the route taken. * Nearby to the Northwest is a stream called "Roper Branch," a tributary of Buck Creek. That a nearby stream is named for the ROPER family is suggestive that this is a location of ancient family property and may be the site where Revolutionary War Veteran David ROPER once lived. ROPER Branch can also be seen depicted on this USGS National Map view of the area: http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/?p=default&b=base1&q=37.0200813 -84.3957705&l=15&x=-9394908.14399902&y=4442267.916857542&v= * * * If any ROPER researcher visits the ROPER Cemetery at Mount Victory, I would much appreciate hearing from you as to the inscriptions you find on any grave markers there. Ideally, it would be helpful to obtain photographs of any extant grave markers. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>