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/1897/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This thread collects the identified ROPER mentions within Maury, Tennessee, probate records. I am relying upon a combined approach of consultation with published abstracts, while also linking the images of the underlying records. The images of the extant probate records from Maury County, Tennessee, are currently available online at the LDS FamilySearch.org website. FamilySearch.org has NOT yet indexed these records as of the date of this post, so the post serves as a finding aid to ROPER related records. To the extent that researchers feel comfortable trusting the published abstracts, you may simply note the abstracted record and look at the underlying images. To the extent that a thorough researcher desires to acquaint himself or herself with the underlying primary records, links are provided to allow you to inspect the records page by page yourself. I have also endeavored to identify the Image ranges where the Index Entries are found so that you can conveniently inspect the Indices for names of allied families. Also, I have sought to also highlight the names of families known to be intermarried and/or closely allied with the ROPER family in other places within the current or prior generations. * * * EARLY ROPERs IN MAURY COUNTY The following ROPERs were enumerated residing in Maury County, TN, in 1820: William ROPER: 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 -- 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 -- 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 -- 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -- 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 [Maury] David Y ROPER: 2 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 -- 1 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 -- 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 -- 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -- 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 [Maury] Tennessee ROPER: 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 -- 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 -- 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 -- 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 -- 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 [Maury] Thomas ROPER is found in adjacent Hickman County in 1820: Thomas ROPER: 3 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 -- 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 -- 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 -- 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -- 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 [Hickman] See: "ROPERs Households in the 1820 Census for Tennessee" (1 Mar 2014 4:29AM) http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.roper/1856.1/mb.ashx * The Census records give us these age ranges and probable years of birth for these ROPER heads of household: William ROPER (b bef 1776), Age 45 or more [Maury] David Y ROPER (b 1776-94), age 26 to 44 [Maury] Thomas ROPER (b 1776-94), age 26 to 44 [Hickman] Tennessee ROPER (b 1795-1804), age 16 to 25 [Maury] * * * >From other sources, we have been able to further narrow the genealogical information for three of these four heads of household: William ROPER (b bef 1776) David Y. ROPER (b 1778, d 01 Sep 1843 - Giles, TN) [Grave marker in Lucy Cemetery, Giles, TN] Thomas ROPER (b abt 1780 - NC) [1850 Census record] Tennessee Roper (b 02 Jul 1798) [Ricketts Family Bible] 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>