This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper, Adams, Masters Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1880.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I previously discussed William ROPER (b abt 1809 - SC, d 07 Feb 1892 - Forsyth County, GA), son of Daniel ROPER and Elizabeth ADAMS about a decade ago within several ROPER Message Board posts since removed from the ROPER Message Board, but still archived. In order to revive the more significant underlying data, I have COPIED the critical data from the earlier posts, while linking the archived post: "1850 Census Record for William ROPER (b abt 1809 - SC, d 07 Feb 1892 - Forsyth County, GA) United States Census -- 1850 District 31, Forsyth County, GA 12 Aug 1850 Line 11, Dwelling 147, Family 147, William ROPER, age 41, Male, Farmer, R.E. $500, Born SC Line 12, Dwelling 147, Family 147, Susan ROPER, age 41, Female, Born SC Line 13, Dwelling 147, Family 147, Rachel ROPER, age 19, Female, Born SC Line 14, Dwelling 147, Family 147, Jacen [Jason] ROPER, age 18, Male, Born SC Line 15, Dwelling 147, Family 147, James ROPER, age 13, Male, Born SC Line 16, Dwelling 147, Family 147, Alexander ROPER, age 11, Male, Born SC Line 17, Dwelling 147, Family 147, Robert ROPER, age 8, Male, Born SC Line 18, Dwelling 147, Family 147, Joseph ROPER, age 6, Male, Born SC Line 19, Dwelling 147, Family 147, Claiborn ROPER, age 3, Male, Born GA Line 20, Dwelling 147, Family 147, Jesse ROPER, born age 7/12, Male, Born GA Line 21, Dwelling 147, Family 147, Elizabeth MASTER, age 70, Female, Born NC [Image 22 of 189 for District 31, Forsyth County, GA, at the Ancestry.com presentation of 1850 Census data.]" See: "1850 Census Record for William ROPER (b abt 1809 - SC, d 07 Feb 1892 - Forsyth County, GA)" (28 Dec 2004 17:25:56 -0700) [Archived] http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/roper/2004-12/1104279956 * * * "1860 Census Record for William ROPER (b abt 1809 - SC, d 07 Feb 1892 - Forsyth County, GA) United States Census -- 1860 Cumming, Forsyth County, GA 02 Jun 1860 Line 14, Dwelling 65, Family 70, Wm ROPER, age 51, Male, Farmer, R.E. $1,200, Pers Estate $350, Born SC Line 15, Dwelling 65, Family 70, Susan ROPER, age 51, Female, Born SC Line 16, Dwelling 65, Family 70, Robert ROPER, age 17, Male, Born SC Line 17, Dwelling 65, Family 70, Joseph ROPER, age 15, Male, Born GA Line 18, Dwelling 65, Family 70, Claiborn ROPER, age 12, Male, Born GA Line 19, Dwelling 65, Family 70, Larkin ROPER, age 10, Male, Born GA [Image 11 of 172 for (Cumming) Forsyth County, GA, at the Ancestry.com presentation of 1860 Census data]" See: "1860 Census Record for William ROPER (b abt 1809 - SC, d 07 Feb 1892 - Forsyth County, GA)" (28 Dec 2004 17:41:50 -0700) [Archived] http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/roper/2004-12/1104280910 * * * "1870 Census Record of William ROPER (b abt 1809 - SC, d 07 Feb 1892 - Forsyth County, GA) United States Census -- 1870 Cumming, Vickery Creek District, Forsyth County, GA 12 Aug 1870 Line 10, Dwelling 45, Family 68, ROPER, William, age 61, Male, White, Farmer, R.E. $700, Pers Estate $250, Born SC Line 11, Dwelling 45, Family 68, ROPER, Susan, age 62, Female, White, Keeping House, Born SC Line 12, Dwelling 45, Family 68, TAYLOR, Martha, age 31, Female, White, Farm Hand, Born GA * Line 13, Dwelling 46, Family 69, ROPER, Larkin, age 20, Male, White, Farm Hand, R.E. $0, Pers Estate $100, Born GA Line 14, Dwelling 46, Family 69, ROPER, Larenia?, age 19, Female, White, Keeping House, Born GA Line 15, Dwelling 46, Family 69, ROPER, Rosalee, age 2, Female, White, At Home, Born GA Line 16, Dwelling 46, Family 69, ROPER, Joseph, age 1/12, Male, White, At Home, Born GA in Apr 1870 [Image 10 of 24 for the Vickery Creek District, Forsyth County, GA, presentation of the 1870 Census data at Ancestry.com] * * * I believe that this is the 1870 Census record for your William and Susan Master ROPER. There appears to be no evidence in the Census records that William and Susan Master ROPER had any children following Larkin. Secondary sources show that the Jesse ROPER, age 7/12 in 1850, and Larkin ROPER, age 10 in 1860, were the same child: Jesse Larkin ROPER. Larkin ROPER appears again in the 1880 Census residing at Vickerys Creek, Forsyth, Georgia. Larkin's father William ROPER is also residing in his HH in 1880." See: "1870 Census Record of William ROPER (b abt 1809 - SC, d 07 Feb 1892 - Forsyth County, GA)" (28 Dec 2004 19:44:10 -0700) http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/roper/2004-12/1104288250 * * * "1880 Census Record for William ROPER (b abt 1809 - SC, d 07 Feb 1892 - Forsyth County, GA) United States Census -- 1880 Vickery Creek District, Forsyth County, GA 18 Jun 1880 Line 49, Dwelling 154, Family 154, ROPER, William, White, Male, Age 72, Farmer, Born GA, Fa Born GA, Mo Born GA Line 50, Dwelling 154, Family 154, ROPER, Larkin, White, Male, Age 30, Farmer, Born GA, Fa Born GA, Mo Born GA Line 1, Dwelling 154, Family 154, ROPER, Mary C., White, Female, Age 29, Wife, Keeping House, Born GA, Fa Born GA, Mo Born GA Line 2, Dwelling 154, Family 154, ROPER, Malissa R., White, Female, Age 11, Daughter, At Home, Born GA, Fa Born GA, Mo Born GA Line 3, Dwelling 154, Family 154, ROPER, Joseph, White, Male, Age 10, Son, Working on Farm, Born GA, Fa Born GA, Mo Born GA Line 4, Dwelling 154, Family 154, ROPER, Susan L., White, Female, Age 3, Daughter, Born GA, Fa Born GA, Mo Born GA [Images 26, 27 of 36 for Forsyth County, Georgia, in the presentation of 1880 Census data at Ancestry.com] * * * As can be readily seen from the 1850, 1860 and 1870 Census records, William ROPER was actually born in SC, NOT in Georgia. From the ages and places of birth of the children in the 1870 Census record, we may reasonably infer that William ROPER came to Georgia from South Carolina between 1843 and 1845. Larkin ROPER (b abt Jan-Feb 1850 - Forsyth County, GA) appears in the Census records either within the household of or alongside his father in 1850, 1860, and 1870, as well. Some secondary sources show two daughters names Rosilee and Malissa. It appears to me from these Census records that this is the SAME child named Malissa Rosilee ROPER. Susan Masters ROPER is clearly already deceased by 1880. One secondary source shows her date of death as 07 Mar 1879. I have NOT verified this information, but it appears to be consistent and is probably reliable." See: "1880 Census Record for William ROPER (b abt 1809 - SC, d 07 Feb 1892 - Forsyth County, GA)" (28 Dec 2004 20:13:04 -0700) http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/roper/2004-12/1104289984 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>