This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper, Henderson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/807.6/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Within Joseph ROPER's Will, Joseph ROPER mentions son Joseph ROPER. I had NOT fully reviewed the extant evidence for the various younger Joseph ROPERs at the date I first posted Joseph ROPER's Will in 2006. Recently, I posted a thread on Joseph ROPER (b 11 Oct 1782 - VA, d 06 Sep 1864 - Columbiana, Shelby, AL) (26 Feb 2014 6:30PM): Joseph ROPER (b 11 Oct 1782 - VA, d 06 Sep 1864 - Columbiana, Shelby, AL) (26 Feb 2014 6:30PM) (26 Feb 2014 10:30PM GMT) http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.roper/1854/mb.ashx As shown within that post, the Joseph ROPER who died in Shelby, AL, is shown to have been "born near Richmond, Va." You cannot get much closer to Richmond than the Southern bank of the James River in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Separate from this clue, Joseph ROPER, of Shelby, AL, is KNOWN to have married in Mary HENDERSON in Jefferson, TN, on 15 Jun 1807. This places the younger Joseph ROPER in Tennessee rather precisely when Joseph ROPER's other sons John ROPER (b 03 Mar 1782 - Chesterfield, VA, d 22 Feb 1858 - Dandridge, TN) and Drury ROPER (d aft 1834 - Dandridge, TN), as well as Joseph ROPER's daughters Nancy Roper WOOTEN, Sally Roper SASSEEN, Rhoda Roper BURNETT, and Elizabeth Roper FRANKLIN, are ALL relocating from Chesterfield, VA, to Dandridge. Later, this same Joseph ROPER seems to have migrated down the Tennessee River Valley to McMinn, Tennessee, before finally settling with his family in Shelby, Alabama. While woefully little primary records research seems to have been done on the younger Joseph ROPER's family, the migration path, age and indication of a place of origin near Richmond ALL seem to suggest that this Joseph ROPER is the son of Joseph ROPER(d aft 25 Jan 1803 - Chesterfield, VA) . The alternative might be that this Joseph ROPER (b 11 Oct 1782 - VA, d 06 Sep 1864 - Columbiana, Shelby, AL) (26 Feb 2014 6:30PM) could have been a son of Samuel ROPER (d Fan-Feb 1812 - Chesterfield). I discuss why I suspect that Joseph ROPER (b 30 Jun 1781, d abt 24 Jan 1836 - Fulton, KY) is the son of Samuel ROPER (d Fan-Feb 1812 - Chesterfield) within the thread on Samuel ROPER (d Fan-Feb 1812 - Chesterfield)'s Will. 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>