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/1692.4.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Frank: I realize that this is a very old thread and post and that your thinking has much evolved since you posted this information. But I stumbled back across it while searching for something else. Given my recent review of Edgefield, SC, ROPER primary data, I wanted to post a clarifying correction regarding one of your assertions in the above post, lest others be confused of misled and not find the more recently posted primary data and analysis. He said above: > "It is apparent that Wiley Roper is about to die and he does not have a written will. Usually, > family members gather around when they have a parent, brother or sister dying. Benjamin > Roper is probably the brother-in-law mentioned in William Roper's will. Nancy Roper would be > Benjamin's wife, the daughter of William Roper, and the sister of Wiley Roper. But who is > David Roper? > It could be argued that this David Roper is the David Roper, b. 1743, Dinwiddie, VA. However, > this David Roper died in 1802, Edgefield, SC and left a will. Wiley Roper's will is dated five > years later. For that reason, I believe that this David Roper is a brother of Wiley Roper and the > son of William Roper. There is no other David Roper in the 1800 and 1810 Edgefield, SC > Census that I can see it could be." The identities and relationships can be discerned from a reading of the extant Edgefield Probate data. The legatees of David ROPER's (b 29 Jun 1742, d bef 10 Dec 1802 - SC) estate in 1802 include a David ROPER, listed second. See: "Edgefield, SC, Administration of Estate of David ROPER (1802)" http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1859.6/mb.ashx Members of Wiley ROPER's family are identified in the Will of William ROPER, dated 07 Jun 1803. See: "Will of William ROPER, of Edgefield, SC, Dated 07 Jun 1803" (9 Mar 2014 10:50PM GMT) http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1859.3/mb.ashx Although there is one unnamed child in William ROPER's Will (which mentions SIX children, but only identifies four by name), the missing male child seems likely to be Samuel ROPER. The missing female child seem likely to be the wife of William's nephew Benjamin ROPER. More information is included in other posts in the same thread and links therefrom. Nancy ROPER seems to be William ROPER's daughter and she seems to have married Jacob EARNEST/ERNST, though no marriage record has been found. This ascription seems not to be conclusive, but I believe that the primary data supports a strong inference about this. David ROPER, the younger, of Edgefield, would therefore seem to be the son of David ROPER (b 29 Jun 1742, d bef 10 Dec 1802 - SC). * I seem to have overlooked the Greenville, SC, Census data you cite. Can you reverify that data and show us the precise counts, age ranges and slave counts? There are five age ranges for white males, five ranges for white females as well as a category for over free persons and slaves. The counts given simply do not make sense! Are the counts from the Greenville record consistent with the probate information for William ROPER shown in Edgefield? 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>