This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper, Metzger Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1908/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There seem to be extant Georgia Tax lists placing a William ROPER in Chatham County, GA, in 1806. Chatham is on the Atlantic Coast and the site of Savannah, Georgia. There is also a marriage between a William ROPER and a Sarah Metzger shown to have taken place on 07 Dec 1802 in Effingham County, Georgia. The record for the marriage license says: "7 December 1802 Granted License of Marriage unto Mr. William Roper, of this County & State with Miss Sarah Metzger of the Same place, License directed unto the Reverend John Ernst Bergman Minister of the Gospel at Ebenezer or any other Minister of the Gospel or Justice of the Peace for this County." See: "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-21403-35011-45?cc=1927197 : accessed 15 May 2014), 0180394 (004849072) > image 146 of 549. Effingham County is the county immediately adjacent to the North of Chatham County, GA. Effingham County is bordered on the East by the Savannah River and Jasper County, SC. Effingham and Chatham counties are well to the South of Edgefield, SC, and Pendleton, SC, where large ROPER families settled. * William ROPER does NOT seem to appear in the Census for Georgia in either the 1800 or 1810 Census enumeration. * Has anyone researched this ROPER family? Has anyone looked at the deed records or other extant records in either Effingham or Chatham County? 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>