This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/3.13.1.6.1 Message Board Post: Though I have NOT located Aaron D. ROPER with any high degree of certainty in the 1860 Census, there IS an "A. D. ROPER", age 25, occupation "Superintendent", Born GA, residing in the household of William B. and Atlantic MOORE, of Fayette County, Texas. While this seems UNLIKELY given the presence of a child Jesse, age 11, in the 1870 Census enumeration, the ONLY Jesse ROPER, age 1, I have found in the 1860 enumeration resides in the household of Jacinth and Darcas E. ROPER, of Forsyth County, GA. This child is shown to be "Jesse H. ROPER", age 1, born GA. One possibility is that Jesse was orphaned during the Civil War and was raised by Aaron D. ROPER. I haven't checked this against other KNOWN information regarding this Jacinth ROPER (b abt 1837 - SC).