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/787.3 Message Board Post: An additional Index reference to the death of John ROPER appearing in the Richmond Commercial Compiler on Friday, July 7, 1820: "Died - On Wednesday, Mr. John Roper by discharging a loaded musket through his throat. A young man, he was a resident of Henrico County. (p. 3, c. 1) " This seems to clarify that the John ROPER killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound was the younger John ROPER rather than an elder John ROPER.