OUR LINE OF MORRIS-COOPER HAS A BREAK WHICH WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE IN 15 YEARS OF SEARCHING. ELIAS MORRIS,SR. AND HIS FAMILY CAME FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NC EVIDENTLY THROUGH CARTER COUNTY, TN SINCE THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THE LAST CHILD WAS BORN HERE IN TN. ELIZABETH MORRIS , DAUGHTER OF ELIAS SR. WAS BORN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NC IN 1811. IN THE 1850 CENSUS FOR LEE COUNTY, VA ,ELIZABETH MORRIS COOPER, OUR GRGRGRANDMOTHER IS LISTED AS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD WITH SON GEORGE 20. DAUGHTERS WERE MARTHA 17, CATHERINE 15 ( OUR GRGRANDMOTHER ), AND MARY 12. NO HUSBAND-FATHER IS LISTED. BEFORE THE CENSUS OF 1860, ELIZABETH HAS DIED OF FEVER. GEORGE COOPER HAS MARRIED. THE DAUGHTERS ARE LIVING WITH MORRIS RELATIVES OR BENEVOLENT FRIENDS. IN SUBSEQUENT MARRIAGES, THERE IS NO MENTION OF A FATHER. ELIZABETH IS LISTED AS MOTHER. ALL FOUR LIST VA AS PLACE OF BIRTH. THOSE OF US INTERESTED IN FINDING OUR COOPER LINK ARE SEEKING THE ANSWERS FROM OUR SW-VA FRIENDS ? ROBERT COOPER MARSHALL,SR BOB