This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooper, Swiney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zhB.2ACI/1100 Message Board Post: Searching for information about any and all of the following people: Descendants of Samuel W. Cooper Generation No. 1 1. SAMUEL W.1 COOPER was born Abt. 1812 in Tennessee. He married MARTHA ANN SWINEY October 27, 1845 in Marshall County, Tennessee, daughter of WILLIAM SWINEY and NANCY UNKNOWN. She was born Bet. 1827 - 1828 in Tennessee. More About MARTHA ANN SWINEY: Census: On the 1870 census, Mary Cooper and son Albert are living with Martha and her family. Marriage Note: Wiley P. Mangrum and Martha Swiney applied for a marriage license Sept 23, 1844; not returned as executed; may be another Martha Swiney. More About SAMUEL COOPER and MARTHA SWINEY: Marriage Note: Not returned as executed, but William Swiney names his daughter Martha A. Cooper in his will. Children of SAMUEL COOPER and MARTHA SWINEY are: i. LEROY2 COOPER, b. Abt. 1851, Texas. More About LEROY COOPER: Name Note: Known as "Lee." 2. ii. WILLIAM T. COOPER, b. Abt. 1853, Texas. iii. JAMES L. COOPER, b. Abt. 1855, Texas. More About JAMES L. COOPER: Name Note: Looks like "James L." on the 1860 Census, and "James S." in 1870. iv. JEFF DAVIS COOPER, b. Abt. 1862, Dallas County, Texas. Generation No. 2 2. WILLIAM T.2 COOPER (SAMUEL W.1) was born Abt. 1853 in Texas. He married ELIZABETH UNKNOWN. More About WILLIAM T. COOPER: Occupation: Blacksmith Relationship: Wife and children based on census record 1900; "Wm. T. Cooper" in Dallas County, TX. Children of WILLIAM COOPER and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN are: i. TOM W.3 COOPER. ii. EDWARD COOPER.