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Members of the Male Cooper DNA Group in the furtherance of family history research have chosen to share the information on their family trees with other members of the Group. This is not a requisite to become involved in the Group, it is strictly a voluntary matter. No particular order has been ascertained with the entries, except for a first come, first entered. There will be an effort to keep participants with matching DNA markers together.

Fleet Cooper Sr. was allegedly born in Philadelphia 1721; moved with his family to Isle of Wright Co., VA in 1725; spent his youth in Loudoun County where he married in 1747 a Marguerite Coore. On 21 January 1764 he was a resident of Dobbs Co., N.C. where he bought 100-acres on Great Coharie in Duplin County. He was 17th of 21 signers of the Duplin County Oath of Allegiance and Abjuration passed by the General Assembly at New Bern, November 1777. The Governor appointed 12-men as Justices of the newly formed county of Sampson, including Fleet Cooper. On April 20, 1776, he enlisted in the Revolutionary War and was given an honorable discharge 2 1/2 years later. Rev. Fleet Cooper was an advocate for the doctrines of the cross in the Baptist church for fifty years.

Fleet Cooper Jr. was born in Duplin Co., NC., and a farmer, and a minister for 50-years. He was pastor of Coharie Rowan Baptist Church from 1785 to 1786. He and his father owned large acreages and resided about one mile south of the Concord School on the Clinton-Roseboro highway, and there they are both buried in graves practically forgotten, for they are now being plowed over. He was a chaplain in the Revolutionary War.

Daniel Cooper was born and died in Sampson Co., NC., and a farmer. He married Zilpah Stevens in 1812 in Sampson Co. and had seven children, four boys and three girls.

Hiram B. Cooper was born in Sampson Co., NC, and died a prisoner of war in Elmira Prison Camp, Elmira, NY, from unknown causes and is buried in the Woodlawn National Cemetery in Elmira. He left one child by his first marriage to Mary J. Spell, Abner T. Cooper, who was raised by the Spell family. He left four children the youngest less than three months of age by his second marriage to Elizabeth E. Smith. Shortly after his death Elizabeth and their four children migrated to Yell Co., AR and then on into Peaster, Parker Co., Texas. While in AR she gave birth to two Smith children, Charles A. & Charity E. Smith. Census records and other information indicate Elizabeth lived the remaining years of her life with her brother in Parker Co., TX and daughter, Charity "Chillie" E. (Smith) Maxwell in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. Elizabeth passed away at the age of 89 in 1928 presumably in Dallas County, TX but her burial place is unknown.

George T. Cooper was born in Sampson Co., NC, and died and is buried in Peaster, Parker Co., TX. He was a public school teacher and farmer and died a day or two after being stabbed and beaten by one of his 13-year students. He was survived by eight children by his first wife and two children by his second wife.

Hiram B. Cooper was born in Peaster Co., TX., and died in Shawnee, Pottawatomie Co., OK and is buried in Tecumseh "Mission" Cemetery, Tecumseh, Pottawatomie Co., OK, at the age of forty-seven. He was the youngest of three sons of his father and first wife. He married Lola Mae Allen, November 7, 1933 in Ada, Pontotoc Co., OK.

Hiram B. Cooper Jr. was born in Shawnee, Pottawatomie Co., OK. He married Wanda Faye Wimberley, March 31, 1957 in Waynesville, Pulaski Co., MO.

Fleet Cooper Sr. (1721 PA - 1801 NC) - Margaret Coore (1720 VA - 1795 NC)
John Cooper (1748 NC - 1793 GA) - Zylpha Williams(1764 NC - 1850 GA)
Jonathan Cooper (1782 NC - aft.1850 GA) - Drusilla Stevens (1791 NC - bef.1850)

William Stevens Cooper (1810 NC - 1860 GA) - Elizabeth Bacon (1820 GA - 1881GA)
William Edmond Cooper (1853 GA - 1919 GA) - Leanna McMickle (1866 GA - 1897 GA)

Joseph Lee Cooper, Sr. (1884 GA - 1939 GA) - Mattie Delany Price (1887 GA - 1963 GA)

Joseph Lee Cooper, Jr. (1925 GA - Living) - Cherrie Anne Grant (1932 GA - ?)

Gary Wayne Cooper (1952 GA - Living) - Christie Jane Brazel (1961 GA - Living)

garluke@juno.com

Edmund Blount Cooper, Sr. (1772 - 1845) - Jinnett Phillaw (Married Bertie Co. 1799)

DNA Kit #133240

Samuel Cooper April 14, 1647-1717 VA - m. Elizabeth Isles

Son of Samuel: Isles Cooper (about) 1684 VA - 1763 NC

m. 1^st Elizabeth Calthrope - no issue

m. 2^nd Susanna Sanders - possible issue Arthur Cooper

m. 3^rd Unknown - issue John Cooper 1730 – 1794

m. 4^th Sarah Wilson - Widow - no Issue.

Son of Isles: John Cooper 1730 - 1794 NC

m. Unknown (No proof of Martha Isles) issue

(1) Samuel 1750/1 after 1794 - m. Unknown

(2) Thomas - no sons

(3) Isles (about) 1763 - 1813 m. Mary Agnes Nancy Edwards

My branch goes in here: James Franklin Cooper (2nd son of Isles) 1802 – 1867 m. Gelica Ann Perkins
                                            Columbus Franklin Cooper (5th son of James Franklin) 1846 – 1926 m Delilah Ann Keif
                                                James Franklin Cooper (1st son of Columbus Franklin) 1868 – 1958 m. Henrietta Ester Moore
                                                   Arnie Burdle Cooper, Sr. (1st son of James Franklin) 1890 – 1961 m. Leala Carroll
                                                       James Carroll Cooper (4th son of Arnie Burdle) 1921 – 2008 m. Barbara Jean Smith
                                                           My living brother Cooper (only son of James Carroll) DNA test kit #133240
ksmith8@cox.net Kitty

(4) James (about) 1770 - 1848 m. Katherine Meddlin

(5) John, Jr. (about) 1772- ? m. possibly Esther Fletcher

Research is ongoing for the sons of John Cooper Jr. Likely matches for descendants of John Jr. are John Cooper III (1803) and Ammon Cooper (1806). DNA matches are recorded for both John III and Ammon Cooper matching Zacheus descendants.

1^st Son of John: Samuel Cooper 1750/1 - 1794 m. Unknown-issue

(1a) Zacheus Cooper 1779 - after 1830

(1b) Wells Cooper 1784 - 1836 KY

4^th Son of John: James Cooper- 1770 - 1848 m. Katherine Meddlin

(4a) Herbert (Harbert) 1799 - ? m. Ferreby (re: 1850/60 TN Census)

(4b) William Lewis 1802 - 1878 - m. Frances 'Fannie' Ellington

[sons]

Robert Evester Cooper 1842 - 1920

Grover Cleveland Cooper 1884 - 1951

Kenneth Wilson Cooper 1925 -

Kent Wilson Cooper m. Linda Allred

*** Kent Wilson Cooper had DNA test-matching Zacheus' descendants

(4c) John 1806 - ? m. Rhoda Hobson

(4d) James 1809 - 1861 m. Sarah

(4e) Williamson 1829 - 1882 m. Margaret Emeline Hearn

5^th Son of John: John Cooper, Jr. - (about) 1772-? m. possibly Esther Fletcher

1^st Son of Samuel:

(1a) Zacheus Cooper1779 - after 1830. M. 1st - Unknown - issue:

[sons]

1^st Peyton Cooper 1804 - 1849

2^nd Allen Cooper 1814 - 1862

John Renwick Cooper 1849 - 1900

James Thomas Cooper 1874 - 1938

Earl Andrew Cooper 1929 - ?

James A. Cooper - 1942

***James A. Cooper’s DNA test – matched other Zacheus' descendants.

Zacheus m. 2^nd Sarah Unknown - issue:

[sons]

3^rd William Monroe Cooper 1826 - 1964 m. Elizabeth Ann Hall.

Thomas Jefferson Cooper 1945 - 1915 m. 1st Martha Dowdle

James Franklin Cooper 1869 - 1948

William Jefferson Cooper 1905 - 1963

William Jefferson Cooper Jr. 1942 -

*** William Jefferson 'Bud' Cooper's DNA test - matched other Zacheus descendants.

Thomas Jefferson Cooper m. 2nd Sarah Elizabeth Bobbitt

[sons]

Francis Marion Cooper 1884 - 1967 m. Ollie Mae Freeman

Willie Thestle Cooper 1905 - 1972 m. Vennie Grills

[Parents of Joyce Cooper Walker]

Othel Sherrill Cooper 1908 - 1975 m. Pauline Anderson

Gale Freeman Cooper 1932 -

*** Gale F. Cooper has had DNA test-matching other Zacheus descendants.

Contact persons:

Joyce Cooper Walker jskywalker@suddenlink.net

Linda Allred Cooper lacooper@mindspring.com (Do not think this works any more.)

John Jackson Cooper
Joseph Cooper (1795 - after 1860) - Elizabeth Pitman/Pittman (1804 - after1860)
Daniel Cooper (1838 - 1922) - Mrs. Hannah E. Turner Allen (1846 - 1903)
Charles Alfred Cooper (1867 - 1941) - Emily Etta Whitehead (1871 - 1962)
Hubert Earl Cooper (1901 - 1967)  -  Dorothy Louise Allen (1901 - 1972)
Robert Ralph Cooper (1925 - ?)  -  Betty Jane Estep (1925 - 2002)
Mark Allen Cooper (1948 - Living)  -  Mary Jane Higgins (1958 - Living)

Joseph Cooper b. ca 1795 d. after 1860 Came as a very small child to Claiborne Co., TN likely from Greenbrier Co., WV. Married and his farm was on the Powell River in the Head Of The Horse Hollow. In Feb 1834 while living in Knox Co., KY sold his holdings in Claiborne Co., TN. By 1835 he was living in Harlan Co., KY on Yellow Creek, in what is now Bell Co., KY and was then living in Pulaski Co., KY by the 1850 Census.

In the 1850 US Census, Kentucky, County Pulaski, Division N2, call No. M432/217, page 129, Dwelling 789, Family 789, show a Joseph Cooper age 53 male white farmer real estate 400, born VA, can't read or write; Elizabeth age 53 female white born VA, can't read or write; Archibald age 17 male white born KY; Sterling age 13 male white born KY, school; within a year Daniel age 10 male white born KY, school; within a year Henry age 8 male white born KY; and Armilda age 6 female white born KY.

The family moved to Putnam Co., Indiana in1852 and is listed in the 1860 Census. Joseph’s sons, Archibald, Sterling Harrison and Daniel Cooper, all severed in the Union Army from Indiana. After the war Archibald moves his family to Delaware Co., IN, Sterling moves his family to Oklahoma and Kansas. Daniel remains in the Putnam County Indiana area and is my direct ancestor. Nothing is known of Henry Cooper or Armilda Cooper but Armilda could be the Ferraby Cooper listed in the 1860 Census of Putnam Co., IN in Joseph's household. Henry may have died at an early age, a unknown.

Bailes Cooper (1776 - 1853) - Rebecca Thompson (1786 - ca. 1840)
Samuel Cooper(1802 - 1874) - Matilda Clay (c1813 - 1860)
Floyd Cooper (1848 - 1926) - Mary Cooper (1853 - 1930)
Isom Cooper (1881 - 1964) - Cora Lee Hendricks (1888 - 1969)
Ira Curtis Cooper (1914 - 1995) - Erma Kathleen Brown (1921 - 1989)
Ronald LeRoy Cooper (1938 - Living) - Peggy Dorene Henry (1938 - Living)
ronaldlcooper@hotmail.com

Washington Arnold Cooper (1798 - 1869) - Nancy ? (1792 - ca. 1856)
John Jordan Cooper (1820 - 1892) - Louisa Slay (1835 - 1906)
James Fountain Cooper (1861 - 1932) - Lucyann Missouri Levins (1861 - 1937)
Charles Robinson Cooper (1880 - 1945) - Mary Ann Matthews (1887 - 1964)
Marshall Fisher Cooper (1912 - 1957) - Mary Emily Frances Horsey (1908 - 1972)
Miles Davis Cooper (1952 - Living) - Nancy Elizabeth Crockett (1949 - Living)

Marcom Cooper (1699-?) - Sarah (?)

David Cooper (1725-1793) - Elizabeth ?Wilder (1726-1805)

Malachi Cooper (1762-1843) - Anna Wilkerson (1784-1820)

Asa Cooper (1793-1830) - Nancy Dodson (1797-1845)

John Wilkerson Cooper (1823-1863) - Martha L. Downey (1825-1916)

John W. Cooper (1802-1933) - Hattie Belle Hurd (1869-1943)

Oscar Wilfred Cooper (1898-1979) - Elmira Hope Pierce (1913-1964)

John Warren Cooper (1936-Living) - DeMarys Ellen Groff (1939-Living)

wcooper@chase3000.com

Marcome Cooper (1699 - ?) - Sarah (? - ?)
David Cooper (1725 - 1792) - Elizabeth Wilder(? - ?)
John Cotton Cooper (1758 - 1829) - Nancy Arnold (? - ?)
Cader Cooper (1796 - 1842) - Sarah Byars (1799 - 1864)
Sylvester Cooper (1830 - 1883) - Amy Harriet "Hattie" Marshall (1835 - 1934)
John "Cornelius" Cooper (1854 - 1935) - Nicholena ("Lena") King (1869 - 1934)
Monroe Cornelius Cooper (1891 - 1962) - Emma Scogin/Scroggins? (1885 - 1976)
Winston ("Pete") Cooper (1920 - 1998) - Ethel Avants (1919 - 1999)
Winston Glen Cooper (1944 - Living) - Nancy Bray (1944 - Living)
miminbc@stx.rr.com

David Cooper is said by other genealogists to be the son of Marcome Cooper of Warwickshire, England. His wife is presumed to be Elizabeth Wilder. David Cooper's will dated 17 March 1792 and found in Box 7, Packet 15, Spartanburg, SC, names his wife Elizabeth and their ten children as his heirs. His son "Malleki" (sic) was named as his executor.

John Cotton Cooper, was born in Spartanburg, SC in 1758. He is found in land transactions in Kentucky in the early 1800s, along with those of several involving his sons. His will signed 1 April 1829 in Monroe Co., MS names his wife Nancy, "otherwise Arnold", and his fourteen children.

Cader Cooper was the youngest of John and Nancy's children, born 1796, according to his son's Bible, in probably Thickety, Spartanburg, SC. Why he left SC for KY is not entirely known, but from historical context one might surmise it was due to land development in the frontier region. From land records in Christian Co., KY, we find that Cader owned land "to the state line" in the south western part of the county.   On 25 December 1816 he married Sarah Byars, daughter of Stripling Byars. Twelve children were born to this union.   By 1823 we find Cader purchasing a land grant in Jefferson Co., AL. More were added in 1824.   In 1830 his son Sylvester was born in Jefferson County, AL.

Sylvester Cooper married Amy Harriet "Hattie" Marshall, also from Jefferson Co., AL about 1850. Both of her parents had come from NC. Sylvester was a farmer, and was apparently following his grandfather's trail west, when in 1854 his son Cornelius (first name John) was born in Chickasaw Co., MS.   Six of their seven children were already born when Sylvester took up arms for the Confederacy and fought with his local unit, the Buena Vista Rifles.  He fought valiantly across both sides of the Mason-Dixon line, but was minus a leg when he returned to his family.   That didn't stop him, though. By 1870 he had loaded his family to begin their trek to Texas. His last son was born in 1871 in McDade Co., on the way. His final destination was DeWitt Co., TX, where he farmed until his death. He and Hattie are buried in the Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery in northeast DeWitt County, TX.

John Cornelius Cooper was a farmer and a blacksmith in DeWitt Co. TX. He married first Elizabeth Tankersley about 1875 in the Burns Station community, outside of Cuero. David Cooper was born to this union in 1876. Sometime before 1890 Elizabeth died, and about 1890 Cornelius married Nicholena King, who was called Lena. Lena's sister, Fannie, married George Chisholm of the Chisholm Trail. Cornelius died in 1935 and is buried in the Old Clinton Cemetery in DeWitt County.

Monroe Cornelius Cooper was born in 1891.   He married Emma Scogin, from Hopkins Co. TX, in Cuero, DeWitt Co., TX on 23 August 1913. They farmed in the Verhelle area of DeWitt County. They are buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Cuero.

Winston "Pete" Cooper was born 26 June 1920 in DeWitt Co., TX. Having no middle initial, he assumed the name of Pete, which stuff with him thereafter. He married Ethel R. Avants on 1 March 1942. While Pete was busy storming the beach at Normandy on D-Day 1944, Ethel was back home, busy giving birth to their second child and first son. Pete sustained injuries in the War, which earned him a Purple Heart, and the inoperable shrapnel remained lodged dangerously close to his spine for the rest of his life. Pete died in November of 1998 from complications of emphysema. Ethel followed him in June of 1999, after a battle of her own with breast cancer. They are both buried in the Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery in DeWitt County, TX

Winston "Glen" Cooper was born in Yoakum, Lavaca Co., TX on the 6th of June 1944.   He married Nancy Jo Bray in Falfurrias, Brooks Co., TX on 12 June 1964.

Samuel Cooper (1795 - 1864) - Sarah Rebecca Justice (1798 - 1894)

David Thomas Cooper (1829 - 1883) - Nancy Elizabeth Whigham (1837 - 1887)
Byron Thomas Cooper (1857 - 1909) - Della Jane Pollock (1869 - 1937)

Henry Alton Cooper (1904 - 1983) - Ophelia Clyde Keaton (1908 - 1968)

James Alton Cooper (1932 - Living) - Doris Lee Boutwell (1933 - 1995)

Francesifrench@aol.com

(Short narrative...needing help) Our Cooper's went from South Carolina to Georgia ended up in what is now Decatur County and Mitchell County, Georgia. My Grandfather, Byron Thomas, was a school teacher out around the Mt. Pleasant Church. I can go forward but after trying for 10-years I cannot go back beyond Samuel. /s/ Frances Cooper French [Sister of James Alton Cooper]

John J. Cooper (1813 - 1856) - Mary Hinkins (1808 - 1871)

Daniel Cooper (1836 - 1915) - Rebecca McVicker (1840 - 1913)

F. Virgil Cooper (1866 - 1915) - Lavina B. Cooper (1870 - 1930)

Don O. Cooper (1913 - 1985) - Izetta J. Bucklew (1916 - 1985)

Donald E. Cooper (1949 - Living) - Jane A. Masters (1951 - Living)

ecshaver@westco.net

John J. Cooper was born in VA. Married Mary Hinkins December 2, 1833 in Shenandoah Co., VA. Listed 1834-1843 in Shenandoah Co. Personal Property Tax List under Daniel, Philip, & Abraham Stickley’s Districts. Removed to Western Monongalia Co., VA (WV) between 1843 and 1848. In 1854 gave a deposition in Taylor Co., VA (WV) regarding Elisha Mahaney vs. Mifflin Mahaney. Listed as a farmer in the 1850 37^th Western District Census of Monongalia County, VA. with six sons and two daughters. Said to be Scots-Irish and came from England. Tombstone of John, Mary and one son, William, in Davis Ridge Cemetery in Marion County, near Monongah, WV.

Daniel Cooper was born in Shenandoah Co., VA. In 1865 married Rebecca McVicker in Marion Co., Farmington, WV and had five children, four sons and one daughter. He owned the Farmington Planeing Mill in Farmington, WV. In 1870 was a Clerk at the Farmington Grade School; served as assessor of Marion County in 1880; was the Postmaster in Farmington, WV 1893-1897 and belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge #67. He is buried in the family plot at the IOOF Cemetery in Marion Co., Farmington, WV.

F. Virgil Cooper was born in Marion Co., Farmington, WV. He was a carpenter by trade and worked in his father’s Planeing mill. Played a musical instrument in a band. Married Lavina ‘Belle’ Nestor in 1894 in Farmington, WV. and had eleven children, seven sons and six daughters. Died in 1915, at the age of 49, from a fall at the Traction Station. Buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Marion Co., Farmington, WV.

Don O. Cooper was born 1913 in Marion Co., WV., the youngest child of Virgil & Lavina Cooper. He was only two years old when his father died. Served in the Civilian Conservation Corps as a laborer in 1936. He was station at Camp F-11, Petersburg, WV. In 1938 married Izetta J. Bucklew in Preston Co., WV. and had three children, one son and 2 daughters. Worked as a cutting machine operator in the coal mines where he retired from Bethlehem Steele in Barrackville, WV in 1974. Died in 1985 and is buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Farmington, WV.

Donald E. Cooper was born in Preston Co., near Tunnelton, WV. He married Jane A. Masters, March 20, 1971 in Marion Co., Mannington, WV.

Ransom Cooper (1783 - 1858) - Mary Spicer

Elias Mitchell Cooper (1822 - 1904) - Nancy Goodson

Mitchell Jackson Cooper (1849 - 1936) - Amanda Jane Youngblood

Willis Franklin Cooper (1875 - 1955) - Della L. Carter

Marion Ralph Cooper (1916 - Living) - Martha Glennis Murdock

Barry Ralph Cooper (1940 - Living) - Karen Cecilia Cannon

cooper1645@comcast.net

Ransom Cooper was born 1783 in NC., and married Mary Spicer of Wilkes Co., NC., and died ca 1858 in Floyd Co., GA., lived in Spartanburg Co., SC., Montgomery/Laurens Co., GA., Gwinnett Co., GA…issue.

Elias Mitchell Cooper was born 1822 in SC., and married Nancy Goodson of Habersham Co., GA., and died 1904 in Floyd Co., GA…issue.

Mitchell Jackson Cooper was born 1849 in Habersham Co., GA., and married Amanda Jane Youngblood, and died 1936 in Floyd Co., GA…issue.

Willis Franklin Cooper was born 1875 in Floyd Co., GA., married Della L. Carter, and died 1955 Floyd Co., GA...issue.

Marion Ralph Cooper was born 1916 in Floyd Co., GA., and married Martha Glennis Murdock, living…issue.

Barry Ralph Cooper was born 1940 in Floyd Co., GA., and married Karen Cecilia Cannon, living…issue.

Stephen Cooper (1793 SC - ca 1870's AL) - Elizabeth Hodges

John Cooper (1826 AL - 1862 MS CSA) - Amanda Julia Hornsby (ca 1830 - 1895 LA)

John Cooper (1855 LA - 1930 LA) - Susan Elizabeth Thompson (1859 LA - 1948 LA)

Sidney Mitchell Cooper (1898 LA - 1946 NJ) - Lillie Knox Allen (1900 MI - 1954 NJ)

John Avner Cooper (1919 PA - 2004*) - Millicent Ann McNally (1932 NJ - Living)

* Buried in the Arlington National Cemetery located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., in Arlington, VA.

prizer@msn.com

William Cooper (b.? - d.1809 KY) - Margaret (b.? - d. after 1828)

George B. Cooper (1782 VA - 1861 KY) - Susannah Hancock Lee (1797 VA - 1865 KY)

Joseph C. Cooper (1830 KY - 1879 TX) - Camillia Frances Floyd (1843 OH - 1919 OK)

John Marshall Cooper (1873 KA - 1961 OK) - Dolly Woodward (1887 NE - 1977 OK)

Lloyd George Cooper (1923 OK - Living)

George B. Cooper was born December 14, 1782 somewhere in Virginia. The first official record found shows him in Pulaski County, KY. in 1812. His name appears on the 1812 tax rolls with Margaret who I believe was his mother. Margaret’s name appears on the 1809 tax rolls as widow of William. In 1818 and 1819 KY land records show that George B bought land-adjoining land owned by Margaret Cooper. In two separate books on the history of Pulaski County Kentucky George B Cooper is listed as a member of the Kentucky Legislature from Pulaski County in 1819, 1820 and 1821. The 1820 KY census show George B was the owner of four slaves; his 1861 will also mentions his slaves. He married Susannah Hancock Lee, born September 1, 1798 in Nominy, Westmoreland County, Virginia, a 5^th cousin of Robert E Lee. Their marriage bond was issued in Pulaski County, KY December 10, 1822. They had 10 children. Also in the History of Pulaski County George B is listed as an elder and in charge of the finances of the Pisgah Presbyterian church. I have assumed from that and other information George B was somewhat educated for his time. In about 1832 or 1833 the family moved to Lincoln County KY. George B Cooper died January 31, 1861 in Lincoln County and was according to his will, was “discreetly buried in my family burying ground in my apple orchard with my deceased children.”

Joseph C Cooper was born in Pulaski County, KY in 1830 he was the fourth of ten children born to George B. and Susannah Cooper. He is listed in the subsequent census with the family near Hustonville, in Lincoln County, KY. In his father’s January 1861 will Joseph C was named to superintend the family farms for his mother and sisters. One of his jobs was to have control of the slaves. On October 9, 1861 Private Joseph C, Cooper age 31 mustered into the 4^th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Company A, in Lincoln County KY. Joseph C married Camillia Frances Floyd in Knox County Tennessee on March 1, 1864. In the 1870, census Millie and Joseph were living in Lincoln County Kentucky in the Highland Precinct, across the county from Hustonville, his home in 1861. They had three children Floyd 5, born 1865 in Illinois, Walter 3 born 1867 in Tennessee, and Fannie 1, born 1869 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. In spite of the hardship of travel the family obviously moved often. My Grandfather, John Marshall Cooper was born in a covered wagon July 10, 1872 in Salina, Kansas. The story is that his parents were with a wagon train on the way to from Kentucky to Oregon or maybe California. Because of his birth, they dropped out of the wagon train. They eventually turned south and settled in Collin Co, Texas. Joseph C Cooper died probably in 1879 when my grandfather John Marshall Cooper was 6 years old.

John Marshall Cooper grew up on a farm on Collin County and later Cooke County, Texas. Both these counties are in North Texas. In 1889, at the age of 16 John M rode his horse to Guthrie, Indian Territory (now OK) to try and acquire land in the Land Run, He was unsuccessful and rode back to Texas. He spent the night at a stage stop owned by a Mr. Birch, in White Bead, Indian Territory (now OK). In 1894 he migrated with his mother Camillia, brother George Floyd and sister Fannie to the Washita River Valley in Indian Territory (now OK). John farmed 1200 acres for Mr. Birch in Neil Switch (near Lindsay). Camillia & Fannie ran a boarding house in Paul's Valley. Dolly Woodward and her mother Jenny Thompson Woodward worked in the boarding house. Jenny and Dolly moved to Neil Switch to keep house for John and his farm hands. John and Dolly married in 1903. They had 13 children. My Mother Lela Florene Cooper, #3 and the first daughter was born February 21, 1907 in Neil Switch. The family moved to Maysville, OK in June 1907. My uncle Lloyd George Cooper was #8, fourth son.

Submitted by Suzette Lalanne Northcutt Rhodes: rhodes@brightok.net

DNA Kit #2520

Rev. William Cooper [ca. 1756 NC - 1830 AR Territory] - Polly Mitchell

Elijah Cooper [ca. 1793 SC - 1845 AR] - Nancy Thompson [b. NC]

Thompson Cooper [1823 TN. - 1870 AR] - Mary (Greenwood ) Condrey [b. AL]

Alfred Claude Cooper (Twin) [1856 - 1925 AR] - Rebecca Ann Stone [1858 -1895 AR]

[Alfred Claude Cooper was my grandfather...Gary S. Cooper...gcooper@lexcominc.net]

DNA Kit #4627

Francis Cooper (ca. 1726 VA -?) - Ann (possibly Abbott)

Sarshall Cooper (1762-1815) - Ruth Hancock (1766-1828)

Patrick Cooper (1807-1883) - Docia Ann Hoy (1815-1860)

John William Cooper (1841-1885) - Mary Ann Hayden Smith (1849-1937)

Robert Patrick Cooper (1871-1936) - Elivira Harris (1872-1972)

J. Cooper (Living)

Francis Cooper was born about 1726 in VA and married Ann (possibly Abbott)

Children: Benjamin A., Leighton, Elizabeth, Malinda, Sarshall, daughter unknown, Frances, Braxton, Rachael, Nancy, son unknown.

Sarshall Cooper was born August 25, 1762 in Culpeper Co., VA., and died April 6, 1815, Cooper's Fort, MO. He married September 24, 1788 in Madison Co., KY., Ruth Hancock born August 29, 1766 in Goochland Co., VA., and died April 21, 1828 in Howard Co., MO.

Children: Nancy Boone Cooper, Braxton, Joseph, Elizabeth, Stephen, Frances, Hendley M., Benjamin, Rachel, Patrick "Paddy", and Susannah.

Patrick "Paddy" Cooper was born May 21, 1807 in Madison Co., KY., and died Dec 16, 1883 Colusa Co., CA. He married August 25, 1831 in Madison Co., KY., Docia Ann Hoy born March 15, 1815 in Howard Co., MO and died December 9, 1860 Platte Co., MO.

Children: Elizabeth "Betty/Betsy", Murray, Hoy, Stephen, Joseph William, Susan and Robert.

Joseph William Cooper was born July 11, 1841 in Platte Co., MO., and died Mar 10, 1885 in Doylespoint Township, Barton Co., MO. He married November 28, 1867 in Howard Co., MO, Mary Ann Hayden Smith born June 16, 1849 in Howard Co., MO and died December 2, 1937 in Howard Co., MO.

Children: Willie May, Sarah Frances, Robert Patrick, Amy Florence "Minnie", Stephen Tolson, Elizabeth "Bettie, Lillian, Homer C. and "Monk" Joseph Marmaduke.

Robert Patrick Cooper was born May 24, 1871 in Randolph Co., MO., and died October 16, 1936 in Howard Co., MO. He married June 4, 1902 in Howard Co., MO., Elvira "Ella" Harris born January 22, 1872 in Howard Co., MO., and died July 15, 1972 in Howard Co., MO.

Children: John Douglas, Robert Lee, Katherine, and J. C. (living)

J. Cooper (living).

Submitted by: Cindy...fergyjr@sbcglobal.net

DNA Kit #4595

I. John Adam Cooper (ca. 1736 - May 1778) Died in Berkeley Co., WV - Elizabeth Stroop.

Kit No: 6749
William Cooper (1740 VA - 1806 SC) - Mary "Polly" Harrison (1744 VA - 1800)
John Cooper (1763 NC - 1850 MS) - Abigail Bobo (1770 SC - 1830 MS)
Warren H. Cooper (1796 KY - 1837 GA) - Mary Wright Twitty (1803 GA - 1880 MS)
John T. Cooper (1827 GA - 1888 LA) - Elizabeth Twitty (1828 MS - 1851 LA)
James W. Cooper (1850 LA - 1885 LA) - Parthenia B. Sartin (1857 MS - 1936 LA)
Clarence Cooper (1875 MS - 1950 LA) - Jessie Ollie Gore (1882 LA - 1909 LA)
Clarence L.A. Cooper (1905 LA - 1975 LA) - V.L.R (Living)

Kentuckycooper@aol.com

WILLIAM COOPER: The first appearance for William Cooper, husband of Mary Harrison, in Granville County, NC, was the acquisition of a tract of land on Nutbush Creek in 1765. William Cooper owned property on Nutbush Creek from October 19, 1765 until January 17, 1775. [Granville County Deed Records] William reported that "when Daniel Boone was exploring Kentucky he was with him...when the Kentucky lines were marked out, he was one of the number, though his name is spelt Cook." [J. W. Cooper letter of August 14, 1856, to son (William King Cooper)] Some historical publications identify a William Cook or a William Coole with Daniel Boone in 1769, when D. Boone made his first trip to KY with John Findley and others. William Cooper, husband of Mary Harrison, probably was the William Cooper who planted the first corn crop in the Clover bottom on Otter Creek, near Fort Boonesboro, KY, in 1775 or 1776. In 1780 and 1781, that William Cooper was granted title to three (3) tracts totaling 2,400 acres on the left hand fork of Otter Creek. Otter Creek is a tributary of the Kentucky River and lies in present day Madison County, KY, near the town of Richmond. William Cooper claimed he fought at the battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781 and in other revolutionary war battles. [Letter of Aug. 14, 1856] One researcher has reported that when the James Harrison family moved to SC after the Revolutionary War, William Cooper and Mary "Polly" Harrison Cooper moved with them to the Harrison plantation at Fairforest and continued to live there until Harrison sold the plantation in 1790.

JOHN COOPER was born about 1763 in Granville County, NC, and sometime after the American Revolution, moved with his family to Union District, SC. Some researchers have reported that John Cooper's brother, Elijah Harrison Cooper, moved to Union District at an earlier date along with his Uncle John Harrison and his family. John Cooper married about 1791 in Union District, SC, to Abigail Bobo, the daughter of Lewis Bobo and Sarah Solomon. In 1796, Lewis & Sarah Bobo conveyed a 100 acre tract to John Cooper for the consideration of 50 pounds Sterling. One of the witnesses to the deed was a Samuel Simpson. [Union Dist., SC Deed Book G, pages 287-289] Probably, shortly after that transaction, John Cooper, along with other families from Union District, moved to Kentucky.* John Cooper appears on the 1806, 1807 & 1808 Tax Lists for Livingston County, KY. John Cooper's daughter, Mary Rhodes Cooper, reported that she was married by James Hatters, a Minister of the Gospel, at Eddyville on April 23, 1808, to Benjamin Hammond. (Bounty Land Claim No. 263.434, dated September 15, 1856). Benjamin Hammond is also shown on the 1806, 1807 & 1808 Tax Lists for Livingston County. The original town of Eddyville, KY, was on the bank of the Cumberland River.

In about 1810, John Cooper and his family moved to Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, where both he and Benjamin Hammond established land claims near the Louisiana-Mississippi border. In 1812, John Cooper established a 589 61/100 acre land claim in Section 65, T1S-R1E. The north line of Section 65 is on the southern boundary line of Wilkinson County, MS. Section 65 is also adjacent to Section 72, which was claimed by Benjamin Hammond in 1810. John Cooper's daughter, Sarah D. Cooper, married Samuel Simpson on March 15, 1814, in Wilkinson County, MS. While residing in Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, both Warren H. Cooper, son of John & Abigail Cooper, and Benjamin Hammond joined with the local militia and fought in the Battle of New Orleans.

Sometime in 1815, the John Cooper family moved to Marion County, MS and settled near the present day town of Columbia, MS. On September 1, 1815, John Cooper and son, Warren Cooper, signed a Petition to Congress along with other inhabitants of the Mississippi Territory East of the Pearl River. On September 12, 1821, John Cooper acquired a claim of 230 25/100 acres of land in fractional Section 24, T4N-R13E, on the bank of the Pearl River, where he apparently lived for several years. The Benjamin Hammond family also moved to Marion County. Many of the descendants of the Hammond family still live in Marion County, MS.

The last information available for Abigail Bobo Cooper was in 1824, when she appeared as a witness in the divorce of her daughter, Catherine Cooper Oliver, from Charles B. Oliver. On January 24, 1831, John Cooper made a gift of various household goods and livestock to his daughter, Catherine Cooper Willoughby, wife of Rudolphus Willoughby. [Marion County, MS, Deed Book B, Page 369] He may have been living with the Willoughby family at that time. In 1840, John Cooper probably was living with the Benjamin Hammond family. [1840 Census, Marion County, MS] In 1850, John Cooper, age 87, was living with his son, William D. Cooper. [1850 Census, Marion County, MS page 189 (B)] No information on John Cooper has been reported after that date.

*The path of the Cooper family may have been similar to that of the George Gordon family detailed in the publication, The Gordon's of the Deep South, Ermine Northcutt Marshall, (1961), wherein at page 45 it is stated that the Gordon family departed from Union County, SC, in 1796 for Kentucky where George Gordon received two (2) land grants in Christian County. The part of Christian County where the Gordon's settled later became Livingston Co. Sometime before 1813, the George Gordon family moved from Kentucky to St. Helena Parish, LA.

James Cooper (1793 SC - aft. 1880 LA) - Elizabeth Rollins (1804 - death date unknown).
Jackson Cooper (1831 AL - 1862 MS) - Rhoda Elizabeth Cryer (1855 - 1907 LA)

Jefferson C. Cooper (1860 LA - 1919 LA) - Sarah Clementine Miller (1862 LA - 1936 LA)

James Alfred Cooper (1897 LA - 1962 LA) - Minnie Maude Cooper (1905 - 1996)
James Lee Cooper (? LA - 2006) - Lois Brittle (1911 - 2000).

James Cooper was born in South Carolina on June 1, 1793, and died sometime after 1880, in Pickering, Vernon Parish, LA. He married Elizabeth Rollins, born June 13, 1804, whose death date is unknown. She is buried with James in the Cooper Cemetery in Pickering, LA.

Jackson Cooper was born on May 25, 1831 in Dale County. AL. He died on August 23, 1862 at Mississippi Springs, MS while on active duty with the Confederate States America. He married Rhoda Elizabeth Cryer born 1855 in Sabine Parish, LA. Rhoda was born on February 17, 1841 in Sabine Parish, LA and died April 05, 1907. Rhoda married a second time to Richard A. Fletcher and had many children. She was killed in Rosepine in 1907 when a ferocious tornado struck the home of her son, Jefferson C. Cooper, whom she was living with.

Jefferson C. Cooper was born on August 22, 1860 in Vernon Parish, LA and died, September 19, 1919 Vernon Parish LA. He is buried at Rosepine Cemetery, Rosepine, Vernon Parish, LA. He married Sarah Clementine Miller born January 18, 1862 in Rosepine and died November 6, 1936. She is buried at Rosepine Cemetery, also.

James Alfred Cooper was born on November 15, 1897 in Rosepine, Vernon Parish, LA and died August 12, 1962 and is buried at Rosepine Cemetery, Rosepine, Vernon Parish, LA. He married Minnie Maude Cooper whose parents came from Arkadelphia, AR. They were supposedly no relation to each other. James Alfred and Minnie had two sons, James Lee and Floyd Lane Cooper.

James Lee Cooper was born April 4, 1926 in Rosepine Parish, LA and died March 30, 2006 at home in Rosepine. He married C. Lois Brittle who was born October 10, 1911 in Essex County, NJ and died in 2000 in CO. James Lee and Lois have two male children and one daughter.

James Cooper [1846 AL – 1874 AR] - Hernanda Elizabeth Messick [1849 TN – 1927 AR]

James Alfred Cooper [1869 – 1932 OK] - Mary Elizabeth Smith [1874 TN – 1961 LA]

Leonard Clifton Cooper [1904 OK – 1965 LA] - Eula Mae Davis [1930 OK – 1992 LA]

(1) Agleston Thomas Cooper (1822 - Abt. 1890) married Amanda O'Dell (March 1821- April 17, 1896) on March 12, 1840 in Pulaski Co., VA.

Children: Chester B. (1841 -.1932), William Floyd (Abt. 1845 - ? ), Margaret (Abt. 1846 - ? ), Sarah E (Abt. 1848 - ? ), Martha (Abt. 1850 - ? ), Nancy (Abt. 1852 - ? ), James Monroe (Abt. 1854 - March 1941), Lewis A (Abt. 1856 - ? ), Agleston (Abt. 1860), Alfred Jacob (Abt. 1861 -Abt. Jun 1894), and Amanda Leonora (1863 - April 24, 1896)

Agleston and family appear in 1850 census record for Pulaski Co. VA. By 1854 they had moved to Washington County, VA. based upon information in the will of Abraham O'Dell filed in Pulaski County. At the end of the Civil War, Agleston went to live in Kentucky and had a second family. Agleston was in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY in 1880 with his wife (2nd) Emily - her 1st husband was a Schuler. Agleston (Eggelstein) is listed as age 59, she is 50. He is a Dairyman. Her son Mike Schuler, age 19 is living with them he drives a milk wagon. Family story is that Agleston did eventually return to his first family in Washington County and died sometime in 1890s and is buried in an unmarked grave in Gum Hill Cemetery near Amanda O'Dell.

(2) Chester B. Cooper married Rhoda Leonard (March 16, 1843 - Dec. 22, 1926) lived in Washington Co., VA - Children's names not recovered.

(2) William Floyd Cooper married Martha Hartsock - Washington Co., VA - Their children: Cassie B., Amanda, Mary J., William J., Maggie E., Emma F., Cloyd D., John C., Lydia, Gracie Lee, Charles R., Leslie, and James M. William Floyd maintained a jewelry store in Bristol, VA. in 1890s and early 1900s.

    (2) Margaret married Thomas Hartsock - Their children: Mary Elizabeth (b. 1867), William B (b. 1864), Charles (b. 1873), and John.

    (2) Sarah E married James Alfred Booher - No information on children.

    (2) James Monroe Cooper married Mary Ann Ratliffe (b. 1861) on July 4, 1878 in Washington Co., VA - Their children: James Abraham, Amanda (b. June 1890), and Gracie (b. Abt. 1898).

    (2) Lewis Cooper married Susan Booher - No data on any children.

    (2) Amanda Leonor (Meadie) Cooper had common law husband Elbert Lewis (Rant) Barker. Her children retained the Cooper Surname - Clarence Jesse Cooper, Chester Morgan Cooper, and Amanda. The three Amanda's (grandmother- mother-daughter) all died within one week of each other during Flu epidemic of 1896 and all three are buried side by side in Gum Hill Cemetery.

        (3) Clarence Jesse married Tiva Eaterly Jones. Children Mildred Marie and Rupert Lee.

    (2) Alfred Jacob Cooper Married Jane Vada Ratliffe (b. 1863) in Washington Co. VA. on July 18, 1878 (two weeks after they brother and sister married). Their children: James Alexander (b. July 1880- Jan. 5, 1934), Rhoda (b. 1881), Jenny, Isaac Bee, and Margaret. Alfred died around June 1894 after being struck by lightning while working on a water cistern. Jane Vada married Henry Hutchens a couple of months later. Alfred was buried in unmarked grave in Malone Cemetery in Washington Co., VA.

(3) James Alexander Cooper married Mary Myrtle Leonard( May 14, 1886 - Feb. 2, 1968) in Bristol VA. on Jan. 20, 1903. Their children: Susie Bell (b Jan. 27, 1904), Letha Dora (b Jun. 7, 1905), Bertha Hazel (b. May 12, 1907), John William (b. Jan. 5, 1910 - Aug 12, 1979), Euna Thelma Julia Lana Lebina Blanch (b. March 12, 1912) - the whole family picked a middle name, Charmie Kate (b. Sept. 4, 1914), James Cleveland (b. May 21, 1916), David Woodrow (b. Sept. 20, 1918) and Jessie Lucille (Nov. 29, 1920). James (Jimmy) was killed in a coal mining accident. The coal 'exploded' outward from roof pressure - type of accident known as a 'bump'. He also ran a part time watch/clock repair shop in Appalachia in Wise County VA. His workbench is in the possession of Jack Cooper in Florida - son of John (Johnny) William Cooper.

(4) John William married Pearl Glover - Their children: Jack, Hugh Edward, Margie Ruth, Judy, Mary Alice, and Larry.

            (4) Susie Bell married Jess McConnell - Their children: Rose Helen, James Bud, Margaret, Harry, Jerry Wayne, J C , and Hugh

            (4) Letha Dora married Clyde Boyd - Their children: Clyde Jr. (May 6, 1924), Charles (Aug. 14, 1926), Louise (Aug. 28, 1929), Bobby (Feb 15, 1939), Chester Ray (Jan. 26, 1936), and Rebecca Lee (Sept. 5, 1947)

            (4) Bertha Hazel married John Bass on Sept. 05, 1923 - Their children: Mary Ruth, John Wade, Phyllis Yoonne, James Wallace, Patricia Ellen, and Donald Robert.

            (4) Euna married Emmit Palmer Smith - Their children: Wilma Jean, Sue, Ronnie, Ruby, and Billy Joe.

            (4) Charmie Kate married Richard Thomas Hamilton - Their children: Naomi, Marcella Janette, Priscilla, Wayne, Gary Mathew, James Douglas, Johnny Ray, Linda Sue, Thomas Dean, Shelia Elaine, and Debra Kay.

            (4) James Cleveland (J C) married Essie Tankersly - Their children: Jim and Billy. They lived on Boggs Ave in Appalachia, Wise Co. VA..

            (4) David Woodrow (D W) married Nina ?

            (4) Jessie Lucille married William G. Rutherford - Their children: Bill, Jerry, Charles, and David.

        (3) Rhoda Cooper married Oliver Stratten on 14 May 1897 - Marriage record shows Roda's parents as Jacob and Vadney. This record identifies Alfred's middle name and also verifies family history of Vadney nickname.

        (3) Jenny Cooper married Bob Hutchens - lived on Barker Street in Bristol, VA.

        (3) Isaac Bee Cooper married Ellen Leonard - Their children: Louie (b. Feb. 14, 1911), Lizze, Viola, Isaac B. Jr. (b. Feb. 02, 1927), Alfred David, Samuel (b. Dec. 1924), and Billy Joe (b. Aug. 13, 1929). They lived on Boggs Avenue in Appalachia, Wise Co., VA..

             (4) Isaac B. Cooper Jr. married Ann Lawson - Their children: John B., Stephen Ray, Gerald Robert, and Michael Dennis.

Adoniram Cooper (1846 - 1875) - Martha Ann Messer (birth & death uncertain)
William Andrew Cooper (1872 - 1942) - Susan Ann Henderson (1871 - 1950)

Abraham Cooper Sr. (ca. 1725 England) -. Frances Scott
Christopher Cooper (1750 Culpeper Co., VA) - Permelia Hogg
John M. Cooper (1792 Culpeper Co., VA) - Dupina Rogers
Christopher Columbus Cooper Sr. (1829 Hardin Co., TN) - Elizabeth Burton
Christopher Columbus Cooper Jr. (1851 Hardin Co., TN) - Samantha Lambert

Granville Alexander Cooper (1899 Hot Springs, Garland Co., AR)
Carl Cooper (Living)

James Irvin Cooper (1814 TN - 1851 TN) - Isabella Eleanor Dickson (1820 TN - 1892 TN)

John Bell Cooper (1847 TN - 1898 TN) - Nancy Elizabeth Bradford (1859 TN - 1940 TN)

Samuel Harris Cooper (1879 TN - 1959 MS) - Margaret Rebecca Wade (1880 TN - 1857 MS)

John Edmond Cooper Jr. (1934 AR - Living) - Grace Ann McCormick (1937 OK - Living)

+ Rachel I. West (b. 20 Aug 1792, 'probably' Dobbs Co., NC - d. 21 Mar 1855, Washington Co., TN)

James Irvin Cooper (b. 17 Jun 1814, TN, 'probably' Davidson Co., TN - d,.19 Jan 1851, Gibson Co., TN)

+ Isabella Eleanor Dickson (b. 10 Jul 1820, Williamson Co., TN - d. 17 Sep 1892, Gibson Co., TN)

John Bell Cooper (b. 19 Apr 1847, Gibson Co., TN - d. 08 Oct 1898, Gibson Co., TN)

+ Nancy Elizabeth "Nannie" Bradford (b. 02 Mar 1859, Gibson Co., TN - d. 07 Nov 1940, Gibson Co., TN)

Samuel Harris Cooper (b. 26 Oct 1879, Gibson Co., TN - d. 16 Mar 1959, Starkville, Oktibbeha, MS)

+ Margaret Rebecca Wade (b. 18 Jan 1880, Gibson Co., TN - d. 03 Nov 1957, Starkville, Oktibbeha, MS)

John Edmond Cooper (b. 19 Jan 1901, Gibson Co., TN - d. 18 April 1978, Starkville, MS)

Isaac Cooper (ca. 1784 RI - aft. 1860)
George “Washington” Cooper (ca. 1813 NY - 1855 IN)
James Monroe Cooper (1851 MI - 1929 NM)
Chancy Lewis Cooper (1872 KS - 1961 CA)
Samuel Arthur Monroe Cooper (1896 TX - 1959 TX)
H. Cooper (1930 TX - Living)
J. Cooper (1957 TX - Living)

Isaac Cooper was born in Rhode Island according to the 1850 and 1860 census.. His children were born in New York. It is thought he resided in Onondaga Co, NY in 1810; Sparta, Ontario Co, NY in 1820; Sparta, Livingston Co, NY in 1830; Avon, Loraine Co, OH in 1840; St. Joseph Co, MI in 1850; and Loraine Co, OH in 1860. Three of his sons (James, Washington and Christopher) married Slyter sisters in Lorain Co, OH (1835-1844). The other known son is Roswell Cooper.

George Washington Cooper was known as Washington. He and two brothers (James and Christopher) died in a mill explosion on 18 May 1855 in Brimfield, Noble Co, IN. The three families are next to each other in the 1850 census in St. Joseph Co, MI, next to parents of the three brothers and parents of their wives (who were sisters). The widow of Washington Cooper died in or after childbirth in January 1856.

James Monroe Cooper resided with his aunt Beulah Cooper Dunning and a sister in Lorain Co, OH in 1860, the residence next to his grandfather, Isaac Cooper. James married Mary Wiant on 25 Feb 1870 in Nemaha Co, KS. He resided in McPherson Co, KS in 1880, Wheeler Co, TX in 1900. He resided in “Cooper, NM” near the village of Jal, which was in Eddy Co, NM in 1910 and Lea Co, NM in 1920. He died 21 Feb 1929 and is buried in Carlsbad Cemetery.

Family tree website: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sher_cooper&id=I118

Sheran Cooper McCants

William Cooper was probably born in Ireland and died in Russell Co., VA and he was married to Deborah. They had John Cooper who married
Elizabeth King; Margaret Cooper who married Leonard Umbarger; William Cooper who married Sally Cooper in Wythe Co, VA; and, Alexander
Cooper who married Elizabeth "Betsey" Cooper.

Alexander and Betsey Cooper had 10 children of which Lockard Yost Cooper brings this family line forward. By this generation the Cooper
men are brick masons and traveling by rail to built court houses and churches. This couple had four children of which Leander Winton Cooper was born in TN and died in Quincy , FL. L.W. Cooper married Margaret Virginia Six. First wife Mary Corvin dies and Locard Yost Cooper gets married a 2nd time to Martha Amanda Bourne and has one child.

Leander Winton Cooper with wife Alice Virginia Six has 4 children. William Napoleon Cooper, David Porter Cooper, Charles W. Cooper and
Blanche Cooper.

David Porter Cooper was born 23 Feb 1879 in Wythe Co, VA and married Robertha M. Lewis in Jonesboro, Washington Co, TN. From this union was 4 children with David Acron Cooper Sr. married to Agnes Pearson to produce our DNA sample.

My husband matches two other participants in the Cooper Surname Project, DNA Kit #s: 32901 and 47796.

In recent times, I have had my DNA tested and find that I match with Roger Keefer of South Carolina who died in Feb 2006. I believe his ancestor may have been Frederick, possibly a brother to my George Keefer/Cooper described in this message. He changed his name from Keefer to Cooper in 1777 at Frederick, Maryland. If anyone has info about George parents and his brother, I would appreciate receiving any info available.

My father was Ellis Cooper, Sr. born 1902 near Louisburg, Kansas. His parents were Edwin Rinehart Cooper and Sarah Gertrude Offutt Cooper. They had five sons: Vernon, Kenneth, Ellis, Edwin and Jess Cooper. Edwin’s ancestors were James Ellis Cooper and Elizabeth Heffelbauer Cooper who were married in Capon Bridge W. Va. James and Elizabeth had sons Herbert, Edwin and Donald, daughters Blanche, Emma and Anna who died at a young age @16.

James Ellis Cooper parents were Jacob Cooper and Anna Park Cooper. Jacob was born Nov 10, 1799 near Capon Bridge W. VA. He is buried I the Lovett Cemetery near Capon Bridge. Jacob had brothers Evan Park Cooper, Lycurgus Cooper and Asa Cooper. Their daughter was Martha Ann.

Jacobs’s parents were John Cooper and Mary Magdalena Rinehart Cooper. They had children as follows: Jacob, Joel, Samuel, Solomon, Amos and daughter Amy.

John’s parents were George Kueffer/Kieffer/Keefer who changed his name to Cooper in 1777 in Frederick, MD. He married Marry Ruckman and in 1791 or 1792 migrated to Hampshire County VA. Now. W.VA. He and his family became owners of several hundred acres of land today called Coopers Mountain. George and several of his family members are buried there, is daughter Elizabeth married Jacob Millslagle and his daughter Catherine married Jacob Ruckman. George had sons John, Adam and Christian and daughters Elizabeth and Catherine who was known as Cathy.

I have George being born in 1729 in Switzerland, his brother Rudolph was born in 1727 and sisters, Elizabeth b. 1731 and Katrina b. 1733 all born in Switzerland. They left Switzerland in 1734 but did not arrive in America until mid 1750s. Most of the Swiss connection was developed by a grandson of Evan Park Cooper by the name of Norman Emerick of Baltimore, MD. Norman is now deceased or no longer has his faculties abut hm. Norman developed that George his siblings were the children of Hans Dubendorffer Kueffer b. 1701 and Lisbeth Keller. Hans was from in Dubendorf thus the name Dubendorffer. This info is contained in the book titled LIST OF SWISS EMIGRANTS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES, by ALBERT BERNHARDT FAUST; AB, PhD AND GAIUS MARCUS BRUMBAUGH; MS and MD. This was published 1972 with much of the Swiss information coming from the archives of Switzerland.

Why George changed his name to Cooper, we have not been able to ascertain. How my DNA matched with H. Roger Keefer, I can only speculate that George brother Rudolph was an ancestor of H. Roger Keefer.

This is the way I have it. If not accurate, it is because I have been misinformed some where along the way.

We are sure of the accuracy back to and including George but beyond that we are not positive. If anyone can correct me, please do so.