RESEARCH SUMMARY
David George Cooper, Sr.
DAVID GEORGE, d. ca 1818 Jones County, Georgia, married ELIZABETH OWEN, daughter of SPENCER OWEN, ca 1817.
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1797 DAVID GEORGE COOPER, SR. was born in Maryland. He was the son of HUMPHREY COOPER and _________. The source of this family tradition is contained in a letter from Mrs. Elkin G. Taylor, a granddaughter of DAVID GEORGE COOPER, JR. See also 1880 census for DAVID GEORGE COOPER, JR., Colquitt County, Georgia, Page 21-5-14. Note: I doubt that he was b. in Maryland. Spencer Owen is from Maryland. He has been confirmed as the son of Peter Owens, III of Maryland and is mentioned in his Will.
1807 Land Lottery
SPENCER OWENS does not appear.
HUMPHREY COOPER does not appear.
The Orphans of GEORGE COOPER Capt. Heath District of Warren County drew LL 220 9th Baldwin County. (I have not researched this source fruther.)
1810 HUMPHREY COOPER does not appear in the North Carolina, Virginia or Maryland Census Index.
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1817 DAVID GEORGE COOPER, SR. married ELIZABETH OWENS in Jones County, Georgia. See 1820 Land Lottery, Will of SPENCER OWENS, and 1821 Tax Digest.
1816 Tax Digest Jones County - David George Cooper does not appear
1817 Tax Digest Jones County - David George Cooper does not appear
1818 Tax Digest Jones County - David George Cooper does not appear
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1818 DAVID GEORGE COOPER, SR. died at the age of 21 in a storm a few months before his only child was born. The source of this family tradition is contained in a letter from Mrs. Elkin G. Taylor, a granddaughter of DAVID GEORGE COOPER, JR.
23 Aug
1818 DAVID GEORGE COOPER, JR. was born in Jones County, Georgia.
Census 1850 1860 1870 1880 Tombstone
Age 33 41 52 61 23 August, 1818
1819 The orphan(s) of GEORGE COOPER registered for the 1820 Land Lottery. The Land Lottery was authorized by an act of December 15, 1818. The registrations took place soon thereafter in 1819.
Note: There is a very close sequence of events that had to have happened. ELIZABETH OWENS had to move to Jones County, fall in love, get married, get pregnant, become widowed, bear a child, and register the orphan child for the land lottery all within the space of less than two years! Since DAVID GEORGE COOPER was born in August 1818, ELIZABETH had to have married in 1817. For this to be so, she would have had to have moved to Jones County with her brother PURNAL OWENS in 1817 after the enumeration of the 1817 Tax Digest.
1820 Tax Digest (fragment)
HUMPHREY COOPER Capt. Jefferson Jones Co.
JOSIAH COOPER Capt. Weatherby Jones Co.
1820 Land Lottery Lot Dist Co Capt. (Jones Co.)
HUMPHREY COOPER 302 10 Irwin Jefferson
GEORGE COOPER (orphans) 400 11 Irwin Phillips
Note: The lot drawn by GEORGE COOPER (orphans) was eventually granted to W.A. MCDONALD. Records of Surveyor General of the State of Georgia.
1820 Census
J. COOPER Jones 147 Capt. Clinton
UMPHREY COOPER Jones 143 Capt. Jefferson
1821 Tax Digest
PURNELL OWENS Jones Capt. Phillips
for DAVID COOPER, minor Jones Capt. Phillips
Note: PURNELL OWENS paid tax on Lot 400, 11th District, Irwin County, Georgia for DAVID COOPER. See 1820 Land Lottery.
Note: SPENCER OWENS, SR. paid tax on 101 1/4 acres on Walnut Creek. There appears to be no record of the deed to him. He willed 1/2 to SPENCER OWEN, JR. and the other 1/2 to PURNAL OWENS. See entry for 21 September, 1822.
1821 Land Lottery - No COOPERS or OWENS were successful drawers from Jones County, Georgia.
21 Sep
1822 SPENCER OWENS made his will, proved 3 March, 1823. He named:
daughter SARAH SHARP
daughter MARY BONNER
son PETER OWENS
son JONATHAN OWENS
daughter ELIZABETH COOPER
son PURNAL OWENS
son SPENCER OWENS
grandson DAVID COOPER
wife MARY OWENS.
(no relation given) DATY STOREY
Witnessed by JOHN KING, P. PHILLIPS and WILLIAM H. BROWN
Jones County, Georgia Will Book B, Page 107, 108.
Note: ELIZABETH COOPER married only two days later. The impending marriage was apparently the impetus for making a will.
23 Sep
1822 H. WILLEFORD married ELIZABETH COOPER. See History of Jones County, Georgia, Page 847.
1825 Tax Digest Jones County (mostly illegible)
WILLIAM COOPER
1826 Tax Digest Jones County
DANIEL COOPER Capt. Robinson
THOMAS COOPER Capt. Blount
HARTWELL (sic) WILLIFORD Capt. Spinks
1828 Tax Digest Monroe County, Georgia
HANSEL WILLEFORD Capt. Horton
1830 Census
HANSEL WILLEFORD Monroe 185
MARY CULPEPPER Monroe 184
1834 Tax Digest - Neither HANSEL WILLEFORD nor MARY CULPEPPER appear in Monroe County.
2 Dec
1838 DAVID G. COOPER married NANCY CULPEPPER in Upson County, Georgia. See History of Upson County, Page 215.
Note: The marriage was performed by JAMES HORSLEY, J.P. In 1840 JAMES HORSLEY lived in 470 G.M.D. of Upson County. This district is immediately adjacent to the Culloden District of Monroe County where HANSEL WILLEFORD lived.
1840 Census
HUMPHREY COOPER Newton 036 420 G.M.D.
NOAH COOPER Newton 036 420 G.M.D. ( 2spaces from HUMPHREY)
LEMUEL COOPER Newton 009 477 G.M.D.
DAVID G. COOPER does not appear
HANSEL WILLEFORD Monroe 204 577 G.M.D.
MARY CULPEPPER Upson 13 589 G.M.D.
Note: There is no 577 G.M.D. in Monroe County, Georgia. The proper number is probably 557 G.M.D. (Culloden District).
2 Nov
1840 State of Georgia granted Land Lot 302, 10th District Irwin County to HUMPHREY COOPER. (This land was drawn in the 1820 Land Lottery. The grant would still be in the drawer's name regardless of the fact he had died by that time.)
1841 Tax Digest Monroe County
HANSEL WILLIFORD Capt. Willis
1843 Tax Digest Monroe County - HANSEL WILLIFORD does not appear in Monroe County.
1844 Tax Digest Monroe County - HANSEL WILLIFORD does not appear in Monroe County.
4 Jan
1847 ARTHUR SIMPSON married MARY WILLEFORD in Dooly County, Georgia. See Historical and Genealogical Collections of Dooley County, Georgia, Volume 1.
27 May
1847 ADRIEN WILEFORD married ELIZABETH PHILLIPS in Dooly Co., Georgia. See Historical and Genealogical Collections of Dooley County, Georgia, Volume 1.
Note: ELIZABETH PHILLIPS was the daughter of LEVI PHILLIPS of Sumter County, Georgia.
17 Dec
1848 ASA PIPKIN married MARY WILLIFORD in Dooly County, Georgia. See Historical and Genealogical Collections of Dooley County, Georgia, Volume 1.
1850 Census
NOAH COOPER Cobb 223 #1719 age 39, b. in NC. Eldest child is HUMPHREY
HUMPHREY COOPER Morgan 107 #59 age 58, b. in VA
LEMUEL H. COOPER Walton 014 age 40, b. in NC. Fifth child is HUMPHREY
DAVID G. COOPER Talbot ___ # 1305, age 33
HANSEL WILEFORD Dooly 237 #140
(ELIZABETH WILLEFORD age 55, b. in Georgia)
Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com