William Cooper b. 1752 Sampson, North Carolina d. Dec 1821 Bogue Chitto, Lawrence, Mississippi: The McKenzies of Early Maryland

1752 - 1821 (69 years)

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Name	William Cooper [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Birth	1752	Sampson, North Carolina [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
Military	Jun 1776	North Carolina [1, 6]
Death	Dec 1821	Bogue Chitto, Lawrence, Mississippi [1, 2, 3, 5]
Notes	Revolutionary War. Baptist. bHistorical Report of Pioneer Preachers /b1860 , Sampson County, North Carolina bAn 1860 Historical Report to the Baptist Union Association, prepared & read by Rev. J. D. Hufham, D.D. He mentioned many of the pioneer preachers of the state of North Carolina, including Fleet and William Cooper/b. [Source: biCooper Family Genealogy/i by Murphy Rowe Cooper, 1931]/b i"There were the jovial yet earnest Coopers, Fleet and his brother William, those pioneers of the cause in Sampson, the first to raise their voices in that county and among the foremost in battle wherever they went, whose descendants still live to tell the story of their deeds."/i bRev. William Cooper/b biExcer pt from the History of Wells Chapel Baptist Church, 1789/b/i The bRev. William Cooper/b was the third son of bFleet Cooper, Sr./b He was born in 1752, in what was then known as Duplin County. Of his childhood, little is known other than that his parents provided private school teachers for their children, thus they received a good education. The name of his first wife nor date of marriage was found, but it is known that he married about 1773, and that in 1790 he was the father of six children, four sons and two daughters. bWilliam Cooper enlisted in the Revolutionary War, April 20, 1776/b. He was discharged honorably two and a half years later that he might become a minister. At the time of his discharge, he was paid a balance of 49 pounds, 5 shillings and 3 pence. He further received a land grant of 200 acres in 1782 and another grant of 106 acres in 1789, "on the west side of Great Coharie and at the mouth of Big Branch" In the will of his father, Fleet Cooper, Sr. dated 2supnd/sup Of July, 1795 was written, "likewise to my son William Cooper, 150 acres of land". bIn 1780, he became pastor of Bull's Tail Baptist Church in New Hanover County/b. During the years from 1780 to1796-7 he co-pastored Cape Fear and Bull's Tail. He served Bulls Tail for twenty-two years. He resigned to becomeb pastor of the Beaver Dam Baptist Church in Bladen County/b. Due to county boundary line changes, this church is now located in Cumberland County. bHe served at Beaver Dam until 1814, at that time he resigned to go to the Territory of Mississippi/b. He was one of the first settlers at Monticello, Mississippi. Monticello was the first town of white people north of Biloxi. bRev. William Cooper started the first school in Lawrence Co., MS, (Pearl River Academy)./b At Monticello, William Cooper built the first two story house of residence, and built it so well that it was the only house in town that remained standing after the cyclone in 1889 Rev. Wm. Cooper died 14 Dec. 1821
Person ID	I19025	McKenzie Genealogy
Last Modified	30 Jul 2012

Father	Fleet Cooper, b. 1721, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. 2 Jul 1795, Sampson, North Carolina (Age 74 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Margaret Coore, b. 1725, Northampton, North Carolina d. 1795, Sampson, North Carolina (Age 70 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	1747	Loudon, Virginia [2, 7, 8, 9]
Family ID	F08406	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Martha Thames, b. Abt 1776, North Carolina d. 1856, Polkville, Smith, Mississippi (Age ~ 80 years)

Children

	1. Joseph Cooper d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Martha Cooper d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. William Cooper d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Timothy Cooper d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Wilson Cooper d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Benjamin Cooper d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Jonathan Cooper, b. 1780, Tennessee d. 1860, Madison, Georgia (Age 80 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. James William Cooper, b. 3 Dec 1813, Mississippi d. 7 Jun 1897, Pulaski, Scott, Mississippi (Age 83 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F08860 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 25 Apr 2011

Family 2 Elizabeth Scott, b. 1756, Fayette, Sampson, North Carolina d. 1800, Simpson, Mississippi (Age 44 years)

Marriage 1773 Sampson, North Carolina [1]

Children

	1. Benjamin Cooper, b. Sampson, North Carolina d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Joseph Cooper, b. Abt 1788, Sampson, North Carolina d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Fleet Cooper, b. 22 Feb 1800, Sampson, North Carolina d. 21 Aug 1861, Fair River, Lawrence, Mississippi (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F08861 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 18 Aug 2011

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