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Thomas Cooper

Male 1767 - 1843  (76 years)


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  • Name Thomas Cooper  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Birth 1767  Henry, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    Religion 1790  , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1790  , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 7 Aug 1820  Hancock, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1830  Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Burial Jul 1843  Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 5 Jul 1843  Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8] 
    Notes 
    • Moved to Georgia in 1790 with family.
      Baptist.
      occupation: farmer.
      Thomas had 12 slaves.
      occupation: farmer.
      Thomas owned 13 slaves.
      Deed 22 Jun 1801 He granted a deed on 22 Jun 1801 at ubClarks Fork of Long Creek, Wilkes Co., Georgia, /u/b
      Book UU, 1803-1804, p. 205, 22 June 1801, Thomas Cooper & Judith, his wife, of Hancock Co., Ga., to Thomas Wellborn of Wilkes Co., Ga., for $1260, 420 acres in Wilkes Co. on Clark Fork of Long Creek, adj. N.W. by Crews & Springer, N.E. by Robertson, S.F. & S.W. by vacant at time of original survey, being two tracts originally granted to James McLane, one 5 Aug. 1785, the other 23 Jan. 1799. (signed) Thomas Cooper, Judith Cooper. Wit: F. Tucker, J.P., Wm. Raburn, J.I.C. Rec. 14 Mar. 1804.

      22 Apr 1804 The earliest school whose location is definitely known was in Powelton for on April 28,1804, John Michael, "for and in consideration of the love of learning," gave half an acre of land to James Harvey, William Lee, Sampson Duggar, Thomas Cooper and John Michael as trustees of the Powelton school "lately built" on the site. He also conveyed the privilege of using water from the spring convenient thereto. This school was a predecessor of Powelton Academy founded in 1811 and incorporated in 1815 with a board of trustees consisting of William Rabun, Nicholas Childers, Thomas Cooper, Sampson Duggar, Archibald R. S. Hunter, James Crowder, Reuben T. Battle, John Veazey and Stephen Weston.

      Among the prominent families in Popcastle were Major William Alexander (whose house and land was later sold to become part of Turnwold Plantation, with William Turner, Sr., and Jr., Lots #277,278, and 279); Joel and David Reese; William Walker, who had lots on Lick and Crooked creeks and the Oconee River, Lots #261, 262, 276, 286, 287, 289, and 300; bJoseph, Thomas, and John Cooper/b; Rowan and Francis Ward; Thomas Lowe; and members of the Spivey and Rosser families.

      Thomas Cooper, born in Henry County, Virginia, in 1767, came to Putnam County, Ga., and died in Eatonton, Ga., in 1842. He was the first man to raise cotton for market in Hancock County. The cotton gin had not then been invented, and he invented a roller gin for his own use. Cotton was then worth from fifty to seventy-five cents a pound. Thomas Cooper was one of the original subscribers to the Georgia Railroad. He aided in the founding of Mercer University, was among the first subscribers and supporters of the Columbian Star, afterwards The Christian Index, published first in
      Washington, D. C., then in Philadelphia, and now in Atlanta.
      He joined the Baptist Church in 1813, was prominent in the church councils, and was a deacon. Among his intimate friends were Jesse Mercer, Adiel Sherwood and Jesse H. Campbell. James C. Clark, of Atlanta., speaking of him to his grandson, the Rev. T. C. Boykin said, "A more devoted, useful, and spiritually minded man than Mr. Cooper I never knew."
    Person ID I20180  McKenzie Genealogy
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2012 

    Father Thomas Cooper,   b. 1733, Frederick, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1796, Hancock, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Anthony,   b. 15 Aug 1742, Goochland, Albemarle, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN, Hancock, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 6 Feb 1762  Henry, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9] 
    Family ID F08858  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Judith Harvey,   b. 16 Jan 1786, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN 
    Marriage 1797  , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Patsy Cooper   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Obadiah Cooper   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Patterson Cooper   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Hariett Cooper,   b. Abt 1799   d. 3 Jan 1863 (Age ~ 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Mark Anthony Cooper,   b. 20 Apr 1800, Powellton, Hancock, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1885, Etowah, Bartow, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Clinton Cooper,   b. 1802   d. 1802 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Narcissa Cooper,   b. 28 Apr 1803, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1857, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Emily Cooper,   b. 1805, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1869, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F09373  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2012 

    Family 2 Margaret Baldwin Harris,   b. 14 Dec 1781, Greene, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1838, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 1807  Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Cooper,   b. Hancock, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN, Hancock, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F09374  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2012 

  • Sources 
    1. [S011782] The Virginia magazine of history and biography.

    2. [S010479] MelissaMeyerhofer, Robert I Sutton Family Tree, (Ancestry.com, Inc., Provo, Utah, 2007).

    3. [S005780] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Name: Name: Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000;;;).

    4. [S006870] Historical Southern Families, Volume III, (Ancestry.com, Inc., Provo, Utah).

    5. [S006057] FindAGrave.com.

    6. [S002130] 1820 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.).

    7. [S002195] 1830 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.).

    8. [S007846] Mark Cooper Pope, III with J. Donald McKee, Mark Anthony Cooper: The Iron Man of Georgia, A Biography, (Graphic Publishing Company, 655 Lambert Drive, Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia 30324, 2000).

    9. [S010946] Shedd* Family Tree, www.ancestry.com.
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