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Mark Anthony Cooper

Male 1800 - 1885  (84 years)


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  • Name Mark Anthony Cooper  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Birth 20 Apr 1800  Powellton, Hancock, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    College 5 Nov 1817  Columbia, Richland, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 11] 
    Residence 1821  Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 1822  Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Religion 1822  Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Politics 1828  Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Residence 1830  Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Politics 1833  Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1835  Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Military 1836 
    Residence 18 Sep 1850  Cass, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Value of Personal Estate 15 Jun 1860  Stamp Creek, Cass, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Value of Real Estate 15 Jun 1860  Stamp Creek, Cass, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 15 Jun 1860  Stamp Creek, Cass, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Value of Personal Estate 9 Jul 1870  Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 9 Jul 1870  Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 15 Jun 1880  Stamp Creek, Bartow, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Burial Mar 1885  Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 17 Mar 1885  Etowah, Bartow, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 10] 
    Notes 
    • Mark first enrolled at Franklin College (University of Georgia), was only there a few months when the president of the school died. He left and went to South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia and graduated in 1819 with a law degree.
      occupation: lawyer.
      Joined Eatonton Baptist Church.
      Won election as solicitor general of the Ocmulgee Circuit in 1828.
      In 1833, he became a Georgia State legislator from Putnam County. During that time in office, he sponsored the first railroads built in Georgia. Following that term, he was elected to the 26th Congress (1839-1841).

      Cooper briefly served as a uGeorgia State senator from Bartow County/u in 1876.
      First Georgia Battalion of Volunteers in theSeminole Indian Wars in 1836.
      occupation: iron maker.
      occupation: lawyer.
      $1200.
      $12,000.
      occupation: president of Van Wert Railroad.
      $1100.
      occupation: mining.
      Birth: Apr. 20, 1800
      Hancock CountyDeath: Mar. 17, 1885
      Bartow County
      Lawyer/Politician/Soldier/Businessman/Town Founder. Born in Hancock County, Georgia in 1800, Mark Anthony Cooper's first success was as a lawyer, which he became at the age of 21. In 1833, he became a Georgia State legislator from Putnam County. During that time in office, he sponsored the first railroads built in Georgia. Following that term, he was elected to the 26th Congress (1839-1841). After losing reelection, he was asked to fill the unexpired term of another congressman. He was elected to the 28th Congress, but resigned in 1843 to run for governor of Georgia, a race he lost. In between his political endeavors, Mark Anthony Cooper was a Major commanding five companies of the First Georgia Battalion of Volunteers in the uSeminole Indian Wars in 1836/u. He received honors and recognition for actions during that time. Following his exit from politics, Cooper moved to Bartow County, Georgia. It was after this move that he gained his reputation as "The Iron Man of Georgia." He established the uEtowah Iron Works/u (aka Etowah Iron and Manufacturing Company). He was uone of the founding fathers of the town of Etowah/u that sprang up around the iron works company. It gave jobs to many of the pioneers moving to the newly released Cherokee Indian land. At one time, this bustling industrial center held almost 4000 citizens. During the Civil War, the Etowah Iron Works was a major supplier of munitions to the Confederate troops. The CSA bought the iron works company from Cooper. During General Sherman's "March to The Sea," he burned the town of Etowah, completely destroying it. Today, the only evidence that the town ever existed is the large iron furnace that still sits on the banks of the Etowah River, yards away from the Allatoona Dam. Cooper briefly served as a uGeorgia State senator from Bartow County/u in 1876. He died at his home of Glen Holly in 1885, where he was buried in a family cemetery on the estate. As the plans for a new dam and man-made lake began to take shape decades later, the members of the Cooper family buried at Glen Holly were removed and placed at the historic Oak Hill Cemetery in Cartersville, Georgia. (The Army Corp of Engineers placed a monument at the new gravesite). uThe land that was once the city of Etowah, and the site of the Glen Holly estate, now lie under Lake Allatoona/u. Mark Anthony Cooper's memory still lives on today. Two states have named state parks in his honor. Florida established Fort Cooper State Park in Inverness, Florida. In Georgia, the area around the huge original cold blast iron furnace has been made into a state park known as Cooper's Furnace. A monument Cooper created in 1860 to honor the people who helped support him during a bad financial period, The Friendship Monument, now stands in Friendship Plaza in downtown Cartersville. This tribute created by Cooper to commend the people in 1860 is now used as a tribute to many of the notable citizens of Bartow County. In 2000, 200 years after his birth, a biography "Mark Anthony Cooper: The Iron Man of Georgia" was published.
    Person ID I20182  McKenzie Genealogy
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2012 

    Father Thomas Cooper,   b. 1767, Henry, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1843, Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Judith Harvey,   b. 16 Jan 1786, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1797  , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Family ID F09373  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Evelina Flournoy,   b. 3 Apr 1804, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1821, Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years) 
    Marriage 3 Aug 1821  Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11] 
    Family ID F09376  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2012 

    Family 2 Sophronia Ann Roseanna Randle,   b. 28 Jun 1801, Hancock, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1881, Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 12 Jan 1826  Putnam, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 11] 
    Children 
     1. Susannah Cooper   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Volumnia Cooper,   b. 1827, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Camilla E. Cooper,   b. 1830, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1847, Etowah, Cass, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Thomas Lackington Cooper,   b. 8 Oct 1831, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1861, Manassas, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. John Frederic Cooper,   b. 27 Jul 1834, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1861, Manassas, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Mark Anthony Cooper,   b. 1836, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1837, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Susannah Sophronia Cooper,   b. 12 Jan 1838, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1915, Etowah, Bartow, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Antonia Cooper,   b. 1839, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1854, Etowah, Cass, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 15 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Adelia Cooper,   b. 1842, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1842, Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Mark Eugene Cooper,   b. Nov 1842, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1907, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     11. Rosannah Cooper,   b. 1844, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1912, , , Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F09377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Apr 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. [S002394] 1850 United States Federal Census.

    4. [S002417] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004;;;).

    5. [S006425] Georgia Marriages to 1850.

    6. [S002566] 1870 United States Federal Census.

    7. [S002625] 1880 United States Federal Census.

    8. [S004035] Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005, (Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 2005).

    9. [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.).

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

    11. [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).

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


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