William Gill Cooper

1777 - 1849  (71 years)

• Name	William Gill Cooper  [1, 2]
  Birth	25 Mar 1777	South Carolina   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Jan 1849	Rankin County, Mississippi   [2]
  Burial	Cooper-Smith Cemetery, Florence, Rankin County, Mississippi   [2]
  Notes	From FindAGrave: Shown as a son of Capt. Robert Cooper and Jane Hamilton. His place of birth is also listed as Rankin County, Mississippi versus South Carolina. WAR RECORD: WAR OF 1812 - PRIVATE IN CAPT. WM. SPENCER'S CO., NIXON'S REGIMENT, MISS. MILTIA, MAY 16 - OCT. 7, 1814 AND IN CAPT HARMON M. RUNNEL'S CO., NIXON'S 13TH REGIMENT, JAN. 8 - FEB. 7, 1815. About 1843 he moved to the Spring Ridge Community southeast of Raymond in Hinds County. He bought a tract of some 240 acres and lived there until he died. His wife died shortly after he had bought the plantation; but he lived for another six years, dying the latter part of January of 1849. He and his wife are buried together in the garden near their home. Today their graves are unmarked for later owners felt the little family plot was morbid. They tore down the iron fence; plowed over the graves and took the headstone into a field and threw it in a gully. Earl B. Cooper found the stone and removed it to his lot in the Smith-Cooper cemetery in the Monterey Community of Rankin County, Miss. Now in graves unmarked and unknown, with their son, John Oliver Cooper, they rest in everlasting peace in the soil they loved and had chosen for a home. A copy of his estate papers were said to have been filed in Hinds County, Mississippi on 10 Sept 1859.
  Person ID	I41790	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2014

  
  

  Family	Dempsey Donaho,   b. 5 Aug 1788, South Carolina d. 1 Oct 1843, Rankin County, Mississippi (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1808  [1, 2]
  	Source Citation: Source number: 1232.162; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; . Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie. FindAGrave shows them as the parents of 15 children in total. Only the two sons that migrated to Sabine County, Texas are included in this database. 1. LEWIS A. COOPER b: 29 MAR 1809 in NATCHEZ, ADAMS CO, MS 2. JOHN OLIVER COOPER b: 11 DEC 1810 in NATCHEZ, ADAMS CO, MS d: 28 JUN 1850 in RANKIN CO, MS 3. GEORGE WASHINGTON COOPER b: 30 JUN 1812 in NATCHEZ, ADAMS CO, MS 4. POLLY ANN COOPER b: 6 JAN 1814 in HINDS CO, MS 5. Judge HAMILTON COOPER b: 15 FEB 1815 in HINDS CO, MS d: 1 JUL 1894 in NEWTON CO, MS 6. JANE MELVILLE COOPER b: 1 JAN 1817 in HINDS CO, MS 7. JONATHAN HENRY COOPER b: 22 AUG 1818 in HINDS CO, MS 8. SARAH COOPER b: 19 JAN 1820 in HINDS CO, MS 9. ROBERT ANSEL COOPER b: 15 AUG 1821 in HINDS CO, MS 10. LUCINDA COOPER b: 1 AUG 1824 in HINDS CO, MS 11. ELIZABETH "ELIZA" COOPER b: 10 OCT 1825 in HINDS CO, MS 12. WILLIAM GILL COOPER, JR. b: 14 SEP 1827 in HINDS CO, MS d: 29 FEB, 1912 in TEXAS, buried COTTONWOOD CEMETERY, DALLAS, DALLAS CO, TX. His tombstone is inscribed: "A Soldier of the Mexican War 1846 A Hero of Buena Vista under Colonel Jefferson Davis In Co. G, First Miss. Volunteers" "A Soldier of the Confederate States of America 1861 in Co., G, Thirty- nineth Miss. Volunteers Take thy sleep, thy warfare's o'er!" 13. NANCY COOPER b: 30 APR 1829 in HINDS CO, MS 14. DANIEL MATTHEW COOPER b: 30 OCT 1830 in HINDS CO, MS 15. JAMES SIMPSON COOPER b: 26 NOV 1832 in HINDS CO, MS
  Children	1. Jonathan Henry "J. H." Cooper,   b. 22 Aug 1818, Mississippi d. 17 Feb 1897, Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas (Age 78 years)   2. Daniel Matthew Cooper, M. D.,   b. Abt 1827, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2014

  
  

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• Sources

  [S1283] Ancestry.com - U. S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 28556003 (Reliability: 3).