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William Gill Cooper

Male 1777 - 1849  (71 years)


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  • Name William Gill Cooper  [1, 2
    Birth 25 Mar 1777  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Jan 1849  Rankin County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Cooper-Smith Cemetery, Florence, Rankin County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1843, Rankin County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1897, Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     2. Daniel Matthew Cooper, M. D.,   b. Abt 1827, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F12540  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2014 

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  • Sources 
    1. [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.).

    2. [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).