John Cooper1

Male, #45838, (say 1769 - )

Father*Captain Thomas Cooper1 (1733 - b 13 Feb 1796)
Mother*Sarah Anthony1 (15 Aug 1742 - 13 Feb 1796)
John Cooper|b. say 1769|p45838.htm|Captain Thomas Cooper|b. 1733\nd. before 13 Feb 1796|p10008.htm|Sarah Anthony|b. 15 Aug 1742\nd. 13 Feb 1796|p10009.htm|||||||Joseph Anthony Sr.|b. 2 May 1713\nd. 23 Nov 1785|p10012.htm|Elizabeth Clarke|b. 15 Feb 1720\nd. 1813|p10013.htm|

Birth*say 1769 He was born say 1769 at Henry Co., Virginia.1 
 He was the son of Captain Thomas Cooper and Sarah Anthony.1 
Marriage*say 1790 He married Sarah Weeks say 1790. 
Relocationsay 1805 Joseph Cooper and John Cooper was an accompanying familiy member in the relocation of Thomas Cooper Jr. say 1805 at Popcastle, Putnam Co., Georgia; Below Ashbank lies the Popcastle GMD #308. Here lies the mouth of Lick Creek and the boundary between Popcastle and Rockville District at Long Shoals farther south. Captain William Adams, whose property was at Long Shoals, served as the militia captain for Popcastle District. Many of the families of this district had previously been successful planters and leaders in Hancock County. They provided strong influence and leadership in this community, in Putnam County, and at one time, in Georgia.
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; Joseph, Thomas, and John Cooper; Rowan and Francis Ward; Thomas Lowe; and members of the Spivey and Rosser families.
By 1811 Joseph Cooper was operating a mill on the Oconee and, shortly after, a toll bridge crossing the river. Thomas Lowe also built a mill on the Oconee. Crooked Creek, as well as parts of Lick Creek, provided fine water resources to many of these planters. Crooked Creek Baptist Church, established even before Putnam County, is within the Popcastle District. Its early roll recalls other pioneer families.1
 
Land Lottery1805 Joseph Cooper participated in but did not win the land lottery for land in the new Georgia counties of Baldwin, Wayne and Wilkinson in 1805 at Hancock Co., Georgia.2 

Family

Sarah Weeks (say 1772 - )

Last Edited 25 Oct 2002

Citations

  1. Katherine Bowman Walters, Oconee River Tales to Tell, Eaton, Putnam Co., GA: Eaton, Putnam Co. (GA) Historical Society, 1995.
    Page 126.
  2. Virginia S. and Ralph V. Wood, 1805 Georgia Land Lottery Greenwood Press, Cambridge, 1964, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 975.8 R2WY 1805.