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Note: Notes from WFT Vol 4, Tree 769: "Jacob's grandfather - Jacob Coope
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me with William Penn in 1682, and settled in Bucks County, PA. There see
ms to be some confusion with this person. There exists a will dated 21 Ju
ne 1775 of William Cooper of 96th district, SC, a wheelwright. He named w
ife Lidy, son Stacy, and friend John O'Dell as executors. He listed child
ren as are noted here for Jacob. Did Jacob change his name to William? D
id he live longer than 1760, or is there another generation that is missi
ng from this tree, William being the son of the Jacob that died in 17
60 in Bucks Co. A William Cooper, Sr. and Jr. both served in the Americ
an Revolution, each were paid for 439 days of militia duty Aug 1784, so Ja
cob/William Sr. must have died after 1784. Note also a land grant of 2
00 acres located on a branch of the Tyger River called Padgett's Creek, 96
th District, dated May 18, 1771." also noted: William/Jacob was Qua
ker
Per DAR File #47108, a Jacob Cooper - born 1727 in Lancaster Co., PA is hu
sband of Lydia Clark (1726-1810), and he served in Revolutionary W
ar as a private in Capt. George Neeley's company, under Major Adair of Sum
ter's Brigade. He died in Union District, S.C. in 1781.
Must go to DAr and check sources for above info.
There is a William Cooper listed as a member of the Bush River Meeti
ng in Newberry Co., SC (year unknown)
From "The Twentieth Century biographical Dictionary of Notable American
s: Vol II" - pg 373 [bio of this Cooper's great-grandson]:
"COOPER, Jacob, education, was born in Butler county, Ohio, Dec. 7, 183
0; son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Walls) Cooper; grandson of William and Ma
ry (Hunter) Cooper, and Drury and Mary (Edwards) Walls; great-grands
on of Jacob Cooper; great-great grandson of Jonathan Cooper and great-grea
t-great grandson of Judge William Cooper, who emigrated from near Londo
n, England, with William Penn and settled at Pine Point, between Cooper
's Creek and the Delaware River, where Camden, NJ now stands.
Per a posting by Mrs. jeweline Jennings on Rootsweb, she found materi
al on William and Lydia in a Heritage Book for Union County, SC. Also fou
nd Wills for William, Lydia, Stacy, Jeremiah, and jacob. "william was b
orn in Buck Co., PA. he married Lydia Clark. They moved to South Caroli
na probably about 1770 to Union Co. william was born about march 1, 1729-
1730. His parents were Jonathan and Sarah Hibbs. he died June 23, 1775."
Per Rootsweb file of S Motley: Birth record in the Quaker records of B
ucks County
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"The Twentieth Century Biographical dictionary of Notable Americans: Vol I
I" gives ancestry of Jacob Cooper, educator (born 1830) and lists his grea
t-grandfather as being "Jacob" Cooper (rather than William Jacob).
Per a posting by Mrs. jeweline Jennings on Rootsweb, she found materi
al on William and Lydia in a Heritage Book for Union County, SC. Also fou
nd Wills for William, Lydia, Stacy, Jeremiah, and jacob. "william was b
orn in Buck Co., PA. he married Lydia Clark. They moved to South Caroli
na probably about 1770 to Union Co. william was born about march 1, 1729-
1730. His parents were Jonathan and Sarah Hibbs. he died June 23, 1775."
There is a William Cooper listed as a member of the Bush River Meeti
ng in Newberry Co., SC (year unknown)
Per Rootsweb file of Suzi Motley: Birth record in the Quaker records of B
ucks County
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William Jacob Cooper was the sixth child of Jonathan and Sara. He was bo
rn March 1, 1729/30 in Bucks County Pennsylvania. He married Lydia ``Lidy
´´ Clark. She was born in Bucks County in 1732. They had three children J
acob b. 1753, William Jr. b. Apr. 14, 1756, Stacy b. 1757, before movi
ng to Union County, South Carolina around 1758. After moving to Union Coun
ty, South Carolina they had eight children Nathan b. 1759, Samuel b.176
1, Jeremiah b.1763, Jonathan b. 1765, Sara b. 1767, David b. 1769, Jose
ph b. 1771, Hanna b. 1775.
King Charles II had given Carolina to eight English noblemen, the Lords Pr
oprietors. The Proprietors´ first settlers included many Barbadians, a
nd South Carolina came to resemble more closely the plantation econo
my of the West Indies than did the other mainland colonies. The governme
nt encouragement of white protestant settlement in townships in the interi
or and migration from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina were to g
ive the upcountry a different character. During this time the white popula
tion was the majority, but the spread of cotton plantations soon again ma
de African American slaves the majority.
Records show that William Cooper Sr. and Lydia lived in Union County Sou
th Carolina. Union County land Grant maps Shows that William had acquir
ed a land Grant in 1771.
The area in ``Yellow´´ was granted to William Cooper. This is in the Bla
ck Rock area of Union County. The Black Rock School is seen in the cent
er of the map in ``Blue´´. Williams´s sons William Jr., Jeremiah, Samue
l, Nathan and Stacy also got Land Grants. They are in ``Blue´´. This ar
ea is north of Whitmire. The town of Whitmire is located in the bottom le
ft corner of the map on the right.
The Revolutionary War
The people of America were angry. The colonists did not like to pay high t
axes to the King of England. They did not pay the taxes. The King of Engla
nd sent an army to America. The army tried to make the colonists pay the t
axes. The colonists wanted to be free from England. They started to fig
ht the soldiers of the English army in 1775. The Americans started a w
ar with England. We call it the Revolutionary War. George Washington was t
he leader of the American army. France helped the Americans during the Wa
r. The Americans won the war in 1783. They were free from England.
The book of Union County Heritage 1981 has Article 139, William Cooper S
r. acting in the capacity of a soldier in the Militia of the 96th Distri
ct of South Carolina. Stub Entries to indents Issued in Payment of Clai
ms against SC Growing Out of the Revolutionary War by A.S. Salley Bo
ok 1, Page 19 shows that William Cooper Sr. served 439 days. It also h
as his descendents listed and they agree pretty much with my records, ``Bu
t´´ I have William Cooper dying at the age of 45/46 years - June 23, 17
75 in Union County, this is shortly after the war started. Reco
rd of Revolutionary war Bounty Land Grants shows William Coope
r, of S. C. receiving 200 acres on December 4, 1786 also William Jr. recei
ving 200 acres on the same date.
William Sr. and Lydia Clark Cooper had two sons that fought in Revolutiona
ry War that are noted in the Union County Heritage Book. William Cooper J
r. was a horseman in Captain Mapp´s Company, Captain McBee´s Company Roebu
ck´s Regiment, in 1782.
Stacy Cooper served as a private in the General Pickens´ Brigade. I wi
ll have more about Stacy later.
William Jacob Cooper Sr. died at Padgett´s Creek June 23, 1775 in Union Co
unty. Williams´s wife Lydia Clark Cooper died 1810 in Union County. I thi
nk they are buried in the Cooper-Phillips Cemetery that´s noted in Union C
ounty Heritage Book. The Cooper-Phillips cemetery is located on the la
nd grant that was granted to William Jacob Cooper Sr... The GPS locati
on of the cemetery is N34.55391 W81.61996. The grave stone that I am kne
eling by is that of Nathan Cooper b1759, d1844 the son of William and Lydi
a. It has the initials NC 1844 carved on it. The cemetery has many unmark
ed graves. William and family were Quakers and they did not believe in mar
king graves with names.
Taken form the book of The Cooper Family by Bruce H Cooper (on Ancestry.c
om)
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