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Note: 1850 United States Federal Census about Moses Cooper Name: Moses Cooper
Age: 44
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806
Birth Place: South Carolina
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Union, South Carolina
THE MOSES COOPER FAMILY 137 Moses Cooper, son of Stacy and Ellzabeth Towns
end Cooper, and grandson of William and Lydia Cooper, Ouakers, who settl
ed in present Union County, South Carolina, 1771 or before, was born in 18
06 in Union County. Brothers of Moses were Jesse, born 1800, Aaron, born a
bout 1802, Eli, born 1809, and John C The children attended school at Thom
as Davis' . Older half brothers and sisters were William, Hannah, Samue
l, and Margaret, the children of Stacy and Tabitha Pearson Cooper.
Moses married in 1838 to Jane Neighbors, who was born September 19. 180
7. Their children were James Neighbors Cooper, born January 31, 1839; Nath
an Cooper, born September 10,1840; John, born 1843: Mary Jane, born Novemb
er 7, 1846; Sarah. born February 3, 1848; and William, born about1850 Mos
es bought and sold land in Union County, some located on Hamsworth Bran
ch and Mitchell Creek waters of Fairforest, and Sugar Creek On March 9, 1
850, Moses applied for a Letter of Dismissal for himself and his wife Ja
ne to the Baptist Church, known as Putnam Baptist Church, Cane Creek and U
nity or Brown's Creek, and also Fairforest Baptist Church, which was grant
ed them.
By 1853, Moses and his family had moved and settled on Pumpkinvine Cre
ek in Paulding County, Georgia. Their youngest son, William,died during t
he journey to PauldingCounty. Moses' mother, Elizabeth, and Charlotte, t
he daughter of John who was deceased (Charlotte married William Henders
on in Paulding County) moved with Moses' family. Moses' brothers Jesse a
nd Eli and their families also settled in that county.
On May 31, 1861, Moses and his sons, James N and John enlisted in the Conf
ederate States Army in Atlanta, Georgia. Moses was in the First Batt
le of Manasses in Virginia where he died and was buried in the Confedera
te Cemetery in Warrington, Virginia, His wife, Jane, died December 7, 188
4, and her tombstone is in the New Georgia Baptist Cemetery,10 miles sou
th of Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia.
The children of Moses and Jane all married in Paulding County. Nathan, bo
rn September 10, 1840, died June 24, 1898, married September 7, 1858 to Ma
rtha Francis Coon. John, born 1843, married about 1866 to Mary "Sis" Whea
t. Mary Jane, born November 7,1846, and died July 1, 1922, married Decemb
er 27, 1865 to NT. Bullock. Sarah, born February 3, 1848, died 1907, marri
ed William Berry Cole My great-~randfather, James Neighbors Cooper was bo
rn January 31, 1839 and died March 12, 1901, married September 13,186
0, to Lucy Ann Hitchcock, daughter of John and Mary Roberts Hitchcock. J
im was a teacher, and ordained Minister of the Church of Christ, and a far
mer. He and his family moved to Indian Territory (now Bryan County, Oklaho
ma ) around 1890. Several members of his family are buried in the Pleasa
nt Hill cemetery near Caddo. Cornelius Cooper, born March 8, 1867, died No
vember 10, 1927, son of James and Lucy Ann Cooper, married Susan Ellen Tho
mpson in Bryant County, where their son, Oscar Levi Cooper, my father, w
as born January 26, 1895. Oscar married Bertie 0 Gilbert November 30, 191
3, in Blue, Oklahoma.- Mrs Ruenelle Cooper Moore Above taken From Union C
ounty Heritage Book.
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Moses Cooper - a Planter
Residence: Union county, Union, South Carolina
Age: 44 years
Calculated Birth Year: 1806
Birthplace: South Carolina
Gender: Male
Race (original):
Race (expanded):
Death Month:
Death Year:
Film Number: 444822
Digital GS Number: 4205412
Image Number: 00289
Line Number: 32
Dwelling House Number: 288
Family Number: 288
Marital Status:
Free or Slave:
Household Gender Age
Moses Cooper M 44y
Jane Cooper F 42y
James Cooper M 11y
Nathan Cooper M 9y
John Cooper M 7y
Mary Cooper F 3y
Sarah Cooper F 2y
William Cooper M 5m
Elizabeth Cooper F 71y
Charlotte Cooper F 10y
In 1853, Mose Cooper moved with mother and family to Paulding Co., G
A. On May 31, 1861, he enlisted in Confederate Army.
Per Civil War Database on Ancestry.com, Moses Cooper enlisted in the Confe
derate Army - C Company, 7th Infantry Regiment, Georgia, on May 31, 186
1, as a Private. He fought in the First Battle of Manassas in Virginia, a
nd then died of disease shortly thereafter, on August 11, 1861. No indica
tion of where he is buried.
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