William Cooper (abt. 1817)

Born about 1817 in Tennessee, USA

Husband of Mariah Ann (Garrett) Cooper — married 1839 in Pulaski County, Arkansas

Descendants

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Biography

Marriage:

State of Arkansas

County of Pulaski

Township of Big Rock

I, Jesse Brown a Justice of the peace within and for the Township, County and State aforesaid do hereby certify than [that] on the 25th day of December AD 1839 I united in marriage William Cooper of the age of twenty five years and Maria Garrett of the age of sixteen years being an orphan and having no legal guardian as she alledged, both residing in the City of Little Rock in the County and State aforesaid. Given under my hand at Office in said County, this 31st day of January A.D. 18[40?].

J. Brown, J. P.

Filed on the 3rd February 1840 and recorded on the 12th February 1840

Lemuel [?] Lincoln, Recorder

p. 13 and 14

Is the above the marriage of Mariah Garrett the sister of Spills Garrett and Mickie Garrett? Was she truly an orphan or had she eloped with William? Mariah's father may have been deceased, but was her mother alive and living in Arkansas, perhaps Hot Springs, Arkansas?

1840 Hot Springs County, Arkansas Census, p. 153

William Cooper and 1 female residing beside Nancy Garrett. Nancy was likely the mother of Mariah (Garrett) Cooper. Could Nancy be Nancy (Brown) Garrett?

1850 Saline County, Arkansas Census

22 23

Cooper,

William.....33 M W Farmer TN 1839

Mariah Ann..32 F W VA

Jacob Cooper...10 M AR^[1]

Nancy Ann....8 F W AR

Rachel E.....6 F W AR

Emeline......3 F W AR

James........1 M W AR

Notes

There was a 1908 land transaction for A William L. Cooper in Saline County, the Paron, Arkansas area, south of Paron and east of what is currently Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. Garretts and Smiths also lived in the Paron area.^[2]

Descendant of Jacob, son of William and Mariah Cooper

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #83785260
2. ↑ Bureau of Land Management

• "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMPV-44W : accessed 26 Jun 2013), William Cooper and Maria Garrett, 1839.
• "United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHBX-8KP : accessed 25 Jun 2013), William Cooper, 1840.
• "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M67W-C5Y : accessed 25 Jun 2013), William Cooper, 1850.
• "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M87T-J3P : accessed 25 Jun 2013), William Cooper, 1860.