David D Cooper (1726 - 1792)

Born 1726 in Warwickshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Wilder) Cooper — married 1751 in Spartanburg, Pickens, South Carolina

Descendants

Died 7 May 1792 at about age 66 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States [uncertain]

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David Cooper was born in Warwickshire, England.

David Cooper was a South Carolinian.

Biography

Uncertain Origin

David Cooper may have been a son of Marcome Cooper (b 1699 Warwickshire, England), and his wife, Sarah (Unknown), but there is no evidence.^[1] (Alternate birth date is 1738.)

David may have been one of three brothers who immigrated from England to Virginia and settled initially on the James River.^[2] Again, this is family tradition; we have no evidence.

An alternate theory is that David Cooper was born in Virginia, a son of William Cooper and Elizabeth Lawrence and had siblings: George 1715, Ann 1717, John 1720, Marvin 1721, David 1725, Thomas, & James.^[3] Evidence is lacking.

David's birth date c. 1725 is an estimate, based on the estimated birth date of his eldest child.

Marriage

David married Elizabeth Wilder. Elizabeth's maiden name may be based on family tradition; evidence is sought.

Property

On 19 November 1751, David Cooper, Gentleman, for £7 purchased 100 acres on Peachtree Creek joining the North Fork in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. On 25 August 1755, David sold this same 100 acres for £30.

On 13 June 1760, a grant for 510 acres in Edgecombe County was issued to David D. Cooper, a resident of St. Mary's Parish, Edgecombe County, North Carolina.

Death and Legacy

David died May 7, 1792 at Thickety, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. David Cooper's will dated 17 March 1792 and found in Box 7, Packet 15, Spartanburg, South Carolina, names his wife Elizabeth and their ten children as his heirs. His son "Malleki" [sic] was named as his executor.^[4]

His will was written on March 17, 1792

Will of David Cooper dated 17 Mar 1792, copied from Box 7, package 15 Spartanburg, South Carolina. IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I David Cooper of the state of South Carolina and County of Spartanburg being old and well stricken in years and weak and sickly in body yet perfect and sound in mind and memory thanks be to God for His mercies. Calling to mind the mortality (?) of the body and that it is appointed for man once to die and after that to Judgement I do hereby make and ordain this to be my last will and testament and first I yield my soul unto God that gave it to me in hopes of a happy ( ? ) through the tender mercies of Jesus Christ and my body unto the dust from whence it came to be buried with a decent burial at the discretion of my executors in hopes of a happy resurrection from the dead and all my worldly goods and chattel that the lord has been pleased to bless me with I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Elisabeth Cooper one featherbed and furniture and lend unto her also one negro woman named Pol and one gray mare and colt and two cows and calves and household and kitchen furniture and if there is a (?)ight obtained for the land on which I now dwell to me or to my heirs that my wife shall have her dwelling on that all the days of her life and at her death all that remains of the lent property unto my wife shall be equally divided between my son Edward Cooper and my daughter Elizabeth Cooper and also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rehab Fowler one featherbed and furniture and one white horse and two cows and calves and one heffer and one iron pot which I intrusted her with at her marriage and which she ha already in her hands and also I also give and bequeath unto my son Marcome Cooper three head of sheep which he hath already in his hands and also I give and bequeath unto my son William Cooper one featherbed and furniture, one gray mare and two cows and two cows and calves which he hath already in his hands and I also give and bequeath unto my son John Cooper one featherbed and furnitrue two cows and calves and a heffer and one bay mare which he hath already in his hands and I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Charity Wilmuth one featherbed and furniture and one cow which she hath already in her hands and I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Orpah Amos one featherbed and furniture and two cows and one calf which she hath already in her hands and I also give and bequeath unto my son Sion Cooper one bay horse bridle and saddle which he hath already in his hands and two cows and calves which he hath lately received an two heffers which he is to receive and also I give and bequeath unto my son Malleki one bay horse bridle and saddle and a rifel gun which he hath already in his hands and I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Cooper one black mare and one featherbed and fruniture and two cows and calves and one flax wheel which is her present (?) portion and I also give and bequeath unto my son Edward Cooper one featherbed and furniture and three young horses, two sorrels and one black and two cows and calves and 1 13 ? 19 ( ? ) money which is in the hands of my son John Cooper and one rifle gun and I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Malleki Cooper as my executor of this my last will and testament and I so also dis(???) and make void all other former will ( ? ) and bequeaths by (?) whatsoever acknowledging this to be my last will and testament. ( ? ) pronounced ratified and confirmed signed sealed and acknowledged this seventeenth day of March in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and ninety two in the presents of
Fred Trimmor David x Cooper
Obadiah Watson
Daniel Ledbetter

Children

Children of David and Elizabeth:^[5]

1. Rehab Cooper, b c. 1748; m Godfrey Fowler (mentioned in his will as "my daughter Rehab Fouler"
2. Marcome Cooper, b 1750; mar 1) Sarah Juliette Jackson, 2) Sally Hall
3. William Cooper; m. Frances "Fannie",
4. John Cooper, b c. 1754, mentioned in his will as "my son John Cooper;" mar Josephine??
5. Charity Cooper, b 1756; mar John Wilmuth
6. Orpha Cooper, b 1758; mar Daniel Amos
7. Sion Cooper, b 1760; mar Mary Brantley
8. Malachi Cooper, b 4 Apr 1762 NC; mar Anna Wilkerson
9. Elizabeth Cooper, b c.? 1764; mar Joseph Byers
10. Edward (Ned) Cooper, b August 17, 1773; mar Susannah Cole

David Lee (Jackson) Cooper ⭐✅

Sources

1. ↑ Billups, Mildred and Cooper, James and Cooper, Dan Cooper Family Letters, (1902-2004) with Genealogy of Iris D. Agnes Frost and George Matthews Cooper. by Mildred Billups and James and Dan Cooper [Two Volumes] VanGelder, Margaret Carson Cooper; Compiler, S.P. 2004, in the possession of Cynthia Billups (She will be happy to photocopy pages).
2. ↑ Toland, Clyde, (1988) David Wilson and Charlotte Elizabeth (Cooper) 1830-1961. Iola, KS: Clyde W. Toland, FamilySearch.org, must download as a pdf (Pages 33-46).
3. ↑ Fenimore, Laura Cooper, (13 Dec 2002) "Ancestors of Lawrance Everett COOPER." Archive.org saved 31 Jan 2011
4. ↑ "Cooper Surname DNA".
5. ↑ Ancestry Message Boards Post "William Cooper m Frances "Fannie"" posted 4 Sep 2003 by BonnieCrutcher51, Web accessed May 24, 2014. Also, Fenimore, Laura C., "Ancestors of Lawrance Everett Cooper." 31 Archive.org saved on Jan 2011, Web accessed 18 Aug 2017.

• Turner, Joseph Kelly; Bridgers, John Luther, (1920) History of Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, Archive.org (Page 432).

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