Jessie was born about 1848. Jessie Cooper ... He passed away about 1930.
Jessie served in the Confederate forces in the Civil War. He was in the Eighteenth Calvary. After the war he married Mary Thetford in Copiah County, Mississippi.
After Mary's death he married Nancy Shaw in Claiborne County, Mississippi.
Fact: Residence (1900) Beat 4 (part of) Hermanville town, Claiborne, Mississippi, United States
Research Notes
His gravestone has the name "James" M. Cooper rather than Jessie.[1]
Sources
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 January 2019), memorial page for James Maborne Cooper (18 Feb 1848–1 Mar 1930), Find A Grave Memorial no. 26176024, citing Smyrna Cemetery, Smyrna, Copiah County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Martha (contributor 46981928) .
'"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LH-91H : 12 April 2016), Jessie Cooper in household of James Cooper, Claiborne county, part of, Claiborne, Mississippi, United States; citing family 511, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Mississippi, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF22-B4F : 4 December 2014), Jessie M Cooper, 1864; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Eighteenth Cavalry, A-G, NARA microfilm publication M269 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 49.
"Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZL-CNY : 10 February 2018), J. M. Cooper and M. A. Thetford, 21 Feb 1867; citing Copiah,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 876,490.
Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2Z4-YZY : 10 February 2018), Jesse M. Cooper and Nancy Shaw, 16 Mar 1886; citing , Claiborne, Mississippi; FHL microfilm 875,445.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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Hi! I found a Maborne Cooper in an 1822 Census for Claiborne County. It's not indexed, so you have to scroll down. But you can easily see "Cooper, Maborn" with 1 birth and 1 death reported for their household that year. He is probably the father or grandfather of the person in this profile. "Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PWR-JXF?cc=1919687&wc=9B4C-RMZ%3A211902401%2C212154201 : 3 October 2019), Claiborne > State census returns 1822 > image 4 of 8; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.