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Jesse Copher (1756 - 1822)

Capt. Jesse Copher aka Cofer
Born in Culpepper County, Virginiamap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at age 66 in Harrisburg, Boone, Missouri, United Statesmap
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Biography

Jesse was born in 1756. His name was also spelled Coffer and Cofer.

He married Elizabeth "Betsy" Boone, niece of the famed frontiersman, Daniel Boone - their children included Sarah, Hettie and Ellender Copher.

He served in the Revolutionary War

He passed away in 1822 and is buried at Copher Homestead Cemetery, Harrisburg, Boone, Missouri, USA (his name is spelled Copher on his headstone)

The petition of Ruthy Schrugham states to your honorable court, in adition to ___ agreement of her answer filed in the case of Wm Schrugham gst Coffers heirs & others, that the title to said land is as follows -

Squire Boone first owned the whole survey & gave it to his son in law Jesse Coffer She cannot say, but will ascertain & file a copy of the grant -

Jesse Coffer first sold 101 1/2 acres to Stephen Kain (Ham?) & he to James Wheatly, who got Coffers bond for a title - Wheatly then sold to John Heath & gove him his bond for a title - said Heath then sold to your petitioner husband & gave his own bond - & rec'd payment in full - Your oratrix then feared some future trouble & so told her husband who was a drinking man, but he did not trouble himself about it - Heath packed up bag & baggage & has never since been heard of, but in his route sold Wheatlys bond for the land to Jesse Coffer - & he thereby was enabled to take up his original bond to Kain (Ham?) which had bee assigned to Wheatly & thus cut off the title from your petitioners husband - This is the boundary of the said land thus sold; Begining at a hickory on the margin of the river at the mouth of a spring branch, running thence up & across the hill to a double lyn in Coffers original patent line then a straight line to the briers near the mouth of the Coffer branch at the middle shoal callings for a hackberry, sugar tree & elm, which are now missing - containing said 101 1/2 acres -

Your petitioners husband settle on the land about 36 or 37 years ago soon after he bought & paid for it as above stated -

After Heath went off with the horses your petitioners husband had given him for the land, Jesse Coffer called & told him his title was worth nothing They must either move, rent or buy from him, as he had taken in his original bond & the land again belonged to him -

After some hesitation, it was agreed on between your petitioners husband & said Coffer that he (Schrugham) should have the said 101 1/2 acres of land for one hundred pounds payable in horses, to be valued & delivered as said Scrugham could raise them the colts from a fine younge mare he then owned - In this way in the course of some years, your petitioners husband paid Coffer ninety pounds - The case rested thus till 1810 when your petitioners husband paid for the land in full in cotton raised in the river bottom & coopers stuff & sent to him in Clarke county, on Stoner ck where Coffer then lived & sometime afterwards Coffer came down & gave a rcpt in full for the purchase money of said land -

Your petitioner prays you honor to directed James Darnaby the County Surveyor to ascertain & lay off the land above described, in as much as there is some dispute about one of the lines & one John Prather claims about 20 to 30 acres of said land as she thinks very unjustly as she herself worked hard with her own hands to help pay for it - Out of the whole 101 1/2 acres she then desires her dower to be assigned her according to law by some good honest men -

The rest may then be divided according to law, & as your honor may decree -

She says that she believes one Samuel Taul has possession of the bond given by Heath to your petitioners husband, which was copied from Coffers original bond to Kain (Ham?) & will show the boundary to be as she has tried to describe it - She prays he may, by the ___ of the court, be compelled to produce said bond - or account for it - and as in duty bound she will ever pray &c -

Fayette Circuit Court March 19th 1833 Sworn in open Court by Ruth Scrugham in due form att Thos bodley CFCt


Fayette Co., KY Circuit Ct. Suits R. Scrugham vs. Wm. Scrugham &c September 1838

To the Honble Judge of the Fayette Circuit Court in chancery sitting humbly complaining Hereth unto your honor, Your oratrix Rutha Scrugham, that she is the widow of Daniel Scrugham dec'd -

That in 1799 the said Daniel bought from Jesse Coffer & afterwards paid him for a tract of land whereon he then lived & afterwards died; having previously bought & paid for it to one John Heath - that she is advised the length of uninterrupted possession of more than 30 years makes the title to said land perfect whether any deed was ever made therefor or not.

That said Daniel left the following children - being Claiborne, Daniel, Rutha intermarried with William Griffeth, who pray to be made & considered complainants herein - Also William, John, Rebecca intermarried with Reuben Stivers & then died, leaving four children named Dicey, Polly, Phoebe, & Rebecca Stivers; & Rachel also since the death of her sister, intermarried with the said Stivers; all of the latter being made Defts hereunto - That William now lives in the State of Indiana & so did John, the last these complts heard of him which was some years ago & he was then an unmarried man; that Stivers & wife & children live in Fayette county Ky - Against the latter they pray process & an order of publication agst William & John -

Your orators & Oratrix say that the tract of land aforesaid is bounded as follows - by John Spears' line, by Jesse Coffers original patent line & by the Kentucky river is 101 1/2 acres

They say, that John Prather & Robert Stivers claim to own a portion of said land & have it now in possession when in truth they only have a just right to up to Coffers old patent line & not over it, as the now are - These persons are also made Defts & when the true old line is rum may they be compelled to surrender possession & pay rents for all they have thus illegally & unjustly held in possession & also pay for the houses they caused to be taken down or occupied on said contested part -

Your oratrix prays for her dower to be surveyed & laid off to her by the county surveyor & some honest men -

They state that William has _____ in property & cash that his full share of the said estate & your orators pray he my be included & the land afsd divided into lots among the other heirs or the whole sold & the proceeds divided, as may seem most just & advantageous - And will your honor grant such other relief as to equity _______ & this case require - her Rutha X Schrugham mark Combs L. witness C.H. Jones


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Copher-64 and Cofer-303 appear to represent the same person because: These two are an obvious duplication, however, the surnames are spelled differently. Please make a correction so that a merge can be made.

Evelyn McKelvey (Murray-2307)

posted on Cofer-303 (merged) by Evelyn Jean (Murray) McKelvey (1934-2021)
edited by Evelyn Jean (Murray) McKelvey (1934-2021)
This seems to be Jesse Cofer/Copher who married Elizabeth Boone. He is one of the settlers of Boonesborough KY.
posted on Cofer-303 (merged) by Debra Cofer
I have info on Jesse. [email address removed]
posted by Debra Cofer

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