Vernon
Lee
Cope
Born in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Walton Cope
and Amanda Catherine (Watson) Cope
Brother of
Grayson Carl Cope [half]
Husband of
Verna Lenora (Patterson) Cope
— married
19 Jul 1924 in Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina, United States
Died
at age 78
in Swain County, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Oct 2019
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Biography
Vernon Cope lived in Appalachia, in North Carolina.
Vernon was born in 1902 the son of James W and Amanda Cope. He passed away in 1980.
Research Notes
United States Census, 1920
- Name: Verlon L Cope
- Event Place: Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, United States
- Gender: Male
- Age: 17
- Marital Status: Single
- Race: White
- Relationship to Head of Household: Son
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1903
- Birthplace: North Carolina
- Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
- Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
- Sheet Letter: B; Sheet Number: 4
- Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
- James W Cope Head Male 50 North Carolina
- Amanda Cope Wife Female 48 North Carolina
- Vernan W Cope Son Male 19 North Carolina
- Verlon L Cope Son Male 17 North Carolina
- Homer Cope Son Male 15 North Carolina
- Carrie Cope Daughter Female 13 North Carolina
- Grayson Cope Son Male 10 North Carolina
- Rhoda Cope Daughter Female 7 North Carolina
- Martha Cope Daughter Female 5 North Carolina
- Robert L Watson Father-in-law Male 85 North Carolina
Sources
- "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH5Y-KY7 : 8 December 2014), Verlon Lee Cope, 19 Jul 1902; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 1, p. 344, Jackson, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML39-2S9 : accessed 9 October 2019), Verlan L Cope in household of James W Cope, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 93, sheet 8B, family 149, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1116; FHL microfilm 1,375,129.
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJS-3LS : accessed 9 October 2019), Verlon L Cope in household of James W Cope, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 115, sheet 4B, line 56, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1306; FHL microfilm 1,821,306.
- "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F843-GLX : 22 December 2016), Verlon Lee Cope and Nora Patterson, 19 Jul 1924; citing Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 833,091.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X33G-W39 : accessed 9 October 2019), Verlon L Cope, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 4B, line 81, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1701; FHL microfilm 2,341,435.
- "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGKY-KL3 : 10 February 2018), Verlon Lee Cope, 31 Jul 1980; citing Bryson City, Swain, North Carolina, cn 31798, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,984,630.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG6-TPF8 : 13 December 2015), Verlon Lee Cope, 1980; Burial, Bryson City, Swain, North Carolina, United States of America, Swain Memorial Park; citing record ID 117102299, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Vernon 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Vernon:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Vernon 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Vernon:
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