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Date Posted: 13:14:46 06/02/02 Sun
Author: Cathy
Author Host/IP: 66.90.218.252
Subject: John McCutchie COOPER in Georgia and Louisiana

I'm about to decide I'm the only person looking for John McCutchie Cooper! He was born about 1816 in GA, possibly Warren County. In 1838 Walton County, GA he married Permelia Ann DENSON, and they moved to Bienville Parish, LA in about 1849. Their children were:

Susan Catherine, born about 1838, married Jesse BAGLEY and moved to Texas;
Malinda Caroline, born about 1841, married Casamino TELLES and lived in Ouachita Parish, LA and perhaps Tennessee;
William Joseph, born 1842, married Louisa Elizabeth GODFREY in LA and moved to TX;
James Green, born 1846 in GA, married Sophire Alice HAMILTON in TX in 1877;
Thomas Gibson, died 1870 in LA
John Hilyar, born 1848, died 1866 in LA

According to his obituary, John McCutchie COOPER's mother died leaving several small children, of whom John M. was the oldest son. He and his siblings were apparently sent to live with different families and their father removed to another county. John M.'s older sister Martha Ann COOPER was born about 1814, and married Nathan MEREDITH in Newton County, GA in 1829. Nathan had died by 1850, leaving Martha Ann a widow with four children on the 1850 Murray County, GA census. By 1860 Martha Ann MEREDITH was living in McMinn County, Tennessee, where she lived the rest of her life and never remarried.

Family lore has it that John McCutchie COOPER didn't want his family to know where he was, so he never mentioned them, except his sister Martha Ann. Does anyone else have a similar story in their COOPER family? Children left motherless at a young age, siblings separated?

I have a theory that McCutchie may be a form of the name Micajah, as in John Micajah Cooper. If he was living with another family, his real niddle name may have evolved into McCutchie, through pronunciation, illiteracy, etc. But so far it's just a theory.

I know John M. and Martha Ann had parents, all I need is a clue! Any help, hints or suggestions will be appreciated!

Thanks for listening...
Cathy

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