Genealogy Report: Descendants of Chief Moytoy I (Amadohiyi) of Chota
Descendants of Chief Moytoy I (Amadohiyi) of Chota
60.ISAAC7 COOPER (DAUGHTER BLACK6FOX, BLACK5, DAUGHTER4ATTAKULLAKULLA, ATTAKULLAKULLA3, NANCY2MOYTOY, CHIEF MOYTOY I (AMADOHIYI) OF1CHOTA) was born Abt. 1804 in Wayne Co., Ky. (?), and died December 23, 1847 in Vera Cruz, Mexico.He married MAHALA JANE (JENNY) BLEVINS January 21, 1823 in Marion Co., Tenn. (?)11, daughter of JONATHAN BLEVINS and CHARLOTTE MUSE.She was born Abt. 1801 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1870 in Dekalb Co., Ala. or Marion Co., Tenn..
Notes for ISAAC COOPER:
Isaac Cooper was a mixed blood Cherokee railroader from Kentucky/Tennessee who died in Vera Cruz, Mexico. He married Jenny Blevins of the Long Hunter Blevins family. Burke family tradition in Texas says that two of Nancy Cooper Burke's brothers went away to the Mexican War, and one never returned to Tennessee but stayed in Texas and raised a large family there. Peter Cooper in his ECA says Isaac was related to Chief Fox (=Black Fox, Inoli) of the Cherokees. Black Fox (abt 1746-1810) was the son of Chief Attakullakulla and Ollie, a daughter of Chief Oconostota. Burke family traditions corroborate the connection to Chief Fox. (Black Fox may have been the nephew of Attakullakulla.)
The Cooper-Blevins connection goes back at least to 1777 in Henry Co., Va., when William Blevins deeded 120 acres on Beaver Creek to John Cooper (Deed Book 1, page 79, October 20, 1777). Coopers and Blevinses were commissioned as lieutenants in the militia in the same county at the outbreak of the Revolution.
A James Cooper was living in Jackson Co. on Oct. 8, 1821, when an Isaac Cooper gave a deposition at his home for the law case of Conn v. Francis in Wayne Co., Kentucky. The suit was Stephen T. Conn v. John Francis (1818-1830s), originating with the discovery of saltwater along the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River near the mouth of Beer Creek by John Francis, who received large grants of land for salt production during the War of 1812. Isaac worked in Conn's Big South Fork Salt Works, and his son Harmon later married a Francis girl. This is the earliest documention of these Coopers in what was then the border to Cherokee lands along the Tennessee River. A James Cooper entered land bought from DeKalb Co., June 2, 1842:S 13 T10 R6 (probably a cousin).
An Isaac Cooper bought land in Marion Co., Tennessee, in the 1830s. He had moved there about 1825. He is counted in the 1830 census on page 58. There were seven in his household: 3 males under 5, 1 male 5-10 years old (Jackson Cooper?), 1 female under 5 and his wife 20-30 years old (Jenny Blevins?). He is mentioned as a landholder on Sequatchie Creek, Marion Co. Deed Book, p. 319. About 1838, he settled in Deerhead Cove, Dade County, Ga., on the Alabama line (DeKalb Co.)
Isaac Cooper also evidently served in the "Cherokee Wars" during the latter part of the 1830s. There is a private by that name in Dossett's Company of 3rd Battalion of the Tennessee Infantry, also in Powell's Co. of Lindsay's Regiment of 1st Tennessee Mounted Volunteers. Many "friendly" Indians and halfbreeds joined the army and helped remove the Cherokees, often as scouts; see Index to Volunteer Soldiers in Indian Wars and Disturbances 1815-1858, by Virgil D. White (1994), based on NARA Microfilm M629 ("Cherokee War 1836-1839").
In 1840, Isaac Cooper appears to have been in Muscogee Co., Ga., perhaps in Columbus, a railroad hub. The household consisted of 1 male 10-15 years old, and 4 females ranging from under 5 to 15-10 years old, together with a female 30-40 years old (=Jenny Blevins). He appears as part of a whole page of men engaged in manufactures and trades; three of his household apparently worked for the railroad, which must have included his wife, Jenny.
Isaac Cooper bought land on cash sales from the Lebanon land office in Dekalb Co., Ala., Sec. 27, Tsp. 3S, Range 10E (next to James Blevins, apparently right across the state line from Deerhead Cove, Dade Co., Ga.) on two occasions:June 1, 1845 and April 10, 1847. In August of 1847, he enlisted in the army.
Isaac Cooper fought in the Mexican War at age 43 and died in Mexico. According to Billie Groening, Isaac Cooper joined the army August 5, 1847, in Dade Co., and was a private in Calhoun's Battalion (D Company, Calhoun's Mounted Battalion, Georgia Infantry. He may also have served in Company J 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry, enlisting in Alexandria and being discharged in New Orleans in 1847. Evidently, he was part of the gunnery, because of his metal-working and mechanical skills. He entered the hospital in Vera Cruz November 7, 1847 and died December 23, 1847.
An Isaac Cooper s/o Frederick Cooper and Hannah Richards was born 26 March 1799 in Cedar Creek in Frederick Co., Virginia -- an unrelated family.
An Isaac Cooper was counted in the 1820 Sumner Co., Tenn. census, age 26-45, with wife, 2 daus., p. 148 -- not the same as our Isaac, nor is this his father, Isaac.
More About ISAAC COOPER:
Ethnicity/Relig.: Halfblood Cherokee
Fact 1: 1830, Age 30-40, Marion Co., Tenn., p. 58
Fact 2: 1820, Wayne Co., Kentucky census, p. 92
Fact 3: 1840, Age 30-40, Muscogee Co., Ga., with family
Fact 4: 1843, Bought land S27 T3 R10E DeKalb Co. AL
Fact 5: 1845, Age 43, bought land S27 T3 R10E, also 1847, same
Notes for MAHALA JANE (JENNY) BLEVINS:
"Jane's Pension application for her husband's military service was witnessed
by her brothers William Blevins and Henry Blevins, all children of Jonathan
Blevins (twin 1763) and Charlotte Muse.Jane's application was approved for
$3.50 per month.Application is in possession of Bill Emmett, Ider,
Alabama." This is what I recorded on Jennie's record after Bill got the
application for the Natl Archives.--Charles Austin
More About MAHALA JANE (JENNY) BLEVINS:
Ethnicity/Relig.: Part Cherokee, per grandson Peter Cooper
Fact 1: 1860, Dade Co., Ga., as Jinny Cooper (wrongly indexed as Linny Cooper)
Fact 2: Probable dau. of Jonathan Blevins and Charlotte Muse
Residence: 1861, Moved to Shellmound, Marion Co., Tenn.
Children of ISAAC COOPER and MAHALA BLEVINS are:
79. | i. | WILLIAM8 COOPER, b. Abt. 1820, Kentucky; d. 1847, Ga. (?). | |
ii. | SALLIE COOPER, b. Abt. 1820. |
Notes for SALLIE COOPER: 148. MARTIN6 WARD (SAMUEL5, CATHERINE KATIE4 MCDANIEL, GRANNY3 HOPPER, OLD2 HOP, AMATOYA1 MOYTOY) (Source: Emmet Starr, Ward 1-3-3.) was born 1816. He married SALLIE COOPER (Source: Emmet Starr, E Starr, 383.). She was born 1818. More About MARTIN WARD: 1851 Old Settler roll: Flint, Group 12 1894-96 O.S. payroll: Evansville, Page 12 More About SALLIE COOPER: 1851 Old Settler roll: Flint, Group 12 1894-96 O.S. payroll: Evansville, Page 12 Children of MARTIN WARD and SALLIE COOPER are: i. SALLIE ANN7 WARD (Source: Emmet Starr, Ward 1-3-3-1.), b. c 1838; m. GEORGE WASHINGTON MCCLURE (Source: Emmet Starr, E Starr, 387.); b. c 1830. More About SALLIE ANN WARD: 1851 Old Settler roll: Flint, Group 12 415. ii. SAMUEL BENJAMIN WARD, b. c 1840; d. Aft. 1896. |
80. | iii. | JAMES COOPER, b. 1822, Alabama. | |
81. | iv. | JACKSON (JACK) COOPER, b. Abt. 1825, Kentucky. | |
82. | v. | SUSAN E. COOPER, b. Abt. 1826; d. April 17, 1901. | |
83. | vi. | JOHN COOPER, b. Abt. 1828, Tennessee; d. Bef. 1870. | |
84. | vii. | HARMON COOPER, b. January 08, 1830, Tennessee; d. August 21, 1879, South Pittsburg, Marion Co., Tenn.. | |
viii. | MARY (POLLY) ANN COOPER, b. 1831. | ||
85. | ix. | GAINES COOPER, b. 1833, Tennessee. | |
86. | x. | JEMIMA (MIMA) H. COOPER, b. 1839; d. Abt. 1875, Shellmound, Marion Co., Tenn.. | |
xi. | NANCY FRANCES COOPER, b. Abt. 1842. |
61.WILLIAM7 COOPER (DAUGHTER BLACK6FOX, BLACK5, DAUGHTER4ATTAKULLAKULLA, ATTAKULLAKULLA3, NANCY2MOYTOY, CHIEF MOYTOY I (AMADOHIYI) OF1CHOTA) was born 1807 in Wayne Co., Ky., and died October 1859 in DeKalb Co., Ala..He married SUSANNAH (SUSAN) -------.She was born Abt. 1807 in Kentucky.
Notes for WILLIAM COOPER:
Burke family tradition has it that two of Nancy Cooper Burke's brothers were involved in the Mexican War. William could be one, and Isaac was certainly the other. William Cooper returned from the war as 2nd Lieutenant, Captain Fulton's Company D, and attested to his brother Isaac's death for Jane Cooper's pension in DeKalb Co., Ala., April 10, 1850.
More About WILLIAM COOPER:
Fact 1: 1850, Dekalb Co., Ala., age 43, born Kentucky
Fact 2: 1840, W. Cooper, DeKalb Co., Ala.
Fact 3: 1830, White Co., Tenn. (?)
Occupation: 1850, Acting justice of the peace, DeKalb Co., Ala.
Children of WILLIAM COOPER and SUSANNAH ------- are:
87. | i. | JAMES8 COOPER, b. October 22, 1824, Kentucky; d. June 15, 1888, Alabama. | |
ii. | JOHN C. COOPER, b. Abt. 1827. | ||
88. | iii. | NANCY COOPER, b. June 28, 1832, Wayne Co., Ky.. | |
iv. | MARY (POLLY) ANN COOPER, b. Abt. 1837. | ||
v. | ELVIRA COOPER, b. Abt. 1838. | ||
vi. | THOMAS B. COOPER, b. Abt. 1840. | ||
vii. | MALINDA COOPER, b. Abt. 1842. | ||
viii. | MANORAH COOPER, b. Abt. 1845. | ||
ix. | CAROLINE COOPER, b. Abt. 1847. | ||
x. | ADALINE COOPER, b. Abt. 1850. |
62.HARMON7 COOPER, JR. (DAUGHTER BLACK6FOX, BLACK5, DAUGHTER4ATTAKULLAKULLA, ATTAKULLAKULLA3, NANCY2MOYTOY, CHIEF MOYTOY I (AMADOHIYI) OF1CHOTA) was born August 24, 1811 in Kentucky, and died July 07, 1886 in Tennessee.He married (1) MARY ANN (POLLY) ADKINS May 27, 1830 in Wayne Co., Ky., daughter of BENJAMIN ADKINS and CATHERINE STIGALL.She was born Abt. 1814 in Wayne Co., Ky., and died August 17, 1868 in Ky..He married (2) MAHALA JACKSON 1849 in Tennessee.He married (3) MARTHA PILE Abt. 1860, daughter of WILLIAM PILE and NARCISSA SIBINS.She was born September 10, 1841 in Tennessee, and died September 20, 1920.
Notes for HARMON COOPER, JR.:
Harmon Cooper lived next door to his sister Nancy and brother-in-law Jonathan Burke on the Little South Fork of the Cumberland River, near Nobusiness Creek. Later, this area was cut out of Kentucky and made part of Tennessee. Thus, in later years, he was counted in Fentriss Co., Tenn. Without moving, Harmon Cooper lived in four different counties and two states. There is a book called Harmons Cooper & Moses Slagle of Wayne County, Kentucky & Iowa & Their Descendants. By Rosalie L Cooper Leavelle. (Privately printed, 1983
Pp. 292 full - name index photos. Cloth, $25.00 from the author. 555 Thornhill Rd., Palm Springs, Ca 02262. Harmon is buried in the Cooper Adkins Cemetery in the Mt Pisgah area. It is a small cemetery in a pine woods. A sign says that it is maintained by descendants of Benjamin Adkins and Harmons Cooper.
More About HARMON COOPER, JR.:
Burial: 1886, Mt. Pisgah (Cooper Adkins) Cemetery, Wayne Co., Ky.
Comment 1: Buried Cooper Adkins Cemetery near Mt. Pisgah
Fact 1: 1850, Wayne Co., Ky., p. 317
More About MARY ANN (POLLY) ADKINS:
Comment 1: 1868, Buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
Children of HARMON COOPER and MARY ADKINS are:
i. | MEECIE8 COOPER. | ||
89. | ii. | TELITHA LEANNE COOPER, b. April 21, 1831; d. May 18, 1902, Norman, I.T.. | |
iii. | LUIDA (LUCINDA) COOPER, b. 1833. | ||
iv. | CATHERINE COOPER, b. Abt. 1834. | ||
v. | ISAAC COOPER, b. Abt. 1835. | ||
vi. | SON COOPER, b. 1836. | ||
90. | vii. | LUCINDA JANE COOPER, b. April 28, 1838, Wayne Co., Ky.; d. September 15, 1911, Sumner Co., Ks.. | |
91. | viii. | JOHN GRANVILLE COOPER, b. Abt. 1841. | |
92. | ix. | BENJAMIN TURNER COOPER, b. December 05, 1843, Kentucky; d. April 20, 1930, Topeka, Kansas. | |
93. | x. | NANCY ELLEN COOPER, b. April 03, 1845, Wayne Co., Ky.; d. February 15, 1915. | |
xi. | WILLIAM H. COOPER, b. Abt. 1848. | ||
94. | xii. | GEORGE WASHINGTON COOPER, b. May 27, 1848; d. 1941, Grinnell, Poweshiek Co., Iowa. | |
xiii. | ARTEMELLIA (ARTIE) COOPER, b. Abt. 1850; m. WILLIAM SLOANE. | ||
xiv. | MILLEY COOPER, b. October 30, 1852; m. MERRITT GILBREATH. | ||
xv. | JAMES COOPER, b. November 30, 1854; d. March 17, 1932; m. (1) ESTER BERTRAM; m. (2) ANNA ROSE SLAGLE, July 27, 1876. | ||
xvi. | CANSADA COOPER, b. February 03, 1859; d. February 26, 1946; m. MORRIS CULWELL (CULLOM?) ADKINS; b. August 29, 1854. |
Children of HARMON COOPER and MARTHA PILE are:
xvii. | ALVIN8 COOPER, b. January 31, 1872; m. (1) WILLIE WHITE; m. (2) MARTHA SLAGLE, January 16, 1892, Wayne Co., Ky.. | ||
xviii. | ALFRED COOPER, b. October 21, 1873; d. October 14, 1944; m. MARTHA HURT, March 17, 1903, Wayne Co., Ky.. | ||
xix. | VICTORIA COOPER, b. June 21, 1876; d. July 26, 1923; m. LEROY HOUSTON SMITH, October 01, 1893, Wayne Co., Ky.. | ||
xx. | SILAS COOPER, b. August 18, 1879; d. February 14, 1965; m. (1) FLORENCE GREGORY; m. (2) MARY ELLEN WILLIAMS, 1902. | ||
xxi. | ROSA COOPER, b. Abt. 1884. | ||
xxii. | JOSEPH COOPER, b. Abt. 1885; d. February 05, 1964; m. MARY (POLLY) BURNETT. |