Display Patriot - P-138659 - William COOPER

William COOPER

SAR Patriot #: P-138659

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State of Service: SC      Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A025827

Birth: 24 Apr 1753 / Bucks / PA
Death: 18 Aug 1837 Somerville / Butler / OH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Private in South Carolina Militia
  2. HORSEMAN - CAPTs JOHN MAPP, VARDRY MCBEE, Colonel ROEBUCK

Additional References:
  1. SAR #83309; Book Q 1839 War Department SC. Claims against SC Revolution,1915, pg 277
  2. SC ARCH, ACCTS AUD #1468, ROLL #25

Spouse: Mary Hunter
Children: James; Jacob; Lydia;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1960-06-21 IA Unassigned Albert Willard Cooper (83309) Jacob   
1983-07-29 IL Unassigned Charles Albert Cooper (122499) Jacob   
1989-11-13 WI 219327 Keith Albert Cooper (133840) Jacob   
1993-03-10 IL 211061 Charles Albert Cooper (140419) Jacob   
1998-07-30 IL 1639 Harry Kenneth Windland (143190) Jonathan   
2013-03-15 NE 52329 James Edward Kaiser (186688) Jacob   
2013-03-15 NE 52330 William Edward Schmeits (186689) Jacob   
2014-05-02 NE 58651 Brian Joseph Kaiser (190977) Jacob   
2014-06-19 NE 59243 Timothy Patrick Schmeits (191390) Jacob   
2014-08-28 NE 60481 Steven James Kaiser (192149) Jacob   
2014-08-28 NE 60482 David James Kaiser (192150) Jacob   
Burial:
Somerville Cemetery (C-0078217)
Location:
Somerville / Butler / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2139036
Grave Plot #:
Orig. Cemetery Sec. 2 Row 10
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
111984370
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Monument - photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Harry Kenneth Windland

William Cooper, Jr. was born 24 April 1756 in bucks County, PA. In 1759 he moved with his family to South Carolina. He married Mary Hunter at Padgetts Creek in Union Co., SC on 7 April 1779 and later moved to Butler Co., OH where he died on 18 August 1837. He is buried in Sommerville Cemetery, Butler Co.

He served 4 days as a Private (Horseman) in Captain Mapps’, Company and 10 days in Captain McBeis Company, Roebucks Regiment in 1781 and 1782. He was also paid for providing beef and sheep for the State Commissary. Like his father, he was granted 200 acres of land in appreciation for his participation in the War from SC, on the dividing ridge between Enoree River and Duncans Creek in Laurens Co.

About 1807 William was among the many Quakers with anti-slavery leanings who removed from the Bush River Monthly Meeting to Western Ohio. They traveled through the Cumberland Gap and arrived in Butler Co., OH on 13 May 1807, settling ½ mile south east of the present village of Sommerville on the north edge of Butler Co. He had numerous land holdings in Butler and Preble Counties and was described as a man of great energy, perseverance and integrity.


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