Re: Thomas Jefferson Cooley 1860, Broad River District, Rutherford

From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 22:37:33 -0800

You can send it to the list, too. No problem. Either way I'll get it.

Enjoy your trip!

On Sun, December 21, 2014 21:11, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
> Michael,
>
>
> I am still researching for birth & death dates and spouses. Do you want
> something to send out to the list? - or ? I am leaving in the morning for
> a little over a week. I can put something together after the 1st, if that
> is okay.
>
> Mary C.
>
>
>
> From: Michael Cooley
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 4:10 PM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Thomas Jefferson Cooley 1860, Broad River District,
> Rutherford
>
>
> Mary,
>
>
> The family as I have it for Thomas Jefferson Cooley is sorely in need of
> revision:
>
>
> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineages/edmond-desc.html
>
>
> Can you provide an abbreviated update?
>
>
> Thanks!
> Michael
>
>
> On Sun, December 21, 2014 14:57, Michael Cooley wrote:
>
>> I see that Rutherford County NC is just across the state line from
>> Spartanburg, so this looks right to me.
>>
>>
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, December 21, 2014 14:34, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
>>
>>
>>> It looks like a "C" to me, but I think there is only one "o" in
>>> Cooley
>>> because there is a loop on the end of the "C" - the problem is the ink
>>> was not coming out of the pen evenly. This is the 1870 census for
>>> widow, Elizabeth:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1870 United States Federal Census
>>> Name: Elizabeth Cooley
>>> Age in 1870: 60
>>> Birth Year: 1810
>>> Birthplace: South Carolina
>>> Home in 1870: Hickory Grub, Rutherford, North Carolina
>>> Race: White
>>> Gender: Female
>>> Post Office: Mooresboro
>>> Value of real estate:
>>> Household Members: Name Age
>>> Elizabeth Cooley 60
>>> Peggy Cooley 36
>>> Adaline Cooley 27
>>> Edward Cooley 25
>>> Jubilee Cooley 23
>>> Robert Cooley 21
>>> Tressa Cooley 17
>>> Joseph H Cooley 15
>>> ~~~~~
>>> then in 1880 in Texas:
>>>
>>> 1880 United States Federal Census
>>> Name: Elisabeth Cooley
>>> Age: 70
>>> Birth Year: abt 1810
>>> Birthplace: South Carolina
>>> Home in 1880: Precinct 2, Lamar, Texas
>>> Race: White
>>> Gender: Female
>>> Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
>>> Marital Status: Widowed
>>> Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
>>> Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
>>> Occupation: Keeping House
>>> Cannot read/write:
>>> Blind:
>>> Deaf and Dumb:
>>> Otherwise disabled:
>>> Idiotic or insane:
>>> Household Members: Name Age
>>> Elisabeth Cooley 70
>>> Jubiles Cooley 33
>>> Peggy Cooley 45
>>> Addy Cooley 38
>>> Tennissa Cooley 29
>>> Joel H. Cooley 27
>>> Doctor T. Cooley 40
>>> ~~~
>>> I have attached the 1870 & 1880 census - note that Robert is on the
>>> same page.
>>>
>>> Mary C.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Michael Cooley
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 12:13 PM
>>> To: Mary Lou Cooley
>>> Subject: Re: Thomas Jefferson Cooley 1860, Broad River District,
>>> Rutherford
>>> Co., S.C.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It certainly doesn't look like Cooley. I'm not even confident that
>>> that's a C at the beginning.
>>>
>>> So, the family went back to NC? Are we sure we're not looking at two
>>> different families?
>>>
>>> -Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, December 20, 2014 21:40, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Michael,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don’t know if you have this –
>>>> but perhaps you can decipher it better than I have.
>>>>
>>>> Mary C.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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