[List] Cooleys - KY>MO>OR

Sandra Stanton sandystanton at prodigy.net
Mon Jan 1 22:31:18 PST 2007


You know that there are not any deeds of a Daniel
Cooley buying or selling in Stokes County, NC. Since
Stokes was formed in 1789 from Surry County, he would
have already gone to Kentucky by then. Guess I will
check Surry co. deeds.
Sandy
--- michael at newsummer.com wrote:

> Hi Shirley,
> 
> Thanks for the posts!
> 
> If Mildred Tallant was correct then James Alvin
> Cooley (father of Miller) and
>  James Cooley of Madison County, Kentucky were the
> same person. But there is a
> discrepency of 30 years in the birth dates. I think
> Mildred was correct about
> her great-father being named James but that he was
> the James of the Revolution
> was probably wishful thinking on her part. As you
> point out, there are a lot
> of errors in the Hamil book. 
> 
> Frankly, I don't know what the proof is that James
> Alvin Cooley was the son of
> Daniel (1765-1826). If someone has it I'd love to
> make note of it. Also, there
> is always the possibilty that Daniel has been
> misidentified with the John
> Cooley family. I do find it interesting that he left
> NC so much earlier than
> the others. But that's where the yDNA tests would
> really come in handy. I'd
> love to hear from a male descendant of his!
> 
> In regards to James of Madison county, I haven't
> seen any indication that he 
> had any children. Do you think that some of the
> evidence points to the fact
> that he did?
> 
> On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 19:16:51 -0500, Shirley Wilcox
> wrote
> > Another Oregon Cooley is Miller Wisdom Cooley. He
> was a son of James 
> > & Frances (Miller) Cooley and a grandson of a
> Daniel Cooley. He was 
> > in the Mexican War and received a pension (WC
> 13539). From the 
> > pension we learn that he was born 18 Dec 1822,
> Madison Co., KY & d 9 
> > Sept 1902, Chetco, Curry Co., OR. His widow
> Elizabeth (Hill) Cooley 
> > said they married 8 June 1843, Carroll Co., MO.
> She said he was 23 
> > when he enlisted at Carrollton, Carroll Co., MO
> and that they res. 3 
> > 1/2 years in Carroll Co., MO, 2 years in Fremont
> Co., IA, 4 years in 
> > Lake Co., OR, 2 years in Josephine Co., OR & 43
> years in Curry Co.,
> >  OR. An 1887 affidavit by Miller says they went to
> OR in 1853. There 
> > is a 1929 letter from Mildred Tallant of Santa
> Barbara. CA who says 
> > she is a granddaughter of Miller Wisdom Cooley.
> > 
> > In the Revolutionary War Pension file of James
> Cooley (SC 30961) 
> > there is a 1930 letter from Mildred Tallant of
> Santa Barbara and she 
> > says James Cooley was her paternal great
> grandfather. I think I sent 
> > data from this previously. This James said he was
> born 19 Oct 1762 
> > in VA but moved to NC when he was small. He was
> living in Madison 
> > Co., KY in 1832. I found a marriage record  for
> James Cooley & 
> > Frances Miller, 2 June 1814, Adair Co., KY.
> > 
> > According to other sources, at least two other
> siblings of Miller Cooley
> > went to Oregon, a sister Frances Ann and a brother
> Daniel B. 1887 deeds
> > show that Miller Cooley & wife Elizabeth and
> Frances A Cooley; heirs 
> > of D B Cooley dec'd, sold their portion to John D.
> Cooley. There is 
> > a biographical sketch on Miller Cooley in a
> Century of Coos & Curry 
> > Co., OR, p525.
> > 
> > The birth year and place for Daniel B. Cooley &
> Miller Cooley are in
> > Oregon Donation Land Claims, Vol. IV, p76.
> > *******
> > 
> > Joseph Cooley, b ca 1767, d 3 Apr 1836, Liberty,
> Clay Co., MO; m(2)
> > Keziah Casey, daughter of Christopher Casey, 15
> Feb 1807, Lincoln 
> > Co., KY and several of their children went to OR.
> *Eveline G b 7 Dec 
> > 1807, KY, m James Officer 19 Feb 1826, Clay Co.,
> MO & d 14 June 1878,
> >  Molalla, Clackamas Co., OR & bur Adams Cemetery
> [Her marriage date 
> > & place in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Vol. I,
> p19 under husband 
> > James Officer] *Christopher C, b 6 Aug 1809,
> Lincoln Co., KY, m 
> > Nancy Officer, 30 Sept 1834, Clay Co, MO & d 13
> Nov 1885, Woodburn,
> >  Marion Co, OR, bur. Hubbard Cemetery [His birth
> date & place & his 
> > marriage date & place in Oregon Donation Land
> Claims, Vol. I, p86] 
> > *Jackson, b 1816, Howard Co., MO, m Harriet L
> Dimmick, 13 Nov 1851,
> >  Marion Co., OR Territory, d 16 Aug 1883,
> Woodburn, Marion Co., OR & 
> > bur. Hubbard Cemetery [His birth date & place &
> his marriage date & 
> > place in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Vol. I, p85]
> *Eli Casey, b 
> > 1821, Howard Co, MO, m Lydia Bonney, 18 Oct 1849,
> Marion Co., OR 
> > Territory, d 26 Aug 1882 [His birth date & place &
> his marriage date 
> > & place in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Vol. I,
> p86]
> > 
> > Although the first names of wives and the marriage
> date and place are
> > given, the maiden names were not. I got those by
> going to the MO marriage
> > records.
> > 
> > The brother Harry Cooley  mentioned in Michael's
> post apparently was
> > Harrison Cooley who married Nancy Bean, 12 Jan
> 1839, Clay Co., MO.
> > Another correspondent, Betty Pederson, said he
> died 1850 in Clay Co.,
> >  MO. The brother Frank was Franklin who (1)
> Penelope E Chinn & (2) Mary
> > Wernway. He was born July 1818 and died 15 Feb
> 1911, Kansas City, MO
> > according to Betty. She said the other sibling was
> Cassandra who married
> > James Hanley. I found a marriage license for this
> couple 22 Jan 1835,
> > Cape Girardeau Co., MO.
> > 
> > *****
> > Other information can be found in Chapter 10 of a
> Story of 
> > Pioneering by Laura Cooley Hamil (1955). The
> author died in 1931 & 
> > it was published later. You have to sort through
> it carefully as it 
> > has nuggets of good information plus unproven
> speculation. It's hard 
> > to tell where some of the information came from,
> but some came from 
> > Mildred Tallant. It tries to connect to a Dutch
> family and spreads a 
> > lot of misinformation to my mind.
> > 
> > Shirley
> 
> 
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