Hi Bonnie,
Interesting. I was asking about the daughter of Joseph Cooley, whose name
is Tempy. I'm wondering whether both women married men named William
Cunningham.
I do have a copy of James's letter of admin. A portion is in his notes at
http://ancestraldata.com/Notes/index.cgi?1167835945+/ahnentafel/256/lineages/johncooley-desc.html
I didn't have Docia's children. Thanks! I'll update the page with the
entries.
Thanks,
Michael
On Thu, May 7, 2015 10:43, Bonnie & Craig Lillywhite wrote:
> I have information on "Tempey" Cooley who md William Cunningham 4 Feb
> 1819
> in Howard County, Mo. I had received letters from a Sarah Ann Roberts
> which were written in 1937 that explained who Tempey is. She is actually
> Theodocia Cooley, aka Docia, Dosh, etc. I have NO idea why she is listed
> as Tempey on her marriage to William Cunningham. He died before 1829 and
> they had one dau, Mary Ann, b abt 1821 in Howard County, MO. Dosh, etc then
> md John Roberts on 4 Oct 1829 in Howard County, MO. They had the following
> children:
> Mary Ann Roberts b 11 Aug 1830 in MO and died 17 Oct 1899, Yolo County,
> CA.
> She md John Maxwell on 11 Sep 1846 in Platte County, MO
>
>
> Rebecca Roberts b 10 Dec 1832 MO, d 21 Jan 1908 in Garfield Co, Colorado.
> She md Joel J Crook 28 Aug 1851 in Platte County, MO
>
>
> Jemima Roberts b 20 Dec 1833 in Howard County, MO and died 27 Dec 1874 in
> Leavenworth County, KS, md John Sparks on16 Sep 1852 in Mercer County,
> MO.
> (she was named for my 3rd great grandmother, Jemima Cooley, who was a
> sister to Theodocia, etc. (Their father was James Cooley, 1772-1821).
>
> Ralph Roberts b 1 Feb 1837, MO, d 6 Mar 1899 in Woodland, Yolo, CA and md
> Mary E Finch on 6 May 1855 in Buchanan County, MO
>
>
> James T Roberts b 30 Aug 1839 MO, d 26 Feb 1885 in Sherman County, NE, md
> Susanna Bales/Bayles on 1 Mar 1859 in Ray County, MO
>
>
> Matilda Roberts b 16 May 1842 in Buchanan County, MO and d 1 May 1908 in
> Buchanan County, MO. She md Thomas Jefferson Meers on 21 Apr 1858 in
> Buchanan County, MO.
>
>
> Tempey, Theodocia, Docia, etc is buried in Bethel Cemetery, Buchanan, MO.
> Her gravestone lists her as Dosh A Roberts.
>
>
> I have James Cooley (1772 - 1821) as the father of my Jemima and
> Theodbcia
> and 9 or 10 other children.
>
> I don't know if you have the following regarding the administration of
> James Cooley but here it is:
> Estate of James Cooley
> Feb 1824 , Search under "Cunningham"
>
>
> To the Honorable David Todd Judge of the Circuit Court for the first
> Judicial Circuit in the State of Missouri setting as a court of chancery
> at the town of Fayette in the County of Howard and circuit aforesaid.
>
> Your orator Pleasant Wilson of the County of Howard and State of
> Missouri administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels rights
> and credits of James Cooley deceased Humbly complaining sheweth unto your
> Honor that sometime on or about the first day of October in the year
> Eighteen hundred and twenty one in the County of Howard aforesaid, the
> aforesaid James Cooley died intestate leaving a widow by the name of
> Elizabeth Cooley and the following heirs and legal representatives
> (towit?)
> Thomas White and his wife Jemima which said Jemima is daughter and heir of
> said Deceased; William Cunningham and his wife Docia which said Docia is
> the daughter and heir of said Deceased and the following sons and heirs
> all minors (towit?) Demarquis D Cooley, Isaac N Cooley, James M Cooley,
> Timothy
> G Cooley, John H Cooley, Cornelius Cooley, Benjamin R Cooley, Matthias M
> Cooley, and William Cooley who are all prayed to be made parties to this
> Bill of Complaint. Your petition further represents unto your Honor that
> one the ninth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty two
> he obtained letters of administration on the Estate of said deceased from
> the clerk of the County Court for the County of Howard aforesaid which
> are in full force and virtue in law, not set aside or revoked and which to
> the Court are here shewn and made a part of this Bill the date whereof is
> the same day and year aforesaid. Your orator further represents that the
> personal estate of said deceased was appraised to the sum of $625.43 3/4
> cents out of which said personal property the widow of said deceased
> received its appraised value the sum of $150 which left a balance of said
> personal property at its appraised value of the sum of $475.43 3/4
> cents. Your petitioner further represents that the above personal property
> at its appraised value was sold at public sale to the highest bidder as
> will appear said sale bill for the sum of $30.30.00 cent. Your orator
> further shews unto your Honor that the following demands in amount have
> been allowed by the County Court for the County of Howard in favour of
> creditors against your orator as administrator of the Estate of said
> deceased.
>
> List of creditors follows, including William Cunningham the sum of
> $13.50;
> Total sum of $1047.41 owed to creditors. There follows several pages of
> "complaint" as to a Robert Brown who "went bail" for James Cooley over a
> quarter section of land a few miles southwest of Fayette. The
> possibility appears to be that the settlement of the estate went on for
> some time. The affidavit of Brown may be found in these papers and states
> that James Cooley intended to go to North Carolina shortly before his
> death. Information was produced for RRH by Lois Stanley, genalogist in St.
> Louis
> in 1982.
>
> crthunt added this on 19 Apr 2011
>
> Source: Joint Collection, University of Missouri, Western Historical
> Manuscript, Columbia State Historical Society of Missouri Manuscripts;
> From
> the Abiel Leonard Collection (one of earliest lawyers in area) Transcribed
> from copy of original manuscript.
>
> You will note that Thomas K White, husband of Jemima Cooley (my 4th GG
> parents) is often mentioned on Cooley legal documents and seemed to be a
> "go to guy" for many legal matters.
>
>
> Bonnie Lillywhite
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>> This is much better than what I have. Thanks, Mary!
>>
>>
>> BTW, everyone, the Big Y donor has thrown in another $100 for a total
>> of $250! I'll send another email later trying to explain what the Big Y
>> can help.
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>> On Fri, April 24, 2015 14:15, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have been helping someone on her Beaird line for several months so
>>> haven't done much on the Cooley lines. I do have info on Tempey
>>> Cooley.
>>>
>>>
>>> Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
>>> Name: Tempey Cooley
>>> Marriage Date: 4 Feb 1819
>>> Marriage County: Howard
>>> Spouse Name: William Cuningham
>>> Married by Tyre Harris, J.P.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I haven't found any other information on Tempey.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mary C.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Michael Cooley
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 4:53 PM
>>> To: John Cooley Mailing List
>>> Subject: Closer to Big Y
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Some of you may remember that Don and I have been salivating over the
>>> Big
>>> Y, the testing of about 10 million locations on the Y chromosome, for
>>> some time. The current price is $575. We've had a donation $150 to the
>>> cause and we expect there may be another $100-off sale from FTDNA
>>> this summer, which would provide a savings of another $100. Don would
>>> test and has offered to pick up the difference which, if everything
>>> comes
>> together,
>>> would be $325--a good chunk of money. Any additional donation, even
>>> in the amount of $15 or $20, will help to further offset the cost. If
>>> anyone wishes to donate, go to
>>>
>> https://www.familytreedna.com/group-general-fund-contribution.aspx?g=Co
>> ol
>>> ey
>>>
>>> Be sure to specify what it's for, for example "Big Y for Don Cooley."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We know that Phil Hackett is a close match to us. He has Big-Y
>>> tested. Since he's not a descendant of John Cooley's, our common
>>> ancestor goes back before 300 years ago. Phil belongs to subclade
>>> YP609. Considering
>>>
>> that
>>> our Y-STRs are so similar, we are probably also YP609. But the real
>>> potential here is that Phil as 18 "personal SNPs." These are SNPs
>>> that belong, up to this date, only to Phil. Don will certainly match
>>> some of them, one of which will be designated as a new SNP downstream
>>> of YP609. The fewer the SNPS in common, the older the common ancestor.
>>> The more the
>>> SNPs in common, the younger the common ancestor. In other words, we
>>> should get a fairly good idea as to how long ago the Cooley / Hackett
>>> split occurred.
>>>
>>> Clear as mud?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We've been very quiet for a long time. Getting a fix on John Cooley's
>>> origins isn't the only mystery. We still have to figure out the PA
>>> Cooley
>>> connection, find the descendants of John's daughters, figure out if
>>> the John Cooley / Sarah Ann Treadwell line belongs to us. There's
>>> still the problem of finding out what happened to James's son, James M
>>> Cooley, and
>>> just how Perrin C Cooley fits in--and we know that he does. We still
>>> need to settle the controversy of James Cooley m Jane White. (I
>>> maintain that he belongs to Joseph rather than being the son of
>>> James.)* We also need
>>> to find out what happened to Perrin's son William. I think he might
>>> have been the William of Yreka, California. But what happened to his
>>> family?
>>>
>>> Of course, we accomplished a great deal: the family of William
>>> Matthews
>>> Cooley, sorting out the family of Perrin, finding that Edmund was
>>>
>> probably
>>> their brother, learning that Abraham was not ours--and a lot more I'm
>>> not now thinking of. We've done a great job--but our job will never
>>> be done. :)
>>>
>>>
>>> * We know from her bio that Elizabeth Cooley White had five
>>> siblings--all from her father first marriage. The six of them appear
>>> to have been:
>>>
>>> Mary Cooley (1791-) m Jesse Mitchell
>>> John Cooley (1793-1844) m Elizabeth White
>>> Elizabeth Cooley (c1794-1882) m William C White
>>> James Cooley (1796-c1829) m Jane White
>>> Hannah Cooley (1798-1834) m William Wilson
>>> Tempy Cooley (1800-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Do we have any indication whether Tempy married?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>>
>
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