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Ira Cooley

Male 1873 - Aft 1880  (8 years)


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  1. 1.  Ira Cooley was born in 1873 in Wayne Co, Mississippi (son of Elias Cooley and Mrs. Nancy (..) Cooley); died after 1880 in of, Wayne Co, Mississippi.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Elias Cooley was born in 1834 in Wayne Co, Mississippi (son of William C. Cooley, Jr. and Mary "Polly" Davis); died in 1864 in Jasper Co, Mississippi .

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 11 Sep 1860, Davisville P.O., Jasper Co, Mississippi

    Notes:

    Census:
    1860 Jasper Co, Mississippi 11 Sep Davisville P.O.

    residence 749
    -- William Merrill 38 1828 farmer $-- $4,488 Mississippi
    K.G. Merrill 32 1828 wife MS
    S. (Sabra) 12 1848 MS female
    Mary 10 1850 MS
    W.W. (William Wallace) 8 1852 MS
    E.S. (Enoch G or S) 6 1854 male
    I.P. (Isaiah Pickney) 4 1856 male
    W.A. 6/12 1859 male

    residence 750
    -- Merrill, Abel 67 1793 SC farmer $4,090 $26,330
    Eliza (Mary Elizabeth Cooley) 1804 SC
    G.B. (Green Berry) 24 1836 male SC day laborer $200, $70
    N.C. (Nelson Cooley) 13 1847 MS male
    Rynach, Gandliss 21 1839 pedler $1,000 Germany

    residence 751
    -Cooly W.C. (William C. Jr) 48 1812 farmer $5040 $6,470 SC
    Mary (Davis) 45 wife 1815 Sc
    Nancy 14 1846 MS
    Mary Jr. 13 1847 MS
    John 10 1850 MS
    Berry 6 1854 MS (idiot)

    residence 752
    -Lius (Elias) Cooly 25 1835 MS $1 $1,000
    Nancy Cooly 21 1839 MS
    Nelson Cooly 2 1858 MS
    W.C. Cooley (William C III) 22 1838 day laborer $- $60 MS

    residence 753
    - Cooley Midd 34 1826 male MS (s/o Wm/Nancy)
    farmer $1,920 $30,975
    Ellen (Arrington) 30 1830 female
    M.J. (Mary Jane) 9 1851 female
    S.C. (Saphronia Catherine) 7 1853 female
    B.B. 3 (Berry B.) 1857 male
    N.A. Arrington 12 female
    Francis Travis 28 male farm laborer MS $- $200


    residence 755
    - Cooley L.B. 38 1822 MS farmer $2,280 $7,599
    (Little Berry to LA; Wm/Nancy)
    L. (Lavina) 25 1835 female MS
    N.A. 1851 female MS
    W.J. 6 1854 male MS
    I.M. 4 1856 male MS
    S.C. (Sterling) 1 1859 male (to Louisiana)


    residence 756
    - Ellis, J.S. (James S.) 36 1824 head MS $565 $871
    N.P. (Nancy Penelope Cooley) 27 1833 wife MS
    E.R. 8 1852 MS male (maybe female: Elizabeth listed in 1870 married to Mr. Wade?)
    W.P. (William Perry) 6 1854 MS
    M.E. 4 1856 MS female
    L.W. 2 1858 MS male

    residence 757
    - Lang Susan 59 1801 farmer $- $2,000 SC
    Lang W.S. 26 1834 male day laborer MS $- $175


    residence 758
    -Bounds, N.A. (Nancy Ann Freeman) 41 1818 Tennessee
    farming $3,136 $2,334 TN
    (widow of Wm Crocker Bounds -John/Mary)
    Bounds, J.O. 8 1852


    residence 761
    - Cooley, J.E.(John) 32 1828
    Mary 24 (Mary Ann Travis) 1826 MS
    Nancy 7 1853 MS
    C.J. 3 1857 MS female

    residence 762
    - Bounds J.C. Sr (John Chapman) 32 1828 male
    farmer $2,100 $7,565
    (s/o Wm Crocker Bounds - Bounds/McBride/Parker)
    M.A. (Mary Ann Donald w2) 33 1827 female S.C.
    J.C. Jr (Joseph Christian) 3 1857 male MS
    John (FJohn Chapman) 2 1858 male
    P.E. (Penelope Eugenia) 1 1859 female
    Nancy 1/12 1860 MS
    W.F. 10 1850 male (William Theodore - fr 1st mar)
    Mary 85 1775 Virginia domestic
    (grandmother Mary Ann Crocker)
    N.C. 13 1847 female $- $2,200 MS
    (Nancy C., sister)

    Elias married Mrs. Nancy (..) Cooley about 1860 in Jasper Co, Mississippi . Nancy was born in 1839 in Mississippi; died after 1880 in of, Wayne Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mrs. Nancy (..) Cooley was born in 1839 in Mississippi; died after 1880 in of, Wayne Co, Mississippi.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 11 Sep 1860, Jasper Co, Mississippi
    • Census: 1880, Wayne Co, Mississippi

    Notes:

    Census:
    residence 752
    Lius (Elias) Cooly 25 1835 MS $1 $1,000
    Nancy Cooly 21 1839 MS
    Nelson Cooly 2 1858 MS
    W.C. Cooley (William C III) 22 1838 day laborer $- $60 MS

    Census:
    1880 Wayne Co, Beat 4, MS
    Nancy Cooly 40 1840 MS wid
    Nelson Cooly 21 1859 MS MS MS
    Julie Coolly 19 1861
    M. A. Cooly 17 1863 female
    Isa Cooly 12 1868
    Janes (James) Cooly 10 1870 male
    Ira Cooly 7 1873

    Children:
    1. Nelson C. Cooley was born in 1859 in Mississippi; died after 1920 in of, Wayne Co, Mississippi.
    2. Julie Cooley was born in 1861 in Mississippi; died after 1880 in of, Wayne Co, Mississippi.
    3. M.A. Cooley was born in 1863 in Mississippi; died after 1880 in of, Wayne Co, Mississippi.
    4. Isa Cooley was born in 1868 in Mississippi; died after 1880 in of, Wayne Co, Mississippi.
    5. James M. (or W.) Cooley was born in 1870 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died after 1930 in of, Wayne Co, Mississippi.
    6. 1. Ira Cooley was born in 1873 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died after 1880 in of, Wayne Co, Mississippi.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William C. Cooley, Jr. was born in 1812 in Cottontown, Sumner, Tennessee (son of William C. Cooley, Sr. and Nancy Bounds); died in 1875 in Jasper Co, Mississippi ; was buried in Shady Grove First Baptist Church Cem, Heidelberg, Jasper Co, Mississippi.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 14 Sep 1850, Jasper Co, Mississippi
    • Census: 11 Sep 1860, Davisville P.O., Jasper Co, Mississippi

    Notes:

    Census:
    1850 Jasper Co MS 14 Sep
    Residence 120
    -Parker, Rhoda Ann (Strickland) 45 1805 Georgia
    (wid of John Parker)
    Parker, Candice T. 18 1832 Mississippi (m Dawson Stanton
    Parker, John H. (Hudson) 12 1834 Mississippi
    Parker, Elizabeth Allen 10 1840 Mississippi
    -Stanton, Dawson 25 1825 Alabama (m Candice Parker)

    Residence 121
    -Rogers, Redick (Reddick) 62 1787 SC
    Elizabeth (Cooley) 45 1805 SC
    Mary Anne 15 1835 MS
    Elizabeth B 11 1839 MS

    Residence 125
    -Ellis, Lenon B. 46 1804 Georgia
    Tresa 49 1801 Georgia
    Ira B. 21 1829 MS
    S.W. 18 1832 MS
    Nancy 14 1836 MS
    Tresa 12 1838 MS
    Mary 10 184 MS
    John W.W. 6 1844
    Sarah 2 1848 MS
    James S. 27 1823 MS

    Residence 126
    - Bounds, John C (Chapman) 25 1825 Mississippi
    Bounds, Martha (Ellis) 16 1834 Mississippi
    Bounds, William Theodore 1 1849
    - Bosworth, Augustus 3 1847 (1842) Mississippi
    Dixon, Spias 55 1795 Georgia (b 1 Feb 1795; d 28 Dec 1875 Jasper Co MS
    Dixon, Lydia (King) 52 1798 South Carolina b 27 Feb 1798; d 8 Sep 1887 Jasper Co
    Halder (Holder), H.H. (or H.L.) 21 1829 Mississippi
    Halder, Colen (Colosso) 13 1837 Mississippi
    Danlas, George 50 1800 --

    Note: Bounds/Ellis relation to Dixon/Holder not determined; but Spias Dixon's (Spicer Dickson) daughter, Rebecca (1825) m a James Holder. And in 1860 H. Holder was living near a T.H. Moffett. Martha Ellis Bounds mother was a Moffett. T.H. might have been her brother


    Residence 129
    - Bounds John 48 1802 South Carolina
    Bounds Mary (Cooley) 43 1807 South Carolina
    Berry 22 1828 South Carolina
    James 19 1831 South Carolina
    William 17 1833 South Carolina
    Jane 16 1834 South Carolina
    Andrew 12 1838 South Carolina
    John 7 1843 South Carolina
    Morgan 2 1848 South Carolina
    - Susan Bounds 16 1834 South Carolina
    - Jane Bounds 9 1841 South Carolina

    residence 130
    - Cooly, Nancy (Bounds) 66 1784 South Carolina
    - John 21 1829 Mississippi

    Residence 131
    - Cooley, Middleton 24 1826 Mississippi

    Residence 132 Mississippi
    - Cooley, Daniel 32 1818 Mississippi
    Eliza 26 1824 Mississippi
    Nancy 12 1838 Mississippi
    William 10 1840 Mississippi
    Julia Anne 8 1842 Mississippi
    John 6 1844 Mississippi
    Madison 4 1846 Mississippi
    Adaline 2 1848 Mississippi

    residence 133
    - Cooley William 38 1812 North Carolina <<<<
    Mary 3 1820 North Carolina
    Penelope 18 1832 Mississippi
    Elias 16 1834 Mississippi
    William 13 1837 Mississippi
    Susan 11 1839 Mississippi
    Eliza 7 1843 Mississippi
    Nancy 4 1846 Mississippi
    Mary 2 1848 Mississippi

    residence 134
    -Merrill A. (Abel) 50 1800 SC
    Eliza (Cooley) 48 1802 SC
    William 28 1822 MS
    Eliza 16 1834 MS
    Green Berry 14 1836 MS
    Susan 12 1838 MS
    Keziah (Goodwin) 20 1830 MS (wife of William)

    residence 135
    -Travis, Ezekiel 46 1804 GA
    Martha (Granberry) 40 1810 GA
    James 19 1831 MS
    Allen 17 1833 MS
    Mary 20 1830 MS
    Soanna 12 1838 MS
    Jane 8 1842 MS
    Allisa 4 1846 MS

    residence 136
    -Porter, L.L. (Lancelot Landlot) 45 1805 SC
    Elizabeth (Bounds) 40 1810 TN
    James Palmer 18 1832 MS
    Susan 15 1835 MS
    Martha Anne 10 1840 MS
    Russell 5 1845 MS
    Saphronia Paulina 1 1849 MS

    Residence 137
    - Cooly Berry 29 1821 MS
    Cooly Lavina (Arrington) 17 1833 MS
    Ellender Bersheba epsy 6 1844 Mississippi
    Spurlock Martha 26 1824 Mississippi
    Spurlock Mary Jane 21 1829 Mississippi
    Spurlock Allen 16 1834 Mississippi
    Spurlock John 20 1830 Mississippi
    Spurlock Robert Winston 13 1837 Mississippi
    Spurlock Anne 11 1839 Mississippi
    Spurlock Lavina 8 1842 Mississippi
    Spurlock Adaline 63 1787 Mississippi (unknown relation)

    (note: Berry Cooley's relation to the Spurlocks has not been determined; but these Spurlocks are the children of William (1800 GA) and Lavina Winborne Spurlock (1800 SC), who are living in Residence 119 with Calno P and Isabella Moonsson. That household is listed directly before Rhoda Parker.
    In Residence 118 is Bowling L. Spurlock, age 3 1847, another child of William and Lavina. He is living with George & Mary Massengale (Massingill) and children.
    By 1860, William and Lavina are in Rockport, Simpson Co, MS, with their children, Ann, Levina, and Adeline, age 15. Near is Young B. Massengale, and wife Martha. He is son of George & Mary Massengill who Bowling was living with; and Martha is daughter of William and Lavina Spurlock.


    Census:
    1860 Jasper Co, Mississippi 11 Sep Davisville P.O.

    residence 749
    - William Merrill 38 1828 farmer $-- $4,488 Mississippi
    K.G. Merrill 32 1828 wife MS
    S. (Sabra) 12 1848 MS female
    Mary 10 1850 MS
    W.W. (William Wallace) 8 1852 MS
    E.S. (Enoch G or S) 6 1854 male
    I.P. (Isaiah Pickney) 4 1856 male
    W.A. 6/12 1859 male

    residence 750
    - Merrill, Abel 67 1793 SC farmer $4,090 $26,330
    Eliza (Mary Elizabeth Cooley) 1804 SC
    G.B. (Green Berry) 24 1836 male SC day laborer $200, $70
    N.C. (Nelson Cooley) 13 1847 MS male
    Rynach, Gandliss 21 1839 pedler $1,000 Germany

    residence 751
    -Cooly W.C. (William C. Jr) 48 1812 farmer $5040 $6,470 SC
    Mary (Davis) 45 wife 1815 Sc
    Nancy 14 1846 MS
    Mary Jr. 13 1847 MS
    John 10 1850 MS
    Berry 6 1854 MS (idiot)

    residence 752
    -Lius (Elias) Cooly 25 1835 MS $1 $1,000
    Nancy Cooly 21 1839 MS
    Nelson Cooly 2 1858 MS
    W.C. Cooley (William C III) 22 1838 day laborer $- $60 MS

    residence 753
    - Cooley Midd 34 1826 male MS (s/o Wm/Nancy)
    farmer $1,920 $30,975
    Ellen (Arrington) 30 1830 female
    M.J. (Mary Jane) 9 1851 female
    S.C. (Saphronia Catherine) 7 1853 female
    B.B. 3 (Berry B.) 1857 male
    N.A. Arrington 12 female
    Francis Travis 28 male farm laborer MS $- $200


    residence 755
    - Cooley L.B. 38 1822 MS farmer $2,280 $7,599
    (Little Berry to LA; Wm/Nancy)
    L. (Lavina) 25 1835 female MS
    N.A. 1851 female MS
    W.J. 6 1854 male MS
    I.M. 4 1856 male MS
    S.C. (Sterling) 1 1859 male (to Louisiana)


    residence 756
    - Ellis, J.S. (James S.) 36 1824 head MS $565 $871
    N.P. (Nancy Penelope Cooley) 27 1833 wife MS
    E.R. 8 1852 MS male (maybe female: Elizabeth listed in 1870 married to Mr. Wade?)
    W.P. (William Perry) 6 1854 MS
    M.E. 4 1856 MS female
    L.W. 2 1858 MS male

    residence 757
    - Lang Susan 59 1801 farmer $- $2,000 SC
    Lang W.S. 26 1834 male day laborer MS $- $175


    residence 758
    -Bounds, N.A. (Nancy Ann Freeman) 41 1818 Tennessee
    farming $3,136 $2,334 TN
    (widow of Wm Crocker Bounds -John/Mary)
    Bounds, J.O. 8 1852


    residence 761
    - Cooley, J.E.(John) 32 1828
    Mary 24 (Mary Ann Travis) 1826 MS
    Nancy 7 1853 MS
    C.J. 3 1857 MS female

    residence 762
    - Bounds J.C. Sr (John Chapman) 32 1828 male
    farmer $2,100 $7,565
    (s/o Wm Crocker Bounds - Bounds/McBride/Parker)
    M.A. (Mary Ann Donald w2) 33 1827 female S.C.
    J.C. Jr (Joseph Christian) 3 1857 male MS
    John (FJohn Chapman) 2 1858 male
    P.E. (Penelope Eugenia) 1 1859 female
    Nancy 1/12 1860 MS
    W.F. 10 1850 male (William Theodore - fr 1st mar)
    Mary 85 1775 Virginia domestic
    (grandmother Mary Ann Crocker)
    N.C. 13 1847 female $- $2,200 MS
    (Nancy C., sister)

    William married Mary "Polly" Davis about 1831 in Knox, Tennessee. Mary was born in 1815 in North Carolina or Darlington, South Carolina; died after Jul 1880 in Jasper Co, Mississippi . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary "Polly" Davis was born in 1815 in North Carolina or Darlington, South Carolina; died after Jul 1880 in Jasper Co, Mississippi .
    Children:
    1. Nancy Penelope Cooley was born on 3 Nov 1832 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 14 Nov 1912 in Vossburg, Jasper Co, Mississippi.
    2. 2. Elias Cooley was born in 1834 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died in 1864 in Jasper Co, Mississippi .
    3. William C. Cooley, III was born in 1837 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died in 1862 in Jasper Co, Mississippi ; was buried in Shady Grove First Baptist Church Cem, Heidelberg, Jasper Co, Mississippi.
    4. Susan Cooley was born on 16 Jul 1838 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 12 Jan 1921 in Jasper Co, Mississippi .
    5. Eliza Cooley was born in 1843 in Mississippi; died after 1850 in of, Jasper Co, Mississippi.
    6. Nancy Adeline Cooley was born in 1846 in Mississippi; died on 23 Sep 1893 in Jasper Co, Mississippi .
    7. Mary Cooley was born in 1848 in Jasper Co, Mississippi ; died after 1850 in of, Jasper Co, Mississippi.
    8. John Cooley was born in 1850 in Jasper Co, Mississippi ; died after 1860 in of, Jasper Co, Mississippi.
    9. Berry Cooley was born in 1854 in Jasper Co, Mississippi ; died after 1860 in of, Jasper Co, Mississippi.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William C. Cooley, Sr. was born in 1785 in Darlington, South Carolina (son of John Anderson Cooley, Sr. and Rachel Kinchen); died in 1841 in Jasper Co, Mississippi .

    William married Nancy Bounds in 1801 in Darlington, South Carolina. Nancy (daughter of John Bounds and Mary Allen) was born in 1784 in Georgetown, South Carolina; died in 1858 in Jasper Co, Mississippi . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Nancy Bounds was born in 1784 in Georgetown, South Carolina (daughter of John Bounds and Mary Allen); died in 1858 in Jasper Co, Mississippi .

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 14 Sep 1850, Jasper Co, Mississippi
    • Will: 8 Jan 1859, Eastern Clarion, Jasper Co, Mississippi

    Notes:

    Census:
    1850 Jasper Co MS 14 Sep
    Residence 120
    -Parker, Rhoda Ann (Strickland) 45 1805 Georgia
    (wid of John Parker)
    Parker, Candice T. 18 1832 Mississippi (m Dawson Stanton
    Parker, John H. (Hudson) 12 1834 Mississippi
    Parker, Elizabeth Allen 10 1840 Mississippi
    -Stanton, Dawson 25 1825 Alabama (m Candice Parker)

    Residence 121
    -Rogers, Redick (Reddick) 62 1787 SC
    Elizabeth (Cooley) 45 1805 SC
    Mary Anne 15 1835 MS
    Elizabeth B 11 1839 MS

    Residence 125
    -Ellis, Lenon B. 46 1804 Georgia
    Tresa 49 1801 Georgia
    Ira B. 21 1829 MS
    S.W. 18 1832 MS
    Nancy 14 1836 MS
    Tresa 12 1838 MS
    Mary 10 184 MS
    John W.W. 6 1844
    Sarah 2 1848 MS
    James S. 27 1823 MS

    Residence 126
    - Bounds, John C (Chapman) 25 1825 Mississippi
    Bounds, Martha (Ellis) 16 1834 Mississippi
    Bounds, William Theodore 1 1849
    - Bosworth, Augustus 3 1847 (1842) Mississippi
    Dixon, Spias 55 1795 Georgia (b 1 Feb 1795; d 28 Dec 1875 Jasper Co MS
    Dixon, Lydia (King) 52 1798 South Carolina b 27 Feb 1798; d 8 Sep 1887 Jasper Co
    Halder (Holder), H.H. (or H.L.) 21 1829 Mississippi
    Halder, Colen (Colosso) 13 1837 Mississippi
    Danlas, George 50 1800 --

    Note: Bounds/Ellis relation to Dixon/Holder not determined; but Spias Dixon's (Spicer Dickson) daughter, Rebecca (1825) m a James Holder. And in 1860 H. Holder was living near a T.H. Moffett. Martha Ellis Bounds mother was a Moffett. T.H. might have been her brother


    Residence 129
    - Bounds John 48 1802 South Carolina
    Bounds Mary (Cooley) 43 1807 South Carolina
    Berry 22 1828 South Carolina
    James 19 1831 South Carolina
    William 17 1833 South Carolina
    Jane 16 1834 South Carolina
    Andrew 12 1838 South Carolina
    John 7 1843 South Carolina
    Morgan 2 1848 South Carolina
    - Susan Bounds 16 1834 South Carolina
    - Jane Bounds 9 1841 South Carolina

    residence 130
    - Cooly, Nancy (Bounds) 66 1784 South Carolina <<<<
    - John 21 1829 Mississippi

    Residence 131
    - Cooley, Middleton 24 1826 Mississippi

    Residence 132 Mississippi
    - Cooley, Daniel 32 1818 Mississippi
    Eliza 26 1824 Mississippi
    Nancy 12 1838 Mississippi
    William 10 1840 Mississippi
    Julia Anne 8 1842 Mississippi
    John 6 1844 Mississippi
    Madison 4 1846 Mississippi
    Adaline 2 1848 Mississippi

    residence 133
    - Cooley William 38 1812 North Carolina
    Mary 3 1820 North Carolina
    Penelope 18 1832 Mississippi
    Elias 16 1834 Mississippi
    William 13 1837 Mississippi
    Susan 11 1839 Mississippi
    Eliza 7 1843 Mississippi
    Nancy 4 1846 Mississippi
    Mary 2 1848 Mississippi

    residence 134
    -Merrill A. (Abel) 50 1800 SC
    Eliza (Cooley) 48 1802 SC
    William 28 1822 MS
    Eliza 16 1834 MS
    Green Berry 14 1836 MS
    Susan 12 1838 MS
    Keziah (Goodwin) 20 1830 MS (wife of William)

    residence 135
    -Travis, Ezekiel 46 1804 GA
    Martha (Granberry) 40 1810 GA
    James 19 1831 MS
    Allen 17 1833 MS
    Mary 20 1830 MS
    Soanna 12 1838 MS
    Jane 8 1842 MS
    Allisa 4 1846 MS

    residence 136
    -Porter, L.L. (Lancelot Landlot) 45 1805 SC
    Elizabeth (Bounds) 40 1810 TN
    James Palmer 18 1832 MS
    Susan 15 1835 MS
    Martha Anne 10 1840 MS
    Russell 5 1845 MS
    Saphronia Paulina 1 1849 MS

    Residence 137
    - Cooly Berry 29 1821 MS
    Cooly Lavina (Arrington) 17 1833 MS
    Ellender Bersheba epsy 6 1844 Mississippi
    Spurlock Martha 26 1824 Mississippi
    Spurlock Mary Jane 21 1829 Mississippi
    Spurlock Allen 16 1834 Mississippi
    Spurlock John 20 1830 Mississippi
    Spurlock Robert Winston 13 1837 Mississippi
    Spurlock Anne 11 1839 Mississippi
    Spurlock Lavina 8 1842 Mississippi
    Spurlock Adaline 63 1787 Mississippi (unknown relation)

    (note: Berry Cooley's relation to the Spurlocks has not been determined; but these Spurlocks are the children of William (1800 GA) and Lavina Winborne Spurlock (1800 SC), who are living in Residence 119 with Calno P and Isabella Moonsson. That household is listed directly before Rhoda Parker.
    In Residence 118 is Bowling L. Spurlock, age 3 1847, another child of William and Lavina. He is living with George & Mary Massengale (Massingill) and children.
    By 1860, William and Lavina are in Rockport, Simpson Co, MS, with their children, Ann, Levina, and Adeline, age 15. Near is Young B. Massengale, and wife Martha. He is son of George & Mary Massengill who Bowling was living with; and Martha is daughter of William and Lavina Spurlock.


    Will:
    From the 8 Jan Eastern Clarion, vol. XXII, No. XIII: State of Mississippi, Jasper County.

    In probate court, January Term, 1859. To Eliza Merrell and Abel Merrell, her husband; Hearbert Cooly; Elizabeth Rogers and Reddick Rogers, her husband; Nelson Cooley, William Cooley, Ira Cooley, Middleton Cooley, L.B. Cooley, Benjamin F. Lee, Nancy Warren, and George Warren, her husband; Polly Bounds and John Bounds, her husband; and Eliza Cooley, Julia Cooley, William Cooley, Madison Cooley, Adaline Cooley, Lavina Cooley, Berry Benton Cooley and Ira Cooley and all other persons interested in the settlement of the estate of Nancy Cooley late of said county, deceased. In next March Term of Probate Court of Jasper County.

    http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/mckstorycooley.htm

    Children:
    1. Eliza Cooley was born in 1802 in Darlington District, South Carolina; died in 1866 in Mississippi.
    2. Elizabeth Cooley was born in 1804 in Darlington District, South Carolina; died in 1880 in Jasper Co, Mississippi .
    3. Harband Cooley, (DNA-Circle-g) was born in 1806 in Darlington District, South Carolina; died in Dec 1867 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; was buried in Shirley Place Cem, Wayne Co, Mississippi.
    4. Mary Sophronia "Polly" Cooley was born on 24 Aug 1808 in Darlington District, South Carolina; died in Jul 1869 in Lee Co, Texas; was buried in Old Mesquite Cem, Lee Co, Texas.
    5. Nelson Cooley was born in 1810 in Darlington District, South Carolina; died in Jan 1860.
    6. 4. William C. Cooley, Jr. was born in 1812 in Cottontown, Sumner, Tennessee; died in 1875 in Jasper Co, Mississippi ; was buried in Shady Grove First Baptist Church Cem, Heidelberg, Jasper Co, Mississippi.
    7. Calvin Cooley was born in 1815 in Darlington District, South Carolina; died after 1860 in of, Clarke Co, Mississippi.
    8. Daniel Cooley was born in 1818 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died after 1859 in of, Jasper Co, Mississippi.
    9. Little Berry Cooley was born on 20 Jul 1821 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 23 May 1903 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    10. Martha Cooley was born in Jan 1824 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died after 1830.
    11. Ira Cooley was born on 1 Jan 1823 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 17 Aug 1908 in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Hagar Cem, Ragley, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.
    12. Middleton Cooley was born in 1826 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died in 1878 in Angelina Co, Texas.
    13. Nancy Cooley was born about 1827 in Mississippi; died after 1859 in of, Jasper Co, Mississippi.
    14. John C. Cooley was born in Jan 1828 in Wayne Co, Mississippi; died on 28 Jun 1906 in Mississippi.