The Coopers of Long Hill

Document K.127 · deed · transcription: partial

Sussex County, N.J. Deeds 1803–1804 (DGS 008355639, item 2, image 125), book page 211 — indenture of 18 January 1804, JOHN G. COOPER, heir and administrator of GEORGE COOPER deceased of Long Hill, Morris Co., to JOSEPH DEMUND of Hardwick Twp: an undivided half of a 128-acre Hardwick lot

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Deeds, Sussex county: Sussex, New Jersey. Deeds 1803–1804

People named

As writtenRoleIdentified asWhat this document says
George Cooper deceased of Long hill Morris County decedent George Cooper 1745–1801
property: 25 Jun 1792, Hardwick Twp, Sussex Co., New Jersey, 128-acre lot adjoining the Blue Mountains, by deed from Samuel Shotwell of Somerset Co.
John G Cooper heir and administrator of George Cooper deceased grantor John G Cooper 1780–1822

What this document records

What the document is

A recorded deed (clerk's transcript) by an administrator, conveying half of an intestate's out-of-county land, 18 January 1804.

The cooper datum

George Cooper "of Long hill, Morris County", deceased, had bought a 128-acre lot in HARDWICK Township, Sussex, from Samuel Shotwell on 25 June 1792; John G. Cooper, his heir and administrator, sells half of it to Joseph Demund of Hardwick in January 1804.

What this document does not say

It names no other heir; it gives no relationship between John G. and George beyond "heir"; it names no Israel Cooper.