Warren County GRANTEE deed index, Cooper block (book pp.70-73 / FS img 209-210), 1830-1911 — full Cooper-buyer list; our Independence Joseph/Robert ABSENT, but a John Cooper BUYS in Independence 1860

Transcription and notes

Companion to K.53 (the GRANTOR side). Source: FamilySearch, "Warren, New Jersey, United States records" — Warren County (N.J.) County Clerk, Grantee Deed Indexes 1825–1911 (Siegel-Russell/Lusk printed index). DGS 007896859, image 209 = book pages 70–71 (the main "Cooper" grantee block), image 210 = book pp.72–73 (tail). On disk: Real Estate/New Jersey/Warren County/Grantee Deed Indexes 1825-1911/ (page images renamed by content; see Source.txt). Base ark: 3Q9M-CS4V-6S6Q-F (img 209). Pulled 2026-07-09.

Index columns: FAMILY | GIVEN NAMES | GRANTORS (= seller) | Vol./Page | Date | LOCATION. ("al" = et al; "ux" = et uxor/wife; "Shff" = sheriff; "Admr"/"Exr" = administrator/executor; "Trus" = trustee.)

THE LOCATION COLUMN GIVES THE LAND'S TOWNSHIP, NOT ANY PARTY'S RESIDENCE. Established on the sister index [K.53], where three pulled instruments settled it — including one whose grantor is "John Cooper of EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA" under a Greenwich location ([K.112]), and one whose Mansfield row turned out to be a Kingwood, Hunterdon grantor ([K.107]), a misreading that produced a phantom second wife for [p.12]. ⇒ Never write a residence into a person file from this column. Use it to locate the LAND; pull the deed for the residence. The full table is at [K.53].

Data from the document [verbatim] — Cooper GRANTEES (buyers), book pp.70–71 (img 209), 1830–1868

Data from the document [verbatim] — book p.71 (img 209) + pp.72–73 (img 210), 1868–1911 (later Cooper families)

Page 71 (1868–1905): Calvin C. (Wash/Oxford, buys from John Jones repeatedly through 1902), William L., Caspar, Mary, Roderick B. / R.B. (Allamuchy — the [pr.85] line), John W. (Oxford), Jacob, Aaron, Phebe A., Samuel J. (Admr), Emma, Sarah F., Frederick G., Jemima, Ella, Henry, Edward, Mary T. — Oxford / Allamuchy / Wash / Belvidere / P'burg. Page 72–73 (img 210, 1906–1911): George A., Watson C., Albert, Anna al / Harry S., Jacob, John W., Daniel S., Ann, Fred Jr — Allamuchy / Oxford / P'burg / Wash. (All out of our cluster's era; recorded for completeness.)

Notes (identifications only; parentage conclusions live in [p.112]/[pr.17])

• Bk 9 p.241 grantee = Israel Cooper ← Samuel Cooper ux (Independence, 14 Nov 1831) — the buyer side of the Cooper-to-Cooper deed whose grantor side is in [K.53]; full verbatim deed at K.55. Samuel + wife "Sally" (=Sarah) → Israel, $100, land in Independence adjoining Thomas Parker.
• John Cooper BUYS in Independence, 1860 — 50/201 (← Ellen Hart) + 50/203 (← Samuel Hart), both Ind Twp, 7 Feb 1860. This John is alive and buying in 1860, so he is not the Greenwich "John Cooper" (whose estate was being sold off from 1852 — see [K.53]). A live John Cooper acquiring Independence land is a candidate for our John [p.113] (or a son "John Jr"); it is the only our-cluster-plausible entry in the whole grantee block. Both deeds pulled + read → full verbatim in K.56: John Cooper of Independence bought ~20 acres of Hart-family land ($122.98 + $345; deeds dated 1857 & 1855). Next test: 1860 Independence census real-estate value.
• "Elcey C." Cooper (65/102, 1866) = Elsie (Stackhouse) Cooper, Joseph [p.112]'s widow — CONFIRMED → K.57. The deed names her "of Independence" (matching [D.469]'s "Else Cooper, widow, 60"); she + Euphenia Fell bought a 5-ac Hope life estate, remainder to her son "Marcus R. Cooper" (most likely Robert Marshall Cooper [p.165]). So Joseph's widow was still acquiring property in 1866.
• Benjamin B. Cooper is a major Warren landowner on both sides of the index (buys and sells extensively, 1835–1868, across Greenwich/Ind/Hope/Belvidere/Oxford) — a distinct, well-landed Cooper, not to be conflated with our Independence tenant cluster.
• Mahlon C. [p.584] buys in Hope 1859 (48/257) — matches his grantor sale (55/222, [K.53]).

The headline finding (analysis → [pr.17]/[p.112])

Cross-checking both Warren indexes: our core Independence cluster's two adult men — Joseph [p.112] and Robert [p.114] — appear NOWHERE in the Warren deed indexes 1825–1911, as either grantor or grantee. They neither bought nor sold Warren land. This is strong (not conclusive) evidence they were landless / tenant farmers, consistent with the census picture ([D.4]/[D.40]). The only cluster land activity is Samuel↔Israel (9/241, 1831) and possibly John-of-Independence buying in 1860 (50/201-203).

Cross-references

• K.53 — the GRANTOR (seller) side, same deed series.
• p.112 / [p.113] / pr.17 — cluster analysis.
• C.28; [D.4]/[D.40]/[D.469] — Independence census cluster.

Follow-ups

• Pull Warren Deeds Bk 50 pp.201 & 203 (John Cooper ← Ellen/Samuel Hart, Ind, 1860) — test whether this John = our John [p.113].
• Pull Warren Deeds Bk 65 p.102 (Elcey C. + Marcus R. Cooper ← N.R. Dell, Hope, 1866) — is "Elcey C." the widow Elsie (Stackhouse)?

2026-09-08 — the Israel row now attaches to a person file

Israel <- Saml Cooper ux, 9/241, 14 Nov 1831, Ind Twp is [p.2052] Israel Cooper, or a same-named kinsman — the person file was created 2026-09-07 from [F.278]. Deed read verbatim at [K.55]; the identity question is argued at [p.2052].

2026-09-09 — THIS REEL IS ONLY A-D. The grantee index is THREE reels.

DGS 007896859 (film 960724) is Grantee index, A-D — which is why Cooper is on it. It does NOT contain the rest of the alphabet. Per catalog koha:221149: A-D = 960724 / 7896859 · E-R = 960725 / 7903163 · S-Z = 960726 / 7903164 (331 images). Relevant because [K.84] hands the catalog a new name to chase — Robert C. Shaw, who bought [p.2052] Israel Cooper's half acre in 1835 and adjoining land from Jacob T. Sharp. Shaw is on the S-Z reel; bearings taken 2026-09-09 put him before image 25 (image 25 = page 14, Se-/Si-; image 40 = page 44, Skinner). See [p.2052] t5.