Sarah (Balden) Cooper 1797–1872

Catalog ID p.2083 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/2083/

Sarah (Balden) Cooper married Samuel Cooper (1821).

Facts

Event	Date	Place / detail	Certainty	Sources
birth	28 Sep 1797	New Jersey	possible	G.540
residence	1821	Oxford Twp, Sussex Co. (later Warren Co.), New Jersey	certain	C.117
residence	1831	Independence Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey	certain	K.55
residence	1850	Tymochtee Twp, Wyandot Co., Ohio	probable	D.604
residence	1860	Tymochtee Twp, Wyandot Co., Ohio	probable	D.605
death	19 Aug 1872	Tymochtee Twp, Wyandot Co., Ohio	possible	G.540
burial		Mexico Cemetery, Tymochtee Twp, Wyandot Co., Ohio — row 15, section C, beside Samuel	possible	G.540

Family

Parents

Not identified.

Spouses

Samuel Cooper 1795–1871
married 15 Sep 1821, Sussex Co., New Jersey
C.117, C.84

Children

None recorded.

Family tree

Solid lines and outlines: certain. Dashed: probable or weaker. Open the full tree (four generations)

In the documents

Every published document that names Sarah (Balden) Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.

Date	Document	Role	What it records
18 Feb 1822	C.117 marriage return Sussex County, New Jersey — the loose marriage return of James Dewitt, Justice of the Peace, five marriages 2 June 1821 – 7 February 1822, dated and signed 18 F…	bride as "Balden, Sarah"	residence: 1821, Oxford Twp, Sussex Co. (later Warren Co.), New Jersey
1845-1883	A.190 probate Ohio, Wyandot County Probate Court, "General and Judgment Index" to Estates, Guardianships, Assignments and Trusts — the volume filmed as "Estate index 1845-190…	deceased as "[not present]"
27 Oct 1851	K.130 deed Wyandot Co., Ohio, deed register vol. 5 pp. 564-565 - Samuel Cooper and Sally Cooper to Moses A. Quinn, N½ W½ SE¼ Sec. 12 T1S R14, 40 acres, 27 Oct 1851, record…	grantor as "Sally Cooper"	residence: 27 Oct 1851, Wyandot Co., Ohio
1 Sep 1862	K.131 deed Wyandot Co., Ohio, deed register vol. 16 (1862-1863) pp. 110-111 and pp. 16-17 - two deeds by Samuel Cooper and Sarah Cooper his wife, Sycamore Township: to Nob…	grantor as "Sarah Cooper"
29 Jul 1870	D.627 federal census 1870 US Federal Census, Township of Tymochtee, Wyandot County, Ohio, page 12, dwelling 108 / family 90, lines 39-40 — a household of two; post office Carey; enu…	spouse as "Sarah"	residence: 1870, Tymochtee Twp, Wyandot Co., Ohio occupation: Keeping House
	G.545 cemetery memorial group Find a Grave memorials 101435476, 101434322, 101435280 and 54195616 - John Cooper, George Green Cooper and Wilson P. Cooper (Mexico Cemetery, Tymochtee Township…	parent as "Sarah Baldwin Cooper"

2 further documents not published (they may name living people).

Still unknown, and where we have looked

Parents not identified.

Searches recorded

findagrave 2026-10-03 · Sarah Cooper, b. 1797 +/- 3, d. 1872 +/- 1, Wyandot Co., Ohio.

Searched for: Sarah Cooper, b. 1797 +/- 3, d. 1872 +/- 1, Wyandot Co., Ohio. (link)

Result: HIT (already held): 1 match - Sarah Baldwin Cooper, 28 Sep 1797 - 19 Aug 1872, Mexico Cemetery, Row 15 Sec C, memorial 101435068.

familysearch records 2026-10-03 · Full-Text: "Aaron Lindsley" Saratoga (first page read) - the Saratoga Surrogate follow-up on the "Polly Lindsley" graft.

Searched for: Full-Text: "Aaron Lindsley" Saratoga (first page read) - the Saratoga Surrogate follow-up on the "Polly Lindsley" graft. (link)

Result: NO TEST OF THE GRAFT. Top hit opened: a DAR Genealogical Records Committee lineage form ("United States. Genealogies 1720-1960", image ark 3:1:3QHV-13R2-6KDP): Aaron Lindsley b. 22 July 1786 Morristown, N.J., d. Oct 1826 Troy, N.Y., m. Dorcas Taylor 1 Apr 1809; "child of Aaron Lindsley ... died at Milton, Saratoga Co. N.Y." and Abigail Halsey (dau. of Silas Halsey and Abigail Howell of Morristown) - read at the orientation view; names no daughter Polly and no Baldwin. Not filed (it says nothing of Sarah's family). The Saratoga probate hits are 1848-1868 administrations of an Aaron E. Lindsley of Stillwater - too late for an 1838 estate. The 1838 Surrogate file remains unlocated online.

ancestry all 2026-10-02 · Sarah Cooper, birth 1797 +/-2, death 1872 +/-1, keyword Wyandot, all collections (56 results; first 50 read).

Searched for: Sarah Cooper, birth 1797 +/-2, death 1872 +/-1, keyword Wyandot, all collections (56 results; first 50 read). (link)

Result: NOTHING NEW. Only relevant row: a Public Member Photos item 'Sarah Cooper, b. 28 Sep 1797 New Jersey, d. 19 Aug 1872 Tymochtee' (the [G.540] dates; not opened). Others: a Texas Sarah 'Sally' Cooper (Chickamauga Chief tree), English death index rows. No probate, marriage or census row beyond what the catalog holds; no Baldwin/Balden parent surfaced.

familysearch tree 2026-10-02 · Tree search: Sarah Balden, birth 1795-1799, spouse Samuel Cooper.

Searched for: Tree search: Sarah Balden, birth 1795-1799, spouse Samuel Cooper. (link)

Result: HIT, GWCK-T94 'Sarah Balden' 28 Sep 1797 New Jersey - 19 Aug 1872 Tymochtee; m. 15 Sep 1821 Sussex NJ; spouse Samuel Cooper GWC2-75K. Sources (3): 1870 census (Sarah Cooper) and two copies of the NJ County Marriages row - all already in the catalog. PARENT on the profile: 'Polly Lindsley' 1771-1850, GWXQ-F4H - which has ZERO sources, gives birth 1771 Morris Co. NJ and death 1850 Tymochtee, NO spouse, and parents Aaron Lindsley 1748-1838 (LHD5-D7F) x Abigail Elizabeth Halsey 1749-1840 (GLGZ-4Z7), m. 19 Aug 1771 Morristown. No father for Sarah. Lead only - see the 2026-10-02 section.

newspapers com 2026-10-02 · SIGNED IN (maintainer's Chrome). (1) keyword Cooper, county=wyandot region=us-oh, 19 Aug - 30 Nov 1872 (the death-notice window); (2)...

Searched for: SIGNED IN (maintainer's Chrome). (1) keyword Cooper, county=wyandot region=us-oh, 19 Aug - 30 Nov 1872 (the death-notice window); (2) "Sarah Cooper", county=wyandot, 1835-1880.

Result: NO HITS for either. CONTROL for (1): keyword Tymochtee, same window and county = 7 hits in Wyandot County Republican issues of 22 Aug, 12/19/26 Sep, 10/24 Oct and 7 Nov 1872 - so the issues after her death exist and are OCR-searchable. Holdings in the county are the two Upper Sandusky papers only (Wyandot Pioneer, Wyandot County Republican).

genealogybank 2026-10-02 · SIGNED IN (chris_2535), Newspaper Archives. Sarah Cooper, Ohio, 1 Jan 1850-31 Dec 1873 (70 hits) and 1 Aug-31 Dec 1872 (2); Sarah and...

Searched for: SIGNED IN (chris_2535), Newspaper Archives. Sarah Cooper, Ohio, 1 Jan 1850-31 Dec 1873 (70 hits) and 1 Aug-31 Dec 1872 (2); Sarah and Sally Cooper in the Upper Sandusky papers (0).

Result: NO ITEM ABOUT HER. Opened: Tiffin Tribune 5 Jan 1871 p4 - Seneca Co. marriage licences of 1870 include 'Geo. Meiser and Sarah Cooper' (not her: she was 73 and married); Fremont Journal 13 May 1870 and Hancock Jeffersonian 17 Dec 1869 - unclaimed-letter lists ('Cooper Miss Sarah'). Not opened: Hancock Jeffersonian 12 Nov 1869, Findlay Jeffersonian 5 Jul 1872, one Toledo hit, and the two 1872 hits (Painesville, Cleveland).

Documents

C.84 Sussex Co. NJ marriage register, page 233 — Samuel Cooper to Sarah Balden, 15 September 1821, married by James Dewitt Esq., Justice; recorded 21[?] Feb 1822. No parents are named — the register predates the parent-naming NJ returns (1848). The couple a FamilySearch tree gives as the parents of [name.495] George G. Cooper.
C.117 Sussex County, New Jersey — the loose marriage return of James Dewitt, Justice of the Peace, five marriages 2 June 1821 – 7 February 1822, dated and signed 18 February 1822. FamilySearch New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956; DGS 004541257 ("Sussex. Marriage Records 1809–1827"), image 1280 of 1,634. The same five marriages the county clerk copied into the register at [C.84] / page 233.
K.55 Deed: Samuel Cooper & Sarah/'Sally' his wife -> Israel Cooper, Independence Twp Warren Co NJ, $100, exec. 2 May 1831 / rec. 14 Nov 1831 (Warren Deeds Bk 9 p.241)
D.604 1850 US Federal Census, Tymochtee Twp, Wyandot Co., Ohio, stamped page 330, enumerated 1 August 1850 — FamilySearch image ark 3:1:S3HT-DHP3-F7F
D.605 1860 US Federal Census, Sycamore Twp, Wyandot Co., Ohio, page 129 (stamped 415), enumerated 16 July 1860, post office Sycamore — FamilySearch image ark 3:1:33SQ-GBS8-QBJ
G.540 USGenWeb Archives transcription of Mexico Cemetery, Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Ohio (mexico1.txt) - Cooper rows
G.545 Find a Grave memorials 101435476, 101434322, 101435280 and 54195616 - John Cooper, George Green Cooper and Wilson P. Cooper (Mexico Cemetery, Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Ohio) and Benjamin R. Cooper (Rock Creek Cemetery, Rockaway, Seneca County, Ohio)
A.190 Ohio, Wyandot County Probate Court, "General and Judgment Index" to Estates, Guardianships, Assignments and Trusts — the volume filmed as "Estate index 1845-1900 vol 1-2", volume 1 (years 1845-1883), the complete "Co" surname block at book pages 50-55, with the printed first-two-letters key table at page 49; FamilySearch DGS 5871537 (film 905937), images 40-47.
K.130 Wyandot Co., Ohio, deed register vol. 5 pp. 564-565 - Samuel Cooper and Sally Cooper to Moses A. Quinn, N½ W½ SE¼ Sec. 12 T1S R14, 40 acres, 27 Oct 1851, recorded 12 Dec 1851 (FamilySearch DGS 7209594 images 657-658)
K.131 Wyandot Co., Ohio, deed register vol. 16 (1862-1863) pp. 110-111 and pp. 16-17 - two deeds by Samuel Cooper and Sarah Cooper his wife, Sycamore Township: to Noble Emmerson, 1 Sep 1862, and to George E. Basom, 14 Oct 1862 (FamilySearch DGS 7209600 images 63 and 16)