George Cooper 1745–1801

Facts

Family tree

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In the documents

Every published document that names George Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.

Documents

• K.126 Sussex County, N.J. Mortgages vol. A–B, 1766–1800 (DGS 008217824), images 677–678, book pages 348–349 — abstract of a mortgage dated 19 January 1798, CORNELIUS VANHORN and CATHARINE his wife to WILLIAM SHOTWELL, a tract in Hardwick Twp, with its proof and recording note
• K.127 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
• I.111 Morris County NJ Court of Common Pleas Minute Book Vol 4-6 (1766-1778) (FamilySearch DGS 7903185), image 299 of 669, December Term 1771 — King's-bench (criminal) case row image-verified: 'The King v George Cooper [+ Camp co-defendant?] / John Cooper Surety' = first image-verified primary-source court attestation of George Cooper (Daniel Sr's son per pr.44 1759 Providence Runyon will family roster), alive Dec 1771; John Cooper as surety on George's recognizance bond = likely John of Long Hill (brother, [p.8](../../people/p.8%20John%20Cooper%201738-1778.md)) acting as fraternal surety. George Cooper NOT named in Daniel Sr's 1791 will [A.9](../A-Probate/A.9.yaml) = died between Dec 1771 and Apr 1791.
• A.60 Administration of George Cooper of Morris Twp., intestate, January 1802 — NJSA File 1103N, recorded Liber 39 fol. 535. Inventory $3,249.31.
• K.35 Morris County Loan Office Mortgages — Mortgages for Morristown and Morris Township (copied from Books I & II by John D. Canfield, 1776-1787) — MMT typescript transcription + cross-index. CATALOG-DEFINING for [p.1 Daniel Cooper Sr](../../people/p.1%20Daniel%20Cooper%201695-1795.md): Daniel Cooper's own 18 June 1776 Loan Office mortgage (Book I p.162) on ~90 acres on the southwesterly side of Long Hill, part of Lot No. 2 of the Berkeley Survey — its boundary calls name Daniel Cooper Jun. ([p.79](../../people/p.79%20Daniel%20Cooper%20Jr%201729-1787.md)) + John Cooper ([p.8](../../people/p.8%20John%20Cooper%201738-1778.md)) as adjoining Cooper landowners = primary-source snapshot of the Daniel-Sr family's subdivided Long-Hill Lot-No.-2 holdings in 1776. Plus George Cooper 200-ac Morris-Twp mortgage 1786 (Book II p.143; candidate [p.80](../../people/p.80%20George%20Cooper%20son%20of%20Daniel%20Sr.md) Daniel-Sr-son George) + an uncopied 'Cooper, Benj. II p.148' index lead. Source: MMT digital collection id/12665.
• I.130 Catherine Bigham Brode, Ludlow-Ross Genealogy: The Ancestors of Lydia Ludlow and Ogden Ross and Their Descendants, With Allied Families (privately printed, Walla Walla WA, 1932) — the Cooper, Runyon and Ludlow chapters at book pp. 68-89, from the NYPL copy digitised by Google Books.
• A.77 NJ Archives Vol. XXXII, pp. 276–277 — the published abstracts of three Runyon wills of Piscataway: Peter (1755), his widow Providence (1759), and their son Joseph (1760).
• G.211 Find a Grave memorial 7633052 - George Cooper, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
• G.108 Find a Grave memorial 7633056 - John G. Cooper, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
• G.122 Find a Grave memorial 9336855 - Daniel C. Cooper, Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
• G.212 Find a Grave memorial 23984118 - David Zeigler Cooper, Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
• G.51 "Cemetery Burial Listing", Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey (web page, saved HTML)
• I.4 John Littell, Family Records, or Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley (and Vicinity) above Chatham — a compiled surname-chapter genealogy of the Passaic Valley families, with a separately-bound index volume. Preface signed April 1852; the scan carries no title page.
• I.159 Wikipedia article 'Daniel C. Cooper' (en.wikipedia.org, oldid=1334667627) — full biography of Daniel C. Cooper of Dayton OH (21 Nov 1773 – 13 Jul 1818); names parents George Cooper × Margaret Lafferty + grandfather Daniel Cooper b. at sea ~1695; rich Dayton-founding bio; cites 5 secondary sources back to 1882. = the most consolidated published bio of him.
• K.92 Morris County, New Jersey, Deed Book B, pages 380–389 (FamilySearch Morris. Deeds 1790–1796, DGS 008137071, images 204–208): five related Cooper conveyances of 14 August and 28 September 1793 — the executors of John Cooper (Magdalen Cooper, Joseph Manning) to Daniel Cooper Jun[r]; Daniel Cooper Jun[r] to Solomon Cooper; Solomon Cooper to Daniel Cooper Jun[r]; and Daniel Cooper (twice) and George Cooper to Daniel and Solomon Cooper — acknowledged December 1794, recorded 30 December 1794 – 2 January 1795.
• K.93 Morris County, New Jersey, Deed Book B, pages 184–189 (FamilySearch Morris. Deeds 1790–1796, DGS 008137071, images 103–105): four conveyances of Long Hill land recorded January 1793 — Daniel Cooper Senior to John Cooper (9 Jan 1778); Sheriff William Liddel to Magdalen Cooper (1 Jan 1787); Magdalen Cooper to Daniel and Solomon Cooper (2 Jan 1787); Daniel Cooper Sen[r] to Daniel and Solomon Cooper "sons of John Cooper deceased" (8 Aug 1787).
• G.92 Find a Grave memorial 150816493 - Daniel Cooper Jr., Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey
• G.123 Find a Grave memorial 150811719 - John Cooper, Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey