Elijah Lee and Andrew Cooper of
South Carolina born 1770s brought their
families to Chambers County Alabama, former Creek Indian
Lands, before 1840. It has been said that Elijah paid an indian directly
for his land. Elijah had married Malinda Phillips of Green
County Georgia and some believe the Phillips were of indian blood. Andrew
Cooper may have also married an indian woman
named Alsey and her last name had never been discovered. On the
1840 census Alsey appears to be widowed with children. 1840 shows Elijah Lee living near a John Phillips. The Alabama
Land Records show that Elijah bought land in 1823 so it was
long before the Trail of Tears. ( note
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~alchambe/grpsht.html
The Lees are buried at the Old Harmony Baptist Church
cemetery and the graves of the Coopers are not yet found. Aunt Sissy
says that grandpa Levi
Cooper is buried by his sons at a church cemetery in Cecil,
Alabama. They had resided in Whitehall according to Aunt Sissy. She and her son Butch have been a great
help!
Descendant Susie Mae
Cooper Brooks is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery
Alabama. Her descendant Charlie Brooks
is buried at Brookside Memorial in Millbrook, Alabama.
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Charner P Cooper, son of Andrew, married Sarah F Lee,
daughter of Elijah, and their son Levi Benjamin Cooper married Sarah Elizabeth
Carter, a daughter of Thomas Randolph Carter and Mary Josephine
Hereford of Virginia. Mary had a
beautiful complexion, black eyes and black hair. The grave of TRC
born 1820 was found in Hope Hull, Montgomery, Alabama by his
first wife, Lacy Jane Bozeman and I really appreciate my daughter
driving us through that cow pasture to find that little cemetery hidden
behind the pond, and it really deserves a historical marker.
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The
Bozemans came from South Carolina
and NC 1700s moving into Alabama as some of the Indian
Tribes moved west in the early
1800s. Lacy's father Jesse's headstone shows that he was born 1793.
Apparently Jesse had been married twice . Many legal
documents exist in Montgomery County regarding the Bozeman
families.
Jesse Bozeman was the brother of William Henry Bozeman
and administrator of his Estate. Their father was Peter Bozeman of
Darlington South Carolina who served in the American Revolution along
with his own father, Mordecai
Bozeman. Peter and his wife
Sarah, had moved their families into Alabama about 1820 and they are probably
buried in Hope Hull, Montgomery County, Alabama. Several
Bozemans were buying land in Alabama in the 1820s and 1830s.
Just imagine the many wagon trains flowing
in..
William Henry named his sons,
Meady, Peter Edward, and John Thomas Bozeman. John's descendant, Jimmy Ray
has assisted with this research. Meady's descendant Wayne
and his wife Sue Carol have also assisted. Wayne and Jimmy have
had many years of genealogy work before me and were so kind and proud to
share with a new cousin.
*Thomas Carter was
the son of John Wise Carter
who some say was buried in Talladega Alabama. John
was born 1792 South Carolina, the son of Elizabeth Wise and Captain John Carter who may have
served in the War of 1812 and the American Revolution. John bought land in Alabama in 1821.
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Susie Mae Cooper's husband was James Edgar Brooks Sr
and their son was James Jr. The parents of James came
from Tennessee with the railroad and they resided downtown
Montgomery Alabama near the Union
Station. They were Annie Clark Ballard
and
John Brooks, all
buried at Greenwood. John's
father was also named John, born in
Pennsylvania to Dutch
parents. He was found in the 1860 census of Giles TN, the same year
he met and married Roxanna
Permilia Smith.note
Our cousin Clarence and his mother Sissy have assisted with this research and
contributed to the Montgomery Cemetery research with his survey
of Carter-Stokes cemetery in Hope Hull, which should be appropriately named
Carter and Bozeman Cemetery.
The Smith families connect to a Captain John Smith of
Virginia.
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The
Ballards were previously in the Carolinas, as were the Bond, and
Ward families.
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James Edgar Brooks Jr
married Mary Ella Thornton and had a son named Charles in Montgomery Alabama.
He also worked a while
with the railroad while living on Hull Street near my grandpa Fenn but the
Brooks soon moved to Millbrook and had a huge garden
and seven boys and one daughter. Mr Brooks became an exterminator for a
few years before he joined the John Deere dealership. They are buried
in Prattville by their son Johnny. *letter*
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Elijah's parents came from Georgia, Mary Angeline
Partridge and
George Thornton; we
found their graves behind an old primitive Baptist Church in Central, Elmore, AL on the way to the Lake.Mary
Ella's sister, Lorraine said that Mary Angeline was an indian and my daughter took me to the Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in
Central to locate those headstones.
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Bessie's parents were Ella Olivia Baxley and
Allen Wesley Hood
but his headstone has an L W on it. His parents are
hard to trace and prove. Hers were James and Marnda Baxley of
Cold Spring, Elmore, AL and thus begins the brick wall in our research.
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