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Hugh Cooper 1771 – 1861 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1771

Birth Location: Chester, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: BET 1861 AND 1865

Death Location: Mississippi

Father: Capt. Cooper

Mother: Jane Hamilton

Spouse(s): Catherine Brakefield

Children(s): Teresa Hunt, Catherine Lankford, James Cooper

In 1771, Hugh Cooper entered the world in Chester, South Carolina, USA, born to Capt. Robert Gill Cooper and Jane Jannet Hamilton. Years later, Hugh Cooper married Catherine Brakefield, and the couple became parents to Teresa Patton Hunt, Catherine Melvira Cooper Lankford and James Cooper. Hugh Cooper died in 1861 in Mississippi.

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Parents

Capt. Cooper
1746 – 1798
Birth Location: York, York County, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
CC
Jane Hamilton
1752 – 1823
Birth Location: Saint Augustine, Saint Johns, FL, USA
JH

Spouses(s)

Catherine Brakefield
1776 – 2014
Birth Location: Craigs Creek, Craig, Virginia, United States
CB

Children(s)

Teresa Hunt
1800 – 1886
Birth Location: York County, South Carolina, United States of America
TH
Catherine Lankford
1809 – 1900
Birth Location: South Carolina
CL
James Cooper
1804 – 1850
Birth Location: Tennessee, USA
JC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 31 Oct 1774
    Event Place: Fishing Creek, Chester, South Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Abt. 1771
    Event Place: Chester, South Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 29 Jul 1861
    Event Place: Steens Creek, Rankin, Mississippi, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: BET 1861 AND 1865
    Event Place: Mississippi
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