Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameCapt. George Cooper 
Birthabt 1750
Land Purchase27 Apr 1778, Strasburg, Shenandoah Co, VA
Memolots #29, 30 from Peter & Frainey Stover
Land Sale24 Dec 1779, Strasburg, Shenandoah Co, VA
Memohouse + lot #52 to Jonas Lotz
Land Purchase23 Feb 1780, Strasburg, Shenandoah Co, VA
Memolot #156 from Peter & Frainey Stover
Military30 Mar 1781, Shenandoah Co, VA
Census1783, Shenandoah Co, VA
Memotax list, pg 063
Census1810, Shenandoah Co, VA
Memoroll#71, pg 48
Census1820, Strasburg, Shenandoah Co, VA
Memoroll#138, pg 153
Death5 Jul 1822, Strasburg, Shenandoah Co, VA
OccupationSadler, Shoemaker
Misc. Notes
Land record for 27 Apr 1778 is for half acre lots #29 and 30 in Strasburg from Peter and Frainey Stover to George Cooper, sadler, for 12 Pounds. Land record for 24 Dec 1779 is for house and half acre lot #52 in Strasburg from George Cooper, shoemaker, to Jonas Lotz for 130 Pounds. Land record for 23 Feb 1780 is for half acre lot #156 in Strasburg from Peter and Franey Stover to George Cooper, shoemaker, for 6 Pounds. The second document signed (in German) by Franey Stover listed him as "Capt. Geo Cooper".
On 30 March 1781 the Shenandoah Co Order Book of court records shows “George Cooper produced a Commission from Thomas Jefferson Esq. Governor of this state to the Clerk of this County which was openly read & thereupon took the oath of a Captain of the Militia of this County.”
He is included in the 1783 tax list and a 1785 list of heads of families for Strasburg and adjacent sections in Shenandoah Co enumerated by Alexander Hite. His listing shows 7 people, 1 dwelling, & 1 other building. In the list he is described as a Shoemaker.
1810 census lists his family as: male 1=10-15, 2=16-25, 1>45 fem 1=10-15, 1=16-25, 1>45
1820 census lists his family as 3 in manufacturing: male 1= 16-25, 1=26-45, 1>45 fem 2<10, 1=16-25
The census data appears to show that his wife, Catherine, died between 1815 and 1820, possibly in childbirth as she was still having children.
Will Abstract dated Jan. 1821, proved 13 March 1822 reads: George Cooper, town of Strasburg, Shenandoah Co.
Son: Samuel - house I now live in with two lots attached.
Son: Joseph - the house Samuel now lives in purchased at public sale which Philip Grim formerly owned.
Son: Henry - my house and lot on the back street which I purchased of Joseph Stover.
Sons: Isaac and John Dau: Rebecca - two lots which I bought of Christley Stover's estate.
Dau: Mary my lot adjoining property of Jacob Cook, dec'd.
Mentions: son George's three children (not named).
Exor: son, Samuel Wit: William Balthiz, Jacob Reagen & Will M. Bayly
The index of marriage records lists marriages of (his daughters?):
Cathrine Cooper to Jacob Brobuk on 24 Apr 1807 (older dau, not in will?)
Mary Cooper to Phillip Granditaff (Jr) on 6 Aug 1816
Ann Cooper to John Q. Machead on 6 Mar 1817 (Rebecca?)
Mary Cooper to William Long on 23 Dec 1822
also listed are:
Cathrine (d of Jacob) to George W. Grim 27 Nov 1821
Sarah Cooper (d of Jacob) to Lorinzo Grove 7 Apr 1829
Rebecca Cooper (bondsman Geo Cooper and son of Jacob Bowman) to Isaac Bowman 7 Jan 1833
On 30 March 1781 the Shenandoah Co Order Book of court records shows “George Cooper produced a Commission from Thomas Jefferson Esq. Governor of this state to the Clerk of this County which was openly read & thereupon took the oath of a Captain of the Militia of this County.”
He is included in the 1783 tax list and a 1785 list of heads of families for Strasburg and adjacent sections in Shenandoah Co enumerated by Alexander Hite. His listing shows 7 people, 1 dwelling, & 1 other building. In the list he is described as a Shoemaker.
1810 census lists his family as: male 1=10-15, 2=16-25, 1>45 fem 1=10-15, 1=16-25, 1>45
1820 census lists his family as 3 in manufacturing: male 1= 16-25, 1=26-45, 1>45 fem 2<10, 1=16-25
The census data appears to show that his wife, Catherine, died between 1815 and 1820, possibly in childbirth as she was still having children.
Will Abstract dated Jan. 1821, proved 13 March 1822 reads: George Cooper, town of Strasburg, Shenandoah Co.
Son: Samuel - house I now live in with two lots attached.
Son: Joseph - the house Samuel now lives in purchased at public sale which Philip Grim formerly owned.
Son: Henry - my house and lot on the back street which I purchased of Joseph Stover.
Sons: Isaac and John Dau: Rebecca - two lots which I bought of Christley Stover's estate.
Dau: Mary my lot adjoining property of Jacob Cook, dec'd.
Mentions: son George's three children (not named).
Exor: son, Samuel Wit: William Balthiz, Jacob Reagen & Will M. Bayly
The index of marriage records lists marriages of (his daughters?):
Cathrine Cooper to Jacob Brobuk on 24 Apr 1807 (older dau, not in will?)
Mary Cooper to Phillip Granditaff (Jr) on 6 Aug 1816
Ann Cooper to John Q. Machead on 6 Mar 1817 (Rebecca?)
Mary Cooper to William Long on 23 Dec 1822
also listed are:
Cathrine (d of Jacob) to George W. Grim 27 Nov 1821
Sarah Cooper (d of Jacob) to Lorinzo Grove 7 Apr 1829
Rebecca Cooper (bondsman Geo Cooper and son of Jacob Bowman) to Isaac Bowman 7 Jan 1833