Johann Nicholas Cope

The will of Nicholas Cope lists his wife, Catherine, his sons Philip, and John, and daughters Elizabeth, Dorothy and Catherine and his grandson (oldest son of his son, Yost). His will probated August 9, 1785. The first reference found in Rowan CO, North Carolina for Nicholas is January 2, 1779. Cope Cemetery is referred to as the "Old Pioneer Cemetery." It is located at Thousand Trails Campground across the Yadkin River in Davie CO, located at Cooleemee Plantation, Davie CO, North Carolina, off Highway 64 West.

Occupation: Cordwainer--leather worker.

Nicholas Cope Will 1785 Rowan County, North Carolina

Will written 9 August 1785; Probated 8 November 1785

"In the Name of God, Amen. I, Nicholas Coape of the County of Rowan And Province of North Carolina being very Sickly and weak in or in perfect Health of body but or and in perfect mind and memory thanks be Given unto God.

Calling unto mind the Mortality of my body and flesh that it is appointed for all men once to Die to make and Ordain this my last will and Testament that is to Say Principally and first of All, I Give And Recommend my Soul into the hand of the Almighty God that Gave it And my body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian burial at the Directon of my Executor nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall Receive the Same Again by the mighty Power of God and as Touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, demise and Dispose of the Same in the following manner.

And first I Give and Bequeath to Catherin my Dearly beloved wife Her Bed and One of my Cows and A Spinning Wheel and a Iron Pot and all my movable affairs except what goes to pay the debts. I do leave to my daughter, Elisabeth, One Cow and Calf, I leave to my son Phillip One Hundred and Sixty Acres of land beginning at John Harrowood Corner Tree on the River running up the River Five Rod above his Upper Fence running with the Dividing Line for compliment between John Harrowood and Phillip Coape and the rest of my land to my son John, each of them to pay Fourteen Pounds (word unreadable) money a piece to my daughter Dority, eight pounds to his daughter Catharin, six pounds to my daughter Elisabeth, nine pounds to Jost Coape's oldest son, five pounds when he comes of age, Phillip Coape is to pay Dority eight in the same year and Catherin to be paid the next year, the said Phillip Coape and John Coape is to be joiners in paying of her in the payment, John Coape is to pay three pounds and the said Phillip Coape the remainder I do hereby leave Jacob Gobel and Phillip Coape Executors of my worldly affairs in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this ninth day of August One Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty Five."

"Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said Nicholas Coape as his Last Will and Testament in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names Jesse Adams Nicholas Cleck ) JW (his X mark) John Harrowood (his X mark) Nicholas Cope (his signature)"

This was posted on the internet by Melisa Bailey Duggins.

Heidelburg Evangelical Lutheran Church aka the Old Dutch Meeting House

located between Mocksville and Salisbury, Rowan CO, North Carolina, it is near Heidelburg Settlement, North Carolina on Comatzer Road at Homer Potts Road.

Church records date back to 1766. The last service was around 1860. The only remains of the church are the foundation stones [which are still in place], an unattended cemetery, a record book, and a weathervane.

The record book is located in the Lutheran Church Museum, Salisbury, North Carolina. The weathervane had been sent from Germany and is a cock, a reminder of Peter's denial of Christ. It is displayed in the Rowan County Museum, Salisbury, North Carolina.

All day services were held once a month. One account says that the church was burned by Indians in 1765.

They did not have or bring German ministers so the German school teacher was the speaker and read to the congregation. The first records were written in German. They sang from the German Union Hymn Book. The cemetery had iron gates, but they are gone. All that remains of the cemetery is the granite gateposts and some headtones which are readable but buried in the ground. It is up on a hill near the church. The cemetery is surrounded by a rock wall. The Kobs', the Harrowoods'. and the Glucks' attended there.

Name: Johann Nicholas COPE 1 2 Sex: M Birth: 1717 in Heidelberg, Germany 3 4 2 Death: 18 AUG 1785 in Rowan County, North Carolina, b Cope family cemetery 3 Death: 18 AUG 1785 in Rowan County, North Carolina 2 Note: per Katherine_James web site: Headstone (of Johann) reads "1785, DEI AUGUSTIST GESTO BEN NICOLA US KOB" Also from same source:

"Nicholaus Kob, whose name soon became Nicholas Cope, came with his family sometime before the Revolution and squatted on land just above the Harrowood ford. He and his family seem to have been substantial people as his will indicates, but the long and difficult procedure involved in buying land and perhaps more importantly the continuing quit rents due every year kept them from owning the land. After the Revolution they bought it from the State, which had confiscated it from Lord Granville. The money received by Nicholas for furnishing the patriots and by his son Phillip for service in the American forces may have helped with the purchase price."

"The Copes and the Harrowoods not only established homes and made farms, they are soon recorded as attending the "Old Dutch Meeting House" some seven miles up the road along with neighbors such as the Glucks whose descendants many years later after the name became "Click" helped manage the (Cooleemee) plantation."

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Will written 9 August 1785; Probated 8 November 1785

"In the Name of God Amen I Nicholas Coape of the County of Rowan And Province of North Carolina being very Sickly and weak in or in perfect Health of body but or and in perfect mind and memory thanks be Given unto God Calling unto mind the Mortality of my body and flesh that it is appointed for all men once to Die do make and Ordain this my last will and Testament that is to Say Principally and first of All I Give And Recommend my Soul into the hand of the Almighty God that Gave it And my body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian burial at the Direction of my Executor nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall Receive the Same Again by the mighty Power of God and as Touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give demise and Dispose of the Same in the following manner And first I Give and Bequeath to Catherin my Dearly beloved wife Her Bed and One of my Cows and A spinning Wheel and a Iron Pot and all my movable affairs except what goes to pay the debts I do leave to my daughter Elisabeth one cow and calf I leave to my son Phillip one hundred and sixty acres of land beginning at John Harrowood corner tree on the river running up the River five rod above his upper fence running with the dividing line for compliment between John Harrowood and Phillip Coape and the rest of my land to my son John each of them to pay fourteen pounds (word unreadable) money a piece to my daughter Dority eight pounds to his daughter Catharin six pounds to my daughter Elisabeth nine pounds to Jost Coape's oldest son five pounds when he comes of age Phillip Coape is to pay Dority eight in the same year and Catherin to be paid the next year the said Phillip Coape and John Coape is to be joiners in paying of her in the payment John Coape is to pay three pounds and the said Phillip Coape the remainder I do hereby leave Jacob Gobel and Phillip Coape executors of my worldly affairs in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this ninth day of August one thousand seven hundred eighty five."

"Signed sealed published pronounced and declared by the said Nicolas Coape as his Last will and Testament in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names

Jesse Adams Nicolas Cleck ) JW (his X mark) John Harrowood (his X mark) Nicolas Cope (his signature)" This was posted on the internet by Melisa Duggins ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------

Father: Yost COPE b: 1700 in Wertenburg, Germany Mother: Dorothea BARBARA BUCHER b: ABT 1700 in Germany

Marriage 1 Anna Catherine GABEL b: 19 MAY 1727 in Offenbach, -Am-Glam, Zweibruecken, Germany c: 22 MAY 1727 in Offenbach, -Am-Glam, Zweibruecken, Germany Married: ABT 1749 2 Children Catherine COPE b: ABT 1750 in Franconia Twp., Montgomery , Pennsylvania Elizabeth COPE b: 2 AUG 1751 in Near Woxall, Montgomery, Pennsylvania George Phillip COPE b: 2 AUG 1751 in Montgomery County, Pa Yost COPE b: 1752 in Franconia Twp., Bucks County, Pennsylvania John Gabel COPE b: 1764 in Rowan County, North Carolina Johann Frederick COPE b: UNKNOWN Dorothy COPE b: 1750

Sources: Title: GEDCOM file imported on 23 Nov 1999. Author: Marsha Leas Note: ABBR Imported GEDCOM file Repository: Media: Book Title: radB51AE[1].FTW Repository: Media: Other Text: Date of Import: Feb 25, 2001 Title: Web pages/Katherine_James Note: ABBR Web pages/Katherine_James Title: History of Jersey County, Ill copyright 1991 Note: ABBR History of Jersey County, Ill copyright 1991 Repository: Media: Book

[CopeHart Family 1.FTW] Headstone reads, "1785, Dei Augustist Gesto Ben Nicola Us Kob" (per Katherine James web site. Also from the same source: "Nicholas Kob, whose name soon became Nicholas Cope, came with his family some time before the Revolution and squatted on land just above the Harrowood Ford. He and his family seem to have been substantial people as his will indicates, but the long and difficult procedure involved in buying land and perhaps more importantly, the continuing quit rents due every year kept them from owning the land. After the Revolution they bought it from the State which had confiscated it from Lord Granville. The money received by Nicholas for furnishing the patriots and by his sone Phillip for service in the American forces may have helped with the purchase price." The Cope's and Harrowood's not only established homes and made farms, but they are soon recorded as attending the "Old Dutch Meeting House" some seven miles up the road along with neighbors such as the Glucks whose decendants many years later after the name became "Click" helped manage the plantation. John Nicholas setteled in NC in Davie County, which was originally part of Rowan County, NC. He is buried in Cope Cemetary #1 and the inscription is in German and spells the family name as "KOB". According to the "NC Revolutionary Accounts" (Vol.VII, p.83, folio 4, p.84, folio 1 in the State Archives in Raleigh, NC), Nicholas was paid for services; this identifies him as a patriot during the American Revolutionary War. This evidence establishes eligibility for DAR/SAR membership. Nicholas and other family members are buried in the Cope Family Cemetary in Davie Co., NC which is locted in the Pioneer Cemetary on the Thousand Trails Forest Lake Preserve in Advance, NC. Headstone reads "1785 Dei Augustist Gesto Ben Nicola us Kob".

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Förnamn Johann Nicholas John Nicholas Efternamn Cope Födelseort Heidelberg, Germany On the high seas coming from Germany Dödsdatum 18 augusti 1785 augusti 1785 Dödsort Cooleemee Plantation, Davie, North Carolina, USA Rowan County, North Carolina