Harrison Cooper

Some sources have this Harrison Cooper as the son of a James Cooper who died in 1802, Oglethorpe County, and named his beloved son Harrison in his will. It is not clear how or whether these Coopers are related.

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Married Dicey Self June 6, 1803 Oglethorpe Co., GA

http://genealogytrails.com/geo/oglethorpe/marriages-3.html

Listed 1804/02/01 Oglethorpe Land Lottery with brothers Vining, James, & Arthur.

1810 Morgan Co GA Tax List

http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/cooper/11565/

In the 1820 St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Census were listed a Harrison ["Horison"] Cooper along with a Cornelius Cooper and a Henry Cooper. Harrison Cooper served in the War of 1812 as a Corporal in the 12 and 13 Regiments, Louisiana Militia.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BANKSTON/2008-08/1218...

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLW-PP4

By 1825 he and Dicey were in Copiah County Mississippi.

Harrison Cooper is also listed in Copiah County tax lists up to about 1840.

http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/BANKSTON/2009-03/1238503443

In 1850 his widow Dicey is living with their daughter Anna Cooper Bankston:

1850 US Census, Copiah County Mississippi:

p. 225a Cooper, Dice 60 b. Ga

in the home of Marshall and Anna Cooper Bankston

http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/copiah/census/1850/indx-a-c.txt