Hon. Belton Allyn Copp

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. II, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p. 792

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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 323

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Hon Belton Allyn Copp Mr Copp was born near Gale's Ferry, Groton in 1796 He was by profession a lawyer, and took a prominent part in politics. The first part of his life was spent in Georgia, but he removed to his native town in 1832, where he settled down as a farmer and yet practiced his profession. He was a member of the Legislature several times, beginning with 1838. In 1847 that body appointed him chief judge of the County Court. He died in 1858, aged sixty two years.

History of New London county, Connecticut: with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men by Duane Hamilton Hurd, p. 448

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