My great great great grandmother. *indicates a direct ancestor.
Born: between 1770 and 1780. 1
Parents: ELIAS DOSSEY* AND UNKNOWN
Married: 19 Jan. 1795, Oglethorpe Co., GA. 2
Death: unknown.
Notes:
2 APRIL 1796: Benjamin Riden & Claricy his wife of Oglethorpe Co. to Sukey Dossey Extx. and John Copeland Exor. of the last will & testament of Elias Dossey Dec'd for 30 pounds GA money, 80 a. in sd. county on waters of NKettle Cr.; part of a tract of land sold by the sheriff of Oglethorpe Co. by virtue of a fieri facias issued by Inferior Count of said county, Cordy Pate vs. Ferdinand Grisham, including the house and plantation where the said Suckey Dossey now lives ... (the rest unreadable). 3 (Sukey, or Susannah, may have been the wife of Elias Dossey, Nancy's mother.)
GEORGIA TAX DIGEST 4:
1800: John Copeland, Oglethorpe Co. (McElroy).
1801: John Copeland, Greene Co. (Wiggins)
1805: John Copeland, Greene Co. (Lodowick Alford)
1809: John Copeland, Greene Co. (Boring)
1815: Greene Co. (Dolbey Wootan), Nancy Copeland.
7 APRIL 1815: GREENE COUNTY, STATE OF GEORGIA. "This indenture made 28th day of December 1814 between Colson Copeland of the one part and the administrators of John Copeland lately deceased of the other part, all of aforesaid state and county. For consideration in the sum of $500 paid by party of the other part, to them sold and conveyed a parcel of land lying on the Oconee adjoining Perry and others, measured by poles, chain, etc. containing 71 acres. /S/Colson Copeland by his mark. Wit: Thomas Wood, Daniel Dossy, Gilley Moore JP. John Bethune, Clerk. Recorded 7 April 1815." 5
Listed in the 1820 Federal Census, Capt Kimbroughs District,Greene,GA (indexed Nancy Copland) age 26-45, with two males under 10, one male age 16-18, one male age 16-26, one male age 26-45, two females age 10-16, one female age 16-26, four persons engaged in agriculture, and two male and three female slaves.
Listed in the 1830 Federal Census, Greene, GA (indexed Nancy Copeland) age 50-60, with one male age 5-10, two males age 10-15, one male age 15-20, two females 20-30, four male and three female slaves.
Spouse: JOHN COPELAN* b. before 1795 d. before 1815.
CHILDREN OF JOHN COPELAN AND NANCY DOSSEY:
NANCY COPELAN b. about 1800, Georgia.
JOHN D. COPELAN b. about 1803, GA d. between 1860-1870.
SUSAN A. COPELAN b. about 1805, Georgia.
ELIAS D. COPELAN b. about 1811, Georgia.
JASPER NEWTON COPELAN* b. about 1813, GA d. Nov. or Dec. 1863.
Possible child: Obadiah, b. about 1806, m. Sarah Credille.
Sources:
1. 1830 Federal Census, Greene, GA.
2. Hunting For Bears, comp., Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 [database on-line], Provo, UT; The Generations Network, Inc., 2004; original data is marriage information taken from county courthouse records, many of them records extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.
3. "Some Georgia County Records," Vol. 7, Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenville, SC, 1993.
4. "An Index To Georgia Tax Digests," Vols. I-V, R. J. Taylor, Jr., Foundation, The Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC, 1986.
5. "Greene County, Georgia Land Records Deeds 1810-1815," Vol. II, Freda Reid Turner, Boyd Publishing Co., Milledgeville, GA, 2005.
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