Yeah, they probably conducted a very narrow search. I remember being
particularly interested in finding out whether they had custody papers.
His brother James was living in Randolph county. We know now, of course,
that it was Milo (not Willow), etc. who was living with him in 1850. The
county clerk there was very helpful:
--quote--
Subject: RE: James Cooley deeds, c1840s
From: "Mark Price"
Date: Tue, May 18, 2010 8:45 am
I SEARCHED THIS MORNING AND FOUND THAT JAMES COOLEY SOLD TO A WALTER
TUCKER ON 4-19-1844 IN BOOK E PAGE 179 PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN SECTION
32-52-14 AND ALSO JAMES COOLEY TO ROBERT SMITH ON 11-25-1846 IN BOOK F
PAGE 323 LOCATED IN SECTION 31 AND 32- 54-14.
--endquote--
This is probably the same Robert Smith:
--quote--
History of Randolph and Macon Counties, 1884
Chapter IX
SILVER CREEK TOWNSHIP
Mr. Robert Smith, who owns a fine farm, upon which he operated a tobacco
factory, half a mile east of Mt. Airy, is an old settler. He came to
Huntsville in 1837, where he remained six years, and then moved to Silver
Creek. He is now 73 years of age, and has raised a family of six children,
three girls and three boys. In 1842 he bought the Cooley farm, one mile
east of Huntsville. The farm is under-laid by a four-foot vein of coal.
--endquote--
So, we can now be sure that James sold the land for the intention we had
thought...to move out of the area with Martha and her kids. There might be
more info in Randolph. If you want to pursue the Howard county thing, I'll
check again with the Randolph county clerk. Deal? :)
-Michael
> I think I remember you had to snail mail them because there wasn't an
> email address. However, if you were looking for info in the year that he
> died 1846 it they may not have looked in 1848 for the settlement of his
> estate.
> Just a thought.
> Gloria
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "ancestr2_at_host187.hostmonster.com"
> <ancestr2_at_host187.hostmonster.com>
> To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 3, 2013 7:34 PM
> Subject: [Fwd: Re: Response from Howard county...]
>
>
> Well, I had sent them regular mail. I'm still not finding an email
> address:
>
> 1 Courthouse Sq, Fayette, MO 65248
> (660) 248-3400
>
> -Michael
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: Re: Response from Howard county...
> From: michael_at_newsummer.com
> Date: Mon, May 31, 2010 4:26 pm
> To: "G Tanner" <gjtann7_at_yahoo.com>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Howard county is where John Cooley committed suicide in 1846. I was hoping
> to find some information about the trial he was waiting for or about his
> children, such as an adoption.
>
> -Michael
>
>> Thanks for trying. Could the property have been in a neighboring
>> county?
>>
>> --- On Fri, 5/28/10, michael_at_newsummer.com <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: michael_at_newsummer.com <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>> Subject: Response from Howard county...
>> To: "Jim Cooley" <lvcooley5_at_cox.net>
>> Cc: "Gloria Tanner" <gjtann7_at_yahoo.com>, "Sandra Stanton"
>> <sandystanton_at_prodigy.net>
>> Date: Friday, May 28, 2010, 12:18 AM
>>
>>
>> Well, they found nothing. I guess it's not too surprising. I suppose any
>> entries these dramatic would have been uncovered earlier by others
>> researchers. This doesn't kill the theory but neither do we have any
>> supporting documentation for it.
>>
>> Because this discussion has gone public on the Cooley board at genforum,
>> I'll post the Howard county's response there.
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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Received on Sat Aug 03 2013 - 17:51:29 MDT