We now have a clear record of John's children and we now know, without
doubt, that he was James's brother. And that means the John who we find in
1850 and 1860 and who I had attributed to Perrin Sr was NOT Perrin's son.
He was probably James's (1771-1821) son! The Dickson County James's
relationship to the others isn't stated, but I think we can very safely
assume they were siblings.
That William Cooley was living in Oregon gives some pause. It's possible
we haven't properly ID'd him.
Perrin C Cooley (born 1820) is still a mystery. :(
I'm going to merge the Cooley/Bearden page into the main John Cooley page.
Hurray!
-Michael
> I don't have a scanner but will have it scanned next week. Then I'll
> repackage the whole thing and snail mail it to Jim--who may be able to
> read some of it better than I can.
>
> It's big. It includes IOUs that James had signed and it's evident he owed
> quite a bit of money and that his property was liquidated to cover the
> debt. There are also some pages for a John W Coley who, I think, was no
> relationship.
>
> Much of it is hard to read. I'd gone through 3/4 of it before I saw
> anything of real genealogical value. It's a list, with no real
> explanation, but the cleanest, clearest document in the whole packet:
>
> William Cooley Oregon Territory
> Paren Cooley Missouri
> Nelly & William Green Illinois
> Hannah & William Beardin Mo.
> Elizabeth and Edward Stinson "
> John Cooley dead his heirs
> Angeline Cooley married Daniel Morgan in Texas
> Edward Cooley Illinois
> Elizabeth & John Bailey Dickson Co. Ten.
> E. C. Coley " " " "
> Milo Cooley " " Minor
> Mary Cooley " " do.
>
> It's spelled out better in a later document, but I don't see a date. It
> references the land that James bought from John B Walker, which is
> registered in Book J, page 245. Here is the good stuff. (Congrats Jim and
> Gloria!)
>
> --quote--
> Your petitioner states that the following are the only Heirs at Law of the
> said James Cooley, as he is informed and believes, to wit. William Cooley,
> Paren Cooley, William Green & wife Nelly formerly Cooley, William Bearden
> and wife Hannah formerly Cooley, Edward Stinson and wife Elizabeth,
> formerly Cooley, Daniel Morgan and wife Angeline, formerly Cooley, Edward
> Cooley, John Bailey and wife Elizabeth, formerly Cooley, E.C. Cooley, Milo
> Cooley, & Mary Cooley, the last six of whom are children of a decd Brother
> of sd James Cooley, the last two of which are minors under the age of 21
> years.
> --endquote--
>
> And I rest my case. :) Thoughts in a moment.
>
> -Michael
>
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