Nancy,
I don't think we can say 100% that the Perrin mentioned is not your
Perrin. Perrin C and Perrin (Jr?) were only about 7 years apart. It would
make sense, though, that the elder Perrin was this James's brother.
I would think that this is your Perrin in 1850. It now seems evident that
Edward was EC's and Milo's brother. Perhaps Harriett was Edward's wife,
listed first only because she was older.
1850 > ILLINOIS > CALHOUN > ILLINOIS
Series: M432 Roll: 99 Page: 306
Perrin Cooley 27 Farmer MO
Harriet Cooley 19 IL
Edward Cooley 18 MO
Slowly, the mysteries are being revealed.
-Michael
> This is so interesting and thanks to all of you who work so hard to solve
> th=
> e family mysteries. I have learned a lot...info and strategies...just from
> y=
> our posts and am encouraged to keep searching for our Perrin C. Cooley's
> (18=
> 20-1912) parents and link in addition to the DNA of nephew.=20
>
> Nancy Cooley
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Mar 15, 2013, at 21:06, "Michael Cooley" <michael_at_newsummer.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>=20
>> That William Cooley was living in Oregon gives some pause. It's possible
>> we haven't properly ID'd him.
>>=20
>> Perrin C Cooley (born 1820) is still a mystery. :(
>>=20
>> I'm going to merge the Cooley/Bearden page into the main John Cooley
>> page.=
>
>> Hurray!
>>=20
>> -Michael
>>=20
>>> 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.
>>>=20
>>> 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.
>>>=20
>>> 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:
>>>=20
>>> 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.
>>>=20
>>> 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!)
>>>=20
>>> --quote--
>>> Your petitioner states that the following are the only Heirs at Law of
>>> th=
> e
>>> 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,
>>> Mil=
> o
>>> Cooley, & Mary Cooley, the last six of whom are children of a decd
>>> Brothe=
> r
>>> of sd James Cooley, the last two of which are minors under the age of
>>> 21
>>> years.
>>> --endquote--
>>>=20
>>> And I rest my case. :) Thoughts in a moment.
>>>=20
>>> -Michael
>>>=20
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>>> information.
>>=20
>>=20
>> --=20
>> Second VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
>> President, the Genealogy Club of Humboldt State University
>> Administrator, the Eldridge Family DNA Project
>> Administrator, the Ashenhurst Family DNA Project (in the works)
>> Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
>> Co-Administrator, the Cooley Family DNA Project
>> Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong Learning
>> Institute (OLLI)
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>
--
Second VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
President, the Genealogy Club of Humboldt State University
Administrator, the Eldridge Family DNA Project
Administrator, the Ashenhurst Family DNA Project (in the works)
Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Cooley Family DNA Project
Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute (OLLI)
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