Hi Bev,
Yes, I have Burnetta listed in the Y page, next to the last entry:
http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineages/johncooley-desc.html
-Michael
> Michael, this is a long shot but=85Tennessee State Library and Archives, =
> Stewart County Court Minutes 1817-1819 (WPA Records) - #268 says: =85 =
> court appoints William Cherry guardian to Burnetta Mathews Cooley, =
> daughter of Cornelius Cooley, deceased. You've come up with the family =
> Burnetta, and Mathews in with the Cooleys. Perhaps there is a connection =
> there.
>
> Beverly Webster
> hbk3_at_frontiernet.net
>
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> On Jun 17, 2013, at 1:04 PM, ancestr2_at_host187.hostmonster.com wrote:
>
>> It's possible. As we have seen, these families often moved with one
>> another from state to state. It's now looking, for example, that =
> Edmond
>> Cooley, Luke Burnett, and possibly the Speaces moved to South Carolina
>> just after 1800.
>>=20
>> -Michael
>>=20
>>> Michael, you have written a great report of what we know and what we =
> don't
>>> know about John Cooley, Sr. I was very intereted in this census you =
> sent
>>> of
>>> Stokes County, NC. One of John Cooley's(Joseph, John Sr.) sons, =
> William
>>> Cooley married Elizabeth Fields in Mo. I see more than one Fields =
> family
>>> living in Stokes County, NC in this census. Elizabeth Fields =
> apparently
>>> was
>>> born in Ky but came to Mo as an orphan, probably with Fields' uncles.
>>> These
>>> uncles served in the same Civil War unit as William Cooley and his =
> son,
>>> Joseph Cooley( William, John, Joseph, John Sr.). I have no idea =
> where in
>>> Ky, Elizabeth Fields was born and have been unable to find her =
> parentage
>>> but
>>> this makes me wonder if the Fields and the Cooley's knew each other =
> in NC
>>> and Ky.before coming to Mo. You can find a lot of hints when you =
> study the
>>> neighbors of our ancestors.
>>> Jane
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>>> I had never noticed how closely enumerated James Matthews is to the
>>>> Cooleys. He's next to Mordicai Ham, who was the half-brother of =
> Edward
>>>> Cooley's mother-in-law. There's even a John Speace in the county.
>>>>=20
>>>> http://ancestraldata.com/1790/stokesnc.txt
>>>>=20
>>>> --
>>>> <a href=3D"http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9</a>
>>>> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/ for list
>>>> information.
>>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> --
>>> <a href=3D"http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9</a>
>>> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/ for list
>>> information.
>>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> --=20
>> Second VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
>> Administrator, the Akins DNA Project
>> Administrator, the Ashenhurst DNA Project
>> Administrator, the Bishop DNA Project
>> Administrator, the Eldridge DNA Project
>> Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
>> Co-Administrator, the Cooley DNA Project
>> Co-Administrator, the McDougall DNA Project
>> Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong Learning
>> Institute (OLLI)
>> B.A. Humboldt State University, History
>>=20
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>> <a href=3D"http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9</a>
>> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/ for list =
> information.
>
> --
> <a href="http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9</a>
> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/ for list
> information.
>
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Second VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
Administrator, the Akins DNA Project
Administrator, the Ashenhurst DNA Project
Administrator, the Bishop DNA Project
Administrator, the Eldridge DNA Project
Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Cooley DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the McDougall DNA Project
Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute (OLLI)
B.A. Humboldt State University, History
Received on Mon Jun 17 2013 - 17:40:20 MDT