Jesse Copeland, born in 1804 in NC, married Elizabeth Forkner in Surry Co on 1 November 1826. Winston Somers provided the marriage bond. Elizabeth was born in 1802 in NC. They lived in Surry Co into the 1860s.The 1850 census shows Jesse’s birth year as 1794, but all other census records show that he was born in 1804 (per 1830, 1840 & 1860 census). In 1860 at Rockford, their next door neighbor was Joseph East [E4c3a1e] who lived with his daughter Mrs Elizabeth (East) Badgett. Jesse’s daughter Thursey married William Marion in 1853, and then she died after having one son. Her son was born in 1857, and was living with his grandparents Jesse and Elizabeth Copeland in 1860 at Rockford, Surry Co. Jesse died in the 1860s and Elizabeth then lived with her daughetr Lucinda in Surry Co at Eldora. The children of Jesse and Elizabeth were all born in Surry Co NC- 1. Lucinda Copeland, b 1828, married John Bowles in Surry Co on 3 October 1853. Her brother Melvin provided the marriage bond. John was born in 1820 in Surry Co, and was probably a son of John Bowles (Sr) who lived next to Lucinda’s family in 1860. They had two children by 1870- a. James L Bowles, b 1857 b. Thomas J Bowles, b Oct 1859 (240jknqr) 2. Thursey Copeland, b 1830, married William Marion on 21 November 1853 in Surry Co. Her brother Melvin provided the marriage bond. Thursey died in the late 1850s. William Marion was born in 1830 in NC. After Thrusey died, he lived with Thursey’s sister Sarah and Sarah’s husband James L Copeland. Thursey had a son- a. Francis Copeland, b 1857 in Surry Co, was raised by Jesse Copeland (1804) and his wife Elizabeth in Surry Co. (240jknq) 3. Melville W Copeland, b 1831, was often called Melvin. He married Sarah Lucinda Rutledge in Surry Co on 24 October 1854 and in 1860 they lived in Surry Co two doors from his sister Lucinda who married John Bowles. Sarah was born in NC in 1836. They had three children by 1860- a. Kate Copeland, b 1855 b. Plutina Copeland, b 1857 c. James R Copeland, b May 1860 (240knq) 4. Sarah A Copeland, b 1833, married James L Copeland [E4c3a3g3], son of Elizabeth East and Freeman Copeland, in Surry Co on 30 August 1853. In 1860 they lived in Grayson Co VA, and in the early 1870s moved to Erath Co TX. (240kn,1043q,107s) 5. Madison Copeland, b 1838 (240kn) 6. Bedford Copeland, b 1840 7. Jesse Copeland, b 1843, married Fanny _____ about 1870, lived in MO until the mid-1870s, then moved to Erath Co TX and lived next to his sister Sarah and her husband James L Copeland. Jesse and Fanny had two children- a. Matty Copeland, b 1871 in MO. b. Forest Copeland, b1877 in MO. (240n107s) In 1840 Garret Copeland, Freeman Copeland, and John Venable lived close by. In 1830 Pleasant Venable, Samuel & Garret Copeland, and John Bowles lived close by. (240jknmqr,107s) |