I have information on "Tempey" Cooley who md William Cunningham 4 Feb 1819
in Howard County, Mo. I had received letters from a Sarah Ann Roberts which
were written in 1937 that explained who Tempey is. She is actually
Theodocia Cooley, aka Docia, Dosh, etc. I have NO idea why she is listed as
Tempey on her marriage to William Cunningham. He died before 1829 and they
had one dau, Mary Ann, b abt 1821 in Howard County, MO.
Dosh, etc then md John Roberts on 4 Oct 1829 in Howard County, MO. They had
the following children:
Mary Ann Roberts b 11 Aug 1830 in MO and died 17 Oct 1899, Yolo County, CA.
She md John Maxwell on 11 Sep 1846 in Platte County, MO
Rebecca Roberts b 10 Dec 1832 MO, d 21 Jan 1908 in Garfield Co, Colorado.
She md Joel J Crook 28 Aug 1851 in Platte County, MO
Jemima Roberts b 20 Dec 1833 in Howard County, MO and died 27 Dec 1874 in
Leavenworth County, KS, md John Sparks on16 Sep 1852 in Mercer County, MO.
(she was named for my 3rd great grandmother, Jemima Cooley, who was a
sister to Theodocia, etc. (Their father was James Cooley, 1772-1821).
Ralph Roberts b 1 Feb 1837, MO, d 6 Mar 1899 in Woodland, Yolo, CA and md
Mary E Finch on 6 May 1855 in Buchanan County, MO
James T Roberts b 30 Aug 1839 MO, d 26 Feb 1885 in Sherman County, NE, md
Susanna Bales/Bayles on 1 Mar 1859 in Ray County, MO
Matilda Roberts b 16 May 1842 in Buchanan County, MO and d 1 May 1908 in
Buchanan County, MO. She md Thomas Jefferson Meers on 21 Apr 1858 in
Buchanan County, MO.
Tempey, Theodocia, Docia, etc is buried in Bethel Cemetery, Buchanan, MO.
Her gravestone lists her as Dosh A Roberts.
I have James Cooley (1772 - 1821) as the father of my Jemima and Theodbcia
and 9 or 10 other children.
I don't know if you have the following regarding the administration of
James Cooley but here it is:
Estate of James Cooley
Feb 1824 , Search under "Cunningham"
To the Honorable David Todd Judge of the Circuit Court for the first
Judicial Circuit in the State of Missouri setting as a court of chancery at
the town of Fayette in the County of Howard and circuit aforesaid.
Your orator Pleasant Wilson of the County of Howard and State of
Missouri administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels rights
and credits of James Cooley deceased Humbly complaining sheweth unto your
Honor that sometime on or about the first day of October in the year
Eighteen hundred and twenty one in the County of Howard aforesaid, the
aforesaid James Cooley died intestate leaving a widow by the name of
Elizabeth Cooley and the following heirs and legal representatives (towit?)
Thomas White and his wife Jemima which said Jemima is daughter and heir of
said Deceased; William Cunningham and his wife Docia which said Docia is
the daughter and heir of said Deceased and the following sons and heirs all
minors (towit?) Demarquis D Cooley, Isaac N Cooley, James M Cooley, Timothy
G Cooley, John H Cooley, Cornelius Cooley, Benjamin R Cooley, Matthias M
Cooley, and William Cooley who are all prayed to be made parties to this
Bill of Complaint. Your petition further represents unto your Honor that
one the ninth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty two he
obtained letters of administration on the Estate of said deceased from the
clerk of the County Court for the County of Howard aforesaid which are in
full force and virtue in law, not set aside or revoked and which to the
Court are here shewn and made a part of this Bill the date whereof is the
same day and year aforesaid. Your orator further represents that the
personal estate of said deceased was appraised to the sum of $625.43 3/4
cents out of which said personal property the widow of said deceased
received its appraised value the sum of $150 which left a balance of said
personal property at its appraised value of the sum of $475.43 3/4 cents.
Your petitioner further represents that the above personal property at its
appraised value was sold at public sale to the highest bidder as will
appear said sale bill for the sum of $30.30.00 cent. Your orator further
shews unto your Honor that the following demands in amount have been
allowed by the County Court for the County of Howard in favour of creditors
against your orator as administrator of the Estate of said deceased.
List of creditors follows, including William Cunningham the sum of $13.50;
Total sum of $1047.41 owed to creditors. There follows several pages of
"complaint" as to a Robert Brown who "went bail" for James Cooley over a
quarter section of land a few miles southwest of Fayette. The possibility
appears to be that the settlement of the estate went on for some time. The
affidavit of Brown may be found in these papers and states that James
Cooley intended to go to North Carolina shortly before his death.
Information was produced for RRH by Lois Stanley, genalogist in St. Louis
in 1982.
crthunt added this on 19 Apr 2011
Source: Joint Collection, University of Missouri, Western Historical
Manuscript, Columbia State Historical Society of Missouri Manuscripts; From
the Abiel Leonard Collection (one of earliest lawyers in area) Transcribed
from copy of original manuscript.
You will note that Thomas K White, husband of Jemima Cooley (my 4th GG
parents) is often mentioned on Cooley legal documents and seemed to be a
"go to guy" for many legal matters.
Bonnie Lillywhite
On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
wrote:
> This is much better than what I have. Thanks, Mary!
>
> BTW, everyone, the Big Y donor has thrown in another $100 for a total of
> $250! I'll send another email later trying to explain what the Big Y can
> help.
>
> -Michael
>
> On Fri, April 24, 2015 14:15, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> >
> > I have been helping someone on her Beaird line for several months so
> > haven't done much on the Cooley lines. I do have info on Tempey Cooley.
> >
> > Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
> > Name: Tempey Cooley
> > Marriage Date: 4 Feb 1819
> > Marriage County: Howard
> > Spouse Name: William Cuningham
> > Married by Tyre Harris, J.P.
> >
> >
> > I haven't found any other information on Tempey.
> >
> >
> > Mary C.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Cooley
> > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 4:53 PM
> > To: John Cooley Mailing List
> > Subject: Closer to Big Y
> >
> >
> > Some of you may remember that Don and I have been salivating over the Big
> > Y, the testing of about 10 million locations on the Y chromosome, for
> > some time. The current price is $575. We've had a donation $150 to the
> > cause and we expect there may be another $100-off sale from FTDNA this
> > summer, which would provide a savings of another $100. Don would test and
> > has offered to pick up the difference which, if everything comes
> together,
> > would be $325--a good chunk of money. Any additional donation, even in
> > the amount of $15 or $20, will help to further offset the cost. If anyone
> > wishes to donate, go to
> >
> https://www.familytreedna.com/group-general-fund-contribution.aspx?g=Cool
> > ey
> >
> > Be sure to specify what it's for, for example "Big Y for Don Cooley."
> >
> >
> > We know that Phil Hackett is a close match to us. He has Big-Y tested.
> > Since he's not a descendant of John Cooley's, our common ancestor goes
> > back before 300 years ago. Phil belongs to subclade YP609. Considering
> that
> > our Y-STRs are so similar, we are probably also YP609. But the real
> > potential here is that Phil as 18 "personal SNPs." These are SNPs that
> > belong, up to this date, only to Phil. Don will certainly match some of
> > them, one of which will be designated as a new SNP downstream of YP609.
> > The fewer the SNPS in common, the older the common ancestor. The more the
> > SNPs in common, the younger the common ancestor. In other words, we
> > should get a fairly good idea as to how long ago the Cooley / Hackett
> > split occurred.
> >
> > Clear as mud?
> >
> >
> > We've been very quiet for a long time. Getting a fix on John Cooley's
> > origins isn't the only mystery. We still have to figure out the PA Cooley
> > connection, find the descendants of John's daughters, figure out if the
> > John Cooley / Sarah Ann Treadwell line belongs to us. There's still the
> > problem of finding out what happened to James's son, James M Cooley, and
> > just how Perrin C Cooley fits in--and we know that he does. We still need
> > to settle the controversy of James Cooley m Jane White. (I maintain that
> > he belongs to Joseph rather than being the son of James.)* We also need
> > to find out what happened to Perrin's son William. I think he might have
> > been the William of Yreka, California. But what happened to his family?
> >
> > Of course, we accomplished a great deal: the family of William Matthews
> > Cooley, sorting out the family of Perrin, finding that Edmund was
> probably
> > their brother, learning that Abraham was not ours--and a lot more I'm
> > not now thinking of. We've done a great job--but our job will never be
> > done. :)
> >
> >
> > * We know from her bio that Elizabeth Cooley White had five siblings--all
> > from her father first marriage. The six of them appear to have been:
> >
> > Mary Cooley (1791-) m Jesse Mitchell
> > John Cooley (1793-1844) m Elizabeth White
> > Elizabeth Cooley (c1794-1882) m William C White
> > James Cooley (1796-c1829) m Jane White
> > Hannah Cooley (1798-1834) m William Wilson
> > Tempy Cooley (1800-)
> >
> >
> > Do we have any indication whether Tempy married?
> >
> >
> > -Michael
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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> >
>
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