Date of Birth of George Washington ROPER -- An Afterthought
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In reply to:
Re: Roper's of IL
Frances Golightly 8/03/02
It is very important to also bear in mind that the current working lineage for George Washington ROPER (d 8 Sep 1866 - Saline, IL) has this George as the SON of George Washinton ROPER (b 1765 - Orange, NC; d 4 Feb 1845 - Jefferson, IL) and Blanche LEEPER.
The elder George Washington ROPER's year of birth is taken from the affidavit in support of his Revolutionary Pension application.
If the younger George Washington ROPER (d 8 Sep 1866 - Saline, IL) was actually born in 1777, BEFORE the Revolution was yet over and while the elder George Washington ROPER was only 12 years old, then it almost surely indicates that the established lineage for this family is WRONG!
But I am NOT stating that this is not the case.It may very well be that the younger George Washington ROPER belongs to a different branch of the family and simply ended up colocated near an older Revolutionary era cousin bearing the same name.
One indication that this MIGHT BE THE CASE is the fact that Rachel ROPER is MISSING from the 1850 Census enumeration for Illinois and APPEARS to be enumerated heading a separate household in SOUTH CAROLINA.
The younger George Washington ROPER might have appeared in Illinois in the same location as the elder George, but may actually belong to one of the South Carolina branches of the family (e.g. possibly a descendent of Charles ROPER and Ann GOODWYN or another of the ROPER lines that sent their children to SC).
I would be very interested to learn if you have any specific information that helps to clarify not only DATES but also RELATIONSHIPS of the ROPER in Saline County, IL!Thank you so much for sharing this information with us so that we can re-examine our possibly erroneous assumptions!
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Re: Date of Birth of George Washington ROPER -- An Afterthought
Frances Golightly 8/11/02
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