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Elijah Lee and Andrew Cooper of South Carolina born 1770s brought their families to Chambers County Alabama, former Creek Indian Lands, before 1840.  It has been said that Elijah paid an indian directly for his land.  Elijah had married Malinda Phillips of Green County Georgia and some believe the Phillips were of indian blood.  Andrew Cooper may have also married an indian woman named Alsey and her last name had never been discovered.  On the 1840 census Alsey appears to be widowed with children. 1840 shows Elijah Lee living near a John Phillips. The Alabama Land Records show that Elijah bought land in 1823 so it was long before the Trail of Tears. ( note )
http://www.rootsweb.com/~alchambe/grpsht.html

The Lees are buried at the Old Harmony Baptist Church cemetery and the graves of the Coopers are not yet found. Aunt Sissy says that grandpa Levi Cooper is buried by his sons at a church cemetery in Cecil, Alabama.  They had resided in Whitehall according to Aunt Sissy.  She and her son Butch have been a great help!
Descendant Susie Mae Cooper Brooks is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery Alabama.  Her descendant Charlie Brooks is buried at Brookside Memorial in Millbrook, Alabama.
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Charner P Cooper, son of Andrew, married Sarah F Lee, daughter of Elijah, and their son Levi Benjamin Cooper married Sarah Elizabeth Carter, a daughter of Thomas Randolph Carter and Mary Josephine Hereford of Virginia. Mary had a beautiful complexion, black eyes and black hair. The grave of TRC born 1820 was found in Hope Hull, Montgomery, Alabama by his first wife, Lacy Jane Bozeman and I really appreciate my daughter driving us through that cow pasture to find that little cemetery hidden behind the pond, and it really deserves a historical marker.
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The Bozemans came from South Carolina and NC 1700s moving into Alabama as some of the Indian Tribes moved west in the early 1800s.  Lacy's father Jesse's headstone shows that he was born 1793.  Apparently Jesse had been married twice . Many legal documents exist in Montgomery County regarding the Bozeman families.

Jesse Bozeman was the brother of William Henry Bozeman and administrator of his Estate.  Their father was Peter Bozeman of Darlington South Carolina who served in the American Revolution along with his own father, Mordecai Bozeman.  Peter and his wife Sarah, had moved their families into Alabama about 1820 and they are probably buried in Hope Hull, Montgomery County, Alabama. Several Bozemans were buying land in Alabama in the 1820s and 1830s.
Just  imagine the many wagon trains flowing in..

William Henry named his sons, Meady, Peter Edward, and John Thomas Bozeman.  John's descendant, Jimmy Ray has assisted with this research.  Meady's descendant Wayne and his wife Sue Carol have also assisted.  Wayne and Jimmy have had many years of genealogy work before me and were so kind and proud to share with a new cousin.
*Thomas Carter was the son of  John Wise Carter who some say was buried in Talladega Alabama.  John was born 1792 South Carolina, the son of Elizabeth Wise and Captain John Carter who may have served in the War of 1812 and the American Revolution. John bought land in Alabama in 1821.
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Susie Mae Cooper's husband was James Edgar Brooks Sr and their son was James Jr.  The parents of James came from Tennessee with the railroad and they resided downtown Montgomery Alabama near the Union Station.  They were Annie Clark Ballard and John Brooks, all buried at Greenwood.  John's father was also named John, born in Pennsylvania to Dutch parents.  He was found in the 1860 census of Giles TN, the same year he met and married Roxanna Permilia Smith.note  Our cousin Clarence and his mother Sissy have assisted with this research and contributed to the Montgomery Cemetery research with his survey of Carter-Stokes cemetery in Hope Hull, which should be appropriately named Carter and Bozeman Cemetery.
The Smith families connect to a Captain John Smith of Virginia.
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The Ballards were previously in the Carolinas, as were the Bond, and Ward families.
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James Edgar Brooks Jr married Mary Ella Thornton and had a son named Charles in Montgomery Alabama.   He also worked a while with the railroad while living on Hull Street near my grandpa Fenn but the Brooks soon moved to Millbrook and had a huge garden and seven boys and one daughter.  Mr Brooks became an exterminator for a few years before he joined the John Deere dealership.  They are buried in Prattville by their son Johnny. *letter*
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Mary Ella's parents were Bessie Mae Hood and Milton Elijah Thornton and they are buried in Slapout/ Holtville,  in Elmore County AL at the Cain's Chapel Cemetery near many other family members.
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headstones and census records
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Elijah's parents came from Georgia,  Mary Angeline Partridge and George Thornton; we found their graves behind an old primitive Baptist Church in Central, Elmore, AL on the way to the Lake.Mary Ella's sister, Lorraine said that Mary Angeline was an indian and my daughter took me to the Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Central to locate those headstones.
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Bessie's parents were Ella Olivia Baxley and Allen Wesley Hood but his headstone has an L W on it.  His parents are hard to trace and prove.  Hers were James and Marnda Baxley of Cold Spring, Elmore, AL and thus begins the brick wall in our research.

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His parents were James Edgar Brooks Jr and Mary Ella Thornton headstones

His grandparents were James E Brooks Sr and Susie Mae Cooper/ and Bessie Mae Hood and Milton Elijah Thornton.


 good article about Montgomery


http://www.hometown.aol.com/grandpatrcarter/photoList.html


indian cousins


Mary Ella Thornton married James Edgar Brooks in Montgomery Alabama having seven sons and one daughter.  Eventually they moved into Millbrook and she was known as Nannie to many, many friends that she babysit for in her home.  Everyone loved her and she was the best mother in law that I ever could have wished  for.

She was named after two of her grandmothers, Mary Angeline Partridge Thornton who was an Indian and Ella Olivia Baxley Hood, whom I am researching.

Brooks lineage is also being researched by me and her nephew Butch.

http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~brooksgenealogy/
Charles Brooks.  1953-1998

His parents were Mary Ella Thornton and James Edgar Brooks.  Parents of Mary were Bessie Mae Hood and Milton Elijah Thornton.  Milton's parents were Mary Angeline Partridge and George Thornton.  Parents of Bessie were Ella Olivia Baxley and Wesley Allen Hood.
 
http://www.hometown.aol.com/carterancestry/page32.html
http://www.hometown.aol.com/spiritwalkintall/page29.html
 
http://www.hometown.aol.com/kc90853/page62.html
 
Parents of James Brooks were Susie Mae Cooper and James Edgar Brooks Sr..   His parents were John Edwin Brooks and Anna Clark Ballard.  John's parents were Roxanna Permilia Smith and John H Brooks, who's father came from Holland.
 
 
http://www.hometown.aol.com/cochransgenweb/page15.html


Susie's parents were Sarah Elizabeth Carter and Levi Benjamin Cooper.  Sarah's parents were Mary Josephine Hereford and Thomas Randolph Carter.  The first wife of Thomas was Lacy Jane Bozeman.  Levi's parents were Sarah F Lee and Charner P Cooper.

Sarah's parents were Malinda Phillips and Elijah Lee.
http://www.hometown.aol.com/spiritwalkintall/page30.html  http://www.hometown.aol.com/kc90853/15.html
http://www.hometown.aol.com/grandpatrcarter/photoList.html


Annie Ballard's parents were Willie Eudora Craig and James Cal Ballard.
 
Roxanna's parents were Caroline Bond and Thomas Smith.
 
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/o/r/Kathy-Lorena-AL/
http://www.freewebs.com/cochrangenealogy/
 

 
http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~brooksgenealogy/

Photos of Montgomery Alabama
Montgomery Indians
http://www.hometown.aol.com/hope36066/page25.html