Jean's Genealogical Research

Jean's genealogical research interests include:

• The Cooper, Corbett, Jeffcoat, and Yon families of Orangeburg District, SC.
• The history of Orangeburg District, SC.
• The Cooper family of Dale and Geneva Co., AL.
• The Bailey, Summers, Mason, Kelso, and Cross families of Stoddard Co., MO.
• African American genealogy. Recent work includes transcribing plantation slave books from Virginia, and South Carolina.

If you have information on these families and places, and wish to share it, please contact Jean Cooper at jcooper@virginia.edu.

Publications

• Cooper, J.L., A Genealogical Index to ... Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations. AuthorHouse, 2003.
• Cooper, J.L., Indexes of Some South Carolina Surnames, Locations, and Plantations Mentioned in the Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations Microform Collection. 2001.
• Cooper, J.L., Some Surnames in Collections of Virginia Materials in the Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations. Oct. 2, 2001.
• Cooper, J.L., "Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations: Primary Resources for Southern Genealogists." Presented at the Annual Conference of the Virginia Library Association, Oct. 18, 2001; and at the Joint SELA/SCLA Conference, Oct. 26, 2002.
• Cooper, J.L., "Three Slave Lists in the Hubard Family Papers in the Manuscripts Department of the University of Virginia Library." Central Virginia Heritage, v.15, no.1 (1998), p. 6-13.
• Cooper, J.L., "Children of James E. Cooper and Mary Carroll Cooper of Orangeburgh District, South Carolina." The Orangeburgh German-Swiss Newsletter, v.7, no.2 (March 1998), p. 29+.

(rev. 19-Dec-2007 - jlc)