Posted By:	Betty Wadford
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	Subject:	Re: DON JOSE COPINGER B. 1730
	Post Date:	September 29, 2001 at 19:24:23
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	Forum:	Coppinger Family Genealogy Forum
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ALFREDA, ON THE SPELLING OF "COPPINGER". IN THE BOOK: THE STORY OF HISTORIC MICANOPY, ON PAGE 28. WRITTEN IN 1875 BY CAROLINE B. WATKINS PUBLISHED BY THE ALACHUA COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION . "THE PROPRIETORS OF THE ARREDONDO GRANT" WAS ESTABLISHED.IT STATES THAT GOVERNOR JOSE COPPINGER GRANTED A HOUSE AND 185 ACRES OF LAND TO A MAN NAMED TONY PROCTOR,A SLAVE, A BLACK MAN.HE WAS TO RECEIVED $150.00 AND HIS FREEDOM FOR THE SERVICES TO THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT. THE PAPER WAS DATED 21 APRIL 1821. I HAVE SEEN THE NAMED SPELLED COPENGER/COPINGER/COPPINGER. I HAVE FOUND THE GRAVE OF MISSOURI POWELL. 1793- 1840'S. (OSCEOLA'S SISTER.) AND JOHN CANADY 1778-1860'S.((OSSIO YAHALTLA)IN THE TOWN OF MONIAC,GA. ALONG THE ST. MARYS RIVER.IT IS LOCATED INSIDE THE CANADY CEMETERY. THE CLOSEST TOWN IS McCLENNY,FL. MORE TO COME, SINCERELY, BETTY I WOULD BE GLAD TO MEET WITH A MEMBER OF THE TRIBE TO SHOW THEM.