Re: Emma Jenkins Hayes (Cooper) Gilreath
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Re: Emma Jenkins Hayes (Cooper) Gilreath
Emma Gilreath 4/11/10
There is an Adolphus in 1870 in Walker GA that is not your Americus so it's possible that 1910 census I posted is not your Americus and is infact Adolphus.
I found Americus's father in 1870
1870 United States Federal Census
about Ediroy Cooper
Name: Ediroy Cooper
Birth Year: abt 1810
Age in 1870: 60
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1870: Subdivision 128, Walker, Georgia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Post Office: Fricks Gap
Household Members: Name Age
Ediroy Cooper 60
Martha Cooper 42
Martha A Cooper 17
Mary D Cooper 15
William W Cooper 13
Emiline Cooper 9
John W Cooper 7
Now I do find it strange that the Heritage book you are reading gives no source for the names of Hayes and Jenkins. No metion of the Cooper family that raised Emma as their daughter. You would think if Emma was adopted they would put this in the Heritage book and souce their information.
All census and death record state her parents as Cooper/Turner. You will have to start digging in courthouse records on the Cooper family.