The records of Jacob Lischey's Private Pastoral Record, York Co., V. 3, show Gorg Friedrich, son of Abraham Kieffer and Christina, baptized Jan. 25, 1761.
Frederick's father Abraham died, and he and his stepfather were not on good terms. He sneaked a sorrel mare out of the barn and left home when he was 14 to join the Revolution.
It is said Frederick Kieffer came to Kentucky with his older brother William Cooper, who was nine years older, but William was not Frederick's blood brother. William and Frederick were as close as brothers so Fred changed his name to George Frederick Cooper.
The History of Kentucky Baptists from 1769 to 1885 including more than 800 Biographical Sketches By J. H. Spencer
The Manuscript Revised and Corrected by Mrs. Burrilla B. Spencer In Two Volumes
Vol. II
Cincinnati
J. R. Baumes
180 Elm Street
Copyright 1885, by J. H. Spencer
Cincinatti
The Coopers who were of German extraction, and whose name was previously written Kieffer, have been prominent in this Association, during its entire history. They were early settlers in Wayne county, where at least three of them were Revolutionary pensioners.
GEORGE FREDERICK COOPER (or Kieffer), according to family tradition, came with Daniel Boone to Kentucky in 1775, and was with that distinguished pioneer and other men from from Fort Boonesborough when he recaptured his daughter Jemima Boone, Elizabeth Calloway and Francis Calloway from the Indians on July 16, 1775. The incident became the most celebrated event of Boone's life. James Fenimore Cooper created a fictionalized version of the episode in his classic book "The Last of the Mohicans" (1826). After that Frederick served four years in the War of the Revolution giving signal service during the war and drove a provision wagon to Valley Forge coming in contact with President George Washington. At the close of the War, he returned to Kentucky, and settled, first, in Mercer County, but afterwards moved to Wayne County and located on Beaver Creek where he spent the remainder of a long and virtuous life.
At the age of eighteen, in September, 1777, Frederick Cooper entered the service of the United States in the County of York, State of Pennsylvania, where he resided. He was serving as a substitute for his stepfather Jacob Welschans. He stated he did not belong to any particular regiment, battalion, or division, but served in a company under Capitan Lark. After a march through the State of Pennsylvania, he crossed the Innola River, finally being stationed at the lead mines for three months, at which time his term of service expired. His discharge which he received for this tour of duty was lost. Frederick Cooper entered on a second term of service and substituted for the same man in the month of April, 1778, in the County of York, Pennsylvania. According to his own words, it is interesting to note that he drove a wagon of provisions for the army on to Valley Forge where Washington's army then lay. From there he drove the wagon to the head of Elk Horn River and back to Valley Forge. He then took his wagon on the Monmouth Courthouse, where he was discharged. This document was also lost. At the age of twenty or twenty-one, about 1780, he removed from Pennsylvania to Rowan County, North Carolina. He arrived in Rowan County, and enlisted again on May 1, 1780 in the militia service of that state under Colonel Locke, the company to which he belonged being commanded by Captain Enoch. He marched to South Carolina and joined the army there under General Gates, near Rugby's (?) Mill. In a few weeks after joining General Gates, they joined the army under the command of General Sumpter in South Carolina. He was in Sumpter's defeat at the battle of the Ford of Wateree, and was taken prisoner by the British but made his escape in eight or ten hours. He then marched back to North Carolina and joined General Davidson, and was under him when a parcel of British and Tories were routed at Colston's on the Santee River, South Carolina. He was then discharged, having served three months, but again this discharge was lost. In October, 1780, he entered the service of the United States as a substitute for Daniel Adams under Capitan Colston. He was marched to South Caroline between Broad River and Rackett (?) River. From then he was engaged in the battle of Cowpens which they won. He served this time three months. On April 28, 1781, in Rowan County, North Carolina, Frederick Cooper enlisted in the service of the United States in the regular army as a corporal. He marched to a place called Ninety-Six in South Carolina where he was in the siege there. He was attached to a unit under the command of General Green and continued at that place about two weeks when he returned to Salisbury, North Carolina with some prisoners. He then went back to South Carolina and joined the troops again, under General Green, at the high hills of Santee. After a march with the army to Eutaw Springs, they engaged in the battle fought at that place. Finally, he marched after the British to Ashley River near Charleston where he remained until discharged after 12 months service.
Frederick fought with Isaac Shelby, who was to be Kentucky's first governor, at the battle of King's Mountain.
Frederick and Dorothy were illiterate. Dorothy states, in her application for a Rev. War widows pension, that they had an old Dutch Bible and that the children wrote the entries.
Frederick was originally buried at the Beaver Creek Baptist Church in Wayne Co., KY, but the Army Corps of Engineers moved the graves from Beaver Creek Baptist Church to Old Charity Baptist Church in Parnell in 94 unmarked graves during the Cumberland Lake Project in the 1950s. The original Beaver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is now under the waters of Lake Cumberland.
Source: History of the Battle Baptist Church @ goshidaron6.ddns.net/507.html
A possible alternate burial site is in Parmley's Grove Cemetery, GPS Coordinates Latitude 36.88934, Longitude -84.88798, in a grave site marked as "Unknown" from Corps of Engineers relocation grave activities of Lake Cumberland and next to his identified son of Henry Cooper if they were both removed from the same cemetery.
Source: [email protected]
There is a Cenotaph to Fred at the Andrews Cover Cemetery at Allons, Overton County, Tennessee.
Frederick's father Abraham died, and he and his stepfather were not on good terms. He sneaked a sorrel mare out of the barn and left home when he was 14 to join the Revolution.
It is said Frederick Kieffer came to Kentucky with his older brother William Cooper, who was nine years older, but William was not Frederick's blood brother. William and Frederick were as close as brothers so Fred changed his name to George Frederick Cooper.
The History of Kentucky Baptists from 1769 to 1885 including more than 800 Biographical Sketches By J. H. Spencer
The Manuscript Revised and Corrected by Mrs. Burrilla B. Spencer In Two Volumes
Vol. II
Cincinnati
J. R. Baumes
180 Elm Street
Copyright 1885, by J. H. Spencer
Cincinatti
The Coopers who were of German extraction, and whose name was previously written Kieffer, have been prominent in this Association, during its entire history. They were early settlers in Wayne county, where at least three of them were Revolutionary pensioners.
GEORGE FREDERICK COOPER (or Kieffer), according to family tradition, came with Daniel Boone to Kentucky in 1775, and was with that distinguished pioneer and other men from from Fort Boonesborough when he recaptured his daughter Jemima Boone, Elizabeth Calloway and Francis Calloway from the Indians on July 16, 1775. The incident became the most celebrated event of Boone's life. James Fenimore Cooper created a fictionalized version of the episode in his classic book "The Last of the Mohicans" (1826). After that Frederick served four years in the War of the Revolution giving signal service during the war and drove a provision wagon to Valley Forge coming in contact with President George Washington. At the close of the War, he returned to Kentucky, and settled, first, in Mercer County, but afterwards moved to Wayne County and located on Beaver Creek where he spent the remainder of a long and virtuous life.
At the age of eighteen, in September, 1777, Frederick Cooper entered the service of the United States in the County of York, State of Pennsylvania, where he resided. He was serving as a substitute for his stepfather Jacob Welschans. He stated he did not belong to any particular regiment, battalion, or division, but served in a company under Capitan Lark. After a march through the State of Pennsylvania, he crossed the Innola River, finally being stationed at the lead mines for three months, at which time his term of service expired. His discharge which he received for this tour of duty was lost. Frederick Cooper entered on a second term of service and substituted for the same man in the month of April, 1778, in the County of York, Pennsylvania. According to his own words, it is interesting to note that he drove a wagon of provisions for the army on to Valley Forge where Washington's army then lay. From there he drove the wagon to the head of Elk Horn River and back to Valley Forge. He then took his wagon on the Monmouth Courthouse, where he was discharged. This document was also lost. At the age of twenty or twenty-one, about 1780, he removed from Pennsylvania to Rowan County, North Carolina. He arrived in Rowan County, and enlisted again on May 1, 1780 in the militia service of that state under Colonel Locke, the company to which he belonged being commanded by Captain Enoch. He marched to South Carolina and joined the army there under General Gates, near Rugby's (?) Mill. In a few weeks after joining General Gates, they joined the army under the command of General Sumpter in South Carolina. He was in Sumpter's defeat at the battle of the Ford of Wateree, and was taken prisoner by the British but made his escape in eight or ten hours. He then marched back to North Carolina and joined General Davidson, and was under him when a parcel of British and Tories were routed at Colston's on the Santee River, South Carolina. He was then discharged, having served three months, but again this discharge was lost. In October, 1780, he entered the service of the United States as a substitute for Daniel Adams under Capitan Colston. He was marched to South Caroline between Broad River and Rackett (?) River. From then he was engaged in the battle of Cowpens which they won. He served this time three months. On April 28, 1781, in Rowan County, North Carolina, Frederick Cooper enlisted in the service of the United States in the regular army as a corporal. He marched to a place called Ninety-Six in South Carolina where he was in the siege there. He was attached to a unit under the command of General Green and continued at that place about two weeks when he returned to Salisbury, North Carolina with some prisoners. He then went back to South Carolina and joined the troops again, under General Green, at the high hills of Santee. After a march with the army to Eutaw Springs, they engaged in the battle fought at that place. Finally, he marched after the British to Ashley River near Charleston where he remained until discharged after 12 months service.
Frederick fought with Isaac Shelby, who was to be Kentucky's first governor, at the battle of King's Mountain.
Frederick and Dorothy were illiterate. Dorothy states, in her application for a Rev. War widows pension, that they had an old Dutch Bible and that the children wrote the entries.
Frederick was originally buried at the Beaver Creek Baptist Church in Wayne Co., KY, but the Army Corps of Engineers moved the graves from Beaver Creek Baptist Church to Old Charity Baptist Church in Parnell in 94 unmarked graves during the Cumberland Lake Project in the 1950s. The original Beaver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is now under the waters of Lake Cumberland.
Source: History of the Battle Baptist Church @ goshidaron6.ddns.net/507.html
A possible alternate burial site is in Parmley's Grove Cemetery, GPS Coordinates Latitude 36.88934, Longitude -84.88798, in a grave site marked as "Unknown" from Corps of Engineers relocation grave activities of Lake Cumberland and next to his identified son of Henry Cooper if they were both removed from the same cemetery.
Source: [email protected]
There is a Cenotaph to Fred at the Andrews Cover Cemetery at Allons, Overton County, Tennessee.
The records of Jacob Lischey's Private Pastoral Record, York Co., V. 3, show Gorg Friedrich, son of Abraham Kieffer and Christina, baptized Jan. 25, 1761.
Frederick's father Abraham died, and he and his stepfather were not on good terms. He sneaked a sorrel mare out of the barn and left home when he was 14 to join the Revolution.
It is said Frederick Kieffer came to Kentucky with his older brother William Cooper, who was nine years older, but William was not Frederick's blood brother. William and Frederick were as close as brothers so Fred changed his name to George Frederick Cooper.
The History of Kentucky Baptists from 1769 to 1885 including more than 800 Biographical Sketches By J. H. Spencer
The Manuscript Revised and Corrected by Mrs. Burrilla B. Spencer In Two Volumes
Vol. II
Cincinnati
J. R. Baumes
180 Elm Street
Copyright 1885, by J. H. Spencer
Cincinatti
The Coopers who were of German extraction, and whose name was previously written Kieffer, have been prominent in this Association, during its entire history. They were early settlers in Wayne county, where at least three of them were Revolutionary pensioners.
GEORGE FREDERICK COOPER (or Kieffer), according to family tradition, came with Daniel Boone to Kentucky in 1775, and was with that distinguished pioneer and other men from from Fort Boonesborough when he recaptured his daughter Jemima Boone, Elizabeth Calloway and Francis Calloway from the Indians on July 16, 1775. The incident became the most celebrated event of Boone's life. James Fenimore Cooper created a fictionalized version of the episode in his classic book "The Last of the Mohicans" (1826). After that Frederick served four years in the War of the Revolution giving signal service during the war and drove a provision wagon to Valley Forge coming in contact with President George Washington. At the close of the War, he returned to Kentucky, and settled, first, in Mercer County, but afterwards moved to Wayne County and located on Beaver Creek where he spent the remainder of a long and virtuous life.
At the age of eighteen, in September, 1777, Frederick Cooper entered the service of the United States in the County of York, State of Pennsylvania, where he resided. He was serving as a substitute for his stepfather Jacob Welschans. He stated he did not belong to any particular regiment, battalion, or division, but served in a company under Capitan Lark. After a march through the State of Pennsylvania, he crossed the Innola River, finally being stationed at the lead mines for three months, at which time his term of service expired. His discharge which he received for this tour of duty was lost. Frederick Cooper entered on a second term of service and substituted for the same man in the month of April, 1778, in the County of York, Pennsylvania. According to his own words, it is interesting to note that he drove a wagon of provisions for the army on to Valley Forge where Washington's army then lay. From there he drove the wagon to the head of Elk Horn River and back to Valley Forge. He then took his wagon on the Monmouth Courthouse, where he was discharged. This document was also lost. At the age of twenty or twenty-one, about 1780, he removed from Pennsylvania to Rowan County, North Carolina. He arrived in Rowan County, and enlisted again on May 1, 1780 in the militia service of that state under Colonel Locke, the company to which he belonged being commanded by Captain Enoch. He marched to South Carolina and joined the army there under General Gates, near Rugby's (?) Mill. In a few weeks after joining General Gates, they joined the army under the command of General Sumpter in South Carolina. He was in Sumpter's defeat at the battle of the Ford of Wateree, and was taken prisoner by the British but made his escape in eight or ten hours. He then marched back to North Carolina and joined General Davidson, and was under him when a parcel of British and Tories were routed at Colston's on the Santee River, South Carolina. He was then discharged, having served three months, but again this discharge was lost. In October, 1780, he entered the service of the United States as a substitute for Daniel Adams under Capitan Colston. He was marched to South Caroline between Broad River and Rackett (?) River. From then he was engaged in the battle of Cowpens which they won. He served this time three months. On April 28, 1781, in Rowan County, North Carolina, Frederick Cooper enlisted in the service of the United States in the regular army as a corporal. He marched to a place called Ninety-Six in South Carolina where he was in the siege there. He was attached to a unit under the command of General Green and continued at that place about two weeks when he returned to Salisbury, North Carolina with some prisoners. He then went back to South Carolina and joined the troops again, under General Green, at the high hills of Santee. After a march with the army to Eutaw Springs, they engaged in the battle fought at that place. Finally, he marched after the British to Ashley River near Charleston where he remained until discharged after 12 months service.
Frederick fought with Isaac Shelby, who was to be Kentucky's first governor, at the battle of King's Mountain.
Frederick and Dorothy were illiterate. Dorothy states, in her application for a Rev. War widows pension, that they had an old Dutch Bible and that the children wrote the entries.
Frederick was originally buried at the Beaver Creek Baptist Church in Wayne Co., KY, but the Army Corps of Engineers moved the graves from Beaver Creek Baptist Church to Old Charity Baptist Church in Parnell in 94 unmarked graves during the Cumberland Lake Project in the 1950s. The original Beaver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is now under the waters of Lake Cumberland.
Source: History of the Battle Baptist Church @ goshidaron6.ddns.net/507.html
A possible alternate burial site is in Parmley's Grove Cemetery, GPS Coordinates Latitude 36.88934, Longitude -84.88798, in a grave site marked as "Unknown" from Corps of Engineers relocation grave activities of Lake Cumberland and next to his identified son of Henry Cooper if they were both removed from the same cemetery.
Source: [email protected]
There is a Cenotaph to Fred at the Andrews Cover Cemetery at Allons, Overton County, Tennessee.
Frederick's father Abraham died, and he and his stepfather were not on good terms. He sneaked a sorrel mare out of the barn and left home when he was 14 to join the Revolution.
It is said Frederick Kieffer came to Kentucky with his older brother William Cooper, who was nine years older, but William was not Frederick's blood brother. William and Frederick were as close as brothers so Fred changed his name to George Frederick Cooper.
The History of Kentucky Baptists from 1769 to 1885 including more than 800 Biographical Sketches By J. H. Spencer
The Manuscript Revised and Corrected by Mrs. Burrilla B. Spencer In Two Volumes
Vol. II
Cincinnati
J. R. Baumes
180 Elm Street
Copyright 1885, by J. H. Spencer
Cincinatti
The Coopers who were of German extraction, and whose name was previously written Kieffer, have been prominent in this Association, during its entire history. They were early settlers in Wayne county, where at least three of them were Revolutionary pensioners.
GEORGE FREDERICK COOPER (or Kieffer), according to family tradition, came with Daniel Boone to Kentucky in 1775, and was with that distinguished pioneer and other men from from Fort Boonesborough when he recaptured his daughter Jemima Boone, Elizabeth Calloway and Francis Calloway from the Indians on July 16, 1775. The incident became the most celebrated event of Boone's life. James Fenimore Cooper created a fictionalized version of the episode in his classic book "The Last of the Mohicans" (1826). After that Frederick served four years in the War of the Revolution giving signal service during the war and drove a provision wagon to Valley Forge coming in contact with President George Washington. At the close of the War, he returned to Kentucky, and settled, first, in Mercer County, but afterwards moved to Wayne County and located on Beaver Creek where he spent the remainder of a long and virtuous life.
At the age of eighteen, in September, 1777, Frederick Cooper entered the service of the United States in the County of York, State of Pennsylvania, where he resided. He was serving as a substitute for his stepfather Jacob Welschans. He stated he did not belong to any particular regiment, battalion, or division, but served in a company under Capitan Lark. After a march through the State of Pennsylvania, he crossed the Innola River, finally being stationed at the lead mines for three months, at which time his term of service expired. His discharge which he received for this tour of duty was lost. Frederick Cooper entered on a second term of service and substituted for the same man in the month of April, 1778, in the County of York, Pennsylvania. According to his own words, it is interesting to note that he drove a wagon of provisions for the army on to Valley Forge where Washington's army then lay. From there he drove the wagon to the head of Elk Horn River and back to Valley Forge. He then took his wagon on the Monmouth Courthouse, where he was discharged. This document was also lost. At the age of twenty or twenty-one, about 1780, he removed from Pennsylvania to Rowan County, North Carolina. He arrived in Rowan County, and enlisted again on May 1, 1780 in the militia service of that state under Colonel Locke, the company to which he belonged being commanded by Captain Enoch. He marched to South Carolina and joined the army there under General Gates, near Rugby's (?) Mill. In a few weeks after joining General Gates, they joined the army under the command of General Sumpter in South Carolina. He was in Sumpter's defeat at the battle of the Ford of Wateree, and was taken prisoner by the British but made his escape in eight or ten hours. He then marched back to North Carolina and joined General Davidson, and was under him when a parcel of British and Tories were routed at Colston's on the Santee River, South Carolina. He was then discharged, having served three months, but again this discharge was lost. In October, 1780, he entered the service of the United States as a substitute for Daniel Adams under Capitan Colston. He was marched to South Caroline between Broad River and Rackett (?) River. From then he was engaged in the battle of Cowpens which they won. He served this time three months. On April 28, 1781, in Rowan County, North Carolina, Frederick Cooper enlisted in the service of the United States in the regular army as a corporal. He marched to a place called Ninety-Six in South Carolina where he was in the siege there. He was attached to a unit under the command of General Green and continued at that place about two weeks when he returned to Salisbury, North Carolina with some prisoners. He then went back to South Carolina and joined the troops again, under General Green, at the high hills of Santee. After a march with the army to Eutaw Springs, they engaged in the battle fought at that place. Finally, he marched after the British to Ashley River near Charleston where he remained until discharged after 12 months service.
Frederick fought with Isaac Shelby, who was to be Kentucky's first governor, at the battle of King's Mountain.
Frederick and Dorothy were illiterate. Dorothy states, in her application for a Rev. War widows pension, that they had an old Dutch Bible and that the children wrote the entries.
Frederick was originally buried at the Beaver Creek Baptist Church in Wayne Co., KY, but the Army Corps of Engineers moved the graves from Beaver Creek Baptist Church to Old Charity Baptist Church in Parnell in 94 unmarked graves during the Cumberland Lake Project in the 1950s. The original Beaver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is now under the waters of Lake Cumberland.
Source: History of the Battle Baptist Church @ goshidaron6.ddns.net/507.html
A possible alternate burial site is in Parmley's Grove Cemetery, GPS Coordinates Latitude 36.88934, Longitude -84.88798, in a grave site marked as "Unknown" from Corps of Engineers relocation grave activities of Lake Cumberland and next to his identified son of Henry Cooper if they were both removed from the same cemetery.
Source: [email protected]
There is a Cenotaph to Fred at the Andrews Cover Cemetery at Allons, Overton County, Tennessee.
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