Sarah Ann HARRIS

1836 - 1915  (78 years)

• Name	Sarah Ann HARRIS
  Birth	May 1836  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1915	Walker County, GA   [1]
  Burial	Shaw Cemetery, Walker County, GA   [1]
  Person ID	I108	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	James W HARRIS, Sr.,   b. Abt 1815, Gordon County, GA d. 1855, Green County, GA (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Abigail FAMBROUGH,   b. Abt 1819, Green County, GA d. 19 Jan 1919 (Age 100 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Jul 1833	Green County, GA   [2]
  Notes	Marriage recorded in Oconee County, GA
  Family ID	F173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John P COOPER,   b. 1832, Tennessee d. 25 Aug 1863, Morris Island, SC (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	1854
  Children	1. William James COOPER,   b. 10 Aug 1860, Chatooga, Floyd County, GA d. 27 Nov 1939, Rome, Floyd County, GA (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  The following information provided by Joyce Wood (March 2006) Description: Sarah Ann HARRIS b. May 1836 d. 1915 Walker Co., GA buried Shaw Cemetery, Walker Co., GA Notes: According to a Betty McKenzies 'notes, "Mary Ann Cooper was listed on the 1870 census as 6 yrs. old Sara could not read or write and believed the birth date on Mary Ann's cemetery stone is incorrect. The Robinson (Roberson) family remebers Sarah telling that John P. was home on leave (from CSA) when Mary Ann was conceived.?? The Cooper family remained friends with Sarah Ann, and helped her after Joh P.'s death. Mary Cooper, Sarah's mother-in-law, was a witness when Sarah applied for a widow's pension. Sarah applied in Floyd Co, GA where she lived near the William Cooper family. The Harris family Bible list Sarah's birthdate as May 1837 and her stone read 1840. In the 1870 Census, Chattoga Co, Dirt Town District, Sarah and daughter, Mary were living on the Dunwoody farm. Nellie Mae Shaw West remembers when her grandmother died. Nellie was about nine years old and was with her when she died. Sarah had a hole in her hand that had to be dressed every day. Sarah lived in a log house near the Shaw family. She, also, remembers Sarah talking about the Civil War. And where she killed a hog, dressed the meat herself, dug a hole in the soil and hid the meat. When the Union Soldiers came by they did not find the meat. 1880 Census; Sarah and Mary cooper, William James and Mary Price Cooper were living th the Haywood District of Chattooga Co, GA. Sarah died in the spring of 1915 and she is burjed in the Shaw Cemetery, Walker Co, GA. Notes: Fact 1: Sarah and John P. had 2 babies that died at birth Fact 2: 1860, Living in Floyd Springs District, census Fact 3: 1870, Sarah Ann living with daughter w/Davis family as farm laborer, Chattooga Co, GA Fact 4: 1880, Sarah Ann and daughter Mary, were living with Billy & wife in Chattooga Co., GA Fact 5: 1900, Sarah living with daughter Mary Cooper Roberson in Walker Co, GA Sarah Ann Harris married 1854 John P. COOPER b. 1832 TN d. 25 Aug 1863 Morris Island, SC son of William COOPER and Mary FAULKNER Notes for John P. COOPER: According to a Betty McKenzies' notes, "John P. Cooper was a farmer and a minister. His son was a Primitive Baptist minister and believed his father was, also, a Primitive Baptist. Joh P. Cooper's Bible he carried during the Civil War is in the possesion of Betty Love McKenzie, his great granddaughter. John P. Cooper was mustered into the service of the Confederate States Army on the 31 day of Aug. 1861, by Captain William Bacon. He was a Private in Co. C, 23rd GA Reg. Floyd Springs Guards. He had served with the regiment in VA for almost two years. He was killed in battle on Aug. 21, 1863, Battery Wagner (Morris Island) South Carolina. Notes: Fact 1: Killed in the Civil War, believed to be in Co. I, 52nd Reg. Dawson Co GA Fact 2: 04 Mar 1862, Listed as private, died in TN in 1862. Fact 3: Lived near Rome, GA Fact 4: 1860, Listed on Floyd Co census, Floyd Springs district, can't read or write. Notes: Killed in the Civil War. Children of Sarah Ann HARRIS and John P. COOPER are: 1. William James COOPER b. 10 Aug 1860 Chattagooa, GA d. 27 Nov 1939 Rome, Floyd Co., GA buried Beech Creek Cemetery, Hwy. 20 Rome, GA m. 6 Jun 1880 Chattagooa, GA Mary Cynthia Ann PRICE b. 27 Nov 1854 Columbia, SC d. 3 Oct 1935 Amuchee, Floyd Co., GA Notes for William James COOPER: According to a Betty McKenzies' notes, "William James "Billy" was a Primitive Baptist minister and farmer. He served many churches in the Rome area. He was pastor of Pleasant Hill Church for more than forty years. He, also, served Midway Church in Armuchee, GA. Billy and Mary were early members of Emmanus Primitive Baptist in Dirt Town District of Chattooga Co. GA... The family lived in Haywood Valley District of Chattooga Co, Floyd Springs District of Floyd Co. and Armuchee GA. Billy had a small farm there. Billy is bured in the Beech Creek Cemetery, Hwy. 20, Rome, GA." 2nd child to Sarah and John COOPER was: Mary Ann COOPER b. 14 Mar 1864 GA d. 19 Jul 1941 Walker Co., GA buried Shaw Cememtery, Walker Co., GA m. aft 1880 Joseph J. ROBERSON b. 1861 Walker Co., GA d. buried Pineville Cemetery Notes for Mary Ann COOPER: She was born shortly after her father's death.

  
  

• Sources

  [S224] Provided by: Joyce Wood. [S54] Unknown Contributor, Ancestry.com database.