Copeland, Richard

Summary

Father: Peter Copeland
Mother: Elizabeth Gatewood

Birth: about 1750, Virginia
Birth Source: Listed as a tithe with Peter Copeland on the 1767 titheables list of Pittsylvania County

Death: 1823, Putnam County, Georgia
Death Source: Putnam County Probate Records

Spouse1: Sarah Dunn

Narrative

Children of Richard Copeland and Sarah Dunn:

1. Baldwin Copeland
2. John Copeland
3. William Copeland

On 17 Jul 1767, Peter Copeland was listed as a tithable in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Richard Copeland, was also listed as his tithe that year which would establish that he was at least 16 years of age. Richard Copeland is also found on the tax lists of Henry County, newly created from Pittsylvania, during the years 1782 to 1785.

The fact that Richard Copeland disappeared from the Henry County records around 1786 may be an indication that he traveled to Georgia with his Dunn relatives of his wife Sarah who left Henry County in the 1780s. were found in Jasper County by the 1820 census.

From Colonial Virginia Source Records, 1600-1700s, p.74
Abstracts from 18th Century Virginia Newspapers, Surnames C-D
COPLAND, Richard, apparently of Henry Co., mentioned in HCC case, 14 Mar 1793 as the eld. Son and heir to Peter Copland dec’d. (VGGA 24 Apr 93)

Research Notes

Sources

1767 Titheables, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Tax Lists of Henry County, Virginia
1820 Census - Morgan County, Georgia
1823 Will of Richard Copeland, Putnam County GA WB B p10
Abstracts from 18th Century Virginia Newspapers, Surnames C-D