Lafayette Calhoun Cooper
Lafayette Calhoun Cooper was born around 1842 in Franklin County, Georgia, to Temple Franklin Cooper and Unity Patrick. His father was a lawyer who owned $5,000 of real estate and $15,000 of personal property in 1860. Cooper grew up and attended school in Franklin County. He enlisted in the Confederate army on April 24, 1861, in Athens, Georgia, and mustered in as a corporal in the Troup County Georgia Light Artillery on May 8, 1861. He was promoted to sergeant in 1862, and he eventually received a promotion to 2nd lieutenant. The regiment took part in the Seven Days Battles, the Battle of Cold Harbor, and the Siege of Petersburg. Cooper moved to Texas sometime before 1867 and began working as a merchant. By 1870, he was living in Freestone County, Texas, and he owned $3,000 of personal property. He died sometime after 1870.
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(508)Cooper, Lafayette Calhoun1842
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Corporal
  • Rank out: 2nd Lieutenant
  • Rank highest: 2nd Lieutenant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 9

  • (1587) [writer] ~ Lafayette C. Cooper to Unity Cooper, 5 June 1864
  • (1588) [writer] ~ Lafayette C. Cooper to Unity Cooper, 9 November 1862
  • (1589) [writer] ~ Lafayette C. Cooper to Unity Cooper, 10 January 1863
  • (1590) [writer] ~ Lafayette C. Cooper to Temple F. Cooper, 31 December 1862
  • (1591) [writer] ~ Lafayette C. Cooper to Unity Cooper, 27 April 1863
  • (1592) [writer] ~ Lafayette C. Cooper to Unity Cooper, 12 March 1863
  • (1593) [writer] ~ Lafayette C. Cooper to Unity Cooper, 5 September 1863
  • (1594) [writer] ~ Lafayette C. Cooper to Buena V. Cooper, 12 November 1863
  • (1595) [writer] ~ Lafayette C. Cooper to Unity Cooper, 20 August 1863

People - Records: 3

  • (509) Cooper, Unity is the [parent of] (508) Cooper, Lafayette Calhoun
  • (510) Cooper, Buena Vista is the [sibling of] (508) Cooper, Lafayette Calhoun
  • (5051) Cooper, Temple Franklin is the [parent of] (508) Cooper, Lafayette Calhoun

Places - Records: 1

  • (165) [birth] ~ Franklin County, Georgia

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (129) [enlisted] ~ Troup Georgia Light Artillery
SOURCES

1850, 1860, and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Record for Lafayette C. Cooper, available from Fold3.com; Texas Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869, available from Ancestry.com.