WILLIAM KENNEDY COOPER
8^th TENNESSEE (DIBRELL'S) CAVALRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 22 Dec 1831 in Overton or White County, TN
Died: 22 Mar 1914 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Cooper Cemetery, Putnam County, TN
Parents: Thomas and Catherine (Rogers) Cooper

Married: Susan Caroline Lafayette Goodwin about 1861 in Putnam County, TN
Born: 3 May 1838 in Franklin County, Virginia
Died: 4 Jan 1925 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Cooper Cemetery, Putnam County, TN
Parents: Robert and Susan (Hodge) Goodwin

Children:

1. Jose E. Cooper
2. William C. Cooper
3. Robert T. Cooper

RELATIVES WHO SERVED

• Brother: Gabriel Marion Cooper - 13th (Gore's) Cavalry Regiment
• Brother: Nathan Cooper - 13th (Gore's) Cavalry Regiment

MILITARY INFORMATION

13^th (Gore's) Tennessee Cavalry
(also known as 8^th Tennessee Cavalry)
Company C & F

ABSTRACT:

• Entered military as Private and left as a Private
• Enlisted: 1 Sep 1862 at Cookeville
• 12 Oct 1862: Present
• Jun 30 - Dec 31, 1864: Present

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

S5325

ABSTRACT

• Filed: 29 Jul 1903
• Accepted
• Residence: Brotherton, Putnam County, TN
• Member: Co. C 8th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
• Wounds: at Franklin, TN
• Born: 1830 Putnam County
• Enlisted: 1861, Col. Dibrell, Capt. Woolsey, 1st Lieutenant Wood, 2nd Lieutenant Lacey, 3rd Lieutenant Smith
• Wounds: Hearing was almost destroyed
• Wife is 66 years old
• 3 sons and 2 daughters
• Attest: C. J. Davis & J. T. Hall

Supporting Documents:

• J. T. Pointer (23 Feb 1904) - Tax Assessment
• Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (9 Mar 1905) - Status given
• B. F. Furgeson (18 Nov 1905) - Supports Claim
• W. K. Cooper (18 Nov 1905) - Under Oath
• T. H. Cooper, MD (21 Nov 1905) - Exam
• W. C. Cooper (17 Jul 1914) - Requests pension for WKC's widow

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census:  Overton County, TN, Page 62
• 1860 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 37
• 1870 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 14
• 1880 Census: 
• 1900 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 3B
• 1910 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 94B

OBITUARY

Putnam County Herald 16 April 1914, Vol. XII, No. 15, Page 1

• W. K. Cooper of Brotherton died Mar 14, 1914, in his 82nd year, heave been born Dec 22, 1831. He was a veteran of the Civil War and died as he lived, a consecrated Christian.

ADDITIONAL DATA

• Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1914) - #67 - William K. Cooper
• Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1925) - #239 - Carline L. Cooper
• TN Confederate Widows Application: #5909 Caroline (Goodwin) Cooper
• TN Confederate Widows Application: #5641 Caroline (Goodwin) Cooper