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From: Linda Norman <>
Subject: [COFER] Thomas Cofer 1807- unknown, Isle of Wight, VA
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:41:22 -0700

Barbara, thanks for your help. I have no idea where my Cofer family came
from. I recently started looking for them when I found the death
certificate for one of my Johnson kin and it listed his mother as Margaret
Cofer of VA. I found Margaret living with her father and mother on the 1850
Census in the Eastern District of Isle of Wight, VA. Margaret married Jesse
Johnson (also from the Eastern District, Isle of Wight) and by 1880 was
living in Guilford Co, NC where their descendants live today. I did find
Thomas Cofer on the 1830 and 1840 census for Isle of Wight and there are
numerous Cofers on the Isle of Wight census, probably relatives but hard to
tell given the way they did the census before 1850. After 1850, Thomas and
his wife, Willie are not on any census. I guess it is going to come down to
digging for wills, land records and such. I am hopeful that there is
another person in this line who is working on it and willing to
collaborate. Again, thanks for the response, Linda

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