William Houston Cooper

William Houston Cooper was born 1806 in Maury county, Tennessee and died 1866 in Pope county, Arkansas. He married Berthinia Parlia Holbrook n 1824 in Perry county, Tennessee. She was born about 1806 in North Carolina and died 1904 in Indian Territory.

Berthinia testified in the case of Nancy J. Cooper vs. The Choctaw Nation. that she was married to William Cooper and that he was the son of John Cooper and a nephew of Isaac Cooper of North Carolina.

William and Berthinia had 9 children

1. Rebecca Catherine Cooper

2. Polly Cooper was born about 1831 and died after 1899.

3. John Cooper was born 1835. He married Elizabeth A. Flowers.

4. Delitha Jane Cooper

5. Samuel Houston Cooper

6. Narcissa Caroline Cooper

7. Nancy A. Cooper was born 1833 and died about 1896 in Duncan, Indian Territory

8. Cinda Cooper, nothing more is known

9. Thomas Cooper was born 1842 in Arkansas.