William Gill Cooper was the son of Capt. Robert Cooper
and Jane Hamilton.
He was married to DEMPSEY DONAHO
Their children were: 1. LEWIS A. COOPER b: 29 MAR 1809 in NATCHEZ, ADAMS CO, MS
2. JOHN OLIVER COOPER b: 11 DEC 1810 in NATCHEZ, ADAMS CO, MS
3. GEORGE WASHINGTON COOPER b: 30 JUN 1812 in NATCHEZ, ADAMS CO, MS
4. POLLY ANN COOPER b: 6 JAN 1814 in HINDS CO, MS
5. HAMILTON COOPER, JUDGE b: 15 FEB 1815 in HINDS CO, MS
6. JANE MELVILLE COOPER b: 1 JAN 1817 in HINDS CO, MS
7. JONATHAN HENRY COOPER b: 22 AUG 1818 in HINDS CO, MS
8. SARAH COOPER b: 19 JAN 1820 in HINDS CO, MS
9. ROBERT ANSEL COOPER b: 15 AUG 1821 in HINDS CO, MS
10. LUCINDA COOPER b: 1 AUG 1824 in HINDS CO, MS
11. ELIZABETH "ELIZA" COOPER b: 10 OCT 1825 in HINDS CO, MS
12. WILLIAM GILL COOPER, JR. b: 14 SEP 1827 in HINDS CO, MS
13. NANCY COOPER b: 30 APR 1829 in HINDS CO, MS
14. DANIEL MATTHEW COOPER b: 30 OCT 1830 in HINDS CO, MS
15. JAMES SIMPSON COOPER b: 26 NOV 1832 in HINDS CO, MS
About 1843 he moved to the Spring Ridge Community southeast of Raymond in Hinds County. He bought a tract of some 240 acres and lived there until he died. His wife died shortly after he had bought the plantation; but he lived for another six years, dying the latter part of January of 1849. He and his wife are buried together in the garden near their home.

Today their graves are unmarked for later owners felt the little family plot was morbid. They tore down the iron fence; plowed over the graves and took the headstone into a field and threw it in a gully. Earl B. Cooper found the stone and removed it to his lot in the Smith-Cooper cemetery in the Monterey Community of Rankin County, Miss. Now in graves unmarked and unknown, with their son, John Oliver Cooper, they rest in everlasting peace in the soil they loved and had chosen for a home.

WAR RECORD: WAR OF 1812 - PRIVATE IN CAPT. WM. SPENCER'S CO., NIXON'S REGIMENT, MISS.
MILTIA, MAY 16 - OCT. 7, 1814 AND IN CAPT HARMON M. RUNNEL'S CO., NIXON'S 13TH REGIMENT, JAN. 8 - FEB. 7, 1815.