Title: Notes
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According to the Dickey Diaries, 'James P. Cope emigrated to KY and located at
the mouth of Quicksand in Breathitt Co. in March of 1799. .One entry is titled
"James Cope's Fight With The Bear" (It is believed that the "James Cope"
referred in the story James Cope, Sr., father of James P. Cope). This story then
follows, 'He and his sons went down around the Pan Bowl. They shot the bear
through the jaw and he got the old man in his hug, it was in a branch. The old
man was close to the bear, sicking on the dogs.'
In the book, "In the Land of Breathitt", page 50, is recorded the following: "The
act establishing Breathitt County provided for eleven justices of the peace who
were to meet at the home o fWilliam Allen, at the mouth of Cane Creek, on the
first Monday of April, 1839. In a letter to James M. Bullock, Secretary of State,
dated February 22, 1839, Gov. James Clark nominatd for his advice and consent
as Justices of the Peace these elevenmen: Stephen Jett, Hardin Combs,
Alexander Herald, Jeremiah W. South, Thomas Higgins (Hagin), James P. Cope,
Harman Hurst, Allen Moore, Simon Bohanan, Claiborn Crawford, and Andrew
Pence."
James P. Cope is not listed on the 1810 and 1820 Floyd Co. KY Census, but it is
known that he was living in that county during that time period, and from
studying those same census records with the listing for James Cope, it appears
that James P. Cope and his family were living in the same household as his
father, James Cope. James P. Cope is listed on the 1830 Perry Co. KYCensus
records, and on the 1840 and 1850 Breathitt Co. KY Census records.
James P. Cope's death is recorded in Breathitt County,1852-1859, Persons Who
Died Over the Age of 15.
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