Husband: Joseph HOPPER
Birthdate: February 08, 1829
Birthplace: GA
Death date: May 22, 1885
Place of death: Rabun Co., GA
Burial: Head of Tennessee Baptist Church Cemetery, Rabun Co., GA
Father: Samuel HOPPER
Mother:

Marriage date: March 11, 1854
Marriage place: Rabun Co., GA

Wife: Amanda GILLESPIE
Birthdate: December 11, 1833
Birthplace: GA
Death date: January 25, 1875
Place of death: Rabun Co., GA
Burial: Head of Tennessee Baptist Church Cemetery, Rabun Co., GA
Father: William GILLESPIE
Mother: Malinda ELLER

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Sarah Melinda HOPPER
Birthdate: January 07, 1855 Rabun Co., GA
Spouses' names: Albert Asbury "Bud" DARNELL
Marriage date: October 07, 1877
Death date: December 22, 1948 Rabun Co., GA
Burial: Bettys Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Rabun Co., GA

Child No. 2: William Z. HOPPER
Birthdate: ca 1856 Rabun Co., GA
Spouses' names: Mary N. BRADLEY
Marriage date: December 30, 1879 Rabun Co., GA
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Child No. 3: Catherine E. HOPPER
Birthdate: ca 1858 Rabun Co., GA
Spouses' names: Lyhugh PARKER
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Child No. 4: Martha L. HOPPER
Birthdate: ca 1859 Rabun Co., GA
Spouses' names: John COLLINS
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Child No. 5: Emily HOPPER
Birthdate: ca 1860 Rabun Co., GA
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Child No. 6: Caroline HOPPER
Birthdate: ca 1862 Rabun Co., GA
Spouses' names: Calvin THOMAS
Marriage date: October 19, 1882 Rabun Co., GA
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Child No. 7: Marinda HOPPER
Birthdate: December 26, 1863 Rabun Co., GA
Spouses' names: Decatur BRADSHAW
Marriage date: October 08, 1897 Rabun Co., GA
Death date: August 27, 1931 Rabun Co., GA
Burial: Head of Tennessee Baptist Church Cemetery, Rabun Co., GA

Child No. 8: Margaret Amanda HOPPER
Birthdate: May 26, 1868 Rabun Co., GA
Spouses' names: [never married]
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Death date: August 20, 1928
Burial: Head of Tennessee Baptist Church Cemetery, Rabun Co., GA

Child No. 9: Laura C. HOPPER
Birthdate: February 15, 1870 Rabun Co., GA
Spouses' names: George Washington LEDFORD
Marriage date: January 02, 1900 Rabun Co., GA
Death date: August 14, 1957 Rabun Co., GA
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Child No. 10: Lula Texana HOPPER
Birthdate: October 22, 1871 Rabun Co., GA
Spouses' names: Virgil Van Buren JUSTUS
Marriage date: January 1901
Death date: January 02, 1952 Rabun Co., GA
Burial: Mtn. Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Rabun Co., GA

Child No. 11: Joseph John HOPPER
Birthdate: September 19, 1873 Rabun Co., GA
Spouses' names: Mattie L. [maiden name unknown]
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Death date: April 09, 1934 Rabun Co., GA
Burial: Head of Tennessee Baptist Church Cemetery, Rabun Co., GA

Child No. 12: Lamar HOPPER [twin]
Birthdate: 1876 Rabun Co., GA
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Child No. 13: Larry HOPPER [twin]
Birthdate: 1876 Rabun Co., GA
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Documentation:
* 1860-1870 Censuses Rabun Co., GA (et al);
* Joel Copeland; Marriage records Rabun Co., GA;
* Bettys Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Rabun Co., GA;
* Head of Tennessee Baptist Church Cemetery, Dillard, Rabun Co., GA;
* Mtn. Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Rabun Co., GA;
* "Rabun Co., GA and Its People Vol I", Hopper Family, p. 217 by L. Z. J. Scruggs.

Notes:
* Joseph's military service: Pvt., Co. F, 52nd GA Volunteer Inf., CSA.