Title: The John Couper family at Cannon's Point
First published: 1994
Description: John Couper (1759-1850) was born in Lochwinoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland. When he was sixteen he traveled as an indentured servant to America and arrived in 1775. He settled first in Florida and later Georgia where he became a planntation owner. In 1792 he married Rebecca Maxwell and they eventually became the parents of five children. Descendants live in the United States.
Subjects: Slaveholders, History, Biography, Plantation life, Enslaved persons, united states, Saint simons island (ga. : island)
Places: Saint Simons Island (Island), Georgia, Saint Simons Island (Ga. : Island)
People: John Couper (1759-1850), Cooper family
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: F292.G58 C684 1994