Brief Life History of James A
When James A Looper was born in 1847, in Pickens, South Carolina, United States, his father, Joseph Looper Sr, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Hester, was 36. He lived in Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States in 1850 and Township 5 Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States in 1850. He died on 30 May 1862, in Pickens, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 15, and was buried in Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, United States.
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- James A Looper in household of Joseph Looper, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: James A Looper - birth: about 1858; Pickens, South Carolina, United States
- James A. Looper, "Find A Grave Index"
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1860
In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
1861
South Carolina is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
Name Meaning
Dutch: literally ‘runner’, an occupational name for a messenger or for someone who made excursions into the woods. Compare Loper .
History: In New Netherland (now NY) the term Boschlooper was used to denote traders who went out (sometimes literally by running) into the woods to intercept Indians bringing furs to Fort Orange (now Albany, NY). The practice was forbidden because of the use of coercion to secure a deal, as happened especially when the trader was on horseback.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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