Col Copeland was first white man to settle in area of now Overton County, Tennessee. He was a Captain during the Revolutionary War and Colonel during the War of 1812.
In 1799 he was granted 640 acres near the headwaters of Roaring River.
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Parents:
Joseph A. Copeland (1728 - 1816)
Sarah Jane Seahorn Copeland (1732 - 1820)
Spouse:
Sarah Jane Townsend Copeland (1766 - 1866)*
Children:
Joseph Jefferson Copeland (1780 - 1857)*
Amelia Elizabeth Copeland Poston (1790 - 1860)*
Mary Copeland Townsend (1799 - ____)*
*Calculated relationship