Husband: Tyre Lewis Roper
Born: August 6, 1809 - Pendleton District, South Carolina
Married:
Died: March 29, 1876 - Pickens Co., South Carolina
Buried: Oolenoy Baptist Church cemetery, Pumpkintown, Pickens Co., South Carolina

Wife: Malinda Edens
Born: About 1804 - South Carolina
Died: Between 1870-1872 - Pickens Co., South Carolina
Buried: Oolenoy Baptist Church cemetery, Pumpkintown, Pickens Co., South Carolina

Children:

1) Rachel G. Roper
Born: September 21, 1828 - South Carolina
Married: January 11, 1844 - South Carolina
Died: January 21, 1890 - Pickens Co., South Carolina
Spouses: 1) Matthew Gillespie; 2) Moses Hendricks

2) Rebecca Roper
Born: 1832 - South Carolina
Married:
Died: - Eastland Co., Texas
Spouse: David Lewis

3) Jesse E. Roper
Born: January 17, 1835 - South Carolina
Married:
Died: August 27, 1903 - South Carolina
Spouse: Susan Chastain

4) Samuel E. Roper
Born: April 22, 1827 - South Carolina
Married:
Died: October 7, 1887 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Spouse: Louisa Charlotte Cassell

5) Elijah Roper
Born: April 7, 1840 - Pickens Co., South Carolina
Married: August 19, 1860 - Pickens Co., South Carolina
Died: February 9, 1907 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Spouse: Arminda E. Satterfield

6) Anna Madison Roper
Born: June 11, 1843 - Pickens Co., South Carolina
Married: August 16, 1860 - South Carolina
Died: August 23, 1912 - Cherokee Co., Georgia
Spouse: Abraham Burdine Satterfield

7) Amos Roper
Born: December 28, 1845 - South Carolina
Married: 1868 - South Carolina
Died: June 29, 1915 - Dawson Co., Georgia
Spouse: Melinda Keith

8) Mary Obedience Roper
Born: 1848
Married:
Died: 1906
Spouse: John Tatum Sutherland

9) Vashti Roper
Born: About 1850 - South Carolina
Married: August 26, 1875
Died:
Spouse: Joel Reece Jones


Notes on Tyre Lewis and Malinda Edens Roper

1) 1830 Pickens Co., South Carolina census:

ROPER, Tyre
1 male 20<30
1 female <5; 1 female 20<30

2) 1840 Pickens Co., South Carolina census, page 367

ROPER, Tyra L.
2 males <5; 1 male 5<10; 1 male 40<50
1 female 5<10; 1 female 10<15; 1 female 30<40

3) 1850 Pickens Co., South Carolina census, page 528B, HH #1150, Family #1150:

ROPER, Tyre, 41, Clergyman, 1400, SC
Melinda, 46, SC
Jesse E., 15, Laborer, SC
Samuel, 13, SC
Elijah, 10, SC
Ann M., 7, SC
Amos, 4, SC
Mary O., 2, SC

4) 1860 Pickens Co., South Carolina census:

ROPER Tyre L. 50 M W Farmer 2,500 2,500 South Carolina
ROPER Malinda 55 F W . . . Pickens SC
HENDRICKS Rachel C. 31 F W Farmer 1,500 50 Pickens SC
ROPER Elijah 20 M W Farmer . . Pickens SC
ROPER Ann M. 17 F W . . . Pickens SC
ROPER Amos 15 M W Farmer . . Pickens SC
ROPER Mary O. 13 F W . . . Pickens SC
ROPER Vashti M. 7 F W . . . Pickens SC
HENDRICKS Benjamin L. 12 M W . . . Pickens SC
HENDRICKS Griffin 7 M W . . . Pickens SC
HENDRICKS Warren 5 M W . . . Pickens SC
5) 1870 Pickens Co., South Carolina census, Pumpkintown District:

Roper, Tyre L. 58 m w mn&fa 1200 300 sc
" , Malinda 60 f w kh sc
" , Mary 21 f w wo sc
" , Vashti 18 f w wo sc
6) Rev. Tyre L. Roper. Will of, Box 110 #1050, Probate Judge Office.

I Tyre L. Roper being sound in mind and memory, knowing that we all have to die, etc. I will that my just debts and funeral expenses be paid. My entire estate be left to Darcas Jane Roper and support of my three chn. viz;

Margaret A. Roper, Leander Roper, and Thomas Walters for their support, clothing and schooling for the period of sixteen years. After this time all my estate both real and personal be sold and divided equally amongst all my chn. With my wife Darcas Roper taking a child share, one share to Rachel Gillespie, one share to Rebecca C. Lewis, one share to Jesse E. Roper, one share to Samuel Roper, one share to Elijah Roper, one share to Ann Madison Saterfield, one share to Amos Roper, one share to Mary O. Sutherland, one share to Vashti A. Jones, one share to Margaret A. Roper now a minor, one share to Leander Roper (minor) and one share to Thomas Walters Roper a minor.

I appoint Stephen D. Keith and Matthew Hendricks my executors. Dated 24 Mar 1876. Wit: Ira T. Roper Samuel Edens, N. J. Williams. Signed: Tyre L. Roper. He died 27 Mar 1876. Filed 30 Mar 1876. On 27 May 1892 David and Rebecca Lewis of Eastland Co., TX appointed John T. Lewis of Pickens Co., SC their atty. to receive their share of Tyre L. Roper estate.

"A Collection of Upper South Carolina Genealogical and Family Records, Vol. 1", c1979, The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Southern Historical Press

After Malinda's death, Tyre Roper married Dorcas Jane Moseley and had 3 more children with her. Margaret A., born October 1872; Leander, born March 13, 1874; andJames Walter, born Janury 21, 1875. Dorcas Jane died June 19, 1914. She, Tyre, and Malinda are all buried in the same plot in Oolenoy Baptist Church cemetery.


Gravesite of Tyre Lewis Roper
Oolenoy Baptist Church cemetery
Pumpkintown, Pickens Co., South Carolina

Gravesite of Malinda Edens Roper
Oolenoy Baptist Church cemetery
Pumpkintown, Pickens Co., South Carolina

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