Person:Esther Fletcher (6)

From the Book, "Our Heritage as it Glows from the West" "Esther Fletcher was brought up by her grandmother. She was left an orphan when very young. Early in her life her grandmother and principal friend died. She moved to Halifax, North Carolina, where she married John Cooper. They soon moved to Tennessee to take over the claim of land, 1,000 acres, which fell to Esther by heirship, from her Uncle William's estate. It was given to her uncle by the United States Government for valiant and faithful service in the Revolutionary War. When Esther came to her estate, she found it improved by a man who claimed it under the Squatters Right, therefore a law suit came on. She was about to lose her claim when it flashed through her mind that she had seen a clause in a law book that would save her. She ran up in the garret, got the book, found the point, and showed it to her lawyer. Because of this, she gained her rights."

Will of Esther Cooper, widow of John Cooper in Montgomery County, Tennessee dated 01 April 1820, proved June 1820 in Montgovery County, Tennessee. (GS #5721, p. 429)

Esther Cooper, in her will, named granddaughter, Susan Masel.