a Revolutionary Patriot, who died Aug 15, 1821, in the 74th year of his age. The annals of the State bear record of his public usefulness and the recollection of his virtues bear testimony of his private work. References History of Otsego County, New York 1740-1878: Ch. XXX, Town of Burlington, Everts and Fariss, 1878. Lyman H. Butterfield Judge William Cooper (1754-1809): A Sketch of his Character and Accomplishment, October, 1949. Lyman H. Butterfield Cooper's Inheritance: The Otsego Country and its Founders, October, 1954. Alan Taylor, William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Mark Simonson, Farmer clashed with local opinions, The Daily Star, Oneonta, New York, June 5, 2004. Births from Lyme town records Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) Anti-Federalists New York (state) state senators People from Burlington, New York People from Lyme, Connecticut 1748 births 1821 deaths People of colonial Connecticut People of Connecticut in the American Revolution Continental Army soldiers