he appears to be thomas coleman copelands brother allen. are u looking at moses copelands csa file? does it have it listed that he is the son of Moses? i am getting with my cousin now on getting what he has, john came from thomas coleman copeland burried in springbank, john is also burried there, an they came from moses copeland. some came to wayne county MS an went back to washington county AL, mary rowell came over on the wagon with them, seems her an john had two kids. my grandmother martha copeland was one, but john from what i hear was a married man at the time. he give martha his last name. now you said moses was the son of moses, do you know where the Sr moses is burried at?? big charlie is also burried at spingbank an he is marthas uncle