AMHERST CO., VA> KANAWHA CO., (W) VA
Thomas Jr. and Sarah, "Sally," Jopling, and at least three
Of their eight children (Behethland, Ralph and Nancy), left
Amherst county and settled in Kanawha county in the early
1800's.

A James Jopling, James Stevens, son of Thomas and
Sarah, appears in the 1801 Tax List for Kanawha County. The
book, Virginians in 1800: Counties of WV, by Steven Bridges,
lists two Joplings in the 1801 Tax List: Thomas and James.
Thomas had one white tithable, one black slave over age 16, and
two horses. James had one tithable and one horse.

James married Nancy Giddens, in Amherst county in 1805,
and they lived in Tennessee, where Nancy died and was buried
in the Old City Cemetery, Pulaski, TN, in Giles County. He
came to Kanawha county before his second marriage, in 1834,
to Rebecca White.

Some or all of the four "missing" children of Thomas Jr. and
Sarah might have come to Kanawha county with them.
Kanawha county records have several Joplings, who might be
these "missing" children:

 

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