1880 U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS/CLAY TOWNSHIP/SHELBY COUNTY/MISSOURI/; Film Roll No.: 737; Page: 24; SD: 5; ED: 67; Enumeration date: 21st, 23, & 28 June 1880; Enumerator: C. S. Brown; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff: Rudolph Crop; Color: white; Sex: male Age prior to June 1st: 6; Relationship to head of family: Stepson; Single; Place of birth: Missouri; Place of birth of mother and father: Germany.

1900 U.S. Federal Census; State: Mississippi; County: Jackson; Town/township: Beat 3; Enumeration date: 21 Jun 1900; Enumerator: (?); SD: 6; ED: 40; Sheet No.: 36; Page No.: 73; Microfilm Roll No.: T623, Rol 812; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 10 Mar 2004; Dwelling Number: 767; Family No.: 783; Line: 56; Name: Herman Cropp; Relation to head of family: head; Color: white; Sex: male; Month of brth: Feb; Year of birth: 1875; Age: 25; Marital status: Married; Number of years married: 12; Place of birth: Florida; Place of birth of father: Florida; Place of birth of mother: Florida; Occupation: day laborer; No. of months not employed: 2; Can read and write: yes; Can speak English: yes; Home owned or rented: Owned; Home owned free or mortgaged: Free; Farm or house: house. (A niece 4 years old and a nephew 1 year old are, also, living with the Herman Cropp family)

FLAMING SWORD, Community Current Events by D. J. Richards, November 1926: "One of the most appreciative visitors we have ever met in Estero was Mr. H. R. Cropp, from Mississippi. Mr. Cropp was a stepson of Mr. Damkohler, who first settled in Estero and who was instrumental in inducing the Master to locate here and move his colony from Chicago. It has been close to forty years since Mr. Cropp left Estero. He and his half brother, ELWIN E. DAMKOHLER, took great pleasure in reciting their early experiences about the place. Estero having undergone such a transformation was a revelation to Mr. Cropp. "To think," he said, "that deer and turkeys practically came up to our back door, besides other wild life; and plenty of alligators lined the river banks." A most sacred spot to both of them was the spot where their mother, a brother and two sisters were buried. Upon leaving, Mr. Cropp said: "I can't begin to tell you what this visit has meant to me."

Author of "Memoirs of the First Settler" by Capt. E. E. Damkohler, Estero, Florida 1882---copyright 1967 by Elwin E. Damkohler; Library of Congress Catalog Number 67-19575--Fort Myers: Island Press: ("It was the 10th of April, 1882 when father and my half brother Herman pitched the big tent where we were to live.")

1900 U.S. Federal Census; State: Mississippi; County: Jackson; Town/township: Beat 3; Enumeration date: 21 Jun 1900; Enumerator: (?); SD: 6; ED: 40; Sheet No.: 36; Page No.: 73; Microfilm Roll No.: T623, Rol 812; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 10 Mar 2004; Dwelling Number: 767; Family No.: 783; Line: 57; Name: Sophia Cropp; Relation to head of family: wife; Color: white; Sex: female; Month of birth: August; Year of birth: 1870; Age: 29; Marital status: married; Number of years married: 12; Mother of how many children: 5; Number of these children living: 5; Place of birth: Mississippi; Place of birth of father: Germany; Place of birth of mother: Germany; Can read and write: yes; Can speak English: yes.

1900 U.S. Federal Census; State: Mississippi; County: Jackson; Town/township: Beat 3; Enumeration date: 21 Jun 1900; Enumerator: (?); SD: 6; ED: 40; Sheet No.: 36; Page No.: 73; Microfilm Roll No.: T623, Rol 812; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 10 Mar 2004; Dwelling Number: 767; Family No.: 783; Line: 58; Name: Ed C. Cropp; Relation to head of family: son; Color: white; Sex: male; Month of birth: Feb; Year of birth: 1890; Age: 10; Place of birth: Mississippi; Place of birth of father: Florida; Place of birth of mother: Mississippi; Occupation: School; Attended school (months): 4; Can read: yes; Can write: no; Can speak English: yes.

1900 U.S. Federal Census; State: Mississippi; County: Jackson; Town/township: Beat 3; Enumeration date: 21 Jun 1900; Enumerator: (?); SD: 6; ED: 40; Sheet No.: 36; Page No.: 73; Microfilm Roll No.: T623, Rol 812; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 10 Mar 2004; Dwelling Number: 767; Family No.: 783; Line: 59; Name: Henry Cropp; Relation to head of family: son; Color: white; Sex: male; Month of birth: January; Year of birth: 1891; Age: 8; Place of birth: Mississippi; Place of birth of father: Florida; Place of birth of mother: Mississippi; Occupation: School; Attended school (months): 4; Can read: yes; Can write: no; Can speak English: yes

1900 U.S. Federal Census; State: Mississippi; County: Jackson; Town/township: Beat 3; Enumeration date: 21 Jun 1900; Enumerator: (?); SD: 6; ED: 40; Sheet No.: 36; Page No.: 73; Microfilm Roll No.: T623, Rol 812; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 10 Mar 2004; Dwelling Number: 767; Family No.: 783; Line: 60; Name: Willie Cropp; Relation to head of family: son; Color: white; Sex: male; Month of birth: October; Year of birth: 1893; Age: 6; Place of birth: Mississippi; Place of birth of father: Florida; Place of birth of mother: Mississippi; Occupation: Nothing listed.

1900 U.S. Federal Census; State: Mississippi; County: Jackson; Town/township: Beat 3; Enumeration date: 21 Jun 1900; Enumerator: (?); SD: 6; ED: 40; Sheet No.: 36; Page No.: 73; Microfilm Roll No.: T623, Rol 812; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 10 Mar 2004; Dwelling Number: 767; Family No.: 783; Line: 61; Name: Fritz Cropp; Relation to head of family: son; Color: white; Sex: male; Month of birth: September; Year of birth: 1894; Age: 5; Place of birth: Mississippi; Place of birth of father: Florida; Place of birth of mother: Mississippi; Occupation: Nothing listed.

1900 U.S. Federal Census; State: Mississippi; County: Jackson; Town/township: Beat 3; Enumeration date: 21 Jun 1900; Enumerator: (?); SD: 6; ED: 40; Sheet No.: 36; Page No.: 73; Microfilm Roll No.: T623, Rol 812; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 10 Mar 2004; Dwelling Number: 767; Family No.: 783; Line: 62; Name: Flora Cropp; Relation to head of family: Daughter; Color: white; Sex: female; Month of birth: November; Year of birth: 1897; Age: 2; Place of birth: Mississippi; Place of birth of father: Florida; Place of birth of mother: Mississippi.