Her paternal grandparents were James "Old James" Cope and Elizabeth Burris, and they had migrated to southeastern Kentucky, in March of 1799. They had settled at the mouth of Quicksand Creek (where it flowed into the North Fork of the Kentucky River), according to "The Dickey Diaries." They arrived there, about two years after Joseph Back, his wife Elizabeth Hoffman-Maggard Back, and their children, had left that area. In fact, the Cope family had reported that they had found some "cleared land" at the mouth of Quicksand Creek, which must have been some land that Joseph Back had cleared, a few years before, probably to grow some corn.

James "Old James" Cope, his wife Elizabeth, and their children, were seen in the 1810 Census Report, living on that land along Quicksand Creek. (At that time, the land was in Floyd County; it became Perry County in 1821; and it became Breathitt County in 1839.) Their oldest son, Wiley Cope (1778-1848), bought all the land around Quicksand Creek where they lived--he bought some of the land in 1824, and some more of the land in 1827; his two purchases totaled about 2,000 acres. Another son, James P. Cope (1786-1857), had married Mary "Polly" Hamman, and they became the parents of Elizabeth Cope.

In 1835, Elizabeth Cope married Johnny Back (1810-1886), the son of John Back (1774-1853) and Catherine Robertson.

In 1836, Elizabeth Cope Back's uncle, Wiley Cope, sold that 2,000 acres along Quicksand Creek to John Back (1774-1853) and his son Joseph Back (1802-1850); Joseph Back (1802-1850) was a brother to Elizabeth's husband, Johnny Back (1810-1886).

Elizabeth Cope and her husband Johnny Back (1810-1886) then moved to Quicksand Creek with the rest of his family. They lived there, until their deaths. Elizabeth Cope Back died, twelve years after her husband Johnny Back died. She was buried next to him, and her grave is inscribed, "We shall meet mother again."

NOTE: James "Old James" Cope and his wife Elizabeth were probably later buried in the Lazarus Bach Cemetery. That's because there are two small, unmarked stones next to the graves of their son, James P. Cope, and his wife Mary "Polly" Hamman (Elizabeth's parents).