Oppy comes from Burke....Burke was given land from a frenchman (the frenchman and Burke met on a boat). The frenchman gave Burke some of his french grant land in Wheelersburg, OH.
The Oppy name is related to Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson also stayed at George Rapp's house.
As told to Valerie Rapp Fuller and Jim Fuller by Sarah Catherine Oppy on 4/1/2010.