SR Absalom Hooper (b. Abt. 1740, d. August 25, 1813)
Absalom Hooper was born Abt. 1740 in Edgefield District, South Carolina, and died August 25, 1813 in Davidson Co, Tenn. He married Elizabeth Holmes on November 25, 1765 in Long Canes or Russell Creek Area of South Carolina1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045.
Notes for Absalom Hooper: Was one of first settlers in Davidson County, Tenn. Notes for ABSALOM (SR.) HOOPER: The following is from Anne Goodwin
The father Absolum moved to the Natchez territory by 1774 at the VERY latest, and had wife and children there. (source: British West Florida land records). This father Absolum was involved in a murder there in 1774 and barely escaped hanging (although his brother Enos was hung in British West Florida for the incident-the source for this is the British governor's records of the West Florida colony). There are records again showing Absolum lived there in 1780. Absolum remained in the Natchez territory until 1783 when he moved from Natchez territory directly to Davidson County. This statement about the move is from family testimony given in 1830s and published in several standard histories of Tennessee written in the late 1820s to 1850s. There is also federal testimony in land claims made for the land owned in the Natchez territory (testimony dates 1804-1812).
Also, Absolum Hooper Sr of Nashville did, on a single deed in Davidson County, have a wife named Elizabeth. I have never found where the surname Wiley came from - have just seen the info repeated and repeated. There is circumstantial evidence that she was not a first wife, and that she may have even been a third wife, who already had children by her previous husband. I have a good candidate for her identification, but all evidence is circumstantial. Whatever, when I put up the web page for the 1850 Humphreys census, I will not mention her name as the mother of Absolum, Jr. or for any of his brothers. This is merely an alert to you that I am aware of the suggested identification of Elizabeth Wiley Hooper as the mother, but that I am unwilling to put that info into writing until more conclusive evidence appears.
Will of Absalom Hooper, deceased, of Davidson County made 15 Aug 1811, recorded 25 Aug 1813: Dau Hetty Jones ...money from James Stuart for keeping his children son Joseph Hooper ... man Isom, woman Mary Dau SINIA ALSTON ... $5 son Absalom Hooper ... 70 acres bought from Benjamin Nichols 7 Negroes, smith tools Dau Elizabeth Robertson ... cows, calves and cash from James Stewart son Nimrod Hooper ... 482 acres where Absalom now lives, 6 Negroes Hetty, Elizabeth, Absalom, Nimrod to share portion of estate of Joseph Holmes due to Absalom, Sr.; friend John Lucas, son Absalom to be executors.
Eddlemon, Sherida K, 1988, Genealogical abstracts from Tennessee newspapers 1791-1808: Heritage Books, Bowie [MD]. p. 202 [from The Impartial Review and Cumberland Repository, 3:111, 21 Jan 1808] Letter remaining at the Nashville Post Office for Mrs. SENA ALSTON.
Davidson County Tennessee Marriage Book 1, p. 46, as transcribed by the French Lick Chapter, NSDAR: John Alston to SINAH HOOPER on 3 June 1795.
Children of ABSALOM HOOPER and ELIZABETH WILEY are: 2.i.ENNIS3 HOOPER, b. Abt. 1760, Spartenburg, South Carolina; d. May 1803. 3.ii.JOSEPH HOOPER, b. Abt. 1765, Spartenburg, South Carolina; d. June 09, 1825, Davidson Co., Tenn.. iii.WILLIAM HOOPER, b. Abt. 1768, Guilford Co., North Carolina; m. SARAH HOLLIS, March 04, 1789, Davidson Co., Tennessee. iv.HETTY HOOPER, b. March 20, 1770, South Carolina; d. 1826, SulphurCreek,, Glasgow Co., Missouri; m. (1) GEORGE COCKE, Bef. 1797; m. (2) AQUILLA JONES, April 16, 1798, Davidson Co., Tennessee.
More About HETTY HOOPER: Burial: Jones Cemetery, Howard, Missouri
v.SINAH MELINA HOOPER, b. Abt. 1773, Guilford Co., North Carolina; m. JOHN ALSTON, June 03, 1795, Davidson Co., Tennessee.
Notes for SINAH MELINA HOOPER: Married in Davidson Co., TN, June 4, 1795. In Ramsey's "The Annals of Tennessee" he mentions the arrival of emigrants to the Cumberland in 1783. Among this group were Philip Alston and Absalom Hooper. They came from the Natchez District. Need help in determining the parents of Sinah Hooper. Sinah and husband returned to Natchez in early 1800's, later moved to south LA. This was posted by Betty Moreno bemoreno@kctera.ne
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1811 Will of Absalom Hooper of South Carolina, Natchez District [British West Florida], and Davidson County, Tennessee
The verbatim transcription includes all the spellings of the original. However, formatting into paragraphs, italics [for names of non-relatives and slaves], and bolding [for family members] all were added for clarity and emphasis. Also, underlines replace the word sic to mark places where mistakes exist in the original.
Absolom Hooper, Decd.,Will Recorded Augt 25th 1813
In the name of God Amen, I Absalom Hooper Sr. of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee being of sound mind and memory considering the great uncertainty of life and the certainty of death do this 15th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven make and establish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following to wit
I commit my body to the earth from whence it came and my soul to God that gave it, and that after my decease I be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereafter mentioned and that all my just debts be paid out of my estate, as to my real and personal Estate, I will and bequeath in the form and manner following viz Item 1st I will and bequeath to my daughter Hetty Jones (1) one hundred dollars in cash and forty dollars cash as soon the money is collected from James Stuart (2) for keeping his children. Item 2d I also give and bequeath to my son Joseph Hooper one negro man named Isam and one negro woman Mary. Item 3d I give I give and bequeath to my daughter Sinia Alston five dollars. Item 4th I give and bequeath to my son Absolam Hooper seventy acres of land that I bought from Benjamin Nichols and the following negroes that is to say Cesar, Winney, little Sam, Clay, Bill, old Sam, and Sarah and also the Smith tools. Item 5th I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Robertson four cows and calves and fifty dollars in cash as soon as the money is collected from James Stuar Stewart for keeping his children. Item 6th I give and bequeath to my son Nimrod Hooper four hundred and twenty eight acres of land being the place where I now live and the following negroes Viz, Big Andrew Dave little Andrew Jim Baxer and Fan Item 7th I give and bequeath to my two sons Absolam Hooper and Nimrod Hooper all my stock of all kinds and all my household and kitchen furniture and all my farming tools of every discription to be equally divided between them. Item 8th I give and bequeath to my daughters Hetty Jones and Elizabeth Robertson and my two sons Absalom Hooper & Nimrod Hooper that part of the estate of Joseph Holmes (3) that is coming to me to be equally divided between them, and for the faithful execution of this my last will and testament I ordain and appoint my trusty friend John Lucas and my son Absolam Hooper my executors of this my last will and Testament, and by these presents I revoak all other wills by me made or assigned. In witness whereof I the said Absalam Hooper Sr have to this my last Will and testament set my hand and affixed my seal this day and date above written.
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Absolam Hooper Sr the testator as his last will and testament in the presence of us who were present at the time of signing and sealing thereof Absm Hooper Seal L. Shannon, Isaac Lucas Susannah her X mark Lucas
State of Tennessee Davidson County Court July Sessions 1813 The last Will and Testament of Absolom Hooper Decd as admitted in court for probate was duly proven in open court by Isaac Lucas & Susannah Lucas two of the subscribing ....
(1) The clerk copying this will made several errors. First, of course, is the misspelling of the name of the testator as Absalom Hooper. Nor was the clerk consistent, using Absolom, Absolam, Absalam, and the abbreviation Absm for the given name. The other problem is the first letter of the given name for Hetty Jones. The given name of Absalom Hooper's daughter was Letitia or Leticia, with nickname Letty. Her first marriage was to George Cook(e). After his death, she appears as Leaticia Cook, administratrix, with Absalom Hooper and Isom Allen Parker as her securities, on 11 July 1797. Davidson County, Tennessee marriage records show Aquilla Jones married Lettie Cooke on 16 April 1798. (2) Davidson County records show that James Stuart married Sallie Hooper on 4 February 1797. (3) On 25 November 1765, Absalom Hooper had married Elizabeth Holmes in the Long Canes or Russell Creek area of South Carolina. How Mrs. Elizabeth (Holmes) Hooper was related to Joseph Holmes has not yet been determined.
Sources:
Davidson County, Tennessee Will Book 4, pages 246-247 [Tennessee State Library and Archives Microfilm Roll No. 427]. Davidson County Court Minutes, Book B, page 412. [FHL microfilm #205,435]. Davidson County Marriage Records Book 1 1789-1837 [FHL microfilm #200,294 ]. Hooper/Holmes marriage record is in Salley, A.S., editor, 1904, "Journal of William Calhoun," in Publications of the Southern History Association, VIII:3 [May 1904] pp 179-195.
More About Absalom Hooper and Elizabeth Holmes: Marriage: November 25, 1765, Long Canes or Russell Creek Area of South Carolina.1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052
Children of Absalom Hooper and Elizabeth Holmes are:
+Absalom Hooper, b. 1782, Guliford Co, North Carolina, d. 1839, Waverly, Humphreys Co, TN.
SR Absalom Hooper (b. Abt. 1740, d. August 25, 1813)
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