Christmas Memories by Jim Allen

Christmas Memories I remember pretty well a Christmas in 1947 when all the young family men were home from WWII.   Everyone   made a point of congregating at the home of   maternal grandparents, the Jordans on Elizabeth Street (where the present School Board Office sits now).   Dillard Allen, John R. Bright, Jr., Jere Jordan (all now deceased) and James Harper had just recently made it home from their service tours in the war, all safe and sound for which everyone was thankful.   I recall it was a very cold day, especially for outhouse visits.   Many of us came down from Nashville the night before and spent Christmas Eve at the house. I recall that Uncle Jesse Harper had to work Christmas Eve and he came down after getting off from work.  On the way he fell asleep and crashed his automobile into a rock wall up around Scottsboro.   Dad and some of the others went up to get him after he called. He was not hurt in the accident but the car was a total loss. Other memories of this particular Christmas were of my twin brother being attacked by one of the Tom Turkeys that roamed the yard.   Breakfast consisted of Possum and sweet potatoes, country ham and biscuits with gravy.   The Dinner was late in the afternoon and consisted of all the traditional fare such as turkey and dressing plus about everything else that you'd normally expect. I remember Aunt Bess Jordan turned thanks and indicated that we were blessed in that all the 'boys' had returned safely from the war.   Grandaddy Jordan smiled -- about the only time I ever saw him do that (It just wasn't in his nature to smile about anything and he never said much either.   As a matter of fact "Don't be spittin in the well" was about all I can remember him ever saying to us kids.) Everyone (the grownups) wanted some 'spike' for the boiled custard and egg nogg. Cousin Jere Jordan said he knew where some could be had within a short while even if it was Christmas Day.   He was asked to go get it and asked if anyone wanted to take a ride.   No one volunteered so he asked me to get in the car and go with him.   I got into his brand new Chrysler and away we went.   I remember that pretty soon all the telephone poles along highway 12 south gave the appearance of being only a few inches apart.   I asked him how fast we were going and he said a little over 110.   We got the 'spike' at a place in Scottsboro and returned just as fast.   Nobody believed we had gone all the way to Scottsboro and back. I remember that was the Christmas that my cousin Joan Jordan received a new bicycle and let me try it out.   I got on and started across the front yard and soon smack into the fence around the cornfield which would be down toward where the Tucker/Empson Building is now located.   I slid off the seat and hit the crossbar which comes up between your legs on the bike.   It was quite a while before my voice returned to   normal from a very squeaky sound.   (Some Christmas Memories are sweet and some just leave a lasting impact.)        Jim Allen

Castleman Family Davidson County, Tennessee

Various wills from Davidson County will books.

John Castleman, written April 25, 1820, probated August 13, 1821, WB 8, page 15

My beloved wife Martha

My son Benjamin Castleman

My daughter Margaret Green’s heirs

My son Andrew Castleman, an idiot

Son Benjamin Castleman and Isaiah Green Executors

Witnesses Samuel Steele and Thomas Spurg and Campbell Hays

County Court minutes indicate that Absalom Gleaves was appt. administrator for the estate of John Castleman

Jacob Castleman, written Feb. 5, 1803

Recorded December 21 1803.  WB 4,

My wife Eleanor

My son Abraham

Morris Shane

My daughter Patience Castleman and Andrew Castleman

Benjamin Castleman written September 27, 1824, recorded WB 8, page 512

My wife Amelia Casltleman

My three sons Abraham, Benjamin and James

My other two sons Lewis and David

Mentions bond on Benjamin and Jacob Castleman of Wilson County

Daughters Sally Bon, Rhoda Bon, Betsy Castleman and Susan Castleman

Andrew Castleman Executor

Witnessed August 27 1825 by James Cooper and David Cartwright

Andrew Castleman

Wife Margarett

Sarah

Martha

Elizabeth

Robert B.

Other children not named

Sinai Phipps, relation not given

Susan Satterfield, relation not given

Henry Castleman, written March 18, 1849

My wife Elizabeth Castleman

Five children that is hers with me

All of the children

My two sons Burrel P Castleman & Huston L. Castleman, Executors

That old house - rambling thoughts

1017 Meridian Street ca 1970

Mama and Daddy moved to the house at 1017 Meridian sometime in the year before I was born on June 12, 1952. They had lived at 1104 Pennock Avenue for a long time.  Their landlord on Meridian was Mr. S. Felts Orndorff.  The house was titled to his wife, Bessie, as was a little brick duplex at 1105 Meridian.  Ours was a Queen Anne style house built about 1910, painted white, with a concrete porch all across the front that wrapped around the side of the house.  The house had a living room, 2 bedrooms, a third bedroom that doubled as a den, an eat in  kitchen, bathroom, storage room and all across the back of the house, an enclosed back porch.  I have a brother, Ernest who was 13 when I was born, and a sister, Ann who eight when I was born. In some ways I was like an only child.  My brother was grown before I started first grade and my sister was married when I was seven.

Me and Mama

When I was a little girl, I loved climbing up in Mama's big high bed.  She had a white chenille bedspread that had pink flowers with green leaves.  I would pull the threads out, the colored ones.  I guess eventually there were no more pink flowers.  I know it was Daddy's bedroom too but I always think of it as belonging to Mama. The bedroom was at the front of the house, just off the living room and was probably originally a parlor.  The entry was very wide, may have had pocket doors at one time.  Mama had heavy blue drapes hanging from a rod at the top of the door that went to the floor.  On the chest of drawers in Mama's room at some point there appeared a Charlie McCarthy doll.  It was one of those carnival chalk dolls that were given as prizes at the fair.  It was the most frightening thing I ever saw. One night, in a dream Charlie was alive and talking to me. I wouldn't go in Mama's bedroom after that unless the drapes were open. 

Me and my sister Ann.

 To be honest, I was always afraid in that old house.  Nothing specific, other than Charlie McCarthy, that I remember, just scary.  Even when I was  a teen and working I was afraid to be there alone.  I would sometimes get dropped off by my boss and Mama and Daddy would be gone and I was afraid to go inside.  I would unlock the door and just kind of hang out near the door till they came home. I have never been afraid in any house that I have lived in since.  The scary stories that my cousins and I would entertain ourselves with didn't help much.  We made up more tales and would try to top each other.

Snowman and Debie Meridian Street 1958

My Mama was one of 12 children.  Her mother died young and Mama helped to raise the younger ones.  She was very close to her siblings and they often came to visit and sometimes one or another would live with us.  My Uncle Walter lived with us from the earliest I can remember.  He was Mama's youngest sibling, and was only six weeks old when their mother died.  He was born in 1936 and was pretty much grown by the time I can remember him.  He worked at the newspaper.  He and my brother, who was born in 1939, were close and had many of the same friends.  Walter married in 1960, when I was eight and moved away.  My aunt Mary and her family came to visit every summer and usually at Christmas.  They were living in Nashville when I very small but I remember them after they had moved to Chattanooga.  Mary's husband, Mutt, would bring the family and leave them with us for several weeks in the summer.  I loved all of them but I was terrified of Aunt Mary and her flip flop.  My Mama didn't spank me but I knew Aunt Mary might.  She had four children.  Judy was the oldest and usually stayed with another aunt, Neva, while they were here.  Jerry was two years older than me.  Eleanor was one year older, I was born on her first birthday.  The baby was Linda, she was 11 months younger than me.  Eleanor, Linda and I were thicker than thieves.  It's great being best friends with your cousins.  No matter what, makes no difference how mad you get at one another, in the end, you are family and you love each other.  Aunt Mary and family moved to Nashville in the early 60's and lived near us as I was growing up. Mama's uncle, Larry Hunt lived with us and her brother Bob Steele.  We always had uncles and aunts and cousins visiting.  I felt like I had the largest family around.  It was great growing up with such a close family.

Our next door neighbors, at 1015, were Wilson and Ladye Hurt, their daughters, Donna and Lucy and Ladye's mother Ophelia Primm.  I loved the Hurt's and called Wilson and Ladye, other daddy and other mama when I was a little girl.  Lucy and Donna were about ten years older than I was.  Wilson and Ladye were deaf.  Wilson lost his hearing at age two and Ladye as a young teen, both from a childhood illness.  They signed, but also used spoken language.  Wilson was sometimes hard to understand but I was with them often and had little problem.  Later their grandchildren, Donna's children, lived with them, Mack, Jimmy, Tracie, Wendy.  The house on the other side of the Hurt's, 1013, was the Robert and Hattie White home.  Their children, Bobbye, Joanne, John, Mary Sue and Marty, were all a good bit older than me, with the exception of Marty.  He was often my only playmate. Next to White's at 1011, I remember several families, particularly the Cunningham's.  Next at 1009, was Mrs. Hargis', house.  It was a little frame duplex.  Next past her, 1007, was the Banniza house.  At 1005 was the brick duplex owned by Mr. Orndorff.  The house at 1003 had a lot of tenants while I was growing up.  And at 1001, the corner of Meridian and Vaughn was Mrs. Sharpe.  She had cats and seemed very old and I would stop and visit with her.  I though her name was Mrs. Shark for a long time. she had a wrought iron fence around her yard.   Her back yard was full of box turtles and sometimes we would find one crawling down the alley. Mrs. Sharpe lived alone when I knew her, her husband had died and her children were grown.  One of her sons, Dallas Sharpe, was killed in WWII. Later a family with a lot boys lived in that house, their last name escapes me.

Mama in front of our house at 1017 Meridian.

On the other side of our house, at 1019, the neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Williams.  That house was a duplex and tenants came and went  but the Williams were there for a long time.  There was no 1021, the next house was 1023 and the home of Robert and Roberta McKinney and their children Bobby and Patsy.  The house at 1025, at the corner of Meridian and Evanston, was a rental property and had a variety of residents.  I don't remember most.  The notorious East Nashville Pickle family lived in that house for awhile.  The Pickle kids were always in some kind of trouble, stealing something or breaking in somewhere. I remember that they were always good to my grandmother who lived across the alley from them.  They never gave us any trouble but we heard a lot of tales about them.  The house was also an evangelistic church for awhile, and the nightly meetings during revival time were noisier than a rock concert.  They were held outside in a tent. 

Daddy Ernest Oeser Jr., Granmother Ruth Oeser, Me (Debie), Mama Lola Steel Oeser and my brother  Ernest Oeser III.         Our living room on Meridian Street.     

Across the street at the corner of Meridian and Evanston was a duplex owned by Jere Tunstall.  Jessie McCormick lived there for a long time.  The Tunstall's, Jere and Daisey lived next door at 1018.  They had no children.  Like everyone else in the neighborhood they had no air conditioning and sat out on the front lawn most afternoons in the hot summer weather.  I loved to go sit with them, they were both very kind to me.  The next house on that side, 1014 was home to Curl Fitts and his family.  There were two daughters, older than me, and I don't remember them very much.  The next house 1012, was the Newby family, Lem and Wilma and their children Mike, Sue, Dianne and Cindy.  Wilma had a son, Jimmy Davenport from a previous marriage.  Next, at 1010, was a duplex.  Mrs. Newby's sister and mother lived there for a long time.  Jimmy and I moved into that duplex in the summer of 1969, soon after we got married.  Next was the Morrisey house at 1008.  Their daughter, Martha Jane, was my 1st and 2nd grade teacher.  After they moved away Bobbye White lived there with her husband ____ Collier.  Bobbye shot and killed Collier in that house in 1969.  The next house, 1006 was the Morrows, 1004 was the Barnes family and later the Raymers.  The Miles lived at 1002 and the Beasleys at 1000.  Some of the families on our street had children the age of my brother and sister but few my age so I don't remember many of them very well.

Debie Oeser

My mind is not one that stores memories very well.  I have to work at it, to commit something long term.  I knew that even when I was ten.  One summer morning I was up early, out on the front porch steps.  The sleepiness was still with me and I was quiet, just listening to the morning sounds.  The sun was shining and the street wet from the street washer truck that had recently passed by.  Birds were singing, enjoying the rising sun. The milkman pulled up in his truck in front of Mrs. White's house.  The trees were full and green.  The grass in our yard had been recently cut. I could smell the grass and sweet clover.  Sitting there, I was thinking what a perfect morning it was.  I decided I would always remember that moment.

To be continued....

East Nashville and Family History

I am most honored and humbled to have been profiled in the March-April issue of the East Nashvillian Magazine. The article tells part of the story of our family history in East Nashville. You can download current and past issues of the East Nashvillian magazine.

Our family has had a continuing presence in East Nashville since 1855. William Sanders Hunt first appeared, in a Nashville City Directory, as an Edgefield resident in that year. Edgefield was a new community then, having recently been subdivided from the farm of John Shelby. W. S. Hunt was my great-great grandfather.

1866 City Directory

His son Felix Zollicoffer Hunt was born March 31, 1866 in East Nashville. The family was living at the corner of Barrow [So. 2nd] and Watson [Boscobel].

Minnie Mae Hunt, daughter of Felix, was born February 24, 1899, when her parents were living in the thirteen hundred block of Shelby Ave. In 1916 Minnie was married to Wilmoth (Pat) Steele, son of Alex and Lola Dickson Steele. The Steele's lived at 620 Shelby Ave., where Wilmoth was born on July 26, 1892. My mother Lola Mae Steele was the second daughter of Minnie and Wilmoth. Mama was born in a house located at 227 Shelby Ave. on August 23, 1919.

227 Shelby Ave

Mama and Daddy's siblings all grew up in East Nashville. Many of my cousins lived in East Nashville or nearby when they were children. I have lived at six addresses in my nearly 60 years, five in East Nashville and at our present home in Inglewood. I still have a problem calling Inglewood "East Nashville." Since the merger of the city and county in 1963, the lines between the two communities have blurred. In 2012 there are only a handful of the family in East Nashville. A nephew and his family live in the neighborhood though they are not native to the community. My husband Jimmy, my two daughters Tammy and Amanda, and I moved to Inglewood in 1978. My children grew up in Inglewood and one of them still lives here. Starting with Grandpa Hunt our family has been continuously in East Nashville for nearly one hundred and sixty years.

Our Davidson County family history began long before there was an East Nashville. Early Nashville area family names on my Daddy's side are Gower, Russell, Wright, Cook, Davis, Allen and Koen. Some of these were here as early as 1780. On Mama's side, Steele, Binkley, Shane, Buchanan, Castleman are some of the families that were in Nashville in the pioneer days of the late 1700's.

My husband Jimmy is no slouch when it comes to pioneer settlers in Nashville. Demonbreun Street was named in honor of Jim's gr-gr-gr-gr Grandfather, Timothy Demonbreun, a French-Canadian fur trader who had a presence here some years before the first permanent settlement.

Timothy Demonbreun
courtesy SeeMidTN.com

Jim's ancestor John Rains was one of the first, and is immortalized in many accounts of early Nashville history. Some of Jim's families; Bradley, Binkley, Baker, Dowlen, Fontaine, Freeman were among the earliest settlers in neighboring Robertson County. Our daughters Tammy and Amanda have a fine Middle Tennessee Heritage. They are the eleventh generation of our family to live in Davidson County, Tennessee, through the Gower family line and tenth generation through several other family lines.

Hooper family of Middle Tennessee

Records compiled on the Hooper family of Davidson and surrounding counties.  The records are recorded in Davidson County unless otherwise noted.

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HOOPER COURT RECORDS

Chancery file # 69

Hooper - Petition for sale of slave

Jesse Jordon, guardian of the petitioners

“The petition of Fanny Hooper, Huldy Hooper, Jesse Hooper, William Hooper, Araminta Hooper and F. Marion Hooper and James Hooper infant children of tender years and children of Churchill Hooper of Davidson County by their next friend and uncle Jesse Jordan a citizen of Davidson County shows unto your honor that in the year 1835 their Grand Mother Jane _ Hooper made a deed of gift to them for a Negro slave named Winney…”  signed Jesse Jordan 

Sworn to and subscribed before me Arpil 20^th 1844 Benjamin Sharpe J. P. Davidson County Tennessee

Churchill Hoopers children of Jane T. Hooper Registered February 23^rd 1835

“I Jane Hooper of Davidson County & State of Tennessee doth for the love good will & affection which I bear to my grandchildren the heirs & children of my son Churchill Hooper & a valuable consideration to me in had paid the receipt where of is hereby acknowledged hath given granted bargained & sold unto the aforesaid children & heirs of the aforesaid Churchill Hooper forever a certain Negro girl a bright mulatto named Winney a slave for life…”  Signed by her mark Jane T. Hooper 15 August 1834, witnesses Geo. W. C. Lovell, Jas. Lovell

Deposition of Jno. Robertson sworn to before Benjamin Sharpe J.P. May 4, 1844

“I am acquainted with Churchill Hooper & his family.  They reside from my fathers about two miles, he is a man of small property & his children are numerous, two girls his oldest children about 12 & 14 years of age, and able to assist their mother.  The others are small and unable to assist her.  He resides in Davidson, he is a singular man of wild habits, sometimes goes from home & remains away without making any provisions for his family, takes no control of the slave Winney, permits her to go away from home & she frequently does, & then takes no means to correct her.  Winney could if she would be useful, she is able bodied, but has the habit of going off at will, remaining away as long as she likes, she has a small boy child.  I do not think her of use to the family.  I think a slave or slaves might be purchased who would be of great value to his wife & children.

Chancery Rule # 511

William Phillips and others vs Andrew Hooper & others

On the 28^th day of Nov 1849 this cause was heard before the Chancellor

Claiborne Y. Hooper left surviving him the following children Sally then married to William Phillips, Leonard K., Hudah Hooper since married to Henry Hart, Eliazabeth Hooper, Andrew Hooper and Georgiana Hooper (called in the will George Anne) and granddaughter Mary E. Fletcher only child of deceased daughter of Claiborne Y. Hooper who had been married to ____ Fletcher and died in the lifetime of her father.  Claiborne Hooper had at his death about 394 acres of land on the North side of Cumberland River about 4 miles from Nashville on the waters of Whites Creek & on the Nashville and Louisville turnpike joining the land of Jackson B. White  ____ heir and George B. Goowin,..  the other about 180 acres on the same turnpike rd ½ mile further from Nashville adj the land of George B. Goodwill & Churchill Lanier. 

Filed Feb 23^rd 1903 George Mizell

Andrew H. Mizell, George Mizell, Mrs. Bettie Donelson and Mrs. Kate Turner and her husband J. Miller Turner had made settlement with George Mizell, Trustee under the will of Caliboren Y. Hooper deceased of the propery belonging to the estate of our mother Georgiana Mizell, now deceased.  Aks that George Mizell be released from the bond executed by him on May 13, 1856 under the order of the Chancery Court in the case of William Phillips vs . A. H. Hooper et als. 

Georgiana Mizell died in the city of Nashville on the 12^th day of jan. 1903.

Heirs of Claborne Hooper

Elizabeth (later married Thomas Menees)

Georgiana (later married George Mizell)

Sarah wife of William Phillips

Leonard K. Hooper

Andrew J. Hooper

Mary E. Fletcher, granddaughter

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HOOPER DEEDS

Deed Book A page 244 Registered July 30, 1788 Samuel Vernor of Davidson Co., TN to Absolom Hooper of the same place, July 8, 1788, 340 acres Davidson Co. north side of the Cumberland River 2 and a half miles from Heaton’s Old Station and joins James Hollis’ corner.  Land was granted to Samuel Vernor by NC. Acknowledged by Elizabeth Vernor and James Cooper adm of Samuel Vernor in consequence of a sale of lands by said Vernor in his lifetime.

Deed Book A page 289 Registered Jan. 20, 1789 Absolom Hooper and Elizabeth Hooper his wife of Davidson Co/. TN to William Shaw of the same place, Oct. 15, 1788, 130 acres on the waters of Whites Creek part of Samuel Vernors preemption., this Jan 5, 1789.

Deed Book A. Page 341 Registered July 22, 1789  Absolom Hooper  of Davidson Co. to Robert Weakley a tract of land 230 acres on north side Cumberland River and on both sides White’s Creek adj. Peter Sides corner which was Sides now belonging to Eleazer Hamilton.  Land granted to Absolom Hoopr by NC Oct. 8 1787 for the services of Col. Martin Armstrong, grant # 33 July Term 1789.

Deed Book A. Page 350 Registered Aug. 18, 1789  Grant # 33 NC to Absolom Hooper assignee of Martin Armstrong 230 acres NS Cumberland River.  Surveyed for Hooper Sept. 9. 1785.

Deed Book B, page 211 July 29 1791, Benjamin Drake to Absalom Hooper July 11 1791, 640 acres on the east waters of Whites Creek adj. Dennis Cond__ line and Samuel Verners line. 

Deed Book C, page 28 Apr. 30, 1792 Absolom Hooper to William Hooper 85 acres on the east side of Whites Creek and North side of Cumberland River, part of preemption of 640 acres granted to Benjamin Drake.

Deed Book C page 57 July 25 1792 Absolom Hooper to Charles Parker July 11 1791 118 acres on the east fork of Whites Creek ns Cumberland River adj a corner of a 640 acre preemption of Benjamin Drake. Test Ennis Hooper and Joseph Hooper

Deed Book C page 59 July 26 1792 Absolom Hooper to David Earhart 9 July 1792 48 acres on East side of Whites Creek se coner of preemption of 640 acres of Benjamin Drake Sr.   Beginning on Hoopers line of tract he now lives on. Test John Tremble and Ennis Hooper

Deed Book C page 96 Jan. 23 1793 William Loggins to Joseph Hooper 100 acres ns Cumberland rv east fork Whites Creek said land being the east end of Loggins preemtion.

Deed Book C page 96 Jan. 23 1793 Absalom Hooper to Joseph Hooper 200 acres ns Cumberland rv east fork Whites Creek adj. Joseph Hoopers spring branch and William Hoopers corner and Thomas Taylors line, Joseph Loves line and Michael Glaves line.

Deed Book C page 231 Feb 3 1794  Elijah Robertson to Absolom Hooper 228 acres on Sycamore Creek in Tennessee and Davidson Co.

Deed Book C page 267 May 12, 1794 George Walker to Absolom Hooper 428 acres Davidson Co. on Whites Creek  joining James Mears corner.

Deed Book C page 279 May 17 1794 Absolom Hooper to Thomas Lightfoot 200 acres ns Cumberland rv on both sides of Heaton Creek adh William Stuarts corner, Sd land bein the south end of Amos Heatons preemption.

Deed Book C page 326 Aug 7 1794  Jan. 23 1793 Absolom Hooper to George Cook 131 ac east fork Whites Creek adj. William Hoopers corner and Joseph Hoopers line.

Deed Book C page 392 May 12 1795 George Cook  to Joseph Hooper to 112 ac ns of the east fork Whites Creek adj. Another tract of said Hoopers on Michael Glaves line and Jessee Reeds line and William Hoopers corner.

Deed Book C page 404 May 18 1795 Joseph Hooper to William Caldwell 100 acres ns Cumberland rv east fork Whires ck adj Loggins corner being east end of Loggins preemption.

Deed Book C page 431 Aug 10 1795 - Absolom Hooper to Bishop Asbury  tract adj Charles Parkers line one half acre Oct 13 1794, Test Joseph Hooper and Samuel Hollis

Deed Book D page 79 May 3 1799 Absolom Hooper to Ennis Hooper Nov 7 1798 a tract of 268 acres on Whites Creek including house where Ennis now lives adj James Hollis corner

Deed Book E page 202 May 8 1800 James Cryer to Absolom Hooper 274 acrres in Davidson Co. on the headwaters of the Long fork of Sycamore ck

Deed Book E page 231 Joseph Phillips to Joseph Hooper 100 ¼ acres on Whites Ck including  a speing at the place known as Hoopers Chapel, except the one half acre which chapel now stands on.

Deed Book H page 113 Bill of sale Feb 22 1821 I Nimrod Hooper of Jefferson Co. Mississippi sell to Absolom Hooper  a Negro boy named Andrew aged 37 years. 17 March 1819 proven by John Lucas and Eli Lucas

Deec Book H page 482 Nimrod Hooper to Absalom Hooper a Negro girl named Sophy 5 feb 1819, Test J. Hooper and Aklfred Mold

Deed Book W. Page 350 William Hollis to Alston Hooper Reg 24 Apr. 1834 - I William Hollis have sold to Alston Hooper one Negro boy,  Named Tom, which Negro is left to said Hollis’s wife, which was Elizabeth Hooper, by her father Thomas Hooper decd. At the death of her mother or marrige to go to said Hollis;s wife

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HOOPER TAX LISTS AND CENSUS
1787 Tax List

Absalom Hooper with 7 taxables (males of legal age) 18? 21?

William Hooper with 1 taxable

1805 Enumeration

Hooper, Absalom with 3 free white males

Hooper, Anne with 0 free white males

Hooper, Church with 1 free white males

Hooper, Jesse with 1 free white males

Hooper, Joseph with 2 free white males

Hooper, Thomas with 1 free white males

1812 Enumeration of free males

in Capt Haile's Militia Company         Geo. S. Allen, Esq.     418      Thomas            Hooper

 in Capt Haile's Militia Company        Geo. S. Allen, Esq.     431      Jesse    Hooper

 in Capt Cloyd's Militia Company      Saml. Shannon, Esq.   775      Absolom          Hooper Jnr

 in Capt Cloyd's Militia Company      Saml. Shannon, Esq.   784      Absolom          Hooper Senr

 in Capt Cloyd's Militia Company      Saml. Shannon, Esq.   785      Nimrod            Hooper

 in Capt Birdwell's Militia Company  Jos. Love, Esq.            1510    Joseph Hooper

Tennesseans before 1800, Marjorie Fischer

Hooper, Absolom Sen.  Earliest date and record

Hooper, Absolom  (A., Ab., Abs. , Absm., Absalom) Earliest date and record  Nov. 6, 1783 Davidson Co. Will Book 1, page 5 deposition of Absolom Hooper regarding Daniel Oglesby of SC and Natchez  1783 latest 1800

Hooper, Ann Earliest date and record 1800

Hooper, Churchill (Church, Churchwell) Earliest date and record 1796 1800

Hooper, Ennis (Eanas, Enas, Eneas, Enias, Eness, Enis, Enos, Eunis) Earliest date and record 1788 latest 1800

Hooper, Elizabeth Earliest date and record  1788 lates 1797

Hooper, George Earliest date and record  1799 only listed twice

Hooper, Jas. Earliest date and record 191 only listed once

Hooper, Jesse Earliest date and record 1799 only listed twice

Hooper, Jno. Earliest date and record 1796

Hooper, Jos. Earliest date and record 1799

Hooper, Jos. Jun. Earliest date and record 

Hooper, Joseph Earliest date and record  1791 latest 1800

Hooper, Joseph Jun. Earliest date and record  1799

Hooper, Sallie Earliest date and record 1797

Hooper, Sinah Earliest date and record 1795

Hooper, Thomas (Thos.) Earliest date and record 1800

Hooper, Thomas Sen. Earliest date and record  1800 only listed twice

Hooper, William (Wm.) Earliest date and record  1785  latest 1797

1820 census

Hooper,

Ann                 Dav 91

Asa                  Dav 95

Churchwekk    Dav 91

Jeptha              Dav 95

Jesse                Dav 92

John                 Dav 73

John                 Dav 83

Joseph             Dav 71

Joseph             Dav 94

Mary                Dav 95

Thomas                        Dav 91

Wm.                Mt

1840 Census

Hooper, Alston D-389            011101-211001

Hooper, Churchwell D-379    210001-12001

Hooper, Churchwell Sr. D-380           1111101-2010001

Hooper Clabourn Y. D-360    0110001-1211

Hooper, Jane T. D-379            0-0000000001

Hooper, Jesse  D-379  10001-10011

Hooper, John D-380   201001-112101

Hooper, Lucy    D-373            0-0

Hooper, Mary      D-381         11-01011

Hooper, Matilda    D-381                   0-010101

Hooper, William C.    D-380   10001-0001

Hooper, William T.    D-379   00001-10001

Hooper, William T.    D-380   11120101-11100001

Hooper, Wilson L.   D-389       0220001-200101

1830

D-212

Hooper, Claiborne       10001-21001

D-213

Hooper, Austin (Alston)  111001-11001

D-235

Hopper, Thomas  1200001-00121

Hooper, Jas.    20002-110100011

D-241

Hooper, Jane  10001-10110001

Hooper, John  0101001-012001

Hooper, Churchill  211011-111001

Hooper, Jesse  0101200001-101110001

Hooper, Martin  11001-10001

Hooper, William  1212001-102001

Hooper, John R. 010001-21101

Hooper, Jeffrey 221001-110101

D-284

Hooper, Absalum est. Of

0-0

2 houses away is

Harper, Elizabeth  0001-00100001

1860

Hooper, A. 60 (m) Ce-95

Hooper, A. M.   77(f) Ce-93

Hooper, Andrew J. 24 D-19-329

Hooper. Churchill 50, Elizabeth 45, Marion 20, William 17, Arminta 23, Warren 16, Letitian 13, Amanda 11, Elizabeth 9, Mary 6 D-3_

Hooper, Clabe 15  D-33

Hooper, Clinton 31, Lucy 31, Thomas J. 1. Edmond A. 2/12 Elizabeth 1/12 D-30-483

Hooper, E. L. 34 (m), E. F. 27 (f), J. C. 9, R. C. 6 (f), E. L. 4 (m), S. C. 2 (m), W. V. 7/12  (f)  Ce-98

Hooper, Ennis 25

Hooper, George 36,

Hooper, H. 70,

Hooper, J. 48

Hooper, J. B. 50 (m)

Hooper, J. M. 26 (m)

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HOOPER WILLS/PROBATE RECORDS

Will of Claborne Y. Hooper probated ____ WB 14 page 259

Written December 10, 1847

My granddaughter Mary E. Fletcher one thousand dollars, I appoint my son Leonard her guardian, I also give to her the Negroes now in the possession of her father, which I gave to her mother & children.  I give to my six children,

Leonard,

Sally,

Huldah,

Elizabeth,

Andrew &

GeorgeAnn and their children the balance of my estate.  It is my will that property willed ot my daughters  be in trust, I appoint my son Leonard and son in law Wm. Phillips

trustees for that purpose.  My executors to sell my land on the Mississippi River in Arkansas .

I appoint my son Leonard, my son in law Wm. Phillips & F. R. Rains my executors.

Witnesses -  John P. Markham, Saml. L. Wharton

Original wills - Metro Archives

Will of Absalom Hooper Senr. probated 8/25/1813 WB 4 page 246

Written August 15 1811

Absalom Hooper Senr.

To my daughter Hetty Jones one hundred dollars in cash

My son Joseph Hooper one Negro man named Isam and one Negro woman named Mary.

My daughter Sinia Alston five dollars

My son Absalom Hooper seventy acres of land and Negroes Cesar, Winney, little Sam, Clary, Bill, old Sam and Sarah and the smith tools.

My daughter Elizabeth Robertson

My son Nimrod Hooper four hundred and twenty eight acres of land being the place where I now live and Negroes Big Andrew, Dave, little Andrew, Jim, Bosun and Fan.

To my two sons Absalom and Nimrod all of my stock and all of my household and kitchen furniture and all of my farming tools. 

To my daughters Hetty Jones & Elizabeth Robertson and my two sons Absalom Hooper and Nimrod Hooper that part of the estate of Joseph Holmes that is coming to me.

I appoint my trusty friend John Lucas and my son Absalom Hooper my executors

Witnesses S. Shannon, Isaac Lucas, Susannah Lucas

Will of Churchill Hooper probated 11/8/1808 WB

Written November 17, 1807

Churchill Hooper

My son Thomas Hooper & my daughter Elizabeth Joslin two little Negroes now over at Thomas Hickman's named Lewis & Lamb & my son Thomas have his choice of the two.

My daughter Tiddy Dozier one hundred dollars

My daughter Jerusha Hooper one hundred dollars

The rest of my property to be divided between my wife and the rest of my children not mentioned above. 

I appoint my brother Thomas Hooper executor.

Witnesses A. Walker, Benj. D. Pack

Will of Thomas Hooper probated 6/16/1826 WB  8 page 556

Written Jan. 5 1826

Thomas Hooper

My wife Jane T. Hooper bed and furniture and a Negro woman named Faith, a Negro boy named Tom, one Negro woman named Jude, one mare and colt, land where I now live for the purpose of raising my two children, Churchill Hooper and Elizabeth Hooper.

To my beloved son Churchill a tract of land on Sams Creek Davidson Co. 150 acres and a tract on the Cumberland River lying below where George Haile lives 100 acres, a Negro man named Harry and a Negro woman named Faith, one Negro boy named John, one girl named Winney & one named Caroline and one woman named Jude to be put in his possession at age twenty one or when he marries if before the age of twenty one., except the Negroes Faith and Jude who are to remain with my wife.

To my daughter Elizabeth Hooper the tract where I now live after the death of her mother150 acres and another 40 acre tract on the Cumberland River just below Hickman’s Ferry and four small dowers of land part of Churchill Hoopers Widdow after her death and the following Negroes one woman named Linder, one boy named Tom, one girl named Ellen, one boy named Jim, one woman named chain, Elizabeth to have her share when she reaches age twenty one or marries.  My brother in law William Lovell and my son Churchill Hooper Executors.  Witnesses Anne M. Hooper and Jesse Hooper

William Hooper's 1825

Montgomery County, Tennessee Will

The text of this will was transcribed and emailed to <Hooper@contesting.com> by Wade Glascock on 9 March 1998 and has been reproduced with his permission. Punctuation and formatting have been added for clarity.

State of Tennessee

Montgomery CountyIn the name of God Amen. I William Hooper of the County and State aforesaid being weak and low in body but of sound mind and perfect memory do constitute and ordain this to be my last will and testament. After all my just debts are paid I do give and bequeth all my worldly estate in manner and form following, that is

I give unto my beloved wife Sarah Hooper all my estate consisting of lands, negroes, stock, household and kitchen, farming, plantation utensils and to use and improve for the maintainance of my children who are now in a state of Minority during the term of her natural life or widowhood, and if she should marry, it is my will that she shall have one negro girl named Hannah and one named Sarah and one named Lewerese for her use during her natural life and at her death she is to give them with increase to some or all of her children as she may think fit and if she dies without a will they are to be equally divided amongst all of her children, and furthermore she is to have one horse saddle and bridle one bed and furniture one cow and calf and she is to have the use of the plantation whereon I now live during her natural life and then it is to be sold and equally divided amongst all my children

furthermore it is my will that each of my children that is now in a state of minority, to wit James B. Hooper and Peggy Montgomery and Burrel Young Hooper, when each of them shall marry or come of age that they shall become an equal part with the rest that has married, that is one horse, saddle, and bridle, one bed and furniture, one cow and calf, and as much more as my wife Sarah Hooper shall think right so as to amount to one hundred and twenty dollars

and furthermore it is my will that James B. Hooper should have fifty dollars worth of my personal property for a mare that his Grandmother Hollis gave him which was sold for fifty dollars

and also that Peggy Montgomery Hooper should have one bed and furniture that her Grandmother gave her

it is further my will that after the death of my wife Sarah Hooper that all my estate both real and personal which has not otherwise been appropriated should then be sold and equally divided between all my children named as follows

Polly Berry

Wilson Hooper

Elizabeth Davis

Pheraby Young

Asa Hooper

Frances Lemaster

Sally Holt

James B. Hooper

Peggy Montgomery Hooper

Burrel Young Hooper

and I do hereby nominate and appoint my beloved wife Sarah Hooper and Robert Davis my lawful executors to this my last will and testament. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this the 17th day of June anno domini Eighteen Hundred and Twenty Five.

William Hooper

signed and sealed in presence of

Daniel Oglesby

Joseph Smith jurat

Elizabeth  Oglesby jurat

Mathew  Smith jurat

Recorded April Term 1827

Elizabeth Hooper probated 3/6/1902 WB 35 page 623

Written October 16, 1879

Henry Hooper two hundred dollars

Marian Hooper two hundred dollars

Brown Hooper two hundred dollars

Melvin Hooper two hundred dollars

Araminta Beck two hundred dollars

Litisa King two hundred dollars

Elizabeth Stephens two hundred dollars

Mary Ann Hall two hundred dollars

Jesse Hooper, Fanny Hollis and Huldy Dorson having received two hundred dollars each from their Grandmother Hooper's estate it being the sale of a Negro woman Winny & her child which was intended to my heirs equal. 

I give to Henry Hooper and Marian Hooper one hundred and twenty six dollars it being the amount furnish me to cincintha

also to Jesse Hooper heirs thrity dollars

Brown Hooper forty dollars

Request my executors furnish toomstones for Churchill Hooper, Amanda Hooper andy myself .

To Henry Hooper one bed

To Latisa King one bed

Appoint Henry Hooper and Marian Hooper Executors

Witnesses Warren Jordan, W. W. Jordan, W. E. Watkins, Jas. K. Blackman

Will Book 1  page 47 Inv. Of James Moore July 1786, Abrm Hooper, William Hooper

Will Book 1 page 69 Inv. Of James Preson July 1788 some of the estate in the hands of Eneas Hooper, Danl Oglesby, Robt. Heaton and Mr. Burris. July 10 1788

Will Book 1 Saml Vernor to Absolom Hooper Feb. 21 1786 bond proven July 8 1788

WB 2pa119 Noah Sugg deed of gift to my son in law Joseph Hooper and daughter Elizabeth Hooper a Negro girl names Bess Dec. 5 1797

WB 2 page 203 Inventory of Ennis Hooper and inv. Of the goods and chattels of the estate of Ennis Hooper, Anne Hooper adm. Rec. March 2, 1802

WB 3 page 104 Settlement of Ennis Hooper decd. Apr. 22, 1806

WB 3 page 199 Inv. Of Anne Hooper decd, Daniel Young Adm. Jan. Term 1808

WB 4 page 278 account of the heirs of C. Hooper decd. By Thos. Hooper.

Feb. 14, 1814 Lucreasy Hooper, Polly Hooper, Jerusha Hooper heirs of Churchwell Hooper

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Middle Tennessee Hoopers

Generation No. 1

1.  UNKNOWN¹ HOOPER

       

Children of UNKNOWN HOOPER are:

2.                i.    CHURCHILL² HOOPER, b. Bef. 1764; d. 1808, Davidson Co. TN.

3.               ii.    JESSE HOOPER, b. March 23, 1758; d. July 08, 1839, Davidson Co. TN.

4.              iii.    THOMAS HOOPER, SR..

5.              iv.    WILLIAM HOOPER, b. Bef. 1770; d. Abt. 1827, Montgomery Co., TN.

                  v.    ENEAS HOOPER, b. Bef. 1778; m. ANNE YOUNG, March 13, 1796, Davidson Co. TN.

6.              vi.    ABSALOM HOOPER, b. Bef. 1759; d. Abt. 1813, Davidson Co., TN.

Generation No. 2

2.  CHURCHILL² HOOPER (UNKNOWN¹) was born Bef. 1764, and died 1808 in Davidson Co. TN.  He married POLLY. 

       

Children of CHURCHILL HOOPER and POLLY are:

                   i.    THOMAS³ HOOPER, b. Bef. 1788; d. 1826; m. JANE T. LOVELL, February 25, 1808.

                  ii.    ELIZABETH HOOPER, b. Bef. 1786; m. GABRIEL JOSLIN, December 18, 1801, Davidson Co. TN.

                 iii.    TIDDY HOOPER, b. Bef. 1790; m. PETER DOZIER, May 02, 1806, Davidson Co. TN.

                 iv.    JERUSHA HOOPER.

                  v.    FERABA HOOPER.

                 vi.    LUCINDA HOOPER.

                vii.    POLLY HOOPER.

               viii.    JOHN R. HOOPER.

                 ix.    SINA HOOPER.

                  x.    LENA HOOPER.

3.  JESSE² HOOPER (UNKNOWN¹) was born March 23, 1758, and died July 08, 1839 in Davidson Co. TN.  He married ELIZABETH EADS.  She died August 23, 1839 in Davidson Co. TN.

       

Children of JESSE HOOPER and ELIZABETH EADS are:

                   i.    MARY³ HOOPER, m. HENRY STORY.

                  ii.    WILLIAM T. HOOPER, b. Abt. 1786, Georgia; m. ELEANOR GOODRICH; b. Abt. 1795, North Carolina.

                 iii.    JOHN HOOPER, b. February 25, 1788, Georgia; d. July 16, 1885, Cheatham Co., TN; m. (1) POLLY FOSTER, July 05, 1809, Davidson Co., TN; b. January 04, 1794; m. (2) SARAH TAYLOR WILLIAMS, September 01, 1849, Davidson Co., TN; b. December 27, 1817.

                 iv.    MARTHA HOOPER, b. Abt. 1790, Ga; m. JAMES BENNINGFIELD, January 13, 1808, Davidson Co., TN.

                  v.    CHURCHILL L. HOOPER, b. Bef. 1796; m. NANCY RUSSELL, August 23, 1814, Davidson Co. TN; b. Abt. 1797.

                 vi.    ALSTON HOOPER, b. Abt. 1800; m. MARY POLLY ALLEN, January 24, 1821, Davidson County, Tennessee; b. December 28, 1804; d. December 25, 1864.

                vii.    ELIZABETH HOOPER, b. Abt. 1800; m. THOMAS CARTWRIGHT, January 18, 1838, Davidson Co., TN.

               viii.    ANNA HOOPER, b. Abt. 1802; m. THOMAS RUSSELL, July 19, 1820, Davidson Co., TN; b. Abt. 1798; d. Aft. 1870.

                 ix.    ISAAC HOOPER, b. Bef. 1806; m. MATILDA DOZIER, September 24, 1826.

4.  THOMAS² HOOPER, SR. (UNKNOWN¹)

       

Child of THOMAS HOOPER, SR. is:

                   i.    THOMAS³ HOOPER, JR., m. NANCY LOVELL, April 17, 1809, Davidson Co., TN.

5.  WILLIAM² HOOPER (UNKNOWN¹) was born Bef. 1770, and died Abt. 1827 in Montgomery Co., TN.  He married SARAH HOLLIS March 04, 1789 in Davidson Co. TN. 

       

Children of WILLIAM HOOPER and SARAH HOLLIS are:

                   i.    POLLY³ HOOPER.

                  ii.    WILSON HOOPER.

                 iii.    ELIZABETH HOOPER.

                 iv.    PHEREBY HOOPER, m. YOUNG.

                  v.    ASA W. HOOPER, b. Abt. 1798; m. MARGARET; b. Abt. 1800, South Carolina.

                 vi.    FRANCES HOOPER, m. LEMASTER.

                vii.    SALLY HOOPER, m. HOLT.

               viii.    JAMES B. HOOPER.

                 ix.    PEGGY HOOPER.

                  x.    BURREL HOOPER.

6.  ABSALOM² HOOPER (UNKNOWN¹) was born Bef. 1759, and died Abt. 1813 in Davidson Co., TN.

       

Children of ABSALOM HOOPER are:

                   i.    SINAH³ HOOPER, b. Bef. 1780; m. JOHN ALSTON, June 04, 1795.

                  ii.    ABSALOM HOOPER, b. Bef. 1782; m. KITTY LUCAS, February 01, 1812.

                 iii.    ELIZABETH HOOPER, b. Bef. 1786; m. DAVID ROBINSON, December 19, 1801.

                 iv.    JOSEPH HOOPER, b. Bef. 1792.

                  v.    NIMROD HOOPER, b. Bef. 1792; m. NANCY LUCAS, September 05, 1809, Davidson Co. TN.

                 vi.    HETTY HOOPER, b. Bef. 1795.