Wayne, What channels do I go through on Internet, to obtain information on this Martin Hoover? Thanks, Shirley Frick > I thought I would pass along a bit of wisdom for anyone who > descends from Martin Hoover (1750-1816). This would be the Martin > Hoover who traces his roots back through Bedford county, > Pennsylvania (Morrison's Cove) to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. > Martin Hoover died in Jefferson township, Montgomery county, Ohio > and was the father of some eighteen children. I will not go into > whether any of his children preceded him in death; that is all > available on the Internet. > > Some of the people out there are arbitrarily assigning a middle > name of Good for he and his brothers. Understanding that this is > possible there is also not a shred of evidence to support this > thought. > > However there is evidence that Martin Hoover himself did have a > middle name. Last October I took the time to scan the contents of > Martin's estate records while on vacation in the Dayton, Ohio area. > I am now almost complete with the process. > > On one receipt, dated June 11, 1824, a Daniel Miller > acknowledged his receipt of money from the estate executor, Aaron > Miller. This receipt is witnessed by a Benjamin Miller. I leave it > up to researchers to figure who the Millers were. My bit of wisdom > is what Daniel Miller had to say. He stated, and it is clearly > written on the receipt, "of the estate of Martin P Hoover Decd". > > So there is evidence that Martin Hoover did have a middle name. > > Wayne Webb