In a message dated 3/15/00 10:38:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj: {not a subscriber} HOOKER John Perry 1821, SC > 1850, Walker CO GA> > 1860+, Bibb CO GA > Date: 3/15/00 10:38:29 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: [email protected] (Jennifer Sherwood Braswell) > To: [email protected] > > This is my HOOKER family. Part #1 > > John Perry Hooker was born in 1821 in SC. > He appears in SC Kershaw CO, census in 1840 (US) > and in the 1843 state census. > Previous research from other sources reports that he was > married to Matilda Smith who > could have been part Cherokee. > Her birth year is recorded as 1819. > This previous research also indicates a migration from SC > through NC, TN with the family finally settling in GA. > > The census for the SC period lists two adult males who > are believed to be his younger brothers, Joseph M., and > Moses. Joseph is still listed with this household along with > his wife Elefare (Jones?) in 1850, in Walker CO GA. > Moses was the adventurer and left at some point > heading west in search of gold. > I was told that Moses never returned, but recent study proves different. > He is listed in the BIBB CO GA 1860 census as a guest in the home of Joseph > M. > and also in his own home in Powder Springs GA. Members of his household were > listed, > but only by initials. > More information will follow in Part#2. > > If you can add to this, please do so. I am looking for any > connections to this family within this time frame or earlier. > I would like names of parents, and definite birthplaces and dates. > > Jennifer Sherwood Braswell > [email protected] > Patrick J. Anderson http://members.aol.com/patander73/home.html 9654 Baltimore Avenue, Laurel, Maryland 20723