Onr thing about the Granville Co., NC Hookers - I think Paul Hooker has traced them to SC then to Smith Co.,TN and thus eventually to Hunt Co.,TX (I think maybe one or two did go into IL or IN, too.) I do not know if he connected them to Wm "I" or not, or if they might have dropped down into NC from an area of VA above Granville Co., NC. The line of Hookers who crossed back and forth over the Stokes Co., NC to Patrick Co.,VA seems to be connected to my/our line of the 6 Hooker brothers who were mostly b in NC from 1777 to 1787. The names are much alike, and, of course, Wm (b c 1755) had a descendant (g-son?) b 1843 named James ESAM Hooker - that connects with Charlotte's Esom name which is a quite unusual name. Esom (b c 1796 in VA) had a brother Joh, it seems (b c 1797 in VA) who was said to be a cousin to my/our lineof 6 brothers by oral family hist. If it is certain that Wm (b c 1755), who married Jerusha Lawson, died in 1824 then who is the Wm also b 1755 i(n NC) who is in Patrick Co., VA from 1820 - 1850?? In 1820 this Wm has a wife close to his same age who is gone by 1830?? I did not find him before 1820. He is remarried to a much younger woman in 1850 - does anyone know who this is?? This Wm is living next to Gabriel in 1830 and 40 - and very close to him in 1850 in Patrick Co.,VA. There is an older female in the household of that Ruth in 1820 in Stokes Co., NC - could that be Jerusha and could Ruth be under 45 (possible widow of one of Jerusha's sons) and Jerusha the female over 45?? Does Jerusha appear anywhere else between 1810, and that 1850 Stokes Co., NC census where she is living her daughter and son -in-law and next to one of her sons?? Not all the NC Hookers are directly/closely related to the line of Wm "I" - though I am sure they will all be ultimately related back in eastern VA in the early 1600s or back in Eng. Some seem to have come over into NC from western VA - presumably after moving across VA from the east to the west. We need those DNA tests!!!! Celeste. --- Sharon Marsalis <sharonmarsalis@hotmail.com> wrote: > For some reason this did not post this morning--so > am reposting. Please > forgive if it finally posts twice. > > I imagine that "Ruth" is related in some way to > William and Jerusha Lawson > Hooker--probably a daughter in law. > > > William and Jerusha Lawson Hooker had several > children--one of then "David" > is mentioned by name in a document. > > > Back in 2006 (September) there was a very long > thread about Patrick County > Hookers and Jack's ancestors in Stokes CO, NC moving > back and forth to > Patrick CO, VA. > > Not that I have any new monumental info but I would > like to add some stuff > to that complicated thread: > > > First: It is often said that the very early VA to NC > line is pretty well > documented. True--that is my line--but there are > also many lost sons NOT > documented. For instance what happened to > "Symon"--an underaged child > mentioned in his father Godphrey's Will of 1730? > There are numerous others > from Godphrey's son Benjamin I's lines. There are > isolated Hookers like > John, Sr. and Jr. living in Granville CO on the 1790 > census. Were they > 'sons" of the so called William I or William II > lines. (I think so) We know > that some of the lines went to GA, FL, MS, TN, TX, > SC. But we don’t know > all. > > > > Now here is some data found here, at the Archives > and online (mostly for the > benefit of Sheri and Jack. > > > > > > ( I, Sharon, believe that the Hookers of Stokes and > the Hookers of Patrick, > Henry, and early undivided Pittsylvania were > probably the same family. They > all lived on or near the Dan River and from Lawson > family accounts and > Hooker known accounts both families went back and > forth. Note name > similarities of Jerusha’s Lawsons to Hookers. I > posted so much about the > Lawson’s because at least twice they married a > “Hooker” and lived in the > same areas—though I have found no deeds with both > names together. The Lawson > mailing list is long and contains 100s of deeds. > Carl of carl@lawson.net has > some really good info including: > > > > “1800 Personal Property Tax Records Northern > District Halifax County, > Virginia > May 16 - Lawson, John; 1 free white over 16, 1 horse > May 17 - Lawson, Moses; 1 free white over 16, 1 > horse > > This John Lawson died in 1813 in Stokes County but I > do not find a John of > this age in 1800 Stokes County census, which > indicates he was still in > Halifax County. Also in his will, all he had to give > his family was a horse > and bridle, which he gave to his daughter. Where was > his land? The > Revolutionary War pension records for his son, > Moses, and his son-in-law, > William Hooker, indicated that their two families > lived in Surry County, > North Carolina for many years, but moved to Halifax > County, Virginia, where > they lived for a number of years before moving back > to Stokes County, North > Carolina. It was also stated in William Hooker's > pension papers that John > Goober Pea had relatives in Halifax County. > > William Hooker married Jurusha ŒRessia¹ Lawson 25 > June 1776 in Surry County, > N. C. In Jurusha (Lawson) Hooker¹s Pension > application, dated 2 May 1838, > Stokes County, N. C., she indicated her husband, > William Hooker was drafted > in the month of August 1776 and marched from Surry > County, N. C. under the > command of Capt. Richard Goode in Col. Williams > Regiment of Militia against > the Cherokee Tribe of Indians and returned to her on > Christmas day 1776. He > was again in the service in the Fall of 1778 and she > remembers her husband > returned home when her brother John Lawson and she > was planting a patch of > corn she believes in the first of May 1779, he being > gone six months at > least. His last tour was in the Summer of 1780 and > served one year. > > Deposition of John Lawson Sr., for Jerusia (Lawson) > Hooker's pension > application (his sister) dated 2 May 1838, Stokes > County, North Carolina. > Be it known that on this 2nd day of May 1838 before > me Charles Banner a > Justice of the Peace for said County, personally > appeared John Lawson Sen., > a resident of said County who is a person of high > standing for > respectability and truth, a brother of the widow > Jerusia Hooker who is about > to make application for a pension for service > rendered by her husband > William Hooker, deceased, during the Revolutionary > War, he being first sworn > according to Laws declares on his Oath that a > certain Minister of the > Baptist Church, in the County aforesaid published > the Bans agreeable the > Rules and Customs of the Church, he married or > Solemnized the Rites of > Matrimony between William Hooker and his sister > Jerusia, sometime in June > 1776, the preacher's name was William Stephens and > the said Hooker, the same > summer was drafted and went as a private soldier in > the expedition against > the Cherokee Indians and went under a Capt. Richard > Goode as a private > soldier and returned about Christmas 1776, after > being gone at least four > months and afterwards he went to the South as a > private soldier, he believes > a volunteer under Capt. Meridith or Caplt. Wm. > Bostick he thinks in > September 1778 and was gone until the next Spring in > planting corn time, > when he returned home and said he had been in > several skirmishes with Tories > and one Battle where he had to swim a river at a > place near the Battle > ground, he thinks it was called Briar Creek (this in > Georgia), in this tour > he believes he was gone seven months, as he and his > sister Jerusia lived > together during the time he was gone, this Deponent > was about fifteen years > of age at that time and his sister had only one > child then, called David and > she had no other child for about five years as her > husband was gone in the > service nearly that length of time, only returned at > intervals stays but a > short time at home and would turn out again. The > next he went in a company > of horse men in the latter part of Summer or Fall in > 1780 under a Capt. > Cloud who lived near him in then Surry County, North > Carolina and was gone > three months and said he had been in the Battle of > Kings Mountain and lost > his horse in the Battle, but that his Major Winston > procured him another > horse belonging to the enemy. They brought to the > old Moravian Town in said > County of Surry as prisoners; Shortly after Hooker > returned home from this > tour of three months. This deponent was sent by his > Father, John Lawson, > deceased, to Halifax County, Virginia to his > relatives where he remained > almost two years and does not know of any more > services of his > brother-in-law, Wm. Hooker, only what he related as > having enlisted and was > in the Battle at Guilford where he was wounded in > one of his legs and was in > a Battle at Camden and the last Battle when the > British surrendered at > === message truncated === test'; "> ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs