Good Afternoon Vashenan Listmates, We are always appreciate of input from Listmates so don't ever be shy about commenting. A Listmate pointed out that you must beware when assuming, when reading Chancery Records and she is correct. Reference was to the statement about Ann Hoover, we believed was the only child of William Hoover and Mary Magdalene Sheetz. We present the following information for her and you which we probably should have posted when we did the other post. All of us can always learn from others that's for sure. Yes, you must always beware when reading chancery records and yes, her grandfather was trying to protect his daughter Mary Magdalene Sheetz deceased's interest for his granddaughter Ann Hoover in his Estate. To come to the conclusion we reached, we cross checked all other records pertaining thereof to substantiate what I think to be true. In this particular case, Ann Hoover, was the only child of this couple who lived passed infancy and to adulthood. But we are always open to correction if we are found to be wrong. We base this on the following evidence: 1. Her parents William Hoover and Mary Magdalene Sheetz marriage was in 1819. Shenandoah County Marriage Bonds - 1772 - 1850 Page 179 William Hoover and Polly Sheetz 12 April 1819 Bondsman: Jacob Sheetz {Her Father} ----------------------- 2. Their daughter Ann Hoover was born 17 September 1820 near Woodstock. ------------------------ 3. We believe that Mary Magdalene Sheetz died when Ann was very small, possibly after giving birth to her. -------------------------- 4. William Hoover died in February 1827 and his only daughter was appointed a Guardian: Records of Indenture and Guardianship in Shenandoah County, Virginia 1772- 1831 Extracted from the Minutes of the Circuit Court By Daniel W. Bly 1985 Minute Book 1826 - 1830 13 August 1827 - Daniel Hisey is appointed guardian to Anna Hoover, orphan of William. If there had been other children they also would have been named in this minute book since there was only a span of 8 years between the time of William Hoover's marriage and time of his death so any other children by him, would have been named as infants and appointed Guardians. No adult children here. Daniel Hisey, the Guardian of Anna/Ann Hoover was married to Margaret Hoover, sister of William Hoover Shenandoah County Marriages Daniel Hisey to Margaret Hoover 29 November 1826 ---------------------------- 5. Ann Hoover, born 1820, was a mere child of about 6 years of age, when her grandfather Jacob Sheetz wrote his 1827 Will with codicil in 1828. ------------------------------- 6. I have found no evidence that William Hoover's wife Mary Magdalene "Polly" Sheetz was alive at the time of her husband's death in 1827 and believe she died before him, thus not named in her father Jacob Sheetz Will which was also written in 1827. -------------------------------- I have to laugh at Ann/Anna Hoover Foltz and admire her greatly. Shortly after her marriage, she and husband Uriah Foltz moved to Rockbridge County and settled in to a very comfortable home farm right off of the Lee Highway but their property went up to and across the Lee Highway. There is a red barn that you can see on a hill near the highway. Uriah put in a claim when they were building the highway for damages to his property and was reimbursed. A family story goes that brother Isaac Foltz living in Shenandoah County came to visit, liked the home and farm so much that he talked his brother Uriah into trading homes with him. Before the transaction could be completed, Uriah up and dies in 1857. Ann was left to raise a large family of eight children, she never married again, she moved back to Shenandoah County from Rockbridge County with her children after burying her husband Uriah Foltz/Fultz in Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church on the Lee Highway near Rauphine/Steele's Tavern and selling the home place to her husband's brother Isaac Foltz. The 1900 census declared that she was indeed a Capitalist. Love that woman! The Fultz home in Rockbridge County VA is on the National Registry of Historic Places.. It had a name but I can't for the life of me remember what it was called and the computer with that information crashed some time ago. Russell and I visited this home and the owners graciously showed us through so that we could see it and take pictures. The Foltz family owned homes in Shenandoah County and Rockbridge County. This very Saturday the descendants of the Foltz/Fultz family of Shenandoah County are holding the Foltz/Fultz Reunion nearby at Cherry Grove Farm near Fairfield on the Lee Highway, owned by a Foltz/Fultz descendant Jim Alexander. Wish I were there. Russell and I have attended in the past and greatly enjoyed the family. Uriah Foltz/Fultz Born: 29 December 1815, Near Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia Married: 25 October 1841, Shenandoah County, VA to Ann Hoover Died: 22 December 1857, Rockbridge County, VA with burial at Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church cemetery, on Lee Highway, near Rauphine/Steele Tavern, VA Ann Hoover Born: 17 September 1820 near Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia Died: 1 May 1904, New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, north of New Market, VA Their daughter Amanda Foltz/Fultz married 8 April 1875 to Andrew Jackson Bushong, s/o Jacob Bushong and Elizabeth McInturff. They were married by Rev. J. A. Snyder at Cedar Grove north of New Market. -------------------------------- On another note: Daniel Hoover, s/o John Hoover and Elizabeth Fravel M/1: 8 September 1834 to Rebecca Sheetz, d/o Jacob and Eve Sheetz M/2: 5 July 1860 to Susan Keller, d/o Jacob Keller and Susan At the time of his second marriage he was 51 years old and a widower and she was 43 years old and Single. Elizabeth Hoover, d/o John Hoover and Elizabeth Fravel Married 19 March 1838 to Isaac Foltz Isaac Foltz was a brother of Uriah Foltz who married Ann Hoover. --------------------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong