[HOOPER] RE Richard Hooper b 29 Mar 1783
Richard & Sharon Hooper
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Mon, 26 Mar 2001 00:52:46 -0600
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Deanna ---
I have corrected my information as follows --
Descendants of William Shaw
Generation No. 1
1. William1 Shaw. He married Ann Allison.
Child of William Shaw and Ann Allison is:
+ 2 i. Isabella Libby2 Shaw, born June 22, 1788 in ,Guilford,NC; died
February 4, 1860 in ,Shelby,TX.
Generation No. 2
2. Isabella Libby2 Shaw (William1) was born June 22, 1788 in
,Guilford,NC, and died February 4, 1860 in ,Shelby,TX. She married
Richard Hooper December 23, 1806 in Milledgeville,Franklin,GA, son of
Obediah Hooper and Elizabeth Chambers.
Notes for Richard Hooper:
Source Information:
Lil Maralu (Nina Lillian Pattillo
laumar@cruzio.com
Film # 1760739 Mormon Church Records
Obediah Jr's eldest son, was a first cousin of John Word Hooper
(Richard, Obediah). He was married in Georgia to Isabella Shaw whom was
a niece of United States President John Adams. His father, was Justice
Of The Peace and performed the marriage ceremony.
In February 1836, Richard came to Shelby Co., TX probably from Tennessee
or Alabama. He was commander of a calvary company from San Augustine, TX
from July 6 through October 1836. Richard received his headright
certificate for land in Shelby Co., TX on February 1, 1838.
A member of the House of Representatives of the first Texas Republic
Congress from Shelby Co., TX, he was also a county surveyor in 1839,
1840 and 1848.
In 1839-1840 he acted as County Surveyor, a draft of $622.25 was issued
him in Jan 1840 for his services in this position. He ran the Shelby
Co., TX county lines. In August 1848, he was again elected County
Surveyor of Shelby Co., TX, his last recorded office.
He was classified in the Agricultural Census, taken September 13, 1850
as a farmer and stock raiser in Shelby Co., TX. Two months later,
November 8th, he transferred to Chas S. Mann in Travis County, a warrant
for his recent service as a Surveyor. No further facts pertaining to
Hooper's life have been found.
In Obediah's pension application he gave their various moves from VA to
SC, to Franklin,GA abt. 1788; removed to Bedford Co., TN abt. 1811;
removed to Tuscaloosa Co., AL abt. 1816 then to Pickens Co., AL abt.
1822 and remained there until he died. The record births of Richard's
children occurred in TN in 1811 through 1830. In Obediah's pension
application was an affidavit; his son John M. Hooper states that he
moved Obediah and Sarah from GA to Bedford Co., TN then back to AL.
Children of Isabella Shaw and Richard Hooper are:
3 i. William M3 Hooper, born April 7, 1804.
+ 4 ii. George Washington Hooper, Sr, born March 14, 1808 in ,Franklin,
GA.
+ 5 iii. James Monroe Hooper, Sr, born May 26, 1809 in TN; died June 7,
1893 in ,Shelby, TX.
+ 6 iv. Elizabeth Mary Hooper, born January 1, 1811 in ,,GA; died August
1853 in ,Shelby, TX.
+ 7 v. John Jefferson Hooper, born August 26, 1812 in ,Bedford, TN; died
Aft. 1881 in ,Shelby, TX.
8 vi. Andrew Jackson Hooper, born July 27, 1814 in GA; died August 30,
1814 in GA.
9 vii. Richard Monroe Hooper, born July 26, 1815 in GA; died September
5, 1830 in TN.
+ 10 viii. Catherine Caroline Hooper, born April 15, 1817 in TN; died
May 30, 1855.
+ 11 ix. Benjamin Franklin Hooper, born January 17, 1820 in ,Bedford,
TN.
+ 12 x. Lafayette Carroll Hooper, born November 19, 1824.
13 xi. Hillier Rosseau Hooper, born November 17, 1827; died October 27,
1837.
14 xii. Obediah Columbus Hooper, born July 26, 1830.
Richard & Sharon Hooper
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