[Hooper] William Hooper and Thomas Hooper, Sons of Obadiah 1?

[Deanna Baumgardner]

Probably no other county in the state of Virginia furnished as large  
a percentage of its manhood to fight for the United States in the  
Revolutionary War as did Amherst County which then included Nelson  
County. Many of the names have continued prominent through the  
history of the county and readers will find it interesting to search  
the list for possible forefathers and relatives.

There were ordered into service from Amherst County June 21, 1781, by  
Daniel Gaines, colonel of the militia, two hundred and seventy nine  
non-commissioned officers and privates, �To march to join the army  
commanded by the Honorable Major General Marquis de Lafayette.� They  
were officered as follows: John Pope, Jr., Lieut.-Col. Commandant,  
William Cabell, Jr., Major; Captains, Charles Christian, Reuben  
Jordan, John Woodruffl Richard Taliaferro, Azariah Martin;  
Lieutenants, Isaac Rucker, Joseph Edwards, Joseph Burns, John Watson,  
James Gressom, Charles Eades; Ensigns, Peter Caner, Robert Wright
  William Hooper, William Horsley, Thomas Hooper


Deanna R. (Hooper) Baumgardner
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