[Hooper] [HOOPER] Hooper/Early Land Grants in Texas

[Deanna Baumgardner]

Thank you for your reply.  I also, find in the 1840 Citizens of  
Texas: Murdock, William, arrived in Texas May 1839 320 acres  
Galveston County Unconditional C 7 Dec  1839.
On Dec 13, 2006, at 8:32 AM, anng wrote:

> Deanna Baumgardner wrote:
>
>> 1840 Citizens of Texas  Vol. 1 by White lists the following:
>> <snip>
>> Hooper, Joseph M.	Bowie County	320 acres			July, 1839
>> .....
>> Hooper, Obadiah C.	Bowie County	1280 acres		Apr 1837
>> <snipped>
>>
> I believe the Joseph M. Hooper, above, is the Joseph Murdock Hooper  
> (son
> of Obadiah C. Hooper) who was born 13 Jul 1823 GA and died 20 Oct 1911
> in California. He is buried in Winters Cemetery, Yolo Co., CA.
>
> He is listed as J.M.Hooper in Scott Co. AR in 1850, with his wife
> Pernitia J., who died 11/13/1867 in Mendacino County, California.
> I don't have an 1860 listing in my notes;
> In 1870 Mendacino Co. CA, he is listed as J.M. Hooper  with his second
> wife Dulcina [formerly Dulcina Hale, marriage date 1/6/1870].
> In 1880, he is Jos. M. Hooper, again with Dulcina, in Mendacino  
> Co., CA.
> In 1900, he is M. Hooper in Yuba Co., GA with wife "Mrs. D. C. Hooper"
> In 1910, he lived with a married daughter in Yolo County, CA and is
> listed as Joseph M. Hooper, age 87, widower.
>
> I think the Obadiah C. Hooper will identifies this son as "Murdock
> Hooper." O.C.Hooper's wife was the former Matilda Diadem Murdock,  
> and in
> 1830 Habersham County, Georgia she was the head of household  
> (suggesting
> that Obadiah C. Hooper was away from home for an extended period - was
> he perhaps exploring Texas?]. In the same county was a Joseph H.
> Murdock, perhaps the person for whom Joseph Murdock Hooper was named.
>
> A manuscript letter referring to the Obadiah C. Hooper claim is
> available online at
> http://tslarc.tsl.state.tx.us/repclaims/251/25100355.pdf
>
> Hope this helps,
> AnneG
>
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