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Subject: [SCGREENV] Re: [SC-OPD] MIDDLETON, GOODLETT, HOOPER Family connection circa 1800
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 07:11:40 -0500
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Dennis,
I descend from Richard Brooks Hooper, son of Obediah and Massilva Brooks
Hooper, and brother to Thomas. Richard served in the Rev. War as well as
some of his brothers. He served as 2nd Srgt in the 6th Virginia Infantry of
the Cont. Line.
I've been trying to collect any and all documents of my Richard B. Hooper
who was born in Lunenburg Co., VA, lived in Greenville Co., SC, was found
frequently in Old Pendleton Dist. records, and eventually moved on to GA,
settling around Franklin and Banks County, GA and died and was buried there.
I've been to the Greenville Library once in March to conduct research and
have been trying to locate any and all records documenting his time there in
SC and who his uncles/aunts might have been. I have been wondering who this
Absolom Hooper was, where he came from, and what ties he had to the Obediah
and Massilva Hooper clan who came down from VA and then many moving on to GA
and AL.
Ms. Annie C. "Angie" Goodwin should be considered your best and most
professional source and guide on the Absalom Hooper line and what ties there
might be to the Obediah Hooper line. This is very exciting and I look
forward to reading more on the list about theories and "facts" on all of
these ties and connections to all the families listed here.
Robert C. Johnston, Jr.
284 Redland Downs Trail
Wetumpka, AL 36093 USA
Descended from William Cornelius and Richard B. Hooper, Revolutionary War
Veterans who lived in Greenville District, South Carolina
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From: "Dennis Smith" <>
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Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 9:34 PM
Subject: [SC-OPD] MIDDLETON, GOODLETT, HOOPER Family connection circa 1800
> Dear all,
>
> A couple of days ago I posted an email concerning Narcissa BECK ( b 1827
SC)
> md (1842 Henderson Co, NC) Kinson MIDDLETON (b 1817 SC).
>
> While compiling it, I stumbled onto something that may be a big clue. (Or
it
> could be just another blind alley.) I want to throw it out to you and see
> if anyone has any thoughts, suggestions, additional clues, etc.
>
> Kinson MIDDLETON who was born 9 Feb 1816 in SC and died 12 Dec 1885 in
> Henderson Co., NC married, about 1840, Narcissa BECK who was born 19 Sep
> 1827 in SC and died 28 Apr 1907 in Henderson Co., NC.
>
> >From about 1841 until they sold the farm in 1855, they lived in Upper
> Greenville Co., SC on Mush Creek near the families of Rhoda Middleton and
> Baylis Middleton. Their homes were also quite near that of Richard
> GOODLETT.
> The significance of this is that Richard GOODLETT was a grandson of Robert
> GOODLETT (b 1720 Scotland d 1804 in Spartanburg Co., SC) who married about
> 1750 Nancy Ann MIDDLETON (d 1818 Spartanburg Co., SC ).
>
> Richard GOODETT's parents were William GOODLETT (b 20 Aug 1760 Frederick
> Co., VA d Jun 1836) and Nancy HOOPER. (William was a Lt. in the American
> Revolution)
>
> I have been told that the Goodletts, along with some other Goodlett and
> Middleton families moved from Frederick Co., VA to Spartanburg Co., SC in
> 1774 and that Nancy Ann Middleton was a daughter of a Thomas Middleton.
>
> This information I have been kicking around for about three years feeling
> that ancestors of the Middletons on Mush Creek came from Frederick Co., VA
> along with the Goodletts. The Goodlett information is probably pretty
solid
> based on William's having been granted a pension.
>
> The latest mini-revelation resulted from reading the following in "Shadows
> of the Past: The Middleton and Related Families", Contact Mrs. Lucy W.
> Middleton, Tuckasegee, NC. "The earliest Middleton of Western North
> Carolina was Thomas who came up from the Pendleton District of South
> Carolina, WITH ANDREW HOOPER, BROTHER OF ABSALOM AND CLEMMONS [emphasis
> mine]. He entered 100 acres of land for 55 shillings in Buncombe County
with
> a date of entrance of April 1807. It was Land Grant 2252. He along with
> his wife Deborah Horry Middleton remained on the property until March 4,
> 1820 at which he sold it to Mr. Henson Queen for $30.00. . ."
>
> These HOOPERs were Uncles of the Richard Goodlett on Mush Creek! (His
> mother's brothers.)
>
> Among items I found on the internet is a summary of an annotated
> transcription of the Federal Pension File of Absalom HOOPER ((c) 1999 by
> a.c. goodwin) A copy of the file costs $33.00 but is probably well worth
it
> since she says that it took eight years for the widow to provide enough
> evidence to secure a widow's pension.
>
> In the summary she says that Absalom enlisted in the SC Line. After the
war
> he lived first in GA and then in Upper South Carolina and finally in
Haywood
> (now Jackson) County, NC.
>
> >From the HOOPER-L archives (posted by ) comes
information
> that Thomas HOOPER b abt. 1747, Lunenburg Co., VA, third child of Obediah
> and Massilva Hooper died 18 Jul 1826 at the home of his sister Nancy
> GOODLETT in Greenville Co., SC.
>
> There are other items on the internet which provide similar information.
>
> What have I shown?
>
> The Middleton Families on Mush Creek are almost certainly connected to the
> Goodletts on Mush Creek. The Goodletts on Mush Creek are definitely
related
> to the Andrew HOOPER who was traveling with Thomas Middleton when he came
to
> Buncombe Co., NC in 1807. The Hoopers came from VA to SC then to Haywood
> Co, NC.
>
> A recent posting by related to a Thomas Middleton
> and contained references to Lunenburg Co., VA. Perhaps these Middletons
> were traveling with the Hoopers of Lunenburg Co., VA.
>
> Perhaps this Thomas is the same Thomas who went to Buncombe Co., NC in
1807.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dennis Smith
>
>
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