Notes for Mary A. Houser




			The Ancestors of D O N N A J O Y J O H N S O N of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Notes for Mary A. Houser

The 1850 Mecklenburg County census lists her as Margt Hoover.

From Mecklenburg County Will Book J, #20:

The County of Mecklenburg & State of North Carolina.
Being of sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainty of my ( ) do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form as follows that is to say
1st - That my executor provide for my body a decent burial & after a decent headstone to be purchased out of the money that comes into his hands.
2nd - I will to my beloved son Francis M. Hoover one horse and one heifer and all the corn on hand and 500 lbs of bacon and the growing crop of wheat I allow him one half. 3rd - I allow the remainder of my property is to be equally divided amongst my other children (not listed), except Washington L. Hoover I give him $1. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my friend T. T. Sandifer my lawful executor to ( ) execute this my last will and testament according to the true intents and meaning of the same. In witness whereby I the said Mary Hoover unto set my hand and seal this the 12th day of Febr 1856.
Witness: J. B. Clanton, Jurat
Alexander A. Cathey, Jurat
W. K. Reid, CCC

Probated in court April 1856 by the oaths of the subscribing witnesses.

Maiden name clue: A son is named Henry H. Hoover. Henry named a son Laban Houser Hoover. The H in Henry H. Hoover might stand for Houser, as it was the surname of his mother, Mary. The middle name of Laban Houser Hoover was a significant lead in tracing Mary's connection to the Houser family of the York District, South Carolina.

Note: The Mecklenburg County death certificate for Francis Marion Hoover names his mother as Mary, and gives his mother's place of birth as Lincoln Co., NC.

T T Sandifer was Dr. T. T. Sandifer. "Dr. T. T. SANDIFER of York District, SC and Anna M. WILSON on April 23, 1840 in Mecklenburg county. May 1, 1840." [William Navey, The Charlotte Journal, Charlotte, NC Marriage Notices, July 3, 1835-December 7, 1851]

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