Notes for H. Thomas Hoover




			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 H. Thomas Hoover

In addition to date of birth and death, tombstone gives age as 82y 11m 25d.

Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, City of York
Thomas Huber, s/o Solomon & Sybilla, b Apr 5 1750, bap Apr 22 1750.
[Marlene S. Bates and F. Edward Wright, York County, Pennsylvania, Church Records of the 18th Century, Volume 1, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1991), 144]

[Helen W. Peeler, The Descendants of Thomas Hoover, (Lincolnton, NC: 1981)] Miriah Barbara Warlick and her husband Thomas Hoover lived on about 200 acres on Potts Creek in (what is now Lincoln County, NC) that was deeded to her by her parents. Thomas inherited his father's land, purchased land and was granted land by the state in the area where Crowell Memorial Church is located. He was not a soldier in the Revolutionary War but furnished supplies for the Militia (Book A, page 210, USA with NC, War of the Revolution, State Dept. of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.)

"January Term 1782. Pp. 579-580: Jonathan Jones of Lincoln Co., to John Bardley of same, for Ł20 specie...and Ł40 to be paid in horses on or before 25 Dec next, and Ł40 in hard money or trace before 25 Dec 1784, and Ł40 to be paid by 25 Dec 1785...tract on both sides of Potts Creek, excluding 40 A sold to Thomas Hoover, formerly held and occupied by Joseph Milligan, 400 A...6 Jan 1783...Jonathan Jones {Seal}. Wit: Danl McKissick, William Adams. Rec. Oct. term 1782." [Brent Holcomb, Deed Abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln & Rutherford Counties North Carolina 1769-1786 Tryon County Wills & Estates, Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1977, 104]

1790 Census for Morgan District, Lincoln Co., NC:
Hoover, Thomas 1 male over 16; 5 males under 16; 5 females; no slaves

[Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, bound copies for 1987, PP 59]:
Morgan District Court Criminal Action Papers 1783-1784
contributed by Miles Philbeck
Indictment, March 1783 - That Jacob Painter and James Scott, late of Burke County, planters, James Wilson (the younger), John Smith, John Lewton, John Boyd, of Lincoln County, planters, and John Scott, of Rutherford County, planter, on 15 August 1782 in Lincoln County with loaded guns, assaulted Thomas Hoover, greviously wounding Hoover through one of his legs, which person not known. Not a true bill - Richard Singleton. Witness: Barbara Hoover

[Weynette Parks Haun, Morgan District North Carolina Book IV,Criminal Action Papers, 1995]:
State of North Carolina, Morgan District Superior Court of Law and Equity March term 1783. The jurors for the State upon their oath present that Jacob Painter and James Scott late of the County of Burke, planters, James Wilson (the younger), John Smith, John Lewton and John Boyd late of the County of Lincoln also planters and John Scott late of the county of Rutherford likewise planter, on the fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two and in the sixth year of American Independence with force and arms in the County of Lincoln in the district aforesaid with loaded guns which they then and there each of them respectively had and held in their hands, in and upon Thomas Hoover in the peace of God and the said State then and there being did make an assault and? that one of them the aforesaid Jacob Painter, James Scott, James Wilson, John Smith, John Scott John Lewton and John Boyd, (but which, to the Jurors is unknown) did then and there discharge his said gun at the said Thomas Hoover and grievously wounded the said Thomas Hoover thro' one of his legs, and that the other persons who assaulted the said Thomas Hoover as aforesaid other? than the one who gave him the said wound as aforesaid and that the said Jacob Painter, James Scott, James Wilson, John Smith, John Lewton and [the word "and" marked through] John Boyd and John Scott other wrongs to the said Thomas Hoover then and there did to the great damage of the said Thomas Hoover and against the peace and dignity of the said State. Alfred Moore Atty. Genl. [The words "John Scott" and the words "then and there" interlined before the bill went to the grand jury]. A. Moore A.G. 30. The State vs. Jacob Painter et. al. Indt. assault wounding &c. Morgan Supr. Court March term 1783. Thos. Hoover Prosr. Barbara Hoover wit. Sworn & Sent Joseph Dobson CSCLE. A. Moore A.G.

The Hoover Family
This report was given at the Hoover reunion which was held each year either at someone's home or at a designated place. The record goes as follows:
"A record of John Hoover's family translated from German. Mr. J. E. Hoover of Lincolnton County attended the Hoover reunion Friday at the home of Mr. C. W. Hoover, on the Statesville Amity Road, in Barringer Twp. Mr. Hoover is a great-grandson of Thomas Hoover from whom all Lincoln County Hoovers descended. When he decided to attend the reunion he gathered up some family records found at the old home of Thomas Hoover's grand daughter, Mrs. Monroe Seagle.
The record of Thomas Hoover's family, written by himself in German, was translated by Mr. J. H. Dingelhoef of Statesville. The record is so interesting that the "Landmark" gives it this way.
"The register of the children, with surnames and age, of H. Thomas Huber and his wife.
Born in the year of Christ, 1775, the 31st day of January, afternoon between 3 and 4 o'clock, my daughter Barbara was born, in waterman (Waterman is a sign of the Zodiac).
In the year of Christ 1776, 28 of October, between 3 and 4 o'clock, my son Solomon was born, in the sign of the face.
In the year of Christ 1780, 31st of January, my daughter Elizabeth was born in the sign of the crabfish.
In the year of Christ, 1784, the 15th day of January, my twin children were born, the name of the son, John Philip Huber, and the daughter named Eva, in the sign of the balance.
In the year of Christ, 1787, on the 4th of March, my daughter Magdalene was born. (No sign for Magdalene.)
Mr. Hoover (or Huber as the German has it) must have decided that the eight children completed the family for at this point in the record he set down the following touching prayer for his children:
"The God of Peace sanctify these children with His blessing and let them grow up in wisdom and grace to God and to all mankind; and strengthen and keep them eternally happy through Jesus Christ, their Lord and Saviour."
That prayer of dedication of the children is a lesson to all parents. Following the prayer is a record of two additional births. Ten children was the standard family in the old days - as follows:
In the year 1789, 4th January, a son was born named Thomas Huber.
In the year 1791, the 19th of January, Jacob Huber was born.
Of the ten children, it is remarkable that seven were born in January."
Always on the first Sunday in May, the Hoover family have their reunion at the American Legion Hut with a big dinner and a belief meeting in Troutman, NC, with all the descendants of the Hoover or Huber (which is the German spelling) family.
The above taken from a story printed in the "Statesville Record and Landmark."
[From "The Heritage of Iredell County 1980"
Published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County
P. O. Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 28677
Article #271, submitted by David Mayes]
[There are other versions of this account - see "Local History and Genealogy Notes, vol. VI," by Philip Leonard, Gaston Public Library, Gastonia, North Carolina. Also, by the versions that I have seen, when the writer says that eight children have been named so far in the list, six have actually been named. When the writer concludes that ten children were born, only eight have been listed. Although the writer says that seven of the ten children were born in January, only six named were born in January. DJJ]

Lincoln County Will Book 1, page 28
Abstract of Last Will and Testament of Thomas Hoover (Huver), Sr.:
Son Jacob plantation and land on Shuck's branch. Daughter Elizabeth, single. Son Daniel 500 dollars. Property divided between my children Solomon, Henry, Philip, Thomas, Jacob, Barbara, Elizabeth, Polly, Eve, Sally. Executors, friends Lewis Warlick, David Ramsour. Witnesses John Yoder, Samuel Lantz.
April Sessions 1833, Lincoln County Court.

In the name of God, Amen
I Thomas Hoover Sr of the County of Lincoln / State of North Carolina being of sound & perfect / mind & memory Blessed be God do this 23rd / day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand / eight hundred & thirty one make & publish this / my last will & testament in manner following / that is to say First I give & bequeath unto my / son Jacob after my death the plantation / whereon I now live & also the one half of the / pine lands on Shucks branch including the / improvement & also the Jackscrew which he has / received already my desire is that my son / Jacob continue to live in the plantation during / my life & manage the same & that he have / the profits of the same excepting what I shall / want of said Plantation necessary for my / support which I intend to manage myself / The said willed property my son Jacob his heirs & assigns shall have it forever excepting / that my son Jacob shall let my daughter / Elizabeth have the privilege of living with / him during her life or as long as she / remains single in some of the houses & part of Garden & other Drug patches & some / land for cultivation & part of the meadow / sufficient to support two cows & calves but / if he should sell the plantation so that / Elizabeth loses her privileges of the land / and be turned off then the said Jacob shall pay / one hundred dollars to the said Elizabeth / or by disapreeing he shall pay the sum / so that she can go & live somewhere / else but if the said Elizabeth should make it her // choice to give up her privilege of the plantation / to the said Jacob then he the said Jacob shall / pay to her the one hundred dollars but in case / the said Elizabeth shall marry she loses her right & privileges on the plantation but Jacob / is to pay her the hundred dollars _ / Viz I give & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth / the one half of the pine land on Shucks branch / to the wood land including Shucks branch & / a negro girl named Harriet, one Beauro, three / beds and bedsteads with the bed furniture belonging to / said beds & also a horse beast of her own choice / out of the horses that will be left at my death / three cows, one table, one Saddle and bridle, one / dough trough with a table plat on it & also a / Sufficiency of Kitchen furniture & common / table furniture for her to keep house & I allow / her to make choice of the kind & quality / that may suit and satisfy her, one spinning / wheel, one big wheel of her choice, three sheep, / three hogs of her choice, also cotton and flax for one / years clothing & all the grain either in the / Barns or field, or crib -, the said Elizabeth / is to have said willed property her heirs & / assigns forever __ / Third I give and bequeath unto my son Daniel the sum of Five dollars him / & his Heirs fore ever __ 4th after my death I direct / all my personal property that is not herein / particularly bequeathed to be sold & equally Divided between my children that shall be named / as follows Solomon, Henry, Philip, Thomas, Jacob, Barbara, Polly, Eve & Sally & I hereby direct / that the willed part of my Daughters shall be paid into / their hands & not to the husband for their support but they / may do with it as they Please // And I hereby make & ordain my worthy friends / Lewis Warlick & David Ramsour T, Executors of / this my last will & testament. In witness whereof / I the said Thomas Huver Sr have to my last will / & testament set my hand & Seal the day & year / above written signed sealed Published & declared / by the said Thos Huver Sr the testator as / his last will & testament in / the presence of us who were present at the time of signing / & sealing thereof __
Jno Yoder Jurat } Thomas Hoover {seal}
Saml Lantz Jurat }
State of North Carolina
Lincoln County This day came before me / John Slagle one of the Justices of the Peace in & for / said County Henry Kistler, Saml Lantz & / Paul Anthony & after being duly sworn upon the / Holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth & saith / that they was called upon by Thomas Hoover dec / concerning his laast will & testament of which / he wished to attach this as a codicil who further / saith that it was on the 2nd day of April / 1833 & that they believe him to be of perfect / & disposing mind at the time for - - - / which they relate to me __ // Mr Hoover further said that his daughter / Elizabeth should have one sow & pig of his / stock of her own choice & five two year old / Barrels of his stock & six yearling shoats of his / stock & five sheep of his stock of her choice & all the salt & butter in stock - - - & / - - - to before me this 13th day of April 1833
Jno Slagle J. P. Jurat } Henry ^his X mark Kistler
D. Ramsour & Lewis Warlick, Exr } Samuel Lantz
Paul Anthony

Note: There was another Henry Hoover in Lincoln County who died in 1824 and left a will naming a wife - Mary Eliza - and five children. Some researchers list this Henry Hoover as the son of H. Thomas Hoover. However, the 1833 will of H. Thomas Hoover names son Henry as an heir, so son Henry is not the same Henry who died in 1824. Also, Henry is still alive and included in a complaint that the heirs of Thomas Huver - namely, Solomon, Daniel, Henry, Philip, Thomas, Daniel Seagle and wife Sarah, Jacob Brem and wife Eve, George Sides and wife Polley, and Barbara Shuford - brought against their brother Jacob Hoover and wife Elizabeth to force sale of land that they inherited. I don't know at this time who the Henry who died in 1824 was; I wonder whether he may have been a brother of H. Thomas Hoover.

"As to the causes which brought the early settlers to this section of the South, these were the same as those which sent them to other parts of the world. In some cases the cuse was incidental, as in the above example. But on the part of those who came directly from the ancestral homeland, there was much dissastisfaction with the treatment received at the hands of intolerant rulers. This hardship was felt by Palatinate German and Swiss alike. The latter are also represented here by sush family names as, Bauman (Bowman), Behm (Beam), Huber (Hoover), Hoffstetter, Muller (Miller), Schneider (Taylor), Schenck, and Yoder. Some were influenced in their coming by Wanderlust, a trait of character possessed by the German people in all their history. But no doubt the primary motive for many was the desire to acquire, to accumulate wealth, and to improve their conditions in general." [Rev. L. L. Lohr, The Germans in North Carolina West of the Catawba, Lincolnton, NC, printed in THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN, vol. XII, no. 4, April 1911]

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