Notes for Henry M. 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 Henry M. Hoover

Henry Hoover and Mary Houser may have had two additional children - a male born between 1800 and 1810, and a male born between 1820 and 1825. [based on 1830 census]

Listed on page 222 of the 1810 Mecklenburg County Tax List in Capt. McKiney's Co.:
Henry Hoover; 145 acres of land; 1 WP, 1 BP

9 June 1812 - Mecklenburg County Deed Book 19:656 - James Waddle sold 145 acres of land to Henry Hoover for $700. The land bordered the Catawba River, Michl McLeary's corner; part of a tract of land originally granted to Joseph Hardin on 25 March 1775 and conveyed to George Allen, then William Chronicle, then William Barnett, etc.

Listed on page 18 of the 1815 Mecklenburg County Tax List in Capt. Hoover's company:
Henry Hoover; 145 acres of land; value $580; 1 WP, 2 BP

Listed in the 1830 Mecklenburg County, NC census as Col. Henry Hoover. The following were listed with him:
males (0-5):2; (5-10):2; (10-15):2; (20-30):3; (50-60):1
females (5-10):1; (15-20):2, (40-50):1

May 1833 Sessions, Mecklenburg County, NC Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
"Ordered by Court that Thomas H. Walker an orphan 16 years old be bound to Henry Hoover to learn the art & mystery of a carpenter also to learn him to read write & cypher as far as the five common rules - and to give him when he is free one set of bench tools." [Donna J. Johnson]

Obituary from "The Charlotte Journal," March 13, 1850
DIED
In this county, on the 6th instant, Col. HENRY HOOVER, an aged and respectable citizen.

Book I, Mecklenburg County Wills, page 167
HENRY HOOVER March 1 (4th?), 1850, probated in court April 1850.
In the name of God, Amen.
I Henry Hoover, being of feeble body but of sound mind being desirous of making an equitable distribution of my worldly effects do hereby constitute and ordain this my last will and testament revoking all other wills or codicils of wills made by me.
Item I will that my body shall be decently buried in its mother earth.
Item I will that all my just debts be paid out of my estate.
Item I will to my beloved wife Mary Hoover, during her natural lifetime, forty acres of the land on which I now live including the improvements in the same. Also a sufficient years allowance for her maintenance. Also one sorrel mare now owned by me, her choice in two milk cows & calves, also my Negro girl Susan during her natural life, also my Negro Caroline during her natural life and after her death as I shall hereinafter direct or as the law directs in said case.
Item I heretofore devised to my sons Alfred and Thomas each a tract of land giving them each stock of various kinds. It is my will that the same shall be their proportion of my estate.
Item I will to my daughter Eliza Wilson after the death of my wife my negro girl Susan.
Item I will to my son David ten dollars.
Item I will to my son Henry ten dollars.
Item I will to my grandchildren - children of John and Jane Love, Henry, Jane, Leander and James ten dollars.
Item I will to my son Marquis de Lafayette 100 acres of land off my home tract off of the upper end of the same including the present improvements made by him, also the livestock in his possession.
Item I will to my son Francis Marion 100 acres of land off my home tract adjoining my son Marquis de Lafayette.
Item I will to my son Washington the remaining portion of my home tract of land and after the death of my wife the heretofore mentioned forty acres of the same tract willed to her during her natural life. Also, my sorrel horse named John. Also a sow and pigs.
Item I will the remaining portion of property be sold by my executor and after paying all my just debts to be equally divided among all my children.
Item Having full confidence in my friend & nephew Thos. H. Brem I hereby constitute & appoint him my legal executor to execute this my last will & testament to the full intent and meaning of the same.
March 4th 1850
Witness: Jas. A. Cathey and Tom A. Cathey

(Note: Executor Thomas H. Brem was the son of Henry's sister Eva Hoover and her husband, Jacob Brem. Like Henry Hoover, he resided in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.)

On 8 February 1875, a payment was recorded to the Mecklenburg County estate of David Leander Love. The payment was made by T. H. Brem from the estate of Henry Hoover, as stipulated in the last will and testament of Henry Hoover.

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, see the notes for Mariah Barbara Warlick concerning the disposal of her land among her heirs for further proof that Henry Hoover, her son, did not die in 1824.

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

Regarding the name "Henry Honvae Honvat" which appears in some genealogies: A typed transcription of the last will and testament of Henry Houser (York District, SC Will Book G:78) was executed and microfilmed for the South Carolina Archives. This transcription of the last will and testament was an interpretation of the original by a transcriber. The transcriber, in being unable to discern the spelling of the name of the son-in-law in article six of the will inserted the text "I will and bequeath to my son-in-law Henry Honvae (Honvat)..." The original document contains the following: "my son-in-law Henry Houver." The name "Henry Hoover" appears in a list of those persons purchasing items at the estate sale.

In addition, the last will and testament of Christina Howser (York Co., SC Will Book 3, pp 368. Case #34 File #1457), wife of Henry Houser, names in Item 2 her daughter Mary Hoover.

The name of the husband of Mary Houser, daughter of Henry Howser and Christina Heavner is Henry Hoover, not Henry Honvae or Henry Honvat, as incorrectly transcribed.

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