John Jefferson Hooper (1812 - 1870)

Born 26 Aug 1812 in Bedford County, Tennessee

Ancestors

Husband of Altasarah (Bounds) Hooper — married 28 Mar 1837 in Tennessee by Rev. Isaiah Perkins

Descendants

Died Aug 1870 at about age 57 in Shelby County Tx

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Biography

Born in Bedford County, Tennessee on August 26, 1812, he was the fifth child and fourth son of Richard E Hooper (Captain Richard Hooper), John Jefferson married Altasarah Bounds in Tennessee in 1837. By 1840, soon after their marriage, John and Altasarah were living in Texas. On the 1840 Republic of Texas tax list, John Jefferson Hooper is assessed for 4,428 acres of land in Shelby County. John and Altasarah didn't migrate from Tennessee to Texas alone, but with them came John's brother, Benjamin Franklin Hooper, Ben's wife Laura, the sister of Altasarah, and Francis and Mary Bounds, the parents of Altasarah and Laura. John Jefferson was a farmer and surveyor. He helped in the surveyance of the area of Fort Worth and Tarrant County.

Sources

• This record is be found on the Bounds and May Family Records and the Sholar-Ferguson Records.
• Submitted by Arthur D Hooper, June 21 and 22, 2015
• additional submissions, June 30, 2016.

• The 1840 Census of the Republic of Texas. White, Gifford. (1966. The Pemberton Press. Austin) p.184
• 1850 U.S. federal census
• 1870 U.S. federal census
• Shelby County History. vol. 2. pages 352-353 (Shelby County Museum)
• Descendants of Richard E Hooper in Hooper Family Records
• U.S. Find a Grave Index. 1861-2012