John T Hopper (1831 - abt. 1862)

Born 1831 in Henry County, Virginia USA

Ancestors

Husband of Martha A Fretwell — married 1854 (to before 1862) in Henry County, Virginia USA

Died about 1862 at about age 31 in Danville, Danville City, Virginia, United States

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Biography

John Hopper served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1862
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 38th Virginia Infantry; 34th Virginia Cavalry

Civil War - CSA 38 VA Inf Reg 34 Virginia Cav

John T. Hopper is noted in the 1850 census of Henry, Virginia with parents James and Elizabeth. The following siblings are shown:

1. JOHN HOPPER 1831
2. Polly A. Hopper 1834

Also in the home Thomas Comer, wife Sarah(1825), and their two children.

John married Martha Ann Fretwell in Henry, Virginia on November 7, 1854, and by 1860, still in Henry, they had three children. A birth record for 1861 would make the following their known children:

1. Lafayette Jackson Hopper 1856
2. Mary Elizabeth Hopper 1856
3. America Anne Hopper 1857
4. Sally Johnson Hopper 1861

Per Findagrave, John T. Hopper would serve in the 34th Virginia Cavalry, and the 38th Virginia Infantry.

The 38th Infantry was called the Pittsylvania Regiment because 7 of 10 companies were recruited from Pittsylvania County. For the 38th, John was in Company K, also known as the Cascade Rifles. The center for recruitment of Company K was in the Cascade area of Pittsylvania County. Henry County, John's origin, borders Cascade, Pittsylvania, and some men from Henry would join Company K. John joined Company K in 1862, but not long after was hospitalized.

Per source by Mike Williams, entered Danville Hospital in May of 1862, where he passed away. Precise date to be discovered.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #104479224
• "Confederate Soldiers of Pittsylvania County & Danville", Mike K. Williams, 1988.
• FamilySearch database, 1850 census, Henry, Virginia, JOHN HOPPER
• 1860 census, Henry, Virginia, JNO HOPPER
• FamilySearch database, Virginia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, JOHN T. HOPPER, 1862, Thirty-eighth Infantry, Pittsylvania Regiment