Name: Hooke, Rebecca[1a, 2a, 3a]
Gender: Female
Father: Hooke, George
Mother: Bright, Jean Blakely
Alternate Names
Birth Name Hook[4a, 5a]
Life Events
Birth 1806-02-13 in Kentucky, United States of America. [6a, 7a]
Burial Bethel Cemetery, 1875 in Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States of America. [7a]
Death 1875-05-17. [7a]
Legal
Will Rebecca Vannoy's will - See notes for more., 1872-02-29 in Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States of America. [8a]
In her will, Rebecca Vannoy left money to seven granddaughters - five of whom were named Rebecca - and left the rest of her estate to her two sons. Her daughters were given "a mother's blessings".
Caleb Vannoy was the executor.
Milton Write and John McCallar were the witnesses.
The granddaughters who received an inheritance were:
Sarah Ellen Rollins (or Vanoy) $100.00 one hundred dollars Rebecca I. Houston ($20.00) twenty dollars Rebecca J. Barrow ($20.00) twenty dollars Rebecca C. Vanoy ($20.00) twenty dollars Rebecca M. Fleuer ($20.00) twenty dollars Rebecca Ryors [sic] ($20.00) twenty dollars Druzilla Campbell Vanoy ($10.00) ten dollars
Probate Rebecca Vannoy's will was proved and she was described as
deceased on 4 June 1874. This doesn't fit with the date
on her tombstone., 1874-06-04 in Monroe, Indiana, United
States of America. [8a]
Residence
Residence about 1825 in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States of America. [9a]
Census 1830 in White River, Johnson, Indiana, United States of America. [10a]
Residence 1831 in Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States of America. [1a]
Census In Andrew Vannoy's house, there are his wife and children and two much older women - one in her 70s and the other in her 80s., 1840 in Monroe, Indiana, United States of America. [11a]
Census 1850-09-17 in Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States of America. [6a]
Census 1860-07-02 in Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States of America. [12a]
Census 1870-07-27 in Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States of America. [13a]
Property Addison R. Byers, Madison A. Houston, and Emmett Rutherford each transferred 80 acres of land to Rebecca Vannoy., 1872-03-06. [14a]
Marriages/Children
Vannoy, Andrew
Children Vannoy, Caleb M.[10a, 8a]
Vannoy, Elcy Jane[10a, 8a]
Vannoy, Martha Ann[10a, 8a, 4a]
Vannoy, Charlotte Mary[1a, 8a]
Vannoy, Elizabeth Glen[6a, 8a]
Vannoy, Eliza F.[6a, 8a]
Vannoy, Sarah Ann[6a, 8a]
Vannoy, George Washington[6a, 8a]
Endnotes
1. "Chariton Herald-Patriot"
a: Mrs. A.R. Byers obituary; "The Ripened Sheaf Is Garnered" - 1903-06-04
2. "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]; Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 137 : 1917-1918"
a: Mrs. Grace Barrow Johnson; 136177
3. "Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1899 - 1900; Roll: 13; Ancestry.com. Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 [database on-line]. "
a: Sarah A. Holesaple
4. "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.; Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1922; Roll: 04 "
a: Martha Ann Barron [Barrow]
5. "1925 Iowa State Census"
a: George Vannoy household; Washington, Marion, Iowa, USA
6. "1850 United States Federal Census"
a: Andrew Vannoy household; Census Place: Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana; Roll: M432_161; Page: 237A; Image: 42; Dwelling 237
7. "Find A Grave, database and images"
a: Rebecca Vannoy; 1875; Indiana; Memorial #: 71350441
8. "Will Records, 1818-1924; Author: Indiana. Circuit Court (Monroe County); Probate Place: Monroe, Indiana; Ancestry.com. Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999 [database on-line]."
a: Rebecca W. Vanoy [sic]; Monroe, Indiana, USA; Will Records, Vol 4-5, 1875-1905
9. "Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947"
a: Mary Mayme Fleener; 1938
10. "1830 United States Federal Census"
a: Andrew Vannoy household; Census Place: White River, Johnson, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 27; Page: 20; Family History Library Film: 0007716
11. "1840 United States Federal Census"
a: Andrew Vannoy household; Census Place: Monroe, Indiana; Page: 58
12. "1860 United States Federal Census"
a: Andrew Vannoy household; Census Place: Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana; Roll: M653_282; Page: 684; Family History Library Film: 803282; Dwelling 45
13. "1870 United States Federal Census"
a: Andrew Vannoy household; Census Place: Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana; Roll: M593_344; Page: 323B; Family History Library Film: 545843; Dwelling 189
14. "Bloomington Progress", Bloomington, Monroe County; Hoosier State Chronicles - https://newspapers.library.in.gov
a: 6 March 1872; Page 3
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