Rebecca (Lowe) Hooks (abt. 1845)

Born about 1845 in Jones County, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Biography

Rebecca (Lowe) Hooks is a part of US Black heritage.

Rebecca Hooks was interviewed in Lake City, Florida on January 14, 1937 about her life, and her time as an enslaved person.

"She was born in Jones County, Georgia of Martha and Pleasant Lowe, who were slaves of William Lowe. The mother was a mulatto offspring of William Lowe and a slave woman who was half Cherokee. The father was also a mulatto, purchased from a nearby plantation."

In 1870 Solomon and Rebecca Hooke are living next door to her parents

Slave Owner

1. William Lowe

Interview: Rebecca Hooks was interviewed in Lake CIty, Florida by Pearl Randolph as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Rebecca Hooks - Vol. 3, Florida, pages 171-177, images 174-180 of 382.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3H-9L2 : 2 January 2021), Pleasant Low, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZM-DRW : 19 February 2021), Louisa Hooks in household of Solomon Hooks, Precinct 4, Columbia, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district ED 20, sheet 357B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,126.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNYZ-Q8P : 1 February 2021), Rebecca Hooks in entry for Daniel P Sparks, 1920.
• "Florida State Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNJK-9DD : 2 March 2021), Dan Sparks, Lake City, Columbia, Florida; citing line 10, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,150.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTHH-8T1 : 4 January 2021), Rubeca Hooks in household of Fannie Sparks, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12-12, sheet 22B, line 55, family 529, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 579.