Sarah (Salers) Hooper (1762 - abt. 1859)

Born 1762 in North Carolina

Wife of Absalom Hooper Sr. — married Jul 1782 in Pistol Creek, Elbert, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died about 1859 at about age 97 in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Born 1762 Elbert Co., Ga. 1762 Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia, USA. Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 1762

Died 1857-05-05 Jackson Co., NC. 5 May 1857. Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. Found multiple copies of death date. Using 1857-05-05

Sarah was born about 1762. Sarah Salers ...

Sarah received a pension payment upon the death of her husband Absolom Hooper for his military service^[1]

The headstone for Sarah indicates she died in 1856. The spelling of her maiden name is most consistently Salers.^[2]

Sarah received Warrenton #191510 for 160 acres under the Act of March 3, 1855 Sarah and Absalom Hooper had twelve children, The names of the following children were given: James who was the eldest and in 1848 he was living in Macon County, North Carolina and stated that he was about fifty nine. years of age. Elizabeth who married ---Moss; Eleanor; Andrew; Mary; Nancy; Margaret who married ---Bell; "Absolem"; Cassa; Enos; and William who was living in Jackson County North Carolina, but it is not shown whether he is identical with Soldier's son William in 1852 Clemmons Hooper, aged about eighty two years. stated that he was the younger brother of the Soldier Absalom Hooper d . December 9,1845 Haywood County, North Carolina

Revolutionary Pension And Widow's Pension N.C / S.C / GA. Absalom Hooper Revolutionary War Pension w 7813 widow Sarah (Siler) BLWT 19510 -160 - 55

List of Children:^[3]

James Hooper, born 1784, married Mary Emma line Chastain

Elizabeth Hooper, born 1797, married William Henry Moss

Absalom Hooper, Jr. born 1789, married Martha Kelly

Eleanor Hooper, born 1790, married Abraham Picklesimer

Andrew Hooper, born 1792, married 1st Dicea_____,married 2nd Mary Cantrell

Nancy Hooper, born 1794, married Benjamin Chastain

Kessiah "Kizzy" Hooper, born 1796 married Milton Brown

Mary Hooper, born 1798 married Henry Brown

Margaret Hooper, born about 1800, married Bell or Ball

Enos McHenry Hooper, born 1805, married Matilda Burrell

William Hooper, born 1806, married Nancy "Nany" Hooper

Isaac Hooper, born 1807, married 1st Sarah Ledbetter, 2nd- Delaney Matthews

Her non-contemporary tombstone gives her death year as 1856, however, she received her last pension payment in March 1859.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-RZBJ : accessed 7 August 2017), Sarah Hooper, 09 Dec 1845; citing Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 18; FHL microfilm 1,319,398.
2. ↑ Find a Grave: memorial
3. ↑ "A Glimpse Into The Past of Hooper and Related Families (1763-1993)" by Mary Hooper Crocker
4. ↑ The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 20

• Source: S53602833 Repository: #R50216592 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=104021607&pid=127
• Repository: R50216592 Ancestry.com

See Also:

• Hooper /Blackstone family tree
• [[1]]?
• Record's from Washington District of Columbia Revolutionary War Soldier notes.
• Record's from Jackson County Genealogical Society notes; Pictures; etc.
• North Carolina Grave Index Headstone Information
• Us International Marriage Index
• Father at Find A Grave: Memorial #5004594 Siler-71
• Mother at Find A Grave: Memorial #5427748 Hartsoe-11

Absolom has a record at Daughters of the American Revolution. He is Ancestor Number A057725

DAR gives his wife's name as Sarah Silers, b about 1762, South Carolina. They married about July 1782 at Wilkes, Georgia.

Here is a link to look up info on DAR website: http://services.dar.org/members/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm

Note added on July 5th 2017 http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/haywood/bios/hooperbu103gbs.txt

The family of Silers doesn't claim Sarah removed as parents; Silers-2 & Hartzoe-2

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24169693/sarah-hooper : accessed 17 November 2021), memorial page for Sarah Salers Hooper (1762–5 May 1857), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24169693, citing East LaPorte Cemetery, East Laport, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by mike daniel (contributor 46966041) .