Of the eight
Hoppes/Hoppers lines established by the sons of our first two Happes
immigrants, the brothers 1.Georg (*~1715) and 2.Michael (*~1722) Happes of
Schoenau, Odenwald, by far the most obscure line was founded by 12 John Hoppes
of Surry County, NC, the middle son of old Georg Happes, married to Elizabeth
Clanton. When Denise and I researched his line, she received some helpful
assistance from Christi C. Partee, as I did from Dr. John Hopper, MD, a board-certified physician in Pediatrics
and Internal Medicine and Assistant Professor with the Departments of
Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, at the Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. Both are descended from 12 John Hoppes’
oldest son 121 George Hoppers, who followed his wife Mary Dillard’s parents
into Madison County, TN. There 121
George and Mary Hoppers raised their large family of 14 children, eight boys
and six girls. Unfortunately, 121
George Hoppers died in his early 50’s and the family scattered in number of
directions. In September 2002, I wrote
the Hoppes Generations essay “Those Tennessee Hoppers” summarizing our
knowledge of the 121 George Hoppers’ line and asking for assistance in piecing
together a variety of unidentified Hoppers linked to Tennessee.
1.2.1: During the past year,
Denise and I have made considerable progress on reconstructing the 121 George
Hoppers’ family, with the welcome assistance of Cheryl Lacy Cudney, who helped
Denise with Lacy-Hoppers connections, and Ashlyn Jinnette, who shared her
extensive database of Tennessee Hoppers/Hopper families with me. Our current summary of the family of 121
George Hoppers is shown below:
TABLE 1.2.1: FAMILY OF GEORGE HOPPERS (179l – 1842 to 1850)
INDIVIDUAL BORN: BIRTH PLACE: DIED: MARRIED:
121 GEORGE HOPPERS 6FEB179l DEEP CREEK, NC 1842
- 1850
121.S MARY DILLARD >1860
28JAN1814
121A NANCY J. HOPPERS 1814 SURRY CO, NC 1850 – 58
121A.S WILLIAM H. ELLINGTON C1814 VA 2FEB1858 C1833
121B MARTHA HOPPERS 1815 SURRY
CO, NC
121B.S SAMUEL ELLINGTON C1808 VA C1832
1211
JAMES E. HOPPERS 1816/17 SURRY CO, NC >1853
1211.S CATHARINE TANNER C1819 30JAN1841
1212 JOHN A. HOPPERS C1819 TN 1860 - 1870
1212.S1 ARCINA BRADDY C1828 C1851 1AUG1843
1212.S2? MATILDA WEST 6NOV1851
1212.S2/3 NANCY ARMSTRONG C1831 TN >1870 26JUL1860
1213 WILLIAM P. HOPPERS 17JAN1821 TN 27MAR1908
1213.S1 ELIZABETH PERRY 4JAN1845
1213.S2 MARIA TODD-DAWES C1825 TN 1870 -73 1860 - 1870
1213.S3 NANCY M. CARR-LAWRENCE 5AUG1830 TN 12JAN1914 4DEC1873
121C SUSANNAH HOPPERS C1824
121C.S WILLIAM PARKER LACY DEC
1828 1893 8APR1845
1214 FRANKLIN HOPPERS C1828 MADISON CO, TN 12FEB1863
1214.S _______________
1215 GEORGE W. HOPPERS C1830 MADISON CO, TN >JUL1863
121D REBECCA HOPPERS C1831 MADISON CO, TN
121D.S WILLIAM G. SMITHWICK C1812 NC 9JAN1850
1216 SAMUEL C. HOPPERS C1834 MADISON CO, TN 25JAN1863
1216.S SARAH C. REX IL >MAY1889 25JUN1855
1217 THOMAS D. HOPPERS 3OCT1838 MADISON CO, TN >NOV1892
1217.S MARIAH FRANCES DAWS C1850 MADISON CO, TN 27AUG1868
121E MARY JANE HOPPERS 4FEB1840 MADISON CO, TN 22JUN1917
121E.S1
SAMUEL S. SMITHWICK c1841 TN <1878 27JAN1862
121E.S2 THOMAS BROWN c1842 NC c1877
1218? HENRY HOPPERS C1841 MADISON CO, TN
121F
SARAH ELIZABETH HOPPERS C1842 MADISON CO, TN 1897
121F.S1 JAMES AMOS LATHAM DEC______
121F.S2 WILLIAM PARKER LACY DEC
1828 1893
From these data it can be seen that 121 George Hoppers left Surry
County, NC prior to the Census of 1820, moving his family westward into Tennessee
where eleven of his children were born. His oldest daughter, Nancy Hoppers, was
residing in Madison County, TN by May 1829 when George Hoppers’ father-in-law
John Dillard made out his last will. Although George Hoppers is missing from
the 1830 Census of Madison County, TN, he and his family probably were residing
there at this time because probate court records indicate that the estate of
Richard Tomlinson listed an 1830 note of George Hoppes for $25.00 as one of
assets. Another court record indicates
that George Hopper paid a debt of this amount to the Tomlinson estate in
1833. When the estate of John Dillard
was settled, an inventory dated September 10, 1833 revealed that George Hopper
had received property worth $66.99˝ from Isaac Dillard, estate executor. However, an 1834 accounting of the estate of
John Boren claims a debt of $3.30 owed by George Hopper as one of its assets,
along with the notation “not very good”.
On a more positive note, a list of school parents dated June 4, 1838
indicates that George Hoppers had four children attending classes in District
#9 of Madison County, TN at this time.
1.2.1.1: George Hoppers’ oldest
son, 1211 James E. Hoppers, married Catharine Tanner in Madison County, TN, on
January 30, 1841. Although he
remained nearby for much, if not all, of his life, he and his family are
missing in the 1850 Census. On October
15, 1853, however, he witnessed a deed in which his mother Mary Hoppers sold 72
acres of land in District #9 of Madison County to Sugars McLemore. Then on March 2, 1854, he witnessed a bill
of lading in which the river raft operator, John Lacy, transported 20 bales of
cotton down the Forked Deer River to the Mississippi, and then on to New
Orleans. Given that there are no Census
data or birth records concerning the family of James E. Hoppers, it is
difficult to reconstruct his family with any accuracy. However, his mother Mary is enumerated in
the 1860 Census of Madison County, TN as the head of a household that contained
a six-year-old male named George Hoppers.
This boy, born about 1854, very likely was a son of 1211 James E.
Hoppers, who may have died before the 1860 Census.
A partial reconstruction of his family,
therefore, is shown below:
TABLE
1.2.1.1: FAMILY OF JAMES E. HOPPERS (1816/17 - >1853)
1211
JAMES E. HOPPERS 1816/17 SURRY CO, NC >1853
1211.S CATHARINE TANNER C1819 30JAN1841
12111 GEORGE HOPPERS? C1854 MADISON CO, TN
OTHERS?
1.2.1.2: The second
oldest boy of George and Mary Dillard Hoppers was John A. Hoppers, born about 1819. He married Arcina Braddy on August 1, 1843
in Shelby County, TN and moved southwestward into nearby Marshall County,
MS. The Census of 1850 indicates that
he had two sons, James T. (age 5) and George C. (age 1), both boys being born
in the State of Mississippi. During the
1850’s, however, his wife Arcina Braddy appears to have died, because he
apparently married Matilda West in Shelby County, TN in November 1851 and then
Nancy Armstrong on July 26, 1860 in Marshall County, MS. In the 1860 Census of Marshall County, he is
living with his new wife Nancy but his young son George C. Hoppers is missing
and another son W. P. Hoppers is enumerated as an eight-year-old. Perhaps because of the impact of the Civil
War, John Hoppers’ family splintered. In the 1870 Census of Marshall County,
MS, his wife Nancy Hoppers is now living with a brother, J. P. Armstrong, and
1212 John Hoppers and his sons 12121 James T. Hoppers and 12123 Wiley P.
Hoppers are missing. From the 1880
Census of Madison County, TN, it is apparent that James T. Hoppers had returned
to Tennessee by 1870 and was living next to his uncle 1217 Thomas D. Hoppers in
1880. On December 23, 1872, James T.
Hoppers married Sally Lacy nee Lawrence, a 20-year-old widow. Together they had a large, colorful family
who lived in western Tennessee and northeastern Mississippi. On the other hand, data in the 1900 Census
of Tarrant County, TX indicate that 12123 Wiley P. Hoppers and his wife Sally
(Glidewell) stayed in Mississippi until the 1880s and had two daughters born
there in 1876 and 1880. After that, Wiley and Sally Hoppers moved back to
Tennessee and had a son born there in 1889 before the family moved to Tarrant
(and then to Van Zandt) County, Texas.
Summary data for the family
of 1212 John A. Hoppers are provided below:
TABLE
1.2.1.2: FAMILY OF JOHN A. HOPPERS (C1819 - >1860)
1212 JOHN A. HOPPERS C1819 SURRY CO, NC >1860
1212.S1 ARCINA BRADDY C1828 C1851 1AUG1843
1212.S2? MATILDA WEST 6NOV1851
1212.S2/3 NANCY C. ARMSTRONG C1831 TN >1870 26JUL1860
12121
JAMES T. HOPPERS 4MAR1845 MARSHALL, MS 2JAN1908
12121.S1 SALLIE M. LAWRENCE LACY APR1852 TN 23DEC1872
12121.S2 L. B. ______________
12122
GEORGE C. HOPPERS C1849 MARSHALL, MS <1860
12123
WILEY P. HOPPERS APR1851 MARSHALL, MS 1924
12123.S SARAH E. GLIDEWELL NOV1857 TN 1909 25SEP1873
TABLE
1.2.1.2.1: FAMILY OF JAMES T. HOPPERS (C1846 - 1908)
12121
JAMES T. HOPPERS 4MAR1845 MARSHALL, MS 2JAN1908
12121.S1 SALLIE M. LAWRENCE LACY APR1852 TN >1930 23DEC1872
12121.S2
L. B. ______________
12121A
SARAH (LACY) HOPPERS 5NOV1870? MADISON CO, TN 4FEB1951
121211
JOHN THOMAS HOPPERS 10NOV1873 MADISON CO, TN 1935
121211.S LULA BELLE CROW 9AUG1881 MADISON CO, TN 11JUL1929 13NOV1898
12121B
MIMIE J. HOPPERS DEC1874 MADISON CO, TN >1900
12121B.S
__________ MAYO
121212
JAMES HENRY HOPPERS 1878 MADISON CO, TN 1936
121212.S
EFFIE GERTRUDE WELLS 6SEP1887 JUL1978
121213
FLETCHER ELMORE HOPPERS 19NOV1884 MADISON CO, TN 16MAY1956
121213F.S
LAURA BENTLY 14JAN1885 DEC1964
121214
M. F. (OMER) HOPPERS 22DEC1886 MADISON CO, TN 9JAN1971
121214.S
FLOY G. ______ 23AUG1892 19FEB1991
121215
ROBERT F. HOPPERS NOV1889 MADISON CO, TN 1918
12121C
FRANCES K. HOPPERS FEB1891 MADISON CO, TN >1900
121216
WILLIAM GUS HOPPERS 12JAN1892 MADISON CO, TN 10OCT1970
121216.S
LILLIE REYNOLDS 23SEP1900 13MAY1974
1212D
ERA HOPPERS 28OCT1904 CROCKETT CO., TN 28SEP1906
TABLE
1.2.1.2.1.1: FAMILY OF JOHN THOMAS HOPPERS (1873 - 1935)
121211
JOHN THOMAS HOPPERS 10NOV1873 MADISON CO, TN 1935
121211.S
LULA BELLE CROW 9AUG1881 MADISON CO, TN 11JUL1929 13NOV1898
1212111
CLARENCE RAYMOND HOPPER 4FEB1900 LAUDERDALE CO, TN JUN1984
1212111.S1
HESTER GOINS
1212111.S2
NELL MC CARTNEY 25JUL1923 NEOSHE, MO
1212112
PAUL EVERETT HOPPER 21JUL1902 LAUDERDALE CO,TN 3JUL1968
1212112.S1
CRICKETT CRAWFORD C1904 TN 23JUL1922
1212112.S2
KATHLEEN PICKETT
1212112.S3
NADEEN ________
121211A
ERA MAE HOPPERS 28OCT1904 LAUDERDALE CO,TN 28SEP1906
1212113
JOSEPH DOUGLAS HOPPER 13JUL1907 LAUDERDALE CO,TN 15MAR1979
121211B
BEATRICE LUCILLE HOPPERS 13AUG1909 TN 18JAN1968
121211B.S ___________ RIKER
1212114 NEIL
THOMAS HOPPER 8OCT1911 LAUDERDALE CO,TN 20DEC1996
1212114.S MARY CATHARINE RHODY 1916 1995
TABLE
1.2.1.2.1.2: FAMILY OF JAMES HENRY HOPPERS (1878 - 1936)
121212
JAMES HENRY HOPPERS 1878 MADISON CO, TN 1936
121212.S
EFFIE GERTRUDE WELLS 6SEP1887 JUL1978
1212121 JOSHUA
HENRY HOPPERS 1903
1212121.S LENA LEWIS 1927
1212122 JAMES FRANKLIN HOPPERS 1906
1212122.S ANNE KEPHARDE
121212A NELLE BLYTHE
HOPPERS 1914
121212A.S
ROBERT HULON SCATES 1911
TABLE
1.2.1.2.3: FAMILY OF WILEY P. HOPPERS (1851 - 1924)
12123
WILEY P. HOPPERS APR1851 MARSHALL, MS 1924
12123.S SARAH E. GLIDEWELL NOV1857 TN 1909 25SEP1873
12123A
LARCENA MAY HOPPERS OCT1876 MS >1900
12123A.S A. C. JONES 15MAY1903
12123B
MATTIE TOMMIE HOPPERS MAR1880 MS >1900
12123B.S W. E. HOLIDAY 27SEP1902
12123C.
MAY IOLA HOPPERS? 9OCT1881
12123C.S
________ SWAIN
121231
FLOYD D. HOPPERS 22FEB1889 TN MAR1965
121231.S EULA TAYLOR 7NOV1893 JUN1979 13AUG1910
1.2.1.3: Unlike his older
brothers, 1213 William P. Hoppers, born January 17, 1821, survived the Civil
War period, although many details about his early life are missing. On January 7, 1845, he married Elizabeth
Perry and had a family that included two girls (Armisa, Martha) and three boys
(D. M., Joseph, Robert). His wife Elizabeth died in the late 1850s, or shortly
thereafter, and he married Maria (Mariah) Dawes, nee Todd, who was listed in
the 1860 Madison County, TN Census as a widow (having been previously married
to William Dawes.) By the Census of
1870, William P. and Maria had a household containing a mixture of children by
their first marriages, but none of their own.
Maria Todd-Dawes Hoppers died in the early 1870s, and William P. Hoppers
married another widow, Nancy M. Carr nee Lawrence, on December 4, 1873. Meanwhile, on August 27, 1868, the youngest
daughter of Maria and William Dawes, Mariah Frances born in the early 1850s,
married William P. Hoppers’ younger brother 1217 Thomas D. Hoppers. When the Census of 1880 was taken, William
P. Hoppers and his wife Nancy were sharing their household with a niece, but
the comments column of the Census indicated that William was suffering from
“malaria fever”. In spite of his health
problems, William Hoppers remained active and engaged in the following land
transactions in Crockett County, TN:
Date Grantor Grantee Acerage Recorded
18DEC1872 R. H./S. A. Jenkins W. P. Hoppers 20.1A (Dist #1) A/175
13MAR1875 W. P.
Hoppers W. M.
Griffin town lot
(Dist #4) B/553
2DEC1875 W. P. Hoppers W. P. Lacy 20.1A (Dist #1) B/548
1879 W. P. Lacy W. P. Hoppers 20.1A (Dist #1) D/696
12SEP1885 W. P./N. M. Hoppers Sarah
Moore 66 ˝ A (Dist
#1) G/293
30NOV1885 Ed S. & A. A. Read W. P. Hoppers 95A (Dist #5) G/ 403
10FEB1886 W. P. Hoppers E. Farrow et al 1A to school comm. G/510
16AUG1889 W. P. Hoppers Whitentow & Moore 95A (Dist #5) H/695
W. P.
Hoppers died on March 27, 1908 and was buried in Belleview Cemetery in Crockett
County. His wife Nancy died on January
12, 1914 and was buried beside him. In addition, W. P. Hoppers’ second oldest
son Joseph T. Hoppers and his wife Malvina nee Hight also are buried in Belleview
Cemetery. W. P. Hoppers’ oldest son D.
M. Hoppers, on the other hand, moved his family to Bowie County, TX, where all
of their children were married.
A
summary of the family of 1213 William P. Hoppers is furnished below:
TABLE
1.2.1.3: FAMILY OF WILLIAM P. HOPPERS (C1821 - 1908)
1213 WILLIAM P. HOPPERS 17JAN1821 TN 27MAR1908
1213.S1 ELIZABETH PERRY 4JAN1845
1213.S2 MARIA TODD-DAWES C1825 TN 1870 -73 1860 - 1870
1213.S3 NANCY M. CARR-LAWRENCE 5AUG1830 TN 12JAN1914 4DEC1873
1213A
ARMISA HOPPERS ? C1849 TN
1213A.S
DAVID E. WAGSTER 21DEC1871
1213B
MARTHA A/Z. HOPPERS? C1850 TN
1213B.S WILLIAM M. LAWRENCE C1850 TN 15JAN1872
12131 D.
M. HOPPERS C1854 TN 10MAY1940
12131.S
SARAH ISABELL SMITH 13MAY1861 TN 18MAR1927
12132
JOSEPH T. HOPPERS JUL1855 TN 20JUN1930
12132.S MALVINA T. HIGHT MAR1855 TN 1928 27OCT1875
12133 ROBERT L. HOPPERS? C1857 TN
12133.S ELVIRA SEARCY 23FEB1873
TABLE 1.2.1.3.1 FAMILY OF D. M. HOPPERS (C1854 – 1940)
12131 D.
M. HOPPERS C1854 TN 10MAY1940
12131.S SARAH ISABELL SMITH 13MAY1861 TN 18MAR1927 C1880
121311
WILLIAM H. HOPPERS C1882
121311.S OPHELIA
BENTLY 1902
12131A P. E.
HOPPERS C1884
12131A.S J. M. HAZLEWOOD 1901
12131B ROSA HOPPERS C1890
12131B.S L. H. WALKER 1913
TABLE
1.2.1.3.2: FAMILY OF JOSEPH T. HOPPERS (1855 - >1900)
12132
JOSEPH T. HOPPERS JUL1855 TN 26JUN1930
12132.S MALVINA T. HIGHT MAR1855 TN 1928 27OCT1875
121321
WILLIAM R. HOPPERS MAR1877 WEAKLEY CO, TN >1920
121321.S ADDIE L.
________ C1883 TN C1905
12132A
ROSA LEE HOPPERS SEP1878 WEAKLEY CO, TN >1926
12132A.S W. C.
MOUNT 3JUL1926
12132B
ANNIE MAE HOPPERS 24JAN1882 WEAKLEY CO, TN 29NOV1964
12132B.S JOHN D. TIPTON 1879 1946 15APR1900
121322
OLLIA E. HOPPERS AUG1884 WEAKLEY CO, TN 1904
TABLE
1.2.1.3.2.1: FAMILY OF WILLIAM R. HOPPERS (1877 - >1920)
121321
WILLIAM R. HOPPERS MAR1877 WEAKLEY CO, TN >1920
121321.S ADDIE L.
________ C1883 TN C1905
1213211 EASON
HOPPERS 15NOV1905 TN 15JUL1993
1213212 HESS
HOPPERS 14JUN1909 TN 25NOV2000
121321A BONNIE HOPPERS C1910 TN
121321B FRANCES
HOPPERS C1911 TN
1213213 ARIZEL
HOPPERS C1912 TN
1213214 CARL
HOPPERS C1914 TN
121321C LOUISE
HOPPERS CJUN1915 TN
1213215 DARRETT
HOPPERS CNOV1917 TN
1213216 DEWEY HOPPERS CMAY1919 TN
1.2.1.4: The fourth oldest son of George and Mary
(Dillard) Hoppers, 1214 Franklin Hoppers, was last encountered in Madison
County, TN in the 1850 Census. He
apparently moved to Missouri. A Confederate
Army muster roll indicates that Franklin Hoppers, age 30, enrolled in Captain
James A. Cooper’s Company of Colonel Clark’s Recruits, MO Volunteers on March
12, 1862 in Stoddard County, MO for a term of three years or the War. He
brought a horse valued at $125 with him and horse equipment valued at $15. This
Company subsequently became Company B, 7th Regiment, Missouri
Cavalry. In October 1862, Colonel Clark
was captured and his regiment appears to have been broken up and the companies
scattered. After a prisoner of war exchange,
Colonel Clark returned to Missouri and collected eight companies of the
regiment, which he organized into a battalion.
A monthly report of the Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis, MO for
February 1863 indicates that Franklin Hoppers was captured in Stoddard County,
MO on January 27, 1863, and confined in the Gratiot Street Prison on February
1, 1863. He died in the Prison Hospital
on February 12, 1863 of chronic diarrhea. A document titled Certificate For Government Undertaker, John
A. Smithers states that Frank Hoppers was six feet tall and lists his
cause of death as “Catarahal Fever”.
The 1860 Census
of Stoddard County, MO does not include data for Franklin Hoppers, although
there is information about a Minerva Ann Hoppers, an eight-year-old girl born
in Missouri and living in the household of Robert Niell in Bloomfield, MO. Without 1860 Census data for the soldier
Franklin Hoppers, it is very difficult to reconstruct his family. However, there is a J. W. (or J. William)
Hoppers, who appears to have been born in Missouri about 1855, living in
Crockett County, TN by 1875. He does
not appear to be the son of 1211 James E. Hoppers or 1212 John A. Hoppers or
1213 William P. Hoppers. Assuming that
J. W. Hoppers is the son of Franklin Hoppers of Stoddard County, MO, then
members of 1214 Franklin Hoppers’ family include:
TABLE
1.2.1.4: FAMILY OF FRANKLIN HOPPERS (C1828 - 1863)
1214 FRANKLIN HOPPERS C1828 MADISON CO, TN 12FEB1863
1214.S _________
1214A MINERVA ANN HOPPES? 1852 MO
12141 J. WILLIAM HOPPERS? C1855 MO? 1893/4
12141.S1 J. C. JERNIGAN CROCKETT CO, TN 13OCT1875/6
12141.S2 MARTHA B. GLENN C1864 CROCKETT CO, TN 23DEC1880
12141.S3 SALLEY BRADLEY 5NOV1870 CROCKETT
CO, TN 4FEB1951 18JUN1888
TABLE
1.2.1.4.1 FAMILY OF J. WILLIAM HOPPERS
(C1855 – 1893/4)
12141 J. WILLIAM HOPPERS? C1855 MO? 1893/4
12141.S1 C. J. JERNIGAN CROCKETT CO, TN 13OCT1875/6
12141.S2 MARTHA B. GLENN C1864 CROCKETT CO, TN 23DEC1880
12141.S3 SALLEY BRADLEY 5NOV1870 CROCKETT
CO, TN 4FEB1951 18JUN1888
121411 HOUSTON ALONZO HOPPERS 6MAR1882 TN 3MAR1940
121411.S1 LEE NELSON 10MAR1901
121411.S2 EMMA LEE WILKERSON 15JUL1875 TN 20JAN1945
121412 WILLIE HOPPERS APR1884 TN
121412.S DEE THOMAS 2JUL1912
121413 JOHN GARLAND HOPPERS MAY1887 TN 1953
121413.S1 ROSIE LORETTA CULLIPHER 8AUG1886 5MAR1917 14MAY1902
121413.S2 SADIE ISABELLE BAILEY 17MAY1898 17JAN1937 26JUL1917
121413.S3 THEO SEABRY
12141A GRACIE HOPPERS APR1891 TN
12141A.S
LEXIE NOLAN 29OCT1921
12141B IVY HOPPERS AUG1894 TN
12141B.S ______ DANNER
TABLE
1.2.1.4.1.1: FAMILY OF HOUSTON ALONZO HOPPERS (1882 – 1940)
121411 HOUSTON ALONZO HOPPERS 6MAR1882 TN 3MAR1940
121411.S1 LEE NELSON 10MAR1901
121411.S2 EMMA LEE WILKERSON 15JUL1875 CROCKETT CO, TN 20JAN1945
1214111 WILLIAM WEBB HOPPERS 2SEP1902 CROCKETT CO, TN 14MAR1975
1214111.S _______ SHARP
1214112 D. A. HOPPERS
121411A FANNIE HOPPERS
121411B MOLINE HOPPERS
121411C EULA MAY
HOPPERS C1909 DYER CO, TN 9OCT1943
121411C.S FRANK BRITT
1214113 ALVIN WALKER HOPPERS 26 OCT 1910 DYER CO, TN 13SEP1979
1214113.S EULA MAE JONES 10JUN1914 BEECH BLUFF, TN 21APR1989
121411D MAURINE
HOPPERS 4DEC1915 DYERSBURG, TN 190CT1990
121411D.S DANIEL WILLIAMS 1913 1975
121411E AILEEN HOPPERS 10OCT1917 CROCKETT CO, TN 3JUN1988
121411E.S RAYMOND HORTON, SR 19APR1914
121411F LORENE HOPPERS 15SEP1920 18SEP2000
121411F.S ROBERT H. GAGE 4DEC1895 28SEP1974
121411G CHRISTINE HOPPERS C1923
TABLE 1.2.1.4.1.3: FAMILY OF JOHN GARLAND HOPPERS (1887 –
1953)
121413 JOHN GARLAND HOPPERS MAY1887 TN 28JUL1953
121413.S1 ROSIE LORETTA CULLIPHER 8AUG1886 5MAR1917 14MAY1902
121413.S2 SADIE I. BAILEY NEE SIMMONS 17MAY1898 17JAN1937 26JUL1917
121413.S3 THEO SEABRY
121413A HATTIE HOPPERS 11MAY1904 TN
121413A.S LINNIE BLURTON 24APR1901 21AUG1967 13MAR1920
1214131 WILLIAM CLAUDE HOPPERS 12MAR1908 12SEP1989
1214131.S BROOKSIE SIMMONS 4JUN1926
1214132 JAMES EARL HOPPERS 8OCT1910 TN 15AUG1971
1214132.S MABLE THOMAS BARHAM 27JUL1915 TN 2JUN1935
121413B MAY HOPPERS C1914 TN
121413B.S DORCEY MCCLEAN
121413C LIDA HOPPERS C1916 TN
121413C.S BLAKE DORSETT
121413D GERTRUDE HOPPERS C1917
121413E CLARA BELL HOPPERS C1918
121413F HAUTY PEARL HOPPERS C1919 AUG1920
121413G MINNIE LEE HOPPERS C1921 MAY2003
121413G.S HORACE
HAYES
121413H SADIE MARG. HOPPERS C1923
121413H.S ALBERT A. GREEN 1941
121413I LILLIE MERLE HOPPERS 27APR1924 7FEB1997
121413I.S DAN HAYES
121413J MARY FLOSSIE HOPPERS 8OCT1926
121413J.S ________ NELSON
121413K MARY
FRANCES HOPPERS C1927 <1930
1214133 JOHN GARLAND HOPPERS 14APR1928 7JUN1930
1214134 HORACE B. HOPPERS 7FEB1930 12MAR1993
1214135 ARTHUR RAY HOPPERS C1932
1214136 BILLIE GENE HOPPERS C1934
1214137 GERALD WAYNE HOPPERS 1937
1.2.1.5: The fifth oldest
son of George and Mary Hoppers, 1215 George born about 1830, was still
unmarried and living with his mother when the 1860 Census of District #9,
Madison County, TN was taken. On August
15, 1861, George Hoppers enlisted as a Private in Company C, 27th
Regiment of TN Volunteers at Trenton, TN for a 12-month tour of duty. This Company subsequently became Company G,
27th Regiment TN Infantry.
This Regiment was organized September 10, 1861 and reorganized in May
1862. At the Battle of Shiloh on April 6 and 7, 1862, he was wounded and again
furloughed. A muster roll of Company G,
27th TN Infantry for July and August 1862 indicates that he still
was on furlough at this time. A record in the Tennessee State Library and
Archives in Nashville, TN provides the additional information that G. W.
Hoppers enlisted as a Private in Company D, 14th (Neely’s) Cavalry
at Bells Depot, TN on July 1, 1863 for the duration of the War. On July 20,
1863, he was furloughed because of illness and still was absent as of May 11,
1864.
1215 George W.
Hoppers may have died of War-related wounds of illnesses because there is no
further information about this soldier.
1.2.1.6: Samuel C. Hoppers,
the sixth son of George and Mary (Dillard) Hoppers, was born in Madison County,
TN about 1834. The 1850 Census of Madison
County shows him as a 16-year-old male living in his mother’s household. Several years later, he journeyed westward
across Arkansas to northeastern Texas where he married Sarah C. Rex on June 28,
1855 in Paris, Lamar County, TX. The
young married couple then returned to Tennessee, where their first three
children were born in 1856, 1858, and 1860.
With the likelihood of civil war imminent, Samuel and Sarah Hoppers
moved northward to join the Rex family in Williamson County, Illinois. Their
fourth child was born there in 1862.
Three months later, Samuel C. Hoppers enlisted in an Illinois
infantry unit. A report of the U. S. Adjutant
General’s Office dated June 7, 1870 stated: Samuel C. Hoppers was enrolled on the 11th day of August,
1862, at Union Co., Ills in Co. F, 81st Regiment of Ills Volunteers,
to serve 3 years, or during the war, and mustered into service as a Private on
the 26th day of Aug 1862, at Camp Anna, in Co. F, 81st
Regiment of Ills Volunteers, to serve three years, or during the war. On
the Muster-out Roll of Co. F of that Regiment dated August 5th,
1865, he is reported “Absent. Left sick at Memphis since February 15, 1863.” A
report of the Surgeon General’s Office dated September 9, 1870, provided the additional
information that: It appears from the
records filed in this Office, that Priv. S. C. Hoppers, Co F, 81st
Reg’t Illinois Vols was admitted to No. 2 (Foundry) Genl. Hospital, Memphis,
Tenn, January 1st, 1863 for treatment of Phthisis, and died January
25, 1863. It also appears from
the “List of Casualties” accompanying the “Monthly Report of Sick and Wounded”
of that Hospital: for January 1863
(Asst Surgeon A. L. Clark, 12th Ills. Vols. in charge) that the
soldier above described died January 25th, 1863, of Inflam. of
bowels.
About three years after Samuel Hoppers died, his widow Sarah C.
Hoppers married Thomas Chadowen. On
April 23, 1870, they appeared before the County Clerk of Williamson County, IL
to file additional paperwork concerning the minor children of Samuel Hoppers.
After being duly sworn, they made:
the following
declaration in order to obtain the pension provided by act of Congress for the
children under sixteen years of age; that they are the only legal guardian of
George W. Hoppers, Mary E. Hoppers, Rebecca Hoppers, and Martha J. Hoppers
legitimate children of Samuel C. Hoppers who enlisted under the name of Samuel
C. Hoppers as a private in Company F in 81st Regiment of Illinois
Infantry Vols in the War of 1861 and 1863, and who died at Memphis, Tennessee
on or about March 1st 1863 of Dropsy and who bore at the time of his
death the rank of private in Co F 81st Regt of Illinois Vols; that
the mother of said children again remarried being now the wife of Thomas B.
Chadowen and was so remarried on the 28 day of December AD 1865; that the above
named children are the only surviving legitimate children of said Samuel C.
Hoppers who were under sixteen years of age at the time of his death; that said
children were the issue of the said Samuel C. Hoppers and Sarah C. Hoppers his
wife as follows to wit: George W. Hoppers was born Nov 10th 1856,
Mary E. Hoppers was born June 14, 1858, Rebecca Hoppers was born August 7,
1860, and Martha J. Hoppers was born May 9th 1862.
That the
father was married under the name of Samuel C. Hoppers to Sarah C. Rex on the
28th day of June AD 1855 at Paris, Texas by one Farrer a Justice of
the Peace there being no legal barrier to such marriage; that the said children
have not aid or abetted the rebellion; that a prior application has been filed
in their behalf by these applicants but the papers seem to have been lost and
cannot be found. The former application
was filed by our Attorney Jesse Bishop in the summer of 1866, the precise date
not now known. Post office address
Marion, Williamson County, Illinois.
On February 23, 1871, Sarah C. Chadowen made another sworn
statement in support of her application for a pension for the children of
Samuel C. Hoppers. She testified that:
She is the
mother of George W., Mary E., Rebecca T., and Martha J. Hoppers and that they
were born in the State of Tennessee with the exception of the youngest Martha
J. and that she can not produce the testimony of the attending physician as to
the dates of births of said children who were born in the State of Tennessee
& can only produce the testimony of her father and brother, George W. and
William L. Rex, as to the dates of their Births.
The County Clerk before whom the sworn statements of April 23,
1870 and February 23, 1871 were made was named J. W. Samuels. Apparently, he
later was appointed the legal guardian of the minor children of Samuel C.
Hoppers, perhaps to ensure that any pension monies received would be used for
the benefit of the children and not for the direct benefit of Sarah and Thomas
Chadowen. In any case, on March 26,
1889, Sarah A. Chadowen appeared before the County Court of Williamson County
and stated that “this
declaration is made for the purpose of obtaining the pension due under a recent
Act of Congress from date of deceased soldier’s death to the date of
remarriage.” In her declaration, Sarah A. Chadowen frequently referenced data
already on file with the pension bureau. She stated in part:
That he died
in the Military Hospital at Memphis Tennessee on or about the year 1864,
reference is hereby had to the evidence on file in the case of JWSamuels
Guardian of the minor heirs of deceased soldier where the precise date of his
death is established, the numbering of said application is not now known, that
her name before her marriage to the deceased soldier was Rex; that neither of
them had been married previously; that they were married in Lamar County, State
of Texas, that reference is hereby had again to the evidence on file in the
above mentioned claim of Samuels as Guardian of deceased soldier’s minors to
establish the fact and date of their marriage . . . That she relies upon the
evidence on file in the claim of the Guardian herein before referred, to
establish this claim; That JWSamuels of Marion Ills. is hereby appointed her
Attorney to prosecute this claim.
A summary of the family of Samuel C. and Sarah C. (Rex) Hoppers is
provided in tabular form below:
TABLE
1.2.1.6: FAMILY OF SAMUEL HOPPERS (C1834 – 1863)
1216 SAMUEL C. HOPPERS C1834 MADISON CO, TN 25JAN1863
1216.S SARAH C. REX IL >MAR1889 28JUN1855
12161 GEORGE W. HOPPERS 10NOV1856 TN >1900
12161.S MARY M. _______ C1858 IL <1900
1216A MARY E. HOPPERS 14JUN1858 TN
1216B REBECCA T. HOPPERS 7AUG1860 TN
1216C MARTHA J. HOPPERS 9MAY1862 WILLIAMSON CO, IL
1216C.S ELIAS SHADOWEN C1856 IL 10NOV1878
TABLE 1.2.1.6.1: FAMILY OF GEORGE W.
HOPPERS (1856 - >1900)
12161 GEORGE W. HOPPERS 10NOV1856 TN >1930
12161.S1 MARY M. _______ C1858 IL <1900
12161.S2 ALICE _________ C1873 IL >1930
121611 MILO HOPPER JUN1886 JACKSON, IL >1930
121611.S MARTHA M. ________ 1885 IL >1930
121612 MELVIN HOPPER APR1890 JACKSON, IL >1900
121613
EZRA HOPPER 23JAN1892 JACKSON, IL JUN1972
121613.S
ELIZABETH _____________ 28MAY1893 IL JUN1983
1.2.1.7: The seventh son of George and Mary Hoppers
was Thomas D. Hoppers born in Madison County, TN on October 3, 1838. When the Census of 1850 was taken, he was
enumerated as a 12-year-old living with his mother Mary, and was still living
in her household as an unmarried male in the Census of 1860. His whereabouts during the Civil War are
unknown, but on August 27, 1868 he married Mariah Frances Dawes, the daughter
of his brother 1213 William P. Hoppers’ second wife Maria Dawes (nee Todd) and
Maria’s first husband William Dawes. In
the 1870 Census of Madison County, TN, Thomas D. Hoppers was enumerated in
District #9, close to the household of his older brother William P.
Hoppers. In the 1880 Census of District
#9, Madison County, TN, Thomas and Mariah Hoppers are enumerated with three
children residing in a household next to his nephew 12121 James T. Hoppers, the
oldest son of 1212 John A. Hoppers.
Madison County land records indicate that on March 6, 1874, Thomas D. Hoppers
and his wife Maria F. Hoppers had sold 12121 James T. Hoppers 41.64 acres of
their land. (In a subsequent land
transaction, Thomas Hoppers bought land from B. T. Patterson in Crockett
County, TN on November 10, 1892.)
The
oldest son of Thomas and Mariah Hoppers, 12171 Robert Lee Hoppers born in
Madison County on February 5, 1870, apparently died in infancy or as a youth
because he is missing form the 1880 Census and thereafter. Their next child, 12172 James Perry Hoppers
born April 14, 1873, married Laura A. Horn about 1895. In the 1900 Census, they were residing in
Alcorn County, MS.
A
summary of the descendants of 1217 Thomas D. Hoppers to 1900 is furnished
below:
TABLE
1.2.1.7: FAMILY OF THOMAS D. HOPPERS (1838 - >1892)
1217 THOMAS D. HOPPERS 3OCT1838 MADISON CO, TN >NOV1892
1217.S MARIAH FRANCES DAWES C1850 MADISON CO, TN 27AUG1868
12171
ROBERT LEE HOPPERS 5FEB1870 MADISON CO, TN <1880
12172
JAMES PERRY HOPPERS 14APR1873 MADISON CO, TN 27AUG1954
12172.S LAURA A. HORN JAN1876 TN >1900 C1895
12173
WILLIAM REUBIN HOPPERS 7NOV1876 MADISON CO, TN
12173.S ADDIE LOU PATTERSON C1883 NOV1985 25JAN1905
1217A
GERTRUDE HOPPERS 27APR1879/80 MADISON CO, TN 21APR1967
1217A.S THOMAS HARTWELL PITTS 28MAR1874 MS 11JUL1939 18MAR1900
1217B
NOONIE HOPPERS 31MAR1882 MADISON CO, TN 2AUG1964
1217B.S ARTHUR ELIJAH SMITH 18MAY1873 PRENTISS CO, MS 23SEP1899
TABLE 1.2.1.7.2:
FAMILY OF JAMES P. HOPPERS (1873 - 1954)
12172
JAMES PERRY HOPPERS 14APR1873 MADISON CO, TN 27AUG1954
12172.S LAURA A. HORN JAN1876 TN >1910 C1896
12172A ASSERY
F. HOPPERS OCT1897 ALCORN CO, MS >1910
121721
DEWIE J. HOPPERS DEC1899 ALCORN CO, MS >1910
121722
ALVY R. HOPPERS C1901 MS >1910
121723
OTTO J. HOPPERS C1904 TN >1910
12172B
ODELL HOPPERS C1908/9 TN >1910
121724
EZRA ALFRED HOPPER C1912 4SEP1930
1.2.1.8?: The 1850 Census of Madison County, TN indicates that the Mary
Hoppers household had a nine-year-old male named Henry Hoppers as the
concluding entry after listing William Smithwick and Rebecca (Hoppers)
Smithwick. Because Henry Hoppers was
born about 1841 and Mary Hoppers’ husband George did not die until 1842–1850,
there is a high probability that Henry Hoppers was the youngest son of George
and Mary Hoppers. However, because
their oldest son 1211 James A. Hoppers, who married Catharine Tanner on January
30, 1841, is missing from the 1850 Census, it also is possible that the Henry
Hoppers in the 1850 Census was the oldest son of James A. Hoppers. In any event, Henry Hoppers disappears after
the 1850 Census and will be considered as the youngest son of George and Mary
Hoppers until evidence to the contrary is found.
In summary, only
two of the eight sons of George and Mary Hoppers, namely 1213 William P.
Hoppers and 1217 Thomas D. Hoppers, appear to have survived until the Civil War
ended in 1865. All the other sons
apparently died before reaching 50 years of age. At least two of their sons, 1214 Franklin Hoppers and 1215 George
W. Hoppers, fought and/or died for the Confederate cause and their younger
brother, 1216 Samuel C. Hoppers, perished within months of joining a Union
infantry company. Of the many
grandchildren of 121 George and Mary Hoppers, two in particular had large families
and numerous descendants, namely 12121 James T. Hoppers, who was born in
Mississippi and then returned to Tennessee and eventually resided next to his
uncle 1217 Thomas D. Hoppers, and 12141 J. William Hoppers, who was born in
Missouri but returned to Crockett County, TN by 1875 and married three times
before dying there in the early 1890s.
1.2.2:
The second son of 12 John Hoppes married to Elizabeth Clanton was
122 Benjamin Hoppes, born along Deep Creek, NC on March 11, 1794 and baptized
there on May 4, 1794 according to Moravian Church records. Benjamin apparently died at an early date
because there are no further records concerning him.
1.2.3:
John and Elizabeth Hoppes’ third and last son was 123 Edward
Hoppers, born on Deep Creek, NC on October 12, 1795 and baptized there on April
3, 1796. A Surry County, NC marriage
bond was issued on March 30, 1819 for his marriage to Sally Gibbons. In the Census of 1820, they were enumerated
in Captain Atwood’s District of Surry County and had one daughter and one son
under ten years of age. The 1830 Census
indicated that:
# Individual State County Township Vol. Page Census Date
123 Edward
Hoppers NC Surry 99
MALES: <5 5-<10 10-<15 15-<20 20-<30 30-<40 40-<50 50
or >
2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
FEMALES: <5 5-<10 10-<15 15-<20 20-<30 30-<40 40-<50 50 or >
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
By 1840, Edward
and Sally Hoppers had moved to Habersham County, GA as the following Census
data indicate:
MALES: <5 5-<10 10-<15 15-<20 20-<30 30-<40 40-<50 50
or >
0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
FEMALES: <5 5-<10 10-<15 15-<20 20-<30 30-<40 40-<50 50 or >
2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
Edward and Sally
Hoppers are missing from the 1850 Census of Habersham County, GA but the
following household was enumerated there:
# State County Township Vol. Page House Family
Census Date
1231.S? GA Habersham 5th District 258B 90 90 9 October 1850
Matilda Hoppers 30 F widow NC
D. H. Hoppers 12 M NC
Although Edward Hoppers and his family
are missing form the Habersham County in the 1850 Census, they are present in
neighboring Lumpkin County, GA:
123 GA Lumpkin Dahlonega 98 27 27 24SEP1850
Edward Hoppers 55 M Miner NC
Sally Hoppers 50 F NC
Charles Hoppers 23 M Farmer NC
Pinkney Hoppers 21 M Farmer NC
Sarah Hoppers 18 F NC
Nancy Hoppers 15 F NC
Babe Hoppers 12 F GA
Nancy Hoppers 10 F GA
From these data it is apparent that Edward Hoppers and his family
moved to Georgia from North Carolina between the time Nancy Hoppers and Babe
Hoppers were born, that is, between 1835 and 1838. The Census data also
indicate that two young men are missing in the 1850 Census compared to the 1840
Census. Five years after the 1850
Census, a tax digest of Lumpkin County revealed that Edward Hoppers acted as
the agent of John Hoppers, most likely his son. Based on these data, it appears to me that the four sons of 123
Edward Hoppers and his wife Sally were: (1) the unidentified husband of Matilda
Hoppers, (2) John Hoppers, (3) Charles Hoppers, and (4) Pinkney Hoppers.
1.2.3.1: No additional information has been found
about the husband of 1231.S Matilda Hoppers, the 30-year-old widow enumerated
in the 1850 Census of Habersham County, GA, or her 12-year-old son D. H.
Hoppers. Because the 1820 Census of
Surry County, NC indicated that Edward and Sally Hoppes had a son born in 1819
or 1820, who died before the 1850 Census, the name of Matilda Hoppers’ husband
cannot be determined from Census records and currently is unknown to us. (In the 1850 Census of Habersham County, GA,
Matilda was living next to two other young women who were household heads:
Abagail Hamby age 29 living in household #89 with five children and Polly Hodge
age 34 living in household #91 with an infant daughter.)
A summary of known
information about the eldest son of Edward and Sally Hoppers is provided below:
TABLE
1.2.3.1: FAMILY OF _______ HOPPERS (C1820 -
<1850)
1231 _______ HOPPERS C1820 SURRY CO., NC <1850
1231.S MATILDA __________ C1820 NC >1850
12311 D. H. HOPPERS C1838 NC >1850
1.2.3.2: The second oldest son of Edward
and Sally Hoppers, 1232 John Hoppers, grew up in Lumpkin County, GA. Considerably more information is available
about his family than that of his older brother. For example, RootsWeb at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com
has the following data submitted by [email protected] as of Saturday August 25,
2001.
· ID: I242 · Name: Benjamin HOPPERS · Sex: M · Birth: 13 May 1867 in , Lumpkin, GA · Death: 3 Jun 1947 · _STAT: Dead · Change Date: 14 Jan 1999 at 12:39
Children |
This summer I
had the opportunity to visit Dahlonega, GA during a trip my wife Riki and I
made to the Atlanta, GA area, where we spent the better part of a week with our
youngest son Daniel and his family. At
the Lumpkin County Court House in Dahlonega, GA, we found the following
marriage record: Benj. Hoppas and Mary Jane Parker on 2nd
October 1887. With the
assistance of the staff of the Gold Mine Museum in Dahlonega, Riki and I
discovered a local-area history titled: “Heritage of Lumpkin County, Georgia:
1832 – 1996”, published by the Lumpkin County Heritage Book Committee and Don
Mills, Inc. (LC #96-61131) and by the Walsworth Publishing Company. It contains a wealth of interesting data
about the family of Benjamin Hoppers and Mary Jane Parker, although it
incorrectly identifies Benjamin Hoppers’ father as Edward Hoppers, whereas
Edward actually was his grandfather and John Hoppers was his father:
391 BENJAMIN AND
MARY JANE HOPPERS
Benjamin Hoppers, born May 13, 1867, was the son of Edward Hoppers, who
is buried in old Cavender’s Creek Cemetery.
Edward died on November 20, 1887.
Benjamin married Mary Jane Parker, who was born on March 5, 1865. They were the parents of two sons and five
daughters as follows: John Henry (July 19, 1888 – September 18, 1965); J.
Rollie (December 27, 1898 – October 21, 1918); Martha Elmer (April 15, 1893 –
August 13, 1959) married William Edwards: Lena Mae married Columbus Couch; Ida
(May 15, 1905) married Lloyd Bailey; Molly (July 14, 1892); Carrie married
Charles McDonald.
Benjamin made clocks and furniture, and worked at one of the gold
mines. Some of his furniture is still
in use. Although little more is known
of him, he had two sisters; Neats Seary from Tate, and Sally Grindle.
John
Henry Hoppers was born on July 19,1888 and died September 18, 1965. He was the
son of Benjamin Hoppers and Mary Jane Parker Hoppers. He married Lee Davis on
February 14, 1915. She was the daughter of John Francis Davis and Abigail
Davis. She was born August 27, 1891 and died July 17, 1978. They are both
buried in cemetery.
They had two children. Alvin Guy
Hoppers was born on June 3, 1917, in Georgia. He married Jannette Martin on
July 23, 1938 in Dahlonega. He died July 23, 1990.
Jannette was born on July 22, 1915. She still lives in Sistersville,
West Virginia. They had one son, John William (Johnny), born on November 23,
1939. He married Kay Spritzherbach. They had one daughter, Caroline, born
January 9, 1970.
Henry and Lee's daughter, Lola Faye Hoppers, was born on September 27,
1924 in Beach Bottom, West Virginia. She married William Arthur Staley on March
4,1946. She died on December 30, 1981. Art died on May 8, 1987. Their children
were: Richard Michael Staley born November 28, 1946; William Joseph (Bill)
Staley born June 28, 1948, died June 7, 1990; Sandra Lee Staley born November
8, 1951; Kathryn Ann Staley born March 5, 1956; Arthur Kevin (Skip) Staley;
Lisa Margaret Staley born March 28, 1966, died September 26, 1968. Henry and Lee moved to Power Plant, West Virginia
before Faye was born. He worked at the
power plant there until he retired and moved back to Lumpkin County and built a
house at the intersection of Highway 152 and 115 across from Ralph Pierce's
store. They lived there until they passed away. . . . .
306 ARTHUR AND ELMER EDWARDS
William Arthur Edwards and Martha Elmer Hoppers were married on Sunday,
May 1, 1909 at Zion Church. Rev. Bill
Spencer performed the ceremony.
Arthur was born on August 12, 1891, son of Reeves Edwards. Arthur passed away on March 30, 1966.
Elmer was born on April 15, 1893 and passed away on August 13,
1959. She was the daughter of Benjamin
Hoppers and Mary Jane Parker Hoppers.
They were the parents of 8 sons and 3 daughters. They all lived to get
grown and married except one daughter, Bessie Mae, who died at the age of 6
years. . . . .
Based on this information and Census
records available to me on-line, I began searching the Georgia Censuses for 123
Edward Hoppers and his sons/grandsons.
I still have not found any data in the 1860 Census, but the 1870 Census
produced the following interesting results:
State County Township Page Census Date Series Roll
GA Lumpkin Dahlonega 433B 21JUN1870 M593 163
123 183 190 Netty
Harpeth 26 F keeping house GA
Edward 80 M no occupation NC
Sarah 58 F no occupation NC
Betsy 30F no occupation GA
Sarah 12 F at home GA
1233 184 191 Charles
Harpeth 40 M farm labor NC
Sarah 19 F keeping house GA
Pinckney 3/12 M March GA
GA Lumpkin Dahlonega 445B 2JUL1870 M593 163
1232 369 377 John
Harpeth 47 M farm laborer NC
Frances 33 F keeping house SC
John 12 M at home GA
Sarah 8 F GA
Charles 3 F GA
Netty 11/12 July GA
This was the first time I ever encountered
the name “Harpeth” for families that appeared to have Hoppes/Hoppers
origins. Previously, an “r” had been
inserted in certain locales between the “p” and the “s” in “Hoppes” to form “Hoppers”,
but now the “r” had moved ahead of the “p”!
Were the families I found really those related to 123 Edward and Sally
(Gibbons) Hoppes/Hoppers, as the 1870 Census strongly indicated? The 1880 Census proved even more
illuminating:
State County Township Page Census Date Series Roll
1232.S 64 69 F. Harpus 42 F widow
Keeps House SC SC SC
Benj 13 M works on farm GA NC SC
Nita 11 F at home GA NC SC
Edward 9 M GA NC SC
Mary 7 F GA NC SC
William 4 M GA NC SC
------- 120 129 James
Blackwell 37 M works in mine GA GA SC
1233.S Sarah 27 F wife Keeps HouseGA ? ?
ß
ß
John
H. Harpus 6 M stepson GA GA GA
GA Lumpkin Dahlonega 351B 9JUN1880 page
16 ED 146
------- 116 124 John
Wood 26 M farmer GA GA GA
ß
ß
Nita
Harpus 28 F boarder GA GA GA
The F. Harpus, a 42-year-old widow born in South Carolina
according to the 1880 Census, clearly is the Frances Harpeth, age 33 born in
South Carolina in the 1870 Census. This
indicates that her husband 1232 John had died by 1880. It also indicates that their 3-year-old son
Charles in the 1870 Census is identical to the 13-year-old Benjamin in the 1880
Census. Similarly, the 11-month-old
Netty in the 1870 Census is the 11-year-old Nita of the 1880 Census. Although the family name was spelled
“Harpeth” in the 1870 Census, ten years later it was recorded as “Harpus”.
The 1880 Census also contains the
revelation that, not too far from the family of F. Harpus, there is a John H.
Harpus, a 6-year-old who is the step-son of the Dahlonega miner James
Blackwell. The boy’s mother is
enumerated as the 27-year old Sarah, who appears to have been the 19-year-old
wife of Charles Harpeth in the 1870 Census.
Apparently, Charles died about the time his son John H. was born.
The Censuses of 1900 and 1910 confirm that
the son of John and Frances Hoppers who was enumerated in the 1870 and 1880
Censuses as being born about 1867 was, indeed, the Benjamin Hoppers of the history titled:
“Heritage of Lumpkin County, Georgia: 1832 – 1996”:
State County Township Page Census Date Series Roll
GA White Shoal Creek 39 19JUN1900
T623 228
12321
142 144 Benj Harpes 35
M Head M 13 GA GA GA
Mary 36 F wife M
13 6/6 SC SC SC
John
H. 10 M son JUL1889
GA GA SC
Lillie
T. 9 F dau MAR1891 GA GA SC
Mary
E. 7 F dau JUL1892 GA GA SC
Martha
E. Harpes 6 F dau MAR1894 GA GA SC
Lithia 3 F dau MAR1897 GA GA SC
Joseph
R. 1 M dau Mar1899 GA GA SC
State County Township Page Census Date Series Roll
GA Lumpkin Shoal
Creek 244B 20/21APR1910 T624 199
123___ 55 55 Benj
Happers 35 M Head M 23 GA GA GA
Mary
J. 44 F wife M23
9/8 GA GA GA
John
H. 21 M son single GA GA GA
Lilly
T. 18 F dau single GA GA GA
Mary
E. 17 F dau single GA GA GA
Mattie
E. 16 F dau single GA GA GA
Elinor 14 F dau single GA GA GA
Joseph
R. 12 M son single GA GA GA
Carrie
B. 9 F dau single GA GA GA
Aida
M. 4 F dau
single GA GA GA
Based on the data presented above, the
following summary tables can be constructed:
TABLE
1.2.3.2: FAMILY OF JOHN HOPPERS (C1822 – 1876 to 1880)
1232 JOHN HOPPERS C1822 SURRY CO., NC 1876
- 1880
1232.S
MARY FRANCES _________ C1837 SC >1880
12321
JOHN HOPPERS C1858 GA
1232A
SARAH HOPPERS C1862 GA
1232A.S
________ GRINDLE
12322 BENJAMIN CHARLES HOPPERS 13MAY1867 LUMPKIN CO., GA 3JUN1947
12322.S MARY JANE PARKER 5MAR1865 GA 11OCT1929 2OCT1887
12321B NETTY
(NITA/NEATS) HOPPERS MAR1870 LUMPKIN CO., GA
12321B.S
_______ SEARY
12323 EDWARD HOPPERS C1871 LUMPKIN CO., GA
1232C MARY HOPPERS C1873 LUMPKIN CO., GA
12324 WILLIAM HOPPERS C1876 LUMPKIN CO., GA
TABLE 1.2.3.2.2:
FAMILY OF BENJAMIN HOPPERS (1867 - 1947)
12322 BENJAMIN HOPPERS 13MAY1867 LUMPKIN CO., GA 3JUN1947
12322.S MARY JANE PARKER 5MAR1865 11OCT1929 2OCT1887
123221 JOHN HENRY HOPPERS 19JUL1888 LUMPKIN CO., GA 18SEP1965
123221.S MARY LEE DAVIS 27AUG1891 GA 17JUL1978 14FEB1915
12322A MOLLY HOPPERS 14JUL1892
12322B MARTHA ELMER HOPPERS 15APR1893 LUMPKIM CO., GA 13AAUG1959
12322B.S WILLIAM ARTHUR EDWARDS 12AUG1891 GA 30MAR1966 1MAY1909
12322C? LENA MAE HOPPERS LUMPKIN
CO., GA
12322C.S COLUMBUS COUCH
123222 J. ROLLIE
HOPPERS 27DEC1898 LUMPKIN CO., GA 21OCT1918
12322D? CARRIE HOPPERS
12322D.S CHARLES MCDONALD
12322E? IDA MAE
HOPPERS 15MAY1905 LUMPKIN CO., GA 5FEB2000
12322E.S LLOYD ASBERRY BAILEY 31JAN1925
TABLE
1.2.3.2.2.1: FAMILY OF JOHN HENRY HOPPERS (1888 - 1965)
123221 JOHN HENRY HOPPERS 19JUL1888 LUMPKIN CO., GA 18SEP1965
123221.S MARY LEE DAVIS 27AUG1891 GA 17JUL1978 14FEB1915
1232211 ALVIN
GUY HOPPERS 3JUN1917 GA 23JUL1990
1232211.S
JANNETTE MARTIN 22JUL1915 15OCT1996 23JUL1938
123221A LOLA
FAYE HOPPERS 27SEP1924 WV 30DEC1981
123221A.S
WILLIAM ARTHUR STALEY 8MAY1987 4MAR1946
1.2.3.3: The third son of Edward and Sally
Hoppers was 1233 Charles Hoppers, born about 1827 according to the 1850 Census
of Lumpkin County, GA. Charles Hoppers was enrolled in Lumpkin County, GA as a Private
in Company A commanded by Captain John Dickerson of the 11th
Infantry Battalion (GA State Guards) on July 4, 1863 by Major James T. Grindle
for a period of six months. No
additional information is available about his Confederate States of America service.
According to the 1870 Census, 1233 Charles
Hoppers was living in Dahlonega District, Lumpkin County, GA with a 19-year-old
wife Sarah and a 3-month-old son Pinckney.
In 1880, however, it appears that his wife was remarried to a miner
named James Blackwell and that her 6-year-old son John H. Hoppers was living
with her and her new husband. Charles
Hoppers probably died about 1874 because Sarah had two other children with
James Blackwell prior to the 1880 Census: a daughter Ella born about 1876 and a
son Henry born about 1879.
Based on these
data, a summary of Charles Hoppers’ family is presented below:
TABLE
1.2.3.3: FAMILY OF CHARLES HOPPERS (C1822 - 1887)
1233 CHARLES HOPPERS C1827 SURRY CO., NC C1874
1233.S
SARAH _________ C1851 GA >1880
12331 PINCKNEY HOPPERS MAR1869 LUMPKIN CO., GA
12332 JOHN H. HOPPERS C1874 LUMPKIN CO., GA
1.2.3.4: The youngest son of Edward and Sally Hoppers was 1234 Pinkney
Hoppers born about 1829 according to the 1850 Census of Lumpkin County. Pinkney Hoppers was enrolled as a
Private in the 12th Battalion of GA Light Artillery. His date and place of enrollment, as well as
his company and tour of duty were not stated.
On May 8, 1865, he was captured at Athens, GA by U. S. forces commanded
by Brigadier General W. J. Palmer and paroled.
When Riki and I
visited Dahlonega, GA in July 2003, we found a book in the town library there
titled Cemeteries of Dawson County, GA. It contained the following tombstone data
for Bethel Baptist (also known as Shoal Creek) Cemetery, located 2.7 miles from
Dawsonville near the intersection of Shoal Creek Road and State Road 136:
Page 33, #61 Hoppers, Benjamine 31July
1826 – 15February1889 “Our
father”
Hoppers,
Nancy M. 26August1838 –
25Novenber1898
Hoppers,
Benjamine F. 7July1876 – 23August1879 “Age
3 yr., 18 Days”
When we visited
the new Court House at Dawsonville, GA, we found the following four deeds
involving Benjamin Hoppers:
Book B p493 March
25, 1874 Henry Howsa
to Benjamin Hoppers
Book B p529 September
2, 1874 Benjamin Hoppers to
Robert Bennet
Book D p617 Jan
28, 1883 Benjamin
and Nancy N. Hoppers to Joseph McKee
Book E p36 Dec
25, 1884 Aaron
Cain to Benjamin Hoppers
The first of
these deeds is especially interesting because it states in part:
This indenture made the 24th day
of March in the year of our Lord 1874, Henry Howsa of the County and State
aforesaid of the one part and Benjamin Hoppers of the State of California Bute
County of the other part, witnesseth that the said Henry Howsa for and in
consideration of the Sum of $800 in gold to him in hand paid by the said
Benjamin Hoppers at and before the signing, sealing and delivery of these
presents hath granted, bargained, sold and conveyed . . . . .
This deed
indicates that 1234 Benjamin Hoppers had been gold mining in California before
returning to Georgia to settle down. By
1870 transcontinental railroads had reached California, making it much easier
to travel to the gold fields there and later return expeditiously. In fact, the golden spike linking the
Central and Union Pacific Railroads was laid at Promontory Summit, Utah on May
10, 1869.
Although it is
not certain that Benjamin Hoppers reached California by the end of 1869, the
Census of 1870 taken in June 1870 contains the following enumeration:
State County Township Page Census Date Series Roll
1234 348 331 Benj
Hooper 37 M miner NC
Nancy 36 F keep house GA
Nettie 9/12 F CA
By March 25, 1874, Benjamin Hoppers and his family had returned to
Georgia and purchased land there in Dawson County, next to Lumpkin County. The 1880 Census of Dawson County states
that:
State County Township Page Census Date Series Roll
1234 46 46 Benj
Harpes 53 M farmer NC NC NC
Nancy 48 F wife Keeps HouseGA SC SC
Nettie
E. 11 F daughter CA NC GA
Mary
M. 10 F daughter CA NC GA
Sarah
A. 9 F daughter CA NC GA
By this time,
young Benjamin Hoppers had been born in Dawson County on July 7, 1876 and had
died on August 23, 1879 according to his tombstone in Shoal Creek Cemetery,
which indicates his age as 3 years and 18 days.
Because the
other sons of 123 Edward and Sally Hoppers are accounted for, Benjamin Hoppers
must have been the 1234 Pinkney Hoppers of the 1850 Census. Apparently after the Civil War (or at least
upon his return to Georgia), he used his other given name Benjamin. His family consisted of:
TABLE
1.2.3.3: FAMILY OF CHARLES (BENJAMIN) HOPPERS (1826 - >1855)
1233 BENJAMIN (PINKNEY)
HOPPERS 31JUL1826 SURRY CO., NC 15FEB1889
1233.S NANCY M. ___________ 26AUG1838 GA 25NOV1898
1233A NETTIE HOPPERS C SEP1869 BUTTE CO., CA
1233B MARY M. HOPPERS C1870 CA
1233C SARAH A. HOPPERS C1871 CA
12331 BENJAMIN F. HOPPERS 7JUL1876 DAWSON CO., GA 23AUG1879
Combining the
above data for the sons of 123 Edward and Sally Hoppers produces the following
summary:
TABLE
1.2.3: FAMILY OF EDWARD HOPPERS (1795 -
>1870)
123 EDWARD HOPPERS 12OCT1795 DEEP CREEK, NC >1870
123.S SALLY GIBBONS C1799 >1870 30MAR1819
123A GIRL HOPPERS C1820 NC EARLY?
1231 _______ HOPPERS C1820 SURRY CO., NC <1850
1231.S MATILDA __________ C1820 NC >1850
1232 JOHN HOPPERS C1822 SURRY CO., NC 1876
- 1880
1232.S MARY FRANCES _________ C1837 SC >1880
123B GIRL C1824 SURRY CO., NC
1233 CHARLES HOPPERS C1827 SURRY CO., NC C1874
1233.S
SARAH _________ C1851 GA >1880
1234 BENJAMIN (PINKNEY)
HOPPERS C1829 SURRY CO., NC 15FEB1889
1233.S NANCY M. ___________ 26AUG1838 GA 25NOV1898
123C SARAH HOPPERS C1832 SURRY CO., NC
123D NANCY HOPPERS C1835 SURRY CO., NC
123E BABE HOPPERS C1838 HABERSHAM CO., GA
123F ELIZABETH (NANCY) HOPPERS C1840 HABERSHAM
CO., GA
By Harry Hoppes September
2003
Revised: November
2003