Zachariah L. Hooper Family Records

The below Zachariah L. Hooper is identical to the Zachariah Hooper who served as executor to the estate of John Hooper, 1848, Dallas County, Alabama. [page 38 of Hooper Compass Volume 1 identified the living siblings of Zachariah L. Hooper as of January 1852.]

The abstract of the Bible record was made from a transcript photocopied by Bunny Hooper Horton on 29 June 2000 at the LDS Family History Center in Caswell County, North Carolina. She plans to place a copy at the Gunn Memorial Library in Yanceyville, NC. The transcription was based on the Bible of Zachariah L. Hooper and his wife, Elizabeth [Hundley] Hooper, of Caswell County, North Carolina. The Bible once was owned by Annie Harrelson (deceased) of Yanceyville, N. C. Spelling remains as in original, but formatting and punctuation have been modified to increase clarity. Underlining is used instead of the term [sic] to indicate that the apparent discrepancy appeared in the original.

Marriages

Zachariah L. and Elizabeth Hooper entered a marriage life December 29th, 1824.^(1),(2)

Z. L. Hooper, aged 23 years old, and Elizabeth Hooper, aged 18 years old when married 1825.^{(3), (4)}

Charles H. Hooper and Amanda entered a marriage life December 9th, 1852.⁽⁵⁾ C. E. Hooper, age 24 years old, and Amanda Hooper, age 19 years old, when married.⁽⁶⁾

Births

Charles Hooper was born May 17th, 1826

Thomas Hooper was born June 18th, 1829

Elisha H. Hooper was born February 9th, 1831

Azariah G. Hooper was born January 3rd, 1833

Martha An Hooper was born March 24th, 1835

Osco Henry was born March 26th, 1837

Mary W. Hooper was born 17th of January, 1839

William P. Hooper was born March 16th, 1841

Elizabeth L. V. Hooper was born the 22d March, 1843

July 21th Aurelia W. T. Hooper was born 1845.

George W. Hooper was born April the 1, 1850.

Lelia Henderzon was born the 13th of July, 1860.

Bettis Berfort Henderson was born July the 30th, 1870 (child of Martha An Hooper Henderson)⁽⁷⁾

Deaths

Oslo Henry departed his life July 16th, 1838

Z. L. Hooper departed his life June the 29, 1868

Elizabeth L. V. DeNordendorf departed her life the 30 of September, 1867⁽⁸⁾

Eugene H. DeNordendorf died July the 14, 1868

Elizabeth D. Hooper departed her life May the 13, 1874

Elisha H. Hooper departed his life 7 of April, 1878

George W. Hooper departed his life 21 of Sept. 1896

Martha An Henderson departed her life Apr. 1, 1904

Thomas Hooper died June 7, 1910

W. P. Hooper died Feb. 26, 1920

Aurelia W. Harrelson died May 25, 1933.⁽⁹⁾

Negroes

John was born the 24 of January, 1849

Mandy was born the 24 of July 1828.

Recorded herein on this May 9th, 1957.
J. B. Blaylock, Register of Deeds

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Notes:

1. The 4 appears to have been corrected (but the correction appears very old).

2. A Caswell County, North Carolina marriage bond dated 16 May 1825 shows Zachariah Hooper, Sr. and Elizabeth Raimey. That bond seems to be a second marriage for an uncle of Zachariah L. Hooper. Instead, the marriage of Z.L. Hooper is recorded in a Halifax County, Virginia bond: Zachariah Hooper to Elizabeth D. Hundley, 29 Dec 1824, bondsman Charles Hundley

3. The 1850 Caswell County census listing for this family: page 202(A), #417/419, enumerated 7 September 1850:

          Zachariah Hooper 48 b. Caswell County, farmer
          Elizabeth Hooper 44 b. Virginia
          Thos. J. Hooper  21 b. Caswell County, farmer
          E. H. Hooper     18 b. Virginia, student (male)
          Azariah Hooper   17 b. Caswell County, farmer
          Martha A. Hooper 15 b. Caswell County
          Mary Hooper       9 b. Caswell County
          William Hooper    7 b. Caswell County
          Elizabeth Hooper  6 b. Caswell County
          Aurelia Hooper    5 b. Caswell County
          George W. Hooper 5 months, b. Caswell County
          Jane Bradley     40 b. Virginia
          Nancy Brackin    66 b. Caswell County

(Nancy Hooper, the widow of Benjamin Hooper and mother of Zachariah, had married Joseph Brackin in 1841.)

4. A 4 seems to be underneath the 5 of 1825.

5. The marriage bond dated 10 Dec 1851 shows Charles H. Hooper and Amanda Moore. Bunny Hooper Horton, who supplied the transcript on which this web page is based, has verified that the marriage bond shows the year as 1851. Further mention of Charles and Amanda Hooper and their offspring can be found in the Hooper Compass, Volume 3, pages 168-170.

6. The 1850 Caswell County census listing for this family: 228(B), #826/829, enumerated 5 November 1850:

          Alexander Moore 46 b. Virginia, farmer
          Mary Moore      39 b. Virginia        
          Amanda Moore    18 b. Virginia   
          Sarah Moore     16 b. Virginia      
          Alexander Moore 10 b. Caswell  
          Joseph Moore     9 b. Caswell
          Mary Moore       7 b. Caswell
          Judith Moore     5 b. Caswell
          Catharine Moore  3 b. Caswell
          Margaret Moore   2 b. Caswell    
          John Carter     23 b. Virginia, constable

7. The marriage bond dated 16 Febr 1856 shows Martha A. Hooper and Albert G. Henderson. The 1880 Caswell County listing for them (on page 186D, at Locust Hill) shows:

          Albert G. Henderson,    head,     age 43, farmer        NC NC VA*
          Martha A.               wife,     age 45, keeping house NC NC VA
          John J.                 son.      age 23, farm laborer, NC NC NC
          Elizabeth B.            daughter, age 10                NC NC NC

     * birthplace of individual, birthplace of father, birthplace of mother

8. The Caswell marriage bond dated 24 Apr 1865 shows Elizabeth L. V. Hooper and Charles Chaky De Nordendorf.

9. Aurelia Hooper probably married after 1868, since no marriage bond was found in earlier years in Caswell County. She is listed with her husband in 1880, at Dan River in Caswell County (page 286B):

          John Harrelson,         head,     age 45, farmer        NC NC NC
          Aurilia                 wife,     age 35, keeping house NC NC VA

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Additional Sources:
Kendall, Katharine Kerr Kendall, 1990, Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1778-1868: Clearfield Company, Baltimore, pages 24, 46, 48, 49.
Ricks, Joel, [no date], Halifax County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds, 1753 - 1854, typed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, available Salt Lake City Family History Library, 975.5661 V2h.