Hoopers

Explanation: This page will eventually (maybe in ten years) contain transcriptions of each Hooper (and some Hopper) household that appears on North Carolina enumerations from 1790 to 1880. I have seen each of the census pages herein cited; either I have checked the microfilm and transcribed directly from microfilm, or else I have transcribed from a photocopy from the microfilm.

1784/7 State Census

1790 Federal Census. Categories are males over 16, males under 16, females.

1800 Federal Census. Age brackets are 0-10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, and over 45. Males come in the first five groups, then females age brackets are given. I omit any trailing zeros, and use a hyphen to mark the separation between name and female age groups. An equal sign separates free whites, slaves, and free blacks, if any.)

1810 Federal Census. Same groups as for 1800.

• Buncombe County
  page 253, line 23: Absalom Hooper 101-102. Surname originally written Hoper, with the second o inserted later.
  page 270, line 4: James Hooper 101-101
  page 293, line 12: Hannah Hooper 611-1101

1820 Federal Census. Males are given in six brackets: 0-10, 10-16, 16-18, 16-26 (or 18-26, depending on enumerator), 26-45, and over 45. Females have five brackets, the same ones used 1800, 1810).

1830 Federal Census. All male groups first, then females. Age groupings are the same for each gender: 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80, 80-90, 90-100, over 100. The slave and "free coloured person" age groups are 0-10, 10-24, 24-36, 36-56, 56-100, over 100.

• Macon County
  page 6, line 2 Cornelius Hooper 00001-0001
  Other records suggest the actual surname here may have been Hooker, but the surname on the census unquestionably was Hooper.
• Orange County
  Page 219 has been mended with tape which partially obscures 6 names, including that of Mrs. Elizabeth (Hooper) Watters (the aunt of Professor William Hooper). Although the surnames on page 269 are clearly readable, the paper was thin, so ink marks bled through from the opposite side. Thus, the age categories should be considered questionable. William Hooper's male household members might instead be 023001. Dr. Caldwell is the step-father of Professor William Hooper.
  page 219, line 16, Eliza Watters 0210-010000101=21011-0421
  page 269, line 12, Dr. J. Caldwell 00011001-000000101=02-01011
  page 269, line 15, William Hooper 023011-01001=01-111
• Rockingham County
  page 293, line 25: George Hoopper 001010001-00020001=22222-32211

1840 Federal Census. Age groups as for 1830.

• Rockingham County
  page 151, line 16: Jos. Hooper 220001-000001=1-211

1850 Federal Census

1860 Federal Census

• Rockingham County
  Southern Division, p.23/45, 22 June 1860, line 25, #333/333
  C. H. Hooper 33 farmer $6,000 $12,000 VA
  Amanda M. 26 VA
  Martha A. 7 NC school
  William A. 6 NC school
  Charles H. 2 NC
  Thomas M. 11/12 NC

1870 Federal Census

• Rockingham County
  Williamsboro, Reidsville Post Office, p. 5/491, 11 October, 1870, line 5, #36/36
  Hopper, Amanda 36 keeping house NC [no values given]
  Charles 12 farm laborer NC
  Thomas 10 farm laborer NC
  Eddie 7 NC
  Moore, Alexr 31, farmer, citizen, not voter

1880 Federal Census. This was the first census to ask for relationship of individuals to the head of household. Also, not only the birthplace of the individual, but also the birthplaces of parents was identified. [Order given here is individual's, then father's, then mother's birthplace.] (The abbreviations SD and ED stand for Supervisor's District and Enumerator's District and were used in the 1880 Soundex index to this census. Please note that the Soundex was intentionally incomplete, and included only those households in which at least one individual was a child under the age of ten.)

• Rockingham County
  South Williamsburg, p. 204A, 8 June 1880, SD 2, ED314, sheet 1, beginning line 44, #88/88
  Hooper, Amanda 47, widowed, keeping house, VA VA VA
  Thomas 19, son, single, farmer, NC NC VA
  Edwin Lee 17, son, single, farmer, NC NC VA
  Cora Vincent 7, granddaughter NC NC NC
  Jeff Watkins 19, servant, single, farmhand, illiterate NC NC NC
  
  South Williamsburg, p. 208A, 12 June 1880, #160/160
  William Hooper 23, married, farmer, NC NC NC
  Sallie Bell 16, married, wife, keeping house NC NC NC
  Chaly [sic] A. 8/12, b. Oct, son, NC NC NC
  Mary Winchester 30, mother-in-law, widow, keeping house NC NC NC
  Willie 12, son, farm hand, NC NC NC
  Robt 10, son, farm hand NC NC NC
  Bettie 9, daughter, NC NC NC
  Archer 7, son, NC NC NC
  Willie Wilson 21, boarder, farm hand, NC NC NC, illiterate
  South Williamsburg, p. 201C, 3 June 1880, SD2, ED314, sheet 3,#25/25
  A. J. Stallings, 50, farmer, NC NC NC
  Cornelia A. 34, wife, Keeping house, NC NC NC
  Elizbeth J. 18, daughter, at home, NC NC NC
  Oscar 12, son, farm hand, NC NC NC
  Ella 10, daughter, farm hand, NC NC NC
  Mary A. 9, daughter NC NC NC
  Edgar 7, son NC NC NC
  James B. 6, son NC NC NC
  Luther C. 4, son NC NC NC
  Mattie F. 2, daughter NC NC NC
  C. H. Hooper Other 21, farm laborer NC NC NC
  South Williamsburg, p. 202A, 3 June 1880, #45/45. This is a black family. The husband possibly was once the slave of Charles H. and Amanda (Moore) Hooper.
  Clay Hooper 35, farmer NC NC NC, illiterate
  Leannah 30, wife, keeping house NC NC NC, illiterate
  Nannie 6, daughter, NC NC NC
  David 6, son, NC NC NC
  John 10/12, b. August, son, NC NC NC
  Sarah 12, cousin, NC NC NC illiterate [a blank before her name, so not sure her surname was meant to be Hooper]