Information on this page is intended to supplement articles which appeared in Volumes 2 and 3 of the Hooper Compass. Click on the table of contents page for a further description of the quarterly newsletter and a link to the order form. For a brief description of the Thomas and Unity Hooper lineage from Hanover County, use this Hooper lineages link.

William Hooper was a son of Thomas and Unity Hooper of Hanover County, Virginia. William was born before 1761, lived in Hanover County, Virginia at least from 1782 to 1800, and died before 8 October 1808 in Fayette County, Kentucky. He left a wife Mary, and children:

Mildred (married Joseph Merrill)
Thomas, (died unmarried)
daughter (probably born before 1787,married Mr. Overstreet)
William (married Nancy Ellis)
Judith (married George B. Didlake), and
Sarah (married John W. Taylor)

1870

TN, Shelby County, 6th Civil District, Memphis Town, stamped 134(b), 18 June 1870, #159/158, beginning line 12,

C. M. Taylor 37 AL farmer $8500/1800
Martha 35 TN keeping house
Fletcher 17 TN school
Anna 14 TN school
Mary A. 12 TN school
Wm. H. 9 TN school
Ada W. 6 TN school

ibid., beginning line 34, in house of Lucy Tucker, 67 VA but in a different household:

Lewis Didlake 40 B TN d. servant
Easter 30 B TN d. servant
Katy 10 TN

TN, Shelby County, 14th Civil District, Memphis post office, page 7/stamped 385, 2 Aug 1870, household #44/44, beginning line 7

M. F. Taylor 35 AL corn merchant [no estate values]
Julia 26 TN keeping house
Pope 2 TN at home
Infant 2/12 TN keeping house [sic], b. Mar [overwritten by April]
Agnes Trigg 18 AL at home, illiterate
Fannie [Trigg?] TN black, keeping house, at school, illiterate

ibid., #49/49, beginning line 38

J. S? Didlake 52 TN farmer $150 PE
Geo. 19 KY farmer school
A. J. 15 KY at home school
Estelle 22 TN keeping house $100 PE
Kate 25 TN keeping house TN

TN, Memphis, 7th Ward, Memphis post office, Shelby County, page 245/353, 3 Aug 1870, household #1476/1966, beginning line 8.

Brannon Merrill 28 AL hardware merchant $5000 RE
Abbie 26 AR keeping house
Joseph 3 TN
Ada 1 TN
Fannie Holcombe 28 LA [occupation blank] white
Minnie 8 TN white
Lea 6 TN white
Jessie 3/12 TN b. March white

1860

TN, Shelby County, TN page 253, household #240

B. Merrell 47
Mandy J. 18
B. L. 16 (male)
M. F. 14 (female)
A. A. 12 (male)
E. J. 9 (female)

TN, Shelby Co., Fourteenth District, Memphis post office, page 129-130, 11 August 1860, household 733/885, beginning line 39

Marie Coe 48 TN $60000/125000
Allice 25 TN
(continuing at line 1 on next page)
Sallie Coe 21 TN
Bettie 20 TN
Ella Phillips 18 TN
Levin Coe 15 Tn [male] school
Cora 13 TN school
Julian 12 TN [male] school
Jessie 10 TN [male] school
Charles Phillips 24 TN Clerk
Brannan Merrill 60 KY 25000/5000 Speculator
Mildred 80 VA
Judith Dedrich 64 VA*
Brannan Merrill 20 AL
George Miller 40 Germany Gardener

household #734/886, at line 14

Wyatt Nicholson 34 NC Farmer 9000/375
Catherine 31 TN
Letitia 12 TN
Martha 10 TN
Warren 24 TN Farmer
Kate Dedlink 16 TN*
Estell 13 TN

^{*The enumerator probably could not read his own writing when he made this formal copy of the census. Other records reveal the surname actually is Didlake.}

TN, Shelby Co., Fourteenth District, Memphis P. O., page 121, 9 August 1860, Household #677/820, beginning line 6

John Didlake 42 KY Clerk $100 PE
Mildred 32 AL
Estelle 14 AL**
Branham 13 AL
George 10 TN
John 6 TN
Kate 19 KY**
George 32 KY

^{**Duplicate listing, probably indicating that the two were boarders for part of the year.}

1850

TN, Hamilton Co., page 862, 10 Oct 1850, #875, beginning line 1

Jno. G. Didlake 31 KY Com [or Corn?] Merchant $1200
Jane 23 AL
Estelee 4 AL
Brannon 2 AL

AL, Franklin Co., page 169[stamped]/338, District #5, 6th Feby 1850 [probably 1851 since the enumeration took over a year] household #959, beginning line 13:

Mildred Merrell 67 H. Keeper $1000 VA
John 14 AL
Levi 11 AL

household #960, beginning line 16:

Thos Merrill 42 KY Clerk, $1000
Ann E 35 TN
Angeline 15 AL
Olander 13 AL [male]
Edwin 11 AL
E Rhody/Thesy [overwritten] 9 AL [female]
Wm. 7 AL
Thos 2 AL

ibid., household #966, beginning line 33,

James Williams 39 [or 30 or 31]ditto [from NC two families above] Thos Lee 18 [or 28] ditto
Jack Gray 18 ditto
Camelia [Gray?] 5 ditto
Lacy Williams 39 ditto [female]
Emily Merrill 7 ditto

1840

AL, Lowndes Co., page 228,

line 10, John W. Taylor 00002-0 Slaves 2m2f 10-24; 2f 24-36; 2m 56-100
line 17, William Didlake 00001-0 No slaves

AL, Franklin Co., AL, North half of Franklin, page 45

line 12, Benj. Merrels 111011-001000001
Slaves 2m1f 24-35; 1m 36-55; 1m 55-100.
12 total household: 1 engaged in commerce, 2 in manufacturing, 1 in legal & professional

1830

AL, Franklin Co., page 51,

line 2, B Merril 10012-10001-11
line 13 JJoseph Merrell 00101001-00100001-01301-0101