Person:James Hooke (2)

James Hooke was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:

• Page 767.--18th March, 1768. Robert Hook to James Hook, £6, 200 acres on south side the land said Hook now lives on, patented, 1st October, 1747. Teste: Wm. Hook, Mathew McDowel, Samuel Scott. Delivered to James Scot, August Court, 1773.

• Page 305.--21st March, 1768. James Anderson to John and James Hookes, £40, 300 acres patented to Robert McMahon, 12th May, 1759, on a branch of North River of Shanandore, Alexander Walker's corner. Delivered: James Hook, 21st March, 1775.

Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:

• Page 500.--22d August, 1770. John and James Hooks to John McMahon, £16, 100 acres on a draft of North River of Shanando patented to said Robert McMahon, 12th May, 1759. Teste: Robert Hook, John Gabriel Jones. Delivered: John McMahon, January, 1773.

Estate Records

• 1815 - Will Probated - Rockingham Co., VA Minute Book 8 P081

• 1815 - Property Appraisal - Rockingham Co., VA Minute Book 8 P094

• Page 397.--22d October, 1783. William Hook relinquishes to George Hook his right to administer on estate of James Hook. Teste: George Fraizer, Samuel Hill. (Note: a different James Hook?)

• Vol. 1 - MARCH 16, 1784. - (173) Admn. of estate of James Hook, deceased, granted George Hook, William Hook, the eldest brother having relinquished his right.

• Vol. 2 - 16th March, 1784--George Hooke, administrator of James Hooke; Margt. Greenwood, administrator of Josiah Greenwood.

Records in Augusta County, VA

1775 - Listed in Augusta County Virginia Tithables with 1.

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

• Vol. 1 - NOVEMBER 17, 1762. - (361) James McGill, qualified Lieutenant of Militia. James Hook, qualified Ensign of Militia.

• Page 138.--1st July, 1773. John Brett's will--Executor, David Laird; debts to be paid and remainder to go to his family. Teste: James Hooke, Hannah Harndon. Proved, 18th August, 1773, by the witnesses. David Laird qualifies with John Blair, James Hooke.

• Page 318.--6th June, 1781. John Frazer's will, of Rockingham County To wife, Jennet, all estate whatsoever; to James Walker; to Mary Aderson; to brother, Joseph Fraizer; to brother, George Fraizer; to sister, Molly Galloway; to brother, William; to Andrew Shanklin, son of testator's sister, Molly. Executors, wife Jennett and her brother, James Hooke. Teste: Geo. Huston, Robt. Hook, Wm. Hooke, Isabella Campbell, Elenor Campbell. Proved, 15th February, 1791, by Huston, Robert and Wm. Hooke. Jennett qualifies.

More info:

• 1768 - James Hook reaches twenty one years of age and his father Robert Hook conveys to him 200 acres.

• 1789 - Land Owner - Rockingham Co., VA Militia District 4 200 Acres

• 1807 - Rockingham Co., VA - Marriage of daughter Ann Hook to Isaac Thompson; Bondsman Robert Hook, brother States father was James Hook and he was not able to ride to Court House. Witness - Ann Davison, Robert Hook.

• 1810 - New Haven, Rockingham County, VA census pg. 134

• 1815 - Land Owner - Rockingham County, VA, Branch of Mill Creek Section 9 South East

1.   Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: [database online] (not considered a reliable primary source). (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004).

   U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
   Name: James Hooke
   Gender: Male
   Birth Year: 1747
   Spouse Name: Mary
   Number Pages: 1

2.   Find A Grave.

   James Hooke, Sr
   BIRTH 1747
   Orange County, Virginia, USA
   DEATH 1815 (aged 67–68)
   Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
   BURIAL
   Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery
   Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
   
   His wife Mary and his grown children James Hooke Jr., John Hooke, Elizabeth Hooke, Mary Hooke and Ann Thompson wife of Isaac, all migrated to Montgomery County, Ohio in 1831 after selling their share of James Hooke's estate. His oldest son Robert Hooke remained in Virginia on his part of homestead. He sent his two oldest children Sarah Hooke 9 years old and Archibald Hooke 7 years old with them to help his mother in her late years. Both grandchildren married and had families in Ohio.
   
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