Person:John Hopping (1)

John Hopping was born in June 1799 and died on August 29, 1844. In June 1846 his Executor filed an estate settlement paper in Coles County. This settlement paper mentioned his heirs by name: Rachel Hopping, Alfred Johnson, Sarah Jane Hopping, and Jeremiah Hopping.

John lived in Clark County, Ohio, before he and his family moved to Coles County, Illinois. He was listed in Harmony township, Clark County, Ohio, in the 1830 federal census. Also, the federal land certificates for parcels he bought in Coles County, Illinois, in the 1830s refer to him as "John Hopping of Clark County, Ohio."

A photo of John Hopping's gravestone on findagrave.com shows this inscription: "JOHN HOPPING died Aug. 29 1844 Aged 45 yrs 2 ms & -- ds."

1.   Probate records, Coles County, Illinois, familysearch.org.

   "Abstract: "Apt. Current of the Estate of Jno. Hoppins, dec'd. To amt. on hand as shown by an apt. filed June 25, 1846.
   Jeremiah Hoppins $55.45 Alfred Johnson $55.45 Sarah J. Hoppins $55.45 Rachael Hoppins $83.17
   Con... $20.30 Pd. fr. g. in full $1.25 Incidental expenses $3.98 Total $275.05 Sept 30th 1847
   Andrew Guin, admin. Recorded Nov. 27th 1847, N.W. Chapman"

2.   John Hopping and Rachel Fisher married June 24, 1825 in Greene County, Ohio
   Information on marriage of John Hopping and Rachel Fisher furnished by email from Joan Donovan, Asst. Archivist of Greene County, Ohio.
   
   Title: Greene County, Ohio, early marriage records
   by (Mrs?) Leon Reed, pub in Xenia Ohio, pub by The Chapter, 1999 pp 560
   Photocopy of typescript. Repro of original in the Newberry Library, v 1 1803-1837, v 2 1837-1860.
   Reel/fiche # Genealogy and local history LH15009. Original was copied by Catharine Greene Chapter DAR
   Mrs Leon Reed, Regent:
   John Hopping married Rachel Fisher June 25, 1824 by Burroughs Westlake, M. Greene County, Ohio