Person:Matthias Hoover (1)

Matthias Hoover was born about 1740 [1745 is more probable based upon marriage date of parents] in the Earl Township of Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania to Jacob and Anna Huber. He was raised in the Mennonite Faith. He married Maria? around 1765 and they made their homethere. Three of their children
Martin, Christopher, and Jacob were born there.

In 1778 Matthias took the oath of allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania in Hanover Township, Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania. In the book Lancaster County Deeds, Matthas Hover is named on a list of persons of which the following was stated:
:Lancaster County SS: The within is a just and true account of the persons names to whom the Oath of Allegiance has been administered to agreeable to act of General Assembly since my last return was made. Certifyed May 1st, 1779, by Tim Green.

Matthias again moved his family to Shenandoah Co. Virginia, where he purchased 232 acres of land on the 26th of September 1782 from the estate of Hugh Divinia Here their daughters Nancy c.1784, Sarah "Sally" c.1786, and Mary "Polly" c.1788 was born. On the 4th of November 1784 Matthias and his wife Mary sold the 232 acres to John Reeser of Maryland.

They stayed in the Shenandoah Valley until about 1790 when Matthias picked up his family and moved to the Sweetwater Valley of Eastern Tennessee. (This was the part of North Carolina that became the Southwest Territory of the United States in 1790. Tennessee did not become a state until 1796.) Their last child a daughter was born here c.1790/91. They named her Elizabeth and called her "Betsey".

Matthias finally settled his family in Davidson Co. Tennessee. (The part he settled in was changed to Rutherford Co. in 1803.) There is an area called Hoover's Gap that sits in the corner where Rutherfore, Bedford, and Coffee Countys join together.

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Purchased land from Matthias Hoover of Rutherford County on 21 Jun 1819. This same Matthias Hoover also sold 416 acres to Little Berry Hughes on 23 Mar 1810, and at that time, Hoover was 'of Rutherford Co, TN'.
Interestingly enough, the 65 acres that Obadiah's brother James Paris bought of Elijah Fulks was also originally Matthias Hoover's, per deed of 24 Mar 1810. Witnesses to Hoover deed are Leander Hughes and John Franks.
Land is on Mulherin's Creek, bounds a 640 acre tract that Matthias Hoover formerly lived on, containing 129 acres total. (This 640 acre tract was a deed, 20 May 1794, William Coke of Hawkins Co, TN to Matthias Hoover of Grainger Co, TN, 640 acres on south side of Cumberland River.)
Matthias Hoover, a grandson of Hans, left Pennsylvania in 1776 and appeared in a census in 1783 of Shenanhoah County, Virginia. Before 1788 he and his wife Maria had reached Greene County in East Tennesse, and later came into Rutherford County where Hoover's Gap was settled in 1793. Mathias Hoover is listed in the DAR Patriot index: b.c, 1740 PA; d. a 10-1824-TN; m. Maria, Patriotic Service PA.
Matthias was born about 1740 in the Earl Township of Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania to Jacob and Anna Huber. He was raised in the Mennonite Faith. He married Maria? around 1765 and they made their home there. Three of their children Martin, Christopher, and Jacob were born there.
In 1778 Matthias took the oath of allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania in Hanover Township, Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania. In the book Lancaster County Deeds,
Matthias Hover is named on a list of persons of which the following was stated: Lancaster County SS: The within is a just and true account of the persons names to whom the Oath of Allegiance has been administered to agreeable to act of General Assembly since my last return was made. Certifyed May 1st, 1779, by Tim Green.
In 1778 a second State Census tallied those against the Revolution. Included on this second list are Quakers, Mennonites, and others who refused to take oaths, as well as Tories still in the new nation.
Matthias and his brother Jacob inherited their father's estate to be shared equally between them. In 1779 Matthias sold his half to his brother.
Shortly after this, Matthias with his sister Magdalene and Brother-in-law Abraham G. Fellers and their families left Lancaster Co. for the Southland.
They followed the beaten trail through York, Frederick, Harper's Ferry, Winchester, and up the Valley Pike to Rockingham Co. Virginia. Matthias's son John was born here about 1780.
Matthias again moved his family to Shenandoah Co. Virginia, where he purchased 232 acres of land on the 26th of September 1782 from the estate of Hugh Divinia Here their daughters Nancy c.1784, Sarah "Sally" c.1786, and Mary "Polly" c.1788 was born. On the 4th of November 1784 Matthias and his wife Mary sold the 232 acres to John Reeser of Maryland.
They stayed in the Shenandoah Valley until about 1790 when Matthias picked up his family and moved to the Sweetwater Valley of Eastern Tennessee. (This was the part of North Carolina that became the Southwest Territory of the United States in 1790. Tennessee did not become a state until 1796.) Their last child a daughter was born here c.1790/91. They named her Elizabeth and called her "Betsey".
Matthias finally settled his family in Davidson Co. Tennessee. (The part he settled in was changed to Rutherford Co. in 1803.) There is an area called Hoover's Gap that sits in the corner where Rutherford, Bedford, and Coffee Counties join together.
Matthias was a land baron and owned several thousands of acres of land. On August 9, 1793, he purchased 5000 acres from Guilford Dudley in the area presently known as Rutherford County, Tennessee. At the time of sale, the land was located in Davidson County.
Though they are sparse, we are lucky to have the following personal memories that have been passed down through the years on our ancestor, Matthias Hoover. He was said to have spoken only German all of his life, and He was the first member of the Huber/Hoover family to embrace a religion other than the Mennonite faith, when he became a Methodist.
Matthias Hoover died in October 1824, and his will was probated on the 20th of October 1824. The court order is as follows.

Order for the Division of the Lands o Matthias Hoover, deceased.…

State of Tennessee, Rutherford County court, October Term, 1824:
On motion and petition it is ordered by the court that Joel Smith, Jacob Fox, John Rawlings, Robert Rayburn, and Stephen White, be and are hereby appointed, commissioners to divide into seven equal shares, and to allot to each of the following heirs and descendants and heirs of the loin of Matthias Hoover, deceased, and seized and possessed to within, one tract containing seven hundred acres and upwards bing the balance unsold of a tract of eleven hundred and seventy six acres conveyed to him by William B. Anderson by deed bearing the date of April 24, 1812. Being the place where John Glaze and other now live, also one tract where said Matthias lived in his lifetime, containing one hundred and sixty five to seventy five acres. One other tract of about one hundred and eighty five acres being the place where Lewis Rue formerly lived and also one other tract of one hundred sixty seven acres, part of a five thousand acre survey which adjoins John B. Pruett on the north and Martin Hoover on the South. The division so to be made as to give one seventh part to Christopher Hoover. One seventh part to Jacob Hoover. One seventh part to John Hoover. One seventh part to John Pruitt in right of his wife Polly Pruitt, who is a daughter and heir of said Matthias, deceased. One seventh part to Joseph Ellison (Allison) in right of his wife Betsy Ellison, who is a daughter and heir of said Matthias, deceased. One seventh part to William Rawlings in right of his wife Sally Rawlings, who is a daughter and heir of said Matthias, decease. And one seventh part to the children and heirs of John Glaze and Nancy his wife, now deceased, who was a daughter and heir of said Matthias, deceased. The seventh part last mentioned is to be divided amongst the following children and heirs of said John and Nancy Glaze, to wit, Thomas Woods in right of his wife Polly, and William, Betsy, Anne, Matthias, Lawrence, Henry, John, Sally, Martin, Ira, Ruben, Nancy and Christopher Glaze. The said commissioners to make a lawful report to next court returning a plat of the division as made by them.John R. Laughlin, A.K. Rutherford County Probate Court [[email protected]]

Mathias was born in 1745 or 1748. Mathias Huber ... He passed away in 1824.
Son of Jacob Huber and Anna Leininger
Husband of Maria Gefeller
Birth: unknown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Oct., 1824, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA

Matthias Hoover
BIRTH 1745, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH Oct 1824 (aged 78–79), Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
BURIAL Matthias Hoover Cemetery, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA (not 100% certain)
[Has photo of cemetery, obviously unmaintained, gravestone deteriorating]

Son of Jacob Hoover and Jacob's second wife, Anna. Grandson of Switzerland immigrants, Hans & Margaret (Koch) Huber. . . . [No evidence that] Matthias wife Mary's maiden name as Gefeller. . . . [Mathias' brother-in-law was] A. Gefeller but "A. Gefeller" was married to one of Matthias' sisters. . . .

Parents: Johann Jacob Huber 1698–1759, Anna Leininger Huber
Spouse: Maria Hoover
Siblings: Martin Huber 1725–1785
Half Siblings: Anna Huber Gingrich 1715–1802; John Huber 1723–1791
Children: Jacob Hoover 1772–1845; Christopher Hoover 1774–1844; John Hoover 1776–1878; Martin Hoover; 1777–1861; Elizabeth Hoover Allison 1786 – unknown; Nancy Hoover Glaze 1786–1824; Mary Hoover Pruett1788–1847