Person:Thomas Hooten (2)

http://www.familysearch.org card catalog. Hotton-Barden Family Bible Records.ca 1762-1917 (owned by Vernon Phillips of Billings, Montana) Notes Microfilm of photocopy of original ms. records (6 leaves) and typed transcript (1 leaf). FHL US/CAN Film 1674173 Item 12

"These Hooton-Barden records were copied by Vernon Phillips of Billings, Montana, grandson of Minnie E. Barden."

Original records poor copy, difficult to read in places.

Thomas Hooton (b. 1752) was the father of twelve children, 1773-1815. His son, Wilson Hooton (1808-1883) married Olive H. Taylor in 1830. They had at least two daughters, 1832-1847.

George Washington Barden was born in 1844 in Logan County, Ohio. He married Orender Haley Hooton in 1867. She was born in 1847 in Decatur County, Indiana. They had eleven children, 1867-1891, born in Marshall County, Indiana. He died in 1901.

"Our Hooton heritage : descendants of Thomas Hooton", 1752-1841 / Mrs. Wesley Dorn, 1988. [Marjorie Ferne Collistser Dorn]

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I also found some research that had been done on Thomas Hooton and his wife Susannah Green (Jacob Hooton's parents). "Our Hooton heritage : descendants of Thomas Hooton, 1752-1841" a collection of family group sheets by Dorn, Marjorie (Marjorie Ferne Collister), 1920- (Main Author). The summary for those records states: Thomas Hooton was born in 1752, probably in Virginia. He served in the continental line in the American Revolution, 1776-1778. He married Susannah Green in Goochland Couty, Virginia, in 1772. They had six children, 1773-1795, born in Virginia and Kentucky. Susannah died ca. 1800. He married 2) Orender Bush in 1802 in Madison County, Kentucky. They had five children, 1803-1814. The family migrated to Indiana after 1820. He died in 1841 in Decatur County, Indiana. Descendants listed lived in Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa, Illinois, and elsewhere. Some descendants spelled their name "Hooten."

Other records she cites: 1) Book of Mary Belle Hooton, progeny of William, from Winchester Public Library. 2) Kentucky military record of Thomas Hooton W-670 3) WPA Records 4) Indiana Census 16:00, 30 October 2011 (EDT)16:00, 30 October 2011 (EDT)16:00, 30 October 2011 (EDT)16:00, 30 October 2011 (EDT)16:00, 30 October 2011 (EDT)16:00, 30 October 2011 (EDT)16:00, 30 October 2011 (EDT) Introduction from "Our Hooton Heritage" compiled by Marjorie Ferne Collister Dorn, published 1988. FH Microfilm #1674173, item 12.

"I have compiled OUR HOOTON HERITAGE to share with Hooton researchers and other interested persons all that I have been able to learn concerning the descendants of Thomas Hooton, 1752-1841. This is not a finished work as I have been unable to determine with positive proof the names of Thomas' parents and siblings. My only hope is that what I present here concerning Thomas' two marriages and his children will be of assistance to those who will carry this work forward. It is not physically possible for me to continue my research efforts, but my intense interest in our Hooton Heritage will never diminish. The surname Hooton is spelled variously in existing records. Hooten, Hutton and Horton are some of the variations. In fact, when Thomas received a pension in 1818 for his service in the American Revolution, his name is shown as Thomas Horton. His marriage record to Susannah Green in 1772 shows his name spelled as Hutton. I mention this to remind other researchers that we need to be alert to alternative spellings of the surname Hooton as we dig through old records. Thomas Hooton was born in 1752. By tradition it has been assumed that his birthplace was Virginia, but I lack documentary proof of this fact. An entry in the Hooton/Barden Bible, published in 1855 more than 100 years after Thomas' birth gives the date of his birth as 28 April 1752. On 29 September 1772, at 20 years of age, Thomas Hooton married Susannah Green in Goochland County, Virginia. As with Thomas, I have not been able to identify the names of Susannah's parents. Thomas enlisted as a private in the Continental line, American Revolution, on 22 June 1776. He rose to the rank of Sergeant-Major and was discharged 4 August 1778 as the result of a wound which left an arm crippled for the rest of his life. I do not have specific details concerning Thomas' wound, such as where or when it occurred, but the records show he served in Captain Glen Drayton's Company, Col. Charles Pickney's 1st Continental Regiment, South Carolina. Thomas' discharge was signed by Col. Pickney at Charleston, South Carolina. He received a pension under the March 18, 1818 act of Congress which granted pensions to Revolutionary War veterans of the Continental military organization who were in need of assistance. The 1790 census for the state of Virginia was destroyed when the British burned the Capitol during the War of 1812. Compilers have attempted to reconstruct this census from other existing records, such as tax records, and these compilations show a Thomas Hooton in Amherst county, Virginia in 1783 with 4 whites in his household. He again appears in Amherst county, Virginia in 1785 with 5 "white souls" in his household. My records indicate that Thomas' son, James was born in Fluvanna county, Virginia in 1790. I have been unable to locate any other pertinent records in either county, Amherst or Fluvanna. By 1795 Thomas Hooton was in the state of Kentucky, presumably Madison county, where the last child by his first wife, Susannah Green Hooton, was born. This son was named Jacob. Susannah must have died after this time, but I find no record of her death. On 21 October 1799 Thomas Hooton bought from Philip Bush and Orender Bush, 227 acres in the Silver Creek area of Madison county, Kentucky. On 6 October 1800 Thomas Hooton and Orender Bush were appointed administrators of the estate of Philip Bush, deceased. On 1 November 1802 Thomas Hooton married Orender Bush in Madison county, Kentucky. Although other researchers may not agree, I am of the opinion Orender was the widow of Philip Bush when she married Thomas Hooton. Mary Belle Hooton, a descendant of Thomas' son William, did extensive research on the Hooton family before her death in 1953. Her notes contain a statement that Orender Hooton had a brother by the name of John Duncan. A John Duncan was the bondsman when Thomas and Orender married in 1802. Thus, it is possible Orender's maiden name was Duncan, but I have been unable to verify this. The Thomas Hooton family remained in Kentucky until sometime after 1820 when they moved to Indiana along with related families. Thomas is listed in the 1830 and 1840 census enumerations for Decatur County, Indiana. He died at age 89 on 24 July 1841 and is buried in the Sandcreek Cemetery, Greensburg, Decatur county, Indiana. Orender received a widow's pension for Thomas' Revolutionary War service and in 1859 was granted 160 acres in Sullivan county, Missouri as "bounty land" as Thomas' widow. Orender died 28 January 1861 in Decatur county, Indiana. Thomas Hooton may have lived a simple life, but to me he was a great man. He loved his country and served it with distinction. He was a faithful husband and a strong family man who looked after and cared for the welfare of all his children all his life. He was an honest, hardworking man who diligently sought fairness and justice for everyone. H e was made of the kind of stuff that is the very foundation upon which this great country was built. All of us who have the blood of Thomas Hooton coursing through our veins can be justly proud.

                               Marjorie Dorn (Mrs. Wesley)

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1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Michael Hooton, Generation 1, in Michael Hooton, Brent Hooton. Descendants of Thomas Hooton. (On Genweb).

   On genforum, accessed about 2002. Posted by Michael D. Hooton. Update posted by Brent Hooton 3 Jan 2005.

2. ↑ Originally belonged to Minnie Elizabeth Barden, then passed down to Vernon Phillips and now owned by his daugh.
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Compiled by Marjorie Ferne Collister Dorn in 1988. LDS Family History Library. Microfilm 1674173, item 12. Xer.