 1774 - 1844 (70 years)
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| Name |
Christopher HOOVER [1] |
| Born |
1774 |
, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
22 Mar 1844 |
, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA [3] |
| Person ID |
I11517 |
An Armstrong & A Heffernan |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2020 |
| Father |
Matthias HOOVER, b. Between 1740 and 1746, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Oct 1824, , Rutherford, Tennessee, USA (Age ~ 84 years) |
| Mother |
Mary ???, b. Abt 1755, , , Pennsylvania, USA , d. Abt 1825, Hoover's Gap, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA (Age ~ 70 years) |
| Married |
, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Family ID |
F4453 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Elizabeth LOTSPEICH, b. 9 Apr 1778, , Greene, Tennessee, USA , d. 31 Mar 1838, , Rutherford, Tennessee, USA (Age 59 years) |
| Married |
5 Feb 1795 |
, , Pennsylvania, USA [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Matthias HOOVER, b. 20 Oct 1795, , Greene, Tennessee, USA , d. 4 Jun 1860, , Cherokee, Texas, USA (Age 64 years) |
| | 2. Sarah R HOOVER, b. Feb 1797, d. Oct 1844, Hoover's Gap, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA (Age ~ 47 years) |
| | 3. Catherine HOOVER, b. Abt 1805, d. Deceased |
| | 4. Major John Lotspeich HOOVER, b. Abt 1807, d. Deceased |
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| Last Modified |
6 Dec 2008 |
| Family ID |
F4451 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Martha W JONES, b. 7 Mar 1795, , , Tennessee, USA , d. 7 Mar 1861, , Rutherford, Tennessee, USA (Age 66 years) |
| Married |
Aft 1840 |
| Last Modified |
6 Dec 2008 |
| Family ID |
F4452 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- PRIVATE ACTS OF 1835-36 CHAPTER 36
SECTION 1. That a new county be and the same is hereby established, by the name of Coffee, in honor of the late General John Coffee, east of Bedford, west of Warren and north of Franklin, adjoining said counties, and composed of parts of the same: beginning at the store house of William Norton, in Hoover's gap, in the line between Rutherford and Bedford.
SECTION 14. That the portion of Rutherford county lying in Hoover's gap, shall be attached to and become a part of the county of
Coffee, upon the following conditions, to wit: that the county of Rutherford shall not thereby be reduced below her constitutional
number of square miles; and that a majority of the qualified voters, residing within the boundaries, as hereinafter described, shall, on
or before the 15th day of February next, notify the governor of the State, by written communication, signed by such majority, of their
wish, to be attached to said county of Coffee. A direct line shall be run, crossing Hoover's gap at right angles, as near as may be,
so as to intersect with the Bedford county line, on the ridge, on each side of said gap, leaving Christopher Hoover and Jacob Hoover
on the north side of said line, and crossing the gap as near Jacob Hoover's mill as practicable, to leave those persons on the north
side of said line; and the territory lying on the south of the line to be so run, shall, on the conditions aftersaid, be attached to and
become a part of the county of Coffee. Passed: January 8th, 1836.
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