HARRIET married ORMES HYRAM W. J. on 25 May 1854. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!BIRTH: a) Keister (1953)."Van Hook and Allied Families".
b) Charles Hilton of Jefferson Co., KY had Person Co., NC as his
birthplace.
c) 1850 Rockcastle Co., KY Census lists Benjamin Van Hook, b. NC
d) Grave stone says d. 27 July 1854 age 86 (Brodhead, KY)
e) Benjamin Van Hook Family Bible gives the birth as Feb. 1771
f) 1880 Pulaski Co., KY Mortaility Schedule for Ben Vanhook

source f):
433 Vanhook, Ben 80 W VA VA VA May cancer of liver
(This is Benjamin, Jr.)

!MARRIAGE: Married Susannah Higgins Pulaski Co., KY Book 1 Page 24.

!RESIDENCE: Orange Co. NC, Washington Co., VA, Harrison Co. KY, Pulaski Co. KY
and Rockcastle Co., KY.

!MILITARY:
Benjamin and father, Samuel, were taken prisoner and marched to Detroit
where they were held prisoner for 4 years and 2 months. They later re-
turned to Kentucky.

!BURIAL:
Buried in Old Wilderness Benjamin Van Hook Cemetery near Brodhead, Kentucky. A
photograph of his monument is on file as well as photos of the old VanHook
Homestead. Information was taken from Fred VanHooks "The VanHook Family" of
Wilson County Tennessee.

"died 27 July 1854 age 86" on gravestone

BENJAMIN married HIGGINS SUSANNAH on 21 Oct 1808 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. SUSANNAH was born on 7 Mar 1785 in Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Virginia; died on 7 Jun 1860 in Brodhead, Rockcastle County, Kentucky; was buried in Brodhead, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!BIRTH: a) Keister (1953)."Van Hook and Allied Families".
b) Charles Hilton of Jefferson Co., KY had Person Co., NC as his
birthplace.
c) 1850 Rockcastle Co., KY Census lists Benjamin Van Hook, b. NC
d) Grave stone says d. 27 July 1854 age 86 (Brodhead, KY)
e) Benjamin Van Hook Family Bible gives the birth as Feb. 1771
f) 1880 Pulaski Co., KY Mortaility Schedule for Ben Vanhook

source f):
433 Vanhook, Ben 80 W VA VA VA May cancer of liver
(This is Benjamin, Jr.)

!MARRIAGE: Married Susannah Higgins Pulaski Co., KY Book 1 Page 24.

!RESIDENCE: Orange Co. NC, Washington Co., VA, Harrison Co. KY, Pulaski Co. KY
and Rockcastle Co., KY.

!MILITARY:
Benjamin and father, Samuel, were taken prisoner and marched to Detroit
where they were held prisoner for 4 years and 2 months. They later re-
turned to Kentucky.

!BURIAL:
Buried in Old Wilderness Benjamin Van Hook Cemetery near Brodhead, Kentucky. A
photograph of his monument is on file as well as photos of the old VanHook
Homestead. Information was taken from Fred VanHooks "The VanHook Family" of
Wilson County Tennessee.

"died 27 July 1854 age 86" on gravestone

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!BIRTH: Keister (1953), "Van Hook and Allied Families".

!MARRIAGE:
Samuel's wives were:
1. Hannah Higgins
2. Hannah Wilson Williams (Her husband had been killed by Indians.
3. Hannah Trousdale
4. Unknown

!MILITARY: "Cornstalk Militia of Kentucky" (1982):
Harrison County, KY Commissioned Officer, Samuel Van Hook Lieut. 20th Regiment
April 17, 1797. With George Rogers Clark on his Indiana expedition.

Samuel and his son Benjamin were taken prisoner and marched to Detroit
where they were held prisoner for 4 years and 2 months. They returned
to Kentucky. Samuel was a Revolutionary War Veteran and later a founder of
Harrison County, Kentucky. He proposed many articles tothe Virginia House
relative to Kentucky's legislative system. Samuel is listed several times as a
DAR progenitor. Was with Daniel Boone's expedition.

Powell, William S. (1977). "When the Past Refused to Die: A History of Caswell
County North Carolina 1777-1977". Caswell County Historical Society:
Yanceville, NC.

page 69.
"Other early licenses were granted:
Dec. 11, 1777 Samuel Van Hook...at his now dwelling house"

Drake, Mrs. W. P., Wilson, Judge S. M., & Ardery, Mrs. W. B. (1967). "Kentucky
in Retrospect: Noteworthy Personages and Events in Kentucky
History 1792-1967". The Kentucky Historical Society: Frankfort.

page 215-216.
Ruddles (also called Hinkston's and Licking) Fort
"Built in 1779 by Isaac Ruddell one mile from Lair Station near Bourbon
County line, now in Harrison County, about seven miles from Paris. Most of the
following persons and others unknown resided at Ruddle's Fort in 1780,at the
time it was taken by the British and Indian warriers under Captain Bird. It was
here that cannon was used for the first time against the helpless prisoners."
Samuel VanHook is listed, along with Col. Benjamin Harrison and others.
Lists

!MILITARY: "George Rogers Clark and His Men Military Records, 1778-1784",
Kentucky Historical Society.

page 44
Samuel Vanhook Sargant entered March 13, 1780; discharged June 26, 1780
105 days 10.10. From pay roll of Capt. Charles Gatliff Company of Raingers
"Document 55", Bird's Raid, Destruction of Ruddl's and Martin's Stations
and Shawnee Expedition.

page 45
Sgt. Samuel Vanhook March 17, 1780 to June 26, 1780 98 9 pds., 16
shilling and 5 2/5 pence. Payroll of Capt. Charles Gatliss Company
of militia Martin's Station, Kentucky, Kentucky County.

!NOTE: Without knowing the ages of the children it is difficult to say which
were Samuel's and Hannah Higgins. With the late marriage dates it is likely
that most of the children were by Hannah Wilson Williams since Hannah Higgins
died in 1780 at the defeat of Ruddle's Station.

!BURIED: Harrison County, KY.

SAMUEL married HIGGINS HANNAH about 1768 in North Carolina. HANNAH was born about 1740; died in 1780 in Ruddles Station, Harrison County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!DEATH:
She was scalped by Indians at the battle of Ruddles Station, Kentucky.

HENDRICK married PARENT DEBORA on 15 Jul 1721 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. DEBORA (daughter of PARENT WILLIAM and UNKNOWN MERCY) was born about 1700 in New York. [Group Sheet]