VAN HOOK JOEL NEWMAN

1821 -

• Name	VAN HOOK JOEL NEWMAN  [1]
  Born	Jun 1821	Halifax County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I27367	Gynzer's Genealogy Database
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2005

  
  

  Father	VAN HOOK JACOB V. JR.,   b. Bef 1808, North Carolina
  Mother	NEWMAN FRANCES (FRANKEY),   b. 1798
  Married	11 Nov 1817  [1]
  Family ID	F09455	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HICKMAN MARY T. (POLLY),   b. Mar 1823, Tennessee
  Married	5 Jan 1842  [1]
  Children	1. VAN HOOK SARAH ANN   2. VAN HOOK MARTHA J.   3. VAN HOOK MARY W.   4. VAN HOOK LIZA   5. VAN HOOK BET + 6. VAN HOOK BERRY JACOB,   b. 1849, Wilson County, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Jun 1920  (Age 71 years)   7. VAN HOOK JOEL WRIGHT,   b. 1858,   d. 30 Jun 1936  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F09459	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Per Larry Herrin: !Joel N. came to Tennessee with his mother after his father's death which was sometime between 1821 and 1828. Joel N. presumably had a brother who settled in the Kentucky area. Joel N. and his family settled in tHe Barton's Creek area on the Franklin Road in Wilson County. They lived in a log house just east of Barton's Creek. From records in the Wison Co. Courthouse, Jel N. purchased 26 acres on Barton's Creek, 6 Jan. 1847 from William Hickman for $200. He later bought 23 acres on 4 May 1848 from Snowden Hickman for $230. !He was a veteran of the Civil War and Pvt. Van Hook was a member of Com- pany B 45th Infantry Regiment from Tennessee. VETERAN: Civil War Records in Nashville and the book "Tennesseans in the Civil War", Part 2. Wilson County Library. !He fought at the Battle of Murphreesboro and was discharged 2 Feb. 1863. WILL: Joel Newman Van Hook's will is found on page 411, Book 21, 1896-1902. It was written on an ordinary piece of paper. It was recorded on 15 Aug. 1900 at the Wilson Co. Courthouse.

  
  

• Sources

  [S096727] Larry Herrin/penengr2/@/aol.com.