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 1763 - 1845 (82 years)
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| Name |
Absalom Hooper |
| Birth |
1763 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Burial |
1845 |
| Death |
9 Dec 1845 |
Haywood (now Jackson) County NC  |
| Person ID |
I290 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
2 Aug 2018 |
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| Notes |
- Absalom Hooper was born on the Broad River in SC about 1763. His father died when he was very young. He actually grew up from age thirteen until age twenty serving in the Revolutionary armies of South Carolina and Georgia.
- His mother was a Tory and Absalom ran away from home to join the 1st Regiment SC Continental Line in Charleston, SC in 1776.
- Absolam joined his unit in Charleston in 1776. He served at Sullivan"s Island and at Fort Moultrie helping to repel the British in their first attempt to capture Charleston. This attempt failed. Absalom Hooper then went with General Howe in an unsuccessful attempt to punish the Tories and Indians in their stronghold in Florida. He fought at Brier Creek and Fort Stono. He was in the attack lead by French General DeEstaing at Spring Hill in an attempt to take Savannah back from the British. In this fight, he was wounded by a musket ball in his right arm. He was with Benjamin Lincoln's Army defending Charleston and was wounded in his left thigh by a musket ball. Benjamin Lincoln surrendered all of his forces and Absalom Hooper became a prisoner of war. He recuperated from his wound till he felt strong enough and he escaped. He had no unit to go back to because they were all prisoners so he went into Georgia trying to get to his uncle's house. He was captured by Tories and held for five days before being released. He then heard of Elijah Clarke's Georgia Militia. So he found them and joined them. In Elijah Clarke's Militia he was at the siege of Augusta and was at the capture of Fort Brown and Fort Greyson. Then he was at a battle on the Little River in South Carolina. Then he when with General Wayne on his attempt to to retake Savannah. He then went with Elijah Clarke on an expedition against the Cherokees at Long Swamp. He stayed with Elijah Clarke until the treaty was signed.
Pension W7813 January 1833 Haywood Co NC
- After the war he settled on Pistol Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia. He and his wife Sarah moved to Pendleton County South Carolina and he received a land grant of 200 acres for his Revolutionary War service. He sold that land and moved to Haywood County North Carolina before 1810. He lived on Caney Fork Creek in what is now Jackson County North Carolina.
- He met his wife Sarah Silers in Wilkes County GA and they were married there in July of 1782.
He and Sarah had the following children: James Hooper Born 1784 Married Mary Emmaline Chastain; Elizabeth Hooper born 1787 married William Henry Moss; Absalom Hooper,Jr born 1789 married Martha Kelly; Eleanor Hooper born 1790 married Abraham Picklesimer; Andrew Hooper born 1792 married 1st Dicea? 2nd Mary Cantrell; Nancy Hooper Born 1794 married Benjamin Chastain; Kessiah "Kizzy" "Kissa" Hooper born 1796 married Milton Brown; Mary Hooper born 1800 married "Bell" or "Ball"; Enos McHenry Hooper born 1805 married Matilda Burell; William Hooper born 1806 married Nancy "Nany" Bryson; and Isaac Hooper born 1807 married 1st Sarah Ledbetter 2nd Delaney Mathews
Sarah died in Haywood (now Jackson) County North Carolina in 1857.
- Absalom Hooper learned the gunsmith trade while in the army where he also learned to blacksmith. He died on December 9, 1845 in Haywood (now Jackson) County North Carolina.
- Grave marked April 21,2018 Blue Ridge Mountains Chapter GA SAR & Western Waters Chapter NC SAR
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