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James Hooper was one of the first settlers of Illinois.1
“The First Settlement was made about 1814,by James Bankson, Jonathan Hill and James Hooper. They located on the east side of Shoal creek. Bankson built his cabin near the Kaskaskia river. Hill settled on or near section 16, and Hooper on section 23.”
History of Marion and Clinton Counties, Illinois (Philadelphia : Brink, McDonough and Co., 1881), p. 55, Germantown Township, James Hooper.
“In the same year (1814), James Bankson, Jonathan Hill, and James Hooper established settlements on the east side of Shoal creek, the first-mentioned, building his cabin near the Kaskaskia river”
History of Marion and Clinton Counties, Illinois (Philadelphia : Brink, McDonough and Co., 1881), p. 50, Clinton County, James Hooper.
Beaver Creek Precinct
History of Marion and Clinton Counties, Illinois (Philadelphia : Brink, McDonough and Co., 1881), p. 79, Clinton County, Thomas Hooper.
Jesse Suttles, Thomas Eads, Robert Duncan, John Ammons, Abram Ray, Sam. Watkins, John Cook, Ignatius Anderson, Jesse Haynon, William Dunn, Thomas Hooper, Peggy Moore, William Anderson and Jesse Dunn.
James Hooper & Rufus Inman vs. Elijah Jones: Action on the case
“The parties appeared and by consent of the Plaintiffs, this cause is dismissed at the cost of the Plaintiffs. It is therefore considered that the Defendant recover his cost on and about his defence in this behalf expended, and the Plaintiffs be amended for their false clamor, etc.”
Old Circuit Court Record Book, part 1, 1827-1834, p. 2, James Hooper vs. Rugfus Inman; Helen Cox Tregillia, Central Illinois Chronicles, vol. 1, issue 1 (Shelby County, Illinois, 1984), p. 26.
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- History of Marion and Clinton Counties, Illinois (Philadelphia : Brink, McDonough and Co., 1881), p. 55, Germantown Township, James Hooper.
- History of Marion and Clinton Counties, Illinois (Philadelphia : Brink, McDonough and Co., 1881), p. 50, Clinton County, James Hooper.
- Clinton County, Illinois, Deed Record, vol. N, p. 768, John J. and Mary Eberlin to James D. Hooper, 14 Feb 1959. Consideration $267. Two parcels of land including one of 40 acres subject to the dower Amanda Hooper, late widow of William Wall, deceased. recorded 26 Feb 1859. – this is the son of Thomas King Hooper