Thomas VanHook

1815 - 1857

• Born	16 May 1815	North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Nov 1857	Farmerville, Union Parish, LA
  Buried	Farmerville Cemetery, Union Parish, LA

  Father	Aaron VanHook,   b. 7 May 1784,   d. Abt 1824, Dickson, TN
  Mother	Elizabeth Lucinda (Lucy) Leonard,   b. Between 1780 and 1790,   d. Aft 1830, Dickson, TN

  Family	Martha Elizabeth Colvin,   b. 10 Mar 1822, Ouachita Parish, LA ,   d. 16 Aug 1902, Ouachita Parish, LA
  Married	15 Nov 1843	Union Parish, LA
  Notes	Married: 1850 US Census - Union Parish, LA Thomas Van Hook 40 Marya Van Hook 26 Sarah Van Hook 5 Allen Van Hook 2 (living next door to John A. Bayliss - who their youngest son was named for a few years later. John Bayliss was postmaster in Union Parish during the same time Thomas was parish clerk) Union Parish, LA Deeds Book F, P 440 Received of John A. Bayless in full payment for a slave named Joe. 21, the sum of $ 1,500. 20 Jan 1854 Thomas Van Hook John A. Bayless Witnesses: Moses S. Carson, James D. Slawson Recorded 20 Jan 1854 "Martha E. VanHook" is found with her children in the Jackson Parish, LA, 1860 Federal Census (this is just south of Union Parish). She is living next door to her parents - Jeptha and Narcissa Colvin. This is a bit hard to find on Ancestry, as the name is indexed as "Vannook." Additionally, "Martha E. VanHook" is shown in the census slave schedules as owning 8 slaves. Martha E Vanhook 34, domestic, born LA Sarah J Vanhook 15, born LA Allen M Vanhook 12, born LA Narcissa Vanhook 9, born LA Mary R Vanhook 7, born LA John B Vanhook 3, born LA
  Children	1. Infant VanHook, Farmerville, Union Parish, LA , Farmerville, Union Parish, LA   2. Sarah Josephine VanHook,   b. 15 Oct 1844, Farmerville, Union Parish, LA ,   d. 17 Apr 1909, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, LA   3. Allen Mcguire VanHook,   b. 25 Sep 1848, Farmerville Cemetery, Union Parish, LA ,   d. 1892, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, LA   4. Narcissa VanHook,   b. Abt 1850, Union Parish, LA   5. Mary Rose VanHook,   b. 1854,   d. 1913   6. John Bayliss VanHook,   b. 8 Dec 1856, Farmerville, Union Parish, LA ,   d. 24 Feb 1902, Vienna, Lincoln Parish, LA
  Last Modified	5 May 2015
  Family ID	F3255	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas VanHook was an attorney, Clerk of the first Union Parish Police Jury on May 16, 1839, Clerk of Court of the 17th Judicial District 1846, and served in the State Legislature from 1846 until his death. Prior to 1839 he went to Texas where he ran mustangs north of Austin. He received an arrow wound and was reported to have coughed up the arrow spike at the time of his death. He insisted that his wife learn to read and write. A journal exists that was kept by him. He liked to hunt. A history of Union Parish notes that he killed a deer in 1838 on the site of the future Union Parish Courthouse.