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Married:
- 10 March 1790 - Russell Co., Va. Upper District Personal Property Tax Lists -
Benjamin VanHook, 1 tithable over 21, 1 horse.
3 June 1793 - Russell Co., Va. Upper District Personal Property Tax Lists -
Benjamin VanHook, 1 white male over 21, 2 horses.
1794 - Russell Co., Va. Upper District Personal Property Tax Lists - Benjamin
VanHook, 1 white male over 21, 3 horses.
10 July 1795 - Harrison Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 1 white male, 2
horses, 3 cattle, 50 acres 3rd rate land on Beaver Creek.
28 June 1796 - Harrison Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 1 white male, 2
horses, 3 cattle, 50 acres 3rd rate land on Beaver Creek.
18 August 1797 - Harrison Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 1 white male
older than 21, 3 horses, 100 acres 3rd rate land on Beaver Creek.
May 1799 - Harrison Co., Ky. Tax Lists, page 32 - Benjamin VanHook, 1 white
male older than 21, 6 horses.
4 June 1800 - Harrison Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 1 white male
older than 21, 4 horses, 100 acres 3rd rate land on Beaver Creek (land
originally surveyed for Thomas Logwood).
1800 - Harrison Co., Ky. Census - Benjamin VanHook. (Reconstructed census from
1800 tax lists.)
27 May 1801 - Harrison Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 1 white male
older than 21, 4 horses, 100 acres 3rd rate land on Beaver Creek.
25 May 1802 - Harrison Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 1 white male
older than 21, 4 horses, 100 acres 3rd rate land on Beaver Creek.
1 March 1803 - Harrison Co., Ky. Deeds, Volume 1, Page 760 - Caleb Hall and
Company sold to Benjamin VanHook 2 parcels of land on Beaver Creek, each
parcel is 100 acres. Sold for 40 pounds. William Winslow attorney for
Hall. Recorded 1 August 1803. Witnesses: Walter Evans, William Turney,
Henry Davis.
24 March 1803 - Harrison Co., Ky. Deeds, Volume 2, Page 46 - Ben and Frances
VanHook sold to John McFarland 100 acres on the Brushy Fork of Beaver Creek
for 46 pounds 10 shillings. (For some reason this transaction is shown in
the deed books as taking place 22 August 1785). Recorded 2 September 1805.
This was part of land Benjamin bought from Caleb Hall and Co. 1 March 1803.
9 April 1803 - Harrison Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 1 white male
older than 21, 5 horses, 200 acres 3rd rate land on Beaver Creek.
6 February 1804 - Harrison Co., Ky. Deeds, Volume 2, Page 77 - Christopher
McConnico sold to Benjamin VanHook 100 acres on Brushy Fork of Beaver Creek
for 15 pounds. Recorded 2 April 1804.
15 March 1804 - Harrison Co., Ky. Tax Lists. Benjamin VanHook, 1 white male
older than 21, 4 horses.
4 December 1804 - Harrison Co., Ky. Deeds, Volume 2, Page 82 - Benjamin and
Frances VanHook sold to John Davis 100 acres on Beaver Creek for 30 pounds.
Recorded 4 March 1805. Benjamin bought this land from Caleb Hall and Co.
4 March 1805 - Harrison Co., Ky. Deeds, Volume 3, Page 27 - Benjamin and
Frances VanHook sold to Walter Evans 96 acres 136 poles for 100 pounds.
Benjamin will defend claim from Thomas Logwood and Christopher McConnico.
Recorded 5 March 1805. Witnesses: Christopher McConnico, John Davis,
William Rayman (Raymond). (Benjamin bought this land from Christopher
McConnico 6 February 1804.)
16 March 1805 - Harrison Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 1 white male
older than 21, 5 horses, 135 acres on Second Lick.
2 April 1805 - Harrison Co., Ky. Deeds, Volume 2, Page 72 - Samuel and
Elizabeth McIlvain sold to Benjamin VanHook 107 acres on Sycamore and Second
Lick Creeks for 6 shillings. Part of a 600 acre tract purchased from Thomas
Logwood. Recorded 11 November 1805. Witnesses: James Miller, John
McIlvain, John Craig. Benjamin VanHook only has recourse against Thomas
Logwood. Sold to McIlvain's 6 February 1789, 600 acres at 10 shillings per
acre.
11 July 1806 - Harrison Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 1 white male
older than 21, 3 horses, 130 acres 2nd rate on Second Lick.
11 May 1807 - Harrison Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 1 white male
older than 21, 5 horses, 85 acres on Second Lick.
22 June 1808 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benj'n VanHook, 255 acres 3rd rate
land on Pitman Creek, 1 white male over 21, 1 white male over 16, 6 horses.
14 July 1809 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 255 acres 3rd
rate land on Pitman Creek, 1 white male over 21, 1 white male over 16, 5
horses.
July 1810 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 255 acres on Pitman
Creek, 1 white male over 21, 7 horses.
1810 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Census, Page 130 - Benjamin VanHook, 1 male 26-45
(Benjamin), 1 male 16-26 (Samuel), 1 male 10-16 (Benjamin Jr.), 1 male 0-10
(Thomas), 1 female 26-45 (Susannah), 3 females 10-16 (Elizabeth, Peggy, and
Polly. Hannah, the oldest daughter was married by this time to John
Higgins), 2 females 0-10 (Frances, Nancy), no slaves. (Martin, the son born
the previous year, is not accounted for.)
1811 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 255 acres on Pitman
Creek, 263 acres on Buck Creek, 1 white male over 21, 7 horses.
1812 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 255 acres on Pitman
Creek, 1 white male over 21, 7 horses.
1813 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benj'n VanHook, 255 acres on Pitman Creek,
1 white male over 21, 6 horses.
1814 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benj' VanHook, 1 white male over 21, 5
horses.
1815 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 100 acres on Buck Creek,
1 white male over 21, 5 horses.
12 September 1817 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Deeds, Book 4, Page 333 - William and
Esther Sloan (or Stone or Slown) sold to Benjamin Vanhook 100 acres on Buck
Creek for $350. Recorded 27 April 1818.
1817 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benj'n VanHook, 100 acres on Buck Creek, 1
white male over 21, 4 horses.
1818 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benj'n VanHook, 100 acres on Buck Creek, 1
white male over 21, 4 horses.
1819 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benj'n VanHook, 110 acres on Buck Creek, 1
white male over 21, 3 horses.
25 April 1820 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Deeds, Book 6, Page 525 - Benjamin and
Susannah VanHook sold to Thomas Crow Jr. 85 acres on Buck Creek for $300.
1820 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Census, Page 40 - Benjamin VanHook, 1 male older than
45 (Benjamin), 1 male 16-26 (Thomas?), 1 male 10-16 (Martin), 1 female 26-45
(Susannah), 1 female 16-26 (Polly), 5 females 0-10 (Sally, Lydia, Rebecca,
Harriet, Eliza Jane).
1820 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benj' VanHook, 100 acres on Buck Creek, 1
white male over 21, 3 horses.
1821 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benj'n VanHook, 110 acres on Buck Creek, 1
white male over 21, 2 horses.
1822 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benj'n VanHook, 85 acres on Buck Creek, 1
white male over 21, 3 horses.
1823 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benj'n VanHook, 85 acres on Buck Creek, 1
white male over 21, 3 horses.
1824 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benj'n VanHook, 85 acres on Buck Creek, 1
white male over 21, 2 horses.
1826 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook Senr., 85 acres on Buck
Creek, 1 white male over 21, 4 horses.
1827 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benj'n VanHook, 85 acres on Buck Creek, 1
white male over 21, 3 horses.
1828 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Tax Lists - Benjamin VanHook, 85 acres on Flat Lick
Creek, 1 white male over 21, 3 horses.
16 August 1828 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Deeds, Book 7-1, Page 577 - Baptist Church
of Christ at Union Meeting House appoints Benjamin VanHook as trustee.
1830 - Rockcastle Co., Ky. Census, Page 91. Benjamin VanHook - 1 male 50-60
(Benjamin), 1 male 5-10 (James Harvey), 1 male under 5 (John Lewis), 1
female 40-50 (Susannah), 1 female 20-30 (?), 1 female 15-20 (Rebecca), 2
females 10-15 (Eliza Jane, Susan), 1 female under 5 (Nancy?).
28 September 1833 - Rockcastle Co., Ky. Deeds, Book K, Page 272 - Ben Vanhook
bought 100 acres from John Chance and wife.
8 September 1835 - Pulaski Co., Ky. Deeds, Book 8, Page 213 - Benjamin and
Susan VanHook sold to Micajah Sutton, 25 acres for $125.
14 September 1850 - Rockcastle Co., Ky. Census, Page 208, family 340, Northern
District gives the following names and ages: Benj. VanHook, age 79, farmer,
born North Carolina; Susan, 65, Ky.; Sarah Jane, 28, Ky.; James, 26, Ky.;
Susanna, 25, Ky.; John, 22, Ky.
28 September 1833 - Rockcastle Co., Ky. Deeds, Book K, Page 272 - We
sur(veyed) Ben Vanhooks 100 acres by a copy of a deed from John Chance and
wife to s'd Vanhook executed 28th Sept'r 1833. Beginning at a white oak (at
46) Corner Joe Famars and in line of said Vanhook Thence with said Vanhook's
line reversed S9
ptns; newly made con. by Processioners (at 47) Thence S25E52 po's to a white
oak with a white oak & black oak ptn's (at 48) Thence N57E28< po's to a
poplar and dogwood. Thence... to a locust crossing Sam Potts spring branch
at... N19W80 po's to 2 Elms cor. also to Thos Vanhook. Thence with his
lines N78W138 po's to a fallen popler and double dogwood connecting cor. to
Ben & Thos Vanhook & Joe Famars surveys. Thence with Famars line S9
po's to the above beginning. We processioned only the line which touch the
unsold land of this survey.
The above land is where Benjamin and Susannah were buried. Their son
Henry Thomas VanHook owned land ajoining it. After they died, the land
passed to some of their children, the legal heirs, who transferred the
property to James Harvey VanHook, one of the youngest sons:
7 August 1865 - Rockcastle Co., Ky. Deeds, Book J, Page 208 - Know all men by
these presents that we Benjamin Vanhook, Hannah Higgins late Hannah Vanhook,
Martin Vanhook, Nancy Allbright late Nancy Vanhook, Robert Swinney & Lydia
Swinney late Lydia Vanhook, Harriet Ann Ormes late Harriet Vanhook, John E.
Woodyard & Jane his wife late Jane Vanhook, Susan Vanhook & John Vanhook
heirs of Benjamin Vanhook Dec'd. for and in consideration of one dollar to
each of us in hand & cer't the receipt - whereas is hereby ack'd do by these
presents assign and convey to James H. Vanhook all right title and interest
that we have or might have in the old house & farm of our father Benjamin
Vanhook Dec'd and same place where the said James Vanhook now lives lying
and being in the county of Rockcastle & State of Kentucky. To have and hold
the same in his own right to dispose of as he may see proper.
Given under our hands this the 7th day of August 1865.
Witness: Jane Woodyard
Green B. Parsons John E. Woodyard
James H. Woodyard John L. Vanhook
J.H. Allbright Susan Vanhook
S.W. Brown Martin Vanhook
Robert Vanhook Nancy Allbright
John R. Higgins, attest. Robert Swinney
Lydia Swinney
Benjamin Vanhook
Hannah Higgins
H.W.J. Ormes
James H. Vanhook states that the parties whose names appear to the forgoing
bond was signed by them in good faith and all of their signatures thereto is
genuine. Given under my hand this 5th day of Sept'r 1865.
James H. Vanhook
(Bond was filed 5 September 1865 and recorded 2 November 1865).
5 September 1865 - Rockcastle Co., Ky. Deeds, Book J, Page 209 - This deed of
conveyance and sale made and executed the 5th day of Sept'r 1865 between
James H. Vanhook & Rebecca his wife of the County of Rockcastle & State of
Kentucky of the 1st part & Morris J. Harris of the County of Lincoln & State
afos'd of the 2nd part. Witnesseth: That the party of the 1st part for and
in consideration of the sum of Eight-Hundred dollars in hand paid the
receipt whereof is hereby ack'd have bargained and sold to the said Morris
J. Harris a certain tract of land lying and being in the county of
Rockcastle on the waters of Dick's river known as the old Vanhook tract of
land containing one hundred acres more or less and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a locust about...
(signed) James H. Vanhook
Rebecca Vanhook
This 100 acres was then sold by the heirs of Morris J. Harris 29 August
1894 to Nancy E. Delaney (Rockcastle Co., Ky. Deeds book 17, page 111).
Michael and Nancy Delaney sold 25 acres of this land 27 March 1905 to John
Singleton (book 22, page 225). The Delaneys sold the other 75 acres 17
September 1909 to R.B. Howard (book 24, page 476). In these two deeds it is
still referred to as the "old Vanhook tract". From here the 25 acre tract
was broken up further when John and Ethel Singleton sold 2 acres to Malachi
Hopkins 28 May 1916 (book 33, page 30). R.B. Howard transferred his 75
acres to America Howard 27 June 1912 (book 27, page 586), and then she sold
the land to Malachi Hopkins later that year, 15 October 1912 (book 30, page
172).
Eventually Malachi Hopkins ended up with most if not all of the land,
along with an ajoining 56 acres that was the old Thomas Vanhook tract of
land. Malachi and Lizzie his wife transferred about 165 acres of land to
George and James Hopkins (their sons) on 7 September 1917 (book 35, page
181). George Hopkins transferred about 150 acres of this land to his first
wife Lula 18 May 1936 (book 55, page 107). George and Lula were divorced
in 1944 and he sued to get the land back. There were so many children
involved that a defect in the title was introduced during this period (see
book 62, page 541, and book 65, pages 26-30). Eventually this was cleared
up and the land passed to Elihu Saylor on 8 February 1946 (book 65, page
29), the husband of Retha Hopkins (George's daughter and son-in-law).
Elihu and Retha transferred the land the same day (book 65, page 31) to
Tony Saylor.
Tony Saylor died intestate 13 June 1947 leaving a widow, Delia Saylor,
and 5 children (see affidavit of inheritance, deed book 85, page 350).
They sold the land (150 acres) to D.A. and Vivian Robbins 2 February 1966
(book 98, page 155). In this deed the land is described as being bounded
on the north by Mrs. John Burham, on the east by Coffey heirs and Fugate
heirs, and on the south by C.H. Frith, John Singleton, and Sam Roberts.
4 September 1980 - On this date D.A. and Vivian Robbins deeded by gift to
the VanHook trustees (Larry VanHook, Nancy VanHook Mullins, and Herbert L.
VanHook) the land containing the old Benjamin VanHook family cemetery on
their property (about 1/2 acre). It was on this site the VanHook
descendents erected a monument in 1981.
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