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Benjamin Hooper is recorded in the 1810 census in Caswell Co. His household includes 1 male under 10, 1 male 26-45, 1 female under 10, and 1 female 26-45. 1810 Caswell Co., North Carolina Census, Roll 38, p. 57.
Benjamin Hooper is recorded in the 1820 census in Caswell Co. His household includes 2 males under 10, 2 males 10-16, 1 male 16-18, 1 male 16-26, 1 male 45+, 26-45, 1 female under 10, and 1 female 10-16, and 1 feamle 26-45. 1820 Caswell Co., North Carolina Census, Roll M33_81, p. 62.
Benjamin Hooper made a will dated 23 Sept. 1830, which was probated in July 1839. He left his entire estate to his wife Nancy as long as she remained a widow, then to be equally divided between his children. He named his wife Nancy as administrator. H. Hooper (Henry) and Joseph Henderson witnessed the will. Caswell Co. Deed Book N, p. 377. (Kendall, p. 144).
Nancy remarried to Joseph Bracken following the death of her husband Benjamin. Joseph Bracken and his wife Nancy Bracken, as administrator of the estate of Benjamin Hooper, filed an accounting with the court. the court directed that the legacies due to Zachariah L. Francis, Joseph, and Elisha Hooper from the estate of Joseph Henderson to be paid in division of negroes when suit in equity brought by Hiram henderson is settled. Caswell Co. Will Book O, p. 498.
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