Absolam, Andrew Hooper, and William Casterson, 500 acres Washington [district], Greenville County [SC] granted 3 Dec 1798, Book 44, page 364.

The actual patent for the land appears on another film, an index to SC patents [LDS film #0022560]. The patent is a printed form with blanks for names, acreage, and abbreviated property description. There is no clue in the patent as to how the two Hoopers and Mr. Casterson became partners in the land.

In 1800, Absolum Hooper (family 1612) and Andrew Hooper (family 1613) were enumerated next to each other at the end of the Greenville County, SC census. They were doubly enumerated in Pendleton County in 1800, but were about 30 households distant from each other. All later evidence suggests Absalom (b. ca 1765) and Andrew (b. 1760-1770) were brothers. Both left SC by 1808.

Andrew Hooper eventually begins appearing in east Tennessee records, apparently reaching Cocke County by 1812. He was on the 1830 Cocke Co., census but not on 1840. Absalom Hooper had lived in Wilkes County, Georgia during the American Revolution and up to about 1793, when he moved to SC. Between 1803 and 1808, he moved from SC up to Haywood County, NC (which borders east TN) and died 1845.

Mr. Casterson appears two doors from the Hoopers on the 1800 Greenville census, as
William Chesterson 02101-11010-00 No trace of William Casterson is later found in SC. Because Andrew and Absolam Hooper seem to be brothers, I have speculated that Mr. Casterson might be a brother-in-law to the Hooper brothers. But I have no data to support that hypothesis. I have been unable to determine what happened to the land, and cannot locate a deed where the Hoopers or Casterson sold the patented land.

Contributed by: Anne Goodwin Editor of "Hooper Compass"