1800 US Census Lexington, Orangeburg Dist, SC
John Hoover
1 FWM 26-44
2 FWF 0-10
1 FWF 26-44
2 slaves

0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2

**spa Elijah Jeffcoat and Benjamin Jefcoat

Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Lexington, Orangeburg District, South Carolina; .Roll: 49; Page: 562; Image: 144.
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1810 US Census
Name
John Hoover
Home in 1810 (City, County, State)
Lexington, South Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 1
Numbers of Slaves 14
Number of Household Members Over 25 2
Number of Household Members 16

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1820 US Census
Name
John Hoover
Home in 1820 (City, County, State)
Lexington, Lexington, South Carolina
Enumeration Date
August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 3
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1
Slaves - Males - Under 14 4
Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44 2
Slaves - Females - Under 14 5
Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25 1
Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture 6
Free White Persons - Under 16 6
Free White Persons - Over 25 2
Total Free White Persons 10
Total Slaves 13
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other 23


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1830 Lexington US Census


Name


John Hoevel
Home in 1830 (City, County, State)
Lexington, South Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14 2
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49 1
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23 2
Free White Persons - Under 20 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 1
Total Free White Persons 6
Total Slaves 3
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored) 9

Deed of Gift
John Hoover

South Carolina:
Lexington District

Know all good men by these present that I, John Hoover, for and in consideration of the love, good will and affection which I have and do bear toward my beloved daughter, Jerushia Jefcoat, also for divers good causes and of consideration to me, THE SAID JOHN HOOVER, hereunto moving have given, granted and confirmed, and by these present do give, grant and confirm unto my beloved daughter, Jerushia Jefcoat, in following manner, instantly after my death as follows: one negro man named Hanmore, one negro woman, Clander and her three children Millander, Dave and Esther, and all her future increase, one negro woman and man; half of the plantation where I now live, including the rice field, all the rest woodland containing two hundred and eight acres, more or less, joining Christian Hoover’s land which I, John Hoover, conveyed to Christian Hoover, being the middle of the said tract; another tract of land containing three hundred and eighteen acres property in Lexington District on Big Pond Branch on the waters of the North Edisto River bounded on all sides by vacant land. To have all the above named property, both real and personal, forever.

Should my beloved daughter, Jerushia Jefcoat, die before her husband, Elija Jefcoat, then he is to have all the above named during his natural life and his death the property above mentioned, both real and personal, to the heirs of my beloved daughter Jerushia Jefcoat, to have the same without any waivers of conditions whatever, forever.

The last named tract of three hundred and eighteen acres was surveyed for John Hoover the 17th day of October, 1791.

Whereof I bind myself, my heirs and afore signs to warrant all the above named property, both real and personal, in the manner above mentioned from the claims fo myself and any other person lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof.

In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal, 26th year of the Independence o f the United States of America

Signed, sealed and delivered in
Presence of us
Daniel Theveatt
John Nix Senior


South Carolina Personally appeared before me John Nix Senior and
Lexington made at that he was present and saw John Hoover
Signed, seal and as is act and deed deliver the within Deed of Gift for the use and purpose within mentioned and at the same time he saw Daniel sign his name thereto, as a writing with himself. Sworn to before me this 2nd day of November, 1811.

Recorded December 16, 1811

How is Mary Macgillivray Hoover’s gravesite verified??