Charles Hooks, U.S. Congress

A soldier of the American Revolution. Represented North Carolina (1816-1825) in the Congress of the United States. Moved to Alabama in 1826.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A057607

But to their God they gave their prayer And rushed to battle then."

Charles Hooks is buried in Montgomery county, about twenty miles from the city of Montgomery, in a family burial ground on his plantation. It is now known as the "Oid Moulton Place." His services in the Revolution in North Carolina are mentioned in Wheeler's History of North Carolina, and Mrs. EHet's Women of the Revolution. There is an interesting chapter in the latter book, called "Mary Slocumb," which gives a delightful account of the beautiful home and patriotic deeds of Mary Hooks Slocumb, elder sister of Charles Hooks. Her husband was Lieutenant Ezekiel Slocumb, who raised a troop of light horse to watch the enemy and punish the Tories. In April, 1781, just after the battle of Guilford Court House, the British colonel, Tarleton, made his headquarters at the Slocumb home in Wayne county. Charles Hooks, a lad of thirteen at the time, was away with his brother- in-law, Lieut. Slocumb, in hot pursuit of some Tory marauders. They narrowly escaped being captured upon their return, as they were ignorant of the fact that a thousand men were in possession of their home, but the warning of a faithful slave enabled them to retreat with safety,

Charles Hooks was bom in Bertie county. North Carolina, February 20th, 1768, and died in Montgomery county, Alabama, on the i8th of October, 1843. After the Revolution he married Mary Ann Hunter; she was the daughter of Isaac Hunter and Priscilla , and granddaughter of Isaac Hunter of Chowan, N. C, who died in 1752, and whose will is on file among the records at Edenton, N. C.

Charles Hooks became a man of distinction. He went to the legislature from Duplin county in 1802-03-04 and again in 1810- II, He served seven years as a member of Congress in 1816-17 and again from 1819 to 1825. He moved to Alabama in 1826,

The descent of Charles Hooks is as follows :

(i) William Hooks, of Chowan county, North Carolina, who died in 1751 at an advanced age. Issue: William and John.

(2) John Hooks died in 1732; his wife was Ruth ; several children, among others,

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Charles Hooks (1768–1843) was a United States Representative from North Carolina; born in Bertie County, North Carolina, February 20, 1768; when he was two years old his parents moved to Duplin County, North Carolina and settled on a plantation near Kenansville; became a planter; member of the State house of commons 1801-1805; served in the State senate in 1810 and 1811; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William R. King and served from December 2, 1816 to March 4, 1817; elected to the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Congresses (March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1825); moved to Alabama in 1826, settled near Montgomery, and again engaged in planting; died near Montgomery, Ala., October 18, 1843; interment in the Molton family cemetery. Hooks was the great-grandfather of William Julius Harris.

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Citation: The Personal and Family History of Charles Hooks and Margaret Monk Harris, 1911 Date: 1911-00-00 Publication place: Rome, Georgia, USA

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Charles Hooks, son of Thomas and Anna Hooks, was born in North Carolina, February 20, 1768, died October 18,
1843, and is buried in the private cemetery of the Molton family on Laurel Hill, 14 miles from Montgomery.

He was married three times:

• first to Betsie Williams, January 1, 1789 ;
• second to Kitty Dickson, March 29, 1795, and
• third to Anne Hunter, daughter of Isaac and Priscilla Hunter, of North Carolina, on November 15, 1796.

By his first marriage it seems from the records that he had children as follows :

• James, born March 2, 1799 ;
• Thomas on November 16, 1791, and
• Charles A. September 18, 1793.

By his second marriage it appears that he had but one child:

• a son named Dickson, born January 20, 1796.

By his third wife he had children as follows :

• Marshall H. Hooks, born December, 1797, married Tabbie Fitzpatrick. They lived in Tuskegee, Alabama, where they died at a ripe old age.
• Eliza Jane, born December 9, 1799, married a Mr. Hatch, died October 9, 1820, and was buried on her fathers plantation in Duplin county, North Carolina, in the same grave with an infant. The grave is covered with a large marble slab and was in good condition in 1908.
• Catherine Anne, born October 31, 1801, married Thomas Molton, died September 27, 1872. Her remains were interred in a vault in the Montgomery City Cemetery.
• Narcissa A., born May 22, 1803, married Peter Coffee Harris, died May 27, 1864, at her home in Tuskegee, Ala. She is buried in the Tuskegee City Cemetery.
• Amanda Anne, born April 16, 1807, died in childhood.
• David I., born November 10, 1812, died 1865, three daughters.
• Sarah Amanda, born April 30, 1817, married George James Forrest, died in the city of New York, January 24, 1854.

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A soldier of the American Revolution. Represented North Carolina (1816-1825) in the Congress of the United States. Moved to Alabama in 1826.

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