I wish someone would add a reference, or a number of references, as to where they got all this information on Thomas Hopper who was, indeed, a Rev. War Soldier, because if anyone has found a will or other references to his direct family, they have found a gold mine. I have found more than one Thomas Hopper in Virginia and one was not connected to Blagrove/Blackgrove/Blackgrave Hopper. Auvis Smith Paradise (Mrs. P.H.)