Hooten Family (aka The Rock) Cemetery, Henry County, GA

HOOTEN FAMILY (aka THE ROCK) CEMETERY, Henry County, GA

Submitted:	12/19/01				GPS Location:  N33º26.332W084º00.895


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Linda S. Sanders
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Introduction:

This cemetery is located in Land Lot 147 of the 8th District, Henry County, GA.  From I75 South,
take exit 218.  Go East on GA Hwy. 81, through McDonough and approximately 8 miles beyond.
Cemetery is on the right, just past McClained Drive, about 800 feet from the highway across a
pasture.  An old rock wall surrounds it.

A bronze plaque located at the entrance states:  "James Hooten born 4/14/1790 and wife Susannah 
Kidd born 1798 came to this area in the early 1800’s from S. Carolina.  On 1/11/1838 James 
Hooten deeded this property for the sum of $1.00 to the trustees of the Ola Presbyterian Chuirch for 
the purpose of a cemetery.  James is buried in the big mound just inside the gateway of the cemetery.  
Susannah is buried next to him and most of the graves in the cemetery are of his children and their 
families.  James died on 10/28/1863.  Susannah died in 1869.  We hope that you will enjoy your 
visit to the cemetery and we prayerfully request that you help us honor the dead who are buried here.  
They are our ancestors."

History of those buried here as follows:  James Hooten (son of Littleton Hooten?) married Susannah 
Kidd (daughter of Moses and Cary Powers Kidd).  Their children/family buried here:

Moses Hooten, who married (1st) Nancy A. Hunt (daughter of John Singleton & Mary Gaines 
Hunt).

Frances Anderson Brown Hooten (wife of William A. Hooten), her parents William & Margarette 
Walkup Brown (daughter of Cpt. James Walkup & Margaret Pickens), their son James Says 
Hooten, and her sister Nancy Jane Brown Grant* (wife of Benjamin Grant).  Would the Grant 
children be part of Nancy’s family?

Nancy Walkup Crockett* (widow of William Crockett, sister of Margarette Walkup), Melissa 
McClendon Crockett (wife of James Walkup Crockett (Nancy’s son)), and their infant.

Margaret Walkup Hooten* (daughter of Frances Anderson Brown & William Hooten).  Of interest 
is the fact that records show that Margaret Walkup Hooten married Henry G. DeLamar.  
Supposedly they only had one child named Fanny (1856-1933).  Based on the dates and inscription 
of Wiley DeLamer’s headstone, could he be their son?

No readily available information was available to connect the Lancaster or Morgan individuals to 
this family.  In the event that it does become available, information will be revised.

*According to records, buried here; however, no headstone found.  There are several fieldstone 
markers, which may be theirs.

Alphabetical Index			Birth Date	Death Date	Notes


Brown, Margarette			08/14/1783	03/28/1860	
Brown, William				1783		12/12/1840

Crockett, Melissa			01/15/1801	07/26/1841	and her infant child 7/25/1841

DeLamar, Wiley S.			08/22/1861	09/19/1889	s/o H.G. & M.W.

Grant, Mary Jane			09/21/1862	02/15/1872	d/o J.B. & M.E.

Hooten, Frances Anderson Brown		04/30/1819	10/12/1859	Fanny, d/o W. & Margarette
									w/o William Hooten
Hooten, James				04/14/1790	10/28/1863	no headstone, info from inscription
Hooten, James S.			06/17/1838	12/06/????
Hooten, Moses				03/19/1823	10/17/1904
Hooten, Nancy A. Hunt			1825		04/06/1895	w/o Moses, age around 70 yrs.
Hooten, Susannah Kidd			1798		1869		no headstone, info from inscription

Lancaster, W.M.				11/03/1872	06/12/1895

Morgan, Thomas J.			08/09/1877	06/15/1883

Spinks, Malia A. Hooten Lancaster	05/30/1872	08/20/1900	d/o W.A. Hooten

Wilkerson, Roscoe			08/02/1884	09/12/1886	s/o William Henry Wilkerson &
									Mittie Anderson Grant Wilkerson
									grandson of J.B. & M.E.