Colorado County Family Group Sheet Project

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SUBMITTED BY: Ed Corey t
e-mail: ecorey@cox.net
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HUSBAND: John HOPE
date and place of birth: About 1800, Liberty County, GA
date and place of marriage: November 30, 1819, Liberty County, GA
military service: POSSIBLY 1st Lt., FL Mounted Militia, Second Seminole War
date and place of death: About 1867, Hunt, Kerr County, TX
place of burial: Hunt Japonica Cemetery, Hunt, Kerr County, TX
father: William Hope
mother:
other marriages: Hannah Minerva ALEXANDER (twice), Nancy CUMMINS, Julia BATEMAN, Millie Ann NEWSOM - all in Colorado County, TX
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WIFE: Jerusha GORDON
date and place of birth: About 1804, Liberty County, GA
date and place of death: About 1847, (Colorado County?), TX
place of burial: Probably in Colorado County, TX
father: William GORDON
mother: Mary HENDLEY
other marriages: Thomas WARE
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CHILD 1: William HOPE
sex: M
date and place of birth: About 1820, McIntosh County, GA
married: Elizabeth TOWNSEND
date and place of marriage: March 23, 1843, Colorado County, TX
date and place of death: After 1880, Colorado County, TX
place of burial: Colorado County?, TX
other marriages:
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CHILD 2: Mahala "Mahaley" HOPE
sex: F
date and place of birth: About 1822, McIntosh County, GA
married: Asa SMITH
date and place of marriage: December 29, 1841, Colorado County, TX
date and place of death: Between 1880-1900, Lavaca County, TX
place of burial:
other marriages: none
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CHILD 3: Mary Ann HOPE
sex: F
date and place of birth: About 1826, McIntosh County, GA
married: John Alligood SUGGS
date and place of marriage: August 22, 1839, Ft. Tarver, Alachua County, FL
date and place of death: February 10, 1857, Colorado County, Texas
place of burial: Probably buried on the former plantation of John A. Suggs in Colorado County
other marriages: none
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CHILD 4: David HOPE
sex: M
date and place of birth: November 1, 1828, McIntosh County, GA
married: Mary TOWNSEND
date and place of marriage: December 11, 1851, Colorado County, TX
date and place of death: May 31, 1862, Colorado County, TX
place of burial: Oddfellows Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County, TX
other marriages: none
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CHILD 5: James Sanderson HOPE
sex: M
date and place of birth: March 27, 1840, Alachua County, FL
married: Rebecca Jane BRAZEAL
date and place of marriage: January 30, 1862, Kerr County, TX
date and place of death: December 26, 1915, Kerrville, Kerr County, TX
place of burial: Hunt Japonica Cemetery, Hunt, Kerr County, TX
other marriages: Melvina S. "Millie" HIBDEN
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SOURCES: (1) Hope family records
(2) Alachua County, FL, marriage records
(3) Colorado County, TX, marriage records
(4) Kerr County, TX, Marriage records
(5) Florida Mounted Militia muster records (Second Seminole War)
(6) Alachua County 1830 census records
(7) Colorado County 1850 census records
(8) Hunt Japonica cemetery records, Hunt, Kerr County, TX
(9) Oddfellows Columbus cemetery records, Colorado County, TX
(10) Colorado County TX 1880 census records
(11) Lavaca County TX 1870-1880 census records

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COMMENTS: John Hope brought his family to Alachua County, FL, either just before or during the Second Seminole War. He may have been a Lieutenant in the Florida Mounted Militia, if so, he only served one six month enlistment. In 1840, he deserted his family and went to Colorado County. His family later came to Colorado County, probably with the Suggs family. Jerusha filed for divorce and married Thomas Ware. John began marrying all the available women in the city of Columbus. He had bought the biggest and best hotel in town and had a never ending supply of fresh wives.

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