General Notes

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 1LFN-PPB
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 1LFN-PPB
The spirit of the Revolution must have been strong on Mathias, for he made
three major breaks in tradition during the early days of the American Rev.
He was the first to leave Lancaster Co.,PA. andthe Mennonite Church when he
converted to Methodism and moved first to Virginia, later to Tennessee. He is
said also to have been the first in his line touse the Americanized spelling
of the surname.
# Note:
MATTHIAS HUBER/HOOVER
RIN #989
MRIN #265
FAMILY #A10

Matthias was born about 1740 in the Earl Township of Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania
to Jacob and Anna Huber. He was raised in the Mennonite Faith. He married
Maria? around 1765 and they made their homethere. Three of their children
Martin, Christopher, and Jacob were born there.

In 1778 Matthias took the oath of allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania in
Hanover Township, Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania. In the book Lancaster County
Deeds, Matthas Hover is named on a list of persons of which the following was
stated:
Lancaster County SS: The within is a just and true account of the
persons names to whom the Oath of Allegiance has been administered
to agreeable to act of General Assembly since my last return was made.
Certifyed May 1st, 1779, by Tim Green.

In 1778 a second State Census tallied those against the Revolution. Included o
this second list are Quakers, Mennonites, and others whorefused to take oaths,
as well as Tories still in the new nation.

Matthiasand his brother Jacob inherited their father's estate to be shared
equally between them. In 1779 Matthias sold his half to his brother.

Shortly after this, Matthias with his sister Magdalene and Brother-in-law
Abraham G. Fellers andtheir families left Lancaster Co. for the Southland.

They followed the beaten trail through York, Frederick, Harper's Ferry,
Winchester, and up the VallyPike to Rockingham Co. Virginia. Matthias's son
John was born here about 1780.

Matthias again moved his family to Shenandoah Co. Virginia, where he purchased
232 acres of land on the 26th of September 1782 from the estate of Hugh Divinia
Here their daughters Nancy c.1784, Sarah "Sally" c.1786, and Mary "Polly"
c.1788 was born. On the 4th of November 1784 Matthias and his wife Mary sold
the 232 acres to John Reeser of Maryland.

They stayed in the Shenandoah Valley until about 1790 when Matthias picked up
his family and moved to the Sweetwater Valley of Eastern Tennessee. (This was
the part of North Carolina thatbecame the Southwest Territory of the United
States in 1790. Tennessee did not become a state until 1796.) Their last child
a daughter was born here c.1790/91. They named her Elizabeth and called her
"Betsey".

Matthias finally settled his family in Davidson Co. Tennessee. (The part he
settled in was changedto Rutherford Co. in 1803.) There is an area called
Hoover's Gap that sits inthe corner where Rutherfore, Bedford, and Coffee
Countys join together.

Matthias was a land barren and owned several thousands of acres of land.
On August 9, 1793, he purchased 5000 acres from Guilford Dudley in the area
presentlyknown as Rutherford County, Tennessee. At the time of sale, the land
was located in Davidson County.

Though they are sparse, we are lucky to have the following personal memories
that have been passed down through the years on our ancestor, Matthias Hoover.
He was said to have spoken only German all of his life, and He was the first
member of the Huber/Hoover family to embrace a religion other than the Mennonit
faith, when he became a Methodist.

Matthias Hoover died in October 1824, and his will was probated on the 20th of
October 1824. The court order is as follows.

Order for the Division of the Lands o Matthias Hoover, deceased....

State of Tennessee, Rutherford County court, October Term, 1824:

On motion and petition it is ordered by the court that Joel Smith,
Jacob Fox, John