Pylant Geneology

!SOURCE: 1818, 1820, 1830, 1840 and 1850 census; Will of Abraham Van Hooser; Probate record of Valentine & Abraham Van Hooser; Nauvoo baptisms, family records.

BIRTH: Born in Augusta, Illinois. County is now named Tazewell, Rowan, North Carolina.

INTERMENT: Reece Cemetery.

SOURCE: Book,"The Van Hoose, Van Hooser, Van Huss Family in the United States" by Joyce Lindstom.
Abraham was about 18 years old when he moved with his father to Fincastle Co., Va. in 1774. A year later he moved with his father to the North Fork of the Clinch River, but moved back two years later due to Indian uprisings. They settled along Glade's Creek, a branch of Crooked Creek, a branch of New River in Montgomery (now Carroll) Co., Va. Abraham served as a soldier from Fincastle Co., Va. in 1774. Abraham took out a land grant or patent 29 Oct. 1782 for 380 acres of land on a branch of Glade's Creek, a branch of Crooked Creek, a branch of New River, which was then in Montgomery Co., Va. It was here that he met his wife, MARY WILLIAMS, the dasughter of William and Jane Williams, settlers from Chester Co., Pennsylvania. Abraham received a lot of land lying in what became Wythe Co., Va. from his inlaws. They also witnessed some of his deeds for him because he acquired a lot of land while living in Virginia. In 1795 he sold 180 acres of land to James Dodson in Grayson Co., Va. In 1802, after he'd moved to Grainger Co., Tenn., he sold 200 acres of land to James Farmer and 200 acres of land to his younger brother, Isaac. He gave up 400 acres of land, which he received from the Williams family by not paying taxes on it and it was sold by sale the 15 Aug. 1816 in Wythe Co., Va. In 1798 Abraham moved with his brother-in-law, William Williams, to Grainger Co., Tenn. Here is where his eldest child, Mary, married in 1802. Shortly after that Abraham moved to Overton Co., Tenn. where he remained until 1812 when he moved with his married children to Madison Co., ILl. He located a few miles south of the present town of Troy, which is located in Jarvis Township, and became one of the largest landholders in that township. According to the History of Madison Co., Ill., he owned 1040 acres. He died 30 Aug 1834 in Madison Co., ILlinois. His wife, Mary, preceded him in death. Both were buried in Daniel Reece's graveyard, which no longer exists. When he died in 1834, he still owned 200 acres of land in Grayson Co., Va. A copy of his will is found at Edwardsville, Madison Co., ILl. & in Grayson Co., Va.'s county court house. [:CR:]