Col John Van Hoose

^{JOHN VAN HOOSE  was born April 05, 1760 in Anson Co.,NC, and died January 05, 1860 in White House, Johnson Co.,KY. He married MARY BRYAN 1789 in Montgomery Co. NC, daughter of WILLIAM BRYAN and MARY BOONE. She was born May 20, 1769 in Orange County,NC, and died January 28, 1847 in Hager Hill, Johnson Co.,KY.}

Colonel John Van Hoose, Revolutionary War Soldier, Pioneer, Farmer, and the Grand-daddy of all the Van Hooses in Eastern Kentucky, was born April 5,1760 in Arson (now Montgomery) County, North Carolina. He married, in 1788, in Montgomery County, North Carolina, to Mary Bryan, daughter of William Bryan.

About 1800 he moved to Washington County Virginia for a few years. Later moving to Cabell County, (now Wayne County) West Virginia. About 1810 he moved to Jennie's Creek in Floyd (Johnson) County Kentucky, at a place now called Hager Hill. " Colonel Van Hoose was one of the trustees of the first seminary founded in the Big Sandy Valley, Prestonsburg Academy, established about 1820. In recognition of his services to his country, his name, with others, is inscribed on a monument erected in the Court House yard at Paintsville, Kentucky, by the Daughters of the American Revolution of Johnson County. In his last years Colonel Van Hoose lived with his son, Valentine, near White House on the Sandy River. He died January 5, 1860 and is buried at the Van Hoose graveyard near White House, Kentucky.

John Van Hoose had service in the Revolutionary War in the Virginia State Troops, Clark's Illinois Regiment.

 (Source Libby Preston) According to the Mitchel Hall's book "Jenny Wiley Country" John was 6 feet 2 inches tall weighed 240 pounds and was 16 years of age when the Revolution broke out.

Children of (COL) VANHOOSE and MARY BRYAN are:

i. JAMES B6 VAN HOOSE, b. March 01, 1791, Montgomery Co.,NC; d. November 24, 1864, Johnson Co., Kentucky.
ii. JOHN B VANHOOSE, b. December 12, 1792, Montgomery County, North Carolina; d. July 12, 1882, Fayetteville, Washington Co., Ar..
iii. LEVI VANHOOSE, b. March 22, 1795, Montgomery Co.,NC; d. Bef. 1858, Johnson Co., Kentucky.
iv. VALENTINE FELTY VANHOOSE, b. September 19, 1797, Cabell Co.,VA; d. December 12, 1878, Johnson Co., Kentucky.
v. HANNAH VANHOOSE, b. February 28, 1800, Washington Co.,VA; m. RICHARD DAMRON, August 26, 1821.
vi. ELIZABETH VANHOOSE, b. August 18, 1801, Cabell Co.,VA; d. 1884, Lawrence Co., Kentucky.
vii. JESSE VANHOOSE, b. May 17, 1804, Cabell Co.,W.VA.
viii. REUBEN VANHOOSE, b. April 05, 1807, Floyd Co, Kentucky.
ix. SARAH VANHOOSE, b. October 31, 1809, Lawrence Co., Kentucky.
x. THOMAS VANHOOSE, b. June 07, 1812, Cabel Co, WV; d. October 31, 1876, Sitka, Johnson Co, Kentucky.