Elvis Presley was
the 5th ggrandson
of Capt. Tunis Hood.
Minnie Mae Hood

Minnie Mae Hood, Elvis' Grandma was descended from the Tunis Hood line of NC from Tunis' son, John.


Minnie Mae's father was William Hood married
to Mary Warren. Joshua Hood, Minnie Mae's ggrandfather, and his wife, Margaret Johnson, left
NC and moved to Alabama before migrating further
to Fulton, MS, where he owned a cabin that is still standing today in Itawamba County. Minnie Mae's brother was Harrison Hood. Tunis Hood's wife was Elizabeth Harrison. The Harrison, Hood, Helms, and
other linking families came to North Carolina from Augusta County, VA.

The plaque honoring Minnie Mae Hood
was recognized by Graceland® thanks to the efforts
of Hood kin, Rustee Lane.


The Presley Connections~
from NC ... on...

Capt.Tunis Hood Remembered
 (a/k/a Tuenis Hood,
Antuenis Hood)

 A cousin of Elvis, and gggranddaughter of Tunis Hood, Rustee Lane, President of the Mint Hill NC Elvis Fan Club, took the last full measure of honoring our history and heritage by insuring that Tunis Hood, progenitor of the Hood clan, received a special plaque and dedication, attended by many of his descendants still living in Mint Hill, North Carolina. This was the Hood family tribute to Tunis, whose burial place in an unkempt 200-year old cemetery was marked only by a fieldstone with the initials "T.H." etched on it. Dr. Chris Hood replaced the stone in 1989 with the one shown in the photo. During the ceremony, the Hood family descendants in NC also paid tribute to cousin Elvis and cousin Minnie Mae Hood, also descendants of Tunis, by placing a marker to Minnie Mae below that of her ancestor. Rustee did a masterful service to the Hood family and all Hood relations, and to the memory of Elvis and Minnie Mae, and we thank her for all her diligent efforts in putting this together. The Hoods and Presleys lived side-by-side and knew one another since the early days in North Carolina.

The Hood family became associated with the Harrison family through Tunis Hood's marriage to Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of Samuel Harrison and Abigail Smith. The Harrison line gave us three Presidents: Benjamin Harrison, William Henry Harrison, who died while only one month in office, and Abraham Lincoln, a ggrandson of Isaiah Harrison.

Regarding Tunis Hood, well, he was one of Mecklenburg County's most prominent citizens. He was county commissioner for 10 years, and third largest plantation owner, owning 2,000 acres of land along the McAlpine Creek. He provided supplies for the patriots during the American Revolution. He was a Dutch farmer, born in New York, and raised in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

Tunis followed his sons to Mecklenburg County, NC, in 1775 where he died in 1797.



Descendants of Capt. Teunis/Tunis Hood:

Family of William Ross Hood- NC/MS
 submitted by Cynthia Clontz


Tunis Hood Family descendants of Mecklenburg County, NC. Rustee Lane is in white shirt holding program. (click photo to enlarge)


Below is the monument dedicated to Tunis Hood at his grave and also the plaque denoting where his home stood in Mint Hill, NC. (click to enlarge)


Dr. Chris Hood

Rustee Lane here with Dr. Chris Hood and family.
(click to enlarge}
Dr.Hood was responsible for placing the present- day tombstone for Tunis in 1989.
   
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