Theophilus Thomas Thorn

Theophilus was most probably the son of William Thorn and Mary Taylor. This must be the Theophilus who is mentioned in a abstract of Edgecombe County, NC deed: DB12-206---William Thorn, Beady Pope, Winifred Robertson, Theophilus Thorn, Martin Thorn, Taylor Thorn, [6000000009214527278 Mary Pope], and Elizabeth Thorn sold a tract of land jointly; the deed was also signed by Hardy Pope, Wiley Robertson, and Dempsey Pope, Jan 28, 1806. (NOTE: Theophilus did not sign the deed, indicating that he had already left Edgecombe County, NC. He is found in Spartanburg District, SC in a property transaction in 1804). William Thorn, Theophilus' father, was probably the son of another Martin Thorn, one of three that coexisted in Edgecombe County. This Martin left his property to grandson, Martin, who he was probably the oldest of William and Mary's sons.

Middle name copied from online family tree.

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 19 2018, 5:27:11 UTC

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Son of William THORN and Mary TAYLOR of Edgecombe County, North Carolina.

We know that Theophilus was in Spartanburg District by the early 1800s. He is mentioned in two land transactions as documented in Spartanburg County/District South Carolina Deed Abstracts Books A-T, 1785-1827. (1)Book P, p. 399-400, Feb. 27,1804--He isa witness to the sale of land from George Poole to David Pope (Jennie's brother?). (2) Book Q,p. 109-110, Dec. 12, 1817---bought land from John McBee. Witnesses were Elizabeth [likely his sister) and her husband, Whitney Hines.

Theophilus is mentioned in a abstract of Edgecombe County, NC deed: DB12-206---William THORN, Beady POPE, WInifred ROBERTSON, Theophilus THRON, Martin THRON, Taylor THORN, Mary POPE, and Elizabeth THORN sold a tract of land jointly; the deed was also signed by Hardy POPE Wiley ROBERTSON, and Dempsey POPE, Jan 28, 1806. This is most probably land that the eight brothers and sisters inherited from their mother.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 20 2017, 4:38:27 UTC