Thomas Randolph

Recent DNA results show the line of Thomas is definitely descended from Henry Randolph of Albemarle, per Billie Harris.

  Thomas was probably the oldest of Henry's children, based on the fact that he was the first among the two sons named in Henry's Will.  His birth date is unknown but since he purchased proper in 1764 and Henry was born ca 1720, his birth year is estimated to be between 1740-45.  Thomas' genealogy is based in part on (1) "McMinn County and Its People 1819-1997", as well as information from Joada Cole, Sherrell Stallings Buchanan, and Veronica Batterson.

  Thomas is first shown in 1764 being indebted to Robert and Micajah Clark, and refused payment.  He, along with his brother James, sisters and mother, were founding members of the Albemarle Baptist Church in 1773.  This is the second record we find of him.  In July, 1774, records of the Albemarle Baptist Church shows "Brother Thomas Randolph to finish Sister Lesbee's house and be paid for same."  His father and brother John were not members of the Church.

  In 1775, he bought 50 acres of land on Ivy Creek, Albemarle County, from Robert and Bethier Logan, which he abandoned when he moved to North Carolina.  The land was located on the boundaries with Robert Gentry and Charles Whitlock and the witnesses to the land transaction were John Lewis, Charles Gentry and Charles Goodman.  Before Thomas purchased it from Logan, Robert Logan had purchased the land from Michael Woods and the witnesses to that particular deed were Archibald and William Woods, and Andrew Wallace.

  Thomas is mentioned in the Will of his dad dated 1778 and, with his brother John, was appointed as an excecutor.  After his father passed away, Thomas left Albemarle County and in 1779 was in Washington County, NC (upper Tennessee).  In the 1779 Washington County, NC tax list, Capt. Joseph Wilson's District, Thomas Randolph is shown with 200 acres of land, 1 house, 4 acres, cleared land, shillings, stocks, cows, etc.   His brother James received property in the county right next to Thomas' as a result of his service in the Revolutionary War.  It does not appear Thomas served in the War. (Washington County, Tenn. was formed in 1777 from NC).

 The 1781 Tax List for Washington County still shows Thomas and James, as well as William Randols (no doubt Randolph).  On October 13, 1783, he was granted 200 acres in Washington County on a branch of the Big Limestone and the grant was entered on  April 18, 1779.  At the same time, his brother, James, was also granted property on the Big Limestone.

 In 1786, Thomas and William Randolph voted in the election.  Records show Jun 30, 1788, Thomas Randolph of Washington County, NC, yeoman, to Jonathan Mulkey for 75 lbs NC money - part of this NC grant of 1783 on Big Limestone Creek, bordered by land belonging to Joseph Duncan -- 100 acres.  On June 13, 1789, Thomas Randolph sold to Thos. Finley 100 acres for 175 lbs., land on the Big Limestone, "adj. land surveyed for Thomas Chapman, late Alexander Morrow" land; thence by other part of land belonging to Thomas Randolph, part of 200 acres grant to sd Randolph by NC granted 23 Oct 17983". On August 1,, 1789, Joseph Harden sold to Thomas Randolph, planter, both of Greene County, (formerly Washington County) for 80 lbs. 200 acres on Lick Creek granted to Jos. Hardin by pat. NC., Nov 1786. (Greene County was formed in 1783 from Washington County).  

  Thomas Randolph served on the Grand Jury of Greene County, Tennessee in Nov 1795.

  There's a deed dated Feb 9, 1795 in Greene County, Tenn, witnessed by Nathan Randolph from Joseph Hardin to William Brotherton.  The land was in the Big Gap Creek area where Thomas Randolph had property.  William Brotherton had owned the land Isham Randlph sold to John Crouch. 

 On April 18, 1803, William Randolph of Greene County sold to Thomas Self- 28 acres on Big Gap Creek, part of the land Thomas "now lives on".

  The 1805 Greene County, Tenn., Tax List shows Thomas Randolph, Peyton Randolph and Isham Randolph.  On August 30, 1806, Isham sold to John couch 276 acres of land on Gap Creek for $50, part of the land where Thomas Randolph "now lives, conditional with Thomas Randolph".  

  On Oct 12, 1807, Thomas Randolph of Greene County sold 124 acres on Gap Creek, being the place where "Thomas Randolph now resides and beginning at a corner of a 76 acre tract conveyed from Thomas Randolph to Isham Randolph.:  (Thomas moved to Warren County, Tennessee).

  In Oct 1808, Mary and Joseph Gray to Henry Randolph of Greene County, 30 acres on the South side of Lick Creek.  August 1810, Henry Randolph sold his 30 acres on the south side of Lick Creek.

  September 5, 1815, Warren County, Tennessee, shows Isham Randolph to Thomas Hopkins of Sullivan County for $700, land on the Cannon Fork of the Collins River, lying between Thomas Randolph and Jake Sanders on the line of Thomas Wilcher's Grant No. 884 issued to Polly black"

Thomas married Jane ?? His known children were: (1) Nathan (2) William (3) Peyton (4 ) Isham (5) Henry (6) Susannah (7) Miriam and perhaps Jeremiah who was the first person buried at the Couch/Patterson Cemetery in Greene County, Tennessee. this genealogy was contributed by Sherrell Stallings Buchanan.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 18 2020, 19:23:05 UTC