Thomas Dickins 
Thomas was born on October 8th, 1761 in Northampton County, North Carolina.1 Thomas' father was Joseph Dickins and his mother was Elizabeth ?. His paternal grandparents were Benjamin Dickins and Mary Normant. He had a brother named William. He was the younger of the two children. He had four half-brothers and a half-sister, named John, Bennett, Jesse, Benjamin and Temperance. He died at the age of 90 on May 23rd, 1852 in Chatham County, North Carolina.1 General Notes
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CHATHAM, NC WILL - DICKENS, THOMAS -1852
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St ate of North Carolina
Chatham County
I Thomas Dickens of the county and state above named being of sound mind
and perfect recollection but knowing the unce rtainty of my earthly
existence do acknowledge this to be my Last Will and Tes tement
Item 1st That is say that I give unto my beloved daughter Manessa Fuqua y
thirty acers of my land where I now live taking my house and the west
end o f said tract and after paying off all of my just debts leave all
the balance o f my land all other property to be divided among all my
children.
I also leav e my son Nehemiah Dickens to be Executor to this my Last Will
and Testement
I n testimony where of I the said Thomas Dickens do turn unto and set my
hand an d afix my seal this 18th day of February 1852.
Signed and acted in presence of his
A M Yarbrough Justice Thomas X Dickens
Green Womack mark
State of North Carolina
Chatham County
Be it know that before me a Ju stice of the Peace in and for the County
of Chatham personally appeared Nehemi ah Dickens and made oath that he is
the Executor of Thomas Dickens deceased wh o was a pensioner of the
United States and to whom a pension certificate was i ssued which is here
with surrendered; that he resided in the County of Chatha m of the State
of North Carolina for the space of fifty years and previous the reto he
resided in the County of Halifax in the same State. Witness my hand an d
seal this 23 day of December 1853
A M Yarbrough, Justice of the Peace Neh emiah Dickens
J H Ragland Witness Executor of Thomas Dickens
B R Avent W itness
State of North Carolina
Chatham County
Know all men by these present that I Nehemiah Dickens Executor of Thomas
Dickens deceased in the County of C hatham in the State of North Carolina
a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute give
appoint William Heskle of Fayetteville in th e County of Cumberland and
State of North Carolina my true and lawful attorne y for ------ and in my
name to -------from the agent of the United States for paying Pensions
in Fayetteville the balance of Pension due to the said Thomas Dickens
deceased from the 4th day of March 1852 to 23 rd day of May 1852
Witn ess my hand and Seal this 23rd day of December 1853
Sealed in presence of Witt nesses Nehemiah Dickens
Witness J H Ragland Executor of Thomas Dickens
W itness B R Avent
State of North Carolina
Chatham County
I W. P Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Session Holding at
Pittsboro do hereby certi fy that satisfactory evidence was made to said
court that Thomas Dickens a Pen sioner of the United States at the sum
of --------ten dollars for annum and t hat he died on the 23 day of May
1852 in the County of Chathum and State of No rth Carolina and that the
said Thomas Dickens deceased left no other but the following children
viz Nehemiah Dickens Merritt Dickens Uriah Dickens Richard Dickens
Joseph Dickens Manessa Dickens Gillium Dickens and Louis Dickens and
that they are the only heirs living. I also certify that A M Yarboro is
a ma gistrate and the signature proporting to be his is genuine and
hereby certify that Nehemiah Dickens was duly appointed the Executor of
Thomas Dickens deceas ed In testimony where of I have presented
evidence my seal of office and I a cknowledge my name at Pittsbor this 2
day of January 1854
W B Taylor Clerk of the Court of Chatham County
was born in North Carolina N. Hampton Co. October 8, 1761. Thomas died
May 23, 1852 in Chatham County, North Carolina, at 90 y ears of age.
He married Molly Stevens Halifax County, North Carolina, 1786. Mo lly was
born in North Carolina 1764. Molly(481) was the daughter of Uriah Ste vens
and Manessa Unknown. Molly died 1848 in Ch
Details of Thomas' family with Mollie Stevens
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