General Notes

Name Suffix:<NSFX> V
Military Service: Rendered patriotic service from North Car
olina
Occupation: Planter
Religion: Anglican
Note:
According to "The Thigpen Tribe", p. 154, James owned a lar
ge plantation named Penny Hill in NC and had many slaves. H
e and Lydia entertained on an extensive scale, often have g
uest stay for days and weeks. While educated as a lawyer, h
e did not practice law. He acquired land in Chesterfield, C
amden, and Pendleton Districts, NC. When the Revolutionar
y War began, he and his family returned to Penny Hill. Late
r, he traded his property in SC to his nephew and namesake
, James, and his cousins John and George for property in NC
. He also owned lands in Burke and Washington Co., GA.
"Original Index Book of Rev. Claims filed in SC AA7829, acc
ount of provisions for Continental Line and for Militia us
e in 1781 & 1783, Account #439-L Acct. itself, Receipts. Th
is acct. carried a Military Indent, made in the name of Jam
es Tippens, and so signed by him although this was not hi
s usual spelling of the name."
Event: Military Revolutionary War patriot, Battle of Moore'
s Creek, Briar Creek, Stono, Eutaw (3 minor wounds)
Military Service: Major, Dobb's Co. Troups commanded by Col
. William Caswell
(Research):1)
A deed of sale dated 20 March 1750 (DB 00, p. 40-41) betwee
n John THIGPEN and William COBB. John is illiterate and use
s the following signature, "|--+--|"
[The relevance of the signature will become apparent below.]
2)
A deed of sale dated 20 December 1761 (DB 00, p. 40-41) bet
ween John THIGPEN and William COBB. The same John using th
e same signature - "|--+--|"
[There are no other... zero... nada... additional deeds con
tained within the extant records of Edgecombe County whic
h identify ANY other THIGPEN than John prior to 1778! Ther
e is another John That appears at this time as well as Jona
than (see census records below).]
3)
Marriage Bond:
18 (maybe 15) October 1765
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
James THIGPEN to Lydia MAYO
James and his father, John, provided surety
[This John was illiterate and used the mark "|--+--|"]
4)
Minutes, County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions - Novem
ber Court 1780
James is named the guardian of his minor brother and sister
, Ethelred and Sally, respectively. All children of John TH
IGPEN
5)
1790 Federal Census of Edgecombe County, North Carolina
There is no tabulation for a household headed by a John THI
GPEN, only those led by Ethelred, James, Jonathan, Giliad
, Cyprian, and Nathan.
[This seems to confirm the fact that John (the elder) was d
ead - confirmed by the probate records of his estate and Co
unty Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes that plac
e this event around 1780.]
6)
Probate Inventory of the estate of James THIGPEN; containe
d in the Minutes, County Court of Pleas and Quarter Session
s - December Court 1794.
All property purchased by his widow, Lydia, and known child
ren, Dennis, Lemuel, James, and the spouse of his daughter
, "Sylvia", Gray LITTLE. There were also two purchases b
y a Tamsey THIGPEN for whom a legitimate identity is presen
tly unknown.
7)
Statement of property disposition for the estate of James T
HIGPEN; contained in the Minutes, County Court of Pleas an
d Quarter Sessions - February Court 1795. Lydia THIGPEN, Ad
ministratrix
8)
Statement of property disposition for the estate of Lydia T
HIGPEN; contained in the Minutes, County Court of Pleas an
d Quarter Sessions - December Court 1796.
Administrator is not indicated in this record, but the name
s of those making purchases were Dennis and Lemuel THIGPE
N and Gray LITTLE - among others.
9)
Census of Edgecombe County, North Carolina
THIGPEN families enumerated: James, Dennis, Lemuel, Mary, G
illead, and Cyphean.
[Where are the other Edgecombe County THIGPEN progeny tha
t are reported to have been the children of either James "I
II" or James "IV"?]
I could go on and provide