General Notes

Name Suffix:<NSFX> Jr.
Event: 15 FEB 1793 Deed of land from James Thigpen Sr., t
o James Thigpen Jr. 
2 Event: 30 MAY 1796 Deed of land from Dennis, James & Lemu
el Thigpen to Gray Little
3 Event: 15 AUGUST 1796 Deed of land from Dennis, James & L
emuel Thigpen to James Deel
4 Event: 6 JUNE 1800 Inventory of Estate for Jonathan Thigp
en
5 Event: 25 JULY 1827 Abstract of Last Will of Lydia Little
6 Event: 14 APRIL 1829 Deed of slave from James Thigpen t
o Job Thigpen
7 Event: 11 FEB 1833 Power of Attorney from James Thigpen t
o son William
8 Event: 27 SEPT 1833 Deed of slave from James Thigpen t
o Job Thigpen
9 Event: 2 MAY 1834 Deed of 6 slaves by James Thigpen to J
ames Little (Fanny's husband)
10 Event: 3 MAY 1834 Deed of 4 slaves by James Thigpen to L
ydia Cobb & Ollen Cobb
11 Will: 13 APRIL 1840 Last Will & Testament of James Thigp
en
12 Event: 22 MARCH 1842 Deed Gift of land from James Thigpe
n to Kenneth Thigpen
13 _MILI: American Rev. & War of 1812 14
(Research):Author: Herman May, III
Title: Herman May e-mail of 8-16-1999 Re: Last Will of Jame
s Thigpen
Abbrev: Herman May e-mail 8-16-1999 Re: Last Will of Jame
s Thigpen
Publication: Herman May, III - August 16, 1999
Note:
Information obtained from Herman May, III. Last Will and Te
stament of James and Patsy. Archives of E-mail from Herma
n May, dated, 16 Aug 1999 10:59 PM. A copy of this e-mail i
s in the possession of Cindy Young, genealogy archive corre
spondence files for Herman May.
Quality: 2
Author: Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Title: Deed of land of James Thipgen Sr. to James Thigpen J
r.
Abbrev: James Thigpen deed of land 2-15-1793 to James Jr.
Publication: Edgecombe Co., NC - February 15, 1793
Text: Following is a transcription (by Cindy Young, with th
e help of Herman May, III) of a deed found by Nancy Carte
r Moore in the Edgecombe County, North Carolina Deed Book 8
, Pgs. 74-76, dated February 15, 1793, and proven in May Co
urt 1794, where James Thigpen Senr. deeds some land to Jame
s Thigpen Junr.:
Edgecombe County, North Carolina Deed Book 8, Pgs. 74-76:
This Indenture made the fifteenth day of February in
the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & ninety th
ree
Between James Thigpen of Edgecombe County & State of North
Carolina senr. of the one part and James Thigpen Junr of the
same County and state aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth
that I the said James Thigpen senr for and in consideration
of the sum of two Hundred twenty five pounds specie to me
in hand paid by the said James Thigpen Junr the receipt
whereof I the said James Thigpen Senr doth hereby acknowled
ge
myself therewith fully satisfied Contented and paid and o
f every
part and parcel thereof do exonerate acquit and discharge
the said James Thigpen Junr his Heirs Executors Admors or
assigns for ever have given granted bargained sold closed s
et
over and Confirmed and unto him the said James Thigpen
Junr his Heirs and assigns for ever a certain message or tr
ack of
land Containing by estimation two Hundred Acres be the same
more or less lying on the North side of Tar River and one p
art
of the said land lying in Pitt County the other part is i
n Edgecombe
County Beginning at a white Oak on John May's senr Mill Cre
ek at a small
branch a contracted line Between the said John May senr
and his son Hardy May Running up the said Branch to a
white Oak standing in Doyals line thence with the said
Doyals line East to the said May's Mill Creek thence down
the said creek to the first station containing two Hundred
Acres be the same more or less bearing date by Patent June
the seventh day One thousand seven Hundred & thirty nine
and also Conveyed by a deed from John Doyal to John ?West?
in the year 1740 and also the revisions remainders & remains
rights and profits and services thereof and also all the Es
tate
right Title interest claim and demand whatsoever is his
the said James Thigpen