On the 1850 Edgecombe Co., NC Census page 133 is the following Thigpen's Household # 644 Martha Thigpen age 54 Lydia 8 John Kiel 18 Mulatto Household # 645 William Thigppen 50 Patience P. 42 Ruffus 22 W.A. 17 Thos. B. 16 or 13 Ander M. 11 Martha I. 6 W.B. Whitly 1 Household 646 ?ennie or ?enne Thigpen 29 Nancy A. 28 Susan 19 The only Thigpen's listed for Edgecombe 1850 Census