In the book _Sampson Will Abstracts, 1784-1900_,page 128, I found: Dau Susannah Thornton - $50.00 Lawful heirs of son Thomas Thornton - 478 Ac. land in Wayne Co near Falling Ck. Rem. Est. not given or devised, to be sold by Exec. After paying just debts, any left over to be divided, 2/3 betwen my 6 younger children Millie, Joseph, Samuel Sugs, Benjamin S. Susannah, Uriah Thornton; 1/3 part to be divided among my nine eldest children - lawful heirs of Srah Lee, lawful heirs of Pherebee Lee, David, Thomas, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Christian, Eldridge & Barshaby Thornton. After death of wife, peerishable prop. to be sold, 2/3 to be divided among 6 hyoungest children and 1/3 to lawful heirs of daus Sarah Lee, Pherebee Lee, David, Thomas, Nathaneil, Elizabeth, Christian, Eldridge and Barshaby Thornton. NB: 24 December 11821 - Item #8, where I gave lawful heirs of Thomas Thornton Junr, 478 ac. land in Wayne Co on Falling Ck., I alter in the following manner - land to be sold & all his just debts to be paid. Any rem. to be equally divided between heirs of my afore sd son Thomas Thornton. Signed Nathl Thornton Wit: Thomas Thornton Sr., Jonathan Lee *Will located in NC State Archives Can I assume this is Nathaniel Thornton who married Mildred Eldridge? Does anyone have info about this family? I am still searching for the family of my gggrandmother Elizabeth Thornton Sills? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Freda Roberson Noble Gualala Ca --
Hi Freda, Here is what I show for a Will on Nathaniel Thornton who married Millie Eldridge. It looks like you have an abstract of the same will. At least it names the same children and makes the same reference to his "eldest" children and his "younger" children (by two wives). This Nathaniel Thornton line is being researched by Elton Edwards <Elton2@triad.rr.com>, Donna Sherron <tdsherron@cs.com>, Gail Hopkins <gh529@one.net>, Ted and Freda Noble <tnoble@mcn.org>, Paul & Liz Grimes <plgrimes@bellsouth.net>, and Mamie L. Tate, 637 East Florida St., Evansville, IN 47711-4647 <mamie@sigecom.net>. If you haven't corresponded with any of these, you might want to drop them a line. I'm researching Nathaniel's brother John Thornton and Agnes Hill also of Duplin/Sampson County, NC. LAST WILL & TESTAMENT: NATHANIEL THORNTON Senr. Will, Sampson County, North Carolina Dated December 24, 1821, Probated February Court 1822 In the name of God. Amen I Nathaniel Thornton senr. of the State of North Carolina & County of Sampson being weak in body but of sound & perfect mind and memory, blessed be God, do this 8th day December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & twenty one Make publish ratify establish & ordain this & no other my last Last will and testament. As touching my wordly Estate that it has pleased Almighty God to bless me with in this life I despose of it in manner & form following. (Viz) Item first my will is that all my just debts of all kinds be justly satisfied & paid. Item I give to my wife Millie Thornton as much of my crop stock & provisions as will be sufficient for her & her Family's support one year to be laid up by my Executors hereafter named. Item I lend to my Dear and well beloved wife Millie Thornton my plantation whereon I now live beginning at the road where it crosses Crawfod's Branch & runs with the road to when the Ditch leaves the road thence with the ditch & Easterly course to the turn of s'd Ditch then with the other course of s(ai)d Ditch to the mouth of the lane thence a direct coarse to a corner in a slash of the thick pond near Sion Hill's ditch thence with my line to the uppercorner to the uppercorner (repeats self) of my plantation joining Wright Thornton's plantation then with said Wright Thornton's to said Crawford's branch thence down the meander of the same to the beginning Which land is before stated. I lend my wife during her natural lifetime Also I lend to my wife during her natural life as much of my Household & Kitchen furniture plantation Tools also as much of my stock cattle horses hogs sheep & fowls of every kind as will be sufficient for her use to be laid up by my executors for her further maintanance. Also I lend to my Wife during her natural life time six negroes by the names of Ned, Vilet, Cinthy, Edith & Calvin & Patience Item I give & bequeath to my beloved son Benjamin Sims Thornton all my lands that lies below the road & on the south side of the lines that is the lower boundaries of my wife's lines to him & his heirs & assigns forever Also I give to my aforesaid son fifty dollars to him and his heirs (?vc?). Item I give & bequeath to my beloved son Uriah Thornton my plantation whereon I now live beginning & running with the lines laid out to my wife as far as to the corner in the slash of the thick pond near Sion Hill's Ditch thence with my own lines to the corner on a pine thence a north course to a small maple in the west prong of Kill Swamp thence with my own line to Wright Thorntons line thence with said Wright Thornton's line to the corner near the upper corner of my own fence thence with his other line & my own line to the said Crawfords Branch. Thence down the meanders of the said branch to the main road the beginning To him his heirs & assigns forever also I give to my aforesaid Uriah Thornton fifty dollars to him and his Heirs (?vc?). Item I give & bequeath to my beloved son Samuel Sugs Thornton all the upper part of my land beginning at the above named corner in the slash of the thick pond near Sion Hill's Ditch thence with my own line to the corner on a pine in a pond. Thence with my other line to the corner on a maple in the west prong of Kill swamp the beforenamed corner of Uriah Thornton's thence with Wright Thornton's & my own line nearly a Northeast course to Thomas Thornton senr. line in Wayne County thence with his line nearly a Northwest course to a deviding line between myself & s'd Thomas Thornton sr. Thence with my own lines to a sweet gum in the Bee Tree branch David Thorntons corner Thence with my own David Thornton's George Denning's Turnifolds Wood's Sion Hills lines to the beginning To him his heirs & assigns forever. Item I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Susanne Thornton fifty dollars to her heirs and assigns forever. Item I give and bequeath to the lawful heirs of my beloved son Thomas Thornton Junr. four hundred and seventy eight acres of land lying in Wayne County on the main waters of Falling Creek. To them their heirs & assigns forever & further my Will is that all the residue & remaining part of my property not given and divided away as before stated to be sold by my Executors on a credit of six months & after paying all my just debts if there is any money left in the hands of my Executors from the sale of s'd property two thirds of said money to be equally between my six youngest children namely to wit Millie, Joseph, Samuel Suggs, Benjamin Sims, Susanna & Uriah the other the other (repeated self) third & remaining part of s'd money to be equally devided between my nine eldest children, to wit, The lawful heirs of Sarah Lee, The lawful heirs of Pheribee Lee, David, Thomas, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Christian, Eldridge, & Bershaby & furthermore my Will is that after the death of my wife Millie Thornton all the perishable property remaining that I lent her to be sold & two thirds of of the money arising from the sale of said property to be equally divided between my six younger children to wit Millie, Joseph, . Sam'l Sugs, Benj. Sims - Susanna & Uriah. The other third part to be Equally divided between the lawful heirs of my daughters Sarah Lee, Pherebee Lee David Thomas Nathaniel Elizabeth Christiana Eldridge & Bershaby. I do hereby make constitute appoint establish & ordain my son Eldridge Thornton & Samuel Lee Executors of this my last will & testiment In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day and date first above written. Signed Sealed & Delivered by the s'd Nathaniel Thornton Senr. in the presence of Thomas Thornton........................................ Nath'L Thornton Jonathan Lee N.B The eighth Item wherein I gave to the lawful Heirs of my son Thomas Thornton Junr. four hundred & seventy Eight acres of land lyining(sp) in Wayne County on the main waters of Falling Creek I alter and dispose of to his use in the following manner (to wit) All the before mentioned Land divided to my aforesaid son Thomas Thornton Junr.s Heirs to be sold by my Executors on a credit of six months & all his just debts paid out of the money arising from the sale of said land the balance & remaining part- (if any) to be equally divided between the Lawful Heirs of my aforesaid son Thomas Thornton - To this last Item I again set my hand & seal the 24th December 1821- Signed, sealed, and acknowledged in the presence of Tho's Thornton sen'r Jonathan Lee > Nath' L Thornton Senr. Term 18 Then was the written will proven in open Court by the oath of Thomas Thornton senr & ordered to be registered. Jas. Holmes C.C. Other Information I have (which you probably already have) is: Court records of Sampson Co., NC 1810-1820 states: " 21 November 1816, Thursday, Child: Clemence Sills came into court as he was bound to do being charged with begetting a bastard child on the body of Betsey Thornton. Ordered that he enter into a bond of 500 pounds to keep said bastard child from becoming any ways chargable to this county. Securities were William Wood and Lundy Lee." I show that Clement Sills and Elizabeth Thornton married 12 Jan 1818 I believe in Johnston County, NC. I have no source listing for this so I'm not sure where I got that date. I understand that Clement and Elizabeth Sills are buried in Solomon Cemetery, Near Old Texas, Alabama. Here are also what I have for Land Deeds on Nathaniel Thornton or where his name is mentioned. LAND DEEDS: Sampson/Duplin County, NC Deeds, Book 3, Page 90. Samuel Eldridge to Nathaniel Thornton Dated: 2 April 1760. Trans.: 55 pounds for 400 acres "On the East side of great Coheary ...Beginning...near the mouth of Peacock Swamp being Thomas Suggs Corner Running along...a former Dividing line between the aforesaid Suggs and William Williams (Williamson?)," Land was part of a tract of 500 acres granted to the said Thomas Suggs by patent dated 13 April 1749 "and the same place whereon the said Eldridge formerly lived," Witnesses: Isaac Bush and Calib Cock. Sampson/Duplin County, NC Deeds, Book 4, Page 339. Nathaniel Thornton to John Fulgom Dated: 26 June 1770 Trans: 40 pounds for 150 acres "on the East Side of the great Cohery Creek." Deed mentions "William Willifords line Pattented by William Hagans." Witnesses: Cannon Cason and William McClam. Sampson/Duplin County, NC Deeds, Book 4, Page 352. Nathaniel Thornton and Selah Thornton to Joseph Vick Dated: 26 November 1777 Trans: 100 pounds for 400 acres "On the East side of great Coheary." Deed mentions Thomas Suggs, William Williamson, and the mouth of Peacock's Swamp. Land was part of a tract of 500 acres granted to the said Thomas Suggs by patent dated 13 April 1749 "and the same plantation where the said Nathaniel Thornton now dwells on." Witnesses: Joseph Rhodes, William Ball, and William Lindsay. Johnston County, NC Deeds, Book V-1, p. 137 John Miles to David Lee Dated: 22 May 1779 Trans: JOHN MILES of Duplin Co. to DAVID LEE of Johnston Co. for 100 pounds, 100 acres SS Mill Ck. School House Br., Mirey Br. incl. plant. where Lewis Bryan formerly lived in fee simple. Wit: Nathaniel Thornton, Thos. Thornton. Signed: John Miles, Nov. Ct. 1795. Johnston County, NC Deeds, Book Transcript #2, Page 337 John Bryan to Elizabeth Eldridge Dated: 10 Sept. 1789 Trans: John Bryan of Johnston Co sells to Elizabeth Eldridge of Johnston Co for 2 pounds, negro girls Spicia & Tabitha, one ca. 5/6 yrs. and the other ca. 3 yrs. Wit: Samuel Eldridge, Nathaniel Thornton. Signed: John Bryan, May Ct. 1790. Johnston County, NC Deeds, Book S-1, Page 30 Jno. Bryan, Jr. to Nathaniel Thornton Dated: 1791 Trans: Jno Bryan, Jr. -- John Bryan, Esq. High Sheriff of Johnston Co. to Nathaniel Thornton of Sampson Co by Writ of Firei Facias from Nov. Ct. against goods of Samuel Eldridge. . . judgement against him by Lewis Jernigan, Sr., sells a negro girl Patience, belonging to Samuel Eldridge. . . to Nathaniel Thornton, for 41 pounds 22 sh. 6 d. Wit: John Bryan. Signed Jno. Bryan, Jr., Aug. Court. 1791. Johnston County, NC Deeds, Book C-2, Page 17 John Bryan, Sr. to William Williams Dated: 14 June 1802 John Bryan, Sr., of Burke Co. GA to William Williams of Johnston Co for 625 pounds, SS Mill Ck. below mouth of Stevens Vr. adj. Nathaniel Thornton & Bushes Br. 300 acres. Wit: Isaac Williams, Wm Farmer. Signed: John Bryan, May Ct. 1803. Johnston County, NC Deeds, Book F-2, Page 188 John Bryan to Jacob Blackman Dated: 4 January 1810 Trans: John Bryan of Burke Co. GA to Jacob Blackman of Sampson Co. for 875 pounds, 3 tracts, 1036 acres BS Mill Ck., Stephen's Mill Br. adj. Susanna Fellows, Nathaniel Thornton, Samuel Eldridge, Willis Lee, Taylors Cabin & David Lee. Wit: Obed M Cox, Wm Bryan. Signed: John Bryan, Feb. Ct. 1810. Hope this helps. Marcine Lohman (Amelung) 509 Kehrs Mill Road Ballwin, MO 63011-3231 E-Mail: celticlady@brick.net or Marcine.Lohman@excite.com Researching: Amelung, Amelunke, Bodenstein, Luttrell/Littrell, Thornton, Schlueter/Schlüter, Suedekum/Südecum, Walperswiller/Walperswyler, and Wolff. Marcine's Genealogy Web Sites: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~celticlady/default.htm (Main Site) http://www.my-ged.com/amelung/ http://www.gencircles.com/users/celticlady ___________________________________________________ «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤» ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted and Freda Noble" <tnoble@mcn.org> To: <NCSAMPSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 8:44 AM Subject: Thornton > In the book _Sampson Will Abstracts, 1784-1900_,page 128, I found: > Dau Susannah Thornton - $50.00 > Lawful heirs of son Thomas Thornton - 478 Ac. land in Wayne Co near > Falling Ck. > Rem. Est. not given or devised, to be sold by Exec. After paying > just debts, any left over to be divided, 2/3 betwen my 6 younger > children Millie, Joseph, Samuel Sugs, Benjamin S. Susannah, Uriah > Thornton; 1/3 part to be divided among my nine eldest children - > lawful heirs of Srah Lee, lawful heirs of Pherebee Lee, David, > Thomas, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Christian, Eldridge & Barshaby Thornton. > After death of wife, peerishable prop. to be sold, 2/3 to be > divided among 6 hyoungest children and 1/3 to lawful heirs of daus > Sarah Lee, Pherebee Lee, David, Thomas, Nathaneil, Elizabeth, > Christian, Eldridge and Barshaby Thornton. > NB: 24 December 11821 - Item #8, where I gave lawful heirs of Thomas > Thornton Junr, 478 ac. land in Wayne Co on Falling Ck., I alter in > the following manner - land to be sold & all his just debts to be > paid. Any rem. to be equally divided between heirs of my afore sd son > Thomas Thornton. > Signed Nathl Thornton > Wit: Thomas Thornton Sr., Jonathan Lee > *Will located in NC State Archives > > Can I assume this is Nathaniel Thornton who married Mildred Eldridge? > > Does anyone have info about this family? > > I am still searching for the family of my gggrandmother Elizabeth > Thornton Sills? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Freda Roberson > Noble > Gualala Ca > > -- >