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Thomas Loftin (1724 - 1794)

Thomas Loftin
Born in Mecklenburg County, Colony of North Carolinamap
Ancestors ancestors
Brother of , [half] and [half]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 70 in Fort Garrington, North Carolinamap
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Biography

Thomas was born in 1724. Thomas Loftin ... He passed away in 1794. [1]

Thomas was born about 1720. He passed away about 1800.

Residence

Year: 1790; Census Place: Craven, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 431; Image: 574; Family History Library Film: 0568147. [2]

Land

Land Grant to Thomas Lofton in Craven County, 120 acres on 23 Oct 1761 on the eastside of Salisbury Branch. [3]

Military

Revolutionary War "On July 4, 1781, the North Carolina Board of Auditors for the District of Salisbury gave Thomas who was nearing sixty years of age, fourteen pounds, three shillings and six pence for militia service in the Revolutionary War. Later that year, the same board awarded Thomas three thousand three hundred pounds "foe sundry Publick Claims which he is to receive agreeable to an Act of Assembly passed at Halifax, January 1781." [4][5]

Death

Died on 13 Sep 1794 (according to family records.) Will probate Sep 1794.

"Last Will & Testimonial of Tho. Loftin ... September ... 1794. State of North Carolina Craven County. In the name of God Amen this eight day of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, know all men by these presents and I Thomas Loftin of state and county aforesaid being very weak and sick in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given to Almighty God for the same calling to mind the Mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, I make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it, and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a Christian burial at the direction of my executors, nothing doubting but I shall receive the same at the resurrection by the mighty power of God.

Item I give and bequeath to my Dearly and well Beloved Wife, Francis Loftin, one mare named fridgen one feather bed and furniture half my Cattle and all my hoggs all y house and goods and one womans saddle. Item I give to my daughter Betha Lambeth, one feather bed and furniture which she has received. Item I give to my son John Loftin one feather bed and furniture which he has received. Item I give to my son Longfield Loftin one hundred fifty acres of land which he has received. Item I give to my son Joseph Loftin one hundred acres of land which he has received. Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth Lambeth one feather bed and furniture which she has received. Item I give to my daughter Sarah Pryor one feather bed and furniture which she has received. I give to my daughter Mary West one bed and furniture which she has received. Item I give to my daughter Francis Loftin one feather bed and furniture and residue of my cattle and all the rest of my estate except twenty five pound, it being the last payment in the bond which my son Longfield Loftin has given to me. Item I give to my daughter Mary West twenty pound of the bond which my son Longfield has given me to be left in the hands of my executors at their discretion for her maintenance. I ordain wife Francis Loftin and my son Joseph Loftin executors of this my last will and testament and I do utterly disannul and disallow all other wills. In witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal this year and date above written. " Witnessed by Lawson Davis, Frances Loftin and Longfield Loftin. [6]

Sources

  1. Entered by Kenneth Hendrix, Thursday, October 17, 2013.
  2. Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  3. Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Land Grant Files, 1693-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
  4. Progue, Beverly. Quote from "From V58t2738"
  5. North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: FamilySearch, 2016.
  6. Loose Wills and Estate Papers, 1746-1890; Author: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Craven County); Probate Place: Craven, North Carolina
  • Sketches Of Western North Carolina" by C.L. Hunter, Raleigh, The Raleigh News Steam Job Print, 1877.
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Research Notes

The following websites mention Capt. Thomas Loftin:Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical by C. L. HunterBibliographic Record [help] Author Hunter, C. L.Title Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and BiographicalLanguage EnglishEText-No. 12953Release Date 2004-07-19Copyright Status Not copyrighted in the United States. If you live elsewhere check the laws of your country before downloading this ebook.Base Directory /files/12953/website: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12953Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographicalby C. L. Hunter (publ. 1877)http://www.fullbooks.com/Sketches-of-Western-North-Carolina-Historic al6.htmlELISHA WITHERS.Elisha Withers was born in Stafford county, Va., on the 10th ofAugust, 1762. His first service in the Revolutionary war was in 1780,acting for twelve months as Commissary in furnishing provisions forthe soldiers stationed at Captain Robert Alexander's, near theTuckaseege Ford on the Catawba river, their place of rendezvous. Afterthis service, he was drafted and served a tour of three months underCaptain Thomas Loftin and Lieut. Robert Shannon, and marched fromLincoln county to Guilford Court-house under Colonels Locke and Hunt.His time having expired shortly before the battle, he returned home.herXmark Cobb

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kenneth Hendrix for creating Loftin-148 on 17 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Kenneth and others.

  • Stancil, Mable Lofton. The Lofton (Loftin) Descendants. Jan 1986.




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Lofton-329 and Loftin-148 appear to represent the same person because: These are the same person as the family name began as Loftin and changed to Lofton
posted by Joan (Mollet) Wicker

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