Thomas Love (1766 - 1844)

Born 16 Nov 1766 in Christian Creek, Augusta, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Dillard) Love — married 12 Jan 1788 in , Washington, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Oct 1844 at age 77 in Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States

Biography

Thomas Love, Esqr. was born 16 Nov 1766 to Samuel Love and Dorcas Bell in Christian Creek, Augusta, Virginia.

Marriage

He married Martha "Patsy" Dillard on 12 Jan 1788 in Washington Co. North Carolina, now Tennessee. She was born 27 Sep 1774 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia and died 3 Nov 1832 in Macon County, North Carolina and is buried in the Methodist Church Cemetery near Franklin, North Carolina. (Included in a letter written by Nathan Calvin Howard to a family member).

Genealogy In Part of The Love Family

:"General Thomas Love lived all the latter days of his life in Henry County, Tenn. He represented the Senatorial District in the State Senate for a number of years. Was a stern, resolute, Scotch Irish character. His oldest son James was an ordinary man, did not marry well and raised a very ordinary family. The second son, Samuel was a Methodist preacher, only had one child, a daughter, who was fairly accomplished. the third son, John, married and took to drink, raised two sons, very good citizens. The fourth son, Thomas, went to Missouri did well and raised a nice family. The fifth son, Albert, who was your Grandfather, married Myra Jordon of Gibson County, Tennessee, daughter of Benton Jordon.

:They were nice people and your grandmother was a most excellent woman. He died at middle age and left his wife with four children, all small, Joseph B., the oldest married Mollie Calhoun, a splendid girl. He lived several years and left her with three children, a girl and two boys, some time afterwards she married a McWilson.

:Mattie Elinor, your mother was the second child, she and I were married Jan. 30th 1865 at Trezervant, Tenn.

:Albert ___ Love was the third child, very intelligent, married a miss Patton, died rather young, and left her with three children and later she married a Mr. Gardiner.

:Thomas Benton Love, the youngest was naturally wild and made worse by his mother dying when he was young. He married a Miss Bettie Young, a splendid girl of good family. He is still living so far as I know, in Texas. I have heard nothing from him in many years, I heard he was practicing medicine. He drank too much for a long time. I write you this as in a letter from Frank he said you were to see him and ___ and in reviewing the family history he said you did not know much of your mother's family." ______

From General Thomas Love of western North Carolina and western Tennessee and his brothers Robert and James

"Samuel Love and Dorcas Bell were married in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1759 and settled near Tinkling Spring. They had six children. Samuel Love moved his family to Wythe County, Virginia, ca. 1775, and attempted to settled in Carter's Valley, Tennessee, ca. 1776. After Tennessee, Samuel Love returned to Wythe County, Virginia, where he died in 1781. His son, Thomas Love (1766-1844) was born in Augusta County. He was too young to fight in the Revoluionary War with his brothers, Robert and James. After his father's death, he migrated to Robert Love to east Tennessee. They (Thomas and Martha) migrated to Buncombe County, North Carolina, in 1790. He was in Indian battles and was known of General Love by 1790. He married Matha Dillard. They had at least ten children. He and his wife are buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesville, North Carolina."^[1]

Tennessee Cousins

From: Worth Ray book Tennessee Cousins

"THOMAS LOVE was a brother of HON. ROBERT LOVE, a son of SAMUEL LOVE and Dorcas Bell and grandson of EPHRAIM LOVE of Augusta County, Va. He was younger than ROBERT LOVE & born in 1765. He also moved to Washington County, North Carolina, (afterwards Tennessee) following the revolution and participated in the Sevier-Tipton controversy, and was a great friend of Sevier, tho he appears to have been aligned with Col. Tipton's forces.

General" THOMAS LOVE, as he was called, also removed to North Carolina and settled in Buncombe County, where he lived for thirty years, serving most of the time in the Legislature. Later he moved to Macon County, and then to Tennessee, where he also served the balance of his life in the Legislature, being, it is said, Speaker of the Senate. His wife died in Macon County after he moved there."

Notes taken from Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee

"GENERAL THOMAS LOVE. He was a brother of Robert Love, and was born in A[u]gusta county, Va., November 15, 1765. The date of his death is not accurately known, as he removed to Maury county, Tenn., about 1833. Prof. W. C. Allen, in his "Centennial of Haywood County", says (p.55) that he was a soldier of the Revolution, and served under Washington," but this must have been towards the close of that struggle, as he could not have been quite eleven years of age on the 4th of July, 1776. At the close of that war, however, "he went to East Tennessee and was in the Sevier-Tipton war when the abortive State of Franklin was attempted."

Ramsey's "Annals of Tennessee" (p. 410) records the fact that on one occasion one of Tipton's men had captured two of Sevier's sons, and would have hanged them if Thomas Love had not argued him out of his purpose. He was one of Tipton's follow'ers, but he showed Tipton the unworthiness of such an act. "He came to what is now Haywood county about the year 1790. When Buncombe was formed in 1791 he became active in the affairs of the new county," continues Prof. Allen. In 1797 he was elected to the house of commons from Buncombe, and was re-elected till 1808, when Haywood was formed, largely through his efforts. There is a tradition[26] that in 1796 he had been candidate against Philip Hoodenpile who represented Buncombe in the commons that year, but was defeated. For Hoodenpile could play the violin, and all of Love's wiles were powerless to keep the political Eurydices from following after this fiddling Orpheus. But Love bided his time, and when the campaign of 1797 began he charged Hoodenpile with showing contempt for the common herd by playing the violin before them with his left hand; whereas, when he played before "the quality," as Love declared, Hoodenpile always performed with his right hand. This charge was repeated at all the voting places of the county, which bore such significant names as Upper and Lower Hog Thief, Hardscrabble, Pinch Stomach, etc. Hoodenpile who, of course, could play only with his left hand, protested and denied; but the virus of class-feeling had been aroused, and Hoodenpile went down in defeat, never to rise again, while Love remained in Buncombe. "From the new county of Haywood General Love was one of the first representatives, the other having been Thomas Lenoir. Love was continuously re-elected from Haywood till 1829, with the exception of the year 1816. Who it was that defeated him that year does not appear, though John Stevenson and Wm. Welch were elected to the house and Hodge Raborne to the senate. This Hodge Raborne was a man of influence and standing in Haywood county, he having been elected to the senate not only in 1816, but also from 1817 to 1823, inclusive, and again in 1838; but whether it was he or John Stevenson who defeated Thomas Love, or whether he ran that year or no, cannot now be determined. [27] William Welch was a nephew by marriage of Thomas Love, and it is not likely that he opposed him. Gen. Love moved to Macon county in 1830, where his wife died and is buried in the Methodist church yard of the town of Franklin. He was one of the commissioners for North Carolina who ran the line between this State and South Carolina in 1814.28 "He resided in Macon for several years, and then removed to the Western District of Tennessee; was elected to the legislature from that State, and was made presiding officer of the senate. He was a man of very fine appearance, more than six feet high, very popular, and a fine electioneer. Many amusing stories are told of him, such as carrying garden seeds in his pocket, and distributing them" with his wife's special regards to the voter's wife. 29 His service in the legislature for such an unprecedented length of time was due more to his genial manner and electioneering methods, perhaps, than to his statesmanship; though, unless he secured what the voters most desired he would most probably have been retired from public life. He never was so retired.

Letter to Robert Love

Letter from Thomas Love to his brother Robert Love of Haywood County, North Carolina, Henry Co., Paris, Tennessee.

Dear Brother: 16th, May 1844

You, no doubt, have understood how I have been afflicted for the last 2 or 3 years with Rheumatic pains in my neck. My suffering has been great since the warm weather set in. I think the pain in my neck has a little abated, but my left knee and right elbow and wrist are in such a situation that I can scarcely walk about yard. I did think in the Winter that after warm weather set in, I would be able to go to Carolina and see you once more in this life, but at this time, my dear brother, it is utterly impossible with me. I received a letter from your grandson, Robert Love, of Carter County, some time in Feb. last, stating that he was authorized by you to receive from the Gambles, the balance of what was coming to you from the estate of our uncle, Joseph Bell, deceased, of August County, Va., which is about, or near, two hundred dollars. I have no doubt but what your grandson's statements was correct, but still I would prefer an order from under your had to show as a voucher by what authority I paid over the money. I have been trying for some several years past to collect the money without making a journey particularly for it, but I never could until sometime last Spring, or Summer, when I met with a young man living in the adjoining county, who informed me that he was going to the lower part of Virginia, and I contracted with him to go by the way of Staunton and collect the money, which he did. He has not paid to over to me as yet, but is to do so in the course of two or three weeks from this time. I consider the money entirely sage. If you still intend your Grandson to have said money, you will write to me immediately on the subject, etc. I received a letter from my Nephew, Jas. B. Love, dated 5th, of April last, who stated your health was good as usual, which I was truly glad to hear. Our friends in this country, so far as I have any knowledge, are enjoying reasonable good health, et., I am,

Affectionately and truly your brother until death,

Thomas Love

Register of Deeds, Buncombe County, North Carolina

He is recorded in the register of deeds for Buncombe County, North Carolina as the Grantee of 3 Negro slaves from Josiah Dillard.^[2]

Jenny, 22 yrs old and her two children, Rose, 6 yrs and David, 18 months.

Death

From Phillip Cook ...notes on the internet....."google" General Thomas Love

General Thomas Love is buried in Blake Cemetery in Henry County, Tennessee near Paris, Tennessee. His grave stone says: "Born November 16, 1766 and Died October 8, 1844."

Will

General Thomas Love's will (a long one) was signed May 9, 1844 and probated at the June term of Court in Henry County, TN in 1844.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ General Thomas Love of western North Carolina and western Tennessee, and his brothers Robert and James. by Robert Abner Love, FHL Film # 877542 Item 3, [1]
2. ↑ Buncombe County Government, Register of Deeds, Slave Records website accessed 05-14-2022 Link to Index Page
3. ↑ Probate: "Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008"
   Henry County, Tennessee Will Books; Author: Tennessee County Court (Henry County); Probate Place: Henry, Tennessee
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 9176 #4172090 (accessed 14 May 2022)
   Thomas Love signed on 9 May 1844.

• Source: Bibliography VALUE The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. International Genealogical Index(R). Copyright (c) 1980, 2002.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 16 NOV 1766

Place: VA

Birth:

Date: 16 NOV 1766

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 16 NOV 1766