Amos Thames (abt. 1744 - bef. 1810)

Born about 1744 in North Carolina [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 1810 before about age 66 in South Carolina, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Amos Thames, son of Thomas Thames, is tricky! Care must be taken not to confuse him with Amos Timms or his son Amos Timms Jr.

Amos is named in his father's will. He and his brother John received 220 acres as their legacy from their father Thomas.

He, along with his brothers John and Thomas, went to South Carolina.

According to the Forrester Family Record, Sarah (Thames) Forrester was the daughter of Amos Thames and his wife Sarah.^[1] The two entries are:

Marriages: James Forrester and Sarah, daughter of Amos and Sarah Thames; married December Tenth 10th A.D. One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Six 1796.

Deaths: Sarah, wife of James Forrester, daughter of Amos and Sarah Thames, mother of William and James Forrester, died ninth 9th of March A.D. Eighteen hundred - 1800 - Aged 21 years 2 moths[sic] & 10 days.

Sometime before 11 Oct 1766, Amos and his brother John sold the 220 acres they inherited from their father in 1758 to John Legett, because on that date John Legett and his wife Rachael sold the land to Amos and John's sister Marcy and her husband James Jackson.^[2]

28 Apr 1768 (surveyed) and 22 Mar 1769 (issued) - Amos Themes received a grant for 100 acres in Craven County South Carolina near St Mark's Parish Church, bounded on all sides by vacant land.^[3][4] This area later became Camden District, then Sumter Co, and in 1855 became Clarendon Co.

5 Jun 1770 - Amos received a land grant of another 100 acres (in addition to the 1769 grant).^[5]

Both of these grants are also mentioned in the marriage agreement between William H B Richardson and Dorothy A Richardson dated 4 Nov 1830.^[6] Amos's land became the property of Dorothy A Richardson at the death of her father Charles Richardson. How Charles acquired this land is not yet known; deeds between Charles and others, and also between Richard Richardson (Charles's father) and others are being examined.

1781 - Amos Themes's Account Audited (File No. 7707) of Claims Growing Out of The American Revolution. The account is signed by R Richardson, St Marks, which would be St Mark's Parish SC, aka Camden District SC.^[7]

16 Nov 1781 - Camden District SC - Amos Thames purchased one tea kettle for 1 lb, 12 shillings, 6 pence from the estate of James and Mary Brown (this must have been quite the tea kettle, for that price) ^[8]

24 Sep 1784 - grant for 240 acres on Sammy Swamp, Camden District SC

14 Oct 1784 - grant for 400 acres on Long Branch, Camden District SC

2 Sep 1785 - Certificate issued to Amos Themes for Six pound fifteen Shillings & Eight pence for 95 Days Duty in the Militia Per acct audit.d[sic]^[9]

22 Dec 1788 (surveyed) 12 Mar 1789 - Amos Thames grant for 200 acres on a branch of White Oak Creek, Camden District SC.

Camden District was divided, resulting in new counties.

1790 - Census - Clarendon Co SC - Males over age 16 - 3. Males under age 16 - 2. White Females - 1.

1800 - Census - St Peters, Beaufort Co SC - Males 45+ - 1. Males 16-25 - 2. Males 10-15 - 2. Females <10 - 1. Females 10-15 - 1. Females 45+ - 1. This census tells us this Amos is the son of Thomas. His latest possible birth year would be 1755.

In 1794, Amos Thames Jr Esqr - this Amos's son - was appointed sheriff of Clarendon Co SC for a term of four years..^[10] In the deed books for Sumter Co SC, there are three sheriff's deeds wherein Amos Thames Esq Sheriff conveys land to other parties according to court orders from lawsuits

Sources

1. ↑ National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol 17 p 50-51, "Forrester Family Records" contributed by Jean Stephenson Washington DC
2. ↑ Bladen Co NC Deed Book p 337
3. ↑ Columbia SC Royal Grants Class 1, Book 18, 1768-1769, p 253[1]
4. ↑ SC Memorials, Book 8 p 452
5. ↑ SC Royal Land Grants Book 19 p 516
6. ↑ Columbia SC Miscellaneous Record Book No. G 1829-1831, p 161
7. ↑ SC Department of Archives and History, Account Audited (File No. 7707) Of Claims Growing Out Of The American Revolution
8. ↑ Kershaw Co SC will Book A p 10
9. ↑ Stub Entries to Indents Issued in Payment of Claims Against South Carolina Growing Out of the Revolution, SC Treasury, 1925
10. ↑ SC Miscellaneous Records Book A p 279

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Barbara Corley for creating WikiTree profile Thames-119 through the import of export-BloodTree.ged on May 12, 2013.