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Thomas Appling (abt. 1726 - bef. 1801)

Thomas Appling
Born about in King and Queen County, Colony of Virginiamap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1750 in Amelia, Virginia Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , and
Died before before about age 75 in Wilkes County, Georgia, USAmap
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Biography

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Thomas Appling was a Virginia colonist.
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Thomas Appling is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A207498.

Thomas Appling was born about 1726 or 1730, presumably in Virginia. He died before 27 July 1801 in Wilkes County, Georgia.

Thomas and his wife Susannah resided in Amelia County, Virginia, before 28 February 1760.[1]

Thomas and his wife Susannah removed to Albemarle County, Virginia, before 10 October 1765.[2]

According to the DAR database,[3] he apparently resided in Amelia County, Virginia, took an oath of allegiance in 1777, and his service included furnishing supplies.[3]

Thomas Aplin and his sons David and Joel Applin are listed in the 1784–1787 State Census of North Carolina in Surry County, in Captain Humphre's District.[4] Listed in the same district are the Laurance family (husband of daughter Elizabeth), John Douglass (husband of daughter Martha), and several persons with the name Harris (possible family of Nathaniel Harris).

Head of Household, WM 21-60, WM <21 & >60, WF, B 12-50, B <12 & >50
Thomas: 1, 0, 2, 1, 1
David: 1, 2, 2, 0, 0
Joel: 1, 3, 4, 0, 0

Thomas is presumably preparing to remove from Albemarle County when he sells the remainder of his land there on 12 April 1780.[5]

Thomas Aplin is listed in the 1790 US Census in Surry County, North Carolina.[6] He is listed next to his son Joel Aplin.

On 13 January 1796, in Wilkes County, Georgia, "Tho's. Appling in acc't. with Tho's. Green To moveing him & his family from the state of North Carolina to Georgia. $42..86"[7] On 18 Mar 1803, Joel Appling, Thomas' son and executor of his estate, paid Tho's. Greene this amount, so it appears that Thomas Green moved Thomas Appling's family to Georgia around 1796.

Death

Thomas left a Will dated 19 March 1800, in Wilkes County, Georgia.[8] He appointed his son Joel Appling and James Muckelroy as executors. The Will was witnessed by James Spratling and Joel Appling.

The Will was proved on 27 July 1801, by James Spratling and Thomas Appling.[9]

In his Will, he wishes his funeral charges paid with his lawful debts from his estate, and the remainder equally divided between his children. He lists the following:

  1. his child Joel Appling
  2. his child Thomas Appling
  3. his child David Appling
  4. heir Elizabeth Laurance
  5. heir Martha Douglas
  6. heir Mildred Green
  7. heir Susanna Harris

He had apparently given his son Joel other items including horses and money before the date of the Will. [Those listed as heirs are apparently his daughters.]

An appraisement of his estate was conducted by William Hudspeth, Harris Coleman and Jon Fanning, signed 13 August 1801, and recorded 31 July 1806.[10] His estate was appraised at $370..37 and 1/2.

The return of the sale of his estate was dated 19 September 1801, and recorded 15 August 1806.[11][12][7] The proceeds from the sale were $836..18 and 3/4.

Timeline

1758 Dec 8 - John Mosely and Margaret his wife of Granville County, North Carolina, bound themselves in the amount of £22.0.0 current money unto Thomas Apling of Amelia County, Virginia. The condition of the obligation is such that if the above bound John Mosely and Margaret his wife doth make a firm and proper right of 100 acres of land lying in Little Sailors Creek joining Jacksons Ward and Calicots free from the claim or claims of any person or persons laying any claim or title to the said land that then this obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force. Wit: William Hurt, John Jackson, Jacob Garrett, Mathen Hanton. Ack: John Mosely (his mark). Ordered to be recorded at Court held for Amelia County on 22 February 1759.[13]

1758 Dec 8 - Indenture between John Mosely of Amelia County, Virginia, planter, and Thomas Apling of Amelia County, Virginia, for £11.0.0 current money, 100 acres, in Amelia County, Virginia, beginning upon the little fork of Sailors Creek and running up the east side to a beach in Callocots line and keeping the same to where it crosses the road at two dead pines, a NW course to Richard Wards corner, to Brantons line and to the beginning. Wit: William Hurt, John Jackson, Jacob Garrett, Mathen Hanton. Ack: John Mosely (his mark). Ordered to be recorded at Court held for Amelia County on 22 February 1759.[14]

1760 Feb 28 - Indenture between Thomas Appling & Susanah his Wife of Amelia County, Virginia, and William George of Amelia County, Virginia, for £20.0.0 current money of Virginia, 100 acres, in Amelia County and Nottoway Parish, Virginia, beginning upon the little fork of Sailors Creek and running up the east side of the said creek toa beach in Callicoats now John Webbs line, along the same to where it crosses the road at two dead pine trees, a NW course to Richard Wards now James Mitchels corner, to Brantens Line, along his to the beginning. Wit: name. Chrispin Shelton, Thomas Payne, Mark Moor. Ack: Thomas Appling, Susannah Appling (her mark). Ordered to be recorded at Court held for Amelia County on 28 February 1760.[1] Susanna was first privately examined as the law directs.

1765 Oct 10 - Indenture between George Duglas of Albemarle County, Virginia, and Thomas Aplin of Albemarle County, Virginia, for £38.0.0 current money of Virginia, 350 acres, in Albemarle County, Virginia, part of a grant of 400 acres [sold] to George Duglas by Charles Lewis Sr. dated 6 July 1741, beginning at Lewises corner and running on his lines S 15 E at 44 a branch at 204 another in all 392 poles to Pointers and S 73 E 71 poles to his Pointers over a branch N 32 E 143 poles to a corner upon a dogwood N 38 W 383 poles to a hickory and S 60 W 38 poles to the first station. Wit: (none). Ack: George Duglas. Ordered to be recorded at Court held for Ablemarle County on 10 October 1765.[2] Mary the wife of the said George personally appeared and being first privately examined as the Law directs voluntarily relinquished her right of dower.

1768 Aug 9 - Indenture between Thomas Appling and his Wife Suzanah of Albemarle County, Virginia, and Thomas Maxwell of Albemarle County, Virginia, for £19.10.0 current money of Virginia, 100 acres, in Albemarle County, Virginia, part of a grant unto Charles Lewis Sr. of 400 acres, beginning at the old line on a red oak and running partly a NE course by N to a chesnut, to a chesnut oak, to the old line on the other side coming on a (?) oak and bound on the other side by the said Thomas Maxwell it being a conuntable line agreed uupon by the said Thomas Appling and Thomas Maxwell. Wit: name. (none). Ack: Thomas Appling. Ordered to be recorded at Court held for Albemarle County on 10 August 1768.[15] Suzanah the wife of the said Thomas personally appeared in Court and having first been privately examined as the Law directs voluntarily relinquished her right of dower.

1780 Apr 12 - Indenture between Thomas Appling of Albemarle County, Virginia, and Bezeleel Maxwell Jr. of Albemarle County, Virginia, for £1200.0.0 current money of Virginia, 250 acres, in Albemarle County, Virginia, being the whole remaining part in his possession of a larger tract of land containing 400 acres primarily purchased by him of George Douglass and by said Douglass of Col. Charles Lewis, bounded by the lines of the said Bezeleel Maxwell, Pleasant Martin and that of William Maxwels formerly the residence and property of the said George Douglass and now the property and in the possession of the said Bezeleel Maxwell. Wit: (none). Ack: Thomas Appling. Ordered to be recorded Albemarle County April Court 1780.[5] [Note Thomas' wife Susannah is not mentioned. Is she now deceased?]

Research Notes

Often Conflated

This Thomas Appling (abt.1726-bef.1801) is often confused with Thomas Appling (aft.1726-1816) or Thomas Appling (abt.1755-1835).

Thomas Appling (aft.1726-1816) died intestate in 1816 in Granville County, North Carolina, without surviving wife or children. Petitions for the division of his land name his lawful heirs in detail.

Therefore, Thomas Appling (abt.1726-bef.1801) can not be the son of Thomas Appling (1687-bef.1743) and Mary (Clemmons) Puryear (1700-1743) unless:

Thomas Appling (abt.1755-1835) is his son, and executed a Will on 13 Feb 1835 in Amherst County, Virginia.

Birth Date

The birth date of 1726 is shared with that of Thomas Appling (aft.1726-1816) and appears to be unsourced for both. It is perhaps conflated.

Virginia Origins

The birth place of King and Queen County, Colony of Virginia, is unsourced. It may be based on 3 records in that county in 1742. But those records are probably associated with Thomas Appling (1687-bef.1743) based on the repeated occurrence of the name Elisha Estes (abt.1703-bef.1782) in his records. Spratlin-29 14:10, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

These records are collected here to look at origin and possible conflation. Spratlin-29 21:29, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

  • 1742 Deed, Virginia, King and Queen County, Thomas Applin/Appling & Richard Appling & Elisha Estes (3 records). [not this Thomas]
  • Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1660–1800, Thomas Apelin-Susanna Mckenny, 12 Jan 1788, Brunswick Co, VA. [unsourced; search of Ancestry.com trees reveals this is probably Thomas Asselin, not Appling.]
  • Thomas Apling, in the Virginia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890. Albemarle County, Virginia, 1779 rent roll. [this Thomas]
  • Albemarle Co VA Tax List, 1782, John Alplin. [who?]
  • Albemarle Co VA Tax List, 1782. [this Thomas NOT listed, already in Surry Co NC?]
  • 1784 (1784–1787) North Carolina Census, North Carolina, Granville Co., Thomas Aplin/Applin. [not this Thomas]
  • 1784 (1784–1787) North Carolina Census, North Carolina, Surry Co., Thomas Aplin, David, Joel. [this Thomas]
  • 1790 US Census, North Carolina, Surry Co., Thomas Aplin, Joel Aplin. [this Thomas]
  • 1790 US Census, North Carolina, Granville Co., Thomas Aplin. [not this Thomas]
  • 1796 Receipt (1804 Estate Returns, image 17) Thomas Green Thomas Appling from North Carolina to Georgia [this Thomas]
This Thomas Appling is apparently in Wilkes Co. GA about 1796.
  • 1800 Will, Georgia, Wilkes Co., Thomas Appling. [this Thomas]
  • 1800 US Census, North Carolina, Granville Co., Thomas Aplin. [not this Thomas]
  • 1803 Land Lottery, Georgia, Wilkes Co., Thomas Appling, Early Records Vol. I, p306. [this Thomas' son?]
  • 1804 Probate, Georgia, Wilkes Co., Thomas Appling, Early Records Vol. II, p195. [this Thomas]
  • 1810 US Census, Virginia, Amherst Co., Thomas Aplin. [not this Thomas]
  • 1810 US Census, North Carolina, Granville Co., Thomas Appling. [not this Thomas]
  • 1816 Will, North Carolina, Granville Co., Thomas Appling. [not this Thomas]
  • 1820 US Census, Georgia, Clarke Co., Ortho H Appling (?), William, Joel.
  • 1820 US Census, Georgia, Wilkes Co., Joel Jopling.
  • 1820 US Census, Kentucky, Simpson Co., Thomas Appling.
  • 1820 US Census, Virginia, Amherst Co., Thomas Apling.
  • 1830 US Census, Georgia, Clarke Co., Watter A. Appling, William, Burwill.
  • 1830 US Census, Georgia, Wilkes Co., Joel Appling.
  • 1830 US Census, Virginia, Amherst Co., Thomas Aplin.
  • 1830 US Census, Virginia, Amherst Co., Thomas Appling.
  • 1835 Will, Virginia, Amherst Co., Thomas Appling (1755–1835)?

Military Service

Need to review "HADFIELD, HIST NOTES ON AMELIA CO, VA, P 36" (1982, not available online) and DAR records. Thomas & Susannah are in Albemarle Co. VA before 1765. So possibly conflated with a different Thomas.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 County Court, Amelia County, Virginia, Deed books, 1734-1869; general indexes to deeds, 1734-1974, Deed books, v. 7-8 1759-1765; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKH-Q9FV-B?cat=282005), images 95-96.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 County Court, Albemarle County, Virginia, Deeds, 1748-1917 ; general indexes 1748-1917, Deed books, v. 2-4 1758-1768; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4X-5SDD-1?cat=283051), images 560-561.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 HADFIELD, HIST NOTES ON AMELIA CO, VA, P 36; ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 1, P 67.
  4. ↑ Mrs. Alvaretta Kenan, Register (transcriber, indexer), State Census of North Carolina, 1784–1787, Second Edition — Revised' (1971), pp145-146; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDT-Z9TS-8?i=434&cat=39790), image 435.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 County Court, Albemarle County, Virginia, Deeds, 1748-1917 ; general indexes 1748-1917, Deed books, v. 7-9 1776-1789; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4X-G4HF?cat=283051), images 244-245.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-CKW : accessed 16 February 2022), Thomas Aplin, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 522, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Wilkes County Estate Records, RG 257-2-2, Georgia Archives, GRG2-244 (10130-009), Thomas Appling; database with images, Georgia Archives Virtual Vault (https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/p17154coll10/id/9553/rec/5).
  8. ↑ Court of Ordinary, Wilkes County, Georgia, Wills 1791-1921, Book C 1791-1795 Wills 1793-1801, 1806-1808 Book HH 1810-1816 Book GG 1818-1819; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93L-P56M?i=211&cc=1999178&cat=147759), image 212.
  9. ↑ Court of Ordinary, Wilkes County, Georgia, Wills 1791-1921, Book C 1791-1795 Wills 1793-1801, 1806-1808 Book HH 1810-1816 Book GG 1818-1819; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93L-P57D?i=212&cc=1999178&cat=147759), image 213.
  10. ↑ Inferior Court, Wilkes County, Georgia, Inventory & appraisement and sales on estates, 1794-1924, 1795-1799, 1794 Book L-L inventory 1794-1806; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893L-PDXB?i=301&wc=9SYT-GPG%3A267832301%2C267859301&cc=1999178), image 302.
  11. ↑ Inferior Court, Wilkes County, Georgia, Inventory & appraisement and sales on estates, 1794-1924, 1795-1799, 1794 Book L-L inventory 1794-1806; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93L-P89J?i=318&wc=9SYT-GPG%3A267832301%2C267859301&cc=1999178), image 319.
  12. ↑ Grace Gillam Davidson (abstractor, compiler), Early Records of Georgia, Volume II, Wilkes County (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, 1997, 2011) p195.
  13. ↑ County Court, Amelia County, Virginia, Deed books, 1734-1869; general indexes to deeds, 1734-1974, Deed books, v. 5-6 1749, 1753-1759; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKH-Q9FK-G?cat=282005), image 528.
  14. ↑ County Court, Amelia County, Virginia, Deed books, 1734-1869; general indexes to deeds, 1734-1974, Deed books, v. 5-6 1749, 1753-1759; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKH-Q9FG-3?cat=282005), image 529.
  15. ↑ County Court, Albemarle County, Virginia, Deeds, 1748-1917 ; general indexes 1748-1917, Deed books, v. 2-4 1758-1768; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4X-5SXF-N?cat=283051), image 741.

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Ken Spratlin
This Thomas Appling (abt.1726-bef.1801) should be detached from Thomas Appling (1687-1743). That purported father had a son Thomas Appling (aft.1726-1816) who died in 1816 without surviving wife or children. See profile for court records. So clearly not the father of this Thomas.
posted by Ken Spratlin
Kirkpatrick-3930 Tammy Kirkpatrick
Thomas Appling of Amherst County, Virginia is not the same person as this Thomas Appling. His will begins on page 8 of Chancery Record 1839-005 filed in Amherst County. https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/full_case_detail.asp?CFN=009-1839-005#img
posted by Tammy Kirkpatrick
Ken Spratlin
Agreed. Thomas of Amherst has a profile Thomas Appling (abt.1755-1835).

There is then a second issue. When Appling-22 was reattached on 18 Feb 2021 (had been detached on 8 Aug 2021) as father of this Thomas without source, US Southern Colonies Project added PMP/PPP to this profile, but clearly we forgot to detach Appling-22. Will get that done.

posted by Ken Spratlin
edited by Ken Spratlin
Kirkpatrick-3930 Tammy Kirkpatrick
I do not believe this Thomas Appling was the son of Thomas Appling and Mary Clemmons (Clemmons-62). There is a transcript of a Petition filed in the probate of her son, Thomas Appling. In this it states he died in 1816 in Granville Co., NC and did not have a surviving wife or children.

Thank you!

posted by Tammy Kirkpatrick

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