Thomas Camp was born 8 Feb 1717 in King and Queen County, Virginia. The SAR records states that he suffered depredation; home pillaged by British and that his home was used by Patriots in preparation for Battle of Kings Mountain in the time of the American Revolution. [1]
As records reveal, this Thomas Camp had the most sons of any colonial family - a total of 26 children in all. He passed away in 1798 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
Thomas Camp's last Will and Testament. Proved in open Ct. April Term 1798:
In the Name of God Amen, I Thomas Camp of Rutherford County of No-Carolina being Sick and weak of Body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God Calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing taht it is appointed for all men onst to Die Do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to Say as Tuching Such Worldly Estate where with it has Pleased God to bless me in this Life I give Didmise & Dispose of the Same in the folowing maner and form First I give and Bequeth to Margret my Dearlly beloved wife all my Stock and household furniture (Excep a horse Colt that I gave to my Son Aaron and one heffer to my Daughter Ruth) and the Land that I live on She is to keep in Peaceable posesion as Long as she Lives for hur benefit and the benefit of the three youngest Sons till they become of age and at hur Decease if before they become of age then a reasonable a Lowance till they Should becom and when they becom of age & if not She is to Continue in persision till hur Decease then the hole of My Property to be Equally Divided Amoungst my Children as folows after giving to my Sons Edward John Thomas William & Josephe Nathen & Benjaman five Shillings starlin Each & to my Daughter Lusey Hearn the same & to (my Son Aaron(lined out)) my Daughter Ruth a feather Bead the rest of all my property to be Equally Diveded amoung my Last wifes Children viz, Cranshw James Daniel Lewis Stephen Aaron Unica Ruth George & Joshua I hereby utterly Disalow revok and Disanul all and Every other former will by me in any waise made rattifiong & Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Eighth Day of January iun the yeare of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Ninty Eight and I appoint Crashaw Camp and Daniel Camp my Executors to this my Last will and Testament Signed Sealed Published . . . Thom Camp(Seal) Pronounst & Dclelard by the Sd Thomas Camp as his Last will and Testament in the Presence of us who in his Presence & in the Presence of Each other have hereunto Subscribed our Names John McKinney David Patterson Benjm. Hix
These are a few of several land records with Thomas Camp.
1779- Old First Register, Rutherford County, North Carolina. No. 507 (Granted Nov. 2 , 1779). Thomas Camp claiming 200 acres of land in Tryon County on the south side of Main Broad River (?) hawkins shoal on said River including his own improvement. January 2, 1779. No. 508. (granted) Thomas Camp claiming 100 acres of land in Tryon County on the south side of Main Broad River above pools Brach incloding John Wilson's improvement. January 20, 1779.
1780- Orangeburg Dist., South Carolina Deed Book JL, page 181. Dated March 21, 1780, recorded March 26, 1794. Christopher Hicks, Orangeburg District, South Carolina, to Thomas Camp of Rutherford County, North Carolina, for 80£ land on Sandy Run, a north branch of White Oak Creek in Rutherford County. Witnesses: Cranshaw Camp and Daniel Camp.
Deed Book 10-11, page 91. Dated April 12, 1795, recorded December 26, 1798. Thomas Camp to William Womack, both of Rutherford County, North Carolina, for 20 lb. , 100 acres in Rutherford County on both sides of Obed Hill's Creek. mentions Elizabeth Armstrong's corner. Granted Thomas Camp November 28, 1792. Witnesses: Isaac Safield, Daniel Webb, and William Smith.
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