Herod James Thornton (1778 - bef. 1840)

Born 13 Feb 1778 in Duplin, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Sally (Smith) Thornton — married 17 Mar 1800 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia

Husband of Nancy (Wise) Settle — married 7 Apr 1826 (to about 1840) in Oglethorpe County, Georgia

Descendants

Died before Jul 1840 before age 62 in Claiborne, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Herod James “Wood” Thornton was born in 1775^[1] in Duplin, North Carolina. he was the son of Herod Thornton age 38 and Phereby Unknown age 36. He was the 5th son of 7 children.

On Feb 10th 1794 “HEROD THORNTON and Pherebe, his wife, of Oglethorpe Co, for love and affection we bear to our son Herod Thornton, Jr., of the same place, for 10 lbs. sterling, land on south fork of Goose Pond Creek being part of a larger tract of land granted to said HEROD, Description of land deals in chains, feet, degrees, and various kinds of trees. Mentioned in description is “corner of said THORNTON and Miles Jennings near the creek thence to creek thence up creek to Richard Thornton’s line …land on south side of creek. “ Wit: J. Moore, J..P. Signed HEROD THORNTON and Feraby (X) Thornton. No acres”.^[2]

He married Sally (Smith) Thornton on March 17th, 1800 in Oglethorpe Georga .^[3]They had 11 children.

1. Harrison Lindsey Thornton (1801-1880)
2. James Andrew Thornton (1802-1863)
3. Blanton Franklin Thornton (1804-1884)
4. Miles Clinton Jackson Thornton (1804-1845)
5. Carlton Crawford Thornton (1805-1873)
6. Zilly (Thornton) Bentley (1808-)
7. Frances T (Thornton) Coxe (1810-)
8. Lilly Phereby (Thornton) Patton (1812-1875)
9. Nancy Caroline (Thornton) Flowers (1818-1870)
10. Catherine (Thornton) Fortner (1820-)
11. Reuben Herod Thornton (1821-1892)

They are shown in Oglethorpe Georga in 1810^[4] and 1920. ^[5]

Sally died sometime before 1826.

He married Nancy (Wise) Thornton on April 7 1826 in Oglethorpe, Georgia. ^[6]

On August 20, 1833 He sold his property in Oglethorpe to his son Carlton Crawford Thornton, to Move to Mississippi. “HEROD THORNTON to Carlton Crawford Thornton for $800, 256 ac. On waters of Mack Creek. Disctiption mentions Jennings, Isaiah Goolsby, John Thornton”.^[7]Carlton then sold it to followed the family.

He and his family were in Claiborne Mississippi in 1840.^[8]

He died before July 13, 1840, in Mississippi at the age of 64. Documents were filed for the Estate of Deceased, July 13, 1840 in Claiborne Co., Mississippi, Probate court, Recorded Bond book, P. 406, 407 FOR Estate of HERIOD THORNTON, Dec’d - Nancy Thornton, William G. guice, James Throckmorton and Jacob Rundell posted $2,500 bond with Judge of probate.^[9]

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Bobbie fay (Mohler) Thornton for her research of the Thornton Family both in interviews and Court house documents, for her book.

Thank you to George Berthelson for creating WikiTree profile Thorton-43 through the import of Katie McManus.ged on Mar 11, 2013.

Notes

1820 Oglethorpe County, Georgia Census; Roll: M33_7; Page: 193; Image: 202.
Herod Thornton
Males: 1 under age 10 (born 1810-1820); 1 age 10-16 (born 1804-1810); 1 age 16-18 (born 1802-1804); 2 age 16-26 (born 1794-1804); 1 age 26-45 (born 1775-1794).
Females: 4 under age 10 (born 1810-1820); 2 age 10-16 (born 1804-1810); 1 age 26-45 (born 1775-1794).

1840 Claiborne County, Mississippi Census; Roll: 213; Page: 73.
Herod Thornton
Males: 1 age 15-20 (born 1820-1825); 1 age 20-30 (born 1810-1820); 1 age 60-70 (born 1770-1780).
Females: 2 under age 5 (born 1835-1840); 1 age 5-10 (born 1830-1835); 1 age 10-15 (born 1825-1830); 1 age 20-30 (born 1810-1820); 1 age 30-40 (born 1800-1810).

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 ; Source number: 888.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JT2; Ancestry's U.S. and International Marriage Records Ancestry Record 7836 #1217898
2. ↑ 1794 Feb 10, Oglethorpe Co, GA, Deed Book A p 129
3. ↑ Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978; Ancestry's Georgia Marriage Records Ancestry Record 4766 #480800
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL9-VQ6 : accessed 27 January 2020), Herod Thornton, Sampson, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 478, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 42; FHL microfilm 337,915.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLW-WP9 : accessed 26 January 2020), Herod Thornton, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States; citing p. 193, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 175,766.
6. ↑ Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978; Ancestry's Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties Ancestry Record 4766 #479988
7. ↑ 1833 Aug. 20, Oglethorpe co., Ga., Deed Book N, p 568
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTS-KSQ : 15 August 2017), Herod Thornton, Claiborne, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 73, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 213; FHL microfilm 14,840.
9. ↑ 1840 July 13, Claiborne Co., Miss., Probate court, Recorded Bond, p. 406, 407 FOR Estate of HEROD THORNTON, Dec’d

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