Joseph & Susannah Bullock Thigpen Bible

The following was taken from "Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama", page 117,
THIGPEN, JOSEPH, aged 76, and a resident of Perry County; private N. C, 
Militia; enrolled on September 24, 1833, under act of Congress of June 
7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $20; sums 
received to date of publication of list, $50.___Revolutionary Pension Roll, 
in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34

His Revolutionary War papers that I have gives his Pension # 19903; Rev. War 
# S 14684 NC, and are recorded in the Office of the Clerk County Courthouse, 
Greensboro, Alabama

The following was taken from "A Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers and 
Patroits in Alabama", page 574, Perry County

JOSEPH THIGPEN 
(1758-1835)

THIGPEN, JOSEPH (b. 11-6-1758 Ansland, Dobbs Co., NC, d. / 8-1835 Perry Co., AL)
BURIED: Place unknown...(see my *NOTES lft) 
SERVICE: Pvt. N.C. Militia. Served under Maj William Caswell, and Col. William Bryan
PENSION: S 14 684 
RESIDENCES: Moved to AL in 1832 where his sons had already migrated to Perry Co
PARENTS: John and Ann Savage Thigpen 
FAMILY: M. SUSANNAH BULLOCK 6-4-1782 N.C.
 
 1. JAMES REDDING b. 5-10-1783 Greene Co (formerly Dobbs Co. N.C., drowned in 
    Tar River 8-16-1802
 2. JOSEPH DAVID b. 4-3-1785 Greene Co NC (twin d. of fever 7-30-1789) 
 3. JOHN NATHAN b. 4-3-1785 Greene Co., NC, d. 7-31-1789 
 4. KEZIAH b. 3-13-1787 Greene Co. NC, m. NEWMAN MEEKS 
 5. AMOS G. b. 6-21-1790 Greene Co., NC, d. 1856, m. Bertha Lindsey. see note ***) 
 6. RACHEL S. b. 6-21-1793 m. MICHAEL FIELD 
 7. PENELOPE ANN b. 4-29-1796 m. John Robinson 
 8. SARAH A. b. 7-17-1798 m. Samuel Allen 
 9. ELIZABETH R. b. 9-18-1802 m. Icabod Allen 
10. JOSHUA B. b. 6-2-1804 m. 9-27-1827 Amelia Allen 
11. OLIVER R. b. 12-27-1807 m 1-27-1831 Elizabeth Allen
12. CLARISSA b. 8-19-1811 m. 7-7-1835 John W. Walker (see note **** for 
    correction lft)
   
REF: Fam. Bible; Final settlement of est. 8-1836; Min. of Orph. Ct. Perry Co AL 
BK B, P. 268; 

Natl. Archives; AL Archives; Information submitted by Miss Virginia Moore, Margaret 
Lea Houston Chap, DAR, Marion, AL.

Some of the above needs to have info added and some needs to be corrected, 
which I have documentation for.

*Note-Burial place of Joseph Joshua Thigpen Sr has been found. It is now on 
private land near Greensboro, Alabama in Hale County. At time of his death 
he lived in Perry County, Alabama but lived closer to Greensboro, Alabama 
which was in Greene County, Alabama. Parts of Greene, Perry, Tuscaloosa and 
Marengo Counties of Alabama were taken to create Hale County in 1867. This 
creation put Thigpens, Meeks and others living in these areas and their 
burial grounds in Hale County without ever having to move. At one point in 
time this was a large cemetery with many tombstones. Over the last 100 + 
years the timber has been cut and sold and each time the timber was cut more 
tombstones disappeared. Today the only tombstone in the cemetery is that of 
J.W.T. Meeks, b. 3 June 1831, d. 30 March 1907-should be 1906. The cemetery 
is on a 40 acre tract and has been sold to a company...and they have assured 
us they will protect the cemetery. I have copy of his (J.W.T. Meeks) obit 
from the GREENSBORO WATCHMAN dated Thursday, April 5, 1906. The older 
family members stated "there were lots of tombstones there when Wiley was 
buried". All of the older ones are all dead now. James Wiley Thomas Meeks 
was g-grandfather of my husband Louis Thigpen. Our next project is to have 
J.J. Thigpen Sr & others grave marked so they will not be lost to future 
generations.

**Note-Joseph David Thigpen b/d 4-3-1785, & John Nathan were twins. J.J. 
Thigpen Sr & Susannah had TWO set of twins. Joseph Joshua Thigpen, JR 
(twin) b. 9 Jan 1790 Greene Co., formerly Dobbs Co.), d 1834, Louis's 
g-g-grandfather Thigpen. For some reason J.J. JR was NOT listed in the 
above records. Oliver Thigpen, b/o J.J. JR, was administrator of their 
father's estate and he (Oliver) named by name the children of J.J. Thigpen 
Sr and Susannah, Perry County Minutes of Orphans Court, Book B, p. 268, 
August Tern 1836.

***Note-Amos G.Thigpen, twin of J.J. JR, d November 1852 (NOT 1856) in 
Lauderdale Co., Alabama. I did have copy of his estate papers, but I gave 
them to one of his descendants that helped me to bring that line up to date.
Child # 4 Keziah (Thigpen) MEEKS (have her death if needed), Keziah and 
Newman Meeks were g-g-grandparents of Louis, my husband, and they were 
parents of James Wiley Thomas Meeks.

***Note-Clarissa Thigpen married John "D" Walker (marriage record show John 
D. Walker, NOT "W" as shown above).

I have children named by name for all of them except for Michael & Rachel S. 
(Thigpen) Fields and John D. & Clarissa (Thigpen) Walker. I have marriage 
dates, when & where for all except Michael & Rachel.





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