Thomas THURMOND 1775-abt 1828A biographyThomas THURMOND was born about 1775 in , Albemarle County, VA. He was the son of William THURMOND and Macharina NORVELL (aka "Mackie"). He probably died 1828/1830, perhaps in Maury County, Tennessee. He may be buried on the family plantation between Santa Fe and Williamsport. In Albemarle County Virginia, he appears on tax lists, indentures and land records until 1828. He does not appear in the 1830 Maury County Tennessee census. No legal record of his sizable estate can be located in either Albemarle County or Maury County. It is possible that he died in route to Tennessee. His disappearance from the records between 1828 and 1830 remains a mystery. Thomas married (1) Patsy NORVELL, daughter of George NORVELL. Her proper given name may have been Martha. Marriage bond 25 Jan 1805, Albemarle County, Virginia. Thomas married (2) Elizabeth THOMAS, daughter of Jesse THOMAS. Marriage bond 4 Jun 1810, Albemarle County, Virginia. This marriage is questionable as it may have been another Thomas THURMOND. Thomas married (3) Mary Spencer JOHNSON (aka "Polly"), daughter of Benjamin JOHNSON and Anna NORVELL, whose mother's was Anne SPENCER. Thomas was a Virginia planter who owned slaves and grew the crops of the era including tobacco. Some of his lands were in the Green Creek area. It was common for planters to have scattered holdings. His holding probably expanded after 1819 when the estate of his father was settled. However, the lands in Virginia were yielding less and less production per acre by this time. This probably explains the move to middle Tennessee where lands were fertile and cheap.
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