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Thomas (0Dad) Mason of Halifax Co NC
The earliest known and proven ancestor was Thomas Mason, born in Hanover County, Virginia in 1722. Family history says that somehow we are tied to George Mason I who emigrated through Norfolk, Virginia in 1652. He was the great grandfather of George Mason IV, a revolutionary period statesman whose home, Gunston Hall is a preserved museum south of Washington DC, on land known as Mason's Neck. Because of the Civil War destruction of the courthouse in Virginia, especially Stafford and Hanover Counties which saw some of the fiercest battles, very few documents remain. For this reason it is extremely difficult to research early ancestors from this period of colonial America.
From a letter by James Griffing Mason, II, "Angerer, Crockett, Dill, McCune, Inman, Mason, Payne, Ritchie, Usery, and Wright Families of Missouri," Rootsweb Family Page, 25 August 2005
<http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lindajopayne&id=I28547> 2 September 2005.
According to The Georgians: Genealogies of Pioneer Settlers (Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1986), Thomas Mason of Halifax Co NC was the progenitor of the many Mason families of Emanuel Co GA.
Thomas Mason was born 3/7/1722 in Hanover Co VA. Little is known on Thomas' early life in Virginia. The first record for Thomas is on 3/21/1742 where Thomas patented land in Edgecombe Co NC.
Thomas Mason was married in about 1750, probably in Edgecombe Co NC to Elizabeth Turner b. 1/10/1733 Bertie Co NC. Thomas and Elizabeth lived in the northern portion of Edgecombe County which was split off to form Halifax County in 1758.
Reportedly, Thomas died 1768 in Halifax Co NC.
Born 3/7/1722 Hanover Co VA
3/21/1742 Edgecombe Co NC Land Patent
| Thomas Mason patented land from a Royal land grant of 400 acres of land [vic Roanoke Rapids] in Edgecombe (now Halifax) Co NC. |
5/17/1749 Edgecombe Co NC Land Transaction
| Edgecombe NC Deed Book 03-358: 17 May 1749 Thomas Williams to Joel Jones, 35pds, 200a on s side Fishing Creek adj Thomas Pollock as by pat to Thomas Mason 21 Mar 1742. Wit: JAMES CANE, Charles Cavenah. |
Married c. 1750 in Edgecombe Co NC to Elizabeth Turner b. 1/10/1733 Bertie Co NC
1758 Halifax Co split from Edgecombe Co
9/29/1764 Halifax Co NC Probate
| Halifax County, NC, Will Book 1, p. 153: Will of Thomas Davis, 29 Sept 1764, Halifax Co., NC . . .this 29th Day of September Anno Dom 1764 The mark of D Thomas Davis Sealed published pronounced & Delivered in presence of Samuel Davis, Abraham Green, Jno Green, Thomas Mason. |
Died 1768 Halifax Co NC
Born 1/27/1754 Edgecombe Co NC
1758 Halifax Co split from Edgecombe Co
1776 Halifax Co NC Land Transaction
| Halifax Co NC Deeds: 1776 William Downes sold land in Halifax Co. NC. Thomas Mason, Turner Mason and David Gill signed as witnesses This is the land which was owned by Sherwood Grimsley in 1776 and sold to him by Thomas Mason [Sr.] |
1777 Halifax Co NC Probate
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1777 Halifax Co NC Wills: George Turner left will naming wife Eleanor and sons James and Nelson and daughter Elizabeth Mason with her children Turner Mason, Thomas Mason, Susanne Lawrence , George Turner, son of Nathan, Lucy Turner, daughter in law. He gives looking glass to Lucy from her father's estate. |
2/1777 Halifax Co NC Witness
| 1777 Halifax Co NC Land Transaction: Sherwood Grimsley of Halifax Co. to Wm. Downes of same. 17-Jul-1776. 38 pounds Virginia money. 150 acres, joining Chokeott Creek, Quankey Creek, John Grimsley dec'd. sig. Sherwwod Grimsley. Wit: Turner Mason, Thomas Mason, David Gill. Feb Ct. 1777. |
Revolutionary War Service
Married 12/15/1785 in Halifax Co NC to Mary Lowe b. 4/27/1763
1790 Halifax Co NC Census: Mason, Turner 1-2-1
Migrated 1793 to Burke (now Jefferson) Co GA
Migrated 1794 to Washington Co GA
1807 Laurens Co split from Wilkinson Co GA
Died 5/18/1843 Laurens Co GA
Born 10/20/1756 Edgecombe Co NC
1758 Halifax Co split from Edgecombe Co
Migrated before 1784 to Warren Co GA
| Martha and her husband, ---- Hudson, lived in Warren Co., GA after 1784. |
Died in Warren Co GA
Born 12/19/1758 Halifax Co NC
Married c. 1778 to Martha Mason b. c. 1760
1776 Halifax Co NC Land Transaction
| Halifax Co NC Deeds: 1776 William Downes sold land in Halifax Co. NC. Thomas Mason, Turner Mason and David Gill signed as witnesses This is the land which was owned by Sherwood Grimsley in 1776 and sold to him by Thomas Mason [Sr.] |
1777 Halifax Co NC Probate
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1777 Halifax Co NC Wills: George Turner left will naming wife Eleanor and sons James and Nelson and daughter Elizabeth Mason with her children Turner Mason, Thomas Mason, Susanne Lawrence , George Turner, son of Nathan, Lucy Turner, daughter in law. He gives looking glass to Lucy from her father's estate. |
2/1777 Halifax Co NC Witness
| 2/1777 Halifax Co NC Land Transaction: Sherwood Grimsley of Halifax Co. to Wm. Downes of same. 17-Jul-1776. 38 pounds Virginia money. 150 acres, joining Chokeott Creek, Quankey Creek, John Grimsley dec'd. sig. Sherwwod Grimsley. Wit: Turner Mason, Thomas Mason, David Gill. Feb Ct. 1777. |
1790 Halifax Co NC Census: Mason, Thomas 1-0-2
Died 1837 Hancock Co GA
Born 12/26/1760 Halifax Co NC
Married by 1777 in North Carolina to John Lawrence b. c. 1755
1777 Halifax Co NC Probate
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1777 Halifax Co NC Wills: George Turner left will naming wife Eleanor and sons James and Nelson and daughter Elizabeth Mason with her children Turner Mason, Thomas Mason, Susanne Lawrence, George Turner, son of Nathan, Lucy Turner, daughter in law. He gives looking glass to Lucy from her father's estate. |
Died in Warren Co GA
5. Peter Mason b. 9/13/1761 Halifax Co NC
Born 11/27/1762 Halifax Co NC
Died 1829 in Washington Co GA