Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameRoger Thornton 
, 6G Uncle
, 6G UncleBirth14 Jun 1725, Richmond Co NC
Death1800, Hancock Co GA Age: 74
FatherRoger Thornton (1686-1730)
MotherIsabella (Unknown)
Notes for Roger Thornton
The following was written by historian John Bennett Boddie:1041
Roger Thornton, third surviving son of Roger and Isabel Thornton, was born in Richmond Co., Va. June 14, 1725, and died in Hancock Co., Ga. in 1800. His will, probated in Hancock Co., Ga. in 1800, mentions his wife, Catherine, children William, John, Linsey and Henry Thornton, and his grandson, Isom Thornton. From the fact that Roger Thornton had a son named Linsey, it is probable that his wife was the daughter of William Linsey, who died in Granville Co., N. C. in 1761 or 1762, his will (still preserved, but unrecorded) mentioning a daughter Catherine. Sarah Rush, who died in Franklin Co., N. C. in 1791 and whose will mentions a sister, Catherine Thornton, was probably another daughter of William Linsey. Roger Thornton deeded 600 acres of land to his brother Henry in Granville Co. in 1750, 200 acres to Dennis Linsey in 1760, he and his wife Catherine deeded 100 acres to Thomas Dickson in 1763, and he deeded land to William Fleming and to James Starke in 1783, and 1784 (Granville Co. D. B. ''B'', p. 11; ''C", p. 694; ''F", p. 323; ''O", pp. 335, 339, and 342). He was grantor and grantee for land in Warren Co., N. C. in 1765 and 1770, and received a land grant there in 1780 (Warren Co. D. B. "A", p. 130; D. B. 3, p. 47; and D. B. 7, p. 248). He was also paid for services in the Revolution, as shown by the Revolutionary Accounts at Raleigh. By 1785 he had moved to Wilkes Co., Ga., where he was in the tax-list of 1785, witnessed a deed in 1787, and his son Henry witnessed a deed in 1785 (Davidson "Early Records of Georgia-Wilkes Co.", Vol. I, p. 292; Vol. II, pp. 38 and 121). He soon moved from Wilkes Co. to Greene Co. , Ga., however, and his land fell into Hancock Co. on the organization of that county. Roger Thornton, like his brothers Henry and John, was in the Granville Co. Militia, Capt. Sugars Jones Co., Oct. 8, 1754, in the Great Muster (N. C. Colonial and State Records, Vol. 22, p. 377).
Roger Thornton, third surviving son of Roger and Isabel Thornton, was born in Richmond Co., Va. June 14, 1725, and died in Hancock Co., Ga. in 1800. His will, probated in Hancock Co., Ga. in 1800, mentions his wife, Catherine, children William, John, Linsey and Henry Thornton, and his grandson, Isom Thornton. From the fact that Roger Thornton had a son named Linsey, it is probable that his wife was the daughter of William Linsey, who died in Granville Co., N. C. in 1761 or 1762, his will (still preserved, but unrecorded) mentioning a daughter Catherine. Sarah Rush, who died in Franklin Co., N. C. in 1791 and whose will mentions a sister, Catherine Thornton, was probably another daughter of William Linsey. Roger Thornton deeded 600 acres of land to his brother Henry in Granville Co. in 1750, 200 acres to Dennis Linsey in 1760, he and his wife Catherine deeded 100 acres to Thomas Dickson in 1763, and he deeded land to William Fleming and to James Starke in 1783, and 1784 (Granville Co. D. B. ''B'', p. 11; ''C", p. 694; ''F", p. 323; ''O", pp. 335, 339, and 342). He was grantor and grantee for land in Warren Co., N. C. in 1765 and 1770, and received a land grant there in 1780 (Warren Co. D. B. "A", p. 130; D. B. 3, p. 47; and D. B. 7, p. 248). He was also paid for services in the Revolution, as shown by the Revolutionary Accounts at Raleigh. By 1785 he had moved to Wilkes Co., Ga., where he was in the tax-list of 1785, witnessed a deed in 1787, and his son Henry witnessed a deed in 1785 (Davidson "Early Records of Georgia-Wilkes Co.", Vol. I, p. 292; Vol. II, pp. 38 and 121). He soon moved from Wilkes Co. to Greene Co. , Ga., however, and his land fell into Hancock Co. on the organization of that county. Roger Thornton, like his brothers Henry and John, was in the Granville Co. Militia, Capt. Sugars Jones Co., Oct. 8, 1754, in the Great Muster (N. C. Colonial and State Records, Vol. 22, p. 377).