BackGround: Birmingham Temple, Birmingham, Alabama.
Thomas was born about 1753 in , Powhatan, Virginia and married first about 1771 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, Mary (Polly) STROOP the daughter of Edmond STROOP. She was born about 1755 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia and died before 189O in , St. Clair, Alabama.
He married second about 1898, Rosamond WILKS, She was born and died before 1818.
He married third 19 Dec 1819, in , Clarke, Georgia, Nancy McCORTNEY, She was born and died.Thomas died 13 Feb 1827 in Ashville, St. Clair, Alabama.
He married his 2nd wife Rosemond and had 2 Children Elijah and Richard listed on the Children's List. his 3rd wife Nancy McCartney there is a mention of a son Daniel it is not known if he was their child together or it was a Child of Nancy by a previous marriage and Thomas Adopted him. Thomas Probably served in the Revolution. It is not known what rank he held but Thomas is included in THE AUTHENTIC LIST OF LAND LOTTERY GRANTS MADE TO VETERANS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAS BY THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1820. He was living in Clarke County Georgia at that time Prior to that time he lived in Olgelthorpe County Georgia. Most likely Thomas was not able to write or spell his name, he was unable to sign his will he made his "X" as most people of his time.
Loving Also Spelled Lovell, Lovett, Lovvorn
Thomas moved to Surry, Stokes county, North Carolina in 1785.
Walter PACE Foung gg mother Loving (with maiden name of Thomas) was sealed to Thomas LOVING 16 Feb 1877, James PACE and Margaret Leonara PACE proxies St. George Temple Recprds.
Will of Thomas Lovorn, Deed BK. A, P 390--Ashville, St. Ckair, AL.
Mary Ann's name on her marriage license was Mary Ann Lovell.
In a deed in Ogleghorpe Co, GA, Thomas LOVING (his mark) and Rosamond Loving (her mark) dated 1804, sold land in Ogelthorpe and moved to Clarke Co., GA. Deed BK. D, P. 421.
A Thomas Loving Md Nancy McCartney in Clark Co., GA, 19 Dec 1819.
He gives to Nancy LOVORN and Daniel LOVORN during the term of their natrural lives the whole of his Estate. Estate to be divided after the death ov my wife Nancy LOVORN and Daniel LOVORN.
Betty BAGAN, 4502 Crenshaw Drive, Midland, TX 79705--Doing research on this line.
Andestral File, 1991.
IGI, gives birthplace and birth information on children. Has mother as Clary Bond.
No Lovings listed in 1782 Census of Pittsylvania Co., VA.
Thomas Loving, first son of Gabriel Loving, was born in Virginia about 1746. Like his brother, Gabriel, who served as a Lieutenant in the Continental Army, Thomas probably served also in the Revolution, though few records are available to prove his partiotic service, Family tradition speaks of a Revolutionary War soldier in this branch of the Loving family who "served bravely and fought barefoot in the dead of winter"--but tradition calls the hero Elijah Lovvorn. As traditions tend to prove, this one is only partially true. The hero in this case was probably Thomas Loving, recorded in various documents as Loven, Lovin, Lovern, Lovorn and Lovvorn. We do not know what rank he achieved, but Thomas is included in the AUTHENTIC LIST OF THE LAND LOTTERY GRANTS MADE TO VETERANS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BY THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1820. This is weak evidence, but it is a clue worth following. Thomas was living in Clarke County, Georgia at the time. (See land records in the Georgia State Archives, Atlanta) Prior to 1820 Thomas lived in Olglethorpe County, Georgia --adjacent to Clarke County. He was enumerated in the 1800 census as resident in Oglethorpe County with three males under age 10, himself over 45, wife over 45, and one female age 10-16. His name, spelled Loven at the time, has been recorded many ways in county and census records. Most likely Thomas was not able to write or spell his name, so he had no control over how the name was recorded. Most of his decendents adopted spellings Lovorn, Lovvorn and Lovern.
The given name Thomas was not widely used in the Loving family at this period, therefore it is not difficult to trace Thomas back from the point of his death in St. Clair County, Alabama to Georgia, where he lived with Clarke County in 1820, and where he married in 1819 his third wife, Nancy McCartney. In 1800 he was in Olgethorpe County, Georgia. In 1790 he was living in Stokes County, NC, where his name was spelled Loven. He was enumerated in the state-authorized census of NC 1784-1787, living in Surry County, Salisbury District. His name was spelled Lovin at this time. The list of his dependants matches up with what we know of his family in each case. Thomas married in Pittsylvania County, Virginia about 1771 to his first wife, Polly Strroup (or Stroop), who bore him at least seven children. A second marriage, to a woman named Rosamond, produced two more children, Richard and Elijah. (Here is where the name Elijah comes from in the legend of the barefoot soldier, seen in early oral biographies of the Lovvorn Family.)
When the movements of Thomas are pieced together, they form a typical patters of the migrations of the period in which he lived: Virginia to Carolinas to Georgia to Alabama - following the gradual displacement of the Indian population. His final stopping point was St. Clair County, Alabama, and his will names his children and his third wife, Nancy.
Before setting down his will, it might be wise to comment here on why his name is recorded as Thomas Lovorn. Names are often written to conform to local pronunciations or, in certain cases, to fit the local spellings used by other residents. Speculation leads one to think that Thomas, having lived among Scotch-Irish pioneers in his youth in Virginia and even later in NC, probably pronounced his name Lovern, and the Scotch-Irish did.
Thomas was unable to sign his will, but he made his "X" as did most people of his time.
"I, Thomas Lovorn, of St. Clair County, State of Alabama do hereby make my last will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say, -- 1st I desire all of my just debts should be paid; 2nd After the payment of my debts and funeral expenses I give to my wife Nancy Lovarn and Daviel Lovarn the whole of my estate both real and personal for and during the tern of their natural lives and after there decease to give the sume to my children herein after mentioned equally to be divided among them and to be enjoyed by them for ever. 3rd It is my wish and desire that after the death of my wife Nancy Lovorn and Daniel Lovorn that the whole of my estate both real and personal should be equally divided between my children that is to say my daughter Judy, Mary Ann, & Sally should have one equal divide with my sons Edmond, James, Gabriel, John, Richard and Elijah, Lovorn ...After the death of my wife Nancy and Dannel Lovorn...."
The will is dated 10 December 1823, witnessed by John Greenwood, John Laire, James Norton. Executors named in the will were John S. Edwards and Edmond Lovorn. John Greenwood swears in a desposition before Judge John H. Garrett that he saw Thomas Lovern sign the will and that he knew that said Thomas Lovin and believed him to be of sound mind.
(Note--observe the several spelllings in this one document)
The surname Lovvorn is a regional spelling of the surname Loving, and the home of the Loving family was in Warwickshire, England.. They descend from the landed gentry of that country.
1800 Census , Ogelthorpe, Georgia.
Thomas LOVEN
Under 10; 10 to 16; 16 to 26; 26 to 45; 45 & Up
Males: 3 -------- -------- -------- 1
Females -------- 1 -------- -------- 1
CHILDREN of Thomas LOVING/LOVVORN and Polly STROOP:
1. EDMUND b: 11 Oct 1773; Pittsylvania, Pittsylvania, Virginia.
md: 30 Nov 1794; , Stokes, North Carolina.
Elizabeth LYLE
d: 29 Mar 1831; St Clair, Lowndes, Alabama.
2. JAMES MONROE b: Apr 1775; Pittsylvania, Pittsylvania, Virginia.
md: 1795; , Clarke Georgia.
Hannah SMITH
d: 23 May 1825; Saint Clair, Lowndes, Alabama.
3. JUDY b: 1 Aug 1777; Pittsylvania, Pittsylvania, Virginia.
+ 4. MARY ANN b: 1779; Lexington, Ogelthrope, Georgia
md: 22 Dec 1796; Lexington, Ogelthorpe, Georgia.
James PACE
d: 11 Nov 1841; , Rutherford, Tennessee.
5. GABRIEL b: May 1781; , , .
md: Bef 1812: , , .
_____ _______
note: Gabriel may have been born in Oglethorpe County,
GA. It is likley he went to Davidson County, TN
where he married for the second time. He also may
have lived in Maury County, TN. Roots Web shows
Gabriel was born 1781 in Marion, TN.
md: 22 Jul 1835; , Davidson, Tennessee.
Elizabeth McGUIN
6. JOHN b: 1785; Lexington, Ogelthorpe, Georgia.
md: 11 Dec 1804; , Ogelthorpe, Georgia.
Charlotte PERKINS
md: 1830; , , .
Sina LOWRY
7. SALLY b: 1787; , Ogelthorpe, Georgia.
md: 9 Apr 1809; , Clarke, Georgia.
Joseph BRIDGES
CHILDREN of Thomas LOVING/LOVVORN and Rosamond WILKS:
8. RICHARD b: 1790; , , North Carolina.
AKA Richard LOVVORN
md: 28 Feb 1811; , Clarke, Georgia.
Sally KINNEY
d: 1868; , Newton, Georgia.
9. ELIJAH b: 5 Mar 1793; , , North Carolina.
AKA: Elijah LOVVLRN
md: 7 Apr 1814; , Clarke, Georgia.
Elizabeth ROBERTSON
md: 6 Sep 1875; , Douglas, Georgia.
Ginsey SHOEMAKER
d: 6 Sep 1875; , Douglas, Georgia.
CHILDREN of Thomas LOVING/LOVVORN and Nancy McCARTNEY
10. DANIEL b: ;Back to Gabriel LOVING's Family Page
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