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I have the will of Thomas Bazemore as well as the other probate papers. Thomas Bazemore is never referred to (legally) as Thomas J. or Thomas Jefferson Bazemore. His son is referred to as T. J. Bazemore or Thomas Jefferson Bazemore--that could be the reason for the confusion. I don't have any papers with his signature that says Thomas J. Bazemore. This is just logic due to the time period and frame.
This was not intended as an argument just as a thought that he became Thomas J. after he died.
People sometime read things hurriedly and do not realize they are in the wrong generation. With all of these Thomas Jefferson Bazemores, it no would have been a lot easier if his name had been that. However, Thomas Jefferson was two when Thomas Bazemore was born.
I know no one knew Thomas Jefferson would be such a significant man at age two. I could be wrong but it seems quite logical to me that he was Thomas Bazemore. To quote Thomas Jefferson here might be appropriate.
<<error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.>>Source: First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801. An opinion is only an opinion.
My point is that you were not allowed to have too many names (unless you were from a very important family) during colonial times. Another factor would be the religion of the Bazemores. Some religions did not use lots of names during that time because they did not believe in ostentation.
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