Samuel Thames son of Thomas & Prudence
I commented on this deed before in message #413, I shouldn't have. I relied on someone else’s reading of the deed from evidently a poor copy that was very over exposed. It must have been like trying to read a negative.I now have a much better microfilm copy, which I got from the NC Archives.
Cumberland Co. NC -D.B. 20 page 121: 1804, West River 100a-40a North; William Theames to David Theames
"This Indenture made the 7th day of June in the year of our Lord 1803 Between William Theames of Cumberland County and State of North Carolina the one part and David Theames of the County and State said (sic) of the other part" (this is a simple two party deed, no third party is mentioned) "WITNESSETH That the sd Wm Theames the good will love and affection that he bears for his son David Theames doth give grant and selousn (sic) unto David Theames" etc. "the piece and parcel of land containing 140 acres be the sum more or less" It goes on to give the chain of custody of 40 acres stating with its patent in 1735 by Henry Sims and then to John Stevens. The chain of custody at that point gets a little muddled mentioning Jesse Theames to another ?? Theams and then from him to William to now David. I am not going to quarrel with that chain of custody on the 40 acres. It goes on to describe the boundaries of this 40 acres. Then he describes the 100 acres. "containing 100 acres more or less being a part of a tract of land granted to John Dun by Patent and by John Dun conveyed to Richard Dun by Richard Dun to Robert Dun and by Robert Dun conveyed to Thomas Theames his last will gives the same to his Son Samuel Theames and dying underage it became the property of the aforesaid Jesse Theames" Here is where there seems to be a problem. In my opinion Jesse Thames could not have come by this land after the death of his Uncle Samuel unless it went through Jesse's father Joseph the brother of the deceased Samuel. The law of Primogeniture would apply. Upon the death of the underage Samuel the land would revert back to the oldest surviving heir which in this case must have been Joseph the father of Jesse. I suspect a copying error. The deed goes on to say that William gives this property to David while maintaining the "Privileges of Rail Timber during the natural life of the sd William Theames and no longer"
THE PURPOSE OF THIS POST IS TO ALLOW SAMUEL THAMES, THE SON OF THOMAS & PRUDENCE THAMES, TO FINALLY REST IN PEACE, IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY NC.
I suggest anyone who questions this interpretation get a copy of the deed from Raleigh and see what it looks like to them.