Amanuensis Monday~Land Deed, W. A. Thurman to Rosanna Gainey & others

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.

His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today’s subject is an 1870 Land Deed, W. A. Thurman to Rosanna Gainey & others¹.

W. A. Thurman & State of South Carolina to Rosanna Gainey & others


Know all men by these presents that I William A. Thurman of Chesterfield County and State aforesaid, for and in consideration of the sum of Twelve Hundred dollars to me paid, by Rosanna Gainey, John A. Thurman, Miles P. Thurman, Andrew J. Eddins, Thetus Thurman and Elively Ann Thurman of the State and County aforesaid have granted & sold conveyed and released and by these presents, do grant, sell, convey and release unto the said Rosanna Gainey, John A. Thurman, Miles P. Thurman, Andrew J. Eddins, Thetus Thurman and Elively Ann Thurman. All that certain tract or parcel situate in the County of aforesaid (whereon I now reside) on the waters of Deep Creek and Thompson Creek adjoining the lands of Jerusha Gulledge, Phillip J. Hurst, Henry Haney and others. Containing Two Hundred and ninety-two and a half acres more or less - references to Deeds from Lewis Ganey, Alexander ??{illegible}?, and the lines of John Craig, dec'd, will more fully show. Together with all and singular the rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said premises belonging or in any wise incident or appertaining: to have and to hold all and, Singular the premises before mentioned unto the said Rosanna Gainey, John A. Thurman, Miles P. Thurman, Andrew J. Eddins, Thetus Thurman and Elively Ann Thurman their heirs and assigns forever. And I do hereby bind myself, my heirs, Executors and Administrators to warrant and forever defend all and Singular the said premises unto the said Rosanna Gainey, John A. Thurman, Miles P. Thurman, Andrew J. Eddins, Thetus Thurman, Elively Ann Thurman, their heirs and assigns against myself and my heirs and against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Sixteenth Day of April in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and Seventy.
                                        William A. + his mark Thurman (Seal)
Signed Sealed and delivered}
in the presence of us
s/ Alfred M. Lowry,
s/ William Moore}
US Stamps account for one Nov. Dollars properly canceled
The State of South Carolina}
Chesterfield County}
Personally comes A. M. Lowry before me and Swears that he saw the within named William A. Thurman, sign, seal, and as his Act and deed deliver the within written deed and that he with William Moore witnessed the Execution thereof.
Sworn to before me}                                 s/ A. M. Lowry
2 May 1870 T. F. Mulloy, Clk. }
Recorded 22 July 1870
Original Deed to M. P. Thurman


William Aaron Thurman, b. 30 September 1796 married Nancy Copeland. Nancy had passed away on 17 November 1843. This left eight children motherless and to be cared for by their father. ^{2 3}

Children	Rosa Ann Thurman- (1826-1883)
	John Aaron Thurman- (1827-1919)
	William A. Thurman- (1828-1864)
	Corp. Miles P. Thurman- (1830-1877)
	Dorothy "Dolly" Thurman- (1832-1926)
	Thetus Thurman- (1833-1911)
	Elively Ann "Elively" Thurman- (1835-1913)
	Joseph C. Thurman- (1838-1864)

In this land deed 292 1/2 acres of land owned by William A. Thurman is being sold to his children for $1200.00. His son, William A. Thurman died in June 1864 at Petersburg, Virginia. and Joseph C. died in 1864 at the battle of 1864 in battle of Hawes Shop, Virginia. 

William Aaron Thurman died on 19 June 1893 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.⁴⁵

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[1] Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Deed Book 3: page 134, W. A. Thurman & State of South Carolina to Rosanna Gainey & others; Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
[2] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 June 2014); Memorial page for William Aaron Thurman; (20 September 1796–19 June 1893); Find a Grave memorial # 83556915, Citing Boatwright Family Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
[3] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 June 2014); Memorial page for Nancy Copeland Thurman; (7 June 1796–17 November 1843); Find a Grave memorial # 83556963, Citing Boatwright Family Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
[4] James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, page 1071. Tombstone of William Aaron Thurman; 30 September 1796–19 June 1893, Boatwright Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
[5] "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19383-29862-58?cc=1911928&wc=MPP5-FM9:190567401,190561002,190567402,190590101 : accessed 29 May 2014), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0023-0064 > image 556 of 709.