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- I think that this Nancy was the daughter of Mr. Thomas.
Her maiden name could have been EZELL, which were neighbors in SC.
[A book on early Spartanburg County, SC marriages derived from probate records was consulted. Marriages were not recorded in South Carolina until the 20th Century. The book is the result of the author searching through Spartanburg County Loose Probate Papers from 1785 to 1911. This source shows that the probate file of a William Thomas dated 1862 (Probate File 811) indicates that Nancy Thomas, “daughter of William Thomas,” married _____ Teague sometime before 1862. (Note: "This is the author's interpretation of the records"-that Nancy was a daughter-she is not listed as a daughter-but I believe was a daughter-in-law.) Three other daughters of William Thomas are also indexed in this book, namely Clementine (wife of ____ Guthrie), Pollyann (wife of ____ Moore), and Miriam (wife of _____ Cash).
Next, a search was made of the Ancestry World Tree project (http:// .ancestry.com///main.aspx), which search turned up a database on the Thomas family of Spartanburg County, South Carolina researched by Marshall Cooper. Mr. Cooper traces his ancestry back to a certain William Thomas (born c. 1790), of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, and his wife, Sarah [see Document 63]. This William Thomas and his wife Sarah appear on the 1850 Census of Spartanburg County, South Carolina on the same census page as W. Thomas and his wife, Nancy [the presumed parents of the multiple Teague children], and on the same page as Miriam Cash, the married daughter of William Thomas named in the probate records indexed above. Due to the similar location on the census and the ages of William and Sarah, it seems highly likely that the elderly William and Sarah Thomas are the parents of the W. Thomas, husband of Nancy. Mr. Cooper’s records in fact state that William and Sarah Thomas of Spartanburg County, South Carolina had a son, William, who would fit to be the W. Thomas on the census.
Although the loose probate papers for Spartanburg County. South Carolina appear not to have been microfilmed, the index to the estate papers is available on microfilm in Salt Lake City. The index was checked and it revealed that Probate File 811 is that of the estate of a William Thomas, dated 31 March 1863, the administrator being J.S. Ezell. A search of Spartanburg County, SC will books was made next. It turned up the will of William Thomas, of Spartanburg County, Carolina dated 28 December 1862, probated 31 March 1863. J.S. Ezell, P.H. Byars, and John Thomas were named administrators of this estate 30 March 1863. A reading of the will and the record of the administrators confirms this probate is that of William Thomas whose estate file is Probate File 811.
In all, the testator, William Thomas, names seven living children in his will, namely, three sons, W. Jasper Thomas, John Newton Thomas, and Zarah Thomas, and four daughters, Elizabeth (unmarried), Miriam Cash, Polly Ann Moore, and Clementine Guthrie. The children named in the will make it evident that this is the family the elder William Thomas with a wife, Sarah, who occur on the 1850 Census living near W. Thomas and his wife, Nancy [the presumed parents of James Almarene Teague].
No daughter Nancy Teague is mentioned in the will. However, the testator does make a sizeable bequest to the minor children of Nancy Teague deceased as follows:
“I do will and bequeath unto the bodily heirs of Nancy Teague dead Three Hundred and seventy dollars to be paid to them severally as they become of age by W. Jasper Thomas & Elizabith Thomas and the balance of their part of the estate being thirty dollars I have bild back to make good a claim which I had against Wallis Teague for a wagon which I loaned him and he failed to return.” END OF QUOTE
As can be seen above, William Thomas doesn’t refer to Nancy Teague as his daughter, yet he treats her children as heirs to his estate. As such, it would appear that Nancy Teague was the remarried widow of the testator’s deceased son, William Thomas, and that Wallace Teague, to whom the testator had loaned a wagon, was Nancy’s second husband. Doubtless the wagon was loaned to Wallace Teague for the Teague family’s trek to Greene County, Tennessee shortly before 1858. This arrangement would fit the known facts of the Teague family, and also the statements made in William Thomas’ will.] All information in brackets is from another researcher.
Also in the 1860 Greene Co., TN Census both Mary Ann and Clementine and their husbands and likely Miriam's son's widow and her children have come to Greene Co., TN.
The following research was done by another brilliant researcher.
1850 Census of Spartanburg County, South Carolina. If the family tradition is correct, then the stray Teague children should be found in that census under either the Teague or Alexander surname probably living with their original parents. A triple search of the census turned up many households named Teague and Alexander, but none of these households included children matching the names of the stray Teague children. It is unlikely that the family moved out of state before 1850, as two of the stray Teague children were reportedly born in South Carolina in 1849 and 1854, indicating a continuous residence in South Carolina until at least 1854.
Accordingly, it was decided to look at ALL Spartanburg County, South Carolina households to see if any households matched the likely profile of the stray Teague children. After much searching, a match was located: The household is question is that of a W. Thomas, hireling, age 29, and his wife, Nancy, age 30. It shows this couple had the following children:
1. Joshua, born about 1841, South Carolina.
2. Sarah, born about 1843, South Carolina.
3. William, born about 1845, South Carolina.
4. Mary, born about 1847, South Carolina.
5. Almay (male), born about 1849, South Carolina.
Other than one child’s name, this appears to be a perfect match to the list of Teague children derived from Tennessee sources. Particularly compelling is the name of the youngest male child, Almay, which name is very similar to the name of the youngest stray Teague child in Tennessee, Almarene. The given names, Almay and Almarene, are virtually unknown as given names for male children in the 1850 time period in America. But the surname here is Thomas, not Alexander or Teague. Could this be the right family?
To answer that question, a book on early Spartanburg County, SC marriages derived from probate records was consulted. Marriages were not recorded in South Carolina until the 20th Century. The book is the result of the author searching through Spartanburg County Loose Probate Papers from 1785 to 1911. This source shows that the probate file of a William Thomas dated 1862 (Probate File 811) indicates that Nancy Thomas, “daughter of William Thomas,” married _____ Teague sometime before 1862 [see Document 62]. Three other daughters of William Thomas are also indexed in this book, namely Clementine (wife of ____ Guthrie), Pollyann (wife of ____ Moore), and Miriam (wife of _____ Cash).
Next, a search was made of the Ancestry World Tree project (http:// .ancestry.com///main.aspx), which search turned up a database on the Thomas family of Spartanburg County, South Carolina researched by Marshall Cooper. Mr. Cooper traces his ancestry back to a certain William Thomas (born c. 1790), of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, and his wife, Sarah [see Document 63]. This William Thomas and his wife Sarah appear on the 1850 Census of Spartanburg County, South Carolina on the same census page as W. Thomas and his wife, Nancy [the presumed parents of James Almarene Teague], and on the same page as Miriam Cash, the married daughter of William Thomas named in the probate records indexed above. Due to the similar location on the census and the ages of William and Sarah, it seems highly likely that the elderly William and Sarah Thomas are the parents of the W. Thomas, husband of Nancy. Mr. Cooper’s records in fact state that William and Sarah Thomas of Spartanburg County, South Carolina had a son, William, who would fit to be the W. Thomas on the census.
Although the loose probate papers for Spartanburg County. South Carolina appear not to have been microfilmed, the index to the estate papers is available on microfilm in Salt Lake City. The index was checked and it revealed that Probate File 811 is that of the estate of a William Thomas, dated 31 March 1863, the administrator being J.S. Ezell. A search of Spartanburg County, SC will books was made next. It turned up the will of William Thomas, of Spartanburg County, Carolina dated 28 December 1862, probated 31 March 1863. J.S. Ezell, P.H. Byars, and John Thomas were named administrators of this estate 30 March 1863. A reading of the will and the record of the administrators confirms this probate is that of William Thomas whose estate file is Probate File 811.
In all, the testator, William Thomas, names seven living children in his will, namely, three sons, W. Jasper Thomas, John Newton Thomas, and James Thomas, and four daughters, Elizabeth (unmarried), Miriam Cash, Polly Ann Moore, and Clementine Guthrie. The children named in the will make it evident that this is the family the elder William Thomas with a wife, Sarah, who occur on the 1850 Census living near W. Thomas and his wife, Nancy [the presumed parents of James Almarene Teague].
No daughter Nancy Teague is mentioned in the will. However, the testator does make a sizeable bequest to the minor children of Nancy Teague deceased as follows:
“I do will and bequeath unto the bodily heirs of Nancy Teague dead Three Hundred and seventy dollars to be paid to them severally as they become of age by W. Jasper Thomas & Elizabith Thomas and the balance of their part of the estate being thirty dollars I have bild back to make good a claim which I had against Wallis Teague for a wagon which I loaned him and he failed to return.” END OF QUOTE
As can be seen above, William Thomas doesn’t refer to Nancy Teague as his daughter, yet he treats her children as heirs to his estate. As such, it would appear that Nancy Teague was the remarried widow of the testator’s deceased son, William Thomas, and that Wallace Teague, to whom the testator had loaned a wagon, was Nancy’s second husband. Doubtless the wagon was loaned to Wallace Teague for the Teague family’s trek to Greene County, Tennessee shortly before 1858. This arrangement would fit the known facts of the Teague family, and also the statements made in William Thomas’ will.
While better evidence would be desireable, taken together the 1850 Census information and the 1862 will of William Thomas appear to confirm that the stray Teague children of Tennessee were in fact children of William Thomas the younger, of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, and his wife, Nancy, and that after William Thomas the younger died, his widow, Nancy, remarried Wallace Teague. Family tradition affirms that the children of William and Nancy adopted the name, Teague, following their mother’s marriage to Wallace Teague.
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Abt 1817 - Abt 1857 (40 years)
