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Dr Thomas OWEN[1]

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  • Name Thomas OWEN  [2
    Prefix Dr 
    Born 19 Mar 1730  Goochland, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Christened 25 Oct 1730  Bristol Parish, Charles City County, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID 9JG9-GDR 
    Name Thomas OWEN  [3
    Will 24 Feb 1767  Prince Edward, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 19 Mar 1805  Greensboro, Greene, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried 19 Mar 1805  [2
    Person ID I594765966  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Dec 2022 

    Father John OWEN,   d. 9 Aug 1804, Halifax, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Sarah BRACKET OWEN,   b. 1694,   d. 1735  (Age 41 years) 
    Family ID F536728583  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Judith Jane MCDEARMOND,   b. 1732, Prince George, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1820, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Children 
     1. Ann OWEN,   b. 1753, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1837, Troup, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     2. John OWEN,   b. 25 May 1754, Prince Edward, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1824, Carthage, Smith, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     3. Glen OWEN,   b. 1755, Prince Edward, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 6 Jul 1839, Oglethorpe, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     4. Jane OWEN,   b. 1757, Pittsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1809, Hancock, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     5. David OWEN,   b. 9 Jul 1760, Prince George County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1830, Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     6. Mary OWEN,   b. 1762, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 15 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F536728574  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Thomas Owens Dr. (son of John Owen and Sara Brackett) was born 19 Mar 1730 in Goochland, Va, and died Aft. 08 Apr 1797 in Greene Co, GA.He married Jane Glenn, daughter of John Glenn.
      Includes NotesNotes for Thomas Owens Dr.:
      Greene Co WB (1796-1806)
      THOMAS OWEN 6-17-1805:10-25-1805, p. 85-87
      Daus: Ann Rutledge, Jane Musgrove, Mary McCain.
      Son: George, exr. Grson: William McCain.
      Wits: William Mitchell, Charles Furlow, Isham S. Fannin.
      Will of Thomas Owens -Owen, F292V2 (OK City, Lib ) Some GA CO Records pa ge 351 - pg 85-87, Thomas Owen of Green Co, GA being in very advanced sta ge of life, to my dau, Ann Rutledge, $2500, son John $2500, dau Jane Musg ram, $100 EX son of George Owens, dated June 17, 1805, proved Oct 26,1805, Census; Wilkes Co ,GA 316, Ann Rutledge
      The original source said born abt 1753-1755
      Mixed records of Wills,Appraisements & Administrators Bonds 1787-1796 Thomas Owen..Greene Co
      . Ga.
      Deed Bk. #1 (Old Book A & B) 1786-1790 Greene Co. Ga. Dr.Thomas Owen.
      Will in Greene Co Ga. dated Jun 17, 1803...leaves $100 to dtr Jane Musgrove.
      Mary McCain was left 1/3 of balance of estate...and at her death, to go to he her son Willia m McCain and if he had no legal heirs, it would bo to his (Owen's) Legal heirs. Was Mary a person who produced a son for him, after his wife's death? (25 Oct. 1805)
      In the Owen Assoc. there is a referance worth putting here..as it probably ties in to his fam ily..."We can easliy see the the Hendrick family had contact with Cumterland Co and Halifax Co. In this 1790 Obadiah Hendrick Estate there were notes om many different people of interest to us-John Craddock -was he related to the Samuel Craddock who received the 1793 land grant with John Cave, John Echols and William Glover?, Gustavus Hendrick, Bernard Hendrick, Elizabeth Hubbard---Richard Echols Brother Abraham had a dtr Elizabeth Echols who married a Hubbard..Is this she? --- Owen West (his mother, Jane Owen, a descendant of Philadelphia Owens, married Joseph West, whose well-known brother, Benj. West, painted the portait of King George III and was a founder and President of the Royal Academy in London. Joseph and Jane died in Pittsylvania Co Va-- Jeremiah Echols, Abraham Echols, Josiah Echols and Benjamin Hendrick." There is more here, but I do not tie it in, and will not type it now.
      It then says: "Above it was suggested the wife of Dr Thomas Owen was Jane
      Glenn.
      In an inquiry from Lynn Wood, Published in the Owen Newsletter, it was stated
      Dr Thomas Owens wife was Jane McDearmond. Are Jane Flenn and Jane McDearmond
      the same person? Is she mentioned in the will of Michael McDearmondro, probated
      in Prince Edward Co Va. 1865? " This was page 4, and I have page 5 sent to me, but not page 3 , which is the odvious referance.
      He was in Wilks Co Ga. first...and William and his wife Drucilla Echols did the same thing. T hey could have been the sons of Richard Owens Sr how died in
      Halifax Co Va 1756.
      In Pittsylvania Co Va, Chatham is now the county seat is now Danville the
      largest city. It lies on the line of NC on the Can River.
      After the war Dr Thomas bought new property which was available in
      Ogle Co Ga..later Greene Co and moved his family there. The land he bought was offered for s ale by the State of Ga. It was land which the state had planned to use as a site for a state univ, but the plan was abandoned when the residents of Greensboro objected that the students might destroy their
      shrubbery. Dr Owen bought the land which included the present sites of the
      county jail and the courthouse.
      1778-9 on Payroll of Capt Sam Gilbert's Co Battalion of Wilkes Co Ga.
      1784 Certified on Apr 7 as Colonel Elijah Clark in Wash Co Ga.
      1785 Mar 18 conveyed to John Tatum Sr 200 Cares on Pistol Creek in Wilkes CO
      Ga.
      1788 testator with Harrison Musgrove to land owned by Boon on the N Fork of
      Little River.
      1792 Glenn, and Thomas to George -his son Power of Atty Oct 21 Wilkes Co
      1794 Tax List Wlikes Co Ga . Greene later cut from Wilkes.
      1797 Estate of Dr Thomas listed by Thomas Jr. Apr 8 Sep. 7
      1804 Jan 23 Thomas conveyed to Wm Pollard 240 acres on Kettle Creek in Wilkes.
      1805 Jul. 22 Virginia Court Records Pittsylvania Co. 334 acres-suit land to the south side o f Sandy River against John Owen, Glenn Owen, George Owen, James Rutledge and his wife, formerly Owen and Jenny Musgrove formerly Owen, all heirs of Thomas Owen deceased. This land had previously been maried "abandoned" None of the heirs appeared to claim the land.
      Will found in Ga Archives on microfilm, and in Hist. Collections of Joseph
      Habersham Chapter Dar Vol 3 1910 Greene Co Wills. 1787-96 Greene Co
      Ga..Probate Court WIll Records.
      23 Aug 1820 Thomas Owens Heirs conveyed to Robert Simpson 240 acres on Kettle
      Creek.
      Finding Your Roots by Jeane Eddy Westin
      Va Gen Vol 23,3 1979 p 124
      Va Hist Soc Richmond Book #356 p 822.
      Hist. Register of Virginians in the Rev 1775-83 by John H Gwaltney
      History of Prince Ed Co Va by H C Bradshaw. p 276
      Wilkes Co Ga History Vol 2 p 10 179-180 251
      Marriages of Amelia Co (Now Prince Edward) Va 1735-1818 Amelia Co Va Marr
      Bonds 1739-1854
      Marriage Bonds Pittsylvania Co Va 1767-1787 Rosa Th. Land Comp.
      Va Gen Vol 23 #3 1979 p 124
      Lived Pittsylvania Co Va Guilford Co NC...
      History of Pitts. Co Va by Clement p 279
      William Kennon of Caswell Co NC...directly south of Pittsylvania Co Va...as her attorney--t o collect any money coming to me as admin. of Thomas Owen deceased from the estate of John Glenn of Hanover Co Va...Deed Book A Butts Co Ga 26 Sep 1827...attorney for Jane Glen Owen.
      Pittsylvania Co Va records Thomas Owen and Jane wife relinquishment of Dower Bk2 p 20 to Si lvester Adams 25 Jun 1772.
      Joe Parish 1708 Byron Odessa, Tx. 79751 suggested I read First Families of
      Henry Co Ga by Henry & Clayton Co Gen. Soc. he has corresponded with Mrs.
      Charles Rose 3734 Tree Bark Trail Decatur Ga 30034.
      He did live on Sandy River in Pittsylvania Co. Va at one time. A Court Case in that county i n 1806...John Wilson suing the heirs of Dr. T for ownership of a piece of land on Sandy River.
      He was in Greene Co. as early as 1795 and made a deposition about treating a
      negro woman for several wounds inflicted by Indians.
      One researcher shows he is child of Thomas and Anne Fountaine, had
      Hopson,William, Thomas , Fontaine, Mary,Sarah and Lucy.
      He was child of John who had Thomas m Elizabeth Brocks, Wm. Mary m William
      Allen, John m Mildred Grant, William and THomas.
      He was child of Thomas who came to America in 1632 on the Susan and settled in Jamestown Va . from the files of Ann McWhirter [email protected]
      Note of Laverne Markart SBYB36A says a 1757 Deed in Prince Edward Co of John
      and Thomas Owen to John Clark is signed by John and Thomas and Phoebe, wife of John relinzuis hing rights as well as Jane wife of Thomas relinquishing...Jun 1 97. She is sending me a list of deeds in Pittsylvania Co. records.
      From Genforum
      Doing research in Meriwether Co. Ga. today and ran across a book called OLD FIRST DISTRICT O F MERIWETHER CO. GA. AND ITS PEOPLE complied by Mary J Gilbert and Charlotte Daniel. In it is quite a lenghty profile on The George Owen Family. George Owen was born in Virginia in 1771, the son of Doctor Thomas Owen. Jane Owen, the sister of George, married Harrison Musgrove in Pitsylvania Co. Virginia, April 16, 1782. Records indicate that the Owen family lived in that county. In the 1780's the Owens had moved to Wilkes Co. Ga. and George Owen, while living there, was given Power of Attorney, November 1792, by his brother Glenn Owen, Thomas Owen, and Harrison Musgrove, his brother-in-law, to act for them in a legal matter. (will abbreviate from here) Doctor Thomas Owen and some of his children moved to Greene Co. Ga. where in 1797 Thomas Owen,Jr. died. In 1805, Doctor Thomas Owen died, and in his will he names his son George as executor. The legatees of his extate were his daughters, Ann Rutledge, Jane Musgrove, and his sons, Glenn Owen and George Owen. Also mentioned were Mary McCain and her son William McCain. George then moves to Monroe Co in an area that later became Butts Co. then he moved to Meriwether Co. There's more that may interest you. If this seems to fit e-mail me and I'll send you a copy of the whole thing. Good luck, Sharron Nehring
      Children of Thomas Owens Dr. and Jane Glenn are:
      +Ann Owens, b. 1753, Virginia, d. May 1837, Troup Co, GA.
      Mary Owens, d. date unknown.
      Jane Owens, d. date unknown.
      +Thomas Owens Jr., b., Virginia, d. 05 Sep 1805, Greene, Ga.



  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Glen OWEN, person ID LKTC-BXM. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Thomas Owen, person ID 9JG9-GDR. (Reliability: 3).