Person:Thomas Givens (1)

Name^[1]	Thomas Givens
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	21 Jan 1767	Augusta County, Virginia
Marriage	8 May 1789	Augusta County, Virginia by Rev. Wm. Wilson at Old Stone Churchto Elizabeth Kerr
Marriage	Est 1827	to Elizabeth L Hadden
Death`^?`	14 Dec 1848	Hopkins County, Kentucky

Thomas Givens was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

1 Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA
2 Records
3 Notes

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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:

Augusta Co., VA Deed Book 28, pg. 478. Feb. 16, 1796: James Givens of Augusta Co. to Thomas Givens of Augusta Co., 30 acres on South side of Middle River, part of 311 acres, first granted to John Givens by patent Aug. 3, 1743, and by last Will and Testament of John Givens, deceased, was devised to said James Givens, bounded as follows; viz. - Beginning at an ash and an elm by a branch on the Patent Line and comes to his 150 acres tract he now lives on. Signed: James Givens. Delivered to Thomas Givens, July 4, 1796.

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Records

Thomas Givens provided a supporting statement in 1833 of his brother William Givens' Revolutionary War Service, which is contained in his Revolutionary War Pension Application, as follows:

Thomas Givens, nearly, 67, stated that he recollected the services of William Givens

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Notes

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #2015, Date of Import: Jul 5, 1998]

After leaving VA, Thomas & Betsey visited his brother,Samuel, in Bourbon Co., KY then came down the Ohio river & arrived at the home of his brother, William, in Hopkin Co. In Dec 1811 and bought land southeast of present town of Providence.

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 MARRIAGE LICENSES, MARRIAGE BONDS, AND MARRIAGES. RECORD OF MARRIAGES IN AUGUSTA COUNTY BEGINNING 15TH MARCH, 1785. page 350, 1789, January 1st--By Rev. Wm. Wilson: Thomas Clifton and Betsy Caul; January 8th, George Hook and Jenny Bleakley; February 12th, James Robertson and Mary Russell; February 12th, George Anderson and Mary Breedon; March 5th, Major Alex. Wood and Anne Poage; March 9th, Jacob Peck and Elizabeth Daken; March 9th, William Givins and Rebecca Kennedy; March 12th, Hugh Keenon and Sarah Shackleford; March 20th, Charles Kellar and Barbara Smith; May 8th, Thomas Givins and Betsy Kerr.

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