Person:Thomas Helm (5)

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Capt. Thomas Helm, Esq.
Facts and Events
Name Capt. Thomas Helm, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth? 14 Sep 1731 Prince William County, Virginia
Marriage bef 1780 Virginiato Jane Pope
Occupation[1] lawyer
Death? 27 Apr 1816 Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
Burial[1] Helm Family Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
Other? Abt 1780 son Henry is killed by Indians

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

  • H-103: Thomas Helm of Frederick County, 269 acres on Opeckon in said County. Surv. Mr. John Baylis. Adj. Capt. Neile's Patent Land, Thomas Wyatt. 11 Jan 1752. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 57].
  • M-204: Capt. Thomas Helm of Frederick County, 300 acres on Opeckon in said County. Surv. Mr. Thomas Rutherford. Adj. Lewis Neill, William Neill. 14 Oct 1763. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 153].

Records in Virginia

  • K-123: Earnest Andrews of Frederick County, 256 acres on branches of Opeckon in said County. Surv. Mr. John Baylis. Adj. William Albin, James Hagen, Patrick Coyle, Thomas Helm, Joseph Carter, Thomas Perry. 6 May 1760. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 118].
  • M-255: Leonard Eckstine of Frederick County, 164 acres on Opeckon in said County. Surv. Mr. Thomas Rutherford. Adj. Thomas Helm, John Neill. 15 Feb 1764. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 156].
  • M-298: John Warford of Frederick County, 407 acres on Long Marsh and Opeckon in said County. Surv. Mr. Thomas Rutherford. Adj. William Beasley, Thomas Helm, Richard Chapman. 10 Sept. 1764. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 159].
  • M-328: Capt. Lewis Neill of Frederick County, 520 acres on Opeckon in said County. Surv. Mr. Thomas Rutherford. Adj. Thomas Helm, said Lewis Neill, Lewis Neill, Jr., Meridith Helm, dec'd. 2 Feb 1765. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 160].

Research notes

  • supposedly had 15 children
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave
    [Includes headstone photo], last accessed Jun 2017.

    [Note: stone appears to be newer]

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