Isaac Thomas

Isaac Thomas

Male Abt 1787 - 1860  (~ 73 years)

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  • Name Isaac Thomas 
    Born Abt. 1787  Frederick County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~slhessick/peakes04.htm

      "A group of negotiators from the Transylvania Company which included Daniel Boone obtained agreement from the Cherokees along the Tennessee River in 1775 to allow white settlement of the area. By 1780 a number of stations had been established by James Harrod, Daniel Boone and others to facilitate the migration into the territory from the eastern states."

      [Kentucky County, VA was formed effective 31 Dec 1776 and abolished 30 Jun 1780; over the next dozen years other counties were formed, and Kentucky became the 15th state in 1792.]
    Gender Male 
    Died Bet. 1850-1860  Bond County, Illinois, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Otis M. Mather, "Six Generations of LaRues and Allied Families," (Hodgenville, KY, 1921):

      "Children of Susanna Thomas and John Thomas (possibly incomplete [sic]):

      Isaac, m. Polly Watts 1809; Robert Hodgen b. 25 Sep 1789 d. 10 Sep 1878 m. Letitia Miller b. 11 Sep 1793 d. 9 Apr 1865; Henry m. Sally Thomas 'He and three or four brothers moved to Illinois not far from Terra Haute IN.'; Hardin m. 3 Jun 1821 Sarah LaRue; Owen 'Located in Vigo County IN at an early day; Joseph 'probably went to Illinois'; Hezekiah m. 1826 Lucretia Thomas."

    • U.S. Census Elizabethtown, Hardin County, KY 1810: "Isaac Thomas, males: 16-25 one; females: under 10 one, 16-25 one; no slaves."

      U.S. Census Little York, Hardin County, KY 1820: "Isaac Thomas, males: under 10 two, 16-25 one [probably not a child of Isaac & Polly], 26-44 one; females: under 10 three, 10-15 one, 26-44 one; no slaves."

      U.S. Census Hardin County, KY 1830: "Isaac Thomas, males: 5-9 one, 10-14 two, 40-49 one; females: 5-9 one, 10-14 one, 15-19 two, 40-49 one; no slaves."

      U.S. Census Hardin County, KY 1840: [No entry for an "Isaac Thomas."]

      U.S. Census Terra Haute, Vigo County, IN 1840: "Isaac Thomas, males: 10-14 one, 15-19 one, 20-29 one, 50-59 one; females: under 5 one, 5-9 one, 15-19 one, 40-49 one."

      U.S. Census Bond County, IL 1850: "Isaac Thomas, age 63b. Abt. 1787 Kentucky, farmer no real estate owned, wife Mary, age 63 b. Abt. 1787 Kentucky." Adjacent household:

      "Lucretia Smith, age 37 b. Abt. 1813 Kentucky not employed; two daughters b. Indiana: Mary 9, Adely [sic] 6; Hester M. 3 b. Missouri."

    • H. C. Bradsby, "History of Vigo County, Indiana," (Chicago: S. B. Nelson, 1891), p. 956:

      "ALFRED G. THOMAS, farmer and stock-grower, Sugar Creek township, P. O. Macksville, was born May 16, 1824, in Hardin county, Ky., and is a son of Isaac and Mary (Watts) Thomas, natives of Kentucky and of Welsh and Irish descent, former of whom was a tanner and farmer. They came to this county November 16, 1829. The family consisted of eight daughters and five sons, Alfred G. being the third son. He was reared in this county, where he obtained his schooling, and spent his childhood and youth on the farm. Our subject is a regular graduate of the old-fashioned log school-house, and the school which he attended for a time then stood where Centerville now is. There his father farmed and carried on a tanyard for years, but his parents subsequently moved to Harrison township, this county, where Alfred G. also attended school.

      He learned the cooper's trade, which he followed for about thirty years in Harrison township. In 1875 he bought a farm; since when he has devoted most of his time to farming and stock growing. He is now the owner of a well-improved farm in Sugar Creek township, where he resides. . . .

      He has been twice married, the first time to Miss Martha, daughter of Joseph Giesham, and of German descent. Of this union there were six children (five now living): Alva Curtis, Charles, H.F., Mary (wife of G.W. Shank), Ralph L., Nellie (wife of William Murphy).

      Martha Thomas died in 1867, and Mr. Thomas married in 1868, the widow of D.S. Jenks. They have two children: William B. Jenks, and Olive (married M.A. Murphy). Mrs. Thomas is the daughter of Edward and Martha (Meadows) Braden, and of German descent. She is a member of the Methodist Church; Mr. Thomas of the Baptist and in politics, a Republican.

      He is a grandson of General John Thomas, a general in the War of 1812, and who has nine sons, all of whom were soldiers in that war. . . ."

    • http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/surnames/misc/m614001.txt

      "1817 Will Book C, p. 28: Isom Emlows- report of Sale, 17 Mar 1817, Hardin County, KY: Executor, Abraham Enlows.
      Purchasers: . . . Isaac Thomas (m. Polly Watts 1809 Hardin) . . ."

    • H. C. Bradsby, "History of Vigo County, Indiana," (Chicago: S. B. Nelson, 1891), p. 956:

      ". . . Isaac and Mary (Watts) Thomas, natives of Kentucky and of Welsh and Irish descent, former of whom was a tanner and farmer. They came to this county November 16, 1829. The family consisted of eight daughters and five sons. . . ."

      ?Find-A-Grave:

      "Obituaries and Register of Deaths, Copied from Greenville, Bond County, IL 'Advocate,' 1858-1899,

      Maria Robinson, died March 6, 1877, aged 44 years, 1 month and 25 days at Greenville. She was the daughter of Isaac & Mary Thomas, who emigrated from Hardin County, KY, with a large family of children, [and] settled in Terre Haute, [Vigo County], Indiana.

      It was there [Maria], who was the youngest child, was born on June 9, 1833. The family moved from Terre Haute to Illinois and settled northwest of Greenville. At this time [1845] Maria was twelve years of age ..."
    Person ID I21096  Complete
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2015 

    Father John Franklin Thomas, (Maj. Gen., KY militia),   b. 10 Apr 1763, Georges Creek, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1838, Terra Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Susannah Hodgen,   b. 3 Oct 1767, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1831  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 27 Apr 1786  Nelson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850: "John Thomas & Susanna [sic] Hodgen, 27 Apr 1786, Nelson County."
    Family ID F18041954  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Watts,   b. Abt. 1787, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1852, Greenville, Bond County, Illinois, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married 30 Mar 1809  Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850: "Isaac Thomas & Polly Watts, m. 30 Mar 1809 Hardin County."

    • Hardin County Clerk's Office Online Record Search:

      "1809 March 29, Hardin County, KY, Book A, p.31: Bond by Isaac Thomas and George Howard; witness, Jack Thomas; and license issued for the marriage of Isaac Thomas and Miss Polly Watts. 1809 March 30, Book A, p.6: Isaac Thomas and Polly Watts, m. by B. Albert."

    Children 
     1. Martha J. Thomas,   b. Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Girl Thomas,   b. Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Girl Thomas,   b. Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Girl Thomas,   b. Abt. 1809, Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Isaac Thomas,   b. Abt. 1810, Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Lucretia Thomas,   b. Abt. 1815, Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1870, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years)
    +7. Susanna Thomas,   b. Abt. 1815, Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1843, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 28 years)
    +8. John Lewis Thomas,   b. 29 Mar 1818, Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1887, Parke County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     9. Boy Thomas,   b. Bef. 1820, Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
    +10. Elizabeth Louisa Thomas,   b. Bet. 1810-1820, Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1888, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years)
    +11. Alfred G. Thomas,   b. 16 May 1824, Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1903, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +12. Maria Thomas,   b. 9 Jun 1833, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1877, Greenville, Bond County, Illinois, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2017 
    Family ID F8176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt. 1787 - Frederick County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 Mar 1809 - Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Bet. 1850-1860 - Bond County, Illinois, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
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