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 Abt 1758 - 1828 (~ 70 years)
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| Name |
William Thomas |
| Born |
Abt. 1758 |
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
28 Jan 1828 |
Middletown, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
| Buried |
Prairie Creek, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
| Notes |
- U.S. Census Vigo County, IN 1820: "William Thomas, males: 45 & over - one; females: 45 & over - one."
John E. Hunt, comp., "The Pound and Kester Families: Containing an Account of the Ancestry of John Pound (b. 1735) and William Kester (b. 1733) . . .," (Chicago: Regan, 1904), "Appendix." p. 591:
"THOMAS--The father of William Thomas came from Wales and died in the war with Great Britain. His wife's name was Emmet Evans.
William Thomas lived in a large stone house near [the city of] Richmond, Virginia. He served for seven years under [General George] Washington in the Revolution, and at the close of the war married Margaret Marshall and immigrated to Lexington, Kentucky. In 1800 he moved to Butler County, Ohio, and in 1811 [he moved] to near Vincennes, [Knox County], Indiana and lived in a fort. In 1816 [he moved] to Vigo County and died there in 1828, and is buried at Prairie Creek, [Vigo County], Indiana.
His children were: Joseph, m. Polly Chambers; Abijah, m. Nancy Hansborough; Elijah, m. Sarah Pound; William, probably unmarried; Rebecca, m. Samuel Chambers; Nancy, m. Joseph Liston; Emmett, m. James Pogue; Elizabeth, m. James Wilkins; and Polly, m. Joseph French.
This information is given by Curtis Gilbert Thomas and Eunice Ann (Thomas) Trueblood, who has a historical pamphlet on the Thomas Family."
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| Person ID |
I21334 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Mar 2015 |
| Family |
Margaret Marshall, b. Abt. 1758, Richmond, Virginia , d. 1 Dec 1824, Prairie Creek, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age ~ 66 years) |
| Married |
Abt. 1783 |
Richmond, Virginia |
| Children |
| + | 1. Mary Thomas, b. Abt, 1784, Virginia, U.S.A. |
| + | 2. Nancy Thomas, b. Abt. 1786, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, U.S.A. , d. 10 Mar 1846, Pimento, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age ~ 60 years) |
| + | 3. Joseph Thomas, b. 18 Feb 1786, Kentucky, U.S.A. , d. 1 Dec 1875, Shelby County, Illinois, U.S.A. (Age 89 years) |
| + | 4. Rebecca Thomas, b. Abt. 1788, Kentucky, U.S.A. , d. 18 Jan 1861, Knox County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age ~ 73 years) |
| | 5. Emmet Thomas, b. 29 May 1789, Kentucky, U.S.A. , d. 16 Jun 1869, Fairbanks, Sullivan County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age 80 years) |
| | 6. William Thomas, b. Abt. 1790 |
| + | 7. Abijah Thomas, b. 21 Apr 1791, Kentucky, U.S.A. , d. 18 Mar 1868, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age 76 years) |
| | 8. Elizabeth Thomas, b. 28 Jun 1796, Kentucky, U.S.A. |
| + | 9. Elijah Thomas, b. 22 Feb 1801, Butler County, Ohio, U.S.A. , d. 11 Dec 1871, Prairie Creek, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age 70 years) |
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| Last Modified |
26 Mar 2015 |
| Family ID |
F8240 |
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 | Born - Abt. 1758 - Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia |
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 | Married - Abt. 1783 - Richmond, Virginia |
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 | Died - 28 Jan 1828 - Middletown, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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 | Buried - - Prairie Creek, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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