Descendants of Aaron The Red Thomas Thru 5th Gen8

Descendants of Joseph W.
Aaron Thomas
Generation No. 1
1. JOSEPH W. AARON2 THOMAS (AARON "RED"1) was born Abt. 1755 in

Virginia or South Carolina?, and died Abt. 1869 in Union Co., Ga.
Notes for JOSEPH W. AARON THOMAS:

Aaron the Red Thomas is a mystery. Many assumptions have been made
through the years as to his origins but it is safe to say at this point that the
legends are most likely true. As you will see as you read this family history
many descendants were given monikers in addition to the given name of
Aaron to identify which Aaron is being referred to.
This Aaron was known to have red hair. The legend is that Aaron the
Red was a shipman on board one of Morgan the Pirates fleet. The ship
crashed on the Carolina shores during a storm and that Red chose not to
re-board any ship as a result. Morgan the Pirate was actually a sanctioned
privateer for the British Commonwealth.
Red was born in Portugal. Hence it seems that the Hispanic bloodlines
stem through him. It was determined that since there is no mention of a
wife for either Red or son Joe that these women were Indians. At the time
in the history of the colonies no male children born with the inferior and
pagan traits of Indians could possess or own land. Since the THOMAS
descendants were all landowners it is safe to say that not mentioning the
mothers of these descendants would ensure that they would be able to own
land.
Marriages to heathens were forbidden. If a minister were to make such
a marriage he stood to loose his church or even his life. For the purpose of
prosperity and trade many colonists had two wives; a white wife on the
coastal shores and an Indian wife on the interior.
Joseph "Joe" Thomas was born about 1755-1765 either in Virginia or
South Carolina per census records. Some family members have him listed as
Joseph L. and others have Joseph W, while still another has him listed as
Joseph Aaron Thomas. He came with his sons Aaron, Hose', Joel, Thomas,
and Joseph Jr.(also referred to as Jose') to the French Broad River Valley
in North Carolina about 1790, after the American Revolution. From there all
but Aaron went onto Georgia. Joseph died in 1869 at the age of 114 years.
When he was 95 in 1854, he filed for recognition as being a Revolutionary
Soldier, but no record of him having served could be found. He stated he
volunteered in 1782 from the state of Virginia and served for three months
under Capt. James Gaines of Surry Co., North Carolina. That same year he
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said he served in a regiment of the infantry under an unknown Colonel. He
volunteered another three months in 1782 under Col. Brandon in Union
County, South Carolina marching on Moravian towns as guard of prisoners and
to convey Tory prisoners from Union County across the Pedee River. His loss
of memory to the exact names of officers he served under, due to declining
age. He had appointed William R. Query and Henry H. Walker of Stock Hill,
Georgia as his power of attorney. The original claim was filed on June 1, 1854
before Justice John Davidson. His pension claim was filed 6/1/1895 in Union
County, GA. He relinquished any claim to a pension.
A descendant named Monroe Thomas contributed to an article about the
Toe River Valley inhabitants and his ancestors in the June 1958 issue of
National Geographic Magazine. In this article Monroe states that the
ancestry of the Thomas line is Spanish and the original name was Tomas. He
claimed that Joe Thomas was born in Florida or Spain. Various members of
the Thomas lines have researched this information and learned that the
boundary lines between North Carolina and South Carolina had for some time
been in contention. That at some point the portion of Florida that lies in
South Carolina was known as Florida. There are even records showing Joe
listed as being born in Georgia when the Warren County boundary war was
occurring. So you can see where the confusion lies as to where exactly Joe
was born. However personally we feel that he was born in what later became
Buncombe County North Carolina.
Children's birth dates seem also to be in question. Since prior to the
middle 1800's no engraved headstones are found in the Thomas Family
Cemetery, only large plain rocks mark the gravesites. In recent times some
of the descendants have put up markers, perhaps not on the exact site of
the grave but in the family cemetery on the Toe River outside of the Toe
River Campgrounds near Micaville North Carolina where many of the family
reunions have been held over time.
History and Traditions of The THOMAS Family by Monroe

Thomas
The Thomas family of this region is descended from

Aaron, son of Joe. Joe settled in the valley of the French
Broad sometime soon after the Revolutionary War, but it is not
known from where he came from or who his parents were.
Tradition says he was of Spanish origin and rumors hint to have
come from Spain via Florida, but this seems improbably,
although the frequency of Spanish names among his early
descendants attest to his Spanish ancestry. An ocean trip in
those days was an event, and since no record of his crossing
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other than the bare statement has been preserved, it seems
more probable to suppose that he came from a family of
Spaniards already settled in Florida, rather than from Spain
itself.
Not much more than this is remembered by Joe. It is

not known in what part of the valley of the French Broad he
settled nor how long his descendants continued there; and the
names of only four of his children are still recalled: Hose, Joel,
Aaron and Joe. Hose and Joe settled in the valley with their
father, where he grew old and died, and Joel moved to Georgia.
This is all that is known of them.
The family as we now it sprang from Aaron, Joes third

remembered son. Marrying and living awhile with his father, he
soon left the valley of the French Broad and came to the valley
of the Toe, settling on the west side of the river at the place
now called Roses Branch, in what is now Yancey County (N.C.).
So far as is known, he was the first and last man of this name
to come into this region to found a family, and as such he bears
the distinction of being the father of all the Thomases here,
the man in whom they all meet and the last common ancestor.
The date of Aarons arrival has not been preserved, but

as well as can now be determined we know he got here around
1810. The region was then new and unexplored and for some
years his closest neighbors were the Silvers, a few miles up the
rivers; the Wilsons, on Bear Creek; and the Deytons, in the
Deyton Bend section. An account of his journey in, however,
has been kept in the family traditions. Coming by way of Bear
Creek, he rested with his family at the ____ (could be Hinsons)
for awhile; then taking his leave, he crossed over the gap to
Mine Creek, and following an old Indian trail, came from there
to Roses Branch, where he killed a deer and encamped for the
night. The next morning while scouting out a place to locate, he
came down to the river and saw on the other side a sizeable
bottom clothed in reeds. Crossing over, he found it to his
liking, but with some Indians domiciled on it. Frightened by his
seeming numbers, the Indians ran off and Aaron moved in and
took possession. In a few weeks he had the bottom plowed and
planted, a house built, and his family permanently settled.
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This is the ancestral home and family of all the
Thomases of this region, the last common home to which they
all trace back. Aaron had eight sons and several daughters;
soon the land around Roses Branch wouldnt hold them all and
they scattered. Jimmy and Henry went west, the rest of the
family gradually losing touch with them, and Hose and Jobe
moved to Kentucky, from where Dave, Jobes oldest son,
returned and settled in Double Island, marrying Hannah Hall, a
sister of Rile, Andys and Daves father.
Aaron, called Roarin Aaron to distinguish him from his

father, became a rolling stone, but finally settled with his
family in what has now become Avery County. John, Aarons
oldest boy, went over the hills into the community now known as
Pleasant Grove and built, marrying Cindy Wilson and naming his
oldest boy Aaron after his father, but calling him Water
Aaron in deference to the two older Aarons.
Jose went beyond Pleasant Gap, toward Micaville, and

planted a branch of the family there, becoming the father of
Will, and through Will of Zeb and others. Tommy, the youngest
boy, stayed with Aaron, taking care of him and inheriting the
homeplace. He married Rachel Silver, daughter of Henry
Silver. From them have come most of the familys preachers, a
total to date (1944) of twelve or more. Jimmy and Isaih Zair
Bud were their two preacher sons.
Among the children of the next generation only a few can

be noted here. Johns John moved to Swain County, Henry to
Little Rock Creek, and Aaron Water Aaron marrying Jane
Ollis, of Avery County, was kicked about on rented land until he
was 70, when he bought a farm and settled down at Lunday.
Higah moved over the river to Roses Branch from where all of
his sons except Malone left for various parts, but Jobe and
Flem stayed in Pleasant Grover, Flem getting the home his
father, John, built. From Tommys family Mack and Wash went
out Madison way, and the others all moved away except John
who inherited the old ancestral home and took care of Tommy.
Jimmy, following his ministerial work, moved from place to place
and finally went to Florida, from where, not liking the country,
he returned and now lives at Newdale. He and others of
Tommys children are the only members of their generation yet
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alive, Jimmy being the closest living male heir to Aaron, the
founder.
Thus, the Thomases scattered. As a result, they are

established in many places today, and through the marriage of
their daughters in many families of other names. But not all
their daughters married into families of other names, the
Thomases, much like other peoples of the time period, being
given to intermarrying. Because of this many of the children
are doubly desended from common parents.
Yet wherever the Thomases have gone, and into whatever

families they have married, they have retained their racial
traits. Physically they are small in stature and dark of skin, and
have small black eyes, and dark hair that turns gray early.
These characteristics are more pronounced in those whose
forebears were blood-related, but they are more or less
common to all of them. Temperamentally, they are humble,
unassuming, and pleasing, quick-witted, and religious; yet they
have a brittle nature and are given to poutiness when worsted,
having great hardiness of mind and body, their most noted
characteristic their longevity, many of the older ones having
passed the century mark. Joe, tradition says, lived to be 114,
the first Aaron to 107, and his grandson Water Aaron to 104.
The later, a small man wearing number five women shoes and
weighing 120 pounds in his prime, was born in 1820 and died in
1924, (w)hole and hearty to the last. Tommys Nancy, mother
of four preacher sons, is still alive and going at 99 (1944).
Dissatisfied with her first baptism, she was re-baptized at 86.
From the Recollections of Jimmy, preacher, wit, horse

trader, multiple-mover, as told by Monroe, his cousin twice-
removed, to JoAnn, daughter of Walter son of Alpheus, son of
Aaron Water Aaron, son of John, son of Aaron the founder,
son of Joe.
Labeled at the bottom of the family tree The Rock Whence I

was Hewn.
Information combined from the following family sources:

Monroe Thomas, deceased - notes from his genealogical records.
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Barbara Thomas Collins, Union County Historical Society Genealogist,
Blairsville, GA.
Frances Picklesimmer Arthur, Fayetteville, Georgia
Danny McBee, husband of Belinda Kay Thomas, and family genealogist,
Gastonia, NC.
More About JOSEPH W. AARON THOMAS:

Bought Land: 1805, From John McKehney in Buncombe Co. NC.
Moved to Georgia: Abt. 1835
Nationality: Per Rod Thomas DNA testing Spanish and other unknown
(possibly the Native American connection, also gives information to being
possibly Hebrew)
Children of JOSEPH W. AARON THOMAS are:

2. i. AARON O. THE ELDER3 THOMAS, b. 1776, Va., S.C., N.C. or Fl.?;
d. 1884, Toe River Valley, Yancey Co., N.C.
3. ii. ZILPHIA TYRSOHEE THOMAS, b. 1785, Burke County, N.C.; d.
Union Co., GA..
4. iii. JOB(E) THOMAS, b. 1786, South Carolina; d. Towns Co., GA..
iv. JOEL THOMAS, b. Abt. 1788, North Carolina; d. Campella Co.,
S.C..
Notes for JOEL THOMAS:
Some researchers have Joel listed as Hose' but also have a
Joseph Jose' Thomas listed. Confusing. Per Monroe Thomas Joel
did come to Georgia. No other info available and don't know if he
married or when he died.
5. v. NANCY THOMAS, b. Bet. 1790 - 1798, French Broad River Area,

N.C..
6. vi. JOHN THOMAS, b. 1794, Yancey Co., North Carolina; d. Aft.
1880.
7. vii. JOSEPH JOSE' THOMAS, b. Abt. 1797, Virginia? S.C.; d. Union
Co., GA..
Generation No. 2
2. AARON O. THE ELDER3 THOMAS (JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON

"RED"1) was born 1776 in Va., S.C., N.C. or Fl.? 1, and died 1884 in Toe River
Valley, Yancey Co., N.C. He married ELIZABETH HUNSUCKER 1795 in
Virginia, daughter of ABRAHAM HUNSUCKER and CATHERINE ZIRKLE.
She was born Abt. 1775 in South Carolina, and died 1880 in Toe River Valley,
Yancey Co., N.C.
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Notes for AARON O. THE ELDER THOMAS:
Information is conflicting about where Aaron Obidiah Thomas was born. On
the 1850 census information for Old Buncombe County, part of which is now
Yancey County in North Carolina, he states he was born in Georgia. On the
1860 census there is contention over the exact boundaries of what is now
Walton County in Georgia and part of which lies in South Carolina. Aaron
states his birth place as South Carolina on this census. The boundary
situation was known as the "Georgia War", the legal struggle ended in the
U.S. Congress.
Aaron bought two parcels of land about 1834 on the Roses Branch of the Toe
River in Yancey County from R. Love adjoining the "Dayton" property. Info
from the Deed book of Yancey County 1834 page 118.
1850 Yancey Co., NC census page 408

#372 next door to John and Lucinda Thomas
Aaron Thomas 68
Elizabeth 69
1860 Ledger P. O., Yancey Co., N.C. page 403b

Aaron Thomas 84 born S.C.
Elizabeth 85 born N.C.
Lucinda J. Hensley. age 13 granddaughter (daughter of John Wesley and
Martha Thomas Hensley)
More About AARON O. THE ELDER THOMAS:

Burial: Thomas Family Cem., Toe River Valley, Yancey Co., N.C
More About ELIZABETH HUNSUCKER:

Burial: Thomas Family Cem., Toe River Valley, Yancey Co., N.C
Children of AARON THOMAS and ELIZABETH HUNSUCKER are:

8. i. JOHN4 THOMAS, b. 1796, Burke Co., N.C; d. 21 Jun 1891, Yancey
Co., N.C.
9. ii. JOSEPH G. JOSE THOMAS, b. 1804, Virginia; d. 1916, Micaville,
Yancey Co., N.C..
10. iii. PLEASANT A. THOMAS, b. 1805, Old Buncombe County, N.C; d.
Union County, Georgia.
11. iv. ROBERT HOSEA THOMAS, b. 1806, North Carolina; d. 18 Dec
1879, Union Co., GA..
12. v. JOBE THOMAS, b. 1808, (Buncombe) Yancy County, N.C.; d. 06
May 1885, Dent Co., Kentucky.
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13. vi. REV. JAMES THOMAS, b. 1809, Newdale, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 15
Jul 1886, Possibly Kentucky.
14. vii. WILLIAM HUNSUCKER THOMAS, b. 1810, Yancey Co., North
Carolina; d. Aft. 1880, Blairsville, Union Co., GA..
15. viii. NANCY THOMAS, b. 1811, Yancey Co., N.C.
16. ix. CYNTHA THOMAS, b. 1812, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1894.
x. CATHERINE KATIE THOMAS, b. 1815, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. Abt.
1850; m. (1) ? HOWELL, 1835, Yancy County, N.C.; b. 1810, Yancy
County, N.C.; m. (2) HENRY HAL WILLIS2, 1838, Yancey County,
N.C.; b. 1810, Yancey County, N.C..
Notes for HENRY HAL WILLIS:

Catherine Thomas was known as "Kate". She married a Howell
first and then she married Henry Hal Willis who was the brother
of John Willis. There are no children listed on either the 1850 or
1860 census records. A young man by the name of Levi Rose aged
21 is living with Hal and Kate on the 1860 census as a hired hand.
17. xi. HENRY THOMAS, b. 1820, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1895, Sugar Creek
Cem., Fannin Co., Ga..
18. xii. AARON O. "ROARING" THOMAS, b. 15 Sep 1820, Yancey Co.,
N.C.; d. 1909, Silver Chapel Cemetery, Mitchell Co., NC.
19. xiii. ELIZABETH ELMYRA THOMAS, b. 15 Apr 1823, Yancey Co., N.C.;
d. 31 Mar 1900, Graham Co., N.C..
xiv. ADAM THOMAS, b. 1825, Yancey Co., N.C.; m. REBECCA DENNA,
1869, Yancey Co., North Carolina.
Notes for ADAM THOMAS:
It is questionable that Adam is a son, or a grandson? He is not
listed on Monroe's family tree.
1850 Yancey Co., NC;

Adam Thomas, Age 25, Family #1270, living with James Ramsey,
age 50 and wife Nancy, 45
20. xv. THOMAS THOMAS, b. Sep 1828, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 24 Jul 1912,
Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C..
3. ZILPHIA TYRSOHEE3 THOMAS (JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1)

was born 1785 in Burke County, N.C., and died in Union Co., GA.. She married
HOSEA LAND 17 Oct 1810 in Haywood Co., North Carolina, son of ISAAC
LAND and ELIZABETH ?. He was born 1781 in Burke County, N.C., and died
1886 in Towns Co., GA..
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Notes for HOSEA LAND:
Hosea is listed as Hosey on the 1850 census information for Union County
Georgia. He is also listed on the 1830 census records for Macon Co., N.C.
1860 Towns County, Georgia Census page 215b

Hosea Land 84
Zilphia 84
Cynthia 45
Is Cynthia a granddaughter?
Children of ZILPHIA THOMAS and HOSEA LAND are:

21. i. KEZIAH4 LAND, b. 1812, N.C.; d. Abt. 1865.
22. ii. ISAAC LAND, b. 1816, N.C.; d. Banks Co., GA..
iii. ZILPHIA M. LAND, b. 1820; m. JONATHAN HALL, 1845, Union
Co., GA.
iv. CEDARTA LAND, b. 1824.
v. LUCY LAND, b. 1824.
Notes for LUCY LAND:
Some researchers show Cedarta and Lucy as born the same time
possibly twins who did not survive to adulthood.
vi. CYNTHIA LAND, b. 1826.
23. vii. JEREMIAH LAND, b. 1829, N.C.; d. Towns Co., GA..
24. viii. AARON LAND, b. 1836, N.C.; d. 1863.
4. JOB(E)3 THOMAS (JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1)3 was born

1786 in South Carolina, and died in Towns Co., GA.. He married ESTER OR
ESTHER UNKNOWN Abt. 1815 in North Carolina. She was born Abt. 1788.
Notes for JOB(E) THOMAS:

Jobe is on the 1820 Burke Co., N.C. census, there is a Jobe on the 1830
Gilford, Macon and Buncombe Co., N.C.
Job(e) is listed on the 1850 Union County Georgia census as a slave owner
with 8 slaves.
33 Job Thomas 1 / 29 f b
34 " 1 / 18 m b
35 " 1 / 11 f b
36 " 1/6 fb
37 " 1/2 fb
38 " 1/1 mb
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This census indicates he was born in South Carolina. Must remember that
the boundaries of North Carolina and South Carolina were in contention at
one time.
By 1860 census records list him as in Mt. Eolia, Towns Co., GA.
Jobe Thomas 73
Hetta 71
Two doors down is Jeptha
1870 Hiwassee, Towns County Census page 215b

Jobe Thomas 83
Jeptha 40
Mary A. 43
More About JOB(E) THOMAS:

Burial: Old Union Baptist Church Cemetery
Children of JOB(E) THOMAS and ESTER UNKNOWN are:

25. i. DAVID4 THOMAS, b. Abt. 1819.
26. ii. ASA T. THOMAS, b. Abt. 1820, Towns Co., GA..
27. iii. JEPTHA P. THOMAS, b. 1830.
5. NANCY3 THOMAS (JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born Bet.

1790 - 1798 in French Broad River Area, N.C.. She married WILLILAM
KERBY 26 Aug 1813 in Burke County, N.C.. He was born in Burke County,
N.C..
Child of NANCY THOMAS and WILLILAM KERBY is:

i. CYNTHIA4 KERBY, b. Abt. 1814, N.C.; d. Union Co., GA.; m. REV.
JAMES THOMAS, 1829, North Carolina; b. 1809, Newdale, Yancey
Co., N.C.; d. 15 Jul 1886, Possibly Kentucky.
Notes for CYNTHIA KERBY:

No known children from this union nor when Cynthia died.
Notes for REV. JAMES THOMAS:
Per other researchers James and 2nd wife Mary Louise Ralston
Thomas migrated west (possibly to Kentucky?) and were buried
there. No children with Cynthis. Elmira Jane born about 1857 is
child of Mary Ralston union. Rev. James Thomas is buried at Mt.
Zion Cem., Union Co., Blairsville, GA.
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6. JOHN3 THOMAS (JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1794
in Yancey Co., North Carolina, and died Aft. 1880. He married ELIZABETH
Last Name UNKNOWN. She was born 1795 in North Carolina.
Notes for JOHN THOMAS:

Joseph Thomas Sr. is listed on the 1860 Union County census record in his
son John's household... his age is listed as 103.
1860 - Georgia, Union, Post Office Ivy Log, Roll M653_138, Page 513 -
John Thomas Jr 20,
Mary A 21,
Sarah 1/12
John Thomas Sr 66,
Elizabeth 70, Tytphio 35,
Cynthia 30,
Kizzah 28,
Matilda 24,
Joseph Thomas 103
households listed one after the other on same page

Aaron Thomas 26,
Martha J 20,
John A 21,
Martha A 7/12
Additional child found online posted by descendants Barbara & Melanie

McNeil
Children of JOHN THOMAS and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN are:

28. i. JOSEPH4 THOMAS, b. 1823.
ii. ZILPHA TYRSOHEE THOMAS, b. 1824.
iii. CYNTHIA THOMAS, b. 1828.
iv. KEZIAH THOMAS, b. 1829.
29. v. AARON the Little THOMAS, b. 1834.
vi. MATILDA THOMAS, b. 1836.
30. vii. JOHN THOMAS, b. 1839, Fannin Co., GA.; d. 23 May 1923, Mt.
Moriah Bapt. Cem., Fannin Co., GA..
7. JOSEPH JOSE'3 THOMAS (JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was

born Abt. 1797 in Virginia? S.C., and died in Union Co., GA.. He married
SARAH GAY Abt. 1817 in South Carolina. She was born 1803 in South
Carolina, and died in Union County, Georgia.
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Notes for JOSEPH JOSE' THOMAS:
Again border lines were in contention so not sure of birth place.
May have been buried in Missouri. No information on another other children
of this union.
Joseph Jose may have died in Union County but is buried in Springfield MO.,
per another Internet poster.
Child of JOSEPH THOMAS and SARAH GAY is:

31. i. JOSEPH HOSE'4 THOMAS, b. 22 Apr 1818, Pendleton Dist, S. C.;
d. 22 Feb 1881, Near Gentry, Arkansas.
Generation No. 3
8. JOHN4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2,

AARON "RED"1) was born 1796 in Burke Co., N.C, and died 21 Jun 1891 in
Yancey Co., N.C. He married LUCINDA CINDY WILSON Abt. 1819,
daughter of WILLIAM WILSON and CREANY THOMAS. She was born Abt.
1805 in Burke Co., N.C..

1850 Ledger, Yancey Co, NC, pg 408,
#371: John Thomas, 47, farmer, NC;
Aaron, 23, laborer;
Ahijah, 21
Jobe, 12
James H, 11
John G, 3
Lucinda, 44
Kissiah, 18
Margenia 17
Catherine, 15
Martha 9
Judith 7
Ruth C. 5
1860 Ledger P. O., Yancey Co., N.C. page 403a

John Thomas 54
Lucinda 52
Kisiah 26
Henry 21
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Martha 19
Judia 17
Ruth 15
John 13
Samuel 9
1870 Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C.

Household #78
John Thomas 60
Lucinda 60
Fleming 19
Judia 24 (also shown in household #81 on same census with husband John)
Mary A. 18
Harriet 12
Doctor 2
Note children don't match what other researchers have shared. Are
Harriet and Doctor grandchildren? Who is the mother?
1880 Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C. pg. 578D

John Thomas 75
Lucinda Thomas 71
More About JOHN THOMAS:

Burial: Thomas Family Cem., Roses Branch of the Toe River Valley, Yancy Co., N.C.
Occupation: 1860, Farmer, Union County, Georgia census.
More About LUCINDA CINDY WILSON:
Burial: Thomas Family Cem., Roses Branch of theToe River Valley, Yancy Co., N.C.
Children of JOHN THOMAS and LUCINDA WILSON are:

32. i. AARON WATER5 THOMAS, b. 15 Sep 1820, Yancy County, N.C; d.
04 Sep 1924, Double Island, N.C.
33. ii. AHIJAH THOMAS, b. 20 Oct 1828, Burke Co., N.C.; d. 1902,
Roses Branch, Yancey Co., N.C..
34. iii. KEZIAH THOMAS, b. 1832, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1905.
iv. DELIA MARGENIA THOMAS, b. 1833.
v. CATHERINE THOMAS, b. 1834.
35. vi. JOBE THOMAS, b. 20 Jun 1837, North Carolina; d. 24 Jun 1901.
vii. JAMES HENRY THOMAS, b. 1839; m. RACHAEL UNK..
36. viii. MARTHA THOMAS, b. 20 Jun 1841, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1922,
Mitchell Co., N.C..
37. ix. JUDIA THOMAS, b. 1846.
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x. RUTH CORDELIA THOMAS, b. 1846, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1901,
Bakersville, N.C.; m. PHILLIP WILSON; b. 1846, Yancey Co., N.C.;
d. 1917, Bakersville, N.C..
xi. JOHN G. THOMAS, b. 1848.
38. xii. SAMUEL FLEMING THOMAS, b. 1852, Yancy County, N.C.; d.
1938, Big Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C..
9. JOSEPH G. JOSE4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1804 in Virginia, and died 1916 in
Micaville, Yancey Co., N.C.. He married NANCY ROBINSON in Toe River
Valley, Yancy Co., N.C.. She was born 1809, and died in Micaville, Yancy Co., N.C..
More About JOSEPH G. JOSE THOMAS:

Burial: Thomas Family Cem., Toe River Valley, Yancy Co., N.C.
More About NANCY ROBINSON:
Burial: Thomas Family Cem., Toe River Valley, Yancy Co., N.C.
Children of JOSEPH THOMAS and NANCY ROBINSON are:

i. NEWTON A.5 THOMAS.
ii. MARY A. THOMAS.
iii. CYNTHIA L. THOMAS.
iv. ROSANNAH THOMAS.
v. JUDITH C. THOMAS.
39. vi. WILLIAM JASPER THOMAS, b. 1840.
10. PLEASANT A.4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1805 in Old Buncombe County, N.C, and
died in Union County, Georgia. He married (1) ELIZABETH UNK.. She was
born 1802. He married (2) SARAH UNK. Abt. 1826 in North Carolina. She
was born 1804.
Notes for PLEASANT A. THOMAS:

1850 Yancey Co., NC. page 390
#120/121 Pleasant A. Thomas 46
William A. 12
John W. 10
James A. 8
Levi 2
Sarah 40
Margaret 14
Louisa 5
Mourning 3
14
1860 Madison Co., N.C. page 364b
Pleasant Thomas in household 953 age 51
Sallie 49
William 21
John W. 18
James 16
Lewis (must be Levi) 14
Loucinda 12 (Louisa?)
Pinkney 10
Elisa 8 (could be Lisa)
Next door is and Edmon (38) & Rebeca (31) Thomas
Pleasant Thomason on the 1870 census for the town of Ivy, Madison Co., N.C
page 404b
Pleasant is listed in household #93 as age 67
wife Sarah is 60
son William 26
Margaret Whitt is listed as housekeeper with her daughter Lueasy 24.
At some point Pleasant chose to change the name to Thomason. Considering

the time period it may well have been due to the Civil War. Many people who
chose not to serve during the CW escaped persecution by changing their
names. Perhaps there is another story involved with this. Maybe one day
well find the truth.
1880 FDS website census has:

Pleasant Thomason aged 75
Sarah 74
John W. Thomason 40
Isabella (John's wife) 43
Sarah Gosnold (possibly Isabella's daughter) age 10
They are living in Bull Creek, Madison Co., N.C.
Next door:
William Thomas 42
Brejetta J. (wife) 23
James W. 2
William 8 months
Children of PLEASANT THOMAS and SARAH UNK. are:

i. MARGARET J.5 THOMAS, b. 1836, Yancey Co., N.C.
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ii. WILLIAM A. THOMAS, b. 1838.
iii. JOHN W. THOMAS, b. 1840, Lumpkin Co., GA..
iv. JAMES A. THOMAS, b. 1842.
v. LOUISA THOMAS, b. 1845.
vi. MOURNING THOMAS, b. 1847.
vii. LEVI THOMAS, b. 1848, Yancey Co., N.C.
11. ROBERT HOSEA4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1806 in North Carolina, and died 18 Dec
1879 in Union Co., GA.. He married SARAH ELMIRA MIRA HOWELL Bef.
1848 in Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Union County, GA., daughter of JAMES
HOWELL and MARTHA HILL. She was born 1813 in North Carolina, and died
21 Jan 1894 in Union County, Georgia..
Notes for ROBERT HOSEA THOMAS:

1870 Union Co.,GA. census
Robert is listed as Hosea and Sarah as Sallie.
More About ROBERT HOSEA THOMAS:
Burial: Mt. Zion Cemetery, Union Co., GA.
More About SARAH ELMIRA MIRA HOWELL:
Children of ROBERT THOMAS and SARAH HOWELL are:

40. i. WILLIAM BILL5 THOMAS, b. 1833, Yancey Co., N.C; d. 1911, Union
Co., Ga.
41. ii. JAMES S. THOMAS, b. 1835, Yancey Co., N.C; d. Aft. 1861, During
the Civil War.
42. iii. LIVELY SYLVIA NANCY THOMAS, b. 1837, Yancey Co., N.C; d.
1932, Union Co., Ga.
iv. MARTHA L. PATTY THOMAS, b. 1844, Yancey Co., N.C; d. 1920,
Union Co., Ga; m. JAMES W. COBB, 1876, Union Co., GA.; b. 1837;
d. 1922, Union Co., Ga.
More About MARTHA L. PATTY THOMAS:

Burial: New Hope Methodist Church Cem., Union Co., Ga.
More About JAMES W. COBB:

Burial: New Hope Methodist Church Cem., Union Co., Ga.
43. v. PATTERSON MURRAY DICK THOMAS, b. 1846, Yancey Co., N.C;

d. 1927, Union Co., Ga.
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44. vi. MARGARET AMANDA THOMAS, b. 02 Jun 1848, North Carolina;
d. 08 Apr 1945, Union Co., Ga.
vii. PRISILLA THOMAS, b. 1852.
viii. MATILDA TILDA THOMAS, b. 1854, Union Co., Ga; d. 1946, Union
Co., Ga; m. HENRY TAYLOR CEARLEY, 1897; b. 1853; d. 1930,
Union Co., Ga.
More About MATILDA TILDA THOMAS:

Burial: Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cem., Union Co., Ga.
More About HENRY TAYLOR CEARLEY:

45. ix. SARAH THOMAS, b. 1855, Union Co., Ga; d. 1935, Union Co., Ga.
46. x. JOHN A. THOMAS, b. 1859, Union Co., Ga; d. 1949, Union Co., Ga.
xi. JAMES W. THOMAS, b. 1861; m. LOUISA BREWER.
12. JOBE4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2,

AARON "RED"1) was born 1808 in (Buncombe) Yancy County, N.C., and died
06 May 1885 in Dent Co., Kentucky. He married NANCY DEYTON 1830 in
Yancy County, N.C., daughter of NATHAN DEYTON and SARAH KNIGHT.
She was born 11 Sep 1819 in Yancy County, N.C., and died 15 Jul 1886 in
Yancy County, N.C..
Notes for JOBE THOMAS:

1860 Ledger P. O. , Yancey Co., N.C. page 403b
Jobe Thomas 53
Nancy 43
Cintha L. 15
Aaron W. 13
David G. Mc 11
Jobe Mc 9
Stephen L. 4
Living next door to his parents Aaron and Elizabeth Thomas.
Jobe had moved to Kentucky about 1865 where he died in 1885
1880 Federal Census

Job THOMAS Self M Male W 73 NC Farmer SC NC
Nancy THOMAS Wife M Female W 69 NC Keeping House NC NC
Stephen L. THOMAS Son M Male W 23 NC Works On Farm NC NC
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Malinda J. THOMAS DauL M Female W 19 KY At Home KY KY
Job C. THOMAS GSon S Male W 2 KY NC KY
Rachel L. THOMAS GDau S Female W 7M KY KY KY
Source Information:
Census Place Indian Creek, Knox, Kentucky
Family History Library Film 1254426
NA Film Number T9-0426
Page Number 43C
More About JOBE THOMAS:

Burial: Thomas Family Cemetery, Yancy Co., N.C.
More About NANCY DEYTON:
Burial: Thomas Family Cemetery, Yancy Co., N.C.
Children of JOBE THOMAS and NANCY DEYTON are:

47. i. NATHANIAL BOONE RED5 THOMAS, b. 22 Aug 1832, Yancey Co.,
N.C.; d. 1881, Walla Walla, Washington.
48. ii. SERENA SENA THOMAS, b. 1834.
49. iii. ELIZABETH THOMAS, b. 1837, Yancey Co., N.C; d. Yancey Co., N.C.
iv. SARAH E. THOMAS, b. 1841; m. JAMES HENDERSON
BUCHANAN; b. 1845.
v. CINTHIA L. THOMAS, b. 1844.
vi. AARON W. THOMAS, b. 1847.
50. vii. DAVID G. MCDONALD THOMAS, b. 1849; d. 1917, Double Island,
N.C..
viii. JOBE MCKESSON THOMAS, b. 1851; d. Kentucky?; m. RACHEL
HELTON, 1875, Kentucky; b. 1857, Knox Co., KY..
ix. STEPHEN L. THOMAS, b. 1856, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. Kentucky; m.
MELINDA JANE HELTON, 1876, Knox Co., KY.; b. Apr 1859, Knox
Co., KY.; d. Kentucky.
13. REV. JAMES4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1809 in Newdale, Yancey Co., N.C., and
died 15 Jul 1886 in Possibly Kentucky. He married (1) CYNTHIA KERBY
1829 in North Carolina, daughter of WILLILAM KERBY and NANCY
THOMAS. She was born Abt. 1814 in N.C., and died in Union Co., GA.. He
married (2) MARY LOUISE RALSTON 10 Oct 1855 in Union Co., GA,
daughter of MITCHELL RALSTON and JANE MASHBURN. She was born
Abt. 1834 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died in Unknown.
Notes for REV. JAMES THOMAS:
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Per other researchers James and Mary Louise Thomas migrated west
(possibly Kentucky?) and were buried there. Were there ever any children
from either union? Unsure Elmira Jane is child of this union. Where did
James Thomas migrate to from Georgia? Burial: Mt. Zion Cem., Union Co.,
Blairsville, GA.
Notes for CYNTHIA KERBY:

No known children from this union or the date when Cynthia died.
More About MARY LOUISE RALSTON:

Burial: Mt. Zion Cem., Union Co., Blairsville, GA.
Child of JAMES THOMAS and MARY RALSTON is:

i. ELMIRA JANE5 THOMAS, b. 10 May 1857, Fannin Co., GA.; m.
GEORGE ALBERT HUNTER, 1874, Fannin Co., GA.
14. WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH

W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1)4 was born 1810 in Yancey Co., North Carolina,
and died Aft. 1880 in Blairsville, Union Co., GA.. He married NANCY WILLIS
Bef. 1828 in Yancy County, N.C.. She was born 1812 in Mitchell Co., North
Carolina, and died Aft. 1880 in Blairsville, Union Co., GA..
Notes for WILLIAM HUNSUCKER THOMAS:

Conflicting information states that William and Nancy Thomas came to
Union County when Joseph was aged 4, which would have put him in Georgia
in 1840. There is a William Thomas listed, but because of the way the
census information was taken it only lists the head of household and the
number of certain aged dependants. It is possible that William was in
Georgia long enough to be recorded but then went back to Yancey County,
N.C. where he is recorded as being there on the 1850 census. He is not on
the 1850 census in Georgia.
1850 Yancey County N.C. census page 450a

William H. Thomas 40
Joseph M. 14
John McDaniel 6
William J. 3
Nancy 38
Martha 14
Catharine 11
Cynthia 8
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It was learned several years ago that there were other children prior to
Joseph Monroe Thomas, having been born in Yancey County and if in fact
they were listed on the 1850 census for North Carolina these older children
could have been married by the time William and Nancy made the move to
Georgia and appeared on the 1860 census with Joseph being listed as the
eldest child. These older children are listed in the information provided.
William and Nancy are buried at the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church on the
shores of beautiful Lake Nottley (which was a Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA project Dam built around the late 1940's) in Union County off GA. Hwy
325. Information was provided by Bert Christy, a descendant of John
McDaniel Thomas through John and Elizabeth Willis Thomas' son Cornelius.
Mr. Christy lives in Roswell but was born in Dahlonega GA. He states that
William Hunsucker Thomas gave the land that the church is located on in
1877. William was known as "Billy" to all that knew him. In early July 2002
two new headstones for William and Nancy appeared in the church cemetery.
The graves lie between Syntha Thomas Beavers grave and her son William
Ausborn Beaver. There are 8 or more tombstones in the cemetery that are
just marked with the name of THOMAS. Mr. Christy states that these are
marking graves of the original markers were either stones or wooden
crosses which have long since disappeared. Members, descendants of the
line have provided the new tombstones. Information regarding the cemetery
can be found in CEMEMTERY RECORDS OF UNION COUNTY edited and
compiled by Dale Elliott and C.T. Wimpey, which substantiates that William
Hunsucker Thomas donated the land in 1877.
William H. Thomas is listed numerous times in the listing of marriages for
Union County, Georgia as Justice of the Peace, performing these marriages.
A big thank you to Dr. Charles T. Ingram of Jasper Georgia for steering me
to invaluable information regarding the descendants in this line.
William Thomas (this William?) enlisted for a six-month period under Col. T.
J. Haralson in the Anderson's Guards during the Civil War.
More About WILLIAM HUNSUCKER THOMAS:

Burial: Abt. 1906, Mt. Olivet Church Cem., Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
Notes for NANCY WILLIS:

Family history indicates that Nancy Willis was of Cherokee ancestry. Just
where the Cherokee blood lies is still a mystery, as we have yet to determine
who her parents are. It is thought that James and Martin and possibly
Washington Willis (since she named a son Willis Washington) are related to
Nancy as they are found living within the same districts on various census
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information for Union County Georgia from 1840 through 1880. Nancy's
granddaughter Huldah Sparks Cearley filed on the Guion Miller Rolls in 1906
through her, claim number 17524 was rejected, but that in no way denies the
heritage as it only means they weren't found on any governmental census or
registration rolls.
More About NANCY WILLIS:

Burial: Abt. 1904, Mt. Olivet Church Cem., Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
Children of WILLIAM THOMAS and NANCY WILLIS are:

51. i. ELIZA BETH5 THOMAS, b. 09 Dec 1828, Mitchell Co., N.C.; d. 31
Jan 1891, Union County, GA..
52. ii. MARTHA THOMAS, b. Aug 1834, Yancey Co., North Carolina; d.
Bet. 1900 - 1910, Fannin Co., GA..
53. iii. JOSEPH MONROE THOMAS, b. 02 Aug 1836, Yancey County,
North Carolina; d. 20 Mar 1918, Canton, Cherokee Co., Ga..
54. iv. SYNTHA THOMAS, b. 17 Oct 1841, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 03 Jun
1923, Union County, Georgia.
55. v. CATHERINE THOMAS, b. 1842, Yancey Co., N.C..
56. vi. JOHN MCDANIEL THOMAS, b. 05 Sep 1843, Yancey Co., N.C. or
possibly Ashville, N.C.; d. 26 Dec 1925, Union County, Georgia.
57. vii. WILLIAM JASPER THOMAS, b. 14 Jun 1847, Yancey Co., N.C.; d.
29 Mar 1919, Hall, Co. GA..
58. viii. ADELINE C. THOMAS, b. 24 Feb 1851, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 15 Feb
59. ix. CAROLINE ZELIEUS THOMAS, b. 1851; d. 1927, Rockmart, GA..
60. x. WILLIS WASHINGTON BUD THOMAS, b. 10 Aug 1853, Union
County, Georgia; d. 23 May 1933, Union County, Georgia.
15. NANCY4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2,

AARON "RED"1) was born 1811 in Yancey Co., N.C. She married AUSTIN P.
JONES Abt. 1825 in Yancy County, N.C.. He was born 1803 in Yancey
County, N.C.
Notes for AUSTIN P. JONES:

1870 Brush Creek Yancey Co., N.C. page 756b
#77 Austin Jone 70 farmer
Nancy 59
Hiram 24
Elizabeth 34
Bartlet 22
Ellis 18
21
Andrew H. 14
Lyda M. 4
Aaron Thomas 100
Next door is John and Lucinda Thomas.
More About AUSTIN P. JONES:

Occupation: Blacksmith/Ironsmith
Children of NANCY THOMAS and AUSTIN JONES are:

i. WILLIAM J.5 JONES, b. 1826; d. 1863.
ii. MARY A. JONES, b. 1833.
iii. NANCY C. JONES, b. 1835.
iv. ELIZABETH M. JONES, b. 1838.
61. v. EMELINE L. JONES, b. 06 Oct 1839; d. 17 Dec 1916.
vi. LARKIN JONES, b. 1842.
vii. JAMES J. JONES, b. 10 May 1844.
viii. HYRAM JONES, b. 1845.
ix. LEWIS R. JONES, b. 1849.
x. ELI S. JONES, b. 1853.
xi. ANDREW H. JONES, b. 1856.
16. CYNTHA4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2,

AARON "RED"1) was born 1812 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died 1894. She
married JAMES R. JR. HOWELL5 in Yancy County, N.C.. He was born 1811 in
North Carolina, and died 1860.
More About CYNTHA THOMAS:

Burial: Sid McCourry Cem, on the Aaron Bailey Farm, Yancey Co., NC.
Notes for JAMES R. JR. HOWELL:
James Howell Jr. was the first person to be buried is the Silver Chapel
Cemetery at Bandana, Mitchell County, N.C. When he died Cynthia moved
with her sons to Jacks Creek area in Yancey County. She is buried on the
left fork of the Patterson Branch in Sid McCourry Cemetery on the Aaron
Bailey Farm.
More About JAMES R. JR. HOWELL:

Burial: Silver Chapel Baptist, Bandana, Mitchell Co., N.C.
Children of CYNTHA THOMAS and JAMES HOWELL are:

i. WILLIAM M.5 HOWELL, b. 1830; m. NANCY GRIFFITH.
ii. THOMAS HOWELL, b. 1839; m. ELIZA TOLLEY.
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iii. SWINFIELD HOWELL, b. 1842; m. ELIZABETH DEYTON.
62. iv. JESSE PATTERSON HOWELL, b. 1844, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1937,
Mitchell Co., N.C..
v. JAMES HOWELL, b. 1847.
vi. AARON HOWELL, b. 1849.
63. vii. HENRY HOWELL, b. 1851; d. 1934, Yancey Co., N.C..
viii. MATILDA HOWELL, b. 1856.
17. HENRY4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2,

AARON "RED"1) was born 1820 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died 1895 in Sugar
Creek Cem., Fannin Co., Ga.. He married ELIZABETH UNK. Abt. 1841 in
Yancey Co., North Carolina. She was born 1820 in North Carolina, and died in
Sugar Creek Cem., Fannin Co., Ga..
Notes for HENRY THOMAS:

First four children picked up from Union County census information for
1850, next 4 children on the 1860 Fannin Co. Census.
1850 Yancey Co, NC, pg 408,

#376: Henry Thomas, 30, farmer, NC;
James, 8;
William H, 2;
Elizabeth, 30;
Elena J, 6;
Cynthia L, 4
More About HENRY THOMAS:

Burial: Sugar Creek Cem., Fannin Co., GA.
Children of HENRY THOMAS and ELIZABETH UNK. are:

i. JAMES5 THOMAS, b. 1842.
ii. OLEVIA THOMAS, b. 1844.
iii. CYNTHIA THOMAS, b. 1846.
iv. WILLIAM H. THOMAS, b. 1848.
v. NANCY E. THOMAS, b. 1850.
vi. SARAH A. THOMAS, b. 1853.
vii. LUCY THOMAS, b. 1855.
viii. CATHARINE E. THOMAS, b. 1858.
18. AARON O. "ROARING"4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH

W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 15 Sep 1820 in Yancey Co., N.C., and
died 1909 in Silver Chapel Cemetery, Mitchell Co., NC. He married ELMYRA
23
RAY Abt. 1840 in Yancy County, N.C., daughter of JACOB RAY and MARY
UNK.. She was born 1824 in Yancy County, N.C., and died 1904.
Notes for AARON O. "ROARING" THOMAS:

1850 Yancey Co, NC, pg 408,
#375: Thomas, Aaron Jr, 26, farmer, NC;
Jacob A, 6
Almyra 26
Mary A, 4
Catherine, 3
Eliza J, 1
Jackson Ray, 23, laborer, NC;
Albert Ray, 15, laborer, NC
1860 Yancey Co, NC, Ledger, pg 63,

#419 Thomas, Aaron, 43;
Mira, 43;
Jacob, 16;
Mary Ann, 14;
Catharine, 12;
Eliza J, 11;
Allen A, 8;
Henry, 6;
William, 4;
Martha, 3/12;
Mary Bear, 70
1870 Bakersville, Mitchell Co., N.C. page 329

#166 Aron thomas 51 farmer
Miry 50
Catherine 20
Eliza J. 18
Allen A. 14 (page 330)
Henry 13
William 11
Martha M. 7
Lydia 5
Sarah 3
1880 Federal Census:

Aaron THOMAS Self M Male W 58 NC Farmer NC NC
Myra THOMAS Wife M Female W 57 SC Keeping House SC SC
24
Eliza Jane THOMAS Dau S Female W 25 NC NC NC
Lydia E. THOMAS Dau Female W 15 NC NC NC
Sarah THOMAS Dau S Female W 13 NC NC NC
Source Information:
Census Place Yancey, North Carolina
Page Number 593C
More About AARON O. "ROARING" THOMAS:

Burial: Silver Chapel Cemetery, Bandana, Mitchell Co., N.C.
More About ELMYRA RAY:
Burial: Silver Chapel Baptist, Bandana, Mitchell Co., N.C.
Children of AARON THOMAS and ELMYRA RAY are:

i. SARAH SALLY5 THOMAS, b. Abt. 1842; m. SHERMAN PITTMAN.
64. ii. JACOB ANDREW JAKE THOMAS, b. 1844, Mitchell Co., N.C..
65. iii. MARY ANN THOMAS, b. 1846; d. 1939, Mitchell Co., N.C..
iv. CATHERINE KATIE THOMAS, b. 1847; m. KELSE WOODY.
66. v. ELIZA JANE THOMAS, b. 1849, Yancey Co., N.C.
vi. ALLEN A. THOMAS, b. 1852.
67. vii. HENRY THOMAS, b. 1854.
viii. WILLIAM THOMAS, b. 1856; m. TRIXIE WEBB.
ix. MARTHA M. THOMAS, b. 1858.
68. x. MELVINA VINIE THOMAS, b. 1859, Yancy County, N.C.; d. 1931,
Mitchell Co., N.C..
xi. LYDIA M. THOMAS, b. 1860; m. BUD HARRISON.
xii. SILAS THOMAS, b. 1863.
xiii. BERRY THOMAS, b. 1865.
19. ELIZABETH ELMYRA4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 15 Apr 1823 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died
31 Mar 1900 in Graham Co., N.C.. She married WILLIAM ARTHUR
BUCHANAN. He was born 03 Feb 1823 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died 07 Apr
1917 in Graham Co., N.C..
More About ELIZABETH ELMYRA THOMAS:

Burial: Franks Creek, Grindstaff Cemetery, Robbinsville, N.C.
More About WILLIAM ARTHUR BUCHANAN:
Burial: Franks Creek, Grindstaff Cemetery, Robbinsville, N.C.
Children of ELIZABETH THOMAS and WILLIAM BUCHANAN are:

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i. JAMES HENDERSON5 BUCHANAN, b. 1845; m. SARAH E.
THOMAS; b. 1841.
69. ii. GARRETT ELLIS BUCHANAN, b. 1850.
70. iii. MARTHA KATIE BUCHANAN, b. 1847, Brushy Creek, Yancey Co.,
N.C.; d. 1889, Green Valley Church Cem., Avery Co., N.C..
iv. TEMPERANCE ANN ELIZABETH BUCHANAN, b. 1849; m. HENRY
GRINDSTAFF.
71. v. CYNTHIA LOUISA BUCHANAN, b. 1850.
vi. AARON HENSE BUCHANAN, b. 1853; m. EMILY JANE HOWELL,
1880, Mitchell Co., N.C.; b. 1861, Mitchell Co., N.C..
72. vii. LYDDA MARGARET BUCHANAN, b. 1855.
73. viii. EMALINE LINA BUCHANAN, b. 1859; d. 1919, Hughes Cemetery,
Riddle Mtn., Yancey Co., N.C..
74. ix. SAVANNAH JANE BUCHANAN, b. 1860, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1931,
Big Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C..
x. MARY CAROLINE BUCHANAN, b. 1864; m. HENRY GILBERT
GIBB WILLIS; b. 1861.
xi. JOHN BUCHANAN, b. 1864; m. ANALYSA GAGE; b. 1861.
xii. WILLIAM ARTHUR BUCHANAN, m. DORA JOHNSON.
20. THOMAS4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2,

AARON "RED"1) was born Sep 1828 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died 24 Jul 1912
in Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C.. He married RACHEL SILVERS Abt. 1845 in
Yancey County, N.C.. She was born Jan 1833 in Yancey County, N.C., and died
28 Jun 1919 in Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C..
Notes for THOMAS THOMAS:

1850 Yancey Co., NC page 408
#374 Thomas Thomas 21
Rachel 19
1860 Ledger P. O., Yancey Co., NC page 400

Rachel 28
Henery MC 10
Nancy E. 9
Martha J. 7
Harriet 5
Washington 4
James C. 1
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1870 Brush Creek Twp., Yancey Co., NC page 755
Rachael 42
Nancy 15
Jane 14 (page 756)
Matilda 12
Washington 10
James 8
William 6
Margaret 7
Syntha 5
John 2
Evaline 1
1880 Federal Census

Thomas THOMAS Self M Male W 52 NC Farmer NC ---
Rachel S. THOMAS Wife M Female W 48 NC Keeping House MA NC
Martha J. THOMAS Dau S Female W 26 NC On Farm NC NC
James C. THOMAS Son S Male W 21 NC On Farm NC NC
Marget THOMAS Dau S Female W 18 NC On Farm NC NC
Wm. J. THOMAS Son S Male W 17 NC On Farm NC NC
Elizabeth THOMAS Dau S Female W 13 NC NC NC
John THOMAS Son S Male W 11 NC On Farm NC NC
Rachel E. THOMAS Dau S Female W 9 NC NC NC
Fraiah THOMAS Son S Male W 8 NC NC NC
Tennessee C. THOMAS Dau S Female W 6 NC NC NC
Source Information:
Census Place Brush Creek, Yancey, North Carolina
Page Number 578C
Some researchers show a son named Isaiah born in 1872 but there is nothing
on the census records to substantiate it. There is an Isaiah on the 1900
census records living next door to Tommy and Rachel in #47 Isaiah Thomas,,
Annah, Masouri, Florence and Elsie born 9/1898. None of this family seems
to know when they were born so no birthdates are listed. Its possible that
Tommy adopted him? There is a child born about 1872 to a black woman
named Phoebie Thomas living in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C. on the 1880
census? She and the child are the only two listed although Phoebie states
she is married. Isaiah Thomas is how he is listed.
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1900 Brush Creek, Yancey Co., NC page 149
#46 Thomas Thomas 9/1825
Rachel 1/1833
Syntha 1/1867
Willilam grandson 6/1885
More About THOMAS THOMAS:

Burial: Thomas Family Cemetery., Roses Branch of the Toe River Valley,
Yancey Co., NC.
More About RACHEL SILVERS:

Burial: Thomas Family Cemetery., Roses Branch of the Toe River Valley,
Yancey Co., N.C.
Children of THOMAS THOMAS and RACHEL SILVERS are:

75. i. HENRY MACK C.5 THOMAS, b. 1850, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1930.
76. ii. NANCY E. THOMAS, b. 1851, Yancy County, N.C..
iii. MARTHA JANE THOMAS, b. 1853.
iv. HARRIETT MATILDA THOMAS, b. 1855.
v. WASHINGTON THOMAS, b. 1856.
77. vi. JAMES C. THOMAS, b. 1859.
78. vii. MARY MARGARET THOMAS, b. 1862, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. Abt.
1951.
79. viii. WILLIAM J. THOMAS, b. 1864.
80. ix. SYNTHA ELIZABETH THOMAS, b. 1865, Mitchell Co., N.C..
81. x. JOHN H. THOMAS, b. 1867, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1950, Big Brush
Creek, Yancey Co., N.C..
xi. RACHEL EVALINE LINA THOMAS, b. 1869; m. JOHN HALL.
xii. FLEMING THOMAS, b. 1871.
xiii. TENNESSEE C. THOMAS, b. 1874.
21. KEZIAH4 LAND (ZILPHIA TYRSOHEE3 THOMAS, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1812 in N.C., and died Abt. 1865. She
married AUSBERN JEFFERSON BEAVER Abt. 1823 in North Carolina, son of
WILLIAM BEAVER and RUTH COVILLE. He was born 1808 in North
Carolina, and died 1892.
Notes for AUSBERN JEFFERSON BEAVER:

Some of this information seems to be confused by various descendants, have
sorted it out the best I can. Census for Union County Georgia lists
A.J.Beaver with wife Kiziah and children through Edley Filmore Beaver are
also listed.
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Children of KEZIAH LAND and AUSBERN BEAVER are:
i. JEFFERSON J.5 BEAVER, b. 1830.
ii. HOSEA ALEXANDER C. BEAVER, b. 1833.
Notes for HOSEA ALEXANDER C. BEAVER:
Appears that perhaps this son died in infancy, since a later son is
also named Hosea Alexander b.1842.
iii. JOHN MARION BEAVER, b. 1834.

iv. WILLIAM BEAVER, b. 1835.
v. MARY BEAVER, b. 1836.
82. vi. JESSE W. BEAVER, b. 1838.
vii. HOSEA ALEXANDER BEAVER, b. 1842.
viii. CAROLINE BEAVER, b. 1844.
ix. SAMUEL SMITH BEAVER, b. 1846.
83. x. EDLEY FILMORE BEAVER, b. 1848, Georgia; d. Abt. 1910,
Hiawasse Dist., Murphy, N.C..
xi. WILLIAM BEAVER, b. 1852.
84. xii. JOSEPH R. BEAVER, b. 1858.
22. ISAAC4 LAND (ZILPHIA TYRSOHEE3 THOMAS, JOSEPH W. AARON2,

AARON "RED"1) was born 1816 in N.C., and died in Banks Co., GA.. He
married MATILDA LEWIS 1834 in Macon Co., N.C.. She was born Abt. 1820
in South Carolina.
Notes for ISAAC LAND:

Researchers claim there were 5 sons and 4 daughters.
Children of ISAAC LAND and MATILDA LEWIS are:

i. JEREMIAH5 LAND, b. 1835.
ii. REBECCA LAND, b. Unknown; m. JONATHAN OSBORNE.
23. JEREMIAH4 LAND (ZILPHIA TYRSOHEE3 THOMAS, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1829 in N.C., and died in Towns Co., GA..
He married (1) LUCY LNU Abt. 1850 in Georgia. She was born 1826 in
Georgia. He married (2) HANNAH THOMPSON 03 Apr 1866 in Towns Co.,
GA.. She was born Oct 1835 in N.C., and died in Towns Co., GA..
Notes for JEREMIAH LAND:
Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of the Tennessee, 65th Reg., Co. G., out of
Towns County GA.
Children of JEREMIAH LAND and LUCY LNU are:

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i. HOSEA5 LAND, b. 1852.
ii. NANCY J. LAND, b. 1854.
iii. SARAH E. LAND, b. 1858.
85. iv. JOSEPH NATHAN LAND, b. Feb 1859; d. 1900, Towns Co., GA..
v. MILLY A. LAND, b. 1861.
vi. MARY M. LAND, b. 1863.
vii. JOSEPHINE LAND, b. 1865.
Children of JEREMIAH LAND and HANNAH THOMPSON are:

viii. HENRY5 LAND, b. Abt. 1866.
ix. HARRIETT L. LAND, b. 1870.
x. ROBERT J. LAND, b. 1873.
xi. MORGAN B. LAND, b. 1878.
24. AARON4 LAND (ZILPHIA TYRSOHEE3 THOMAS, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1836 in N.C., and died 1863. He married
MILA WALKER 04 Oct 1853.
Notes for AARON LAND:

1860 Mt. Eolia, Towns Co., GA. Census:
Aaron and Milla (Walker) Land resided in Mt. Eolia, Towns Co., GA. Towns Co.
was formed from Union and somewhat from Rabun Counties in 1856.
Georgia Volunteer Infantry, 65th Reg. Company G, Army of the Tennessee,

CSA. Smith's Legion Feb.16, 1863. June., 1863 found sick in Loudon, Tn.
hospital, died of illness July 1, 1863.
(His brother Jeremiah was also in the same company, and was also sick in the
same hospital at the same time, but survived.)
Children of AARON LAND and MILA WALKER are:

i. BUTLER5 LAND, b. 1855.
ii. CAROLINE LAND, b. 1859.
iii. ALFRED LAND, b. 1860; m. MILLIE HOOPER.
iv. MARY LAND, b. 1862.
25. DAVID4 THOMAS (JOB(E)3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was

born Abt. 1819. He married JANE A. UNK Abt. 1844 in North Carolina.
Notes for DAVID THOMAS:

1870 Hiwassee, Towns Co., Georgia Census page 215b and 216a
David Thomas 50
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Jane A. 43
Job 20
Lucinda C. 18
Julia A. 15
Virgil P. 12
Rebecca C. 9
Julitta A. 3
Sarah J. 2
Children of DAVID THOMAS and JANE UNK are:

i. JOHN5 THOMAS, b. 1847.
86. ii. JOB TAYLOR THOMAS, b. 1849, N.C..
iii. LUCINDA C. THOMAS, b. 1852.
iv. JULIA A. THOMAS, b. 1855.
v. VIRGIL P. THOMAS, b. 1857.
vi. REBECCA C. THOMAS, b. 1861.
vii. JULITTA A. THOMAS, b. 1867.
viii. SARAH THOMAS, b. 1868.
26. ASA T.4 THOMAS (JOB(E)3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was
born Abt. 1820 in Towns Co., GA.. He married MARTHA M. LNU in Towns
Co., GA.. She was born Abt. 1838 in Georgia.
Notes for ASA T. THOMAS:

1880 Federal Census
Asa THOMAS Self M Male W 60 GA Farmer GA GA
Minty THOMAS Wife M Female W 43 GA Keep House GA GA
Matilda THOMAS Dau S Female W 17 GA At Home GA GA
Paulina THOMAS Dau S Female W 13 GA At Home GA GA
Joseph THOMAS Son S Male W 11 GA Laberor GA GA
George THOMAS Son S Male W 8 GA GA GA
Jackson THOMAS Son S Male W 5 GA GA GA
Jane THOMAS Dau S Female W 1 GA GA GA
Source Information:
Census Place Upper Hiwassee, Towns, Georgia
Page Number 488C
Notes for MARTHA M. LNU:

Is Martha also known as Minty?
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Children of ASA THOMAS and MARTHA LNU are:
i. SARAH C.5 THOMAS, b. Abt. 1858.
ii. ELIZABETH THOMAS, b. Abt. 1861.
iii. MATILDA THOMAS, b. Abt. 1864.
iv. PAULINA THOMAS, b. Abt. 1867.
v. JOSEPH THOMAS, b. Abt. 1868.
vi. GEORGE THOMAS, b. 1872.
vii. JACKSON THOMAS, b. 1875.
viii. JANE THOMAS, b. 1879.
27. JEPTHA P.4 THOMAS (JOB(E)3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1)

was born 1830. He married (1) MARY POLLY ANN HUGHES 17 Feb 1851 in
Union Co., GA. She was born 1827. He married (2) MILLEY WALKER 1871 in
Towns Co., GA..
Notes for JEPTHA P. THOMAS:

1860 Mt. Eolia, Towns Co., Georgia page 125
Household #78
Jeptha Thomas 29
Mary 32
Martha 6
Andrew 4
1870 Towns Co., Georgia page 215b

Job Thomas 83
Jeptha 40
Mary A. 43
Martha L. 17
Andrew G. 14
Alfred H. 9
General M. 5
The 1870 Census of Towns Co., GA, shows Jeptha as 40 years old, and living
with his wife and children on his father's farm. They lived between Thomas
and Susan Nichols, and David and Jane Thomas. David, age 57, was one of
Jeptha's two brothers. The other was Asa.
1880 Federal Census

Jeptha P. THOMAS Self M Male W 50 NC Laborer NC NC
Milley THOMAS Wife M Female W 46 GA Keeping House GA GA
(is Milley a second wife?)
Marion THOMAS Son S Male W 17 GA Laborer N. C. GA (aka
General Marion)
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George H. THOMAS Son S Male W 7 GA N. C. GA
Sarah BRYSON Other S Female W 5 GA GA GA (is Sarah a
niece - daughter of David's daughter Rebecca?)
Source Information:
Census Place Brasstown, Towns, Georgia
Page Number 482A
Note Living next door to David Thomas is the Brysons, is Rebecca related?
Wellington BRYSON Self M Male W 23 GA Laborer N. C. N. C.
Rebecca BRYSON Wife M Female W 23 GA Keeping House GA N. C.
Source Information:
Census Place Brasstown, Towns, Georgia
Page Number 481D
Children of JEPTHA THOMAS and MARY HUGHES are:

i. MARTHA L.5 THOMAS, b. 1853.
87. ii. ANDREW GEORGE THOMAS, b. 1857.
88. iii. ALFRED HOWELL THOMAS, b. 1861.
89. iv. GENERAL MARION THOMAS, b. 1864; d. Abt. 1928.
Child of JEPTHA THOMAS and MILLEY WALKER is:

v. GEORGE H.5 THOMAS, b. 1873.
28. JOSEPH4 THOMAS (JOHN3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1)

was born 1823. He married REBECCA.
Child of JOSEPH THOMAS and REBECCA is:

i. MATTIE5 THOMAS.
29. AARON4 THOMAS (JOHN3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was

born 1834. He married MARTHA J. HAYES 15 Mar 1857 in Union County,
GA., daughter of ALFAN HAYES and MARTHA HARRISON. She was born
1839.
Notes for AARON THOMAS:

1860 Ivy Log P. O., Union Co., GA. census page 513
#584/587
Aaron Thomas 26
Martha J. 20
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John A. 2
Martha A. 7/12
1880 Georgia census lists children's names. Father John and sister Zilpha
(Zapha) are listed in this household in Dooley, Union County. Aaron THOMAS
Self M Male W 47 NC Farmer NC NC
Martha J. THOMAS Wife M Female W 35 NC Keeping House NC NC
John A. THOMAS Son S Male W 22 GA Farm Laborer NC NC
Martha A. THOMAS Dau S Female W 20 GA At Home NC NC
Aaron THOMAS Son S Male W 18 GA Farm Laborer NC NC
George J. THOMAS Son S Male W 15 GA Farm Laborer NC NC
Eliza J. THOMAS Dau S Female W 12 GA At Home NC NC
Joseph H. THOMAS Son S Male W 7 GA NC NC
Amand L. THOMAS Dau S Female W 4 GA NC NC
John THOMAS Father W Male W 89 NC At Home NC NC
Zapha THOMAS Sister S Female W 57 NC House Keeper NC NC
Source Information:
Census Place Dooley, Union, Georgia
Page Number 106C
Children of AARON THOMAS and MARTHA HAYES are:

i. JOHN A.5 THOMAS, b. 1858.
ii. MARTHA A. THOMAS, b. 1860.
iii. AARON THOMAS, b. 1862.
iv. GEORGE G. THOMAS, b. 1865.
v. ELIZA J. THOMAS, b. 1868.
vi. JOSEPH H. THOMAS, b. 1873.
vii. AMANDA L. THOMAS, b. 1876.
30. JOHN4 THOMAS (JOHN3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was

born 1839 in Fannin Co., GA., and died 23 May 1923 in Mt. Moriah Bapt. Cem.,
Fannin Co., GA.. He married MARY ANN BROWN 13 Jan 1859 in Union Co.,
GA, daughter of JAMES BROWN and ANNER CEARLEY. She was born 09
Nov 1838 in Fannin Co., GA., and died 01 Aug 1923 in Mt. Moriah Bapt. Cem.,
Fannin Co., GA..

1860 - Georgia, Union, Post Office Ivy Log, Roll M653_138, Page 513 -
John Thomas Jr 20, Mary A 21, Sarah 1/12
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John Thomas Sr 66, Elizabeth 70, Tytphio 35, Cynthia 30, Kizzah 28,
Matilda 24, Joseph Thomas 103
households listed one after the other
On same page Aaron Thomas 26, Martha J 20, John A 21, Martha A 7/12
There were several John Thomases in Fannin Co., so they were given
various nicknames. There was "Nickel" John, "Stocking" John, "Sleepy" John,
"Stiff Arm" John. This John Thomas was called "Black" John, supposedly
because of his dark complexion.
John and Mary Ann grew up in that portion of Union Co. that became
part of Fannin Co. in 1854. John served in the Union Army during the Civil
War and later received a pension. According to his application for pension
(see media), he was in Co. L, 4th Regiment, KY Cavalry. According to the
report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, he enlisted as a
corporal, 1/13/1864, at Louisville, KY, and mustered out 8/21/1865. He
traded his pension check for supplies acquired from Bob McKenney, a
retailer at Chestnut Gap.
On 3/1/1899, John purchased Lot 228, 9th Dist., 2nd sec., Colwell Dist.
from Enoch Rose for $900. This lot was next to lot 229, owned by George
W. and Daniel N. Mathis.
By 1869, John and Mary Ann had six children. On 9/1/1869, the baby,
L.J. Thomas (b. 6/5/1868) died. In December of 1870, all five of their
remaining children died of diphtheria, leaving them childless. After that,
they had Martha Josephine, my g-grandmother (b. 3/28/1875). Then they
had a son, William Lyda (b. May 1, 1878). He was called Lyda, pronounced lie-
dee.
Both Lyda and Josie married children of Dan and Martha Mathis, who
lived next door, making their children double first cousins. Lyda married
Callie Mathis, and Josie married my g-grandfather, John W. Mathis. by Ed
Mathis on the Rootsweb gedcoms on the internet.
Mr. Ed Mathis, Fannin Co., GA. <mathis@mathiselectronics.com> posts the

following children:
John THOMAS (John THOMAS2, Joseph THOMAS1) was born 29

JUN 1838 in NC, and died 9 MAY 1923 in Probably Fannin Co.,GA. He was
buried in Mt. Moriah Baptist,Fannin Co.,GA. He married Mary Ann BROWN
13 JAN 1859 in Union Co.,GA, daughter of James BROWN and Anner
CEARLEY. She was born 9 NOV 1838 in NC, and died 1 AUG 1923 in Probably
Fannin Co.,GA. She was buried in Mt. Moriah Baptist,Fannin Co.,GA.
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Children of John THOMAS and Mary Ann BROWN are:
+ 2 i. Martha Josephine THOMAS was born 28 MAR 1875 in Fannin
Co.,GA, and died 18 MAR 1958 in Fannin Co.,GA. She was buried in Colwell
Baptist,Fannin Co.,GA. She married John W. MATHIS 2 AUG 1891 in Fannin
Co.,GA, son of Daniel N. MATHIS and Martha Emmaline WILLSON. He was
born 9 APR 1873 in Fannin Co.,GA, and died 3 JAN 1931 in Fannin Co.,GA. He
was buried in Colwell Baptist,Fannin Co.,GA. They had nine children. The
children that follow were only listed on a census record by initials.
3 ii. S. E. THOMAS was born 12 JUN 1856, and died 11 DEC 1870 in
Fannin Co.,GA. (another poster lists her name as Sarah E. Thomas.
4 iii. M. E. THOMAS was born 22 MAY 1858, and died 13 DEC 1870
in Fannin Co.,GA.
5 iv. J. W. THOMAS was born 1 AUG 1863, and died 18 DEC 1870 in
Fannin Co.,GA.
6 v. L. S. THOMAS was born 22 FEB 1865, and died 21 DEC 1870 in
Fannin Co.,GA.
7 vi. E. L. THOMAS was born 6 NOV 1867, and died 14 DEC 1870 in
Fannin Co.,GA.
8 vii. L. J. THOMAS was born 5 JUN 1868, and died 1 SEP 1869 in
Fannin Co.,GA.
+ 9 viii. William Lyda THOMAS was born 1 MAY 1878, and died 9 JUL
1922 in Fannin Co.,GA. He was buried in Mt. Moriah Baptist,Fannin Co.,GA.
He married Caldona Matilda MATHIS, daughter of Daniel N. MATHIS and
Martha Emmaline WILLSON. She was born 17 FEB 1880 in Fannin Co.,GA,
and died 26 FEB 1929 in Fannin Co.,GA. She was buried in Mt. Moriah
Baptist,Fannin Co.,GA.
Children of JOHN THOMAS and MARY BROWN are:

i. SEE
ii. MARTHA JOSEPHINE THOMAS, b. 28 Mar 1875, Fannin Co., GA.;
d. 18 Mar 1958, Colwell Bapt. Cem., Fannin Co., GA.; m. JOHN W.
MATHIS, 1891, Fannin Co., GA; b. 09 Apr 1873, Fannin Co., GA.; d.
03 Jan 1931, Colwell Bapt. Cem., Fannin Co., GA..
Notes for JOHN W. MATHIS:

John and Josie had nine children.
iii. WILLIAM LYDA THOMAS, b. 01 May 1878, Fannin Co., GA.; d. 09

Jul 1922, Mt. Moriah Bapt. Cem., Fannin Co., GA.; m. CALDONA
MATILDA MATHIS; b. 17 Feb 1880, Fannin Co., GA.; d. 26 Feb
1929, Mt. Moriah Bapt. Cem., Fannin Co., GA..
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31. JOSEPH HOSE'4 THOMAS (JOSEPH JOSE'3, JOSEPH W. AARON2,
AARON "RED"1) was born 22 Apr 1818 in Pendleton Dist, S. C., and died 22
Feb 1881 in Near Gentry, Arkansas. He married ELIZABETH HOOD 06 Feb
1842 in Union Co., GA. She was born 05 Dec 1820 in N.C., and died 1886 in
Near Gentry, Arkansas.
Notes for JOSEPH HOSE' THOMAS:

Information on this family gleaned from the rootsweb gedcoms online posted
by "Jennifer" msfoxrider@msn.com. States there is a Joseph Thomas
Homestead off the highway just west of Gentry, Arkansas.
Children of JOSEPH THOMAS and ELIZABETH HOOD are:

90. i. ARTERBERRY5 THOMAS, b. 17 Nov 1842, Union Co., GA.; d. 1883,
Benton Co., AR..
91. ii. JOHN ALLEN THOMAS, b. 26 Feb 1844, Union Co., GA.; d. 1914,
Benton Co., AR..
iii. MARY JANE THOMAS, b. 11 Mar 1846, Union Co., GA..
iv. LYDIA THOMAS, b. 07 Jun 1848, Union Co., GA..
92. v. CYNTHIA ANN THOMAS, b. 05 Apr 1850, Union Co., GA.; d. 1910,
Haskall Co., TX..
93. vi. ROXANNE SARAH THOMAS, b. 18 Jun 1853, Arkansas; d. 1927,
Oklahoma.
94. vii. MARGARET ANN THOMAS, b. 11 Dec 1855, Arkansas; d. 1924,
Delaware Co., OK.
95. viii. SARAH ROSA LINDA THOMAS, b. 03 Jul 1860, Benton Co., AR.;
d. 1939, Lewis Co., ID..
Generation No. 4
32. AARON WATER5 THOMAS (JOHN4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH

W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 15 Sep 1820 in Yancy County, N.C,
and died 04 Sep 1924 in Double Island, N.C. He married MARTHA JANE
OLLIS 15 Mar 1857 in Mitchell County, N.C., daughter of BOSTON OLLIS
and ELIZABETH WISEMAN. She was born 1840 in Toe River Headwater,
Avery Co., N.C, and died 1936 in Double Island, N.C.
Notes for AARON WATER THOMAS:

Loved to fish hence the moniker of Water.
1860 Ledger P. O. Yancey Co., N.C. page 402b

#440 Aaron Thomas 27 farmer
Jane 20
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Bunavista 2 (birth date is indicated as being in 1860 wonder if they meant 2
months?)
1870 ?

Jane THOMAS Wife M Female W 35 NC Keeping House NC NC
Mcdanel THOMAS Son S Male W 18 NC On Farm NC NC
Nathaniel THOMAS Son S Male W 16 NC On Farm NC NC
Hetta THOMAS Dau S Female W 14 NC NC NC
Huldah THOMAS Dau S Female W 13 NC NC NC
Lily THOMAS Dau S Female W 10 NC NC NC
James H. THOMAS Son S Male W 7 NC NC NC
Zebedee THOMAS Son S Male W 3 NC NC NC
Source Information:
Page Number 579A
Children of AARON THOMAS and MARTHA OLLIS are:

96. i. SAVANNAH6 THOMAS, b. Abt. 1856, Yancey Co., N.C..
ii. MARTHA A. THOMAS, b. Abt. 1857.
iii. VISTA VANCE THOMAS, b. Nov 1860, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1953,
Yancey Co., N.C.; m. ALFRED COLUMBUS ROBERTSON, 1880,
Yancy County, N.C.; b. 11 May 1860.
More About VISTA VANCE THOMAS:

Burial: Double Island Cemetery
iv. OBEDIAH THOMAS, b. Abt. 1861. (was he also Aaron O. Thomas?)

97. v. JOHN HENRY MCKAMEY THOMAS, b. 02 Apr 1862, Mitchell Co.,
N.C.; d. 18 May 1944, Mitchell Co., N.C..
vi. NATHANIEL NATE THOMAS, b. 1864.
vii. WASHINGTON THOMAS, b. 1864.
viii. ELIZABETH ELIZA THOMAS, b. 1865.
ix. HULDA THOMAS, b. 1868; m. REV. JOHN ANDERSON GOUGE; b.
1854.
98. x. ALPHEUS HOWELL THOMAS, b. Sep 1873, Yancey County, N.C.;
d. 28 Feb 1949, Mitchell Co., N.C..
99. xi. ZEBULON B. THOMAS, b. Abt. 1878, Mitchell Co., N.C.; d. 1945.
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33. AHIJAH5 THOMAS (JOHN4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.
AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 20 Oct 1828 in Burke Co., N.C., and died
1902 in Roses Branch, Yancey Co., N.C.. He married MARTHA HENSLEY
Abt. 1852 in Yancey Co., North Carolina, daughter of BERRY HENSLEY and
NANCY BANKS. She was born 01 Mar 1832 in Burke Co., N.C., and died 1885
in Roses Branch, Yancey Co., N.C.
Notes for AHIJAH THOMAS:

1860 Bakersville, Yancey Co., N.C. Census page 399b
Ahijah (Abijah) 30
Martha 30
James 5
Harriett 4
John P. 3
Henry 2
David C. 11/12
1870 (June 15) Bakersville Twp, Mitchell Co., N.C. page 326b
Abijah 39
Martha 38
James 15
page 327a
Harriett A. 14
John P. 13
Henry G. 12
David C. 10
Mary D. 8
Ibby An 6
Amanda 5
Adilade 3
Sarah 11/12
1880 Mitchel County North Carolina Census:

Ahigah THOMAS Self M Male W 50 N C Farmer N C N C
Martha THOMAS Wife M Female W 48 N C Keeping House N C N C
Harriet THOMAS Dau S Female W 24 N C At Home N C N C
Palmer THOMAS Son S Male W 23 N C Works At Mica N C N C
Coleman THOMAS Son S Male W 21 N C Works On Farm N C N C
Anna THOMAS Dau S Female W 16 N C At Home N C N C
Amanda THOMAS Dau S Female W 14 N C At Home N C N C
Adeline THOMAS Dau S Female W 12 N C At Home N C N C
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Sarah THOMAS Dau S Female W 11 N C At Home N C N C
Malone THOMAS Son S Male W 9 N C NC NC
Minnie THOMAS Dau S Female W 6 N C NC NC
Samuel THOMAS Son S Male W 3 N C NC NC
Source Information:
Census Place Bakersville, Mitchell, North Carolina
Page Number 6D
Notes for MARTHA HENSLEY:

Is Martha related to John Wesley Hensley?
Children of AHIJAH THOMAS and MARTHA HENSLEY are:

100. i. JAMES "JEEMS" P.6 THOMAS, b. 13 Jul 1854; d. 1938, Mitchell
Co., N.C..
101. ii. HARRIET A. THOMAS, b. 1856; d. 1940, Mitchell Co., N.C..
iii. JOHN PALMER THOMAS, b. 1857.
iv. HENRY G. THOMAS, b. 1858.
v. DAVID COLEMAN THOMAS, b. 1859.
vi. MARY DIXIE THOMAS, b. 1862; m. WILLIAM HARVEY RIDDLE;
b. 1860.
Notes for WILLIAM HARVEY RIDDLE:

1880 Federal Census
Harvy RIDDLE Self M Male W 20 NC Farmer NC NC
Mary J. RIDDLE Wife M Female W 18 NC Keeps House NC NC
Source Information:
Page Number 577B
vii. IBBY ANNA THOMAS, b. 1864.

viii. AMANDA THOMAS, b. 1866.
102. ix. MARTHA ADELAIDE THOMAS, b. 01 Oct 1868; d. 1948.
x. SARAH THOMAS, b. Jul 1869.
103. xi. W. MALONE THOMAS, b. 1871; d. 1944.
xii. MINNIE THOMAS, b. 1874.
xiii. SAMUEL THOMAS, b. 1877.
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34. KEZIAH5 THOMAS (JOHN4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.
AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1832 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died 1905.
She married SAMUEL BASCOMBE RANDOLPH Aft. 1865 in Yancey Co.,
North Carolina, son of WILLIAM RANDOLPH and MARTHA BENNETT. He
was born 09 Apr 1820 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died 1887 in Pleasant Grove
Cemetery, Green Mtn., N.C..
Notes for SAMUEL BASCOMBE RANDOLPH:

He served for the Confederacy in the early 1860's and had an honorable
discharge in 1862. Co C 16, NC Inf, CSA. Samuel was one of "The Black
Mountain Boys"
More About SAMUEL BASCOMBE RANDOLPH:

Occupation: Farmer and Blacksmith
Children of KEZIAH THOMAS and SAMUEL RANDOLPH are:

104. i. FLEMING CORNELIUS6 RANDOLPH, b. 1869, Yancey Co., N.C..
ii. ANSEL PENLAND RANDOLPH, b. 1871, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1952,
Big Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C.; m. MAGGIE ELMYRA GOUGE,
Abt. 1905, Yancey Co., North Carolina; b. 1882, Yancey Co., N.C.; d.
35. JOBE5 THOMAS (JOHN4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 20 Jun 1837 in North Carolina, and died
24 Jun 1901. He married (1) MARY SOUTHER 13 Feb 1851 in Union Co., GA,
daughter of JOSEPH SOUTHER and SARAH UNKNOWN. He married (2)
EMELINE L. JONES 1855, daughter of AUSTIN JONES and NANCY
THOMAS. She was born 06 Oct 1839, and died 17 Dec 1916.

1880 Federal Census
Job THOMAS Self M Male W 46 NC Farmer NC NC
Millie THOMAS Wife M Female W 45 NC Keeping House NC NC
William H. THOMAS Son S Male W 14 NC On Farm NC NC
Melven W. THOMAS Son S Male W 10 NC On Farm NC NC
Remma THOMAS Dau S Female W 6 NC NC NC
Joseph A. THOMAS Son S Male W 4 NC NC NC
Source Information:
NA Film Number T9-0988 Page Number 5
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1900 Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C. page 150
#53 Jobe Tomas - June 1837
Millie - May 1839
Loomis C. - 11/1884

Burial: Thomas Cemetery, Roses Branch, Yancey Co., N.C.
Children of JOBE THOMAS and EMELINE JONES are:

105. i. ALEDELTHA6 THOMAS, b. 10 Feb 1860; d. 08 Oct 1949.
106. ii. JAMES WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS, b. 29 Sep 1862; d. 30 Jan
1927.
107. iii. MELVIN WOODBY THOMAS, b. 20 Sep 1869; d. 22 Jan 1905.
108. iv. REMEY ISADORA THOMAS, b. 30 Sep 1873; d. 10 May 1905.
109. v. JOSEPH ALLEN THOMAS, b. 11 May 1876; d. 02 May 1961.
110. vi. LOOMES CARPER THOMAS, b. 14 Nov 1884; d. 1967.
36. MARTHA5 THOMAS (JOHN4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 20 Jun 1841 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died
1922 in Mitchell Co., N.C.. She married JOHN COLLIS, son of JAMES
COLLIS and SUSANNAH BAILEY. He was born 30 May 1838 in Burke Co.,
N.C., and died 1929 in Mitchell Co., N.C..
Notes for MARTHA THOMAS:

Another researcher shows this Martha married a William Gouge.
More About MARTHA THOMAS:

Burial: Collis Family Cemetery, Little Switzerland, NC.
Children of MARTHA THOMAS and JOHN COLLIS are:

i. HARRIET6 COLLIS, b. 1872, Little Switzerland, N.C.; d. 1964,
Little Switzerland, N.C.; m. RANSOM W. WILLIAMS, 1890; b.
1865, Mitchell Co., N.C.; d. 1892, Little Switzerland, NC.
ii. SUSAN COLLIS, b. 1875.
iii. DOLLY LUCINDA COLLIS, b. 1877, Little Switzerland, N.C.; d.
1967, Little Switzerland, NC.; m. WILLIAM JOSEPH
WAYCASTER; b. 1869, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1953, Little
Switzerland, NC..
iv. ESTHER RUTH COLLIS, b. 1880, Little Switzerland, N.C.; d. 1973,
Little Switzerland, N.C.; m. BRISCOE MCKINNEY; b. 1879,
Mitchell Co., NC.; d. 1968, Little Switzerland, NC..
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v. JOHN STEPHEN "DD" COLLIS, b. 1882, Little Switzerland, NC.;
d. 1969, Little Switzerland, N.C.; m. JESSIE BLANCHE GLENN,
Abt. 1905, Little Switzerland, N.C.; b. 1881, Mitchell Co., NC.; d.
1952, Little Switzerland, NC.
Notes for JOHN STEPHEN "DD" COLLIS:

John Henry Stephen Collis was called "D. D."
37. JUDIA5 THOMAS (JOHN4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1846. She married HENRY THOMAS,
son of AARON THOMAS and ELMYRA RAY. He was born 1854.
Children of JUDIA THOMAS and HENRY THOMAS are:

i. CHARLIE6 THOMAS.
ii. MARCUS THOMAS.
38. SAMUEL FLEMING5 THOMAS (JOHN4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1852 in Yancy County, NC.,
and died 1938 in Big Brush Creek, Yancey Co., NC.. He married M ARY ANN
DAVIS. She was born 1853 in Yancey Co., NC., and died 1928 in Yancey Co.,
NC.
Notes for SAMUEL FLEMING THOMAS:

1880 Federal Census (terrible spelling)
Phlegred THOMAS Self M Male W 27 NC Farmer NC NC
Maryanne THOMAS Wife M Female W 26 NC Keeping House NC NC
Melvina THOMAS Dau S Female W 9 NC NC NC
Henderson THOMAS Son S Male W 7 NC NC NC
Sinai THOMAS Dau S Female W 6 NC NC NC
Webley THOMAS Son S Male W 4 NC NC NC
Leeroy THOMAS Son S Male W 3 NC NC NC
Nevada THOMAS Dau S Female W 1M NC NC NC
Source Information:
Page Number 578D

#49 Phlem Thomas 4/1850 = 50
Mary 2/1853
Leroy 3/1875
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Mary 5/1883
Rosie E. 1/1885
Lagauna 1/1886
Minnie 9/1889
Patterson 10/1891
George 8/1895
Cassie 10/1899
Children of SAMUEL THOMAS and MARY DAVIS are:

111. i. MELVINA6 THOMAS, b. 1871, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1959, Big Brush
ii. HENDERSON THOMAS, b. 1873.
112. iii. GEORGIA SINAI THOMAS, b. 1874.
iv. LEEROY THOMAS, b. 1875.
v. PAT WEBLEY THOMAS, b. 1876.
vi. NEVADA THOMAS, b. 1880, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1932, Big Brush
Creek, Yancey Co., N.C.; m. THERON A. WOODY, May 1900,
Mitchell Co., N.C.; b. 1869, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1919, Big Brush
Notes for THERON A. WOODY:

1900 Brush Creek, Yancey Co., NC page 149
#39 Theron Woody 8/1869
Nevada 4/1880
vii. ROSA E. THOMAS, b. Jan 1885; m. FERNUM JARRETT.

viii. CASWELL CAZZ S. THOMAS, b. Oct 1899, Big Brush Creek,
Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1977, Big Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C.; m.
ELLA ROBERTS; b. 1905, Mitchell Co., N.C..
39. WILLIAM JASPER5 THOMAS (JOSEPH G. JOSE4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1)6 was born 1840. He married
VIANNA E. MCCURRY, daughter of SILAS MCCURRY and HANNAH
SMITH. She was born 1840, and died 1912.
Children of WILLIAM THOMAS and VIANNA MCCURRY are:

i. DONALD DILLARD WILSON6 THOMAS.
ii. CREED DELBERT WILSON THOMAS.
iii. NEWTON VANBUREN THOMAS.
iv. ROBERT E. LEE THOMAS.
v. LAURIE ROXANNA THOMAS, m. LARANZO MCDOWELL
THOMAS; b. 1869; d. 1960.
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vi. MARY ELIZABETH THOMAS.
113. vii. JOSEPH MCDONALD THOMAS, b. 1876, North Carolina; d. 1967,
North Carolina.
viii. NANCY HANNAH BELL THOMAS, b. Abt. 1878.
ix. ZEBULON BOREGARD THOMAS, b. 1878, Mitchell Co., N.C.; d.
1945, Yancey County, N.C..
40. WILLIAM BILL5 THOMAS (ROBERT HOSEA4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1833 in Yancey Co.,
N.C, and died 1911 in Union Co., Ga. He married (1) MARY ROSETTA ALLEN.
He married (2) ALYSEE CATHERINE POTEET 03 Mar 1861 in Union Co., GA..
She was born 1833.
Notes for WILLIAM BILL THOMAS:

1880 United States Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
William THOMAS Self M Male W 46 NC Farmer NC NC
Alsa C. THOMAS Wife M Female W 46 NC Keeping House NC NC
Lorenso P. THOMAS Son S Male W 18 GA Farm Laborer NC NC
Marcena THOMAS Dau S Female W 13 GA At Home NC NC
Melvin THOMAS Son S Male W 11 GA At Home NC NC
Mary HUGHS Other S Female W 18 GA Servant NC NC
William POTECT FatherL W Male W 78 NC At Home VA VA
(Poteet)
Source Information:
Page Number 105A
More About WILLIAM BILL THOMAS:

Children of WILLIAM THOMAS and ALYSEE POTEET are:

i. LORENZO6 THOMAS.
ii. MARY JANE AMANDA THOMAS, b. 14 Feb 1855; d. 22 Jan 1887,
Mt. Olivet Bapt. Cem. Union Co. GA..
Notes for MARY JANE AMANDA THOMAS:
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Making an assumption that this is the Mary Manda Thomas buried
in the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church cemetery in Union County, GA.
She did not marry.
iii. WILLIAM THOMAS, b. 1857.

iv. LOUISA THOMAS, b. 1867.
v. SANFORD THOMAS, b. 1868.
vi. OCTAVIA THOMAS, b. 1871.
vii. BONITA THOMAS, b. Jul 1871, Union Co., Georgia; d. Oct 1874,
Union Co., Georgia.
More About BONITA THOMAS:

41. JAMES S.5 THOMAS (ROBERT HOSEA4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1835 in Yancey Co., N.C, and
died Aft. 1861 in During the Civil War. He married MARTHA ANTHONY 03
Jan 1858 in Union Co., GA., daughter of WILLIAM ANTHONY and NANCY
WILLIAMSON. She was born 1841 in Union Co., Ga.
Notes for MARTHA ANTHONY:

May have had a second marriage to Thomas Paige Graham.
Child of JAMES THOMAS and MARTHA ANTHONY is:

i. NANCY6 THOMAS, b. 1859.
42. LIVELY SYLVIA NANCY5 THOMAS (ROBERT HOSEA4, AARON O.

THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1837 in
Yancey Co., N.C, and died 1932 in Union Co., Ga. She married JOHN EVREM
DAVENPORT 22 Oct 1857 in Union Co., GA., son of JOHN DAVENPORT and
ANNA LEWIS. He was born 1833 in Roane Co., North Carolina, and died
1894 in Union Co., Ga.
Notes for LIVELY SYLVIA NANCY THOMAS:

1870 Union County Census information shows Lively's parents John and
Elizabeth Thomas and sister Zilphia aged 47 in the Davenport household
number 531 Coosa District.
More About LIVELY SYLVIA NANCY THOMAS:

Notes for JOHN EVREM DAVENPORT:

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1860 census shows John and Lively Davenport living in household 559 and
next door is William H. and Nancy Thomas at 560 and at 558 is Harden and
Elizabeth Sparks.
John enlisted by force of the Georgia Guard into Company B, Fain's

Regiment of the Georgia Infantry. He was enlisted on July 3, 1862 at Camp
Nelson, by Lt. Morris. He was in General Bragg's abortive Kentucky invasion.
The family legend goes something like this... John received word that Lively
was having problems at home. She had Martha Alice just six days after
John left for the war and food was in short supply. John went AWOL and
returned home, Lois Aletha was born nine months and 18 days after he
deserted. The story continues that John put on a dress to work in the fields
hoping the Guard would think it was Lively, but eventually he was captured
to be returned to his unit, hands tied behind his back with a guard in front
and two in the rear. Passing under a tree John dove off his horse and made
his escape again. Information supplied by Rodney Ridgley a descendant of
John Evrem Davenport.

John DAVENPORT Self M Male W 46 NC Farmer NC NC
L. Nancy DAVENPORT Wife M Female W 41 NC Keeping House NC NC
John W. DAVENPORT Son S Male W 21 GA Farm Laborer NC NC
Allice DAVENPORT Dau S Female W 17 GA Farm Laborer NC NC
Loace A. DAVENPORT Dau S Female W 15 GA Farm Laborer NC NC
Arrada J. DAVENPORT Dau S Female W 13 GA At Home NC NC
Asa E. DAVENPORT Dau S Female W 11 GA At Home NC NC
James D. DAVENPORT Son S Male W 9 --- GA NC
Dillard DAVENPORT Son S Male W 7 GA NC NC
Eliza A. DAVENPORT Dau S Female W 5 GA NC NC
Elisha A. DAVENPORT Son S Male W 2 GA NC NC
Source Information:
Page Number 105A
More About JOHN EVREM DAVENPORT:

Burial: Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cem., Union Co., GA.
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Children of LIVELY THOMAS and JOHN DAVENPORT are:
i. JOHN WILLIAM6 DAVENPORT, b. 26 Sep 1858, Union Co., GA.; d.
1934, Mt. Zion Cem., Blairsville, Union Co., GA.; m. MARY
ELIZABETH POTEETE, 1882, Union Co., GA; b. 16 May 1860; d. 1944.
ii. AMANDA J. DAVENPORT, b. 15 Aug 1860, Union Co., GA..
114. iii. MARTHA ALLICE DAVENPORT, b. 09 Jul 1862, Union Co., GA.; d.
13 Oct 1920, Union Co., GA..
115. iv. LOIS ALETHIA DAVENPORT, b. 1864, Union Co., GA.; d. 1958,
Fannin Co., GA..
v. RHODA DAVENPORT, b. 1866.
vi. ALSEY ASA E. DAVENPORT, b. 1868.
vii. JAMES DAVID DAVENPORT, b. May 1870.
viii. DILLARD DAVENPORT, b. 1873.
ix. ELIZA ARMINDA DAVENPORT, b. 1875.
x. ELISHA DAVENPORT, b. 1878, Union Co., GA..
43. PATTERSON MURRAY DICK5 THOMAS (ROBERT HOSEA4, AARON O.

THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1846 in
Yancey Co., N.C, and died 1927 in Union Co., Ga. He married MARY REBECCA
CEARLEY 1878 in Union Co., GA., daughter of CHARLES CEARLEY and
REBECCA HARRINGTON. She was born 10 Jul 1848 in Union Co., Ga, and
died 05 Nov 1928 in Union Co., Ga.
Notes for PATTERSON MURRAY DICK THOMAS:

Patterson M. THOMAS Self M Male W 32 NC Farmer NC NC
Mary R. THOMAS Wife M Female W 30 NC Keeping House NC NC
Patric H. THOMAS Son S Male W 10M GA NC NC
John A. HAYES Other S Male W 20 GA Farm Laborer GA GA
Source Information:
Page Number 104D
1920 Census Dooly Dist., Union County GA. page 279a

Thomas, Patterson M. 73
Mary R. 71
Mira R. 38
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More About PATTERSON MURRAY DICK THOMAS:
More About MARY REBECCA CEARLEY:

Children of PATTERSON THOMAS and MARY CEARLEY are:

i. PATRICK HENRY6 THOMAS, b. 18 Jul 1879; d. 26 Mar 1956.
More About PATRICK HENRY THOMAS:

ii. CAROLINE THOMAS.

iii. MIRIAH REBECCA MARIE THOMAS, b. 1881.
iv. CHARLES SUMNER THOMAS, b. 1884; m. MINNIE E. LNU.
Notes for CHARLES SUMNER THOMAS:

1920 Census Dooly Dist., Union County GA. page 279a
Thomas, Charles S. 36
Minnie E. 30
Vista M. 11
v. FLUENA THOMAS.
vi. NOLA THOMAS, b. 05 Apr 1889; d. 01 Apr 1971.
More About NOLA THOMAS:
Burial: Ivy Log Cemetery, Union Co., Ga.
vii. WILLIAM BRIGHT THOMAS, b. 18 Nov 1895; d. 22 Oct 1962; m.

MAYBELLE POPE; b. 12 May 1898; d. 04 Feb 1968.
Notes for WILLIAM BRIGHT THOMAS:
Apparently no children survived to adulthood.
1920 Census Dooly Dist., Union Co. GA. page 279a

Thomas, William B. 24
Mabel 21
More About WILLIAM BRIGHT THOMAS:

Burial: New Union Baptist Church, Union Co., GA.
More About MAYBELLE POPE:

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44. MARGARET AMANDA5 THOMAS (ROBERT HOSEA4, AARON O. THE
ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 02 Jun 1848 in
North Carolina, and died 08 Apr 1945 in Union Co., Ga. She married
MARTIN LOWE 25 Aug 1868 in Union Co., GA., son of JESSE LOW and
MARY MASON. He was born 27 Feb 1846 in Macon Co., N.C., and died 14
Nov 1945 in Union Co., Ga.
More About MARGARET AMANDA THOMAS:

Notes for MARTIN LOWE:
The surname has also been seen spelled LOWE and LOW.
Children's names from descendant Sandrea Selph-Hunter from
internet/Rootsweb gedcoms online.
1880 Census information:

Martin LOW Self M Male W 32 NC Farmer NC NC
Margarett A. LOW Wife M Female W 29 NC Keeping House NC NC
William A. LOW Son S Male W 11 GA At Home NC NC
Liola N. LOW Dau S Female W 8 GA NC NC
Marion L. LOW Son S Male W 6 GA NC NC
Julius P. LOW Son S Male W 4 GA NC NC
Sarah E. LOW Dau S Female W 3 GA NC NC
Allice V. LOW Dau S Female W 1 GA NC NC
Page Number 104C
More About MARTIN LOWE:

Children of MARGARET THOMAS and MARTIN LOWE are:

i. WILLIAM ALLEN6 LOW, b. 11 Jul 1869; m. (1) MARY
NICHOLSON, Abt. 1889; m. (2) CORDELIA JONES, Abt. 1895.
Notes for MARY NICHOLSON:

Could this be the same Mary as is on the 1880 census for Union
County,GA. The name is spelled Nickolson and the parents are listed as:
Jackson V. NICKOLSON Self M Male W 44 GA Farmer NC SC
Blarbla NICKOLSON Wife M FemaleW 35 GA KeepsHouse NC/GA
Margarett NICKOLSON Dau S Female W 10 GA At Home GA GA
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Mary B. NICKOLSON Dau S Female W 8 GA GA GA
Sarah E. NICKOLSON Dau S Female W 6 GA GA GA
Iowa E. NICKOLSON Dau S Female W 4 GA GA GA
James M. G. NICKOLSON Son S Male W 2 GA GA GA
William NICKOLSON Son S Male W 6M GA GA GA
Census Place Lower Young Cane, Union, Georgia
Page Number 107A
ii. LIVELY NANCY LOW, b. 14 Jul 1871; m. LUKE DILLINGER.

iii. MARION LEWELL LOWE, b. 17 Mar 1873; m. GEORGIA PARHAM;
b. 30 Dec 1878.
Notes for MARION LEWELL LOWE:
Marion's middle name may have been spelled "Luelle".
iv.JULIUS PATTERSON LOW, b. 11 Dec 1874; m. SARAH POTEETE.

v.SARAH BELL LOW, b. 10 Jan 1877; m. WILLIAM HAMPTON.
vi.ALICE VANDORY LOW, b. 1878; m. CICERO CEARLEY.
vii.JESSE LEE LOW, b. 1881; m. LILLY WALLACE.
viii.LYNDA S. LOW, b. 1883; m. DOCK CHAMBERS.
ix. JOHN VANBUREN LOW, b. 1885.
x.RADA ROSEZILLIE LOW, b. 1887; m. WILLIAM THOMAS
CHAMBERS.
xi. EFFIE ZEE LOW, b. 1890.
45. SARAH5 THOMAS (ROBERT HOSEA4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1855 in Union Co., Ga, and
died 1935 in Union Co., Ga. She married (1) JOHN W. BEAVER 1884 in Union
Co., GA.. She married (2) GEORGE W. THOMAS 1891 in Union Co., GA.. He
was born 1856, and died 1948.
More About SARAH THOMAS:

Notes for GEORGE W. THOMAS:

1920 Census Dooly Dist., Union Co., GA page 279b
Thomas, George W. 61
Sarah 67
Asbury 28
More About GEORGE W. THOMAS:

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Child of SARAH THOMAS and GEORGE THOMAS is:

i. ASBURY6 THOMAS, b. 08 Aug 1893.
46. JOHN A.5 THOMAS (ROBERT HOSEA4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1859 in Union Co., Ga, and
died 1949 in Union Co., Ga. He married (1) NOLIE HUGHES. He married
(2) CATHERINE CHAPMAN, daughter of ENOCH CHAPMAN and SALLIE
LITTLE. She was born 09 Jan 1859, and died 14 Apr 1926. He married (3)
JANE MASHBURN 1876 in Union Co., GA. She was born 1861, and died 1887
in Union Co., GA..
Notes for JOHN A. THOMAS:

Both are buried at Mt. Zion Baptist church in Union Co., Ga.
Notes for CATHERINE CHAPMAN:

Catherine is buried at Ivy Log Church Cem., Union Co., GA.
Child of JOHN THOMAS and CATHERINE CHAPMAN is:

i. NOAH A.6 THOMAS, b. 09 Jun 1884, Union Co., Georgia; d. 10 Mar
1981, Union Co., Georgia.
More About NOAH A. THOMAS:

47. NATHANIAL BOONE RED5 THOMAS (JOBE4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 22 Aug 1832 in Yancey Co.,
N.C., and died 1881 in Walla Walla, Washington. He married OBEDIENCE
FORBES 16 Jan 1853 in Yancey Co., North Carolina. She was born 11 May
1834 in Yancey Co., N.C, and died 1891 in Mt. Zion Cem., Howell, Missouri.
Notes for NATHANIAL BOONE RED THOMAS:

Many researchers have Nathan Thomas and some have Nathanial Clingman
Thomas, while others have Nathanial Red Thomas. It is believed by most
that his name is Natanial Boone Thomas. Clingman may have been
Obediance's middle name.
From Delores Wiley, Thomas Family Historian.
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Per correspondence from descendant, Robert C. Thomas, Jr., dated
July 30, 2002: "Nathan, the son from whom I descended, is known to
have served the Confederacy with the Black Mountain Boys, which
became Company C of the 16th North Carolina Infantry, Army of
Northern Virginia. He deserted the Confederacy after 17 months
(he signed up for 12 months) and went home. Reportedly,
Bushwackers were sent after him. Later because of how poorly his
family was treated first by the Raiders, and then by the
bushwackers, he fled with his family into Barboursville, Knox Co, KY
(there has been a story that he possibly signed up with the Union
Army at this point, but so far we have found no record to support
this claim), and ultimately ended up in Howell Co, MO. Here in 1878
he got into a fight with a man by the name of Richard "Dick" Jones.
Family legend has it that the cause for the fight went back to North
Carolina and his leaving the Black Mountain Boys. Jones had
previously announced he was going out and kill "Red" Thomas. During
the fight, Nathan clawed out the eyes of Dick Jones an dhit him in
the head with a stone. Having thought he had killed the man, Nathan
fled the area moving on to the Northwest territories of Washington
and Oregon, setteling in Walla Walla, WA, where he died Saturday,
January 22, 1881. At the time, he was working for Blalock's Mill, in
Walla Walla - you will find the Blalock name in Yancey Co, NC, and no
doubt Nathan went to Walla Walla because of a NC connection to
the Blalock family. Nathan is buried in an unmarked grave in Milton
(today known as Milton Freewater), Oregon Territory.
Nathan left his wife, Obedience Forbes Thomas, and children behind
in MO. The children were as follows:
1. Martin Van Buren (moved to Idaho)
2. Christopher Columbus (remained in MO)
3. Job Cornelius (remained in MO)
4. Nathan Clingman (moved to Idaho)
5. Mary Jane (remained in MO)
6. Sarah Amanda (remained in MO)
7. Ulysses Grant (moved to Idaho)
8. John Wesley (moved to Idaho)
9. Ida Frances (moved to Idaho)
10. Emily A. (stayed in MO)
11. Minnie Mae (moved to Idaho).
12. There was an additional son born after Martin Van Buren by
the name of William Waitsell Thomas. He died in Yancy County
in a fire."
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Obedience filed for a divorce on 11-5-1878. It is the belief of
Robert C. Thomas that because of the timing this was probably done
in an attempt to shield Obedience and the children from the lawsuit
filed by Dick Jones.
Notes for OBEDIENCE FORBES:

One poster on the rootsweb gedcoms on the internet states that
Obedience's maiden name was Clingman and another states she was married
to a George White prior to Nathan. I discount this information since I have
been in contact with direct descendants of this line. Parents are supposed
to be William Charles Forbes and Lydia Garland.
1880 Federal Census

Obedience THOMAS Self D Female W 45 TN Keeping House NC NC
Columbus C. THOMAS Son S Male W 23 NC Works On Farm NC TN
Amanda S. THOMAS Dau S Female W 14 KY NC TN
Grant W. S. THOMAS Son S Male W 11 KY Works On Farm NC TN
John W. THOMAS Son S Male W 9 MO NC TN
Ida THOMAS Dau S Female W 7 MO NC TN
Emma THOMAS Dau S Female W 5 MO NC TN
Minie THOMAS Dau S Female W 3 MO NC TN
Source Information:
Census Place Sisson, Howell, Missouri
Page Number 459A
Children of NATHANIAL THOMAS and OBEDIENCE FORBES are:

116. i. MARTIN VAN BUREN6 THOMAS, b. 1854, Yancey Co., N.C; d.
1930, Nez Perce Co., ID..
ii. WILLIAM WAITSELL THOMAS, b. 1855, Yancey Co., N.C; d.
Yancey Co., N.C.
Notes for WILLIAM WAITSELL THOMAS:

Died of burns as an infant.
117. iii. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS THOMAS, b. 1857, Yancey Co., N.C; d.

1938, Center Hill Cem., Howell Co., MO..
118. iv. JOBE CORNELIUS THOMAS, b. 1858, Yancey Co., N.C; d. 1958,
Mackey Cem., Howell Co., MO..
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v. NATHAN CLINGMAN THOMAS, b. 1860, Yancey Co., N.C; d. 1915,
Latah Co., ID.; m. MARTHA LOU FINCH; b. 1883, Howell Co., MO.;
d. Latah Co., ID..
Notes for NATHAN CLINGMAN THOMAS:

Children of Nathan Clingman THOMAS Jr. and Martha L. "Lou"
FINCH are:
i. Oskar M. THOMAS.
ii. Ollie M. THOMAS.
iii. Osie Violet THOMAS.
iv. Opal Vivian THOMAS.
v. Otha Maxwell THOMAS was born 06 MAY 1905 in
Kendrick,Latah Co, ID, and died SEP 1967 in Chippewa
Falls,Wisconsin. He married Lucille Beatrice Zandi. She was born
1912 in Pence, Wisconsin. She died in Chippewa Falls, Wi.
119. vi. MARY JANE THOMAS, b. Oct 1866, Yancey Co., N.C.
120. vii. SARAH AMANDA THOMAS, b. May 1866, Knox Co., KY..
viii. ULYSSES GRANT THOMAS, b. 1868, Howell Co., MO.; d. 1906,
Latah Co., ID..
Notes for ULYSSES GRANT THOMAS:

He was engaged to Virginia Jayne who broke the engagment and
married his younger brother John Wesley Thomas. U.G. moved to
Idaho after that.
121. ix. JOHN WESLEY THOMAS, b. 1870, Howell Co., MO.; d. 1933, Peck,
ID..
x. IDA FRANCES THOMAS, b. 1872, Howell Co., MO..
122. xi. EMILY A. THOMAS, b. 1875, Howell Co., MO.; d. 1894, Mt. Zion
Cem., Howell, Missouri.
123. xii. MINNIE MAY THOMAS, b. 1878, Howell Co., MO.; d. 1920, Latah
Co., ID..
48. SERENA SENA5 THOMAS (JOBE4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH

W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1834. She married JAMES
GARRETT RIDDLE Abt. 1856 in Yancey Co., North Carolina. He was born
1828.
Notes for SERENA SENA THOMAS:

Name is also seen as Sina.
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Notes for JAMES GARRETT RIDDLE:
1880 Federal Census
Garrett RIDDLE Self M Male W 51 NC Farmer --- NC
Sinai RIDDLE Wife M Female W 46 NC Keeping House NC NC
Nancy E. RIDDLE Dau S Female W 25 NC NC NC
Talitha C. RIDDLE Dau S Female W 20 NC NC NC
Baccus L. RIDDLE Son S Male W 17 NC On Farm NC NC
Source Information:
Page Number 577A
Believe that Sina is James Garrett Riddle's second wife. First wife is living
with son Nathan Alison Riddle on same census.
Children of SERENA THOMAS and JAMES RIDDLE are:

i. NANCY E.6 RIDDLE, b. 1855.
124. ii. TALITHA CUMI RIDDLE, b. 1858, Greenmountain, N.C.; d. 1932,
Yancey Co., N.C..
iii. WILLIAM HARVEY RIDDLE, b. 1860; m. MARY DIXIE THOMAS;
b. 1862.
Notes for WILLIAM HARVEY RIDDLE:

1880 Federal Census
Harvy RIDDLE Self M Male W 20 NC Farmer NC NC
Mary J. RIDDLE Wife M Female W 18 NC Keeps House NC NC
Source Information:
Page Number 577B
iv. BACCUS L. RIDDLE, b. 1864.
49. ELIZABETH5 THOMAS (JOBE4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1837 in Yancey Co., N.C, and died in
Yancey Co., N.C. She married CHARLES WASHINGTON RECTOR Abt. 1856
in Yancey Co., North Carolina. He was born 1830 in Lincoln Co., N.C., and died
in Yancey Co., N.C.
Child of ELIZABETH THOMAS and CHARLES RECTOR is:

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125. i.MARCUS6 RECTOR, b. 1857, Yancey Co., N.C; d. 1929, Yancey Co., N.C.
50. DAVID G. MCDONALD5 THOMAS (JOBE4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1849, and died 1917 in
Double Island, N.C.. He married HANNAH HALL, daughter of WILLIAM
HALL and SARAH SMITH. She was born 1846, and died 1924 in Double
Island, N.C..
Children of DAVID THOMAS and HANNAH HALL are:

i. DR. DOCK MARION6 THOMAS, b. 1867; d. 1940, Union Co., GA.; m.
FRANCIS ROBINSON, 1901, Union Co., GA; d. Union Co., GA..
ii. LARANZO MCDOWELL THOMAS, b. 1869; d. 1960; m. LAURIE
ROXANNA THOMAS.
iii. MARCUS E. THOMAS, b. 1871; d. 1946; m. ELIZA BOONE, 1889.
iv. JOHN R. THOMAS, b. 1875; d. 1914; m. CORNELIA JANE
ROBINSON, 1904.
v. CUMIE THOMAS, b. 1877; m. LUTHER DEATON, 1898.
vi. BUENA A. THOMAS, b. 1879; m. GARRETT ROBERSON, 1898.
vii. JOBE M. THOMAS, b. 1883; d. 1952; m. HATTIE HUGHES, 1903.
viii. IDA THOMAS, b. 1886; m. WALTER BLACK, 1904.
51. ELIZA BETH5 THOMAS (WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 09 Dec 1828 in
Mitchell Co., N.C., and died 31 Jan 1891 in Union County, GA.. She married
HARDIN J. SPARKS Bef. 1844 in Mitchell Co., N.C., son of ALLEN SPARKS
and BEERSHEEBA LNU. He was born 29 Dec 1818 in Mitchell Co., N.C., and
died 13 Jan 1888 in Union County, GA..
Notes for ELIZA BETH THOMAS:

Bible pages supplied by Diana Kay Nelson Smith, show Eliza Beth.
Census records of course show it as Elizabeth.
Notes for HARDIN J. SPARKS:

Harden J. Sparks is reported to have enlisted in the 23rd Regiment of the
Georgia Infantry volunteers, Army of the Tennessee Company B. They also
state in the book concerning the Union County Georgia enlistments that
Harden died in a hospital in Richmond Virginia on July 8, 1862. I am sure
this would be news to his last three children, born after 1862.
Harden is also listed multiple times as the Justice of the Peace for many
marriages in Union Co., GA.
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Census information lists this Sparks family as living a couple of doors from
William H. and Nancy Willis Thomas.
1880 Census:
Harden J. SPARKS Self M Male W 62 NC Farmer NC NC
Elisabeth SPARKS Wife M Female W 50 NC Keeping House NC NC
Eliza A. SPARKS Dau S Female W 18 GA At Home NC NC
William A. SPARKS Son S Male W 16 GA Farm Laborer NC NC
Rozilla D. SPARKS Dau S Female W 14 GA At Home NC NC
James G. SPARKS Son S Male W 7 GA NC NC
Source Information:
Page Number 105B
More About HARDIN J. SPARKS:

Children of ELIZA BETH THOMAS and HARDIN SPARKS are:

126. i. NANCY MIRA6 SPARKS, b. 19 Aug 1845, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 13
Feb 1908, Union Co., GA..
127. ii. STEPHEN ANDERSON SPARKS, b. 1847, Yancey Co., North
Carolina; d. Bet. 1920 - 1930, Fannin Co., GA..
128. iii. BASSHEBA MATILDA SPARKS, b. 02 Jun 1850.
iv. MARY ELMIRA POLLY SPARKS, b. 27 Jun 1853, Union Co., GA.; m.
WILLIAM B. CONLY, 26 Sep 1878, Union Co., GA.
Notes for MARY ELMIRA POLLY SPARKS:

On bible pages supplied by Diana Kay Nelson Smith, Mary E. is
listed as Mirey L. On the Marriage book for Union County she is
just listed as M.E. Sparks. On census information she is listed as
Mary E.
Notes for WILLIAM B. CONLY:

Last name could be Conley and misspelled on marriage records.
129. v. HULDAH MELISSA SPARKS, b. 18 Jul 1855, Union Co., GA.; d.

1940.
vi. MARTHA JANE SPARKS, b. 1856; d. 26 Apr 1857.
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130. vii. ELIZA ANN SPARKS, b. 1861.
131. viii. WILLIAM ALLEN SPARKS, b. 20 Apr 1864, Union Co., GA.; d. 07
Mar 1909, Florida.
132. ix. ROSILLA DOVE SPARKS, b. 1867, Union Co., GA..
x. JEREMIAH SPARKS, b. 1868; d. Bef. 1870.
133. xi. JAMES GRAYSON SPARKS, b. Aug 1872, Dooly Dist., Union
County, GA.; d. 1948, Georgia.
52. MARTHA5 THOMAS (WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born Aug 1834 in Yancey
Co., North Carolina, and died Bet. 1900 - 1910 in Fannin Co., GA.. She
married JOHN WESLEY HENSLEY Bef. 1851 in Yancey Co., North Carolina,
son of BERRY HENSLEY and ELIZABETH LITTLETON. He was born Oct
1829 in North Carolina, and died Aft. 1910 in Union Co., GA..
Notes for JOHN WESLEY HENSLEY:

John Wesley Hensley served in the same unit as Joseph Monroe Thomas out
of Fannin County, called the Fannin Young Riflemen. He lost an arm during
the War (per information from descendant Kathryn Price Graham). Later
this information was confirmed from the Georgia book on Civil War units.
He enlisted as a private in Morganton Georgia July 3, 1861, the same time
that Joseph Monroe Thomas enlisted. They both served in Company E, 11th
Regiment of the Fannin Young Riflemen. John was "wounded in the arm,
necessitating amputation at 2nd Manassas, VA. on August 30, 1862.
Discharged, disability at Richmond, VA. in 1863."
Found information on the "bread lists" for Union County Georgia at the end
of the Civil War 1867-1872. John W. Henslee listed as a disabled soldier
with 5 children and a wife, received 7 portions of bread for his family.
1870 Blairsville P. O., Union County, GA. census page 37a

John Hensley 40 N.C.
Martha 36 N.C.
Marian E. 13 GA
Nancy 11
Lucinda 7
Martha C. 5
Angie 3
John C. 3/12
Living next door to William and Nancy Thomas, Martha's parents.
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1880 Hemptown, Fannin County, Georgia
Name Race Sex Age State
John W.Hensley W M 50 N.C. (Lost right arm in Civil War)
Martha Hensley W F 46 N.C.
Martha C.Hensley W F 15 Ga.
Anzy A. Hensley W F 12 Ga.
John C.Hensley W M 10 Ga.
Augusta A.Hensley W F 08 Ga.
Lucinda is in the home of her grandparents William and Nancy Thomas.
1900 Hemptown, Fannin Co., GA. page 294

John Hensley 10/1829 = 70
Martha 8/1833 = 66
Living next door to Marrion and next to him is Lum.
1910 back in Young Cane Dist., Union Co. page 285a

Page is illegible but it appears that John W. is living with a daughter Augusta
Ann and son-in-law Jerome Towery.
Children of MARTHA THOMAS and JOHN HENSLEY are:

i. MARY ELIZABETH6 HENSLEY, b. 1851; m. JESSE RICHARDSON
COLLIS.
Notes for JESSE RICHARDSON COLLIS:

1880 Federal Census
Jesse COLLIS Self M Male W 29 NC Farmer NC NC
Mary E. COLLIS Wife M Female W 28 NC Keeping House NC NC
Atltha E. COLLIS Dau S Female W 9 GA NC NC
Amanda M. COLLIS Dau S Female W 7 GA NC NC
Maggie S. COLLIS Dau S Female W 5 GA NC NC
Martha J. COLLIS Dau S Female W 3 GA NC NC
George W. COLLIS Son S Male W 8M GA NC NC
Ritta COLLIS Mother M Female W 67 NC Keeping House VA VA
Source Information:
Census Place Ball Ground, Murray, Georgia
Page Number 467A
ii. WILLIAM H. HENSLEY, b. 1854.

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134. iii. MARION E. HENSLEY, b. Sep 1856, Union Co., GA..
iv. NANCY MELISSA HENSLEY, b. Sep 1859; d. White Co., GA.; m.
JOHN WILLIAM D. MCINTIRE; b. 1860, Union Co., GA.; d. White
Co., GA..
Notes for JOHN WILLIAM D. MCINTIRE:

Both are buried at Chattahoochee Baptist Church cemetery in
White Co., GA.
v. LUCINDA HENSLEY, b. 1863.

vi. MARTHA C. HENSLEY, b. 1865; m. JOHN R. HUNTER.
vii. ANGEE HENSLEY, b. 1867.
135. viii. JOHN COLUMBUS HENSLEY, b. Mar 1870, Union Co., GA..
ix. AUGUSTA A. HENSLEY, b. 1872; m. JEROME BENJAMIN
TOWERY; b. 1871.
53. JOSEPH MONROE5 THOMAS (WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4, AARON O.

THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 02 Aug 1836
in Yancey County, North Carolina, and died 20 Mar 1918 in Canton, Cherokee
Co., Ga.. He married NAOMI ADALINE HAYES 15 Aug 1866 in Union Co.,
GA, daughter of ALFAN HAYES and MARTHA HARRISON. She was born 24
Oct 1847 in North Carolina, and died 02 Jul 1934 in Canton, Cherokee Co.,
Ga..
Notes for JOSEPH MONROE THOMAS:

Served with the Fannin Young Riflemen in the Civil War, enlisted at
Morganton Georgia 7-3-1861 and was present at the surrender of
Anderson's Troops at Appomattox. Was wounded in the right ankle and left
side of the chest (what battle or battles?). Also served with John W.
Hensley (married to Joseph's older sister Martha) and his younger brother
John McDaniel Thomas who is erroneously listed as J. C. M. Thomas.
1880 LDS Census Household:

Jos. M. THOMAS Self M Male W 43 NC Minister & Farmer NC NC
Neoma A. THOMAS Wife M Female W 33 NC Keeping House NC NC
William A. THOMAS Son S Male W 12 GA At Home NC NC
Joseph J. THOMAS Son S Male W 10 GA At Home NC NC
John H. THOMAS Son S Male W 8 GA At Home NC NC
Daniel W. THOMAS Son S Male W 5 GA At Home NC NC
James M. THOMAS Son S Male W 3 GA At Home NC NC
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Source Information:
Census Place Hayesville, Clay, North Carolina
Page Number 438A
1900 Porter Springs district, Lumpkin County, GA. Jun 1, 1900

household #14:
Thomas, Joseph M. Aug 1836 age 63
Naomi wife Oct 1846 age 43
Nancy dau May 1885 age 15
Ira son Sep 1886 age 13
Lewis son Jun 1888 age 11
1910 Mullins district, Cherokee County, GA. May 6, 1910

household #230:
Thomas, M. Joseph head 72
E. Naomi 63
Sanford son 19 (Lewis)
More About JOSEPH MONROE THOMAS:

Burial: Buffington Community Cemetary, Canton, GA.
Notes for NAOMI ADALINE HAYES:

Naomi is listed in the home of her son Lewis "Sanford" in the 1920 Cherokee
County, GA. census.
1920 Little River district, Cherokee County, GA.
#144 Sanford Thomas 28
Adeline mother 73
Naomi is listed in the home of her daughter Lavada in the 1930 Cherokee
County, GA. census.
1930 Double Branch district, Milton County, GA. Apr 12, 1930
#253: Aron Hudson 52
Levata E. wife 49
Henry L. son 22
Harley L. son 17 C
Cloid C. son 9
Neoma Thomas mother-in-law 83
Sevilla Richards dau 23
More About NAOMI ADALINE HAYES:

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Burial: Buffington Community Cemetary, Canton, Ga.
Children of JOSEPH THOMAS and NAOMI HAYES are:

i. WILLIAM ALFRED6 THOMAS, b. 27 Jul 1867; d. 04 Jun 1943,
Hayesville, N.C..
ii. JOSEPH J. THOMAS, b. 09 Mar 1870.
iii. JOHN HENRY THOMAS, b. 09 Jul 1872.
136. iv. DANIAL W. THOMAS, b. 12 Dec 1874, North Carolina.
137. v. JAMES MADISON THOMAS, b. 21 Apr 1878, Union County, Ga.;
d. 24 May 1954, Birmingham Comm., Alpharetta, Ga..
138. vi. LAVADA EUGINA THOMAS, b. 17 Dec 1880, Clay Co., N.C..
vii. NANCY M. THOMAS, b. 09 Aug 1883; d. 12 Aug 1905.
viii. IRA G. THOMAS, b. 22 Aug 1887; d. 09 Feb 1972; m. RHODA L.
UNK.; b. 07 Aug 1892; d. 21 Mar 1961.
ix. LOUIS SANFORD THOMAS, b. 19 Apr 1890.
54. SYNTHA5 THOMAS (WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 17 Oct 1841 in
Yancey Co., N.C., and died 03 Jun 1923 in Union County, Georgia. She
married (1) NORMAN ISAACKS 1861 in Union Co., GA.. He was born 1821 in
Eastern N.C., and died Bet. 1863 - 1865 in During the Civil War.. She
married (2) EDLEY FILMORE BEAVER 18 Oct 1868 in Union Co., GA, son of
AUSBERN BEAVER and KEZIAH LAND. He was born 1848 in Georgia, and
died Abt. 1910 in Hiawasse Dist., Murphy, N.C..
Notes for SYNTHA THOMAS:

There is a Cathein Isaacs listed on the Union County "bread lists" for Union
Co. 1867-1872 with one dependant needing 2 portions of bread. Could be a
sad misspelling of the names.
Listed as Syntha Beaver on her tombstone. Supposedly she left Edley at

some point to raise the children alone. They made a living selling ginseng,
which grows wild in North Georgia and North Carolina mountains.
More About SYNTHA THOMAS:

Burial: Mt. Olivet Church Cemetery, Union Co., Ga.
Notes for EDLEY FILMORE BEAVER:

1880 United States Census
Eddey F. BEAVER Self M Male W 31 GA Farmer NC NC
Cynthia BEAVER Wife M Female W 38 NC Keeping House NC NC
Martha M. BEAVER Dau S Female W 10 GA At Home GA NC
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Manuel H. BEAVER Son S Male W 8 GA GA NC
Horton C. BEAVER Son S Male W 6 GA GA NC
Joseph E. BEAVER Son S Male W 3 GA GA NC
William O. BEAVER Son S Male W 9M GA GA NC
Source Information:
NA Film Number T9-0169 Page Number 104D
More About EDLEY FILMORE BEAVER:

Burial: Prospect Chruch, Hiawasse Dist., Murphy, N.C.
Child of SYNTHA THOMAS and NORMAN ISAACKS is:

139. i. ANZIE ANNA6 ISAACKS, b. 27 Oct 1861, Union Co., GA.; d. 07
Feb 1954.
Children of SYNTHA THOMAS and EDLEY BEAVER are:

ii. MARTHA W.6 BEAVER, b. 1869; m. JOHN DECALB WOODY, 12
Sep 1892, Union Co., GA; b. 15 Jun 1857, Union County, GA; d. 09
Dec 1927.
Notes for MARTHA W. BEAVER:

Martha had been previously married to a Wright.
Notes for JOHN DECALB WOODY:

John was born out of wedlock per Judy Cardwell a Dockery/Woody
family historian.
Information from the Woody list, per the Hanging Dog Echoes
publication published by the Dockery Association and a family book
called the Dockerys of Dixie, William Allen. John's first wife was
Nancy Jane Dockery and he had three children with her.
1880 Federal Census

John WOODY Self M Male W 21 GA Farm Laborer ? NC
Nancy WOODY Wife M Female W 20 NC Keeping House Unk
Rachel WOODY Dau S Female W 5 NC GA NC
Nancy WOODY Dau S Female W 2 NC GA NC
Source Information:
Census Place Shoal Creek, Cherokee, North Carolina
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Page Number 305A
More About JOHN DECALB WOODY:

Burial: Unaka Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee County, NC
140. iii. EMMANUEL H. BEAVER, b. 21 Nov 1871, Union Co., GA.; d. 30 Mar
1937, Cherokee Co., N.C..
iv. HORTON COX BEAVER, b. 14 Jan 1873; d. 27 Feb 1951; m. MARY
PRESHEY FERRELL, 22 May 1892; b. 12 Nov 1873, Cherokee Co.,
N.C..
v. JOSEPH EDWARD BEAVER, b. 1876.
141. vi. WILLIAM AUSBORN BEAVER, b. 04 Aug 1879, Union Co., GA.; d.
02 Feb 1964, Union Co., GA..
vii. JOHN WACO BEAVER, b. 21 Sep 1882; d. 1959; m. ESTELENE
LUNSFORD; b. 1909; d. 1997.
55. CATHERINE5 THOMAS (WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4, AARON O. THE

N.C.. She married JOHN HAYES in Union Co., GA, son of ALFAN HAYES
and MARTHA HARRISON. He was born 1833, and died 16 Aug 1864 in
Gwinnett County - Civil War casualty.
Notes for CATHERINE THOMAS:

Catherine Hays is listed a widow on the Union County "bread lists" for 1867-
1872 with 3 dependants receiving 4 portions of bread. She is listed as the
widow of a deceased soldier.
Catherine is widowed on the 1870 census for Union Co., Coosa Militia Dist.,
Georgia. She is listed with her three children.

Catherine HAYES Self/W Female W 42 NC Farming/House Keeping NC NC
Joseph M. HAYES Son S Male W 18 GA Farm Laborer NC NC
John L. HAYES Son S Male W 15 GA Farm Laborer NC NC
Source Information:
Page Number 104D
More About CATHERINE THOMAS:

Burial: Bethal Methodist/Hemptown Baptist Cem., Fannin Co., GA.
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Notes for JOHN HAYES:
John Hayes was enlisted in the Blood Mountain Tigers B 6th Reg. Co. B.
during the Civil War May 1862. He died in a Gwinnett County hospital
August 16, 1864 from dysentery/diarrhea.
Children of CATHERINE THOMAS and JOHN HAYES are:

i. MARTHA ANN MATTIE6 HAYES, b. 09 Nov 1856; d. 15 Mar 1946;
m. WILLIAM STEPHEN MASHBURN, Union Co., GA.
More About MARTHA ANN MATTIE HAYES:

Burial: Bethal Methodist/Hemptown Baptist Cem., Fannin Co., GA.
Notes for WILLIAM STEPHEN MASHBURN:

William S. MASHBURN Self M Male W 24 GA Farmer NC GA
Martha MASHBURN Wife M Female W 23 GA Keeps House GA/NC
John W. MASHBURN Son S Male W 5M GA GA GA
Source Information:
Census Place Hemptown, Fannin, Georgia
Page Number 653A
ii. CINTHA L. HAYES, b. 1859; d. Bet. 1860 - 1869.
Notes for CINTHA L. HAYES:

This child apparently died in infancy, she isn't on the 1870 census.
She is picked up as a one-year old child on the 1860 census for
Fannin County.
iii. JOSEPH MARION HAYES, b. 1862; m. NANCY ELIZABETH

MASHBURN.
iv. JOHN LEE HAYES, b. 1865.
56. JOHN MCDANIEL5 THOMAS (WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4, AARON O.

THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 05 Sep 1843
in Yancey Co., N.C. or possibly Ashville, N.C., and died 26 Dec 1925 in Union
County, Georgia. He married (1) ELIZABETH WILLIS 28 Oct 1866 in
Mitchell Co., N.C., daughter of BENJAMIN WILLIS and HANNAH REID.
She was born Abt. 1841 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died Abt. 1872 in Union
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County, Georgia. He married (2) ROSEANNA MCINTYRE 13 Feb 1873 in
Union Co., GA, daughter of JOHN MCINTIRE and MARY ?. She was born
1847 in North Carolina. He married (3) LUCINDY BEAVER Abt. 1901 in
Union Co., GA. She was born Bet. 21 Apr 1870 - 1875 in Union Co., GA., and
died 13 May 1937 in Union Co., GA..
Notes for JOHN MCDANIEL THOMAS:

John is listed as J.C.M. Thomas on the roster for the Fannin Young Riflemen,
Company E of the 11th Regiment of the Georgia Volunteers of the Army of
Northern Virginia. He enlisted as a private on February 16, 1863 and
surrendered along side of his brother Joseph at Appomattox, VA. on April 9,
1865. This is an accomplishment since of the 128 men who were original to
the unit, only 8 were there at the surrender. Most of the others had been
killed, were wounded and disabled and sent home, or died of disease. John
was known as "Mack" among his neighbors.

John M. C. THOMAS Self M Male W 35 NC Farmer NC NC
Rosanna THOMAS Wife M Female W 32 NC Keeping House NC NC
Cornelius THOMAS Son S Male W 11 GA At Home NC NC
Martha J. THOMAS Dau S Female W 9 GA NC NC
Allifair THOMAS Dau S Female W 6 GA NC NC
John S. THOMAS Son S Male W 4 GA NC NC
William S. THOMAS Son S Male W 3 GA NC NC
Sylvania THOMAS Dau S Female W 9M GA NC NC
Source Information:
Page Number 104D
More About JOHN MCDANIEL THOMAS:

Notes for ELIZABETH WILLIS:

Elizabeth was possibly a relative of John McDaniel Thomas' mother Nancy
Willis Thomas.
Some conflicting information states Elizabeth was born a Howell and married
to Henry "Hal" Willis. However this conflicts with previously found
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information stating she was the daughter of Benjamin Willis. Also note that
Henry known as "Hal" Willis was born in 1810 and married Catherine "Katie"
Thomas who was born in 1815 in Yancey County N.C.
More About ELIZABETH WILLIS:

Marriage Notes for JOHN THOMAS and ELIZABETH WILLIS:
Marriage information supplied by Bert Christy, a descendant through son
Cornelius Thomas.
Notes for ROSEANNA MCINTYRE:

There are no dates on Roseanna's tombstone... she lies next to Elizabeth
Willis who lies next to John "Mac" Thomas in Mt. Olivet Cem. Her last name
is spelled McIntyre instead of McIntire as the 1860 census for Union Co.,
GA. has it.
More About ROSEANNA MCINTYRE:

Burial: Mt. Olivet Church Cem., Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
Notes for LUCINDY BEAVER:

Lucindy is listed also as an Elrod and a Marr/Mar, so she may have been
married other times.
1880 Federal Census

Jessee W. BEAVER Self M Male W 45 NC Farmer NC NC
Elizabeth J. BEAVER Wife M Female W 43 NC Keeping House NC NC
Mira L. BEAVER Dau S Female W 14 GA At Home NC NC
Josaphine BEAVER Dau S Female W 12 NC At Home NC NC
Martha A. BEAVER Dau S Female W 10 GA At Home NC NC
Mary L. BEAVER Dau S Female W 7 GA NC NC
Lucindia A. BEAVER Dau S Female W 5 GA NC NC
William W. BEAVER Son S Male W 2 GA GA GA
Source Information:
Page Number 10
1920 Census Dooly Dist. Union County GA. page 279b

Thomas, John Mc. 75
Lou C. 50
James D. 16
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Lola L. 14
Joseph M. 12
Vista L. 11
Three of these children married spouses named BEAVER... Lolie, Joe Mike,
and Vesta. How are these Beavers related or if they are related to whom?
More About LUCINDY BEAVER:

Burial: Oak Grove Cem., Union Co., GA.
Children of JOHN THOMAS and ELIZABETH WILLIS are:

i. WILLIAM6 THOMAS, b. 1861.
Notes for WILLIAM THOMAS:

This son may have died in infancy since after John "Mac" married
Rosana he named another son William.
142. ii. CORNELIUS THOMAS, b. 05 Sep 1868, Union Co., GA.; d. 22 Mar
1946, Hall Co., GA..
iii. MARTHA JANE THOMAS, b. 30 Jan 1870, Union Co., GA.; d. 02
Jul 1887, Union Co., GA..
Children of JOHN THOMAS and ROSEANNA MCINTYRE are:

iv. ALLIFARIN6 THOMAS, b. 1874; d. 31 Dec 1960, Mineral Bluff,
Fannin Co., GA.; m. SAMUEL CORBIN HEDGECOCK DOCKERY, 23
Dec 1888, Union Co., GA; b. 28 Jul 1867; d. 03 Jun 1946,
Pantertown, Fannin Co., GA..
Notes for ALLIFARIN THOMAS:

Allifarin appears as Alafare on the marriage records and Allifair
on the 1880 census.
Notes for SAMUEL CORBIN HEDGECOCK DOCKERY:

Information from Charles Ingram descendant of the THOMAS
line through Cyntha Thomas Isaacs, states that after their
marriage Samuel Hedgecock changed his surname to Dockery.
Merits more research. Dockery is the name on the tombstones.
v. JOHN THOMAS, b. 1876; m. LULA INGRAM.

vi. WILLIAM THOMAS, b. 1877.
143. vii. SYLVANIA THOMAS, b. Sep 1879; d. 15 Sep 1949.
viii. SIMON THOMAS.
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144. ix. GROVER CLEVELAND THOMAS, b. 18 Sept 1888; d. 18 May 1954.
x. MINTIE THOMAS.
xi. VANIE THOMAS.
xii. SANFORD THOMAS, m. LILLIE LOGGINS.
Children of JOHN THOMAS and LUCINDY BEAVER are:

xiii. LOLIE6 THOMAS, b. 1902; m. NORMAN BEAVER.
145. xiv. JAMES DENNIS THOMAS, b. 06 Dec 1904, Union Co., GA.; d. 05
Jan 1987, Union Co., GA..
xv. JOSEPH MIKE THOMAS, b. 27 Apr 1907; d. 30 Nov 1982; m.
RUBY BEAVER.
More About JOSEPH MIKE THOMAS:

146. xvi. VESTA THOMAS, b. 1908.
57. WILLIAM JASPER5 THOMAS (WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4, AARON O.

THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 14 Jun 1847 in
Yancey Co., N.C., and died 29 Mar 1919 in Hall, Co. GA.. He married
CHARITY LOUISA SELF 07 Oct 1876 in Union Co., GA, daughter of ROBERT
SELF and MARTHA COOK. She was born Abt. 1852 in Union Co., Georgia.
Notes for WILLIAM JASPER THOMAS:

Apparently there are more than one William Jasper Thomas to be found in
Union and Fannin Counties in Georgia.
Found on the 1880 census for Clay Co., Hayesville, N.C. living next to his
brother Joseph Monroe...
1880 LDS Census
William J. THOMAS Self M Male W 30 NC Farmer NC NC
C. Louisa THOMAS Wife M Female W 26 GA Keeping House SC SC
Alace R. THOMAS Dau S Female W 4 GA At Home NC GA
Hodden M. THOMAS Son S Male W 1 GA At Home NC GA
Source Information:
Census Place Hayesville, Clay, North Carolina
NA Film Number T9-0958 Page Number 438A
More About WILLIAM JASPER THOMAS:

Burial: Bethlehem Baptist Church, Lula, Hall Co., GA.
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Children of WILLIAM THOMAS and CHARITY SELF are:
i. ALACE RADO6 THOMAS, b. 1876; m. JOHN SIMS.
147. ii. HEADEN MONROE THOMAS, b. 1877; d. 1957, Catawba Co., N.C..
iii. ELIJAH THOMAS, b. 1882.
iv. JAMES THOMAS, b. 1884; m. (1) GERTRUDE WEAVER; m. (2)
MYRTIE WALKER.
v. SMITH EZRA THOMAS, b. 1885; m. LUCY JANE LEWALLEN.
vi. NANCY CATHERINE THOMAS, b. 1887; m. CHARLIE LEE
LEWALLEN.
vii. NEWTON JASPER THOMAS, b. 1891; m. MINNIE BELL WEAVER.
58. ADELINE C.5 THOMAS (WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 24 Feb 1851 in
Yancey Co., N.C., and died 15 Feb 1942 in Union Co., GA.. She married
DAVID E. DAVENPORT 06 Jun 1870 in Union Co., GA, son of JOHN
DAVENPORT and ANNA LEWIS. He was born 27 Apr 1838 in North
Carolina, and died 03 Jun 1914 in Union Co., GA..
Notes for ADELINE C. THOMAS:

Adeline had a twin in Caroline Thomas.
More About ADELINE C. THOMAS:

Burial: Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Co. GA.
Notes for DAVID E. DAVENPORT:

David didn't join the Civil War efforts until he was forced into conscription
by the Georgia Guard on September 15, 1864. He joined Company C of the
5th Regiment of the Army of the Tennessee, under command of Capt. Van
Stewart. He was discharged on July 16, 1865 in Nashville, Tn. A description
of David lists him as being tall at 5'11", dark eyes and dark hair as well as
dark complected.
1880 Georgia Census:

David DAVENPORT Self M Male W 45 NC Farmer NC NC
Aline DAVENPORT Wife M Female W 29 GA Keeping House NC NC
John E. DAVENPORT Son S Male W 9 GA NC GA
Lihu DAVENPORT Son S Male W 7 GA NC GA
Nancy A. DAVENPORT Dau S Female W 5 GA NC GA
Mahalia J. DAVENPORT Dau S Female W 6M GA NC GA
Source Information:
Census Place Lower Young Cane, Union, Georgia
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Page Number 107B
More About DAVID E. DAVENPORT:

Burial: Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Co. GA.
Children of ADELINE THOMAS and DAVID DAVENPORT are:

148. i. JOHN E.6 DAVENPORT, b. 26 Feb 1871, Union Co., GA.; d. 30 Jul
ii. ELIHU LUKE DAVENPORT, b. 09 Feb 1872, Union Co., GA.; d. 02
Mar 1958, Union Co., GA.; m. VIRAH R. UNKNOWN; b. 30 Nov
1875, Union Co., GA.; d. 02 Dec 1956, Union Co., GA..
More About ELIHU LUKE DAVENPORT:

Burial: Confidence Methodist Church, Union Co., GA.
More About VIRAH R. UNKNOWN:

Burial: Confidence Methodist Church, Union Co., GA.
iii. NANCY MARY ADELINE DAVENPORT, b. 03 Feb 1875, Union Co.,

GA.; d. 05 Feb 1958, Union Co., GA.; m. CABE I. WATKINS; b. 18
Aug 1882, Union Co., GA.; d. 05 Sep 1942, Union Co., GA..
More About NANCY MARY ADELINE DAVENPORT:

Burial: Bethlehem Baptist Church, Union Co., GA.
More About CABE I. WATKINS:

iv. MAHALIA J. DAVENPORT, b. Nov 1879.

v. ANDREW DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1880, Union Co., GA.; d. Ohio; m.
NORMA STRUTHERS HYATT; b. Union Co., GA.; d. Ohio.
More About ANDREW DAVENPORT:

Burial: Ohio
Notes for NORMA STRUTHERS HYATT:

Last name has been reported as either Struthers or Hyatt.
Burial: Ohio
149. vi. MARION COLUMBUS DAVENPORT, b. 1883, Union Co., GA.; d.

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150. vii. THOMAS DAVENPORT, b. 23 Dec 1885, Union Co., GA.; d. 10 Mar
viii. HULDA S. DAVENPORT, b. 22 May 1889, Union Co., GA.; d. 08 May
1944, Union Co., GA.; m. JOHN E. NICHOLSON; b. 14 Feb 1885,
Union Co., GA.; d. 30 May 1965, Union Co., GA..
More About HULDA S. DAVENPORT:

More About JOHN E. NICHOLSON:

59. CAROLINE ZELIEUS5 THOMAS (WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4, AARON O.

THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1851, and died
1927 in Rockmart, GA.. She married GARRETT ELEXANDER CALLOWAY 16
Nov 1867 in Union Co., GA., son of WILLIAM CALLOWAY and MARY
HENSLEY. He was born 1841.
More About CAROLINE ZELIEUS THOMAS:

Burial: Rose Hill Cem., Polk Co., Rockmart, Georgia
Notes for GARRETT ELEXANDER CALLOWAY:

Name is misspelled as Galoway on the marriage records for Union County.
Other records show it as Callaway. Not sure which spelling has been passed
down through to modern times.
Garrett served with Company D of the 11th Regt. Georgia Infantry known as
"The Gilmer County Boys". Enlisted 7/3/1861. Served in the Battle of
Gettysburg 7/3/1863, Battle of Wilderness 5/6/1864 and was captured and
released April 16, 1865.
Was listed on the membership of the Euharlee Baptist Church in 1877 and
prior. 1880 is found in Stilsboro, Bartow County, Georgia.
Information provided by descendant Emily O'Neal of Rome Georgia .
Children of CAROLINE THOMAS and GARRETT CALLOWAY are:

i. MARTHA LEVADA6 CALLOWAY, b. 1868, South Carolina; d. 1950;
m. ZACHARIAH NICHOLS, 1883, Floyd County, GA.; b. 1857,
Floyd County, GA.; d. 1911, Rockmart, Polk County, GA..
151. ii. MARY DULCENIE SEANY CALLOWAY, b. 1870, Union Co.,
Georgia; d. 1944, Silver Creek, Floyd Co., GA..
iii. MELVIN VICTORY CALLOWAY, b. 1872; d. 1927; m. SUSAN
FRANCES BOGGS; b. 1876; d. 1960.
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Notes for MELVIN VICTORY CALLOWAY:
Went by the name of Victor.
Burial: Rosehill Cem., Rockmart, Polk Co., GA.
iv. HULDA LUELEN CALLOWAY, b. 1874; d. 1890.

v. WILLIAM WOFFORD CALLOWAY, b. 1876; d. 1951, Walton Co.,
GA.; m. LILLAR MCCARY; d. 1986, Walton Co., GA..
vi. JOHN M. CALLOWAY, b. 1880; d. 1880.
vii. ETHEL VIOLA CALLOWAY, b. 1881; d. 1920; m. J. W.
FOUNTAIN, 1902.
viii. JAMES CLEVELAND CALLOWAY, b. 1884; d. 1886.
ix. CALLIE MAY CALLOWAY, b. 1887; d. 1964, Euharlee, Bartow Co.,
GA.; m. BOGUS JOHN DAWSON, 1904; b. 1882; d. Euharlee,
Bartow Co., GA..
x. SAMUEL EVERETTE CALLOWAY, b. 1891.
xi. CARLOS VANBUREN CALLOWAY, b. 1896; d. 1971, Cobb Co., GA.;
m. NELLIE P. GABLE.
60. WILLIS WASHINGTON BUD5 THOMAS (WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4,

AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 10
Aug 1853 in Union County, Georgia, and died 23 May 1933 in Union County,
Georgia. He married (1) MARY AMANDA MCENTIRE 16 Jan 1873 in Union
Co., GA.. She was born 14 Feb 1855, and died 22 Jan 1887 in Union County,
Georgia. He married (2) EMMA E. TAYLOR 20 Aug 1889 in Union Co., GA..
She was born 22 May 1867 in Union County, Georgia, and died 26 Aug 1933 in
Union County, Georgia.
Notes for WILLIS WASHINGTON BUD THOMAS:

Wallis W. THOMAS Self M Male W 26 GA Farmer NC NC
Mary A. THOMAS Wife M Female W 25 GA Keeping House NC NC
Lillia V. THOMAS Dau S Female W 6 GA GA GA
William I. THOMAS Son S Male W 4 GA GA GA
Octava S. THOMAS Dau S Female W 3 GA GA GA
Iowa I. THOMAS Dau S Female W 5M GA GA GA
Source Information:
Page Number 104D
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Some information has not been confirmed. Children listed are not all
substantiated.
More About WILLIS WASHINGTON BUD THOMAS:

More About MARY AMANDA MCENTIRE:

More About EMMA E. TAYLOR:

Children of WILLIS THOMAS and MARY MCENTIRE are:

i. LILA V.6 THOMAS, b. 1874.
ii. WILLIAM ISADORE THOMAS, b. 1876; m. HILDA CAROLINE
TOWNSON, 1896.
iii. OCTAVIA S. THOMAS, b. 1877.
iv. IOWA THOMAS, b. 1880.
v. CORA THOMAS, b. 1883.
vi. DORA THOMAS, b. 1883.
Notes for DORA THOMAS:

First name may be Cora?
vii. JOHN B. THOMAS, b. 1885.
Children of WILLIS THOMAS and EMMA TAYLOR are:

viii. ARLAN6 THOMAS.
ix. MARCENIA THOMAS.
x. MARION THOMAS.
xi. GORDON T. THOMAS, b. 1891; m. DESSIE BEAVER; b. 22 Dec
1896; d. 07 Jan 1938.
More About GORDON T. THOMAS:
Burial: Bethany Cem., Union Co., GA.
More About DESSIE BEAVER:
Burial: Bethany Cem., Union Co., GA.
xii. FLORA THOMAS, b. 1893.
xiii. MINNIE THOMAS, b. 1894.
xiv. BURLEY THOMAS, b. 1895.
xv. AMANDA MARY THOMAS, b. 1898.
xvi. NOAH THOMAS, b. 1899.
More About NOAH THOMAS:
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61. EMELINE L.5 JONES (NANCY4 THOMAS, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 06 Oct 1839, and died 17
Dec 1916. She married JOBE THOMAS 1855, son of JOHN THOMAS and
LUCINDA WILSON. He was born 20 Jun 1837 in North Carolina, and died
24 Jun 1901.

1880 Federal Census
Job THOMAS Self M Male W 46 NC Farmer NC NC
Millie THOMAS Wife M Female W 45 NC Keeping House NC NC
William H. THOMAS Son S Male W 14 NC On Farm NC NC
Melven W. THOMAS Son S Male W 10 NC On Farm NC NC
Remma THOMAS Dau S Female W 6 NC NC NC
Joseph A. THOMAS Son S Male W 4 NC NC NC
Source Information:
Page Number 5

#53 Jobe Tomas - June 1837
Millie - May 1839
Loomis C. - 11/1884

Burial: Thomas Cemetery, Roses Branch, Yancey Co., N.C.
Children are listed above under (35) Jobe Thomas.
62. JESSE PATTERSON5 HOWELL (CYNTHA4 THOMAS, AARON O. THE

N.C., and died 1937 in Mitchell Co., N.C.. He married MARY ANN THOMAS,
daughter of AARON THOMAS and ELMYRA RAY. She was born 1846, and
died 1939 in Mitchell Co., N.C..
More About JESSE PATTERSON HOWELL:

More About MARY ANN THOMAS:
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Children of JESSE HOWELL and MARY THOMAS are:
i. JOHN6 HOWELL, b. 1870, Mitchell Co., N.C..
ii. WILLIAM M. HOWELL, b. 1873.
iii. ISAAC LANDON HOWELL, b. 1886; d. 1970; m. MARY EFFIE
BUCHANAN; b. 1888; d. 1966.
152. iv. JAMES T. HOWELL, b. 1887, Mitchell Co., N.C.; d. 1962.
v. GRAHAM HOWELL, b. 1890.
63. HENRY5 HOWELL (CYNTHA4 THOMAS, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

Yancey Co., N.C.. He married MIRA BRYANT 1871 in Yancey Co., North
Carolina. She was born 1840, and died 1920 in Yancey Co., N.C..
Children of HENRY HOWELL and MIRA BRYANT are:

i. JOHN WESLEY6 HOWELL, b. 1868.
ii. JESSE E. HOWELL, b. 1875.
64. JACOB ANDREW JAKE5 THOMAS (AARON O. "ROARING"4, AARON

O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1844 in
Mitchell Co., N.C.. He married MARGARET MATILDA MCKINNEY Abt. 1860
in Yancey Co., North Carolina, daughter of REUBEN MCKINNEY and SARAH
LEDFORD. She was born 1847 in Mitchell Co., N.C..
Notes for JACOB ANDREW JAKE THOMAS:

1870 Bakersville, Mitchell Co., N.C. page 330
#167 Jacob Thomas 25 farmer
Margaret 21
Keener 5 (m)
Clerica 2 (f)
Clingman 1 (m)
1880 Federal Census

Jacob THOMAS Self M Male W 36 NC Farmer N C NC
Matilda THOMAS Wife M Female W 28 NC Keep House N C N C
Charles THOMAS Son S Male W 16 N C Work On Farm NC NC
Flora THOMAS Dau S Female W 14 NC At Home NC NC
William THOMAS Son S Male W 12 N C Work On Farm NC NC
Mary E. THOMAS Dau S Female W 10 NC At Home NC NC
Allen A. THOMAS Son S Male W 8 N C N C NC
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Source Information:
Page Number 24C
Living next door are Reubin and Sarah McKinney.
Children of JACOB THOMAS and MARGARET MCKINNEY are:

i. CHARLES KEENER6 THOMAS, b. Abt. 1865, Mitchell Co., N.C..
ii. FLORA CLERICA THOMAS, b. Abt. 1867, Mitchell Co., N.C..
iii. WILLIAM CLINGMAN THOMAS, b. Abt. 1869, Mitchell Co., N.C..
iv. MARY E. THOMAS, b. 1870, Mitchell Co., N.C..
v. ALLEN A. THOMAS, b. 1872, Mitchell Co., N.C..
vi. SARAH THOMAS, b. 1878, Mitchell Co., N.C..
65. MARY ANN5 THOMAS (AARON O. "ROARING"4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1846, and died
1939 in Mitchell Co., N.C.. She married JESSE PATTERSON HOWELL, son
of JAMES HOWELL and CYNTHA THOMAS. He was born 1844 in Yancey
Co., N.C., and died 1937 in Mitchell Co., N.C..
More About MARY ANN THOMAS:

More About JESSE PATTERSON HOWELL:

Children are listed above under (62) Jesse Patterson Howell.
66. ELIZA JANE5 THOMAS (AARON O. "ROARING"4, AARON O. THE

NC.
Notes for ELIZA JANE THOMAS:

Elizabeth never married but had children. She is shown on the 1870 census
in the home of her father in Mitchell County.

Myra THOMAS Wife M Female W 57 SC Keeping House SC SC
Eliza Jane THOMAS Dau S Female W 25 NC NC NC
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Lydia E. THOMAS Dau Female W 15 NC NC NC
Source Information:
Census Place Yancey, North Carolina
Page Number 593C
Children of ELIZA JANE THOMAS are:

i. LYDIA6 THOMAS, b. 1865, Yancey Co., N.C.
ii. SARAH THOMAS, b. 1867, Yancey Co., N.C.
67. HENRY5 THOMAS (AARON O. "ROARING"4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1854. He married JUDIA
THOMAS, daughter of JOHN THOMAS and LUCINDA WILSON. She was
born 1846.
Children are listed above under (37) Judia Thomas.
68. MELVINA VINIE5 THOMAS (AARON O. "ROARING"4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1859 in Yancy
County, N.C., and died 1931 in Mitchell Co., N.C.. She married ELISHA P.
SILVER 28 Jan 1879 in Mitchell Co., N.C., son of DAVID SILVER and
ELIZABETH BAKER. He was born 1859 in Yancy County, N.C., and died 1922
in Mitchell Co., N.C..
Children of MELVINA THOMAS and ELISHA SILVER are:

i. ELIZABETH6 SILVER, b. 1880; d. 1978, Mitchell Co., N.C.; m. ?
PENDLEY.
ii. SAMUEL WASHINGTON SILVER, b. 1884, Mitchell Co., N.C.; d.
1949, Mitchell Co., N.C.; m. MAMIE J. PENDLEY, 21 Jun 1903,
Mitchell Co., N.C.; b. 1882, Mitchell Co., N.C.; d. 1956, Mitchell Co., N.C.
iii. DEWEY CLEVELAND SILVER, b. 1885, Mitchell Co., N.C.; d. 1959,
Mitchell Co., N.C.; m. BETTIE JANE THOMAS; b. 1890; d. 1983,
Mitchell Co., N.C..
iv. GEORGE THURMAN SILVER, b. 1889.
v. FLORENCE SILVER, b. 1899, Mitchell Co., N.C.; m. (1) HOMER
BUCHANAN; b. 1897; d. 1986, Spruce Pine, N.C.; m. (2) WILLIAM
JASON WOODY; b. Apr 1889; d. 1951, Woody Cem., Yancy County, NC.
69. GARRETT ELLIS5 BUCHANAN (ELIZABETH ELMYRA4 THOMAS,

AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born
79
1850. He married JOANNA G. GREEN, daughter of ? GREEN and NANCY
GAGE. She was born 1867, and died 1918.
Children of GARRETT BUCHANAN and JOANNA GREEN are:

i. MARY EFFIE6 BUCHANAN, b. 1888; d. 1966; m. ISAAC LANDON
HOWELL; b. 1886; d. 1970.
ii. SAMUEL J. BUCHANAN, b. 1890; d. 1964; m. LORA MAE
HOWELL; b. 1902; d. 1927.
iii. CLYDE BUCHANAN, b. 1892; d. 1977, Silver Chapel Baptist,
Bandana, Mitchell Co., N.C.; m. EDITH RATHBONE; b. 1893; d.
1934.
iv. EDWIN BUCHANAN, b. 1895; d. 1918.
v. STOKES DAVID BUCHANAN, b. 1898; m. ANNA PEARL SILVER,
14 Dec 1919; b. 1904; d. 1993.
vi. JETER BUCHANAN, b. 1902; d. Silver Chapel Baptist, Bandana,
Mitchell Co., N.C.; m. (1) JUNE JARRETT BURNETT; m. (2) IVY
MAUDE HOWELL, 1922; b. 1911; d. 1966.
70. MARTHA KATIE5 BUCHANAN (ELIZABETH ELMYRA4 THOMAS,

1847 in Brushy Creek, Yancey Co., N.C., and died 1889 in Green Valley Church
Cem., Avery Co., N.C.. She married JOSEPH TAYLOR OLLIS 1864 in
Mitchell Co., N.C., son of BOSTON OLLIS and ELIZABETH WISEMAN. He
was born 1847 in Brushy Creek, Yancey Co., N.C., and died 1936 in Green
Valley Church Cem., Avery Co., N.C..
Children of MARTHA BUCHANAN and JOSEPH OLLIS are:

i. WILLIAM N.6 OLLIS, b. 1865, Mitchell Co., N.C..
ii. SAMUEL D. OLLIS, b. 1867.
iii. ANNIE OLLIS, b. 1868.
iv. AUGUSTA LOUISE OLLIS, b. 1871.
v. ADE AARON OLLIS, b. 1872.
vi. ELMYRA OLLIS, b. 1873.
vii. DOCK STOVER OLLIS, b. 1876.
viii. JESSE TAYLOR OLLIS, b. 1880, Mitchell Co., N.C..
71. CYNTHIA LOUISA5 BUCHANAN (ELIZABETH ELMYRA4 THOMAS,

1850. She married WILLIAM R. GARDNER. He was born 1848.
Child of CYNTHIA BUCHANAN and WILLIAM GARDNER is:
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i. GRANVILLE HARRISON6 GARDNER, b. 1886; m. SINA HUGHES;
b. 1885.
72. LYDDA MARGARET5 BUCHANAN (ELIZABETH ELMYRA4 THOMAS,

1855. She married WILLIAM MARTIN ROBERTSON.
Notes for WILLIAM MARTIN ROBERTSON:

Some researchers have this last name as Robinson and some have it mixed
together in the same family as both Robertson and Robinson.
Children of LYDDA BUCHANAN and WILLIAM ROBERTSON are:

i. JOHN6 ROBERTSON.
ii. CHARLIE ROBERTSON.
iii. LOU ROBERTSON.
iv. JAMES ROBERTSON.
v. GEORGE ROBERTSON.
73. EMALINE LINA5 BUCHANAN (ELIZABETH ELMYRA4 THOMAS,

1859, and died 1919 in Hughes Cemetery, Riddle Mtn., Yancey Co., N.C.. She
married DAVID HUGHES 1877 in Yancey Co., North Carolina, son of
WILLIAM HUGHES and MARY LAWS. He was born 1857.
Children of EMALINE BUCHANAN and DAVID HUGHES are:

i. CHARLIE6 HUGHES.
ii. MARTHA HUGHES, b. 1882; m. JOHN WESLEY LAWS, 1904,
Yancey Co., North Carolina; b. 1883.
iii. SINA HUGHES, b. 1885; m. GRANVILLE HARRISON GARDNER;
b. 1886.
iv. FRED HUGHES, b. 1887; m. DESTA HUGHES; b. 1900.
v. DORA DOSINA MARY HUGHES, b. 1892; m. JAMES L. DULANEY;
b. 1892.
vi. JEFFERSON HUGHES, b. 1893; m. NORA GARDNER.
vii. LATTIMORE HUGHES, b. 1895; m. ROSA ETTA MYERS.
viii. HATTIE HUGHES, b. 1896.
ix. ALPHONSO HUGHES, b. 1898.
x. MYRA HUGHES, b. 1900; m. SAMUEL B. SPARKS; b. 02 Jun 1878.
153. xi. LAURA HUGHES, b. 1878, Mitchell Co., N.C.; d. 1961.
74. SAVANNAH JANE5 BUCHANAN (ELIZABETH ELMYRA4 THOMAS,

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1860 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died 1931 in Big Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C..
She married JAMES ROBERT GOUGE Abt. 1879 in Yancey Co., North
Carolina. He was born 1856 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died 1940 in Big Brush
Children of SAVANNAH BUCHANAN and JAMES GOUGE are:

i. SARAH6 GOUGE, b. 1880; m. ROBERT NEWTON SPARKS; b. 09
Jun 1874.
ii. MAGGIE ELMYRA GOUGE, b. 1882, Yancey Co., N.C.; d. 1950, Big
Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C.; m. ANSEL PENLAND RANDOLPH,
Abt. 1905, Yancey Co., North Carolina; b. 1871, Yancey Co., N.C.; d.
iii. JAMES ROBERT GOUGE, b. 1887; m. FRANKIE SPARKS; b. 27
Jan 1884.
iv. MISSOURI GOUGE, b. 1893.
v. MARY GOUGE, b. 1902; m. CARL RIDDLE.
vi. MARTHA GOUGE, b. 1902; m. DAVID CROCKETT CASSIDA.
75. HENRY MACK C.5 THOMAS (THOMAS4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1850 in Yancey Co., N.C.,
and died 1930. He married RENNA HANEY 1870 in Yancey Co., North
Carolina, daughter of CHARLES HANEY and CLARA HOLLIS. She was born
1856 in Mitchell Co., N.C., and died 1925.
Child of HENRY THOMAS and RENNA HANEY is:

i. HETTIE CATHELINE6 THOMAS, b. 1871, Mitchell Co., N.C..
76. NANCY E.5 THOMAS (THOMAS4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1851 in Yancy County, N.C.. She married
SEWELL WOODY 27 Apr 1873 in Yancy County, N.C., son of GREENBERRY
WOODY and KEZIAH PHILLIPS. He was born 1853 in Yancy County, N.C.,
and died 1884.
Notes for SEWELL WOODY:

1880 Federal Census
Suel E. WOODY Self M Male W 26 NC Farmer NC NC
Nancy E. WOODY Wife M Female W 29 NC Keeping House NC NC
Mary A. WOODY Dau S Female W 5 NC NC NC
Thomas E. WOODY Son S Male W 4 NC NC NC
Laurah WOODY Dau S Female W 3 NC NC NC
Silas G. WOODY Son S Male W 1 NC NC NC
Source Information:
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Census Place Caney River, Yancey, North Carolina
Page Number 532C
More About SEWELL WOODY:

Burial: Woody Cem., Yancy County, N.C.
Children of NANCY THOMAS and SEWELL WOODY are:

i. MARY ARTHA6 WOODY, b. 1875; m. ROBERT FREEMAN.
ii. THOMAS EDD WOODY, b. 1876.
iii. LAURAH WOODY, b. 1877.
iv. SILAS G. WOODY, b. 1879.
v. GREENE WOODY, b. Aft. 1880.
vi. ROBERT WOODY, b. Aft. 1880.
vii. REV. SEWELL JR. WOODY, b. Aft. 1880; m. BERTIE PITTMAN.
77. JAMES C.5 THOMAS (THOMAS4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1859. He married HATTIE RECTOR.
Children of JAMES THOMAS and HATTIE RECTOR are:

154. i. ELSIE6 THOMAS.
155. ii. DEWITT THOMAS.
156. iii. JAMES MANASSAS NAS THOMAS, d. 1950.
157. iv. MARTHA ETTA THOMAS, b. 1884; d. 1917.
78. MARY MARGARET5 THOMAS (THOMAS4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1862 in Yancey Co., N.C.,
and died Abt. 1951. She married SILAS EDWARD WOODY, son of
GREENBERRY WOODY and KEZIAH PHILLIPS. He was born Jul 1866 in
Yancey Co., N.C., and died 1939.
More About MARY MARGARET THOMAS:

More About SILAS EDWARD WOODY:

Children of MARY THOMAS and SILAS WOODY are:

i. CHARLIE6 WOODY, d. 1974, Woody Cem., Yancey County, N.C.; m.
VAUGHTIE SPARKS.
ii. GREENE WOODY, m. ROBERTA WISEMAN.
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iii. WILLIAM JASON WOODY, b. Apr 1889; d. 1951, Woody Cem.,
Yancey County, N.C.; m. (1) ETTA PENDLEY; b. 1902; d. 1966,
Woody Cem., Yancey County, N.C.; m. (2) FLORENCE SILVER; b.
1899, Mitchell Co., N.C..
iv. LIZZIE WOODY, b. 1890; m. STOKES MCCLELLAN; b. 1880.
v. REV. ELZIE WOODY, b. 1892; m. MALINDA WOODY.
vi. GRAYSON WOODY, b. 1896; m. ADA KING.
79. WILLIAM J.5 THOMAS (THOMAS4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH

W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1864. He married (1) VICTORIA
RENFRO Abt. 1880. He married (2) TEXIE WEBB Abt. 1880. He married
(3) UNKNOWN 1884.
Children of WILLIAM THOMAS and VICTORIA RENFRO are:

i. GRADY6 THOMAS, m. POLLY OLLIS.
ii. CLIFFORD THOMAS, m. JANE EDWARDS.
iii. BIRD THOMAS, m. CHARLES ARROWOOD.
iv. LOLA THOMAS, d. died when she was 10.
Children of WILLIAM THOMAS and TEXIE WEBB are:

v. CARA6 THOMAS, m. DOC COOPER.
vi. GRACE THOMAS, m. SMITH JOHNSON.
Children of WILLIAM THOMAS and UNKNOWN are:

vii. LILLER6 THOMAS, m. WES BANKS.
viii. JOE THOMAS, m. PANSY WILSON.
ix. NAN THOMAS, m. DONALD LAWS.
80. SYNTHA ELIZABETH5 THOMAS (THOMAS4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1865 in Mitchell Co., N.C.
She did not marry but had a child.
Child of SYNTHA ELIZABETH THOMAS is:

i. WILLIAM6 THOMAS, b. 1885, Mitchell Co., N.C..
81. JOHN H.5 THOMAS (THOMAS4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1867 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died 1950
in Big Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C.. He married MELVINA THOMAS,
daughter of SAMUEL THOMAS and MARY DAVIS. She was born 1871 in
Yancey Co., N.C., and died 1959 in Big Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C..
Notes for JOHN H. THOMAS:

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#18 John Thomas 1869=30
Melvina 5/1872
Hassie M. 11/1889
Charlie 6/1892
Lizzie 2/1894
Bertha 7/1896
Emma Davis servant -20
Children of JOHN THOMAS and MELVINA THOMAS are:

i. HASSIE M.6 THOMAS, b. 1889.
ii. CHARLIE THOMAS, b. 1892.
iii. LIZZIE THOMAS, b. 1894.
iv. BERTHA THOMAS, b. 1896.
82. JESSE W.5 BEAVER (KEZIAH4 LAND, ZILPHIA TYRSOHEE3

THOMAS, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1838. He
married ELIZABETH LNU.
Child of JESSE BEAVER and ELIZABETH LNU is:

158. i. ERNEST6 BEAVER.
83. EDLEY FILMORE5 BEAVER (KEZIAH4 LAND, ZILPHIA TYRSOHEE3

THOMAS, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1848 in Georgia,
and died Abt. 1910 in Hiawasse Dist., Murphy, N.C.. He married SYNTHA
THOMAS 18 Oct 1868 in Union Co., GA, daughter of WILLIAM THOMAS
and NANCY WILLIS. She was born 17 Oct 1841 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died
03 Jun 1923 in Union County, Georgia.
Notes for EDLEY FILMORE BEAVER:

Eddey F. BEAVER Self M Male W 31 GA Farmer NC NC
Cynthia BEAVER Wife M Female W 38 NC Keeping House NC NC
Martha M. BEAVER Dau S Female W 10 GA At Home GA NC
Manuel H. BEAVER Son S Male W 8 GA GA NC
Horton C. BEAVER Son S Male W 6 GA GA NC
Joseph E. BEAVER Son S Male W 3 GA GA NC
William O. BEAVER Son S Male W 9M GA GA NC
Source Information:
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More About EDLEY FILMORE BEAVER:

Burial: Prospect Church, Hiawasse Dist., Murphy, N.C.
Notes for SYNTHA THOMAS:

There is a Cathein Isaacs listed on the Union County "bread lists" for Union
Co. 1867-1872 with one dependant needing 2 portions of bread. Could be a
sad misspelling of the names.
Listed as Syntha Beaver on her tombstone. Supposedly she left Edley at

some point to raise the children alone. They made a living selling ginseng,
which grows wild in North Georgia and North Carolina mountains.
Children are listed above under (54) Syntha Thomas.
84. JOSEPH R.5 BEAVER (KEZIAH4 LAND, ZILPHIA TYRSOHEE3

THOMAS, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1858. He
married ALICE STILES.
Child of JOSEPH BEAVER and ALICE STILES is:

i. THOMAS6 BEAVER, b. 1898.
85. JOSEPH NATHAN5 LAND (JEREMIAH4, ZILPHIA TYRSOHEE3

THOMAS, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born Feb 1859, and
died 1900 in Towns Co., GA.. He married MARTHA E. HOOPER 1886 in
Georgia. She was born Nov 1866.
Notes for MARTHA E. HOOPER:

If Joseph Nathan Land died in 1900 the additional children that follow may
not have been his:
Jessie Land b. 1904
Frank Land
Bessie Land
George Land
Info from the rootsweb gedcoms on the internet provided by Kim Brummett
KBrum10587@aol.com.
Children of JOSEPH LAND and MARTHA HOOPER are:

i. KENNY OSCAR6 LAND, b. 1887.
ii. MAUDE L. LAND, b. 1888.
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iii. ORA EDNA LAND, b. 1891.
iv. CHARLES W. LAND, b. 1893.
v. BERTHA L. LAND, b. 1896.
vi. VERNIE N. LAND, b. 1899.
86. JOB TAYLOR5 THOMAS (DAVID4, JOB(E)3, JOSEPH W. AARON2,

AARON "RED"1) was born 1849 in N.C.. He married NANCY JANE
THOMPSON Abt. 1873 in Towns Co., GA.. She was born Abt. 1856.
Children of JOB THOMAS and NANCY THOMPSON are:

i. LOUISA6 THOMAS.
ii. SARAH THOMAS, m. JOHN ABRAM BURNS.
iii. VIRGIL THOMAS.
87. ANDREW GEORGE5 THOMAS (JEPTHA P.4, JOB(E)3, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1857. He married MILLIE A.
THOMPSON 05 May 1875.
Children of ANDREW THOMAS and MILLIE THOMPSON are:

i. ZEBEDEE AUGUSTUS6 THOMAS, b. 1885.
ii. EDDIE E. THOMAS, b. 1888.
iii. PAUL THOMAS, b. 1892.
iv. CORINE THOMAS, b. 1894.
v. IRENE THOMAS, b. 1896.
88. ALFRED HOWELL5 THOMAS (JEPTHA P.4, JOB(E)3, JOSEPH W.

AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1861. He married MARTHA JANE
BURNS.
Notes for ALFRED HOWELL THOMAS:

Poster indicated there were 9 children... but listed one as living.
Children of ALFRED THOMAS and MARTHA BURNS are:

i. MARY E.6 THOMAS, b. 1884.
ii. LOUISA E. THOMAS, b. 1886.
iii. DEE ALLEN THOMAS, b. 1888.
iv. LILLIE B. THOMAS, b. 1890.
v. GEORGE WILLIAM THOMAS, b. 1892.
vi. ELLA M. THOMAS, b. 1895.
vii. VINA THOMAS, b. 1904.
viii. BEULAH THOMAS, b. 1909.
ix. Living?
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89. GENERAL MARION5 THOMAS (JEPTHA P.4, JOB(E)3, JOSEPH W.
AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1864, and died Abt. 1928. He married
SARAH ELIZABETH BURNS 1890 in Towns Co., GA.. She was born 1871.
Notes for GENERAL MARION THOMAS:

Poster on internet states there were two more children for a total of 10...
however they are still living. Note that his first name is "General" and not a
military rank. He went by Marion in his adult life.
Children of GENERAL THOMAS and SARAH BURNS are:

i. JOHN6 THOMAS, b. 1889.
ii. ANDREW ELISHA THOMAS, b. 1891.
iii. HARVEY A. THOMAS, b. 1893.
iv. JESSE JAMES THOMAS, b. 1895; m. MAGGIE E. STEPHENS.
v. AUGUSTUS T. THOMAS, b. 1897; m. DOLLY MAE STEPHENS.
vi. BENJAMIN THOMAS, b. 1900.
vii. MAGGIE ELNORA THOMAS, b. 1905; m. (1) IRA FRANK
STEPHENS; m. (2) CHARLIE TOM HUGHES.
viii. EMMA THOMAS, b. 1909.
90. ARTERBERRY5 THOMAS (JOSEPH HOSE'4, JOSEPH JOSE'3, JOSEPH

W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 17 Nov 1842 in Union Co., GA., and
died 1883 in Benton Co., AR.. He married MARTHA ANN ELDRIDGE 1878 in
Benton Co., AR.. She was born 1843 in TN..
More About ARTERBERRY THOMAS:

Burial: Bloomfield Cemetery
Children of ARTERBERRY THOMAS and MARTHA ELDRIDGE are:

i. JOSEPH HENRY6 THOMAS, b. 1880, Benton Co., AR..
ii. MONTA THOMAS, b. 1880, Benton Co., AR..
91. JOHN ALLEN5 THOMAS (JOSEPH HOSE'4, JOSEPH JOSE'3, JOSEPH

W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 26 Feb 1844 in Union Co., GA., and
died 1914 in Benton Co., AR.. He married SARAH ELIZABETH SHAY 1878 in
Benton Co., AR.. She was born 1857 in IL..
More About JOHN ALLEN THOMAS:

Burial: Bloomfield Cemetery
Children of JOHN THOMAS and SARAH SHAY are:

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i. JAY MELVIL6 THOMAS, b. 1872, Benton Co., AR..
ii. FRANKIE THOMAS, b. 1882, Benton Co., AR..
iii. WRENIE LORANZA THOMAS, b. 1885, Benton Co., AR..
iv. ELLEN ELIZABETH THOMAS, b. 1887, Benton Co., AR..
v. JOHNNIE E. THOMAS, b. 1889, Benton Co., AR..
vi. PEARL THOMAS, b. 1892, Benton Co., AR..
vii. HUGH THOMAS, b. 1895, Benton Co., AR..
92. CYNTHIA ANN5 THOMAS (JOSEPH HOSE'4, JOSEPH JOSE'3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 05 Apr 1850 in Union Co.,
GA., and died 1910 in Haskall Co., TX.. She married ISAAC HOWARD 1870
in AR.. He was born 1844 in Pickens Co., SC., and died 1915 in Haskall Co., TX.
Children of CYNTHIA THOMAS and ISAAC HOWARD are:

i. WINNIE6 HOWARD, b. 1873, Arkansas.
ii. LIDA ROSE HOWARD, b. 1875, Texas.
iii. JOHN T. HOWARD, b. Texas.
iv. ISAAC HOWARD, b. Texas.
v. CLAUDIE HOWARD, b. Texas.
93. ROXANNE SARAH5 THOMAS (JOSEPH HOSE'4, JOSEPH JOSE'3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 18 Jun 1853 in Arkansas,
and died 1927 in Oklahoma. She married JOHN ANDERSON EVANS BLAGG
1874 in Benton Co., AR.. He was born 1853 in Washington Co., AR., and died
1918 in Delaware Co., OK.
More About ROXANNE SARAH THOMAS:

Burial: Blagg-Duckworth Cemetery, Benton Co., AR.
Notes for JOHN ANDERSON EVANS BLAGG:

Moved to Delaware Co., Oklahoma in 1907.
Burial: BLagg-Duckworth Cemetery, Benton Co., AR.
Children of ROXANNE THOMAS and JOHN BLAGG are:

i. ARA ELLEN6 BLAGG.
ii. MARGARET FRANCES BLAGG.
iii. NANCY ELIZABETH BLAGG.
iv. JOSEPH ISRAEL BLAGG.
v. DORA ANGELINE BLAGG.
vi. WILLIAM ANDERSON BLAGG.
vii. MARTHA MAUD BLAGG.
viii. LULA MAE BLAGG.
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ix. AMANDA BLAGG.
x. BENJAMIN EVANS BLAGG.
xi. EMMA DELIA BLAGG.
xii. SAMUEL OLIVER BLAGG.
xiii. THOMAS PERRY BLAGG.
xiv. EFFIE JANE BLAGG.
xv. JOHNNY LOUIS BLAGG.
94. MARGARET ANN5 THOMAS (JOSEPH HOSE'4, JOSEPH JOSE'3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 11 Dec 1855 in Arkansas,
and died 1924 in Delaware Co., OK. She married RUSSELL ALVADORA
FAIRRES 1879 in Benton Co., AR.. He was born 1856 in Mo., and died 1943.
Children of MARGARET THOMAS and RUSSELL FAIRRES are:

i. JOHN P.6 FAIRRES.
ii. JESSE ALVADORA FAIRRES.
iii. DONNA ELIZABETH FAIRRES.
iv. LOUELLA FAIRRES.
v. MARGARET DOT FAIRRES.
vi. EDWARD FAIRRES.
vii. THOMAS FAIRRES.
95. SARAH ROSA LINDA5 THOMAS (JOSEPH HOSE'4, JOSEPH JOSE'3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 03 Jul 1860 in Benton Co.,
AR., and died 1939 in Lewis Co., ID.. She married THOMAS OSCAR
MADISON BROCK 1879 in Benton Co., AR.. He was born 1860 in TN., and
died 1941 in Jerome Co., ID..
Children of SARAH THOMAS and THOMAS BROCK are:

i. THOMAS OSCAR6 BROCK.
ii. ARTIE TENNESSEE BROCK.
iii. JAMES WILLIAM BROCK.
Generation No. 5
96. SAVANNAH6 THOMAS (AARON WATER5, JOHN4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born Abt. 1856 in
Yancey Co., N.C.. She married (1) JOHN RICHMOND GOUGE. She married
(2) TOM ROBINSON 1875.
Child of SAVANNAH THOMAS and JOHN GOUGE is:

i. SUSAN7 GOUGE, b. 1883.
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97. JOHN HENRY MCKAMEY6 THOMAS (AARON WATER5, JOHN4,
AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 02
Apr 1862 in Mitchell Co., N.C., and died 18 May 1944 in Mitchell Co., N.C.. He
married MARGARET ALICE PARKER 27 Aug 1882 in Yancy County, N.C.. She
was born 01 Feb 1859 in Yancy County, N.C., and died 13 Jul 1957 in Mitchell
Co., N.C..
Notes for JOHN HENRY MCKAMEY THOMAS:

Was also known as John Henry Makamey Thomas and went by nickname of
"Mack".
Child of JOHN THOMAS and MARGARET PARKER is:

159. i. MITTIE LORETTA7 THOMAS, b. 1894.
98. ALPHEUS HOWELL6 THOMAS (AARON WATER5, JOHN4, AARON O.

THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born Sep 1873 in
Yancy County, N.C., and died 28 Feb 1949 in Mitchell Co., N.C.. He married
MARGARET MAGGIE SILVER 12 Sep 1895 in Mitchell Co., N.C.. She was
born 02 Jul 1873 in Yancy County, N.C., and died 05 Jan 1966 in Mitchell Co.,
N.C..
Children of ALPHEUS THOMAS and MARGARET SILVER are:

i. BURDETTE7 THOMAS, m. LOLA PRESNELL.
ii. MONROE THOMAS, b. 1903; d. 1958.
iii. WALTER THOMAS, m. LELA WOODY.
99. ZEBULON B.6 THOMAS (AARON WATER5, JOHN4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born Abt. 1878 in
Mitchell Co., N.C., and died 1945. He married LAURA HUGHES 1897 in
Yancey Co., North Carolina, daughter of DAVID HUGHES and EMALINE
BUCHANAN. She was born 1878 in Mitchell Co., N.C., and died 1961.
Notes for ZEBULON B. THOMAS:

1900 Mitchell Co, NC, Snow Creek, dist 102, pg 5A,
80/86: Thomas, Zeb, 6/1878, 21, md 2 yrs;
Laura, 5/1878
Decatur, 6/1898
1910 Mitchell Co, NC, Snow Creek Twp, dist 149, pg 12A,
211/215: Thomas, Zeb B, 31;
Laura, 32,
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Decatur, 12;
Lillie, 8;
Rosey, 5;
Tessie, 6/12
Children of ZEBULON THOMAS and LAURA HUGHES are:

i. DECATOR7 THOMAS, b. 1898.
ii. LILLIE THOMAS, b. 1902.
iii. ROSEY THOMAS, b. 1905.
iv. TESSIE THOMAS, b. 1909.
v. GRADY THOMAS, b. 1910.
100. JAMES "JEEMS" P.6 THOMAS (AHIJAH5, JOHN4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 13 Jul 1854, and
died 1938 in Mitchell Co., N.C.. He married MATILDA ?. She was born 25
Oct 1861.
Notes for JAMES "JEEMS" P. THOMAS:

1880 Mitchell County, North Carolina Census
James THOMAS Self M Male W 26 N C Farmer N C N C
Matilda THOMAS Wife M Female W 18 N C Keeping House N C N C
Nancy THOMAS Dau S Female W 7M N C NC NC
Source Information:
Page Number 7A
Children of JAMES THOMAS and MATILDA ? are:

i. NANCY7 THOMAS, b. 1879.
ii. BRYAN THOMAS, b. 1882.
iii. ALBERT THOMAS, b. 1885.
iv. ESTHER THOMAS, b. 1886.
v. MARY JANE THOMAS, b. 1888; m. HOY GRINDSTAFF.
vi. MAMIE THOMAS, b. 1891.
vii. G. RICHMOND THOMAS, b. 1893.
160. viii. LILLIE THOMAS, b. 1897.
ix. LEE THOMAS, b. 1900.
101. HARRIET A.6 THOMAS (AHIJAH5, JOHN4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

Mitchell Co., N.C.. She married LOUIS LAFAYETTE CONLEY, son of
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JAMES CONNOLLEY and ANNA COOK. He was born 1859, and died 1931 in
Mitchell Co., N.C..
Children of HARRIET THOMAS and LOUIS CONLEY are:

i. MOLLIE7 CONLEY, m. G. TIMMON WYATT.
ii. MINNIE CONLEY, m. DAVID DUNCAN.
iii. CORDIE CONLEY.
102. MARTHA ADELAIDE6 THOMAS (AHIJAH5, JOHN4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 01 Oct 1868, and
died 1948. She married HENRY GUSTUS WILLIS 1887, son of THOMAS
WILLIS and CYNTHIA GRINDSTAFF.
Notes for MARTHA ADELAIDE THOMAS:

Middle name is Adelade on the 1870 census.
Children of MARTHA THOMAS and HENRY WILLIS are:
i. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS7 WILLIS, b. 1887.
ii. NORA WILLIS, b. 1889.
iii. CLAYTON B. WILLIS, b. 1896.
iv. MAUDE WILLIS, b. 1899.
v. FRED WILLIS, b. 1901.
vi. BONNIE WILLIS, b. 1907.
vii. FLOSSIE BELL WILLIS, b. 1909.
103. W. MALONE6 THOMAS (AHIJAH5, JOHN4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1871, and died 1944. He
married GEORGIA SINAI THOMAS, daughter of SAMUEL THOMAS and
MARY DAVIS. She was born 1874.
Notes for W. MALONE THOMAS:

1900 Nashville, Davidson Co., TN Census page 129?
Children of W. THOMAS and GEORGIA THOMAS are:

i. RUTHA7 THOMAS, b. 1893.
ii. CLOYD THOMAS, b. 1894.
iii. ROXIE THOMAS, b. 1900.
iv. OCTAVIA THOMAS, b. 1905.
104. FLEMING CORNELIUS6 RANDOLPH (KEZIAH5 THOMAS, JOHN4,

1869 in Yancey Co., N.C.. He married SARAH ELIZABETH FELTZ.
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Children of FLEMING RANDOLPH and SARAH FELTZ are:
161. i. NANNIE ESTELLE7 RANDOLPH, b. 1896; d. 1951.
162. ii. CORNELIUS POSEY RANDOLPH, b. 1903; d. 1963.
105. ALEDELTHA6 THOMAS (JOBE5, JOHN4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 10 Feb 1860, and died 08
Oct 1949. She married JOHN HUGHES. He was born 10 Nov 1858, and
died 13 Dec 1943.
Children of ALEDELTHA THOMAS and JOHN HUGHES are:

i. PIERCY7 HUGHES.
ii. FINETTA JANE HUGHES.
iii. WILLIAM HUGHES.
iv. CLEOPHUS HUGHES.
v. MILLIE HUGHES.
vi. HERBERT HUGHES.
vii. DORA HUGHES.
viii. AVERY HUGHES.
ix. REXTER HUGHES.
x. ERNEST HUGHES.
106. JAMES WILLIAM HENRY6 THOMAS (JOBE5, JOHN4, AARON O.

THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 29 Sep 1862,
and died 30 Jan 1927. He married JANE BIRCHFIELD. She was born Abt.
1868.
Children of JAMES THOMAS and JANE BIRCHFIELD are:

i. DEEMIE7 THOMAS.
ii. IRVIN THOMAS.
iii. REECIE THOMAS.
107. MELVIN WOODBY6 THOMAS (JOBE5, JOHN4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 20 Sep 1869, and
died 22 Jan 1905. He married MARY SUSAN RANDOLPH. She was born 10
Jun 1865.
Children of MELVIN THOMAS and MARY RANDOLPH are:

i. PRESTON PHELPS7 THOMAS, b. 27 Aug 1892.
ii. HORACE CARTER THOMAS, b. 18 Nov 1895.
iii. LIDA THOMAS, b. 23 Aug 1897.
iv. WILLIAM CRAWFORD THOMAS, b. 11 Oct 1898.
v. LUMAS CARPER THOMAS, b. 17 Mar 1901.
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vi. CLIFTON VAUGHN THOMAS.
108. REMEY ISADORA6 THOMAS (JOBE5, JOHN4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 30 Sep 1873, and
died 10 May 1905. She married THOMAS EDWARDS. He was born 29 Aug
1875, and died 25 Feb 1943.
Child of REMEY THOMAS and THOMAS EDWARDS is:

i. MARY ALLIE DELPHIA7 EDWARDS, b. 18 Oct 1896.
109. JOSEPH ALLEN6 THOMAS (JOBE5, JOHN4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 11 May 1876, and died 02
May 1961. He married NANCY EDWARDS. She was born 28 Oct 1877, and
died 27 Oct 1947.
Notes for JOSEPH ALLEN THOMAS:

#54 Joseph A. Tomas - May 1876
Nancy - May 1877
Hetty M. - May 1898
1910 Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C. page 170b

#104 Joseph A. Thomas
Nancy D.
Hetty age 12
Don't find a Nettie on any of the census records. Some researchers claim
there was a child named Nettie.
Children of JOSEPH THOMAS and NANCY EDWARDS are:

i. HETTIE7 THOMAS, b. 1898; m. VIRGIL CHANDLER.
ii. NETTIE THOMAS?
110. LOOMES CARPER6 THOMAS (JOBE5, JOHN4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 14 Nov 1884, and
died 1967. He married NELLIE SUSANN MOORE. She was born 1884, and
died 1940.
Children of LOOMES THOMAS and NELLIE MOORE are:

i. JOB ARLING7 THOMAS, b. 1902.
ii. LILLIE ESTHER THOMAS, b. 1904.
163. iii. PRESTON CLEOPAS THOMAS, b. 1908; d. 1976.
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iv. TEMPIE ANNE THOMAS, b. 1913.
v. ISAAC CARPER THOMAS, b. 1915.
vi. WOODROW THOMAS.
111. MELVINA6 THOMAS (SAMUEL FLEMING5, JOHN4, AARON O. THE

N.C., and died 1959 in Big Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C.. She married JOHN
H. THOMAS, son of THOMAS THOMAS and RACHEL SILVERS. He was
born 1867 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died 1950 in Big Brush Creek, Yancey Co.,
N.C..
Notes for JOHN H. THOMAS:

#18 John Thomas 1869=30
Melvina 5/1872
Hassie M. 11/1889
Charlie 6/1892
Lizzie 2/1894
Bertha 7/1896
Emma Davis servant -20
Children are listed above under (81) John H. Thomas.
112. GEORGIA SINAI6 THOMAS (SAMUEL FLEMING5, JOHN4, AARON

O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1874. She
married W. MALONE THOMAS, son of AHIJAH THOMAS and MARTHA
HENSLEY. He was born 1871, and died 1944.
Notes for W. MALONE THOMAS:

1900 Nashville, Davidson Co., TN Census page 129?
Children are listed above under (103) W. Malone Thomas.
113. JOSEPH MCDONALD6 THOMAS (WILLIAM JASPER5, JOSEPH G.

JOSE4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was
born 1876 in North Carolina, and died 1967 in North Carolina. He married
SALLIE THEODOSIA YOUNG in North Carolina. She was born 1879 in
North Carolina, and died 1972 in North Carolina.
Children of JOSEPH THOMAS and SALLIE YOUNG are:

i. MANILLA7 THOMAS.
ii. MCCARTY THOMAS.
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iii. CADDIE HELEN THOMAS.
iv. RUTH THOMAS.
v. CHARLES HYATT THOMAS.
vi. DEVOLA THOMAS.
vii. JOSEPH MERIMOM THOMAS.
viii. REBECCA BELLE THOMAS.
ix. DELORIS ELLIE THOMAS.
x. CORNELIUS THOMAS.
xi. JOSEPHINE WILMA THOMAS.
xii. WILLIAM EDISON THOMAS, b. 1903, North Carolina; d. 1972,
North Carolina; m. EDNA ETHEL COLBERT, North Carolina; b.
1909, North Carolina.
164. xiii. RALPH ERASTUS THOMAS, b. 1912, North Carolina; d. 1989,
North Carolina.
114. MARTHA ALLICE6 DAVENPORT (LIVELY SYLVIA NANCY5 THOMAS,

ROBERT HOSEA4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON
"RED"1) was born 09 Jul 1862 in Union Co., GA., and died 13 Oct 1920 in
Union Co., GA.. She married JAMES ALLEN POTEETE in Union Co., GA. He
was born 22 Oct 1859 in Union Co., GA., and died 06 Mar 1917 in Union Co.,
GA..
More About MARTHA ALLICE DAVENPORT:

More About JAMES ALLEN POTEETE:

Children of MARTHA DAVENPORT and JAMES POTEETE are:

i. DILLARD MONROE7 POTEETE.
ii. WILLIAM LOWERY POTEETE.
iii. REBECCA BETHENIA POTEETE.
iv. LIVELY MARCENIA POTEETE.
v. SALLIE MAGNOLIA POTEETE.
vi. JOHN POTEETE.
vii. LATTIE POTEETE.
viii. EDGAR LOWING POTEETE.
ix. TASCOL CLAYBORN POTEETE.
115. LOIS ALETHIA6 DAVENPORT (LIVELY SYLVIA NANCY5 THOMAS,

ROBERT HOSEA4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON
"RED"1) was born 1864 in Union Co., GA., and died 1958 in Fannin Co., GA..
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She married WILLIAM JESSE HAYES Abt. 1884 in Union Co., GA, son of
JEREMIAH HAYES and NANCY LOWE. He was born 1864 in Union Co., GA.,
and died 1950.
Notes for LOIS ALETHIA DAVENPORT:

Was Lois married twice? Also to A.J. Walker...?
Children of LOIS DAVENPORT and WILLIAM HAYES are:

i. THOMAS A.7 HAYES, b. 1886.
165. ii. CLAUDE DENVER HAYES, b. 1888.
iii. LASSIE A. HAYES, b. 1890.
iv. JOHN RUFUS HAYES, b. 1895.
v. FLORA B. HAYES, b. 1900.
vi. LUTHER FLOYD HAYES, b. 1905.
116. MARTIN VAN BUREN6 THOMAS (NATHANIAL BOONE RED5,

JOBE4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was
born 1854 in Yancey Co., N.C, and died 1930 in Nez Perce Co., ID.. He
married LUCY LEMMONS 1887 in Latah Co., ID.. She was born Abt. 1865,
and died 1955.
Children of MARTIN THOMAS and LUCY LEMMONS are:

i. HAROLD7 THOMAS, b. 1901.
ii. WALTER THOMAS, b. 1889.
iii. LOIS JEAN THOMAS.
iv. ELSIE THOMAS.
117. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS6 THOMAS (NATHANIAL BOONE RED5,

JOBE4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was
born 1857 in Yancey Co., N.C, and died 1938 in Center Hill Cem., Howell Co.,
MO.. He married (1) CALIFORNIA ISABELLE WHITE 1881 in Howell Co.,
MO.. She was born 1866 in IL., and died 1893 in Mt. Zion Cem., Howell, MO..
He married (2) LORA BOLERJACK PHIPPS 1894 in Howell Co., MO.. She was
born Abt. 1874, and died 1945.
Children of CHRISTOPHER THOMAS and CALIFORNIA WHITE are:

i. ALBERT LESLIE7 THOMAS, b. 1883; d. 1886.
ii. PONY ALLAN THOMAS, b. 1885; d. 1886.
iii. PHRONIA MAY THOMAS, b. 1887, Howell Co., MO.; d. Center Hill
Cem., Howell Co., MO.; m. LOUIS LYNN DEBOARD, 1907, Howell
Co., MO.; d. 1965, Center Hill Cem., Howell Co., MO..
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Notes for LOUIS LYNN DEBOARD:
Children of Phronia May THOMAS and Louis Lynn DEBOARD are:
i. Wayne Wesley DEBOARD was born 12 APR 1911 in
Chandlet, OK, and died 1984 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK.
He married Minnie Rae HOLDEN.
ii. Warren Franklin DEBOARD.
iii. Eldon Christopher DEBOARD was born 20 DEC 1916 in
Mountain View, Howell Co, MO, and died 29 SEP 1973 in St. Louis,
MO. He married Elinor E. BRITTON.
iv. Weldon Sylvester DEBOARD was born 20 DEC 1916 in
Mountain View, Howell Co, MO, and died 07 MAR 1986 in
Springdale, AK. He married Lena Pearl TILLEY.
v. Lora AnnaBelle DEBOARD.
vi. Lucy Mildred DEBOARD was born 20 SEP 1923 in
Mountain View, Howell Co, MO, and died 01 APR 1999 in Canton,
OH. She married John D. DUTTON 31 DEC 1944 in Mountain View,
Howell Co, MO. He died 01 JUL 1999 in Canton, OH.
vii. Ola Faye DEBOARD.
iv. JOHN WESLEY THOMAS, b. 1891, Howell Co., MO.; d. 1977, New
Zion Cem., Chandler, OK.; m. BESSIE VIOLA KOONCE, 1914,
Trask, MO.; b. 1892; d. 1960, Lincoln Co., OK..
Notes for JOHN WESLEY THOMAS:

Children of John Wesley THOMAS and Bessie Viola KOONCE are:
i. Robert Christopher THOMAS Sr..
ii. Zola Ernestine THOMAS was born 11 JUN 1915, and died
11 DEC 1980 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK.
iii. Byron Garfield THOMAS.
iv. Wilford Dale THOMAS was born 15 DEC 1918 in Lincoln
Co, OK, and died 06 MAR 1920 in Lincoln Co, OK.
v. Priscilla Lorraine THOMAS.
vi. Mary Elizabeth THOMAS was born 25 AUG 1922, and
died 31 AUG 1922.
v. ABRAHAM MARVIN THOMAS, b. 1889.
118. JOBE CORNELIUS6 THOMAS (NATHANIAL BOONE RED5, JOBE4,

1858 in Yancey Co., N.C, and died 1958 in Mackey Cem., Howell Co., MO.. He
married MARGARET CAROLINE WINCHESTER 1881 in Howell Co., MO..
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She was born 1862 in Gainesville, MO., and died 1953 in Mackey Cem., Howell
Co., MO..
Children of JOBE THOMAS and MARGARET WINCHESTER are:

i. MAUDE7 THOMAS, b. 1884, Howell Co., MO.; d. 1917, Mackey
Cem., Howell Co., MO.; m. JOSEPH ANTON FURCHTL.
Notes for MAUDE THOMAS:

Known as "Little" Maude.
Notes for JOSEPH ANTON FURCHTL:

Children of Lillie Maude THOMAS and Joseph Anton FURCHTL
are:
i. Sophia Caroline FURCHTL.
ii. Joseph Cornelius FURCHTL.
iii. Lillie "Mary" FURCHTL. She married Charles GEDDES.
She married Edward Simon ROTH. She married Donald Wesley
SCHUMAN. She married Cecil H "Cy" CHAMBERLAIN.
iv. John Edward Anthony FURCHTL. He married Living
REECE.
v. Living FURCHTL. She married Charlie Fedrick HORNE.
vi. Anton Xavier FURCHTL.
vii. Anna Elizabeth FURCHTL.
viii. Wilbert August FURCHTL.
ix. Wilma Adalaide FURCHTL.
ii. JOHN ABRAHAM LOGAN THOMAS, b. 1887; m. OLIVE

CATHERINE WILSON.
iii. SYDNEY A. GARFIELD THOMAS, b. 1889; m. ROSA SOOTS.
Notes for SYDNEY A. GARFIELD THOMAS:

Children of Sydney A. Garfield THOMAS and Rosa SOOTS are:
i. Maggie Lee THOMAS was born 08 JUL 1912, and died 10
MAR 1972.
ii. James Andrews THOMAS was born 01 JUN 1915, and
died 24 FEB 1962. He married Edna HENRY.
iii. Iona Adelaide THOMAS.
iv. Chester THOMAS was born 21 MAR 1920, and died 20
DEC 1963. He married Betty PAYNE.
v. Rosa Elizabeth "Betty" THOMAS.
vi. Sydney Garfield THOMAS.
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iv. LYDIA ADELAIDE THOMAS.
v. CORNELIUS FERNADO THOMAS.
vi. DEWEY LEE THOMAS.
vii. ADA CATHERINE THOMAS, b. 1900; m. JOHN CLARK MAXEY.
Notes for JOHN CLARK MAXEY:

John and Ada had 8 children.
viii. SOPHIA CAROLINE THOMAS.
119. MARY JANE6 THOMAS (NATHANIAL BOONE RED5, JOBE4, AARON

O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born Oct 1866 in
Yancey Co., N.C. She married (1) FRANCIS MARION THOMPSON 1882 in
Howell Co., MO.. She married (2) JOHN R. HUNTER Unknown in Howell Co.,
MO.. He died in Mt. Zion Cem., Howell, Missouri.
Notes for MARY JANE THOMAS:

Had a child with John Hunter, the child and John may have died.
Notes for JOHN R. HUNTER:

Mt. Zion Cemetery, Howell Co, MO near his wives, Emily A and Mary Jane
Thomas Hunter
Children of MARY THOMAS and FRANCIS THOMPSON are:

i. MARION FRANCIS7 THOMPSON.
ii. ELLA JANE THOMPSON.
iii. IONA ADELAIDE OBEDIANCE THOMPSON.
iv. FANNIE THOMPSON.
v. VERGIE ALMETA THOMPSON.
vi. ROBERT MARTIN THOMPSON.
120. SARAH AMANDA6 THOMAS (NATHANIAL BOONE RED5, JOBE4,

May 1866 in Knox Co., KY.. She married (1) HARRY S. CANTRELL 1882 in
Howell Co., MO.. She married (2) A. T. WILEY 1912 in Howell Co., MO..
Children of SARAH THOMAS and HARRY CANTRELL are:

i. ELZADA7 CANTRELL.
ii. MINNIE LEE CANTRELL.
iii. JOSEPH SAMUEL CANTRELL.
iv. GRACE ETHEL CANTRELL, m. CHARLES SCOVILLE, Birch Tree,
MO..
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v. IDA ELIZABETH CANTRELL, m. HAM COMPTON, Lanar Co., MO..
121. JOHN WESLEY6 THOMAS (NATHANIAL BOONE RED5, JOBE4,

1870 in Howell Co., MO., and died 1933 in Peck, ID.. He married VIRGINIA
EMMALINE JAYNE.
Child of JOHN THOMAS and VIRGINIA JAYNE is:

i. ELEANOR THEODOSIE7 THOMAS.
122. EMILY A.6 THOMAS (NATHANIAL BOONE RED5, JOBE4, AARON O.

THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1875 in Howell
Co., MO., and died 1894 in Mt. Zion Cem., Howell, Missouri. She married
JOHN R. HUNTER 1890 in Howell Co., MO.. He died in Mt. Zion Cem.,
Howell, Missouri.
Notes for JOHN R. HUNTER:

Mt. Zion Cemetery, Howell Co, MO near his wives, Emily A and Mary Jane
Thomas Hunter
Child of EMILY THOMAS and JOHN HUNTER is:

i. MILTON7 HUNTER, b. 1890.
123. MINNIE MAY6 THOMAS (NATHANIAL BOONE RED5, JOBE4,

1878 in Howell Co., MO., and died 1920 in Latah Co., ID.. She married
BENJAMIN EDINGTON CALLISON. He was born 1878 in Lacygne-Linn,
Kansas.
Child of MINNIE THOMAS and BENJAMIN CALLISON is:

i. ULLIE ERNETINE7 CALLISON, b. 1909.
124. TALITHA CUMI6 RIDDLE (SERENA SENA5 THOMAS, JOBE4,

1858 in Greenmountain, N.C., and died 1932 in Yancey Co., N.C.. She married
JOHN ALEXANDER THEOPOLIS WOODY 1881 in Yancey Co., North
Carolina, son of JOHN WOODY and MINERVA WISEMAN. He was born
1859 in Greenmountain, N.C., and died 1940 in Yancey Co., N.C..
Notes for TALITHA CUMI RIDDLE:
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Was a weaver of great skill, she also raised her own sheep and spun her own
wool.
1880 Federal Census

Garrett RIDDLE Self M Male W 51 NC Farmer --- NC
Sinai RIDDLE Wife M Female W 46 NC Keeping House NC NC
Nancy E. RIDDLE Dau S Female W 25 NC NC NC
Talitha C. RIDDLE Dau S Female W 20 NC NC NC
Baccus L. RIDDLE Son S Male W 17 NC On Farm NC NC
Source Information:
Page Number 577A
Children of TALITHA RIDDLE and JOHN WOODY are:

i. ZARA LOUISA7 WOODY, b. 09 Oct 1883.
ii. WILLIARD JESTON WOODY, b. 27 Apr 1885; m. ELLA
LODOSKA FRALEY.
125. MARCUS6 RECTOR (ELIZABETH5 THOMAS, JOBE4, AARON O. THE

N.C, and died 1929 in Yancey Co., N.C. He married CENY HALL Abt. 1883 in
Yancey Co., North Carolina. She was born 1864 in Yancey Co., N.C.
Children of MARCUS RECTOR and CENY HALL are:

i. CLIDE H.7 RECTOR, b. 1884.
ii. ED J. RECTOR, b. 1894.
iii. ALLIE RECTOR, b. 1901.
iv. ROBERT LEW RECTOR, b. 1903.
126. NANCY MIRA6 SPARKS (ELIZABETH5 THOMAS, WILLIAM

HUNSUCKER4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON
"RED"1) was born 19 Aug 1845 in Yancey Co., N.C., and died 13 Feb 1908 in
Union Co., GA.. She married JESSE C. DEAN 15 May 1867 in Union Co., GA,
son of THOMAS DEAN and NANCY HOOD. He was born 02 Jan 1841 in
Blairsville, Union Co., GA., and died 10 Jul 1923 in Union Co., GA..
More About NANCY MIRA SPARKS:

More About JESSE C. DEAN:

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Children of NANCY SPARKS and JESSE DEAN are:

i. MARY ELIZABETH7 DEAN, b. 1867.
ii. MILTON W. DEAN, b. 1869.
iii. JAMES GORDON DEAN, b. 1872.
iv. LORANZA ALLEN DEAN, b. 1882.
127. STEPHEN ANDERSON6 SPARKS (ELIZABETH5 THOMAS, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 1847 in Yancey Co., North Carolina, and died Bet. 1920 -
1930 in Fannin Co., GA.. He married TALITHA WEESE 20 Jan 1867 in
Fannin County, GA.. She was born 1845 in Georgia.
Notes for STEPHEN ANDERSON SPARKS:

1880 Federal Census
Stephen A. SPARKS Self M Male W 32 NC Farmer NC NC
Tabitha SPARKS Wife M Female W 34 GA Keeping House NC TN
George M. SPARKS Son S Male W 12 GA At Home NC GA
Ada E. SPARKS Dau S Female W 10 GA At Home NC GA
Milford H. SPARKS Son S Male W 7 GA NC GA
Bezaleel SPARKS Son S Male W 4 GA NC GA
Lizzie L. SPARKS Dau S Female W 8M GA NC GA
Source Information:
Census Place Hemptown, Fannin, Georgia
Page Number 653A
1900 Hemptown, Fannin County GA census

#39/40 Steven Sparks Nov. 1847 NC
Tellitha Dec. 1845 GA
Adder (Ada) June 1870
Ezekail July 1881
Tilman Aug 1888
Arska Sept 1891
1910 Hemptown, Fannin Co, GA. census

#69 Stephen Sparks 62
Telitha 64
#70 Timon 21
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Nancy M. 23
#71 Ezekiel 29
Georgia 22
Lurah 2
William D. 11/12
#72 Milford 37
Milley 32
Ralph 13
Gertie 11
Bertha 9
Mamie 8
Gunell 4
Almore 1.9
Notes for TALITHA WEESE:

Information found regarding Talitha on the census for Fannin County 1870
and 1880, listing the children. Information on the Sparks Family website
lists Talitha as Tellestra Wise, Weese is the name listed in the Fannin
County marriage book.
Children of STEPHEN SPARKS and TALITHA WEESE are:

i. GEORGE7 SPARKS, b. 1868.
ii. ADA E. SPARKS, b. Jun 1870.
166. iii. MILFORD SPARKS, b. Jul 1872.
iv. BEZABEL SPARKS, b. Feb 1874; m. FLORENCE LNU; b. Sep 1860.
Notes for BEZABEL SPARKS:

1900 Hemptown, Fannin Co., GA. census
#40/41 Bezil Sparks Feb 1874 age 25
Florence (wife) Sept. 1860 age 39
v. LIZZIE L. SPARKS, b. 1879.

vi. EZEKAIL SPARKS, b. Jul 1881, Fannin Co., GA.; m. GEORGIA LNU.
vii. MARY ELEANOR SPARKS, b. 1883, Fannin Co., GA..
Notes for MARY ELEANOR SPARKS:

Posted online at the rootsweb gedcoms, however do not find this
child on any census records.
viii. TIMON SPARKS, b. Aug 1888, Fannin Co., GA.; m. NANCY MAMIE
LNU.
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Notes for TIMON SPARKS:
1930 Upper Young Cane, Union Co., GA. census
#71 Timon Sparks
Mamie
Telitha Mother 74
ix. ARSKA SPARKS, b. Sep 1891, Fannin Co., GA..
128. BASSHEBA MATILDA6 SPARKS (ELIZABETH5 THOMAS, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 02 Jun 1850. She married (1) JESSE MCENTIRE. She
married (2) ANDREW P. LOW(E) 18 Nov 1866 in Union Co., GA. He was born
Abt. 1848, and died 15 Mar 1870 in Union Co., GA..
Notes for BASSHEBA MATILDA SPARKS:

Bassheba's name appears also as Basshy, Barbery and a few other spellings.
The last name is sometimes seen spelled as Sparkes.
Notes for ANDREW P. LOW(E):

Surname could have been Love, however it is believed that Andrew was the
brother of Marion Lowe of the same Union County, Georgia where other
members of the Low(e) family are found.
Child of BASSHEBA SPARKS and ANDREW LOW(E) is:

i. SARY E.7 LOW(E), b. Abt. 1867; d. 07 Jan 1870, Union Co., GA..
129. HULDAH MELISSA6 SPARKS (ELIZABETH5 THOMAS, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 18 Jul 1855 in Union Co., GA., and died 1940. She married
DONITHAN KIMSEY CEARLY 30 Sep 1875 in Union Co., GA., son of
NEWTON CEARLEY and REBECCA WALKER. He was born 06 Feb 1852 in
Union County, Georgia, and died 1937 in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio.
Notes for HULDAH MELISSA SPARKS:

Huldah Sparks Cearley applied for the Guion Miller Roll for recognition as
being Cherokee through her grandmother Nancy Willis Thomas. Roll
application number 17524 was rejected because the WILLIS family had not
registared on any other rolls. Huldah's persistance in her application
process is documented through a series of letters to the commission over a
period of 5 years. Two of her children pursued the issue further... Tildon
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and Dovie. Further research on this issue is merited. Tildon's application
number is 34597 and Dovie's is 34598.
Notes for DONITHAN KIMSEY CEARLY:

1880 Union Co., GA
Cearley, D. Kimsey 25 b. GA
Hulda M. 21 b. GA
Hady T. 3 b. GA
Alsey J. 1 b. GA
1900 Cherokee Co., NC Nolta township ed 5

Cearley, Donithan K. b. Feb 1855 45 b. GA marrried 23 years
Hulia M. b. July 1859 40 b. GA 9 ch/ 8 al
Harden J. T. Aug 1876 23 b. GA
Cora E. b. March 1881 19 b. GA
Dovie L. b. August 1886 13 b.GA
Mary R. May 1890 10 b. GA
William S. Jan 5 1895 5 b. GA
John b. July 1898 1 b. GA
1910 Cobb Co., GA Marietta township sheet 1 ed 40

Cearley, Donithon K. 55 b. GA
Huldah M. 51 b. GA 12 ch/ 10 al
Mary 19 b. GA
William S. 15 b. GA
John J. 12 b. GA
Lola B. 10 b. GA
Herbert 6. b. GA
Wigg H. 6 b. GA
1920 Hamilton township Butler Co., OH ed 28

515 98/105
Cearley, D. Kimsey 65 b. GA
Hannah M. 60 b. GA
Hubert 16 b. N. Carolina
Herbert 16 b. N. Carolina
Children of HULDAH SPARKS and DONITHAN CEARLY are:

i. HARDEN TILDON7 CEARLY, b. 1877; m. DELLA.
Notes for HARDEN TILDON CEARLY:
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"Tilden" pursued further the Cherokee blood lines by filing on the
Guion Miller Rolls application number 34597, as did his sister
Dovie with application 34598.
1920 Census Dooly Dist., Union County page 279a

Harden Cearley 47 born GA. living next door to James Sparks and
wife Annie
Della age 38 born GA.
Grace 16
George 7
Donathon 5
George? 4 1/12
Cleo (f) 2 1/12
Bertha 3/12
Living on other side of Harden and Della is Elisha L. Davenport and
no wife
ii. ELSIE CEARLY, b. 1879; m. JAMES ROBERTS.

iii. CORA ELIZABETH CEARLY, b. 1881; m. GEORGE W. GIGNILLIAT.
167. iv. CATHERINE MATILDA CEARLY, b. 1884; d. 1952, Ohio.
v. DOVIE LONEY CEARLY, b. 05 Aug 1888, Union Co., GA.; d. 17 Dec
1962, Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio; m. ELBERT WILMOTH, 03 Dec
1903; b. 13 Aug 1888, Cobb Co., GA.; d. 18 Dec 1970, Hamilton,
Butler Co., Ohio.
Notes for DOVIE LONEY CEARLY:

Dovie applied for the Guion Miller Rolls with application #34598.
Notes for ELBERT WILMOTH:

First name also spelled Albert. Last name has been spelled
Wilmuth, Wilmouth, and Wilmot to name a few.
vi. MARY ROENA CEARLY, b. 1890; m. VIRGIL FREY.

vii. WILLIAM STARLING CEARLY, b. 1895; d. Ohio; m. MARY L.
SARGENT; d. Ohio.
168. viii. JOHN JAMES CEARLY, b. 1898; d. 1963, Ohio.
ix. LOLA B. CEARLY, b. 1900; d. Cleveland Ohio; m. UNKNOWN
THOMAS.
x. HERBERT WADE CEARLY, b. 1902; d. 1975, Hamilton, Butler Co.,
Ohio; m. ELIZABETH DUNAR.
xi. HUBERT WIGG CEARLY, b. 1902.
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130. ELIZA ANN6 SPARKS (ELIZABETH5 THOMAS, WILLIAM
"RED"1) was born 1861. She married WILLIAM DOTRY LANCE 06 Aug 1883.
Notes for ELIZA ANN SPARKS:

Listed as Liza Elite Sparks in the family bible.
Child of ELIZA SPARKS and WILLIAM LANCE is:

i. ADA7 LANCE, b. 08 Jul 1895; d. 08 Jan 1970, Baptist Mission,
Westville, Adair Co., Oklahoma; m. BERT JORDAN; b. 13 Apr 1891,
Westville, Goingsnake Dist., Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.; d. 26
Feb 1980, Siloam Spring, Benton Co., Arkansas.
131. WILLIAM ALLEN6 SPARKS (ELIZABETH5 THOMAS, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 20 Apr 1864 in Union Co., GA., and died 07 Mar 1909 in
Florida. He married ELLA CORDELIA MAINES 06 Sep 1888 in Union Co.,
GA, daughter of ANDREW MAINES and ARTIE JOHNSON. She was born
16 Apr 1871 in Wallace, S.C., and died 20 Aug 1963 in Florida.
Notes for WILLIAM ALLEN SPARKS:

Information regarding children of this union was garnered from a website on
the internet that is dedicated to the Sparks family genealogy and was based
on a quarterly publication, the SPARKS QUARTERLY which has been
published continuously since March, 1953, Dr. Russell E. Bidlack, Editor. The
Sparks Quarterly, 1709 Cherokee Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4448. It
should be noted that not all information found in these Quarterlys nor on
the internet should be considered the soul source and precise, without
substantiation using other informational sources, such as census records,
deeds, and family documents such as Bibles.
1900 Leaches Dist. Gilmer Co., GA. census

#12/13 William Sparks Apr 1864
Eller C. Apr 1871
Andrew H. Mar 1889
Mada E. Aug 1891
Steven E. June 1894
Mami E. Nov. 1895
Esta L. Apr. 1898
1910 18th Precinct of Polk Co. Florida

is a listing of dozens of workers from Georgia
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including a William Sparks.
LaCrosse, Alachua Co., Florida census
Ella is listed as Head of house #127 her occupation is farming
Andrew 19
Maud 18
Edgar 16
Mamie 14
Estie 12
Oliver 8
Gracie 4
Children of WILLIAM SPARKS and ELLA MAINES are:

169. i. ANDREW H.7 SPARKS, b. Mar 1889.
170. ii. MAUDIE E. SPARKS, b. Aug 1891.
iii. STEPHEN EDGAR SPARKS, b. Jun 1894.
171. iv. MAMIE ARTILEE SPARKS, b. 07 Nov 1895, Union Co., GA.; d. 15
Nov 1987, Gainsville, FL..
v. ESTIE MIREY SPARKS, b. Apr 1898.
172. vi. OLIVER SPARKS, b. 1901.
vii. GRACE SPARKS, b. 1905.
132. ROSILLA DOVE6 SPARKS (ELIZABETH5 THOMAS, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 1867 in Union Co., GA.. She married JAMES ALONZO
PATTERSON 08 Aug 1888 in Union Co., GA, son of WILLIAM PATTERSON
and ELIZABETH AKINS. He was born 30 Nov 1855 in Lower Yong Cane,
Union Co., GA..
Notes for ROSILLA DOVE SPARKS:

Rosilla's name is spelled Rozcelia C. on the marriage records.
Notes for JAMES ALONZO PATTERSON:

Information regarding the children of this union was garnered from
rootsweb gedcoms provided by Wes Patterson a descendant through Howard
Kimsey Patterson and Carol Ann Tindell, who is also a descendant apparently
through Howard. No guarentees at this point on the content being
substantiated, as no source information was documented other than census
information for only the Patterson ancestry.
Information found at the Sparks family website mentioned under William
Allen Sparks, states that Rozila Sparks married Patterson P. Clonzo. No
substantiation for this name has been found, so we will stay with the
aforementioned information.
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Children of ROSILLA SPARKS and JAMES PATTERSON are:
i. SIMEON7 PATTERSON, b. 1889.
ii. HOWARD KIMSEY PATTERSON, b. 1891.
iii. WILLIAM HARDIN PATTERSON, b. 1893.
iv. LAURA ELLEN PATTERSON, b. 1896.
v. JAMES MILTON PATTERSON, b. 1899.
vi. HOWELL T. PATTERSON, b. 1909.
vii. EARNEST C. PATTERSON, b. 1911.
viii. MAUD PATTERSON, b. Unknown.
133. JAMES GRAYSON6 SPARKS (ELIZABETH5 THOMAS, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born Aug 1872 in Dooly Dist., Union County, GA., and died 1948
in Georgia. He married ANNA BELL CURTIS Feb 1893 in Confidence ME
Church, Union Co., GA., daughter of JONATHAN CURTIS and LYDIA
ALLEN. She was born 05 Dec 1876 in Macon County, N.C., and died 1971 in
Georgia.
Notes for JAMES GRAYSON SPARKS:

There are eleven children listed on information provided at a rootsweb
gedcom website owned by Kenneth Jackson. Only four children are listed
here, as the remaining records were concerning living Sparks family
members. Some folks don't like to publish this information for the public to
see. James Grayson Sparks was known as "J.D."
1920 Census Dooly Dist. Union County Georgia page 279a

James G. Sparks 47 born GA living next door to Harden T. Cearley
Annie R. 44
Janie E. 25
Bertha M. 21
Forest E. 19
Floyd W. 15
Allen E. 10
James D. 8
Robert N. 5
Lona L. 4 2/12
Annie L. 8/12
Children of JAMES SPARKS and ANNA CURTIS are:

i. JANIE E.7 SPARKS, b. 1894.
ii. GEORGE E. SPARKS, b. 1896.
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iii. BERTHA M. SPARKS, b. 1898.
iv. FOREST E. SPARKS, b. 1901.
v. FLOYD W. SPARKS, b. 1905.
vi. ALLEN E. SPARKS, b. 1910.
vii. JAMES D. SPARKS, b. 1912.
viii. ROBERT N. SPARKS, b. 1915.
ix. LONA L. SPARKS, b. 1916.
x. ANNIE L. SPARKS, b. 1919.
134. MARION E.6 HENSLEY (MARTHA5 THOMAS, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born Sep 1856 in Union Co., GA.. He married JOSEPHINE
QUEEN 08 Nov 1874 in Union Co., GA, daughter of JERAMIAH QUEEN and
HARRIETT. She was born 1859 in Union Co., GA..
Notes for MARION E. HENSLEY:

1900 Hemptown, Fannin Co., Georgia page 294
Marrion Hensley 9/1856 = 43
name is illegible 12/1869 = 30
Narve 9/1875 = 24
Rozila 2/1884 = 16
James E. 6/1891 = 8
William F. 12/1893 = 6
John W. 12/1898 = 2
Children of MARION HENSLEY and JOSEPHINE QUEEN are:
i. NARVY M.7 HENSLEY, b. 1876.
ii. SARAH J. HENSLEY, b. 1878.
135. JOHN COLUMBUS6 HENSLEY (MARTHA5 THOMAS, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born Mar 1870 in Union Co., GA.. He married LURAH L.
TALLENT 13 Nov 1887 in Fannin Co., GA.. She was born 16 Nov 1871 in
Fannin Co., GA..
Notes for JOHN COLUMBUS HENSLEY:

1900 Hemptown, Fannin Co. Georgia census page 294
Lum Hensley 3/1870 = 30
Larra 11/1871 = 28
Arvelo 11/1888 = 11
John W. 9/1890= 9
Hewbra 1/1894 = 6
Birtha 9/1897 = 2
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Children of JOHN HENSLEY and LURAH TALLENT are:
i. ARVELO7 HENSLEY, b. Nov 1888.
ii. JOHN W. HENSLEY, b. Sep 1890.
iii. HEWBRA HENSLEY, b. Jan 1894.
iv. BIRTHA HENSLEY, b. Sep 1897.
136. DANIAL W.6 THOMAS (JOSEPH MONROE5, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 12 Dec 1874 in North Carolina. He married MALINDA
A. JANES 04 Feb 1897 in Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., GA. She was born in
Georgia.
Notes for DANIAL W. THOMAS:

1910 Forsyth Co., GA. census
#4 Daniel W. 35 b. NC
Malinda A. 36 b. GA.
Farrish C. 17 b. GA
listed as married for 13 years.
Child of DANIAL THOMAS and MALINDA JANES is:

i. FARRISH C.7 THOMAS, b. 1893, Georgia.
137. JAMES MADISON6 THOMAS (JOSEPH MONROE5, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 21 Apr 1878 in Union County, Ga., and died 24 May 1954 in
Birmingham Comm., Alpharetta, Ga.. He married (1) MARY EVA CALDWELL
23 Jul 1897 in Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., Ga., daughter of JOHN CALDWELL
and MARGARET STANCIL. She was born 13 Nov 1878 in Lumpkin County,
Ga., and died 21 Sep 1917 in Birmingham Comm., Alpharetta, Ga.. He married
(2) EMMA L. DAY 1918 in Birmingham Community, Ga.. She was born 30 Nov
1875 in Georgia, and died 10 Nov 1960 in Birmingham Comm., Alpharetta, Ga..
Notes for JAMES MADISON THOMAS:

1900 Chestatee district, Lumpkin County, GA. Jun 19, 1900
household #145:
Thomas, Madison head Apr 1878 22
Mary wife Oct 1878 21
Naomi E. dau May 1898 2
Carrie dau Feb 1900 4/12
1910 Double Branch district, Milton County, GA. Apr 15, 1910
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household #6:
Thomas, James M. head 31
Mary C. wife 31
Naomy C. dau 11
Carrie N. dau 10
Pollie A. dau 8
Alice R. dau 6
Joseph J. son 4
Vern M. dau 2
James S. son 2/12
1920 Little River district, Cherokee County, GA. Jan 28, 1920
household #188:
Thomas, Madison head 41
Carrie dau 19
Pollie dau 18
Alice dau 15
Lewis son 13
Vinie dau 12
Seldon son 9
Willie son 8
Boyd son 6
Floyd son 6
Luster son 3 11/12
James died at the home of his son Luster Thomas, of heart failure. He had
never been seriously ill with any ailments that were known to the family. He
sat down on the bed one night, his wife said he didn't look well and Luster
came to check on him. He died in Luster's arm. Information shared by Pearl
Boling Thomas with her granddaughter Kathy Vaughan.
More About JAMES MADISON THOMAS:

Burial: Buffington Cemetery, Canton GA.
Cause of Death: Heart Failure
More About MARY EVA CALDWELL:

Burial: Buffington Cemetery, Canton GA.
Children of JAMES THOMAS and MARY CALDWELL are:
173. i. NAOMI EMILLISSI7 THOMAS, b. 20 May 1898, Blood Mtn,
Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Ga.; d. 04 May 1984, Cherokee County,
Ga..
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174. ii. CARRIE CAROLINE THOMAS, b. 14 Feb 1900, Lumpkin County,
Ga.; d. 26 Nov 1945, Cherokee Co., GA..
175. iii. POLLIE ADELINE THOMAS, b. 02 Dec 1901, Lumpkin County, Ga.;
d. Unknown.
176. iv. ALICE I. THOMAS, b. 04 Feb 1904, Union Co., GA.; d. 28 Jun
1981, Cherokee Co., GA..
177. v. JOHN LEWIS THOMAS, b. 05 Jan 1906, Blood Mtn, Dahlonega,
Lumpkin County, Ga.; d. 25 Sep 1956, Birmingham Community,
Alpharetta, Ga..
178. vi. VIRRIA E. THOMAS, b. 18 Dec 1907, Blood Mtn, Dahlonega, Ga.; d.
27 Dec 1978, Canton, Ga..
179. vii. JAMES SELDON THOMAS, b. 31 Jan 1909; d. 21 Jun 1996, Big
Springs Cemetary, Cherokee County, Ga..
viii. WILLIE M. THOMAS, b. 22 Dec 1911; d. 23 Jun 1977, Canton, Ga.;
m. MARTHA LEMMA WHEELER; b. 21 Sep 1904; d. 19 May 1987,
Cumming, Ga..
180. ix. BOYD MADISON THOMAS, b. 02 Nov 1913, Birmingham Comm.,
Alpharetta, Ga.; d. 08 Nov 1989, Nelson, Ga..
181. x. MANSON FLOYD THOMAS, b. 02 Nov 1913, Birmingham
Community, Ga..
182. xi. HENRY LUSTER THOMAS, b. 22 Jan 1916; d. Jan 1994, Canton, Ga.
xii. CALLIE M. THOMAS, b. 19 Sep 1917, Birmingham Comm.,
Alpharetta, Ga.; d. 05 Oct 1917, Birmingham Comm., Alpharetta, Ga..
138. LAVADA EUGINA6 THOMAS (JOSEPH MONROE5, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 17 Dec 1880 in Clay Co., N.C.. She married AARON M.
HUTSON 24 Jul 1897 in Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., GA, son of JOHN HUTSON
and SARA PORTER. He was born Feb 1877 in Lumpkin Co., GA..
Notes for LAVADA EUGINA THOMAS:

Joseph was in Hayesville, Clay Co., N.C. on the 1880 census information with
his family when Lavada was born. Apparently they moved back to Lumpkin
County after that. What was he doing there?
Notes for AARON M. HUTSON:

Found on 1900, 1910 and 1930 census.
On 1930 lists
Aron Hudson 52
Levata 49
Henry L. 22
Harley L. 17
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Cloid C. 9
Neoma Thomas, MIL age 83
Sevilla Richards 23
Believe that Cloid is child of Sevilla, possibly adopted by Aaron and Lavada.
Children of LAVADA THOMAS and AARON HUTSON are:

i. JAMES MARION7 HUDSON, b. 1898, Lumpkin Co., GA..
ii. WILLIAM B. HUDSON, b. 1901, Lumpkin Co., GA..
iii. ALLIE HUDSON, b. 1903, Lumpkin Co., GA..
iv. NANCY SEVILLA HUDSON, b. 1906, Lumpkin Co., GA..
v. HENRY D. HUDSON, b. 1908, Lumpkin Co., GA..
vi. HARLEY L. HUDSON, b. 1913, Lumpkin Co., GA..
vii. CLOID C. HUDSON, b. 1922, Lumpkin Co., GA..
139. ANZIE ANNA6 ISAACKS (SYNTHA5 THOMAS, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 27 Oct 1861 in Union Co., GA., and died 07 Feb 1954. She
married WILLIAM LARKIN BRUCE 13 Apr 1879 in Union Co., GA. He was
born 09 Sep 1858, and died 22 Apr 1904.
More About ANZIE ANNA ISAACKS:

Burial: Hemptown Baptist, Fannin Co., GA.
More About WILLIAM LARKIN BRUCE:

Burial: Hemptown Baptist, Fannin Co., GA.
Child of ANZIE ISAACKS and WILLIAM BRUCE is:

183. i. MARY NEBRASKA7 BRUCE.
140. EMMANUEL H.6 BEAVER (EDLEY FILMORE5, KEZIAH4 LAND,

ZILPHIA TYRSOHEE3 THOMAS, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was
born 21 Nov 1871 in Union Co., GA., and died 30 Mar 1937 in Cherokee Co.,
N.C.. He married MARY MOSS 20 Apr 1900 in Cherokee Co., N.C.. She was
born 1878.
Children of EMMANUEL BEAVER and MARY MOSS are:

i. JOHN HENRY7 BEAVER, b. 1905.
ii. JAMES ROBERT BEAVER, b. 1908.
iii. RALPH FILMORE BEAVER, b. 1911.
iv. MARTHA MAGDELENE BEAVER, b. 1918.
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141. WILLIAM AUSBORN6 BEAVER (EDLEY FILMORE5, KEZIAH4 LAND,
ZILPHIA TYRSOHEE3 THOMAS, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was
born 04 Aug 1879 in Union Co., GA., and died 02 Feb 1964 in Union Co., GA..
He married ARTIE FLORENCE WOODY Abt. 1896 in Union Co., GA, daughter
of JOHN WOODY and NANCY DOCKERY. She was born 25 Dec 1881 in
Union Co., GA., and died 19 Feb 1939 in Union Co., GA..
Notes for WILLIAM AUSBORN BEAVER:

William Ausborn Beaver is buried in the Mt. Olivet Bapt. Cem. in Union
County, GA. He lies next to Artie.
More About ARTIE FLORENCE WOODY:

Burial: Mt. Olivet Church Cem., Blairsville, Union Co., Georgia
Children of WILLIAM BEAVER and ARTIE WOODY are:

184. i. MINNIE GERTRUDE7 BEAVER, b. 1898, Union Co., Georgia; d.
1989, Union Co., Georgia.
ii. LURA PALESTINE BEAVER, b. 1908.
iii. CLAUDE EARL BEAVER, b. 1911.
iv. HARDNEY WALDRON BEAVER, b. 1923.
v. GALE RAY BEAVER.
vi. MINDY LOU DOVIE BEAVER.
vii. ORIN GAY BEAVER.
viii. ROSIE DELLY ETHEL BEAVER.
ix. ROWENA VIOLET BEAVER.
142. CORNELIUS6 THOMAS (JOHN MCDANIEL5, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 05 Sep 1868 in Union Co., GA., and died 22 Mar 1946 in Hall
Co., GA.. He married NANCY LOUIDA ADELINE SIMS Nov 1892 in Union
Co., GA, daughter of WILLIAM SIMS and MARY OWENSBY. She was born
29 Feb 1876 in Union Co., GA., and died 01 Oct 1952 in Lumpkin Co., GA..
More About CORNELIUS THOMAS:

Burial: Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., GA.
More About NANCY LOUIDA ADELINE SIMS:

Burial: Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., GA.
Children of CORNELIUS THOMAS and NANCY SIMS are:
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i. JOHN WILLIAM7 THOMAS, b. 12 Oct 1893, Union Co., GA.; d. 08
Jan 1970; m. IVIA JANE MEERS, 08 Aug 1920, Hall Co., GA.; b. 13
Sep 1902, Fannin Co., GA.; d. 26 May 1991, Lumpkin Co., GA..
ii. HESTER THOMAS, b. 22 May 1895; d. 30 Aug 1985, Ohio; m.
ASBY BOTTS.
iii. ELSIE THOMAS, b. 18 Nov 1896; d. 27 Jun 1980; m. HARLEY
HUNTER.
iv. BESSIE THOMAS, b. 19 Nov 1898; d. 21 Oct 1974; m. EDGAR
TURNER; b. 1898.
v. SOLOMAN THOMAS, b. 14 Sep 1900; d. 02 Mar 1963; m.
FLORENCE LOGGINS; b. 1902; d. 1990.
vi. EDITH THOMAS, b. 20 Oct 1902; d. 25 Dec 1981.
Notes for EDITH THOMAS:

Edith was married 3 known times, 1st to Lovette Abernathy, 2nd
to a Purdue, and third to Unknown.
185. vii. GRIFFIN ELLARD THOMAS, b. 23 Aug 1904, Union Co., GA.; d. 01
Jan 1998, White Co., GA..
viii. OMA ALICE THOMAS, b. 20 Aug 1907, Union Co., GA.; d. 05 Jul
2002, Fulton Co., GA.; m. HUBERT LONZON CHRISTY, 14 Oct
1928, White Co., GA.; b. 23 Aug 1905, Lumpkin Co., GA.; d. 15 Apr
1952, Hall Co., GA..
ix. ELVIE THOMAS, b. 21 Feb 1909; d. 04 Sep 1969; m. OLIVER
WOFFORD.
x. CATHARINE THOMAS, b. 20 May 1913; m. LEWIS GILREATH, 26
Apr 1931; b. 03 Feb 1908; d. 1978.
xi. MARVIN MILLARD THOMAS, b. 20 May 1916; d. 14 Feb 1974; m.
CAMELILIA GILSTRAP; b. 1925; d. 1925.
xii. CLINTON THOMAS, b. 18 Oct 1919; d. 1954; m. EDIS
ANDERSON, 1945; b. 1925.
143. SYLVANIA6 THOMAS (JOHN MCDANIEL5, WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4,

Sep 1879, and died 15 Sep 1949. She married THOMAS L. POPE 12 Aug
1894 in Fannin Co., GA.
More About SYLVANIA THOMAS:

Burial: Harmony Baptist Church, Fannin Co., GA.
Children of SYLVANIA THOMAS and THOMAS POPE are:

i. HARLEY7 POPE.
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ii. HOMER POPE.
iii. ALBERT POPE.
iv. CARL POPE.
v. BLAINE POPE.
vi. DIXIE C. POPE.
vii. MAYBELLE POPE, b. 12 May 1898; d. 04 Feb 1968; m. WILLIAM
BRIGHT THOMAS; b. 18 Nov 1895; d. 22 Oct 1962.
More About MAYBELLE POPE:
Notes for WILLIAM BRIGHT THOMAS:

Apparently no children survived to adulthood.
1920 Census Dooly Dist., Union Co. GA. page 279a

Thomas, William B. 24
Mabel 21
144. GROVER CLEVELAND6 THOMAS (JOHN MCDANIEL5, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 18 Sept 1888, and died 18 May 1954.
More About GROVER CLEVELAND THOMAS:

Burial: Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Union Co., GA.
Children of GROVER CLEVELAND THOMAS are:

i. GORDON7 THOMAS.
ii. WILLIE Ruben THOMAS.
iii. CARMEL THOMAS.
iv. J.C. THOMAS.
v. GIRL CHILDREN NAMES NOT KNOWN.
145. JAMES DENNIS6 THOMAS (JOHN MCDANIEL5, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 06 Dec 1904 in Union Co., GA., and died 05 Jan 1987 in
Union Co., GA.. He married LAURA ANGELINE TILSON 23 Feb 1923 in
Union Co., GA. She was born 05 Sep 1903 in Union Co., GA., and died 12 May
1994 in Union Co., GA..
More About JAMES DENNIS THOMAS:

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Children of JAMES THOMAS and LAURA TILSON are:
i. LIZZIE JAME7 THOMAS, b. 1924.
ii. WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS, b. 1925.
iii. CORABEL THOMAS, b. 1928.
iv. MILDRED STELLA THOMAS, b. 1930.
v. C. J. THOMAS, b. 1935.
vi. MAGGIE LOUISE THOMAS, b. 1937.
vii. JUNIOR FRANK THOMAS, b. 1939; m. WILLA MAE WOODY.
viii. MARY ROSIE THOMAS, b. 1940.
ix. HATTIE MARIE THOMAS, b. 1942.
x. FRANCES ANNABELL THOMAS, b. 1944.
xi. VONNIE LULA THOMAS, b. 1946.
146. VESTA6 THOMAS (JOHN MCDANIEL5, WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4,

1908. She married ERNEST BEAVER, son of JESSE BEAVER and
ELIZABETH LNU.
Child of VESTA THOMAS and ERNEST BEAVER is:

i. PRESS K.7 BEAVER, d. Oct 2005, Union Co., Georgia.
147. HEADEN MONROE6 THOMAS (WILLIAM JASPER5, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 1877, and died 1957 in Catawba Co., N.C.. He married
CLIFFORD LOUDEAMIE BROWN, daughter of JONATHON BROWN and
MARY POWERS. She was born 1875.
Notes for HEADEN MONROE THOMAS:

Information on census records lists Headen as Hodden.
Also seen spelled Hedden.
Burial: Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Lula, Hall Co., GA.
Child of HEADEN THOMAS and CLIFFORD BROWN is:

i. ALBERT LEWIS7 THOMAS.
148. JOHN E.6 DAVENPORT (ADELINE C.5 THOMAS, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 26 Feb 1871 in Union Co., GA., and died 30 Jul 1958 in
Union Co., GA.. He married SARAH ANN CHAMBERS 31 Aug 1890 in Union
Co., GA. She was born 30 Aug 1867 in Union Co., GA., and died 09 Aug 1918
in Union Co., GA..
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More About JOHN E. DAVENPORT:
More About SARAH ANN CHAMBERS:

Child of JOHN DAVENPORT and SARAH CHAMBERS is:

i. ROBERT THEODORE7 DAVENPORT, m. FLEETIE THOMAS.
149. MARION COLUMBUS6 DAVENPORT (ADELINE C.5 THOMAS,

WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2,
AARON "RED"1) was born 1883 in Union Co., GA., and died 1961 in Union Co.,
GA.. He married REBECCA ODOM. She was born 1886 in Union Co., GA., and
died in Union Co., GA..
More About MARION COLUMBUS DAVENPORT:

Notes for REBECCA ODOM:

Was Rebecca married before? Death notice for James U. Davenport states
he is survived by parents, a half brother I.T. Cobb and three sisters.
More About REBECCA ODOM:

Children of MARION DAVENPORT and REBECCA ODOM are:

i. JAMES U.7 DAVENPORT, b. 1918; d. 1944, During WWII - missing
in action.
ii. VERDIE DAVENPORT, m. LUTHER RHODES.
iii. JESSIE DAVENPORT, m. EMERSON WOODY.
iv. FRANKIE DAVENPORT, m. CHARLES WATKINS.
150. THOMAS6 DAVENPORT (ADELINE C.5 THOMAS, WILLIAM

"RED"1) was born 23 Dec 1885 in Union Co., GA., and died 10 Mar 1963 in
Union Co., GA.. He married FANCY FREEMAN. She was born 20 Jul 1885 in
Union Co., GA., and died 19 Jan 1950 in Union Co., GA..
More About THOMAS DAVENPORT:

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Notes for FANCY FREEMAN:
Fancy may have also been born a Baily and married a Freeman.
Children of THOMAS DAVENPORT and FANCY FREEMAN are:

i. HERMAN7 DAVENPORT.
ii. LUTHER DAVENPORT.
iii. HARLEY M. DAVENPORT.
iv. FLOYD B. DAVENPORT.
v. IRA H. DAVENPORT.
vi. ROVERT DAVENPORT.
vii. RUTHIE DAVENPORT.
viii. BONNIE DAVENPORT.
151. MARY DULCENIE SEANY6 CALLOWAY (CAROLINE ZELIEUS5

THOMAS, WILLIAM HUNSUCKER4, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.
AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1870 in Union Co., Georgia, and died 1944
in Silver Creek, Floyd Co., GA.. She married SAMUEL SATCHER 01 Feb 1891
in Union Co., GA. He was born 1868, and died 1922.
More About MARY DULCENIE SEANY CALLOWAY:

Burial: Bethel/Crossroads Cem., Bartow Co., GA.
More About SAMUEL SATCHER:

Burial: Bethel/Crossroads Cem., Bartow Co., GA.
Children of MARY CALLOWAY and SAMUEL SATCHER are:

i. MATTIE INEZ7 SATCHER, b. 1891, Bartow Co., GA.; d. 1955,
Bartow Co., GA.; m. ARTHUR FRICKS.
More About MATTIE INEZ SATCHER:

Burial: Macedonia Cem., Bartow Co., GA.
ii. CARRIE BELL SATCHER, b. 1893, Union Co., Georgia; d. 1981,

Bartow Co., GA.; m. ARTHUR BRANTON, 12 Sep 1915, Bartow Co.,
GA..
More About CARRIE BELL SATCHER:

Burial: Spring Creek Cem., Bartow Co., GA.
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iii. SAMUEL ARTHUR SATCHER, b. 1896, Bartow Co., GA.; d. 31 Dec
1953, Bartow Co., GA.; m. ESSIE ODELL WILLS, 30 Dec 1918,
Bartow Co., GA..
More About SAMUEL ARTHUR SATCHER:

Burial: Wax Cem., Bartow Co., GA.
iv. LOLLIE B. SATCHER, b. 1898, Floyd County, GA.; d. 1972; m.

ARTHUR BOZEMAN, 15 May 1927.
More About LOLLIE B. SATCHER:

Burial: Macedonia Cem., Bartow Co., GA.
v. ETHEL MAY SATCHER, b. 1901, Bartow Co., GA.; d. 1966, Bartow

Co., GA.; m. DOYLE FREEMAN, 04 Oct 1926, Bartow Co., GA..
More About ETHEL MAY SATCHER:

Burial: Wax Cem., Bartow Co., GA.
vi. PEARL MARIE SATCHER, b. 1903, Bartow Co., GA.; d. 1973, Floyd
County, GA.; m. DURAND FRICKS.
More About PEARL MARIE SATCHER:

Burial: Rome, Floyd Co., GA.
Notes for DURAND FRICKS:

Nephew of Arthur Fricks.
vii. EDITH RUTH SATCHER, b. 1906; d. 1907.

viii. ALLIE ELLENORE SATCHER, b. 1909, Bartow Co., GA.; d. 1994,
Thomaston, Upson Co., GA.; m. DOYLE LEDBETTER, 17 Nov 1928,
Bartow Co., GA..
152. JAMES T.6 HOWELL (JESSE PATTERSON5, CYNTHA4 THOMAS,

1887 in Mitchell Co., N.C., and died 1962. He married MARTHA ETTA
THOMAS, daughter of JAMES THOMAS and HATTIE RECTOR. She was
born 1884, and died 1917.
Children of JAMES HOWELL and MARTHA THOMAS are:

i. LORA MAE7 HOWELL, b. 1902; d. 1927; m. SAMUEL J.
BUCHANAN; b. 1890; d. 1964.
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ii. LOLA GRACE HOWELL, b. 1906; m. DEWEY BUCHANAN; b. 1891;
d. 1959.
iii. IVY MAUDE HOWELL, b. 1911; d. 1966; m. JETER BUCHANAN,
1922; b. 1902; d. Silver Chapel Baptist, Bandana, Mitchell Co., N.C..
153. LAURA6 HUGHES (EMALINE LINA5 BUCHANAN, ELIZABETH

ELMYRA4 THOMAS, AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON
"RED"1) was born 1878 in Mitchell Co., N.C., and died 1961. She married
ZEBULON B. THOMAS 1897 in Yancey Co., North Carolina, son of AARON
THOMAS and MARTHA OLLIS. He was born Abt. 1878 in Mitchell Co., N.C.,
and died 1945.
Notes for ZEBULON B. THOMAS:

1900 Mitchell Co, NC, Snow Creek, dist 102, pg 5A,
80/86: Thomas, Zeb, 6/1878, 21, md 2 yrs;
Laura, 5/1878, ;
Decatur, 6/1898
1910 Mitchell Co, NC, Snow Creek Twp, dist 149, pg 12A,
211/215: Thomas, Zeb B, 31;
Laura, 32,
Decatur, 12;
Lillie, 8;
Rosey, 5;
Tessie, 6/12
Children are listed above under (99) Zebulon B. Thomas.
154. ELSIE6 THOMAS (JAMES C.5, THOMAS4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) She married JOHN LUTHER
ROBINSON.
Child of ELSIE THOMAS and JOHN ROBINSON is:

i. JACK THOMAS7 ROBINSON.
Notes for JACK THOMAS ROBINSON:

Died in a Japanese Prison Camp during WWII
155. DEWITT6 THOMAS (JAMES C.5, THOMAS4, AARON O. THE ELDER3,

JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) He married WILLIE MAE YOUNG.
Child of DEWITT THOMAS and WILLIE YOUNG is:

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i. JAMES7 THOMAS.
Notes for JAMES THOMAS:

Killed over 60 Japanese during WWII
156. JAMES MANASSAS NAS6 THOMAS (JAMES C.5, THOMAS4,

AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) died 1950.
He married DOLLIE BOONE 03 Jul 1909 in Kona, N.C.. She was born 15 Jun
1894 in Burnsville, N.C..
Children of JAMES THOMAS and DOLLIE BOONE are:

i. FRED7 THOMAS.
ii. LAURETTE THOMAS.
iii. JAY THOMAS.
iv. JEAN THOMAS.
v. FAYE THOMAS.
vi. CLAUDE THOMAS.
vii. GLEN THOMAS.
viii. KATE THOMAS.
157. MARTHA ETTA6 THOMAS (JAMES C.5, THOMAS4, AARON O. THE

ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born 1884, and died
1917. She married JAMES T. HOWELL, son of JESSE HOWELL and MARY
THOMAS. He was born 1887 in Mitchell Co., N.C., and died 1962.
Children are listed above under (152) James T. Howell.
158. ERNEST6 BEAVER (JESSE W.5, KEZIAH4 LAND, ZILPHIA

TYRSOHEE3 THOMAS, JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) He married
VESTA THOMAS, daughter of JOHN THOMAS and LUCINDY BEAVER.
She was born 1908.
Child is listed above under (146) Vesta Thomas.
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Endnotes
1. Georgia War, boundaries of the states of S.C, N.C., and Fl. were in
contention.
2. This information was taken from the book called the Toe River Valley
Heritage by Lloyd Bailey, section of information provided by Dorothy Howell
Sparks of Johnson City, Tn.
3. Information provided by Danny McBee who got this info from Charles T.
Ingram II.
4. Information regarding children older than Joseph Monroe Thomas has
been provided by Paula Phelps Coffey, a descendant of Eliza Beth Thomas
Sparks through William and Nancy Willis Thomas.
5. Information on the Howell/Thomas lines was provided by great
granddaughter Dorothy Howell Sparks of Johnson City, Tn.
6. Information regarding William Jasper Thomas line was provided by Kathy
Thomas McBride of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Kathy is William's great
great granddaughter.
Information Compiled by Thomas family researcher:

Leslie Barker Thomas
aeriehollow@ellijay.com
If you have corrections or additions please feel free to contact me.
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1. JOSEPH W. AARON2 THOMAS (AARON "RED"1) was born Abt. 1755 in

Notes for JOSEPH W. AARON THOMAS:

History and Traditions of The THOMAS Family by Monroe

The Thomas family of this region is descended from

Not much more than this is remembered by Joe. It is

The family as we now it sprang from Aaron, Joes third

The date of Aarons arrival has not been preserved, but

Aaron, called Roarin Aaron to distinguish him from his

Jose went beyond Pleasant Gap, toward Micaville, and

Among the children of the next generation only a few can

Thus, the Thomases scattered. As a result, they are

Yet wherever the Thomases have gone, and into whatever

From the Recollections of Jimmy, preacher, wit, horse

Labeled at the bottom of the family tree The Rock Whence I

Information combined from the following family sources:

More About JOSEPH W. AARON THOMAS:

Children of JOSEPH W. AARON THOMAS are:

5. v. NANCY THOMAS, b. Bet. 1790 - 1798, French Broad River Area,

2. AARON O. THE ELDER3 THOMAS (JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON

1850 Yancey Co., NC census page 408

1860 Ledger P. O., Yancey Co., N.C. page 403b

More About AARON O. THE ELDER THOMAS:

More About ELIZABETH HUNSUCKER:

Children of AARON THOMAS and ELIZABETH HUNSUCKER are:

Notes for HENRY HAL WILLIS:

1850 Yancey Co., NC;

3. ZILPHIA TYRSOHEE3 THOMAS (JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1)

1860 Towns County, Georgia Census page 215b

Children of ZILPHIA THOMAS and HOSEA LAND are:

4. JOB(E)3 THOMAS (JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1)3 was born

Notes for JOB(E) THOMAS:

1870 Hiwassee, Towns County Census page 215b

More About JOB(E) THOMAS:

Children of JOB(E) THOMAS and ESTER UNKNOWN are:

5. NANCY3 THOMAS (JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was born Bet.

Child of NANCY THOMAS and WILLILAM KERBY is:

Notes for CYNTHIA KERBY:

Notes for JOHN THOMAS:

households listed one after the other on same page

Additional child found online posted by descendants Barbara & Melanie

Children of JOHN THOMAS and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN are:

7. JOSEPH JOSE'3 THOMAS (JOSEPH W. AARON2, AARON "RED"1) was

Child of JOSEPH THOMAS and SARAH GAY is:

8. JOHN4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W. AARON2,

Notes for JOHN THOMAS:

1860 Ledger P. O., Yancey Co., N.C. page 403a

1870 Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C.

1880 Brush Creek, Yancey Co., N.C. pg. 578D

More About JOHN THOMAS:

Children of JOHN THOMAS and LUCINDA WILSON are:

9. JOSEPH G. JOSE4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

More About JOSEPH G. JOSE THOMAS:

Children of JOSEPH THOMAS and NANCY ROBINSON are:

10. PLEASANT A.4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

Notes for PLEASANT A. THOMAS:

Next door is and Edmon (38) & Rebeca (31) Thomas

At some point Pleasant chose to change the name to Thomason. Considering

1880 FDS website census has:

Children of PLEASANT THOMAS and SARAH UNK. are:

11. ROBERT HOSEA4 THOMAS (AARON O. THE ELDER3, JOSEPH W.

Notes for ROBERT HOSEA THOMAS: