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BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: ANCESTRY & DESCENDANTS OF NASSAU-SIEGEN IMMIGRANTS OF VA, 1714-1750, by B.C. Holtzclaw.; p 163; copies sent from Chapter 8 of text found in book in Florida; EXTRACTION: shown constantly in Culpeper tithable 1811-1830 as John Fishback, Jr, always with 1 white tithable, himself. Probably sold a lot in Jefferson Nov. 19, 1822 (D.B."00" p.401).
NAME-DATES-CHILDREN: Researched notes of Mrs. Gail Shanelee, deceased; sent to T.Mason, Oct 1998
CENSUS: 1840 Platte Co, MO; 1840; pg 119; EXTRACTION:
Henry Thomas - males 1 20-30, females: 2 under 5, 1 15-20
Isaac Thomas - " 2 under 5, 1 20-30, females: 2 under 5, 1 20-30
William Thomas - " 1 " ", 1 30-40, " 2 " ", 1 30-40
Jacob Thomas - " 1 15-20, 1 40-50, females 3 10-15, 1 15-20, 1 40-50The Plaque in Court Square, Sevierville, TN reads: "A Soldier of the American Revolution, Isaac Thomas guided John Sevier's army to King's Mountain as well as serving with him in many battles against the indians. Believed to be the first permanent white settler in this area, Thomas lived with and traded among the Cherokee Indians. His home at "The forks of the Little Pigeon" served as the setting for the first Sevier County Court, Territory of the United States south of the river Ohio in 1794. Thomas suggested this settlement be named "Sevierville" in 1795 in honor of his friend and companion, General John Sevier. With his wife, Elizabeth Massengill (1759 - 1832), Thomas reared his large family upon their vast land holdings along the west prong of the Little Pigeon River near this site."
Was of Isle of Wight, Virginia, then Seven Springs Gap (North of Robbinsville), North Carolina, then Chota. He settled in Sevierville, Tennessee.
COMMENT: See father's notes.
According to Ida Pauline Wade Thomas, her husband Robert, the son of Berry Franklin, had a cousin 10 years his senior. He acted like a brother to Robert Allen. The cousin's name was George Thomas. George had a son named Robert Lee. Robert Lee was a U.S. government trapper. He had a son who died at age 12. George's wife was Ella and she died in 1908 or 1910 in Davis, Okla.
BIRTH: Shaver Family Bible; 1831-1963; pub 1856, New York, American Bible Society; ; in poss of Dori Shaver, Hot Springs National Park, AR; copies in poss of T Mason
RESEARCHER: Information on his family & their children provided by Dori Shaffer, Hot Springs Village, AR; to T. Mason on 31 Aug 1996.
BIRTH: Shaver Family Bible; 1831-1963; pub 1856, New York, American Bible Society; ; in poss of Dori Shaver, Hot Springs National Park, AR; copies in poss of T Mason