Does anyone have info on the family listed in the Conecuh County, 1850, Census: Thornton A? 59 North Carolina Sarah 52 Mary A. 12'Susan 10 John 15 William 7. I am searching for info on the family of Asa A. Thornton who married Nancy Collier. They had a son John A. Thornton who married Sally Sills. John A. and Sally had a son John Erving who married first Rebecca Manning, and secondly, Elizabeth "Bessie" Manning. Any info on the Thorntons will be helpful. My gggrandmother Elizabeth Thornton Sills is one of my brickwalls! She is the mother of Sally Sills Thornton, but how is she related to John A. Thornton? Is A. Thornton whose wife is Sarah the father of Asa A. Thornton? Thank you. Freda -- Researching my Southern Families: Roberson/Robertson/Robinson,Bonner, Blakely,Wright, Sills, Thornton, Canterbury, Godbold, Solomon, Pate, Grice, Herron, Regan, Sims, Boles, Jones.