This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: c5tho Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/1988.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have Aaron as the son of John Thornton (mother's name not known) Born about 1773 in Virginia or North Carolina I also have the following data from Wilkes County, NC: 1800 US Census of Wilkes Co., North Carolina (page 65) : THORNTON, AARON Township: Morgan County: Wilkes State: North Carolina Roll: 33 Page: 65 Image: 507.00 Aaron Thornton Males: 1 under 10 - Joel born 20 May 1800 1 age 26-45 - Aaron Females: 1 age 26-45 - Sarah Evans THORNTON, MOSES Township: Morgan County: Wilkes State: North Carolina Roll: 33 Page: 65 Image: 507.00 Moses Thornton Males: 1 under 10 - son born 1790-1800 1 age 26-45 - Moses Females: 1 age 26-45 - wife of Moses Abstracts of Land Entries: Wilkes County, North Carolina Part 1 (Nov.1796 - Nov 1805) : December 7, 1803 Aaron Thornton enters 75 acres in Wilkes County on Roaring River; border: begins near the second shoal below "the" fork and runs down both sides of the river. By 1805 he shows up in the tax records of Warren County Kentucky. From there he moves in 1831 to Pike County Illinois, where he dies about 1846. Aaron's father John and wife are supposed to have gone to Texas as indicated in the following book: Past & Present Of Pike County by Capt. M. D. Massie (pp 726-727) : N. A. Thornton (Aaron's grandson), an attorney-at-law and police magistrate at Milton, was born in Detroit township, Pike county, December 25, 1839. He is a son of Larkin and Polly (Allen) Thornton, who were among the early settlers of Warren county, Kentucky. The paternal grandparents of Mr. (N.A.) Thornton were Aaron and Sarah (Evans) Thornton, who settled in Warren county, Kentucky, about 1800, and afterward removed to Pike county, Illinois, becoming pioneer residents of this locality. They contributed to the early development and progress of the community, and continued residents of Pike county up to the time of their death... John Thornton and his wife, great-grandparents of our subject in the paternal line, [and the parents of Aaron] became pioneer settlers in Texas, removing from North Carolina and Virginia to the Lone Star state, living there under the rule of Governor Samuel Houston when Texas was a separate republic under its own flag. Would very much like to know what you have on John and Mary Ann (Driggers) Thornton, their children, etc. Thanks, Don Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.