This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: THOMAS, PERSON OR PEARSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UeB.2ACI/3048 Message Board Post: B.T. Thomas, b. 1817 SC, found in the 1840 Greenville Co., SC census. He married Nancy Person or Pearson about 1838 in SC. Bluford T. Thomas moved to Tippah Co., MS by the 1850 census. The families of Rutha Thomas, Pleasant R. Thomas and George Thomas also was found in the 1850 Tippah Co., MS census living next to Bluford Thomas. By 1860 census, Bluford T. Thomas had moved to Clark Co., Arkansas. Anyone researching the Greenville Co., SC Thomas Families, I need help with finding who the parents and ancestors of Bluford T. Thomas, b. 1817 SC. I am a descendant of his son James H. Thomas, b. 1840 SC. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Reatha Ricketson, Kingsland, Texas