Hi This is also Thomas Surnames http://users.vnet.net/timmywt/ ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Alycia Morgan <ye_olde_folk@yahoo.com> To: ncedgecombe@yahoo.com; RUFFIN-D@rootsweb.com; FOREHAND-D@rootsweb.com; MORGAN-D@rootsweb.com; THOMAS-D@rootsweb.com; CALHOUN-D@rootsweb.com; PROCTOR-D@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2007 2:00:01 AM Subject: [THOMAS] Current e-mail address: Ye_Olde_Folk@yahoo.com North Carolina Family Surnames: Ruffin Forehand Proctor Thomas Cohoon/Calhoun etc. Gay Boon/Boone Eveland Tunnell/Tonnellier/Tonellier/Tonnelier Deans Daniel Morgan Bryant Rackley Perry Williams Taylor Strickland Curle etc. Ye_Olde_Folk@yahoo.com http://www.geocities.com/ncedgecombe/edgecombe_names.html?20079 looks like this above site was last updated in the year 2001... my e-mail address is WRONG on there...please use the correct one above. Thanks Alycia D. Morgan --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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In searching the rootsweb.com, in the Lynne's Buy family by Lynne Lett is listed the following: Larkin Ashley Thomas married mary Emma Guy on Dec.31, 1896 in douglas County, GA. Does anybody have any info on this Larkin Ashley Thomas. My great-grandfather was Larkin Ashley Thomas also. but a different time and different place. Just currious if there is any distant relation between the two by the same name. Larkin

This is my kind of story! Even if the name had been Smith or Jones this is a great story. Out of curiosity I checked the census for 1880 and 1900 and found William K Thomas and wife Rebecca in Ellis County Kansas. (Bessie must me for Rebecca). In 1880 there are three young children. In 1900 one age 17 is the only name other than the couple. This must be the people in the story. Others may wish to add to this. Jim Thomas (no relation). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne Morgan" <jomorgan@swbell.net> To: <REED-L@rootsweb.com>; <THOMAS-L@rootsweb.com>; <KSELLIS-L@rootsweb.com>; <TITCOMB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:20 AM Subject: [THOMAS] BESSIE REED, WILLIAM K. THOMAS, MARIE REED THOMAS TITCOMB > This story comes from an old book I just found that I thought was > interesting. I'm not related to any of these people, just being nice. I > know nothing further about these people. > > THE CLAIM THAT GREW AND GREW > > Bessie Reed Thomas arrived in Kansas in 1871, a bride of 18, with a > shotgun across her knees. Her husband, William K. Thomas, a veteran of the > Civil War, was coming west to settle on his soldier's claim, 160 acres in > Ellis County. > In their two wagons, they carried a Ben Franklin stove and provisions to > last a year: a barrel of apples, flour, sugar, dried fruit, and smoked > meat. One of their wedding gifts, a wonderful sewing machine, one of the > first to be marketed, never arrived in Kansas; on the way the young groom > had persuaded his wife to trade it for a cow, which was to be the > beginning of their Hereford herd. > By fall the family had moved from the wagon to a new dugout. Bessie > papered the dirt walls with copies of the Louisville Courier and later, in > 1879, she added a layer of the Weekly Capital, a paper that would later be > named Capper's Weekly. The newspapers not only kept the dirt from falling > into the room, but they served as a barrier to snakes, centipedes, > scorpions, and the huge spiders common in the country. > Countless settlers had abandoned claims in Kansas. Indian massacres, > tornados, blizzards, and grasshopper plagues had taken their toll, and an > epidemic of diphtheria had wiped out entire families. To bring more > settlers to the region, the government offered a deserted claim to anyone > who would sleep on it for six months. A quarter section adjoining the > Thomas's original claim was acquired in Bessie's name; she slept in a sod > house there, a house similar to the one which now stood on her husband's > claim as a replacement for the dugout. > The government made still another bid for new settlers, offering a timber > claim to anyone planting and nurturing a thousand young trees on the land. > To qualify for this additional claim of 160 acres, the Thomases traveled > 16 miles to the Saline Rover bottoms to obtain cottonwood saplings which > they planted and tended, hauling water from their windmill. > With this new claim they were the possessors of 480 acres of Kansas > prairie ---hardpan, buffalo grass and tumbleweed, a plant Bessie often > mistook for a crouching Indian. > The ranch continued to grow. William added 1,360 acres at a cost which > was less than the asking price for one of those acres today. Between 1871 > and 1899, he accumulated 2,200 acres. > A 10-room stone ranch house on the property was the birthplace of their > sith child, the writer of this account. > Marie Reed Thomas Titcomb - 1831 West Algonquin Road Hoffman Estates, Ill > 60195 > > You must remember that this article is nearly 40 years old. The chances > of them still living at this address are slim to none. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Not my Thomases either. An interesting coincidence tho. My Grandfather was William H. Thomas and his wife was Bessie V. Thomas (Maiden name Christian) and they lived in White Cloud, Kansas. Bob Thomas In a message dated 12/13/2007 9:43:29 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, willapa@willapabay.org writes: Great story, thanks. Not my Thomases, but that's OK. Kathleen VH On Dec 13, 2007, at 9:20 AM, Joanne Morgan wrote: > This story comes from an old book I just found that I thought was > interesting. I'm not related to any of these people, just being > nice. I know nothing further about these people. > > THE CLAIM THAT GREW AND GREW > > Bessie Reed Thomas arrived in Kansas in 1871, a bride of 18, with > a shotgun across her knees. Her husband, William K. Thomas, a > veteran of the Civil War, was coming west to settle on his > soldier's claim, 160 acres in Ellis County. > In their two wagons, they carried a Ben Franklin stove and > provisions to last a year: a barrel of apples, flour, sugar, dried > fruit, and smoked meat. One of their wedding gifts, a wonderful > sewing machine, one of the first to be marketed, never arrived in > Kansas; on the way the young groom had persuaded his wife to trade > it for a cow, which was to be the beginning of their Hereford herd. > By fall the family had moved from the wagon to a new dugout. > Bessie papered the dirt walls with copies of the Louisville Courier > and later, in 1879, she added a layer of the Weekly Capital, a > paper that would later be named Capper's Weekly. The newspapers not > only kept the dirt from falling into the room, but they served as a > barrier to snakes, centipedes, scorpions, and the huge spiders > common in the country. > Countless settlers had abandoned claims in Kansas. Indian > massacres, tornados, blizzards, and grasshopper plagues had taken > their toll, and an epidemic of diphtheria had wiped out entire > families. To bring more settlers to the region, the government > offered a deserted claim to anyone who would sleep on it for six > months. A quarter section adjoining the Thomas's original claim was > acquired in Bessie's name; she slept in a sod house there, a house > similar to the one which now stood on her husband's claim as a > replacement for the dugout. > The government made still another bid for new settlers, offering > a timber claim to anyone planting and nurturing a thousand young > trees on the land. To qualify for this additional claim of 160 > acres, the Thomases traveled 16 miles to the Saline Rover bottoms > to obtain cottonwood saplings which they planted and tended, > hauling water from their windmill. > With this new claim they were the possessors of 480 acres of > Kansas prairie ---hardpan, buffalo grass and tumbleweed, a plant > Bessie often mistook for a crouching Indian. > The ranch continued to grow. William added 1,360 acres at a cost > which was less than the asking price for one of those acres today. > Between 1871 and 1899, he accumulated 2,200 acres. > A 10-room stone ranch house on the property was the birthplace of > their sith child, the writer of this account. > Marie Reed Thomas Titcomb - 1831 West Algonquin Road Hoffman > Estates, Ill 60195 > > You must remember that this article is nearly 40 years old. The > chances of them still living at this address are slim to none. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMAS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

Great story, thanks. Not my Thomases, but that's OK. Kathleen VH On Dec 13, 2007, at 9:20 AM, Joanne Morgan wrote: > This story comes from an old book I just found that I thought was > interesting. I'm not related to any of these people, just being > nice. I know nothing further about these people. > > THE CLAIM THAT GREW AND GREW > > Bessie Reed Thomas arrived in Kansas in 1871, a bride of 18, with > a shotgun across her knees. Her husband, William K. Thomas, a > veteran of the Civil War, was coming west to settle on his > soldier's claim, 160 acres in Ellis County. > In their two wagons, they carried a Ben Franklin stove and > provisions to last a year: a barrel of apples, flour, sugar, dried > fruit, and smoked meat. One of their wedding gifts, a wonderful > sewing machine, one of the first to be marketed, never arrived in > Kansas; on the way the young groom had persuaded his wife to trade > it for a cow, which was to be the beginning of their Hereford herd. > By fall the family had moved from the wagon to a new dugout. > Bessie papered the dirt walls with copies of the Louisville Courier > and later, in 1879, she added a layer of the Weekly Capital, a > paper that would later be named Capper's Weekly. The newspapers not > only kept the dirt from falling into the room, but they served as a > barrier to snakes, centipedes, scorpions, and the huge spiders > common in the country. > Countless settlers had abandoned claims in Kansas. Indian > massacres, tornados, blizzards, and grasshopper plagues had taken > their toll, and an epidemic of diphtheria had wiped out entire > families. To bring more settlers to the region, the government > offered a deserted claim to anyone who would sleep on it for six > months. A quarter section adjoining the Thomas's original claim was > acquired in Bessie's name; she slept in a sod house there, a house > similar to the one which now stood on her husband's claim as a > replacement for the dugout. > The government made still another bid for new settlers, offering > a timber claim to anyone planting and nurturing a thousand young > trees on the land. To qualify for this additional claim of 160 > acres, the Thomases traveled 16 miles to the Saline Rover bottoms > to obtain cottonwood saplings which they planted and tended, > hauling water from their windmill. > With this new claim they were the possessors of 480 acres of > Kansas prairie ---hardpan, buffalo grass and tumbleweed, a plant > Bessie often mistook for a crouching Indian. > The ranch continued to grow. William added 1,360 acres at a cost > which was less than the asking price for one of those acres today. > Between 1871 and 1899, he accumulated 2,200 acres. > A 10-room stone ranch house on the property was the birthplace of > their sith child, the writer of this account. > Marie Reed Thomas Titcomb - 1831 West Algonquin Road Hoffman > Estates, Ill 60195 > > You must remember that this article is nearly 40 years old. The > chances of them still living at this address are slim to none. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMAS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

This story comes from an old book I just found that I thought was interesting. I'm not related to any of these people, just being nice. I know nothing further about these people. THE CLAIM THAT GREW AND GREW Bessie Reed Thomas arrived in Kansas in 1871, a bride of 18, with a shotgun across her knees. Her husband, William K. Thomas, a veteran of the Civil War, was coming west to settle on his soldier's claim, 160 acres in Ellis County. In their two wagons, they carried a Ben Franklin stove and provisions to last a year: a barrel of apples, flour, sugar, dried fruit, and smoked meat. One of their wedding gifts, a wonderful sewing machine, one of the first to be marketed, never arrived in Kansas; on the way the young groom had persuaded his wife to trade it for a cow, which was to be the beginning of their Hereford herd. By fall the family had moved from the wagon to a new dugout. Bessie papered the dirt walls with copies of the Louisville Courier and later, in 1879, she added a layer of the Weekly Capital, a paper that would later be named Capper's Weekly. The newspapers not only kept the dirt from falling into the room, but they served as a barrier to snakes, centipedes, scorpions, and the huge spiders common in the country. Countless settlers had abandoned claims in Kansas. Indian massacres, tornados, blizzards, and grasshopper plagues had taken their toll, and an epidemic of diphtheria had wiped out entire families. To bring more settlers to the region, the government offered a deserted claim to anyone who would sleep on it for six months. A quarter section adjoining the Thomas's original claim was acquired in Bessie's name; she slept in a sod house there, a house similar to the one which now stood on her husband's claim as a replacement for the dugout. The government made still another bid for new settlers, offering a timber claim to anyone planting and nurturing a thousand young trees on the land. To qualify for this additional claim of 160 acres, the Thomases traveled 16 miles to the Saline Rover bottoms to obtain cottonwood saplings which they planted and tended, hauling water from their windmill. With this new claim they were the possessors of 480 acres of Kansas prairie ---hardpan, buffalo grass and tumbleweed, a plant Bessie often mistook for a crouching Indian. The ranch continued to grow. William added 1,360 acres at a cost which was less than the asking price for one of those acres today. Between 1871 and 1899, he accumulated 2,200 acres. A 10-room stone ranch house on the property was the birthplace of their sith child, the writer of this account. Marie Reed Thomas Titcomb - 1831 West Algonquin Road Hoffman Estates, Ill 60195 You must remember that this article is nearly 40 years old. The chances of them still living at this address are slim to none.

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Seeking parents of Bermah Thomas, born 1807, in Richmond Co., GA. Married Dr. James T. Barton and elder Barton Chapel in 1829. Thanks. C. W. Stephens, Cwynns8@wmconnect.com </HTML>

I was doing a Yahoo search with these names: wilson cohoon thomas edgecombe and that's how I came across the information on some of my lines within this site...I underlined them.....there are many other familiar surnames... I suggest you comb through from the beginning of the actual site as you might find something that you have not seen before. It looks like one woman was married 3 times in this Lancaster/Lanquishear group. I have copied and pasted stuff from the site to highlight my family surnames... this is not my site...and you should contact the people maintaining the site to find their sources. Robert Lancaster, Sr. of Surry Co. VA Jordan Thomas, Merchant of Edgecombe Co., in North Carolina appoints Richard ... William Cohoon is overseer to witness Lewis Griffins, Thomas Hensley (Hensley) ... www.tnyesterday.com/families/lancaster.html - 104k - Cached ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1747*Isle of Wight Co., VA, Deed Book 8, pg. 64 (1747-1752) March 10th 1747... Arthur Crocker to William Crocker sold 100-acres on the north side of Black water Swamp adjoining Proctors Ferry, John Holloman and Taylor (being part of a tract called "Proctors"). Signed, Arthur Crocker. Witnesses: John Woodward, Thomas Betts, and Benjamin Lancaster. Registered March 10th 1747. (Benjamin born bef. 1726) 1756*Isles of Wight Co., VA, Deed Book 9, pg. 427 (1752-1758) August 5th 1756... Jordan Thomas, Merchant of Edgecombe Co., in North Carolina appoints Richard Baker of Isles of Wight as his attorney to sell a tract of land in Newport Parish 400-acres purchased of William Flake 150-acres of land purchased of Richard Foster 270-acres in Southwark Parish purchased of William Clarke and 100-acres in Nottoway Parish in Southampton County purchased of Robert Lancaster. Witnesses: Jordan Thomas, Joseph Bridger, Richard Kellow and Benjamin Baker. Registered August 5th 1756. 1768*Edgecombe Co., NC, Deed Book D, pg. 55-(72) November 22nd 1768... John (x) Proctor of Edgecombe Co. deeded to Aaron Hargrove of Same county November 22nd 1768 for 5-pounds proclamation sold 100-acres which was part of a grant to said Proctor February 22nd 1761 on the south side of Tyancokey swamp, joining School House Branch, said John Proctor. Witnesses: Etheldred Ruffin, Thomas Dixon, and Benjamin Lancaster. February Court 1769 James Hall, CC 1770*Edgecombe Co., NC, Court Minutes, Book II, pg. 272 (1763-1774) May-August 1770... Ordered that the following hands be added to the road whereof William Cohoon is overseer to witness Lewis Griffins, Thomas Hensley (Hensley), Benjamin Hensley (Hensley), Benjamin Lancaster, Richard Swanson, John Thomas, and William Proctor. 1771*Edgecombe Co., NC, Deed Book 2, pg. 774-(187) (acquires 200 acres) October 7th 1771... Robert Lancaster of Edgecombe Co. to Benjamin Lancaster of the same county October 7th 1771 for 10-pounds proclamation sold 200-acres on Tyancokey Swamp, joining Cohoon, said Robert Lancaster. Witnesses: Duncan Lamon, Thomas Herbert. January Court 1775, Edward Hall, CC. 1777*Edgecombe Co., NC, Deed Book 3, pg. 975-(217) (acquires 157-acres) October 14th 1777... Duncan Lamon of Edgecombe Co. sold to Benjamin Lancaster of the same county dated October 14th 1777 for 50-pounds proclamation sold 157-acres, joining the mouth of Meadow Branch. Witnesses: Arched Lamon, John Cohoon recorded October Court 1777 Edward Hall, CC. 1780*Edgecombe Co., NC, Deed Book E, pg. 224-(25) (acquires 200-acres) February 16th 1780... Robert Lancaster of Edgecombe Co., sold to Benjamin Lancaster of the same place. February 16th 1780 for 50-pounds proclamation sold 200-acres on the north side of Tyancokey Swamp, joining Cohoon. Witnesses: Duncan Lamon, Arched Lamon. February Court 1780, Edward Hall, CC. 1782*Edgecomb Co., NC, Deed Book E, page 338, dated, October 28, 1782 State of North Carolina Grant number 176 to Benjamin Lancaster, by Gov. Alexander Martin, a tract of 200 acres lying on both sides of Tyancoque Swamp, adjoining James Merrit and his own line. August Court 1783, Edward Hall, CC. (Note*Robert Lancaster, filed for his grant the same day, his recorded, on page 337) 1782*Edgecomb Co., NC, Deed Book E, page 478-(225), dated, October 28, 1782 State Grant number 339 to Renison Tisdale, 361 acres joining Holliman, William Cohoon, said Tisdale, a branch, Benjamin Lancaster. February Court 1783, Edward Hall, CC. 1782*Edgecombe Co., NC, Deed Book E, pg. 478-(225) State Grant #339 October 28th 1782... State Grant No. 339 to Rension Tisdale dated October 28th 1782 for 361-acres joining Holloman, William Cohoon, said Tisdale, a branch, Benjamin Lancaster. February Court 1783, Edward Hall, CC. 1783*Edgecombe Co., NC, Court Minutes, Book III, pg. (225) (1775-1785) August 1783... Edgecombe County At a County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held for said County at the Courthouse in Tarborough on the first Monday in August and fourth day in Seventh year of Independence and in the year of our Lord 1783, Present Amos Johnston, Theophilus Thomas, Joseph Pender, Esquires. Etheldred Philips Esquire was recommended from last Court to the Governor as a proper person for Sheriff he now produce's a Commission in powering him to act as Sheriff for this county. He at the same time qualified and entered in Bond agreeable to law with Henry Hart, Matthew Kinchen and James Williams, Securities. The following Grants were issued to, William Brand, Stancil Barbree (2), Robert Lancaster, Benjamin Lancaster, Benjamin Weaver, George Bruce, Mary Coney, John Morris, Thomas Clark, Arthur Harris. 1787*Edgecombe Co., NC, Deed Book 5, pg. 391-(134) (sold/inherited 100 acres) March 19th 1787... Benjamin Lancaster Sr. of Edgecombe Co. to Benjamin Lancaster Jr. of the same place dated March 19th 1787 for 50-pounds specie sold 100-acres on the south side of Tyancokey Swamp. Witnesses: S. L. Ruffin, Abisha Horn. May Court 1789 Edward Hall, CC. (Note*land was given in lew of debt as inheritence from fathers estate) 1787*Edgecombe Co., NC, Deed Book 5, pg. 391-(134) (acquires 100-acres, Edgecombe) March 19th 1787... Benjamin Lancaster Sr. of Edgecombe Co. to Benjamin Lancaster Jr. of the same place dated March 19th 1787 for 50-pounds specie sold 100-acres on the south side of Tyancokey Swamp. Witnesses: S. L. Ruffin, Abisha Horn. May Court 1789, Edward Hall, CC. 1788*Edgecombe Co., NC, Deed Book 5, pg. 408-(162) February 1st 1788... Aaron Proctor of Edgecombe Co., to Joseph Griffin of the same place dated February 1st 1788 for 50-pounds specie sold 271-acres on the north side of Tyancoque Swamp, joining William Cohoon, Jr. Bee Tree Branch, Proctors, Stephen Watkins. Witnesses: Sampson Procter, Benjamin Lancaster. May Court 1789, Edward Hall, CC. 1794*Edgecombe Co., NC, Deed Book 8, pg. 599-(586) December 9th 1794... Elijah (x) Lancaster of Edgecombe Co. deeded to John Griffin Jr. of same, place dated December 9th 1794 for 1-pound 12-shillings 10-pence sold 200-acres on the north side of Tyancokey Swamp, joining Cohoon. Also signed by Lucy Lancaster. Witnesses: John Wilson, Samuel Merritt. Proved November Court 1796, Edward Hall, CC. (Note*Elijah Lancaster, Executor of Benjamin Lancaster, Sr., Lucy Lancaster, widow of Benjamin Lancaster, Sr. deceased sale of his land.) --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

Possibilites listed below... Question...in Edgecombe County .... around the Tyancokey Swamp...Has anyone run across the Real reason behind the Cohoon-Calhoun-Calhoon / Thomas name switching on the land transactions yet? Other than oral family history .... from another e-mail of a cousin that I haven't met - the grandson or great grandson of (she's my Great Grand Aunt) a sister to my great-grandfather Robert Thomas - she claimed to her grandson, while laughing, they were really Cohoons and not Thomas' ... this is a big revelation... as my great Aunt Alice Thomas who would have been the niece to this woman...my Aunt Alice told us on the Forehand side...that David Forehand raised his daughter as his own & she even said...that Elizabeth Betsey Forehands mother worked on The Forehand farm ... so, this is the only illegite story I've heard...and unless she was confused...which I don't think so as this is regarding someone of the totally opposite sex & a different line in the family....she did laugh too...but never did I ever hear her say that she was really a Cohoon and not a Thomas? ... My mom never heard anything about this ...but she said she does know of the name Cohoon ... where's the proof... did people just pick a name & use it differently on court documents at will? NO WAY... I've always heard that the Thomas' were Baptist Ministers... it's weird...any documents showing they were in church preaching? Tar River Primitive Baptist Church Records??? How can 3 of Wilson's sons also be listed on land transactions with their first names, then middle initial T. for Thomas and last name of Cohoon & then they switch over to Thomas... what's the benefit of the name change? Is someone illegitimate or adopted? Possibly...? Jacob Thomas --- was he married or partnered with a female that had been married 1st to a Cohoon ... with 1 son Wilson... his wife died & he adopted the boy... is that why he is Wilson T. Cohoon aka Wilson Thomas inheriting and reselling as two names ? seems like it would be the other way around... he would be Wilson Cohoon-Thomas.... Was Jacob Thomas the 2nd husband of Mrs. Cohoon & she died and then Jacob Thomas raised Wilson T.Cohoon as his son? Was Wilson Thomas' biological father a Cohoon and not really Jacob Thomas? Who is Wilson Thomas Cohoons biological mother. What's her 1st name? Anybody know? Was Wilson Thomas adopted from the neighbors house??? LOL They found him in the cabbage patch and didn't know what else to do with him. I've also heard there were horse theives in the family... maybe that's why Darby Forehand was locked up in PA? He was in trouble for some reason... is he closely related to David... Was Jacob Thomas not legally bound in marriage with a marriage bond to a biological Cohoon female & therefore Wilson & his 3 eldest sons couldn't decide what his rightful name should be & he took his mothers name of Cohoon? And then decided he'd take his father's name after all??? No... I doubt that... More importantly...is there a will or Is there a court document in existance mentioning a minor orphan named Wilson Cohoon ... there are Cohoons on the border of the property with the Thomas family... and Proctors ... I wish I could see a map with the exact lines and distances for each family's property lines. Wilson Thomas / Nancy Proctor * aka * Wilson T. Cohoon / Nancy Cohoon property where the Railroad is... Have any of the Thomas males or Calhoun/Cohoon males had their DNA checked like the Ruffins yet? read all about it on the Ruffin Family DNA site... it's expensive but interesting. ----------------------- Jacob Thomas - wife? (Cohoon/Calhoon?) Wilson Thomas - Nancy Proctor Elisha Thomas - Martha Ann Susan Ruffin - (this is the sister to S.H.Ruffin below) Robert Thomas - Frances Ann Cornelia Ruffin<her dad is (Samuel Henry Ruffin) Charity Thomas - Christopher Henry Eveland my mom- my dad me -------------------------- Is someone considered illegitimate because of no marriage bond.... or is someone a bastard minor child because of some hanky panky like in a previous court post I just read where a 69 year old married farmer was the father of a minor child. Papa was rollin' stone in that one. --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

North Carolina Family Surnames: Ruffin Forehand Proctor Thomas Cohoon/Calhoun etc. Gay Boon/Boone Eveland Tunnell/Tonnellier/Tonellier/Tonnelier Deans Daniel Morgan Bryant Rackley Perry Williams Taylor Strickland Curle etc. Ye_Olde_Folk@yahoo.com http://www.geocities.com/ncedgecombe/edgecombe_names.html?20079 looks like this above site was last updated in the year 2001... my e-mail address is WRONG on there...please use the correct one above. Thanks Alycia D. Morgan --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.

Mentions many surnames... I was looking for Thomas & Cohoon / Calhoun variations / Edgecombe... I see a Faith Ruffin http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=cohoon+edgecombe&fr=slv8-adbe&u=www.genealogyforum.com/gedcom/gedcom3b/gedr3453.ged&w=cohoon+edgecombe&d=dVCYE7XiPy_i&icp=1&.intl=us I see a lot of names on the above list that are listed in the below website for Thomas/Bridges http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/7555/coretree.html put one down & pass it around 99 bottles of beer on the wall. Good Grief...what is this site I have found... isn't it a mess? But loaded with information...what would be the source? --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

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John Pledger Thomas Born: 29 Sep 1787 Sumter, [county], South Carolina Died: 06 Sept 1851 [city], Dallas, Alabama John Thomas, Sr. Born: 29 Sep 1787 Sumter,Sumter, South Carolina Died: 06 Sep 1851 Dallas, Alabama Ed and Lois Denaut ldenaut@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how.

Looking for descendants of John Henry Thomas born 1832 in Tennessee, married 1865 Louisa E. "Rebecca" Sanders in Pickens County, Alabama, had children Mary TuLula Thomas born 1866 in Alabama, William Kirby Bud Thomas 1869 in Scott County, Arkansas, Rebecca, John Richard, George Hulet "Hugh" born in Arkansas, James Gray "Jimmie" born 1877 in Texas, Tennessee, Bennie, Forrest Thomas and Jennie all born in Texas. Lavonne Sanders Walker, 19603 13th Street, Shawnee, Ok. 74801 405-659-7793 email:lavonnew@flash.net

Sim Thomas b/abt 1815 SC listed in the 1850 Marshall Co, Alabama-----wife was Matilda Sullivan b/abt 1818 SC. Census records state he was deaf and dumb Children listed in the 18150 census were::: Deliah E. (named for her grandmaother Deliah Sullivan) b/abt1839 Al---- Jessty ?? G. b/aBT 1841 AL----Mary Ann C. b/abt 1846 Al---Jane Ann b/ab 1846 Al----Elizabeth b/abt 1850 Al Sim name could be Simes, Simon, etc----it was hard to read on the census----------Does anyone have any info on this family. This is all I know about them-------james

SIM THOMAS also known as Simson and Simes Thomas was in Marshall Co, Al in the 1850 census. His wife was Matilda Sullivan. They had about 6 children in this census. What happened to this family after 1850. Can not find anything about them------------james

James, What were their six children's names? What state did it say on the 1850 census that Sim Thomas was born? Carole Thomas Kane Florida On Oct 29, 2007, at 8:44 PM, clarkappliance@bellsouth.net wrote: > SIM THOMAS also known as Simson and Simes Thomas was in Marshall Co, > Al in the 1850 census. > > His wife was Matilda Sullivan. > > They had about 6 children in this census. What happened to this family > after 1850. Can not find anything about them------------james > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >