I always believed my Thomas family to be of Scots-Irish descent, because that's what my Dad told me. Recent research seems to point in another direction and I am told that most Thomases are of Welsh descent. Are there any Scots-Irish Thomases out there? My brick wall is James M. Thomas, b. 1818 NC. He was in MS by 1839 when he married Nancy Townsend. I know they were in GA for a while, and in AL even longer before coming to MS, probably Coosa County area. Because of children's names, ages, places of birth, etc. I am looking at William Thomas of 1850 Coosa County census (married to Elizabeth "Betsy" Ray in GA in 1836) as possible father of James M. Is this familiar to anyone? rprewitt@telapex.com