I too am looking for Thomas family from western North Carolina. Henry Thomas was born in Surry County, NC in 1799, He died after 1878 in Gaston County, NC. He married Mary Smith. They had Elizabeth, John, Caroline, Larkin Ashley, Avery, Claretine, Mary, Robert C., and Doctor. My man was Larkin Ashley. I was named after him. He was born in Caldwell County, NC in 1838. He married Mary M. Watson, daughter of Peter and Roda Watson. Larkin and Mary's children were Sidney S, H. K., John Monroe, Mary C., Rhoda Viena (my grandmother), and R.L., Larkin's address when he applied for his Civil War pension was Gibbs, NC. He also married Mary Jane Mayfield and Mary M. Ollis. Larkin died in 1916 and is buried in the Obeth Methodist Church Cemetery. Larkin A. Dellinger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Cowan Cooper" <lauracowancooper@comcast.net> To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [THOMAS] Thomas Family Book > Western North Carolina - Burke, Yancey, Mitchell County then spread to > other states. > > At 12:30 PM 2/18/2008, you wrote: >>Does anyone know which Thomas family is in this book? or which state? >> >> Donna Bray >>Braydon29@kc.rr.com >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Leslie Thomas" <aeriehollow@ellijay.com> >>To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 5:39 PM >>Subject: Re: [THOMAS] Thomas Family Book >> >> >> > Last I had heard there was a cousin in Florida who has a copy of it. >> > Would be nice in this technological age to get copies made... would >> > be willing to pay the costs if someone has a copy. >> > >> > >> > Leslie Thomas >> > V.P. Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association >> > Communication Chair GATOTA >> > President Gilmer County Historical Society >> > >> > 'If man cares not for his roots, then how can he care for his >> > branches?' --Doyle M Davis >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Feb 17, 2008, at 2:34 PM, Laura Cowan Cooper wrote: >> > >> > Shannon, >> > >> > It will only be found with family members. You might luck out and >> > locate >> > one in a library that has gotten the research of a family member at >> > their >> > death, but I doubt it. Cousin Peggy Thomas Young did at one time have >> > her >> > own book that she did for family members that was based on his work. >> > His >> > information is long out dated and most Thomas researchers have >> > started with >> > his leads and branched out from there so it is safe to say that his >> > research does not contain any forgotten leads. >> > >> > The Silver Family Archives in Kona, NC has copies of the large charts >> > that >> > I think you are talking about - he may have done a book, but I have >> > never >> > seen one. It is my understanding that each of these Monroe Thomas >> > documents >> > were made for each of the individual family members and the he did >> > one for >> > the Silver side and one for the Thomas side. They are usually stored >> > rolled >> > up due to their size. I have never seen anything but copies. The >> > archives >> > will be open in July during the Silver Reunion the 4th Sunday of July >> > and >> > the Saturday before - we express it that way because the date is picked >> > from the 4th Sunday and we do a Genealogy Day on the Saturday before. I >> > usually go up on Tuesday or Wednesday of that week and prepare the >> > church. >> > The reunion is the Silver Family Reunion, but if a person researches in >> > Mitchell County, NC or Yancey County, NC then they probably also have >> > Silver family members so over the years we have used this reunion as >> > a time >> > for all of the different family members to get together. It is also the >> > same time as the Decoration Day for the Thomas Family Cemetery that >> > John >> > Mack Thomas and Margaret Alice Parker Thomas are buried. >> > >> > Hope that helps as to the document you are in search of finding. Most >> > of >> > the modern day family members have the information and have never >> > seen the >> > real document. >> > >> > Laura Cowan Cooper >> > Laura Cowan Cooper - Kodak, TN >> > lauracowancooper@comcast.net >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > 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 >> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 > > Laura Cowan Cooper - Kodak, TN > lauracowancooper@comcast.net > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >