I am new to the Thomas list. Here is my for sure Thomas ancestor: Sarah Thomas who married George McKinsey. The facts that I know for sure are that they lived in Newberry County, SC probably as early as 1780. I think that Sarah died before the rest of the family left SC. This is what my data base says: We do not know the date of Sarah McKinsey’s death. She was alive 24 September 1807. On this date she appeared in Newberry Co. SC to sign a deed of sale, and to relinquish her dower rights to this land. We do know she had died prior to the departure of the family to Ohio, and was buried in SC. The family moved to Ohio with the mass exodus of the Quakers from the south to Ohio, Indiana, etc in the first decade of the 1800's. I know for sure that Sarah had a brother named Nehemiah. My data base says the below: > She was the sister of Nehemiah Thomas, this fact was brouhgt out by the finding of the will of Nehemiah Thomas, ref. Newberry County, SC Wills by Summer, page 387. Nehemiah made his will 15 May, 1796 and died the same year, leaving bequests to several nephews, including a bequest to nephew, Nehemiah McKinsey, son of George and Sarah McKinsey. Further records show the closeness of the Thomas and McKinsey families when > Abigail Thomas, Nehemiah’s widow, shows up in Ohio. George sold her fifty acres of his farm on 4 January 1816. SHe in turn died 3 June 1821 age 81 years. ref Quaker records, Ohio, vol. 5, page 131. She left a will, and her entire estate to George McKinsey and his ten children, namely, David, Mordecai, Abigail, Mary, Samuel, Nehemiah, Sarah, George, Naomi, and Patrick McKinsey. Will probated 7 August, 1821, will said, “aunt by law”. What I found tonight that prompted my joining this list and writing is the following: Joseph Thomas, farmer and carpenter, .....born in Montgomery Co. Ohio....son of Isaiah and Elizabeth Cox Thomas who were born in SC--his father July 30 1791 his mother Oct 2, 1795 Grandfather John Thomas was born in SC March 10 1766 and was a son of Issac and Mary (Davy) Thomas, who were also born in SC I believe that this man is a brother to my Sarah Thomas. Can anyone give me more information about this family? Marsha in WV