I don't know whether John Thomas went to Indiana or not, he doesn't appear in Pike County, IN with Lewis. So, I really can't give you data on John as the info I had on him was based on John Thomas, husband of Elizabeth Poage (in Lucile's family history she wrote). I can tell you Lewis Thomas was married to Sarah/Sally Alexander (daughter of Isaac Alexander) on February 4th, 1809 in Mercer County, KY. He died on May 5, 1859 in Pike County, Indiana (I have not been able to confirm that as Pike County didn't keep records until 1871). They had 13 children (some of them in KY) which they raised in a log cabin near the small town of Alford, Indiana (I have a picture of the cabin). One of these children was John Alexander Thomas, born November 18, 1809 in KY. He married a Mary Griffith March 29, 1829 in Pike County, IN (I can verify for sure this piece of information as I have a copy of the marriage book page from the Pike County Court House). He died January 4, 1893 in Pike County, IN and is buried at the Alfred Cemetary in Alford, IN. Mary Griffith is a mystery, no parents names found, and no death date for her found. If any of this sounds familiar, please let me know. Thanks. LeeAnn -----Original Message----- From: Candy [mailto:[email protected]] I have a John Thomas in my family, who went from KY to IN. He had a brother Lewis Thomas. The two names are used repeatedly in the family, so this may be your line. They all seemed to moved from VA/PA to KY to IN. I have a lot on this Thomas family, if you could give me some dates it would help find the right John Thomas. Candy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 9:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [THOMAS] conflicting data - John & Lewis Thomas - Poage relation Hello. I was just recently told that my Thomas was not a descendant of John Thomas and Elizabeth Poage, I'd been operating under the theory I was as my great aunt twice removed had a certificate stating she was a daughter of the American Colonists through Robert Poage and she had done genealogy charts which included them. I had been trying to extend the charts and family history. She was the great granddaughter of Lewis Thomas, who came from Mercer Co to Pike County, IN. His father was supposedly a John Thomas who lived atleast most of his life, even if not born there, in Mercer Co, KY. Does anyone else know of any other John Thomas' in Mercer Co, KY? To help and try to clear this whole mess up, I had also seen mentioned that Elizabeth Poage actually wrote about the early settlers at some point in her life. Has anyone seen this book or publication? If so, I'd really like to look it over to try and sort this whole mess out. Any help as now I am starting at ground zer! o on my THomas family research would really help. I think some others have based their Thomas research on Lucile Viehe Failings research (my great aunt twice removed), so be warned in case she is incorrect in her assumption they are Poage descendants. I will let everyone know if I find anything proving or disproving Poage's relation to my John Thomas. I may have a fact or two wrong on this email, as I am at work and don't have my information in front of me, if I do, I apologize. Thanks for your time and consideration. LeeAnn McNabb ==== THOMAS Mailing List ==== RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html ==== THOMAS Mailing List ==== Thank you for your generous financial support of Rootsweb! RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html