Looking for ANY info on Jacob J. Thomas b. ca 1830-1840 in Al. or pss. Lawrence or Wayne Co, Tenn. He married Manerva Byars (WHEN and WHERE). Manerva Byars b. 1835 in Blount Co. Al. and died 1898 in Ark. Jacob died in the Civil War after 1862. He was in the 1st Tenn. Volunteers. They had Melissa Thomas b. ca 1862 and Margaret Byars b. 1856 in Ala. Margaret Thomas married first Robert Freeman pos. in Al. or Lawrence or Wayne Co,Tn. They had Hunter Nelson born in Waynesboro, Wayne Co. Tn, Donald A. and A.W. Freeman. Margaret later married in 1885 Ark. to James Wacaster. Margaret Thomas might be the M.J. Thomas (female) who married J.R. Freemon on 12-1-1870 in Lawrence Co. Tn. Melissa married 1885 Arkansas to John Harmon. Any help on this family would be gladly accepted. Glenda Boise, Idaho