I've hit a brick wall.  My grandfather was Alfred Clark Thomas who married Lola Clarke Hackworth.  Alfred's parents were Louis Nelson Thomas who married Cora Lee Chenault of Appomasttox Co.  Parents of Louis Nelson Thomas were W. E. Thomas and Ellen Slocomb.  The brick wall is here.  My mother says that the Thomas line was from Tennesse but does not know where. Thanks, Sharon ________________________________