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 1764 - 1838 (74 years)
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| Name |
Owen Thomas |
| Born |
15 Aug 1764 |
Bucks County, Pennsylvania  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
30 Sep 1838 |
Hampshire County, Virginia, U.S.A. |
- http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/wv/Hardy/harhistory.html
"Hardy County was authorized by the Virginia General Assembly on December 10, 1785 and organized in February 1786 from parts of Hampshire County. . . . The first federal census in 1790 revealed that Hardy County had the third largest population (7,336) of the nine counties that were then in existence within present-day West Virginia. . . . New settlement in Hardy County slowed during the early 1800s as most eastern seaboard pioneers traveled north of the county on their way west. In 1820, Hardy County's population had fallen to around 5,700 people . . . During the 1840s, the Hardy County Turnpike was also completed. It ran from Moorefield to Winchester, Virginia. These turnpikes and their extensions enabled the expansion of the cattle industry that was rapidly replacing small scale agriculture as the primary means of earning a living in Hardy County."
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| Buried |
Miles-Thomas Cemetery, Kessel, Hampshire County, Virginia, U.S.A. |
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| Notes |
- U.S. Census Hardy County, VA 1830: "Owen Thomas, twelve free white persons, no slaves."
http://genforum.genealogy.com/thomas/messages/16104.html
"C.W. Thomas of Hardy Co., WV, may be descended from Owen and Sophia Thomas. Owen was born 15 Aug. 1764 in Chester Co., PA, to Morris Thomas and Mary Cantrell. He moved with his family to present-day Hardy Co., WV, in 1777. Owen died 30 Sept. 1830 in Hardy Co. and is buried near Fisher, WV. His wife was born ca. 14 Oct. 1779 and died 11 Feb. 1836 and was buried next to Owen.
Owen's and Sophia's children: Samuel and John
Other children or grandchildren: Enoch David, Mary, William, George
John Thomas, son of Owen and Sophia, was dead by 24 March 1855, when his son Charles Thomas sold a one-tenth interest in Owen's land to his uncle Samuel Thomas."
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| Person ID |
I41607 |
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| Last Modified |
15 May 2014 |
| Father |
Morris Thomas, b. 23 Apr 1718, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , d. 13 Jan 1796, Hardy County, Virginia, U.S.A. (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Cantrell, b. Abt. 1730, Pennsylvania , d. Abt. 1790, Hardy County, Virginia, U.S.A. (Age ~ 60 years) |
| Married |
Abt. 1750 |
Chester County, Pennsylvania |
| Family ID |
F18044140 |
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 | Born - 15 Aug 1764 - Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
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 | Died - 30 Sep 1838 - Hampshire County, Virginia, U.S.A. |
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