Lewis Thomas

Abt 1752 - 1833  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Lewis Thomas
  Born	Abt. 1752	Sumner County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Oct 1833	Washington County, Kentucky, U.S.A.
  Notes	LDS FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/94GY-7N3 : accessed 2013-10-12), entry for Lewis Thomas: "Lewis was a farmer on Hardin Creek, Washington County, KY,--and a Methodist. He lived on a gravel road near the local Methodist meeting grounds and would call to passersby coming to the meeting grounds that his house was only 18 feet square, but that his heart was 100 feet square, thus welcoming them to his home. On Apr. 4, 1817, he deeded to the Methodist Church, for one cent consideration, an acre of land, including the church building thereon. Washington County, Kentucky, Will Book, p.43: 'Lewis Thomas, a captain in the Continental Line of Virginia made application for his bounty land in 1801.' Washington County, Kentucky, Nov. 4, 1819: 'Lewis Thomas, aged 67, states that he enlisted May 17, 1779, and received a Lieutenant's commission in the State of Pennsylvania in the 9th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Co. John Gispar in the line of the State of Virginia on Continental Establishment, and served until 1783, when he was discharged in Winchester, Virginia. He was in the Battles of Germantown and Brandywine.'" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thomaswilene&id=I0124 "Samuel Haycraft, 'A History of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and Its Surroundings,' (1869; Hardin County Historical Society, 1960), p. 124: 'LEWIS THOMAS, who resided on Hardin's creek, in Washington county, was a brother of HARDIN THOMAS. . . He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. In those good old camp-meeting times one was held near his house. On those occasions hundreds, perhaps a thousand, attended who had no camp-building, and were dependent on the hospitality of all the neighborhood around; and LEWIS THOMAS living on the pebble road, as a living stream of humanity were passing his house, he ran out, and, with a cheerful voice, called on them to stop, adding that his house was only eighteen feet square, but that his heart was one hundred feet square.'" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thomaswilene&id=I0124 "Other documented facts about Lewis Thomas are: 1) He and Mark Hardin among others were in Kentucky during the years 1775-1776. Source: Orval W. Baylor and others, Pioneer History of Washington County, Kentucky, edited and indexed by Michael L. Cook and Bettie Ann Cook, (Utica, Ky., McDowell Publications, 1980), pp. 12, 103. 2) Lewis Thomas enlisted 17 May 1779 and received a lieutenant's commission in the state of Pennsylvania in the 9th Virginia regiment commanded by Col. John Gipson . . . He was a Captain in the Continental Line of Virginia and served until 1783 when he was discharged in Winchester, Virginia. He was reputed to be in the battles of Germantown and Brandywine. Source: Baylor, Ibid, p.233. 3) "Lewis Thomas was living on Hardin's Creek before Mark Hardin came back to Kentucky to live . . . Thomas said he settled on Hardin's Creek . . . in March 1785. Source: Baylor, Ibid., p.124. 4) 1785 List of Tithables Nelson County, Virginia(Kentucky): Lewis Thomas 2 Phillip Davis 5) 1786-1790 on List of Tithables in Nelson County, Virginia 6) 1792 Tax List of Washington County, Kentucky: Lewis Thomas, 2 horses, 15 cattle, 900 acres 7) 1795-1833 Continues to pay taxes on his 900 acres and his livestock. Land is located on Hardin's Creek and was originally granted to Lewis Thomas in a 1,000 acre grant. He gave or sold 100 acres to his father, Owen Thomas. 8) 1810 census, Washington Co., KY; LEWIS THOMAS 1 M & 1 F over 45; 1 M 26-45; 1 F 10-16; 1 F under 10 9) 1820 census, Washington Co., KY; LEWIS THOMAS 1 M & 1 F over 45; 1 M & 1 F 26-45 10) 1830 census, Washington Co., KY; OWEN D. THOMAS 1 M 70-80; 1 M 40-50; 1 F 30-40; 1 M 5-10; 3 M under 5 I think that we can conclude that it is not possible for Lewis, son of Owen, to be the father of Lewis K. Thomas who married Sarah Fogle. Nor is it possible that he married Sarah Fogle. I do not know if his pension file names his wife who most researchers think was Mary Davies. Note that he names his only son Owen Davies Thomas. If I copied the whole pension file, I have misplaced it as it is not in my Lewis, son of Owen, file. I hope you all agree with my conclusion. I have sorted other Thomas families in the Washington County area and through the process of elimination came up with detached Thomases. Two males that I concluded were the probable children of Enos were Lewis K. Thomas and Isaac Thomas who married Mahala Whitehead. Two of the female children that I concluded were the probable daughters of Enos are Lucretia Thomas** who married Hezekiah Thomas (son of John and hence first cousins) and Sarah "Sallie" Thomas who married Henry Thomas (son of John and hence first cousins). Sarah Bland is living next door to this Henry Thomas family in the 1830 census. I have not looked at deed records to see if she was living on land that belonged to Lewis K. Thomas prior to his death. **Hezekiah Thomas m. Lucretia WALKER; the Hardin Co. court clerk recorded her name incorrectly in 1826. See the actual records in Hardin Co., KY, Book A, p.170, for clarification: Hardin County Clerk's Office Online Record Search <http://www.hccoky.org/>"
  Person ID	I43624	Complete
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2013

  
  

  Father	Owen Thomas,   b. Abt. 1730, Virginia or Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Jan 1815, New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 85 years)
  Mother	Mary Hardin,   b. Abt. 1735, Georges Creek, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania ,   d. Abt. 1805, Washington County, Kentucky, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Married	Kentucky
  	U.S. & International Marriages, 1560-1900: "Mary Hardin b, Abt. 1733 & Owen Thomas b. Abt. 1731 Virginia, m. [no date] of Kentucky."
  Family ID	F18044829	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Davies,   b. Abt. 1756, Georges Creek, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
  Married	Abt. 1770	Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	1. Catherine Thomas + 2. Owen Davies Thomas,   b. 7 May 1787, Kentucky, U.S.A. ,   d. 27 Jul 1851, Marion County, Kentucky, U.S.A.  (Age 64 years) + 3. Jane Thomas,   b. Abt. 1789,   d. Abt. 1855, Marion County, Kentucky, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 66 years) + 4. Mary Thomas,   b. 1 Dec 1790, Washington County, Kentucky, U.S.A. ,   d. 23 Jan 1858, Waters, Barren County, Kentucky, U.S.A.  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2013
  Family ID	F18044831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Married - Abt. 1770 - Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA Died - 29 Oct 1833 - Washington County, Kentucky, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth