Mary Morris

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1794	NC per 1850 census
Marriage	28 Oct 1812		To Nicholas Thomas
Death	after 1860

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 5               Generation 6          Generation 7
 
                        +-- Nicholas Thomas
                        |   (~1794-~1862)               
 Joseph Thomas Thomas --+                     +-- [unknown]
 (1822-1897)            |                     |
                        +-- Mary Morris ------+
                            (~1794-????)      |
                                              +-- [unknown]       

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Children

(all children with Nicholas Thomas)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
William Thomas	M	~1814	Davidson Co., NC	Margaret Haysworth
Rachel Thomas	F	~1815	Davidson Co., NC
Nancy Thomas	F	~1817	Davidson Co., NC	George Pope
Zebulon Thomas	M	~1819	Davidson Co., NC
Joseph Thomas Thomas	M	19 June 1822	Davidson Co., NC	Cynthia I. Burton	Main line
Eliza Thomas	F	~1825	Davidson Co., NC	George Pope
Albert Thomas	M	~1827	Davidson Co., NC
Ashley Thomas	M	~1830	Davidson Co., NC
Mary Ann Thomas	F	~1834	Davidson Co., NC	1)James Vestal 2) George Pope
Dorcas E. Thomas	F	~1836	Davidson Co., NC

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Davidson Co, NC	by 1814 - 1880

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1820 United States Federal Census, Salisbury, Rowan Co. NC pg 17. Family of Nicholas Thomas: 2 males <10, 1 male 16-25, 3 females <10, 1 female 26-44. Adjacent lines have Alexander Thomas and Jeremiah Thomas. (See conjecture section)
2	1830 United States Federal Census, Davidson Co. NC pg 95. Family of Nicholas Thomas: 2 males 0-5, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 40-50.
3	1840 United States Federal Census, Davidson Co. NC (ancestry.com pg 96). Family of Nicholas Thomas: 2 males age 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50, 1 female under 5, 1 female 5-10, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 50-60. Corresponds to Ashley & Albert, Joseph, father Nicholas, Dorcas, Mary Ann, Elizabeth & unknown daughter, mother. Zebulon, Rachel & Nancy have apparently married or work & live elsewhere.
4	1850 United States Federal Census, North Subdivision, Davidson Co., NC. Pg.51. Date of census 13 Aug 1850 Nicholas Thomas age 56, farmer, $500 real estate, does not read or write, marked as blind or deaf etc.; Mary age 59; children: Eliza 25, Rachel 35, Ashley (male) 20, Mary A. 16, Dorcas (female) 14, atd. school; Albert 23, laborer. Also in the household is James Floyd 14, in school. All born NC.
5	1860 Federal Census, Northern Division, Davidson Co., NC,Sheet 759, Dwelling 805, Nicholas Thomas age 63, Farmer, $650/$600, born Maryland. Date of census 19 July 1860. Nicholas Thomas 63, Farmer, 650 real estate, 600 pers property, born Maryland; wife Mary, 70, domestic, Rachel 45, domestic, Ashley (M) 30, farm labor, Darcon (F) 23, domestic and Henry Jones 14. One person attended school, 2 can not read or write.
6	1880 United States Federal Census, Thomasville, Davidson Co, NC, Dist.45, page 7. Census dated 4-June 1880. Lines 17-20: Wm. D. Thomas, age 57, farmer; Nettie, age 26, keeping house, Irene, 8 mo; Mary L., 87, mother, boarding. All (and all parents) born NC. The age is right for both Mary Morris Thomas and for William. The location is also good. No other evidence links this to Marry, wife of Nicholas Thomas.
7	Marriage bonds North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004. Bond dated 28 Oct 1812, Randolph Co. NC: Name: Nicholas Thomas Spouse: Mary Morris Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1812 Marriage County: Randolph Marriage State: North Carolina Source Vendor: County Court Records at Asheboro, NC and FHL # 0019641, 0019658 and 0418149 Source: County Court Records at Asheboro, NC & Family Hist
8	Correspondence re. research of Murphy Whisnant, husband of Robbie King (daughter of Nancy Grace Thomas b.1892); primary sources not provided.
9	Research of Thomas G. Adams, great grandson of Andrew Lindsey Thomas (b.1847), and great nephew of N. Grace Thomas (b.1892).

Source notes

Need name for Mary Morris' father to get 1800, 1810 census data.

Correspondence with Thomas G. Adams is indirect, provided by Murphy Whisnant. Mr. Adams notes that George Pope married three daughters of Nicholas Thomas.

Research

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Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
R1	1810 United States Federal Census Marry Morris and Nicholas Thomas were married in Randolph Co, NC in 1812. This is adjacent to Davidson Co, where Nicholas Thomas resides in our first clear records. A search of Randolph Co for Morris families in the 1810 census gave the following seven heads-of-household: Benjamin Morris (1 male 26-44, 2 females <10, 3 females 26-44, 1 female >44) Isaac Morris (1 male 10-16, 1 male 26-44, 2 female <10, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 26-44) John Morris (1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 1 female 10-15, 2 females 16-25) Joseph Morris (1 male 10-15, 1 male >44, 5 females <10, 1 female 10-15, 2 females 26-44) Mary Morris (1 male 16-25, 1 female <10, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 26-44, 1 female >44) Reuben Morris (1 male <10, 1 male 16-25, 1 female 16-25) Thomas Morris (1 male 26-44, 1 female <10, 1 female 26-44) The listings are semi-alphabetical, so it is not possible to draw any conclusions about connections. The Mary Morris married to Nicholas Thomas was born ~ 1790, so she would be in 16-25 age group in this census. That rules out the families headed by Benjamin, Joseph, and Thomas. The family headed by Reuben would appear to be a husband and wife plus a young son. That leaves three possible families. The family headed by Mary Morris is a tempting possibility (although almost certainly the head listed here is the matriarch of the family, the woman over 44. It is also possible that Nicholas and Mary were married in Randolph but that neither actually lived there in 1810. The 1810 listing in Ancestry.com does not have any Morris families living in Davidson Co.
R2	1800 United States Federal Census The only Morris listed in Randolph Co is Mary Morris (1 male 10-15, 1 female <10, 1 female 16-25, 1 female >44). This would still fit for the Mary Morris married to Nicholas Thomas, if the female <10 is just under 10 on the census date.
R3	The 1880 census is almost certainly not the right Mary Thomas. William D. Thomas can be found in Thomasville in the 1860 census living with his parents, including mother Mary.