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{| class="wikitable" 
!  || Date || Location || Notes || Sources
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| '''Birth'''  || ~1794 ||NC per 1850 census, Maryland per 1860 census || || <sup class="reference">[1][2][3][3][5]</sup>
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| '''Marriage''' || 28 Oct 1812 ||  || To [[Mary Morris]] || <sup class="reference">[4][5][6]</sup>
|-
| '''Death''' || ~1862 || Davidson Co., NC ||  || <sup class="reference">[5][7][9]</sup>
|-
| '''Burial''' ||~1862  || Davidson Co., NC || || <sup class="reference">[9]</sup>
|}

= Ancestry chart segment =

  ''Generation 5''               ''Generation 6''          ''Generation 7''
  
                                               +-- [unknown] Thomas
                                               |
                         +-- [[Nicholas Thomas]] --+
                         |  (~1794-~1862)      |         
  [[Joseph Thomas Thomas]] --+                     +-- [unknown]
    (1822-1897)          |
                         +-- [[Mary Morris]]
                             (~1794-????)
       
Sources: 
<sup class="reference">[1][2][3][4][5][6][8]</sup>

=Children=
(all children with [[Mary Morris]])
{| class="wikitable" 
! Name || Gender || Date of Birth || Birthplace || Spouse || Notes || Sources
|-
|  [[William Thomas]]     || M || ~1814 || Davidson Co., NC || Margaret Haysworth || || <sup class="reference">[8]</sup>
|-
|  [[Rachel Thomas]]  || F || ~1815 || Davidson Co., NC || || || <sup class="reference">[4][5][8]</sup>
|-
|  [[Nancy Thomas]]   || F || ~1817|| Davidson Co., NC ||George Pope  || || <sup class="reference">[8][9]</sup>
|-
|  [[Zebulon Thomas]]  || M || ~1819||Davidson Co., NC  || || || <sup class="reference">[8]</sup>
|-
| [[Joseph Thomas Thomas]] || M ||19 June 1822||Davidson Co., NC  ||Cynthia I. Burton ||Main line || <sup class="reference">[8]</sup>
|-
|  [[Eliza Thomas]]  || F || ~1825||Davidson Co., NC  ||George Pope || || <sup class="reference">[4][8][9]</sup>
|-
|  [[Albert Thomas]]  || M || ~1827||Davidson Co., NC  || || || <sup class="reference">[4][8]</sup>
|-
|  [[Ashley Thomas]]  || M || ~1830||Davidson Co., NC || || || <sup class="reference">[4][5][8]</sup>
|-
|  [[Mary Ann Thomas]]  || F || ~1834||Davidson Co., NC ||1)James Vestal 2) George Pope || || <sup class="reference">[4][8][9]</sup>
|-
|  [[Dorcas E. Thomas]] || F || ~1836||Davidson Co., NC || || || <sup class="reference">[4][5][8]</sup>

|}

=Places of Residence=
{| class="wikitable" 
! Location || Dates || Notes || Sources
|-
|Davidson Co, NC ||by 1814 - 1862|| || <sup class="reference">[1][2][3][4][5][8]</sup>
|}

= Sources =
{| class="wikitable" 
! 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)
|[[Image:1820 census nc rowan salisbury pg 17.jpg|50px|center]]

|-
!'''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. 
|[[Image:1830 census nc davidson not stated pg 95.jpg|50px|center]]

|-
!'''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.
|[[Image:1840 census nc davidson pg 96.jpg|50px|center]]

|-
!'''4'''
| '''1850 United States Federal Census''', North Subdivision, Davidson Co., NC. Pg.51.   Date of census 13 Aug 1850<br> ''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. 
|[[Image:1850 census nc davidson north subdiv pg 51.jpg|50px|center]]
[[Image:1850 census nc davidson northern division pg 52.jpg|50px|center]]

|-
!'''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.
|[[Image:1860 census nc davidson northern division pg 105.jpg|50px|center]]

|-
!'''6'''
|'''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  
| 

|-
!'''7'''
|'''Estate Papers''' 1863
|

|- 
! '''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===

No sign of Nicholas Thomas can be found in the 1800 or 1810 census. <br> <br>
Correspondence with Thomas G. Adams is indirect, provided by Murphy Whisnant.  Mr. Adams notes that George Pope married three daughters of ''Nicholas Thomas''.

=Conjecture=
=Research Wishlist=
* Information corroborating the line found in the Ancestry.com family tree: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14381564/person/101469625.
This takes the Thomas line back to England in 1623 as follows: Nicholas Thomas < Nehemiah Thomas (1737 (MD)-1806 (VA)) < William Thomas 1705 (MD)-1776 (MD)) < Thomas Thomas 1684 (MD)-1734 (MD)) < James Thomas (1649 (VA) -1701 (MD)) < Thomas Thomas (1623 (England)-1670 (MD)) <br>This tree also follows other lines back to the 1600's.