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Andrew L. Thomas and Nancy Rebecca Ashley

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 3             Generation 4                Generation 5
 
                                                  +-- Joseph Thomas Thomas
                                                  |   (1822-1897)
                      +-- Andrew Lindsey Thomas --+
                      |   (1847-1905)             |         
 Nancy Grace Thomas --+                           +-- Cynthia I. Burton
 (1892-1982)          |                               (~1817-1870)
                      +-- Nancy Rebecca Ashley
                          (1851-????)
      

Sources: ^{[1][2][4][5][7][10]}

Children

(11 children with Nancy Rebecca Ashley; 9 living in 1900)

• First child Wm. Jordan Thomas died at age 1. Another child unnamed here was born & died. Nancy Rebecca Ashley possibly appears pregnant in the family photo of about 1896. She would have been about 47 that year, and may have lost the child.

Places of Residence

Photo Gallery

The Thomas famiy, with Nancy Grace Thomas as an infant, being held, at left. Other members unidentified.

Family of Andrew L. Thomas & Rebecca Lindsey, about 1896-97. Nancy Grade Thomas is in back row, holding her mother's hand.

Flint Hill Cemetery, York Co. SC, overview

Gravestone of Andrew L. Thomas, Flint Hill Cemetery

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal CensusYork Twp., York Co., SC pg 22. Date of census 12 Aug 1850. Lines 25-30 list: Joseph Thomas, age 31, born NC; Cynthia I., age 33, born NC; Louis W., 11, born NC; Lois Ann, 9, born York, SC; Andrew L, 4, born York, SC; & Elizabeth J., 3, born York, SC.
2	1860 United States Federal Census, York Co., SC, pg 48. Date of census 16 July 1860. Lines 32-35 list: Joseph Thomas, Age 41, overseer, $1000 real, $150 personal property, born Davids., NC; Cynthia, 42, born Guilford, NC; Andrew L., 17, Born York, SC, in school; Elizabeth, 10, born York, SC, in school.
3	1870 United States Federal Census Fort Mill Twp, York Co, SC, page 9. Lines 33-35: E. L. Thomas, 22, farmer, born SC, 900 real,200 personal property, can not read; Nancy, 19, b. SC, can not read; Lorene, 9 months, b. SC. The ages match well, the names are a little mixed but believable and the location is correct. Note that William Jordan has apparently already died.
4	1880 United States federal Census, Dist. 120, Steele Creek Twp, Mecklenburg Co, NC, pg 5. Lines 19-24 list Andy Thomas, age 33, farmer, b. SC, parents b. SC; Nancy, wife, age 29, b. Nc, parents b. NC; Laura, age 10, attended school; Syntha, age 8, attended school; Hixie, age 5; Jo, age 3. All children born NC, father born SC, mother b. NC.
5	1900 United States Federal Census, District 52, Steele Creek Twp, Mecklenburg Co., NC pg 12. Lines 38-43 list: Andrew L. Thomas, head b. Mar. 1847, age 53, married 34 yr, farmer, owns farm, no mortgage; Nannie, wife, b. May 1851, age 49, married 34 yrs, 11 children, 9 living; Felix, b. Mar, 1882, age 18,; Chas., b. June 1884, age 15, in sch 5 mo; Moody, b. Oct 1887, age 12, in sch. 5 mo; Gracie, b. Mar, 1892, age 8, in sch 5 mo., All and all parents born NC.; all can read, write and speak English.
6	Notation sheet accompanying photograph of family of Andrew L. Thomas, identifies their position in the photo and for some gives birth year. Author unknown, but identifies Andrew L. Thomas & wife as grandparents; possibly Robbie & Murphy Whisnant. Date of photo appears to be about 1996.	Click here for indentifying notation
7	Research of Murphy & Robbie King Whisnant, correspondence & interviews of Murphy Whisnant by E. W. Williams, 1990-ongoing.
8	Visit to the home sites of Joseph Thomas & Andrew L. Thomas families, the Tega Cay Cemetery and Flint Hill Cemetery by Murphy Whisnant, Nancy Williams Durham, E. Brady Williams, Jr. and Elizabeth Wilson Williams, June 2007.
9	Gravestone transcription, Flint Hill Cemetery, York Co. SC, June 2007 by E. W. Williams. "Andrew L. Thomas born March 9, 1847, died March 27, 1905 THOMAS"; with Civil War insignia.
10	Marriages of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1783-1868, in the chapter "Marriages From the Manuscript Marriage Register in the Register of Deeds Office," page 239, reads, "Andrew L. Thomas to Nancy Ashly, 19 Nov 1866; married by Rev. J. M. Garrison."

Source Notes

Conjecture

Research

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• ancestry.com has a US Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles entry for Lindsay Thomas, Rockingham Co., NC, enlisted in Richmod, VA at age 18 on 15 Sep 1863 as a Private in Company G, NC 45th Infantry Regiment on 09 Apr 1862 (?? conflicting dates in same source). Survived the war, mustered out on 9 Apr 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA. Source: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster.