Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Notes for Samuel Thornton
The following was written by historian John Bennett Boddie:1041
Samuel Thornton, son of John and Agatha Thornton, was a soldier in the Revolution (Smith "Story of Ga. and the Ga. People", p. 623), was a resident of Wilkes Co., Ga in 1785 (Davidson, Vol. II, p. 30), and he and his wife, Elizabeth, appear in a deed in Wilkes Co. Mar. 4, 1787 (Davidson, Vol. I, p. 261). He was a Justice of Wilkes Co. in 1792 (Davidson, Vol. II, p. 86), but after that seems to have moved away.
Samuel Thornton, son of John and Agatha Thornton, was a soldier in the Revolution (Smith "Story of Ga. and the Ga. People", p. 623), was a resident of Wilkes Co., Ga in 1785 (Davidson, Vol. II, p. 30), and he and his wife, Elizabeth, appear in a deed in Wilkes Co. Mar. 4, 1787 (Davidson, Vol. I, p. 261). He was a Justice of Wilkes Co. in 1792 (Davidson, Vol. II, p. 86), but after that seems to have moved away.