Person:Thomas Dugger (10)

Birth is listed in the William Dugger family bible:

• Martha Dugger, born February 24, 1799
• Rosamund Dugger born May 4 1805
• Nancy Dugger born June 10, 1810
• Patty Pierce born November 15, 1795
• Hannah Pierce born Oct. 3, 1797
• Jenny Pierce born Sept 25, 1800
• George Morton Pierce born Nov. 22, 1802
• Hardy Pierce born Nov. 14, 1804
• Henry pierce born June 5, 1807
• Ann Brown Pierce born Sept 24, 1779
• Thomas Dugger born May 16, 1797
• Patty Dugger born Feb 24, 1799
• Rhoda Dugger born March 28 1801
• William Copeland Dugger born May 19, 1819
• Sarah Ann Dugger born Nov. 15, 1836

Special thanks to Tom Ward for sharing data on this family.

Thomas Dugger obtained a marriage bond in Carter Co, TN on 24 Dec 1822 to marry Hannah Pierce, his step-sister. They married on 26 Dec 1822 (Thanks to Tom Ward for the marriage date).

Thomas Dugger was listed on the 1830 census in Carter Co, TN next door to this father William Dugger. His wife's age was way off on this census. Analysis:

• Carter Co., TN page 27 Thomas Dugger 1100010000000-0001000000000
• 1 male 30-39 (1790/1800)=Thomas Dugger (1798)
• 1 male 5-9 (1820/1825)=William H. Dugger (1825) son
• 1 male 0-4 (1825/1830)=James H. Dugger (c1828) son
• 1 female 15-19 (1810/1815)=Hannah Pierce Dugger (c1798) wife

Thomas Dugger was named in his father William Dugger's Will of 10 Apr 1839 as "my son Thomas Dugger".

Thomas was listed on the 1840 census in Carter Co, TN, near Mary Hall Dugger, widow of his uncle Julius Dugger. Analysis:

• Carter Co., TN page 169 Thomas Duggar 1020010000000-2000001000000
• 1 male 30-39 (1800/1810)=Thomas Dugger (1798)
• 2 males 10-14 (1825/1830)=1-William H. Dugger (1825); 2-James H. Dugger (c1828) sons
• 1 male 0-4 (1835/1840)=George M. Dugger (c1833) son
• 1 female 40-49 (1790/1800)=Hannah Pierce Dugger (c1798) wife
• 2 females 0-4 (1835/1840)=1-Rosa J. Dugger (c1836); 2-Unknown daughter

On the 1850 census, Thomas Dugger and family were listed in Carter Co, TN between his brother William C. Dugger and his 1st cousin Margaret Dugger, daughter of Julius Dugger.

Thomas' brother William Copeland Dugger applied for a Pension on behalf of himself and his siblings, as heirs of Revolutionary War soldier William Dugger, their father. Filed 9 Jun 1853 (# R 3109), he named the surviving heirs of William, and included Thomas as "Thomas, age 55," and listed him as a son of William by his "first" wife Nancy Millard (who was actually his second wife).

Thomas and family had moved to neighboring Washington Co, TN before 1860, and were listed there on the 1860 census.

Thomas and family left TN for Vermillion Co, Indiana in the early 1860's and listed there on the 1870 census.

Thomas Dugger died either 1876 or 1878 in Vermillion Co, IN (per Tom Ward) and Hannah died there 29 Oct 1883 (per Tom Ward). They are buried at the Andrew Cemetery (again, per Tom Ward).