Pvt Giles Thomas
BIRTH 30 Nov 1763
Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
DEATH 21 Mar 1842 (aged 78)
Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Westview Cemetery
Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
Revolutionary War Soldier
Giles Thomas, the son of David and Hannah (Greene) Thomas was born on November 30, 1763 in Baltimore County, Maryland. This area eventually cut off from Baltimore County into Harford County. He married Nancy Ann Wheeler (b. May 10, 1762, d. June 12, 1845) on June 04, 1786 in Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Mary Neale Wheeler. Giles Thomas entered the army when only 16 years of age and served as a private in the Maryland troops until the close of the Revolutionary War. He served under General Nathaniel Greene in his campaign in the Carolinas and in the battles of Guilford, Camden, and Ninety-Six. As compensation for service in the War he received a land warrant, No. 1747, lying west of Fort Cumberland in Washington County, Maryland. His name appears in the pay record in the Maryland Land Office. Also, records indicate No. 10830: A conveyance to James Phillips in 1785 – Index to Land Records 1774-1790: Grantors, Grantees, and years of the conveyances (Harford County Courthouse). He resided at Port Tobacco, Maryland during his active years but moved sometime between 1796 and 1801 to Montgomery County, Virginia where he bought a farm and settled on Catawba Creek. He appears in the First United States Census published in 1807 as the Head of Household of 5 in addition to being the owner of 4 slaves. Giles Thomas died on March 21, 1842 and is buried with his wife in Westview (Old Blacksburg City Cemetery) Cemetery in Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia.
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