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Facts and Events
John Thomas was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA
Land Grant Surveys in Virginia:
- Land Survey, Pg. 182, John Thomas, 300 acres, Brocks Creek including a survey of 140 acres first granted to Reece Thomas by patent dated the 16th of August, 1756. Adjoining Burdens, Haverstick. December 28, 1770. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 66].
- Land Survey, pg. 211, John Thomas, 98 acres, branch of Brocks Creek. Adjoining Bordens. February 19, 1773. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 76].
- Land Survey, pg. O102, John Thomas, 146 acres, South Fork Mountain. Dec. 2, 1789. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 102].
Records in Virginia
- Land Grant Survey: Page 88 - John Jackson, 215 [acres] on Ceder Run, Branch of the Shenandoah River below John Thomases land. Adjoining Showmaker. February 17, 1767. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 33]
- Page 153.--22d January, 1776. Abraham Miller and Elizabeth to John Kring, lot 8 on Linvel's Creek, devised to John Bowman by his father, George Bowman, patent to John Scott 21st November, 1765, on McKay's draft, a branch of Linvel's Creek, patented to Abram Miller 1st March, 1773. Teste: Daniel, Joseph and Robert Smith, John Thomas, Cornelius Ruddle.
- Land Grant Survey: Page O32 - Conrod Hartinger, 20 acres, Forrest. Adjoining John Tomas. December 26, 1782. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 108]
- 23 June 1786, Page 513 "Virginia Supreme Court, District of Kentucky, Order Books 1783-1792: Upon the petition of James Davis and Deborah Davis his wife, and Abraham Miller the Younger, a minor, by the said James Davis his Guardian, it is ord'd that the Sheriff of Rockingham County summon to appear here on the ninth day of the next Supreme Court, John Thomas to prove the will of Abraham Miller the Elder, dec'd, and take upon himself the execution thereof, or show cause to the contrary. And also that the said Sheriff summon the said John Thomas and Jemima Thomas his wife, and that the Sheriff of Lincoln County summon Zachariah Isbell and Elizabeth Isbell his wife, Wm Field and Mary Field his wife, and Hannah Robertson, legatees under the said will, to appear here on the same day to answer the petition of the said James, Deborah and Abraham exhibited against them. And it is further ord'd that the present Admrs do not pay away any legacy or legacies or any part thereof to any person whatever claiming the same until the further order of this court.
- 27 March 1787 - Rockingham County, VA Minute Books, 1778-1878, pg. 557; John Thomas and William Dunlap came into Court & made Oath that Deborah, the wife of James Davis, was always acknowledged by Ab'm Miller Dec'd to be his Daughter by his wife Elizabeth, Daughter of Cornelius Ruddle, and that the said Deborah was born in Lawful wedlock, and said Miller being Brother-in-law to John Thomas.
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