Person:Samuel Thomas (43)

From "Germanna History", Notes: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/johnsgermnotes/germhs58.html

One son of Michael was Samuel Thomas who, according to a tombstone, was born 16 June 1740. Because Michael could hardly have been more than 20 at this time, Samuel Thomas may have one of the older children, if not the oldest. By the time of the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, the Michael Thomas family was living at Redstone Fort on Ten Mile Creek. Samuel was a friend and neighbor of William Harrod and James Harrod of Kentucky fame. Samuel was in Kentucky on several early occasions that were documented, but he did not move to Kentucky with the very first pioneers. Samuel married Rachel Perry (an aunt of Commodore Perry), with known children, Catherine; Samuel, Jr.; Rachel; Margaret; and George. About the year 1784, perhaps slightly later, he moved to Bracken Co., Kentucky, with several of his children. His daughter Catherine married Jeremiah Teagarden [I wonder how that is spelled in German], but they did not move to Kentucky with her family, even though they owned property there. One child of Jeremiah and Catherine was born on the flatboat they were using to float down the Ohio River. Rachel Thomas, the daughter of Michael, married Rev. Dr. Joseph Smith Tomlinson, a Methodist minister and president of Augusta College. A nephew of his had the name of Stephen Collins Foster.

In Kentucky, in Bracken County, William Harrod, Samuel Thomas, and Jeremiah Teagarden all had land close together.

1. ↑ Blankenbaker, John (e-mail: john@@germanna.com). Germanna History.