Person:Walter Thornburgh (4)
Walter Thornburgh
b.15 Nov 1762 Guilford, North Carolina, United States
d.1836 Jefferson, Wayne, Indiana, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 12 Jul 1758
  1. Margaret Thornburgh1759 - 1812
  2. Hannah Thornburgh1760 - 1815
  3. Walter Thornburgh1762 - 1836
  4. Mary Thornburgh1764 - 1843
  5. Rachel Thornbrugh1765 -
  6. Jane Thornbrugh1768 - Bef 1809
  7. Ann Thornbrugh1770 - 1858
  8. Henry Thornbrugh1773 -
  9. Louratha "Lowry" Thornbrugh1775 -
  10. Charity Thornbrough1778 - 1831
  11. Sophia Thornbrough1780 - 1862
  12. Richard Thornbrough1783 - 1872
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Walter Thornburgh1762 - 1836
  • W.  Mary Baldwin1770 - 1833
m. 11 Oct 1786
  1. Henry Thornburgh1788 -
  2. Charity Thornburgh1790 - 1875
  3. Elizabeth Thornburgh1792 -
  4. William Thornburgh1794 -
  5. Jacob Thornburgh1797 - 1840
  6. Sarah "Sallie" Thornburgh1799 -
  7. Dempsey Thornburgh1801 - 1886
  8. Jesse Thornburgh1803 - 1848
  9. John Thornburgh1805 - 1841
  10. Kinsey Thornburgh1809 - 1811
  11. Walter Thornburgh1811 - 1851
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Facts and Events
Name[3] Walter Thornburgh
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] 15 Nov 1762 Guilford, North Carolina, United StatesNew Garden MM
Military[2] 1776 North Carolina, United StatesRevolutionary War Patriot. Furnished sundries to the Militia of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina
Marriage 11 Oct 1786 Guilford, North Carolina, United StatesNew Garden MM
to Mary Baldwin
Religion[1][3] 1789 Jefferson, Tennessee, United StatesQuaker - Lost Creek MM
Residence[1] Abt 1814 Dalton (township), Wayne, Indiana, United Statescame to Indiana, settling in the northeast corner of Dalton township
Residence[1] 10 Dec 1814 Perry, Wayne, Indiana, United Statesfirst home was on 160 acres in western part of Perry township
Death[2] 1836 Jefferson, Wayne, Indiana, United States
Burial[2] Dalton (township), Wayne, Indiana, United StatesWest River Friend's Cemetery
Religion[3] Guilford, North Carolina, United StatesQuaker - New Garden MM
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Research Notes

  • Possible middle initial = H. Needs source.
  • Possible Land entry = 10 Dec 1814 in Wayne county - needs verification.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Family Recorded, in Fox, Henry Clay. Memoirs of Wayne County and the city of Richmond, Indiana: from the earliest historical times down to the present, including a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in Wayne County. (Madison, Wisconsin: Western Historical Association, 1912).

    Vol 2, p 851 -
    ... Walter Thornburgh, who married Mary Baldwin, daughter of William and Elizabeth Baldwin, at New Garden, N.C., Oct. ?, 1786. Walter Thornburgh was born Nov. 15, 1762, third child of Henry and Rachel (Moon) Thornburgh, who were married at New Garden, N.C., in 1758, and there they spent their lives. ...

    ... After his marriage in North Carolina, Walter Thornburgh, the grandfather of Dempsey C., removed to Tennessee, and after some time spent in that State came to Wayne county, settling just east of the present farm of Frank Thornburgh, in the northeast corner of Dalton township. He entered land along West river and this possession finally passed into the hands of his sons. His first home consisted of 160 acres in the western part of Perry township, adjoining the present farms of Frank V. and George L. Thornburgh.

    To him and his good wife there were born five sons
    - William,
    - Jesse,
    - Dempsey,
    - John, and
    - Walter - and five daughters.

    He lived to the age of ninety years and his wife also died at an advanced age. ...

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Military Record, in Morrison Reeves Library. Index of Wayne County Revolutionary Patriots.

    [pending better citations and verification]
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    North Carolina State Department Archives & History of Revolution
    Accounts, cancelled vouchers, Book A 267, No 8467, to Walter
    Thornburg, Voucher No. 1729; D. A. R. No. 470990.
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    [Information Collected by Mrs. A. M. Feemster, 530 Country Club Road,
    Hagerstown, Indiana (1966). ]
    [Note: [Roster, Vol.2: has death date as 1852, but marker has the 1836 death date.]

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Family Recorded, in Hinshaw, William Wade; Thomas Worth Marshall; and John Cox. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. (Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States: Edwards Brothers, 1936-1950).

    [NEW GARDEN MONTHLY MEETING - BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS] - Vol 1, p 518 -

    page 34.
    ... Walter b. 11-15-1762. ...

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    [NEW GARDEN MONTHLY MEETING - MEETING RECORDS] -

    Vol 1, p 578 - THORNBRUGH.
    1786, 10, 11. Walter, Guilford Co., s Henry & Rachel, m Mary Baldwin.

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    [LOST CREEK MONTHLY MEETING - BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS] - Vol 1, p 1111

    Page 40.
    Walter & Mary (Baldwin) Thornburgh, cont.
    Ch:
    - Henry b. 3-3-1788.
    - Charity b. 1-18-1790.
    - Elizabeth b. 3-12-1792. (3-19-1792, p. 8)
    - William b. 10-3-1794.
    - Jacob b. 3-14-1797.
    - Sarah b. 3-29-1799.
    - Dempsey b. 10-27-1801.
    - Jesse b. 12-6-1803.
    - John b. 12-28-1805.
    - Kinsey b. 1-29-1809; d. 4-5-1811.
    - Walter b. 3-26-1811.

    [Walter Thornburgh, s. Henry & Rachel (Moon), m. Mary Baldwin, dt. Wm. & Elizabeth, 10-11-1786; New Garden MM, N.C. records]

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