Robert Hodgen Thomas

Robert Hodgen Thomas

Male 1789 - 1878  (88 years)

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  • Name Robert Hodgen Thomas 
    Born 25 Sep 1789  Frederick County, Virginia, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~slhessick/peakes04.htm

      "A group of negotiators from the Transylvania Company which included Daniel Boone obtained agreement from the Cherokees along the Tennessee River in 1775 to allow white settlement of the area. By 1780 a number of stations had been established by James Harrod, Daniel Boone and others to facilitate the migration into the territory from the eastern states."

      [Kentucky County, VA was formed effective 31 Dec 1776 and abolished 30 Jun 1780; over the next dozen years other counties were formed, and Kentucky became the 15th state in 1792.]
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Sep 1878  Larue County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Thomas Family Cemetery, Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Find-A-Grave: "This small cemetery is located about four miles south of Hodgenville. It is east of highway 31-E between the South Fork Church and Buffalo on the north side of the road."

      http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/THOMAS/2012-06/1339902186

      "Tombstone: Robert H. Thomas, husband of Letiticia, b. 25 Sep 1789 d. 10 Apr 1878."
    Notes 
    • Otis M. Mather, "Six Generations of LaRues and Allied Families," (Hodgenville, KY, 1921):

      "Children of Susanna Thomas and John Thomas (possibly incomplete [sic]:

      Isaac, m. Polly Watts 1809; Robert Hodgen b. 25 Sep 1789 d. 10 Sep 1878 m. Letitia Miller b. 11 Sep 1793 d. 9 Apr 1865; henry m. Sally Thomas 'He and three or four brothers moved to Illinois not far from Terra Haute IN.'; Hardin m. 3 Jun 1821 Sarah LaRue; Owen 'Located in Vigo County IN at an early day; Joseph 'probably went to Illinois'; Hezekiah m. 1826 Lucretia Thomas."

    • U.S. Census Hamiltons, Larue County, KY 1850: "R.H. Thomas, age 60 b. Abt. 1790 Kentucky, farmer, wife L., age 56 b. Abt. 1794 Kentucky; four children b. Kentucky: J.H. male 30 b. Abt. 1820, A.H. male 19 b. Abt 1831, S.M. female 16, Margaret female 7."
    Person ID I36001  Complete
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2014 

    Father John Franklin Thomas, (Maj. Gen., KY militia),   b. 10 Apr 1763, Georges Creek, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1838, Terra Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Susannah Hodgen,   b. 3 Oct 1767, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1831  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 27 Apr 1786  Nelson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850: "John Thomas & Susanna [sic] Hodgen, 27 Apr 1786, Nelson County."
    Family ID F18041954  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Letiticia Miller,   b. 11 Sep 1793, Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1865, Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 2 Oct 1817  Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850: Robert H. Thomas & Lettice Miller, 2 Oct 1817, Hardin County."
    Children 
     1. J.H. Thomas,   b. Abt. 1820, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Adam H. Thomas,   b. 20 Jun 1832,   d. 30 May 1852  (Age 19 years)
    +3. Elizabeth Thomas,   b. 27 Apr 1833, Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1862, Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     4. S.M. Thomas,   b. Abt. 1834, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Margaret Thomas,   b. Abt. 1843, Kentucky, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2014 
    Family ID F18041966  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Sep 1789 - Frederick County, Virginia, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Oct 1817 - Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Sep 1878 - Larue County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Thomas Family Cemetery, Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
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