Display Patriot - P-303558

Charles THOMAS

SAR Patriot #: P-303558

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.

State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Ensign

DAR #: A114186

Birth: 26 Nov 1764 / Orange / VA
Death: abt Mar 1846 / Christian / KY

Qualifying Service Description:

Served as Pvt Orange Co Militia under Capt Graves 1780
Served in Greenfields Co. NC Militia, Colonel Malmedy Regt of Horse. 1781
Served as Ensign in Orange Co, VA militia 1781 under Cpt Robert Stubblefield

Additional References:

Pension #S31421 for service as both Private & Sergeant

Spouse: (1) Debora Brewster; (2) Margaret Chapman Higgins
Children: Charles; Robert;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
2001-11-13	CA	10682	William Francis Price Jr (155910)	Charles

Burial:

Vaughn Cemetery_(C-0377518)

Location:

/ Christian / KY / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2197078

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

36.483730 / -87.240130

Find A Grave Memorial #:

151082295

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Tombstone
Photo by permission: James Thomas Henderson, John Manire Chapter, Kentucky SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The property where the cemetery is located is a farm owned by Means & Fort Electric Company in Hopkinsville, KY and does not have a residence on it
The address provided is the nearest adjoining property
The cemetery is located about 500 yards to the left (South) of that residence and about 300 yards West of Hwy 41/Pembroke Road in a small clump of trees in the middle of an agricultural field
The cemetery is overgrown with weeds and bushes

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: James Thomas Henderson
He appeard in person in Christian Co., KY Court on 7 Jan 1833 and testified as to his service in order to seek a Rev War Pension. 1st tour: He joined the Orange Co., VA militia in Nov 1780 and served under Capt. R. Groves in COL Oliver Towes Regiment. 2nd tour: Served under Capt. William Thomas, his brother in Greenville Co., NC. 3rd tour: Served as Orderly Sgt in Orange Co., VA militia in 1781 under Capt. Richard Webb. 4th tour: Served as Ensign commissioned by Orange County Court under Capt. Robert Stubblefield in William Darks Regiment of Foot. His petition also included letters and affidavits from others. He was awarded an annual pension of $45.66 on 4 Jan 1834.

Charles Thomas Will dated 23 Sep 1843, probated 2 Mar 1846, and recorded in Christian Co., KY Will Book M, pg. 223 named the following heirs: CHILDREN: Ann Graves - Charles Thomas - Robert Thomas - Polly Winfrey. It also mentioned other children but did not name them. It did not name a widow and his son, Robert Thomas was Executor.

"DAR Patriot Index, Part III, pg 2914"
"Genealogical Abstracts of Pension Files, Vol III, pg. 3461"
"Record of Pension Papers, Soldiers of the Revolution Who Settled in Christian Co., KY, Annie Walker Burns Bell, 1935,pgs. 45-49"
"Revolutionary Soldiers in Kentucky, Anderson C. Quisenberry, 1896, pg. 56"

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