Family: Moses Thornton / Elizabeth Duncan (F32)

• Father | Male Moses Thornton

  
  

  Born	Abt 1802	South Carolina, USA
  Died	28 Apr 1874	Tennessee, USA
  Buried
  Married	Between 1822 and 1824  [1, 2]
  Father	Josiah Thornton | F31 Group Sheet
  Mother	Esther Ferguson | F31 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Elizabeth Duncan

  
  

  Born	Abt 1806
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Father	David "Devil" Duncan | F1965 Group Sheet
  Mother	Nancy | F1965 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Martha D. Thornton

  
  

  Born	16 Dec 1824
  Died	Aft 1873
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male G. W. Thornton

  
  

  Born	13 Aug 1826
  Died	2 Feb 1844
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Male + Francis Marion Thornton

  
  

  Born	4 Jan 1829
  Died	Between 1880 and 1900
  Buried
  Spouse	Sarah Catherine Easley | F118
  Married	Bef 1862

  
  

  Child 4 | Male + David Thornton

  
  

  Born	Abt 1831	Tennessee, USA
  Died	Aft 1881
  Buried
  Spouse	Martha Beasley | F119
  Married	Abt 1858

  
  

  Child 5 | Male + William Jasper Thornton

  
  

  Born	26 Aug 1833
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Paralee Kelly | F120
  Married

  
  

  Child 6 | Male + James K. Polk Thornton

  
  

  Born	28 Sep 1836
  Died	Dec 1892
  Buried
  Spouse	Susan Ann Jam Lock | F122
  Married

  
  

  Child 7 | Female Malinda Thornton

  
  

  Born	26 Jul 1840
  Died	16 Mar 1913
  Buried

  
  

  Child 8 | Female Sarah Thornton

  
  

  Born	20 Apr 1842	Tennessee, USA
  Died	15 Jun 1921	Tennessee, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	G.W. Mathis | F123
  Married	Abt 1866

  
  

  Child 9 | Female + Mary Elizabeth Thornton

  
  

  Born	13 Feb 1845	Tennessee, USA
  Died	25 Apr 1922
  Buried	Aft 25 Apr 1922	Tennessee, USA
  Spouse	Stephen Fountain Halbrook | F124
  Married	18 Feb 1872

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Marriage date estimated from birth year of first child (1824) and age of Elizabeth. Suit cited names Elizabeth Thornton, wife of Moses Thornton, as a daughter of David Duncan and brother of Hiram W. Duncan.

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] Thornton - "Thornton and Kin" WorldConnect file, Jeff Reece, (The online family file of Jeff Reece, published on WorldConnect.), Moses Thornton, ID # I0112 (Reliability: 3). Moses Thornton Born 28 Dec 1801 Died 28 April 1874, Hickman County, TN Buried Thornton Cemetery, Hickman Co TN Father: Josiah Francis Marion (?) Thornton, b abt 1779, Spartanburg, SC Mother: Esther Ferguson, b abt 24 Sept 1784, Fairfield District (?), SC Spouse: Elizabeth Duncan, b 29 Nov 1804, SC Married on 22 Jan 1824 Hickman Co TN [S3713] Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson, "Tennessee: Hickman County,"Duncan Genealogy Research Files (http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dobson/ : accessed 12 August 2013), for 1874 Bill of Complaint by T.H. P. Duncan [Thomas Hiram P. Duncan] against Moses Thornton and wife Betsy [Elizabeth (Duncan) Thornton]; citing Hickman County Chancery Court Record, Book D: 169-172.