James K. Polk Thornton

1836 - 1892  (56 years)

• Name	James K. Polk Thornton  [1]
  Born	28 Sep 1836  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Dec 1892  [2]
  Person ID	I292	Full
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Moses Thornton,   b. Abt 1802, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 28 Apr 1874, Tennessee, USA  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Duncan,   b. Abt 1806,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Between 1822 and 1824  [3, 4]
  	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.
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan Ann Jam Lock,   b. 6 Jan 1849, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Aft 1937  (Age 88 years)
  Married	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Richard Thornton
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):Had five children, 4 girls and one boy. The boy died at age 21. The girls, listed in 1937, were all widowed: Mrs. Ollie Larkins, Colesburg; Mrs. Clem Bishop, Colesburg, Mrs. Mollie Burdette, Colesburg; and Mrs. Rhoda Nash, Lyle. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S63] Thornton - info from Dorothy Stephenson. [S367] Tennessee, Dickson - History, Historical Sketches (Garrett), Jill K. Garrett, compiler, (Columbia, TN : s.n., 1971), p. 20, short biographical piece written by Susan (Lock) Thornton for the "Over Eight Club," appearing in the Dickson County Herald Newspaper , 26 Nov 1937 (Reliability: 3). [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.