Moses Thornton

Abt 1802 - 1874  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Moses Thornton
  Born	Abt 1802	South Carolina, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1830	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  	Moses Thornton household 2 males under 5 1 male of 20 and under 30 [Moses Thornton] 1 female of 5 and under 10 1 female of 20 and under 30 Elizabeth Duncan] 5 total
  Census	1840	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  	Moses Thornton household 2 males under 5 2 males of 5 and under 10 1 male of 10 and under 15 1 male of 30 and under 40 [Moses Thornton] 1 female under 5 1 female of 15 and under 20 1 female of 30 and under 40 [Elizabeth Duncan]
  Census	5 Nov 1850	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  	1. Thornton, Moses, 48, male, farmer, $300, South Carolina 2. _____, Elizabeth, 44, female, South Carolina 3. _____, Marion, [22?], carpenter, Tennessee 4. _____, David, 19, male, farmer, Tennessee 5. _____, William, 17, male, farmer, Tennessee 6. _____, James K. [13? 12?], [no occupation], [no state of birth] 7. _____, Malinda, 11, female, Tennessee 8. _____, Sarah, 8, female, [no state of birth] 9. _____, Mary, 6, female, [no state of birth]
  Died	28 Apr 1874	Tennessee, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I70	Full
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2013

  
  

  Father	Josiah Thornton,   b. Abt 1779, South Carolina, USA ,   d. After 1850, Tennessee, USA  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Esther Ferguson,   b. 24 Feb 1784, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 15 Oct 1865, Tennessee, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	1798	South Carolina, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Duncan,   b. Abt 1806,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Between 1822 and 1824  [4, 6]
  	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.
  Children	1. Martha D. Thornton,   b. 16 Dec 1824,   d. Aft 1873  (Age 49 years)   2. G. W. Thornton,   b. 13 Aug 1826,   d. 2 Feb 1844  (Age 17 years) + 3. Francis Marion Thornton,   b. 4 Jan 1829,   d. Between 1880 and 1900  (Age 50 years) + 4. David Thornton,   b. Abt 1831, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Aft 1881  (Age ~ 51 years) + 5. William Jasper Thornton,   b. 26 Aug 1833,   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. James K. Polk Thornton,   b. 28 Sep 1836,   d. Dec 1892  (Age 56 years)   7. Malinda Thornton,   b. 26 Jul 1840,   d. 16 Mar 1913  (Age 72 years)   8. Sarah Thornton,   b. 20 Apr 1842, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 15 Jun 1921, Tennessee, USA  (Age 79 years) + 9. Mary Elizabeth Thornton,   b. 13 Feb 1845, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 25 Apr 1922  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2013
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S3652] 1830 U.S. census, Hickman County, Tennessee, [township not stated], p. 261 (penned), [no stamped no.], line 25, Moses Thornton household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 176. [S3651] 1840 U. S. census, Hickman County, Tennessee, [township not stated], [no penned p. no.] p. 182 (stamped, second page), line 9, Moses Thornton household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 524. [S3650] 1850 U.S. census, Hickman County, Tennessee, population schedule, [no township stated], pp. 139-140 (penned, recto), pp. 70a-b (stamped), dwelling 999, family 999, Moses Thornton household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 884. [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 [S23] Thornton, Josiah - email (Barbara Roberts, 1999), (Barbara Roberts to Janis Gilmore, e-mail, 17 August 1999; regarding the Josiah Thornton family and descendants), "Married when Esther was 14" (Reliability: 3). [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.