Ebenezer B. Thomas

The Ebenezer B. Thomas Family
of Kirby's Creek Community DeKalb County, Alabama Jackson County, Alabama and Walhalla, Pendleton District, South Carolina
Samuel Thomas (~1774 - ~1830/40)
	Samuel Thomas was born in Virginia around 1774. He married Susannah Johns in Person Co., NC in 1805. The Family migrated from NC to Pendleton District, SC before 1816. Samuel Thomas died in Pickens County, SC between 1830 and 1840. Samuel and Susannah (Susan) had the following children: Ebenezer B. Thomas (1808) Mary Thomas was born about 1810. John Thomas was born on Jan 10 1811 in Person Co., NC. He was living in 1840 in Pendleton District, SC. He married Sarah Ann Addis in Pendleton District, SC. He died on Nov 20 1882 in Miller Co., AR. Thomas Jefferson Thomas was born in 1815 in SC. He was living in 1850 in Pickens Co., SC. He married Cena Honea in Pendleton District, South Carolina. He died on Feb 26 1892 in Oconee Co., SC. He was buried about Feb 27 1892 in Fairview, Oconee Co., SC. William H. Thomas was born on Feb 29 1816 in Pendleton District, SC He married Louisa. He died on Sep 13 1873 in Floyd Co., GA. Elizabeth Margaret Thomas was born in 1822/23 in Pendleton District, SC. She married John Hardin. James Thomas was born in Pickens, SC. Marthena Thomas was born in Pickens Co., SC. She married Wiley Allen. Samuel Thomas was born in Pickens Co., SC. Susannah Thomas was born in Pickens Co., SC.
Ebenezer B. Thomas (1808 - ~1880/90)
	Ebenezer B. Thomas was born in Person County, NC in 1808. He married Mary Nimmons, daughter of David and Winny Nimmons, in Pickens County, SC around 1829. By 1835, he was living on a 100 acre property on Pickens Creek in Pendleton District, South Carolina. He bought this property from Reubin Swinford. In 1841, he bought 340 acres on Coneross Creek from William McJunkin. This farm was also in Pendleton District near the communities of Friendship, Seneca, and Walhalla. Neighbors in the area included Nimrod Hembree, Emory Moore, and David Nimmons. He sold this property to William Hunt in 1844 and migrated to Chatooga County, Georgia, the township of Trion, and appears in the 1850 U. S. Census there. He again migrated around 1853 to DeKalb County, Alabama settling at Kirby's Creek near Section (on NESE Sec. 7, Tnshp 6S Rng 7E, Huntsville Mer.) on the southerly end of Sand Mountain. . Ebenezer B. Thomas was living in DeKalb Co., Alabama as late as 1880. It is not known where or when Ebenezer Thomas died. Family legend indicates that he traveled to Texas (He had cousins in Arkansas.) and died there. In any case, the burial sites of Ebenezer and Mary Thomas are unknown. Ebenezer and Mary Thomas had the following children: Mary Elizabeth Thomas (1830) married James Wooten Martha J. Thomas (1835) married Azias Phillips Francis Marion Thomas (1/20/1837) William A. Thomas (1839/40) James C. Thomas (1841) Ebenezer Berry Thomas (11/15/1842) married Frances Anne Pendergrass Margaret W. Thomas (1847) married Jesse E. Phillips Winny Louisa Thomas (7/1850) married Jesse E. Phillips Riley Leander Thomas (1853)
Francis Marion Thomas (1837 - 1925)
	Francis Marion Thomas was born on January 20, 1837 in Pickens County, South Carolina. He fought in the Forty-Ninth Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company B. (The DeKalb Rifles). The Forty-Ninth Alabama Infantry regiment was organized in Nashville, TN in January, 1862, and attached to the Kentucky brigade of General Breckinridge. Francis Thomas served under Colonel Jeptha Edwards. The Forty-Ninth took part in battles in Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Dalton-Atlanta, Peachtree Creek, Franklin, and Nashville. Thomas was captured and held prisoner at Vicksburg before being released to rejoin the Forty-Ninth at Cahaba, Mississippi. He finished the war as a First Lieutenant. The Forty-Ninth finally surrendered at Greensboro, NC. He married Nancy Emaline Anderson, the daughter of James A. Anderson and Nancy M. Hardage. Francis Thomas died February 25, 1925 in the Sardis Community where he had lived since childhood. Francis Marion Thomas and Nancy Thomas had the following children: Martha Alabama Thomas (10/31/1869) Thomas Raines Thomas (1/23/1871) Nancy Emaline Thomas (9/26/1876) Mary Leona Thomas (8/27/1878) Wallace Frank Thomas (12/8/1880) James Marcell Thomas (11/8/1884)
Left to right: Wallace Thomas, Ada Peek Thomas, Pluma Thomas Deerman (holding Audie Jo Thomas), Eldridge Thomas, Ruby Wilson Thomas (holding Wilson Clyde Thomas) , Homer Deerman, Kneeling left to right: Hassel N. Thomas, Grady W. Thomas) Wallace Frank Thomas (1880 - 1968)
	Wallace Frank Thomas was a farmer who worked hard in his younger days to improve roads in his community and was instrumental in securing transportation for local school children. He also contributed labor and money to local schools and churches. He was a member of Straight Creek Church of God in DeKalb County, Alabama at the time of is death and was a lifelong Democrat. He was also a lifetime supporter of Old Sardis Church in Jackson Co., AL. He married Ada Green Peek, daughter of James A. Peek and Emelia "Milly" LeCroy. Wallace Frank Thomas and Ada Thomas had the following children: Eldridge Clyde Thomas (1/14/1905) Clussie Mae Thomas (1/29/1907) Wallace Blaine Thomas (8/12/1909) Pluma Audine Thomas (11/18/1911) Glen Thomas (3/1/1915) Flossie Marie Thomas (4/9/1917) Blanche Blondell Thomas (3/27/1919)