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The records and published accounts that the write-ups on this site are built on, from the 1790 census to the 20th century. Each one has its scans, at full size, with a citation and a transcription where there is one. Filter them by type, person or period, or search the transcriptions.

  1. 1790 census: Theophilus Thomas

    1790 · Edgecombe County, North Carolina · Census

    Theophilus Thomas's household in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, in the first United States census.

  2. 1800 census: Theophilus Thomas

    1800 · Edgecombe County, North Carolina · Census

    Theophilus Thomas, still in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, three years before his death.

  3. 1810 census: Benjamin Thomas

    1810 · Edgecombe County, North Carolina · Census

    Benjamin Thomas as head of his own household in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, before the move to Alabama.

  4. 1816 Alabama list: Benjamin Thomas

    1816, published 1955 · Madison County, Mississippi Territory (now Alabama) · Census

    Benjamin Thomas in Madison County, in the 1816 count of the Mississippi Territory, as the DAR printed it in 1955.

  5. Shadrach Thomas's petition for land, 1835

    1 May 1835 · Nacogdoches, Texas (then Coahuila y Tejas, Mexico) · Land

    Shadrach D. Thomas asks to be admitted as a colonist of Vehlein's colony, having come to Texas with his wife and four children.

  6. 1850 census: Shadrach Thomas

    1850 · San Augustine County, Texas · Census

    Shadrach Thomas's household in San Augustine County, Texas, in the first census to name everyone in the house.

  7. 1852 California census: probably Samuel Brown Thomas

    1852 · Mariposa County, California · Census

    A young miner from Texas in Mariposa County during the gold rush, who is probably Samuel Brown Thomas.

  8. 1860 census: Samuel Brown Thomas

    1860 · Mariposa County, California · Census

    Samuel Brown Thomas, still in the California gold country, the year before the Civil War brought him home.

  9. 1860 census: Shadrach Thomas

    1860 · San Augustine County, Texas · Census

    Shadrach Thomas's household in San Augustine County, Texas, in 1860.

  10. Samuel Brown Thomas's officer's card

    27 August 1863 · Texas · Military

    A card recording his captaincy of Company F, 13th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted), from 27 August 1863.

  11. 1880 census: Samuel Brown Thomas

    1880 · Chireno, Nacogdoches County, Texas · Census

    Samuel Brown Thomas and his family at Chireno, in Nacogdoches County, Texas.

  12. The Thomas Book (1896)

    1896 · New York; photographed at the British Library, London · Book · 4 images

    Lawrence Buckley Thomas's genealogy of Sir Rhys ap Thomas and his descendants, photographed at the British Library: the title page, the coats of arms, and two appendix pages naming John Thomases of Virginia.

  13. 1900 census: Samuel Brown and William Clayborn Thomas

    1900 · Nacogdoches County, Texas · Census

    Samuel Brown Thomas and his son William Clayborn, each heading a household in Nacogdoches County, Texas.

  14. Samuel Brown Thomas's Confederate pension application

    1909 · San Augustine County, Texas · Military · 6 images

    His 1909 application to the State of Texas for a Confederate pension, filled out in his own hand.

  15. Obituary of Capt. Samuel Brown Thomas

    1911 · San Augustine County, Texas · Obituary · 2 images

    His obituary in the Confederate Veteran, from his birth under the Mexican flag to the gold fields and the 13th Texas Cavalry.

  16. Photograph of Samuel Brown Thomas

    Undated, late in his life · Texas · Photograph

    Samuel Brown Thomas as an old man, white-bearded and in shirtsleeves.

  17. "Major Theophilus Thomas, Esquire" (1956)

    April 1956 · Edgecombe County, North Carolina · Article · 4 images

    Hugh Buckner Johnston's biography of Theophilus Thomas, revolutionary patriot of North Carolina, in the DAR Magazine.

  18. Thomas Cemetery historical marker

    2008, photographed 28 October 2012 · Thomas Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas · Historical marker

    The Texas Historical Commission's marker at the Thomas Cemetery, near where Benjamin Thomas's plantation home stood in San Augustine County.