son of Joseph Lewis Thorp - Ella Elizabeth Cowan
James Thorp moved to Young County in 1857 according to Post Returns at Fort Belknap. He was in the Shackelford, Young and Throckmorton counties.
James Thorp married Elizabeth Frans on 29 August 1861 at Young County, Texas. Book A, Volume 1, page 30. Marriage was officiated by D.S. Nance, minister of the Gospel
Muster Roll
First Frontier District
Lt. Charles Neuhaus
Young County, Texas
27 June 1864
Company B
age 28 years
Frontier Regiment
On 25 April 1864, J.L. Thorp built a blacksmith shop at Fort Davis, Stephens County, Texas according to Samuel Newcomb diary. The family left to visit the Thorp families on 6 July 1865. The Newcomb diary states that the family was back at Fort Davis on 11 August 1865.
At Fort Davis, Thorp helped his father-in-law, Madison Frans with the stage coach that came through the area.
In 1876, J.L. Thorp was granted 160 acres of land in Shackelford County recorded in said county on 21 July 1877.
1880 Precinct 4, Shackelford County, Texas
Blacksmith / Wheelwright, cattle rancher, raised sheep
Invented the first hand-lift jack made in the United States. Received a patent for the jack.
J.L. Thorp, was a jeweler in Seymour, Texas in 1895 but left there in 1900 heading to Throckmorton.
James Thorp moved to Young County in 1857 according to Post Returns at Fort Belknap. He was in the Shackelford, Young and Throckmorton counties.
James Thorp married Elizabeth Frans on 29 August 1861 at Young County, Texas. Book A, Volume 1, page 30. Marriage was officiated by D.S. Nance, minister of the Gospel
Muster Roll
First Frontier District
Lt. Charles Neuhaus
Young County, Texas
27 June 1864
Company B
age 28 years
Frontier Regiment
On 25 April 1864, J.L. Thorp built a blacksmith shop at Fort Davis, Stephens County, Texas according to Samuel Newcomb diary. The family left to visit the Thorp families on 6 July 1865. The Newcomb diary states that the family was back at Fort Davis on 11 August 1865.
At Fort Davis, Thorp helped his father-in-law, Madison Frans with the stage coach that came through the area.
In 1876, J.L. Thorp was granted 160 acres of land in Shackelford County recorded in said county on 21 July 1877.
1880 Precinct 4, Shackelford County, Texas
Blacksmith / Wheelwright, cattle rancher, raised sheep
Invented the first hand-lift jack made in the United States. Received a patent for the jack.
J.L. Thorp, was a jeweler in Seymour, Texas in 1895 but left there in 1900 heading to Throckmorton.
son of Joseph Lewis Thorp - Ella Elizabeth Cowan
James Thorp moved to Young County in 1857 according to Post Returns at Fort Belknap. He was in the Shackelford, Young and Throckmorton counties.
James Thorp married Elizabeth Frans on 29 August 1861 at Young County, Texas. Book A, Volume 1, page 30. Marriage was officiated by D.S. Nance, minister of the Gospel
Muster Roll
First Frontier District
Lt. Charles Neuhaus
Young County, Texas
27 June 1864
Company B
age 28 years
Frontier Regiment
On 25 April 1864, J.L. Thorp built a blacksmith shop at Fort Davis, Stephens County, Texas according to Samuel Newcomb diary. The family left to visit the Thorp families on 6 July 1865. The Newcomb diary states that the family was back at Fort Davis on 11 August 1865.
At Fort Davis, Thorp helped his father-in-law, Madison Frans with the stage coach that came through the area.
In 1876, J.L. Thorp was granted 160 acres of land in Shackelford County recorded in said county on 21 July 1877.
1880 Precinct 4, Shackelford County, Texas
Blacksmith / Wheelwright, cattle rancher, raised sheep
Invented the first hand-lift jack made in the United States. Received a patent for the jack.
J.L. Thorp, was a jeweler in Seymour, Texas in 1895 but left there in 1900 heading to Throckmorton.
James Thorp moved to Young County in 1857 according to Post Returns at Fort Belknap. He was in the Shackelford, Young and Throckmorton counties.
James Thorp married Elizabeth Frans on 29 August 1861 at Young County, Texas. Book A, Volume 1, page 30. Marriage was officiated by D.S. Nance, minister of the Gospel
Muster Roll
First Frontier District
Lt. Charles Neuhaus
Young County, Texas
27 June 1864
Company B
age 28 years
Frontier Regiment
On 25 April 1864, J.L. Thorp built a blacksmith shop at Fort Davis, Stephens County, Texas according to Samuel Newcomb diary. The family left to visit the Thorp families on 6 July 1865. The Newcomb diary states that the family was back at Fort Davis on 11 August 1865.
At Fort Davis, Thorp helped his father-in-law, Madison Frans with the stage coach that came through the area.
In 1876, J.L. Thorp was granted 160 acres of land in Shackelford County recorded in said county on 21 July 1877.
1880 Precinct 4, Shackelford County, Texas
Blacksmith / Wheelwright, cattle rancher, raised sheep
Invented the first hand-lift jack made in the United States. Received a patent for the jack.
J.L. Thorp, was a jeweler in Seymour, Texas in 1895 but left there in 1900 heading to Throckmorton.
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