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Henry Clay Thomas

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Henry Clay Thomas

Birth
Lee County, Virginia, USA
Death
2 Jan 1904 (aged 49)
Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
Cenotaph. Section Single K next to house. Original burial location in cemetery unknown.
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Civil War Veteran, Union. Enlisted at age 14 (lied about his age) in Co. E. 2nd East Tennessee Infantry on Feb. 10, 1862, at Cumberland Ford, and was honorably discharged September 17, 1862 after receiving a gunshot wound in left thigh. Re-enlisted in Co. A., 10th Illinois Vol. Infantry at Nashville, Tennessee on January 2, 1863, and was honorably discharged July 4, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Husband of Martha Jane Brown. Father of 12 children. I have four sources for Henry's birth date:

October 7, 1854, Powell Valley, Lee Co., Virginia, USA. Source: James Alvin Thomas, NARA Form 85D, Full Pension File-Civil War, WC178.061.

1848, Powell Valley, Lee Co., Virginia. Source: Deposition Of Henry Thomas, Deposition A, Pg. 7, No. 649009, Feb. 7, 1889, National Archives. Alternate birth date October 1846.

1846, Precinct 2, Powell, Kentucky. Source: Marriage Records, 1865-1868, Marriage Book E, Pg. 182 & 183, London, Laurel Co., KY, Clerk of the County Court, LDS Family History Library, Film # 0965810.

October 3, 1845. Source: James Alvin Thomas, NARA Form 85D, Full Pension File-Civil War, WC178.061, Jesse Rogers, Guardian, Sworn Declaration, March 17, 1873.

I think the most logical birth date for Henry was 1848 as he would have been 14 if he enlisted in 1862. The date on his stone, 1837, was an guesstimate I made before I ordered his headstone, and before I had access to Henry's and Matha's pension files.
Civil War Veteran, Union. Enlisted at age 14 (lied about his age) in Co. E. 2nd East Tennessee Infantry on Feb. 10, 1862, at Cumberland Ford, and was honorably discharged September 17, 1862 after receiving a gunshot wound in left thigh. Re-enlisted in Co. A., 10th Illinois Vol. Infantry at Nashville, Tennessee on January 2, 1863, and was honorably discharged July 4, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Husband of Martha Jane Brown. Father of 12 children. I have four sources for Henry's birth date:

October 7, 1854, Powell Valley, Lee Co., Virginia, USA. Source: James Alvin Thomas, NARA Form 85D, Full Pension File-Civil War, WC178.061.

1848, Powell Valley, Lee Co., Virginia. Source: Deposition Of Henry Thomas, Deposition A, Pg. 7, No. 649009, Feb. 7, 1889, National Archives. Alternate birth date October 1846.

1846, Precinct 2, Powell, Kentucky. Source: Marriage Records, 1865-1868, Marriage Book E, Pg. 182 & 183, London, Laurel Co., KY, Clerk of the County Court, LDS Family History Library, Film # 0965810.

October 3, 1845. Source: James Alvin Thomas, NARA Form 85D, Full Pension File-Civil War, WC178.061, Jesse Rogers, Guardian, Sworn Declaration, March 17, 1873.

I think the most logical birth date for Henry was 1848 as he would have been 14 if he enlisted in 1862. The date on his stone, 1837, was an guesstimate I made before I ordered his headstone, and before I had access to Henry's and Matha's pension files.

Gravesite Details

Celesta Eubanks Thomas (1873-1938) Find A Grave # 14151114. Mollie Cash Thomas (1878-1952) Find A Grave Memorial# 72432287. Caladonia Thomas (1884-1955) Find A Grave Memorial# 14536104, Sarah Elizabeth Thomas Find A Grave Memorial# 39922057.

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