John was born abt 1773, Spartanburg Co., SC, son of Capt. Robert Thomas who died in the Am. Rev. in 1781 and Martha Hanna. He married Ferebe Simmons in SC. They were the parents of 12 children: William D., Jane B., Mary Ann, Martha H., Catherine, John Simmons, Samuel S., Sarah M., Robert Porter, Abram D., Francis Marion, and Margaret Elizabeth Thomas. He died before 6 March 1839.
John was born abt 1773, Spartanburg Co., SC, son of Capt. Robert Thomas who died in the Am. Rev. in 1781 and Martha Hanna. He married Ferebe Simmons in SC. They were the parents of 12 children: William D., Jane B., Mary Ann, Martha H., Catherine, John Simmons, Samuel S., Sarah M., Robert Porter, Abram D., Francis Marion, and Margaret Elizabeth Thomas. He died before 6 March 1839.