Thanks to Joan Henshaw for the following information:

UPDATE: We now know Elijah's birth evidently occurred in Anson County

in the Province of North Carolina, because his Quaker parents were living near Hailey's

Ferry on Solomon's Creek and east of the Great Pee Dee River from around the 1750s until 1782 when they moved to Guilford County, North Carolina. John Thomas and Molly Clark would have been married in Anson County, Province of North Carolina before their first child, Isaac, arrived there in 1767. In the 1990s, a retired educator Trent

Strickland, proved Pee Dee Meeting had incorrectly been located in South

Carolina for over 168 years! Elijah's maternal grandfather, Francis Clark, Jr., was

one of the trustees who donated land for a meeting house and graveyard for Pee

Dee Preparative Meeting - located south of what is now known as Cordova, Richmond

County, North Carolina. [SOURCE: "The Forgotten Quaker Meeting of Richmond

County, N.C." per Internet Archive.org] Per Joan Henshaw # 46948607

From the New Garden Township, "The History of Wayne County Indiana"; Elijah Thomas was a son of John Thomas Sr (1743-1814) and Molly Clark (1748-1839). He was born in Marlboro, Marlboro County, South Carolina. He married Susanna Sneed (1779-1847) in South Carolina. Susanna Sneed was born 2-8-1779, at Bunker Hill, Richmond County, North Carolina, she died 11-25-1847 in Center Township, Grant County, Indiana. Elijah and Susanna had 13 children: 1) Daniel who married Rachel Way, Grant County Indiana, where she died, and he married and lost in Randolph County a second wife and lives at Bloomingport, 2) Mary who married Jacob Wright in Wayne County Indiana 1823 and lives in (New London) Howard County Indiana, 3) Simeon who married twice and died in Michigan, his first wife was Olive Elliott, they were married 8-27-1825 at Duck Creek, Henry County Indiana, 4) Samuel who died in Grant County Indiana, 5) Milton who lived in Grant County Indiana, 6) Henley who lived in Iowa, 7) Sneed who married Miriam Lamb, and after her death, Sarah Arnold and lived in Howard County Indiana, 8) Isaac who married Eliza Jane Jones on 11-19-1858 at the Mississinewa Monthly Meeting in Grant County Indiana, 9) John who lived in Iowa, 10) Susannah who lived in Grant County Indiana. Three of their children died young: Enos, Araz and Picket.

NOTE: It is noted that "The Forgotten Quaker Meeting of Richmond County, N.C." book indicates Elijah was born in North Carolina and "The History of Wayne County Indiana" book indicates Elijah was born in South Carolina.