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Judge John (Jackie) H. Summerville Thomas
1Sharp, J.A. - letter, 21 Aug 1953, Mason, T. "Letter to Mrs. Charles L. Adams of Dallas Texas: John Thomas was a justice of the peace in this County before migrating with his family to Arkansas about 1833; from Arkansas he continued westward to the Dallas, Texas, region, about 1844 and was the first white man to settle in Dallas. Apparently he had nine children, all of whom were born in Sevier County. I have a newspaper article clipped from the Dallas Morning News, Sept. 11, 1949, which stated that he had nine children and an adopted son, Nicholas Houx. Do you know anything about this adopted son? Could this name have been Houk? We had people by the latter name in this County. When John Thomas filed for a pension for his services in the War of 1812 he filed from Dallas County, Texas, 29 May 1872, and gave his age as 79 at that time. Does your Bible Record show the date of his birth? His wife's name was Hanna Andes, and he stated he married her in Sevier County, 12 Jan. 1815. Do you know anything about this Andes family? Was her father named Peter Andes? John Thomas described his military service as follows in his application for a pension: "he first went to Fort Armstrong on the Coosa river in the Cherokee Nation, that he went into the Creek Nation with General White to fight the Indians at the Hillily towns, in 12 miles of the Horseshoe; there were several Indians killed at this place." His company was called "mounted riflemen", and his captain was William Mitchell, early settler of Sevier County. His brother, Ellis Thomas, served as sergeant of the same company; in fact the entire company was Sevier County men."
1Sharp, J.A. - letter, 21 Aug 1953, Mason, T. "Letter to Mrs. Charles Adams of Dallas, Texas: The daughter called "Betsy Porter" in the will was Elizabeth Thomas, who first married Doctor Jeremiah Ellis, and after his death she married Doctor John W. Porter. Her second marriage occurred on July 31, 1817, and the Knoxville Register of Aug. 21, 1817 recorded the event as follows: "Dr. John W. Porter, Sevierville, married Mrs. Elizabeth Ellis, consort of the late Doct Jeremiah M. Ellis." She had at least the two sons, Isaac Ellis and Jeremiah M. Ellis, mentioned in the Will of Isaac Thomas; if she had children by Dr. Porter they have escaped my notice."
2C.B. Wynn, Thomas, Isaac of Sevierville, Tennessee (Buckhorn Press, Gatlinburg, Tenn. 1980), p. 15. "CONFLICT: List birth date as 26 Nov 1795."
3Tennessee, Knoxville Register, 24 Aug 1831. "Died on 1st day Aug 1831, Mrs. Elizabeth Porter, wife of Dr. J.W. Porter, aged 35 years 9 mo and 4 days."
1Sharp, J.A. - letter, 21 Aug 1953, Mason, T. "Letter to Mrs. Charles Adams of Dallas, Texas: The daughter called "Betsy Porter" in the will was Elizabeth Thomas, who first married Doctor Jeremiah Ellis, and after his death she married Doctor John W. Porter. Her second marriage occurred on July 31, 1817, and the Knoxville Register of Aug. 21, 1817 recorded the event as follows: "Dr. John W. Porter, Sevierville, married Mrs. Elizabeth Ellis, consort of the late Doct Jeremiah M. Ellis." She had at least the two sons, Isaac Ellis and Jeremiah M. Ellis, mentioned in the Will of Isaac Thomas; if she had children by Dr. Porter they have escaped my notice."
2C.B. Wynn, Thomas, Isaac of Sevierville, Tennessee (Buckhorn Press, Gatlinburg, Tenn. 1980), p. 15. "CONFLICT: List birth date as 26 Nov 1795."
3Tennessee, Knoxville Register, 24 Aug 1831. "Died on 1st day Aug 1831, Mrs. Elizabeth Porter, wife of Dr. J.W. Porter, aged 35 years 9 mo and 4 days."
1Sharp, J.A. - letter, 21 Aug 1953, Mason, T. "Letter to Mrs. Charles L. Adams of Dallas, Texas: Henry Thomas, who inherited the two thirds of the upper plantation with his brother, John, married and raised his family in Sevier County and lived on the same land until his death. His wife was Sarah Porter; she was the daughter of Mitchel Porter, and she was born in this County in 1802."
1Sharp, J.A. - letter, 21 Aug 1953, Mason, T. "Letter to Mrs. Charles L. Adams of Dallas, Texas: Descendants of M.P. Thomas still live here. Mrs. T. M. Wynn Sr., Sevierville, Tenn., and Mrs. Thomas Seaton, Sevierville, Tenn., were daughters of Col. M.P. Thomas. Mrs. Wynn lives on land, now in Sevierville, which was a part of the land her grandfather, Henry Thomas, inherited from his father, Isaac. Much of this "upper plantation", is now within corporate limits of the town of Sevierville. Mrs. Wynn's son, Philip Wynn, an attorney in Sevierville, is very much interested in the career of his great great grandfather, Isaac Thomas Sr. Also, a son of Col. M.P. Thomas, Mr. Mack Thomas Sr., is a hardware merchant in Sevierville; he also lives on land inherited by his grandfather, Henry Thomas."
1Sharp, J.A. - letter, 21 Aug 1953, Mason, T. "Dennis Thomas, who inherited with his brother, Isaac Jr., two thirds of the "plantation that I now live on, including the mills," was married and living in Sevier County in 1850, but I do not know the name of his wife."
1Sharp, J.A. - letter, 21 Aug 1953, Mason, T. "Dennis Thomas, who inherited with his brother, Isaac Jr., two thirds of the "plantation that I now live on, including the mills," was married and living in Sevier County in 1850, but I do not know the name of his wife."
2Registers Office, Tennessee, Sevier County, Book I page 133.
1Registers Office, Tennessee, Sevier County, Book I page 133.
1Sharp, J.A. - letter, Mason, T. "Polly Ann Timothy (note last name) was child of Elizabeth by a first marriage. 17 Oct letter to Mr. William Thomas of Athens, Tenn: The old Douthitt home was on the Little Tennessee River, at Davis Feerry Near Lenior City. A grand daughter of Isaac Thomas Douthitt has her home at Lenior City."
1Sharp, J.A. - letter, 17 Oct 1961, Mason, T. "to Mr. William Thomas of Athens, Tenn: Isaac Thomas Douthitt with two other men had been sent ahead of a regiment of Tennessee cavalry to obtain supplies and established supply depots for the regiment which was bound for Texas. They had travelled from Memphis to Little Rock, from where he wrote the letter Aug. 3, 1646. He said he would continue his trip to Fulton, Arkansas, on the Red River. By checking a map you will find Fulton to be located in the southwestern corner of Arkansas on the Red River. He told his sister to address him at San Antonio, Texas, which place he would arrives at by the last of September. Again by checking a map you will find that San Antonio is located far to the south in south central Texas. Now I shall quote directly from this old letter: "I shall pass in fifty miles of Uncle Isaac Thomas but will not have, the opportunity of going to see them." I consider this last statement conclusive proof that General Thomas was the son of old Isaac, because Isaac Thomas Douthitt was his half-nephew. From Fulton, Arkansas, I feel sure he went down the Red River on a boat to about the same place where Reagan seven years earlier had left the Red River (Natchitoches, La.) and then went over land to the Sabine River crossing. If you check your map again you will find that Natchitoches is almost exactly fifty miles up the Red River from Alexandria, the home of General Thomas."
