Henry Massengill Thomas^[1]

1798 - 1871  (72 years)

• Name	Henry Massengill Thomas
  Born	28 Oct 1798	Sevier County, Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Jun 1871
  Buried	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I50828	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Isaac Thomas,   b. 1738,   d. 30 Oct 1818, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Massengill
  Family ID	F20657	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah R. "Sally" Porter,   b. 14 Dec 1802, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Dec 1884  (Age 82 years)
  Married	Abt 1823
  Children	1. Sallie Thomas,   b. 1824 + 2. Eliza E. C. Thomas,   b. 11 May 1826, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Mar 1857  (Age 30 years)   3. Isaac Mitchell Thomas,   b. 19 Apr 1828, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Oct 1852  (Age 24 years) + 4. Pleasant Henry Thomas,   b. 11 Aug 1830, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Jun 1899  (Age 68 years) + 5. McKendree Porter Thomas,   b. 6 Apr 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Jun 1913  (Age 78 years) + 6. Penelope Caroline Thomas,   b. 23 Nov 1837, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Jun 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 76 years)   7. William L. Thomas,   b. 16 Feb 1843,   d. 21 Sep 1845  (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F18822	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Martha J.,   b. 29 Jan 1832,   d. 14 Jun 1871  (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F18823	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Oct 1798 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Henry M. Thomas estate was allowed compensation from the federal government for damages during the Civil War. ---------- Reference: Joe Chilton GEDCOM, 7 November 1994. "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 371. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 356.

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] E-Mail, Sharon Coughlin [coughlin@urx.com], 23 Jun 2002. WILL OF HENRY M. THOMAS SEVIER COUNTY TENNESSEE Will Book I Page 162-163 I HENRY M. THOMAS of the County of Sevier and State of Tennessee do make and constitute this my last will and Testament. FIRST It is my will that my wife Sarah Thomas have all my estate both real and personal of every kind for her use and benefit for and during her natural life except my Town lot herein after to be disposed of. SECOND It is my will that at the death of my wife Sarah that my two sons, McKindre P. Thomas and P.H. Thomas have my lands lying in the 5th District of Sevier County requiring them to pay the following amount to my other heirs, viz. Nine hundred dollars to my daughter, Penelope Felker, nine hundred dollars to the children of my deceased daughter Eliza Hammer and two hundred dollars to the children of deceased daughter Sally Rinehart the above amount to be paid with interest within one year after the death of my wife. THIRD It is my will that at the death of my wife all the personal estate and money remaining on hand be equally divided among all my children or their descendents. FOURTH It is my will that after my death that my Executors sell my town lot at either public or private Sale as they may think best and appropriate the proceeds of Said Sale first to the payment of my funeral expenses and any just debts that I might then be owing and any necessary expenses that may be incurred in Settling up my business and to pay the remainder to my wife for her use and benefit. FIFTH It is my will that Should my wife at any time be unable from affliction or otherwise to attend to carrying on the farm that Executor assist her in attending to it. SIXTH I do hereby appoint my two sons, M.P. Thomas and P.H. Thomas my Executors to execute this my last will and Testament. Witness my hand and Seal this 11th day of February 1869 The above will was signed and acknowledged in our presence and attested by us at the request of the Testator this 11th day of February 1869. M.W. McCown Isaac Trotter [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 379a, 6 Jun 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0379a.gif [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 507, page 422a, line 29, 18 Sep 1850. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/sevier/1850/pg0421a.txt