spouse: 1)Lucy Elizabeth HILL 2)Jane Gilbert PULLIAM
NAME.................. Dozier THORNTON
BIRTH/PLACE/RECORDS..... 14 APR 1755 Lunenberg CO VA
MARRIAGE/PLACE/RECORDS.. 1)6 FEB 1776 Goochland Co VA
2)ca 1782 NC
DIED/PLACE/BURIAL....... SEP 1843 Franklin Co GA Van's Creek Church Cem
PARENTS NAME............ Mark THORNTON II/Susannah Elizabeth DOZIER
GRANDPARENTS............ Mark THORNTON/Mary BRUCE
> WIFE.................. Lucy Elizabeth HILL Jane Gilbert PULLIAM
BORN/PLACE/RECORDS...... b 13 JAN 1760
DIED/PLACE/BURIAL....... bef 1783
PARENTS NAME............
CHILDREN................ 12 (possibly as many as 21)
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* CHILD 1.............. Jeremiah THORNTON b 2 OCT 1777 NC
MARRIED................. Elizabeth ALLEN 1797
dau of Rev.Nathaniel ALLEN
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS...... 28 JAN 1848 Muscogee Co GA
CHILDREN................ 1.Dr.Hudson Allen THORNTON b 14 JUL 1800 d 16 APR 1859
m Elizabeth RAGAN d 1837
2.Major Dozier THORNTON b 24 OCT 1801 d 10 JUN 1860
m Ann Caroline EARLY b 1801 d 26 JAN 1861
3.Major Nathaniel M.THORNTON b 6 OCT 1806 d 28 MAR 1882
4.Lousiana Hawkins THORNTON b 2 DEC 1809 d 11 JAN 1868
m Nathaniel NUCKOLLS 13 NOV 1826
b 26 NOV 1800 d 24 SEP 1868
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* CHILD 2.............. Benjamin T.THORNTON b 12 OCT 1779 NC
MARRIED................. 1)Sara UPSHAW 1796
2)Rebecca Cook UPSHAW 21 JAN 1836
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS...... 21 JAN 1854
CHILDREN................ 1.Reuben THORNTON b 1797 d 30 AUG 1855
m Elizabeth Lane JACKSON 18 JUN 1837
b 12 JAN 1813 d 17 APR 1893
2.Thomas THORNTON b 1798 d 1877 Monroe Co MS
3.Priscilla THORNTON b 1800
m Sion HUNT 31 JUL 1823
b 1 FEB 1798 d 11 FEB 1875
4.Rev.Benjamin THORNTON Jr b 15 AUG 1801
Baptist Minister, member GA House of Reps 1851-1852
m Nancy PAYNE 16 SEP 1819
5.John THORNTON b unk
m Frances ADAMS 23 OCT 1823
6.Daniel THORNTON b 11 OCT 1811 d DEC 1848
m Lucy BRADLEY 3 OCT 1826
7.Mary THORNTON
m William ALMOND 6 JAN 1831
8.Dozier THORNTON
m Jane FORTSON 25 SEP 1834
9.Elizabeth THORNTON b 1802
m John DICKERSON 29 DEC 1821
10.Polly THORNTON
m Neal McMULLAN 1 AUG 1807
11.Sarah THORNTON b 1814 d 7 MAR 1862
m John HIGGINBOTHAM 25 AUG 1828
b MAR 1807 d 1893
notes: No issue by 2)Rebecca Cook Upshaw. Her 1st marriage was
to John Upshaw Jr.
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by 2) Jane Gilbert PULLIAM
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* CHILD 3.............. Rev.Reuben THORNTON b 16 FEB 1783 Warren Co NC
MARRIED................. 1)Frances Catherine RICHARDSON 11 NOV 1803
b 28 FEB 1786 Elbert Co GA
2)Elizabeth WATERS 1828
b 10 SEP 1790 d 7 NOV 1853 Thornton Cem
3)Fannie FORNEY
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS...... 8 DEC 1863 Russell Co AL Thornton Cem Lee Co AL
CHILDREN................ 1.Walker THORNTON b 1803
2.Elizabeth THORNTON b 1809
3.Martha Greene THORNTON b 1812
m unk STAPLES
4.Catherine Frances THORNTON b unk
m unk HAYNES
5.Jeremiah THORNTON b 1814
6.Jonathan M.THORNTON b 18 MAR 1816 Elbert Co GA
d 30 DEC 1890 Barbour Co AL
m1 Martha M.MILLS 22 MAR 1837
b 22 SEP 1816 d 9 JAN 1856
1.Frances Catherine Richardson THORNTON b 12 DEC 1837
d 22 MAY 1904
m Michael CODY 10 JAN 1854
2.Elam Dozier Mills THORNTON b 4 MAR 1839 Russell AL
d 6 MAY 1919 CSA 1861-1865 15th AL
m Ella McDonald POPE 14 APR 1868 d 18 JAN 1925
3.Reuben Jeremiah THORNTON b 26 JAN 1840 d 1890
m Martha M.MILLER 30 OCT 1866
4.William Alexander THORNTON b 10 OCT 1841 d 7 MAY 1856
5.Hester Ann THORNTON b 12 MAY 1843 d 3 AUG 1866
m George BOYER 14 JUL 1861
6.Henry Clay THORNTON b 7 OCT 1844 d 3 JUL 1909
JAN 1863-MAY 1865
CSA Hardie's Battery, GA Roberts Co
m Laura SPARKS 25 APR 1878
b 22 MAR 1859 Barbour Co AL
d 8 APR 1933 Montgomery AL
both bur Greenwood Cem Montgomery AL
dau of Samuel SPARKS/Mary LAWHON
7.Robert Dawson THORNTON b 18 JUN 1846
d 1864 Vicksburg MS CSA
8.Nathaniel Nuckols THORNTON b 16 APR 1848 d 1885
9.dau THORNTON b 24 SEP 1849
10.Jonathan M.THORNTON Jr b 3 DEC 1850 d 20 SEP 1891
m Bessie STRATFORD
11.Martha Jane Elizabeth THORNTON b 9 AUG 1852 d 1926
m F.Marion ANSLEY 30 NOV 1876
m2 Rebecca WOODRUFF 24 AUG 1856 Russell Co AL
d 23 JUN 1873 Barbour Co AL
12.Rebecca M.Woodruff THORNTON b 9 JUL 1857 d 8 APR 1938
m Jesse B.DAVIE 7 JAN 1879 d 31 MAR 1932
both bur Old Spring Hill Cem Barbour Co AL
13.John Fred THORNTON b 10 NOV 1858 d 1937
m Sallie Hart JACKSON d 1938
14.Thomas THORNTON b 14 NOV 1860
15.Sallie THORNTON b 8 JAN 1863
m R.I.FIELDS
16.Mollie THORNTON b 30 OCT 1867
m Henry Clayton RILEY
17.Nat Woodruff THORNTON b 23 JUN 1873 d 30 DEC 1947
m Louisa James EDWARDS 25 APR 1900
b 10 DEC 1880 d 17 AUG 1953
m3 Fannie SYLVESTER 27 JAN 1874 d 26 SEP 1927
no issue
7.Reuben J.THORNTON b 1825 d 1911
m Sarah Ann EDWARDS
1.Curtis THORNTON
2.Loxla THORNTON
3.Ophelia THORNTON
4.Annie Lucille THORNTON
by 2)Elizabeth WATERS
8.Robert Dozier THORNTON b 12 OCT 1829 d 13 NOV 1883 AR
m Eliza SEAY
1.Lizzie THORNTON
2.Carrie THORNTON
3.Edward L.THORNTON
by 3)Frances FORNEY
no issue
notes: Will of Dozier Thornton
Will of Reuben Thornton, dated 9 NOV 1863 Russell Co AL
Family Bible of Jonathan Thornton
1850/1860 Russell Co AL Reuben Thornton fam,Reuben J.Thornton fam
1840/1850 Russell Co AL Jonathan Thornton fam
1860/1880 Barbour Co AL Jonathan Thornton fam
Barbour Co AL Deed Book S,p.539
23 NOV 1857,AUG 1863 Jonathan M.Thornton
Orphans Record Book 26,p.173 petition for probate of Will of Jonathan Thornton
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* CHILD 4.............. Dozier THORNTON Jr b 1785 Elbert Co GA
MARRIED................. Nancy ALLEN
dau of Rev.Nathaniel ALLEN
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS......
CHILDREN................ few children;names unk at this time
notes: 1830 Harris Co GA
1840 Chambers Co GA
1850 Macon Co GA
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* CHILD 5.............. Evan S.THORNTON b 1787
MARRIED................. Mourning ADAMS
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS...... 23 OCT 1817 Elbert Co GA
CHILDREN................
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* CHILD 6.............. Martha Ann(Patsy)THORNTON b 1789
MARRIED................. Samuel ADAMS 1803
b 1 FEB 1784 Fluvanna VA d 6 NOV 1861 Salem AL
son of James ADAMS
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS...... NOV 1860 Salem AL
CHILDREN................ 1.Charlotte ADAMS
m Abraham EVANS
2.Sanford ADAMS
m Lou unk
3.Thompson Thornton ADAMS b 17 DEC 1809 d 1 FEB 1881
m Frances Ann PORCH 28 SEP 1837
4.Elizabeth Jane ADAMS d 16 SEP 1845
m1 William W.COLSON AUG 1835
m2 Williamson ROGERS 1844
b 15 JUL 1817 d 1882
5.Jeremiah ADAMS b 15 MAY 1823 d 15 MAY 1860
m Lou PORCH
6.James ADAMS
m Susan PORCH
7.Eldridge ADAMS
m Amanda ALLDREDGE
8.Joseph ADAMS
m Mary WITHERSPOON
9.Marian ADAMS
10.Martha Ann ADAMS
m1 Charles SMITH
m2 John LOGAN
11.Merial Caroline ADAMS b 14 JUL 1826 d 8 OCT 1893
m Williamson ROGERS 31 DEC 1845
b 15 JUL 1817 d 1882
1.Rev.William Samuel ROGERS b 18 NOV 1846 d 19 JUL 1901
m Mary Edna GARY 5 JUL 1870
b 24 JUN 1848 d 4 AUG 1931
12.Alfred Newton ADAMS b 17 JUL 1831 d 13 DEC 1901
m Mary J.LAMB
notes: Frances, Lou and Susan Porch were sisters.
Williamson Rogers married 1st Elizabeth Jane Adams, and after she
passed on, married her sister Merial Caroline Adams.
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* CHILD 7.............. Jonathon M.THORNTON b 1793
MARRIED................. Martha B.McMASTER 1818 Abbeville SC
dau of William McMASTER/Rebecca JONES
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS......
CHILDREN................ 1.William Monroe THORNTON b 1818 SC d 1 JUN 1902 AL
bur Union Springs AL
m1 Sarah Jane QUARLES
dau of William QUARLES/Sarah Ann DAY
1.Martha Elizabeth THORNTON b ca 1847 d 1866
never married
2.Sarah Rebecca THORNTON b 23 MAR 1850 d 22 AUG 1908
m John Madison MILLER
no issue
3.Mary Will THORNTON b 27 NOV 1854 d 11 JAN 1931
m George Allen MOYE 11 DEC 1878
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* CHILD 8.............. Greene Hill THORNTON b 1797 KY
MARRIED................. Rhoda SKELTON b 1807 Elbert Co GA
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS......
CHILDREN................ 1.Leander A.THORNTON
2.Euphemia THORNTON b 1830
3.Blackstone R.THORNTON b 1834
4.Greene G.THORNTON b 1836
5.Nathaniel THORNTON
6.Rhoda THORNTON b 1840
m1 Edmund CARTLEDGE b 1835
m2 Captain Cameron McKINNON
notes: 1830 Harris Co GA Green H.Thornton fam
1850 Harris Co GA Greene Thornton fam
1860 Russell Co GA Leander Thornton fam
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* CHILD 9.............. Evans THORNTON b unk Elbert Co GA
MARRIED................. Mourning ADAMS
dau of James ADAMS
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS...... young
CHILDREN................ no issue
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* CHILD 10............. Elizabeth THORNTON b 4 NOV 1795 Elbert Co GA
MARRIED................. Reuben MAXWELL 13 DEC 1821
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS......
CHILDREN................ 1.F.M.MAXWELL
2.Allen MAXWELL
3.William W.MAXWELL
4.Eugenia MAXWELL
5.Elizabeth MAXWELL
6.Susan MAXWELL
7.Jennie MAXWELL
8.Mary MAXWELL
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* CHILD 11............. Lucinda THORNTON b unk Elbert Co GA
MARRIED................. Jeremiah S.WARREN 14 OCT 1823
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS......
CHILDREN................
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* CHILD 12............. Sanford THORNTON b 1798 Elbert Co GA
MARRIED................. Susanna T.McMASTER 1819
d ca 1856 Union Springs AL
dau of William McMASTER/Rebecca JONES
DIED/PLACE/RECORDS...... 4 MAR 1853 Hart GA
CHILDREN................ 1.William Dozier THORNTON b 1820 Harris Co GA
d 1 MAR Cuthbert GA Western(now Greenwood)Cem
m1 Harriet Day COOPER 27 FEB 1849 Russell Co AL
d 24 APR 1856 Vilula Cem Seale AL
dau of Wiley DAY/Lucretia unk
m2 Emma L.Knowles JENKINS 15 APR 1879 Randolph Co GA
(all children by Harriet)
1.Virginia THORNTON b 1850 AL
m Pinkney BENNETT Freestone Co TX
2.Wiley Sanford THORNTON b 1852 Russell Co AL
d 26 MAR 1886 Freestone Co TX
m Mary Alice OWENS JUN 1874 d 3 SEP 1885 TX
both bur Rehoboth Cem Freestone Co TX
3.Louisiana Mourning THORNTON b 18 APR 1854 d 1913 Salem AL
(aka Lula Estelle)
m Robert Lee KENNON
4.John J.THORNTON b 1855 TX d 1867 TX
5.Harriett T.THORNTON b APR 1856 AL d 1900 TX
m Marshall MONTCRIEF
no issue
2.Sanford THORNTON Jr b 1823 GA
migrated to TX ca 1857
3.dau THORNTON b 1825 GA
4.dau THORNTON b 1833 d bef 1840
5.Albert THORNTON b 1828 GA
6.Memory W.THORNTON b 1831 GA
7.Reuben John THORNTON b 1836 Chambers Co AL
d 1 NOV 1896 Montgomery AL
m Elizabeth Eben THORNTON 1860 Tallahassee FL
d 19 MAY 1911 Jacksonville FL
8.Columbus THORNTON b 1839 AL
9.Sarah Virginia THORNTON b 1841 AL
10.Henry THORNTON b 1843 AL
notes: 1830 Harris Co GA Sanford Thornton fam
1834 Land Grants
1836 Pvt/Sgt Capt.Seals Co, Webbs Batt. AL Mounted Militia
Florida Indian Wars
1840 Chambers Co GA Sanford Thornton fam
1850 Macon Co AL
1851 5 JUN Sanford joined Masonic Lodge, Auburn AL
1860 Freestone Co TX Wiley Day fam
Randolph Co GA Marriage records
1880 Randolph Co GA William D.Thornton fam
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*Sources: Will of Leonard Dozier, probated 1787 Lunenburg Co VA
Will of Rev.Dozier Thornton, probated 6 NOV 1843
Cumberland Parish Church Records
Rev War records
Lunenburg Co VA Land records
Granville Co,Warren Co NC Land records
Elbert Co GA Deed Books
Thornton Family by Jonathon Mills Thornton 1958
History of Elbert County by McIntosh
Georgia Baptists, Historical and Biographical by Rev.Jesse H.Campbell
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