Family Group Record

Husband

Dozier Thornton

Birth: b. 14 Apr 1755 Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg, VA.
Marriage: February 6, 1776 North Carolina
Death: SEPT 1843 Franklin County, Georgia
Burial:

Father: Mark Thornton
Mother: Susannah Dozier

Wife

Lucy Elizabeth Hill

Birth: 13 Jan 1760 Halifax County, North Carolina
Death: 18 Jan 1835 Franklin, GA.
Burial:



Children
1. Jeremiah Thornton
Birth: 02 OCT 1777 North Carolina
Death: 28 JAN 1848

MARRIED Elizabeth ALLEN 1797
dau of Rev.Nathaniel ALLEN

DIED 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



2. Benjamin Thornton, Sr.

Birth: 12 OCT 1779 Warren, North Carolina
Death: 1854 Elbert County, Georgia
m. SARAH UPSHAW?

Children

1. JOHN THORNTON, b. Est. 1793-1811, Elbert, Georgia
d. Bef. 1853.

2. DANIEL THORNTON, b. Est. 1795-1814, Elbert, Georgia d. Bef. 1853, Elbert, Georgia

3. ELIZABETH THORNTON, b. Est. 1793-1801, Elbert, Georgia
d. Est. 1841-1894.

4. REUBEN THORNTON, b. 1797, Elbert, Georgia
d. August 30, 1855, Elbert, Georgia

5. THOMAS THORNTON1, b. 1798, Elbert, Georgia
d. Est. 1799-18881.

6. PRISCILLA K. THORNTON, b. Abt 1800, Elbert, Georgia d. August 16, 1847, Elbert, Georgia

7. BENJAMIN JR. THORNTON, b. August 15, 1801, Elbert, Georgia
d. April 12, 1878, Hartwell, Hart, Georgia

8. POLLY THORNTON1, b. August 01, 1807, Elbert, Georgia d. Est. 1808-19011.

9. MARY THORNTON, b. Abt 1814, Elbert, Georgia
d. Est. 1846-1908.

10. SARAH S. THORNTON, b. 1814, Elbert, Georgia
d. March 07, 1862.

11. DOZIER THORNTON, b. June 10, 1817, Elbert, Georgia d. September 28, 1874, Elbert, Georgia



3. Reuben Thornton

Birth: 16 FEB 1783 Warren, North Carolina
Death: 08 DEC 1863 Elbert County, Georgia
married (1) KATHERINE RICHARDSON HOPKINS1 Est. 1796-18311.
(2) ELIZABETH WATERS Est. 1803-1833 in Elbert, Ga.

Child of REUBIN THORNTON and KATHERINE HOPKINS

1. WALKER THORNTON b. Abt 1803, Elbert, Ga.
d. WFT Est. 1804-1893

Children of REUBIN THORNTON and ELIZABETH WATERS

2. CATHERINE FRANCES "FANNIE"6 THORNTON
b. Est. 1805-1832
d. Est. 1811-1915

3. GREENE THORNTON
b. WFT Est. 1805-1832, Elbert, Ga.
d. WFT Est. 1811-19121.

4. ELIZABETH THORNTON
b. August 04, 1809, Elbert, Ga.
d. Est. 1810-19031.

5. MARTHA G. THORNTON
b. May 23, 1812, Elbert, Ga.
d. WFT Est. 1813-1906

6. JEREMIAH THORNTON
b. Abt 1814, Elbert, Ga.
d. 1853

7. JONATHAN M. THORNTON
b. Abt 1816, Elbert, Ga.
d. Est. 1817-19061.

8. REUBEN J. THORNTON
b. Abt 1818, Elbert, Ga.
d. Est. 1819-1908

9. ROBERT DOZIER THORNTON
b. October 12, 1820, Elbert, Ga.
d. Est. 1841-1910.



4. Dozier Thornton, Jr.

Birth: 1785 Elbert County, Georgia
Death: Macon, Ga
m. ELIZABETH HALL


5. Evans Thornton

Birth: 1787 Elbert County, Georgia
Death:
m. MOURNING MCLOCKLIN ADAMS, October 23, 1817 Elbert County, Georgia


6. Martha Ann Thornton

Birth: 1789 Elbert County, Georgia
Death: NOV 1862
m. SAMUEL ADAMS

Children

1. CHARLOTTE6 ADAMS
b.
d.
m. ABRAHAM EVANS Est. 1822-1866

2. SANFORD ADAMS
b.
d.

3. THOMPSON ADAMS
b.
d.
m. FRANCES WITHERSPOON Est. 1826-1870

4. ELIZABETH JANE ADAMS
b.
d.
m. (1) WILLIAM ROGERS Est. 1830-1863
m. (2) WILLIAM W. COLSON1, August 1835

5. MARION ADAMS
b.
d.

6. JAMES ADAMS
b.
d.

7. ELDRIDGE ADAMS
b.
d.
m. AMANDA ALDRIDGE Est. 1826-18701.

8. JOSEPH ADAMS
b.
d.
m. MARY WITHERSPOON Est. 1826-18701.

9. ANN ADAMS
b.
d.
m. (1) CHARLES SMITH Est. 1822-1866
m. (2) JOHN LOGAN Est. 1822-1866

10. JEREMIAH ADAMS
b. May 15, 1823
d. May 15, 1860
m. UNKNOWN WITHERSPOON Est. 1840-18571.

11. MERIAL CAROLINE ADAMS
b. July 04, 1826
d. October 08, 1893
m. WILLIAM ROGERS1, December 31, 1845

12. ALFRED N. ADAMS
b. July 17, 1831
d. December 13, 1906
m. MARY J. LAMB Est. 1848-1881



7. Pricilla Thornton

Birth: About 1791 Elbert County, Georgia
Death:


8. Jonathon Thornton

Birth: 1793 Elbert County, Georgia
Death: Russell, Alabama
m. MARTHA MCMASTERS

1. JEREMIAH THORNTON
b.
d.

2. SANFORD THORNTON
b.
d.

3. GEORGE THORNTON
b.
d.

4. MARY THORNTON
b.
d.



9. Elizabeth Thornton

Birth: 04 NOV 1795 Elbert County,
Death:
m. REUBEN MAXWELL December 13, 1821 in Elbert, Ga.

Children
1. F. M. MAXWELL
b.
d.

2. ALLEN MAXWELL
b.
d.

3. WILLIAM W. MAXWELL
b.
d.

4. EUGENIA MAXWELL
b.
d.

5. ELIZABETH MAXWELL
b.
d.

6. SUSAN MAXWELL
b.
d.

7. MAXWELL
b.
d.

8. MARY MAXWELL
b.
d.



10. Greene Thornton

Birth: 1796 Kentucky
Death: Muscegee, Georgia
m. RHODA

Children
1. EUPHEMIA THORNTON
b. 1830
d.

2. BLACKSTONE R. THORNTON
b. 1834
d.

3. GREENE G. THORNTON
b. 1836
d. Est. 1837-19261.

4. RHODA B. THORNTON
b. 1840
d.
m. (1) EDMUND CARTLEDGE Est. 1854-1887
m. (2) CAMERON MCKINNON1, Est. 1854-18871.





11. Lucy Thornton

Birth: About 1797 Elbert County, Georgia
Death:




12. Sanford Thornton

Birth: 1798 Elbert County, Georgia
Death: d. 4 Mar 1853 Auburn, Alabama
m. Susannah T. McMasters c1824