Family Group Record

Sanford THORNTON b 1798 Elbert Co GA

MARRIED

Susanna T.McMASTERS 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 Jeremiah THORNTON
b. June 11, 1829 Harris County, Georgia
d. June 18, 1906 Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama

6. Memory W.THORNTON b 1831 Georgia

7. Reuben John THORNTON
b 1836 Chambers Co AL

d 1 NOV 1896 Montgomery AL

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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