DeSoto County Louisiana Archives Biographies.....Jefferson, Thomas November 25, 1792 - May 22, 1855
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Thomas Jefferson was born November 25, 1792 in Sumter County, South Carolina, 
the son of John Jefferson and Lucy Andrews. On December 22, 1814, in Jones 
County, Georgia, he married Mary R. Wommack, who was born April 10, 1798 in 
Georgia. 

To this union eight known children were born: 1. Sarah Maria Jefferson who 
married James Scott 2. Thomas R Jefferson married Theresa ??? and secondly 
Permelia 3. Mary Amanda Jefferson married Robert Hamilton Scott 4. CarterMartha 
Elizabeth Jefferson who married Seneca H. Powell  5. Sicily Jefferson married 
John Glover 6. Green Womack Jefferson married Harriet Hall   7. Elizabeth Ann 
Jefferson born September 24, 1833 and married David A. Tharp and secondly James 
B. Backus. 8. Jesse Jefferson 9. John Jefferson 10. Walter R. Jefferson married 
Nancy Caroline (Callie) McCorkle


Thomas was Justice of Jones County 1818 - 1821. He started his military career 
as a Captain in the Georgia Militia, and later a major in the militia. Thomas 
was a trustee in incorporating Fortville Academy on December 9, 1822 and bought 
land in Jones County (deed book K, p 109. Thomas Jefferson, Esq. of Jones 
County was a fortunate drawer in the Lottery of 1820, drawing land in Gwinnett 
County. Thomas sold his land in Jones County before moving to Alabama. 

We know that Thomas and Mary left Jones County and relocated to Pleasant Hill, 
in Dallas County, Alabama in the 1820's. He later lived in Wilcox County, 
Alabama Here he served in the Alabama State Legislature. Sometime around 1849, 
he moved the family to DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. The rumor is that something 
happen and the whole community up and moved to Louisiana by caravan at the same 
time. Thomas Jefferson had a Stean Mill in the Frierson area in the years 1851-
1855. 

Thomas and Mary were both were baptized on September 7, 1834 and are listed as 
first members of the Evergreen Baptist Church in 1852 in Louisiana. 

Thomas died May 22, 1855 and is buried in Kingston, Desoto Parish, Louisana. 
Mary died January 30, 1859 and is also buried in Kingston, Desoto Parish, 
Louisana. Both are buried in Evergreen Cemetery. 

References:
Sifting Through The Ashes - Eleanor Davis McSwain 1989
History of Jones County, GA - Williams
Emails - Nelson Moak, Nancy Wilson
LSU-S Archives
Desoto Parish History and Cemetery Records - J A H Slawson 
Census Records


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