1. | Mattie Jane Thomas was born 10 Jul 1888, Tennessee (daughter of Pleasant Henry Thomas and Eliza Newman); died 2 Jan 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 28 Jan 1937, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. Other Events:
Mattie — Isaac A. Tarwater. Isaac (son of William D. Tarwater and Rebecca Jane Jenkins) was born 2 May 1884, Tennessee; died 31 Jan 1944; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] Children:
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2. | Pleasant Henry Thomas was born 11 Aug 1830, Tennessee (son of Henry Massengill Thomas and Sarah R. "Sally" Porter); died 13 Jun 1899; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. Other Events:
Notes: ---------- Pleasant — Eliza Newman. Eliza (daughter of James Newman and Polly Thurman) was born 22 Jun 1856, Tennessee; died 21 Jan 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 22 Jan 1934, Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] |
3. | Eliza Newman was born 22 Jun 1856, Tennessee (daughter of James Newman and Polly Thurman); died 21 Jan 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 22 Jan 1934, Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. Other Events:
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4. | Henry Massengill Thomas was born 28 Oct 1798, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Isaac Thomas and Elizabeth Massengill); died 3 Jun 1871; was buried Sevier County, Tennessee. Notes: Henry M. Thomas estate was allowed compensation from the federal government for damages during the Civil War. Henry married Sarah R. "Sally" Porter Abt 1823. Sarah (daughter of Mitchell Porter and Penelope West) was born 14 Dec 1802, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Dec 1884; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] |
5. | Sarah R. "Sally" Porter was born 14 Dec 1802, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Mitchell Porter and Penelope West); died 27 Dec 1884; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. Notes: ----------
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6. | James Newman was born Tennessee. James — Polly Thurman. Polly was born Tennessee. [Group Sheet] |
7. | Polly Thurman was born Tennessee.
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8. | Isaac Thomas was born 1738; died 30 Oct 1818, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Church in the Forks Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. Notes: Isaac Thomas fought in the Revolutionary War as an aid to John Sevier. Isaac — Elizabeth Massengill. [Group Sheet] |
9. | Elizabeth Massengill (daughter of Henry Massengill). Notes: ----------
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10. | Mitchell Porter was born 7 Apr 1759, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died 3 Apr 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. Notes: Mitchell Porter was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylavania, April 7, 1759. While living at Winchester, Virginia, in 1777, he served three months and two weeks in Captain Thurston's Virginia Company and fought in a skirmish at Quibbletown, New Jersey. He moved to Botetourt, Virginia, in 1780 and in that year he served three months in Captain William Handley's Company under Major Campbell and was in a skirmish near Salisbury, North Carolina. He later served two months in Captain Arbuckle's company against the Indians at Point Plesant, but the dates of this service are unknown. He was granted a pension for this war [Revolutionary] service in 1832. Mitchell Porter was a devout Methodist, and Bishop Asbury tells in his journals of stopping at the Porter home in 1802, 1808, and 1810. It is noteworthy that all deceased persons in this direct line back to the revolutionary War soldier are buried in Shiloh Cemetery in Sevier County, Tennessee. Spencer Clack Chapter DAR erected a monument here to Mitchell Porter. (Ref: DAR Application Grace Runyan McCall and Blanche Runyan Chilton). Mitchell married Penelope West 25 Jan 1785, Greenbrier County, Virginia. Penelope was born Abt 1765, Augusta County, Virginia; died Aft 1839, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Tennessee. [Group Sheet] |
11. | Penelope West was born Abt 1765, Augusta County, Virginia; died Aft 1839, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Tennessee. Notes: ----------
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