Thomas Marcum 
Thomas was born about 1775 in Buncombe County,NC. Thomas' father was Thomas Marcum and his mother was Jane Clay. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Markum and Agness UNKNOWN. He was an only child. He died after 1860 in Jackson Co,KY. He was buried in Travelers Rest KY on Waters of Big Sturgeon & Brushy Branch.General Notes
1850 Owsley County Census:
Schedule Pages 295 thru 303
MARCUM, Thomas 75, born 1775
Polley 70, born 1780
Phillip 26, born 1824
Nancy 3, born 1847
This family took its name from its land of Markham in Nottingham, England. Alexander de Markham (Alexander of Markham) was Constable of the Castle of Nottingham in the reign of Henry III. From him descended Sir John Markham, Knight Judge of the Common Pleas in The Reigns of Richard II. Henry IV (1396-1407).
James Marcum, Secretary to John Rolfe husband of Pocahontas was the first Marcum to come to America. This Marcum was in the settlement of James Town, Virginia (1607) led by Captain John Smith. This was before the May Flower compact (1621). The Marcum's became business men and farmers of Virginia.
Decendents of this first Marcum, Thomas Marcum, Sr., who lived in Stakes County N.C. married Mary (Polly) Wilson of Virginia, December 30, 1800.
Soon after the wedding (1800-1802) this Marcum family and his father-in-law, Philip Wilson, Sr., and his wife Rebecca Herd Wilson came to the Frontier Land of Kentucky. They settled on Cow Creek (now Owsley County). Here Thomas Marcum, Sr. and his wife Mary Wilson Marcum raised (12) twelve children.
Excerpts from "The Philip Wilson Family" by James F. Bowman, edited by Jess D. Wilson
1850 Owsley County Census:
Schedule Pages 295 thru 303
MARCUM, Thomas 75, born 1775
Polley 70, born 1780
Phillip 26, born 1824
Nancy 3, born 1847
This family took its name from its land of Markham in Nottingham, England. Alexander de Markham (Alexander of Markham) was Constable of the Castle of Nottingham in the reign of Henry III. From him descended Sir John Markham, Knight Judge of the Common Pleas in The Reigns of Richard II. Henry IV (1396-1407).
James Marcum, Secretary to John Rolfe husband of Pocahontas was the first Marcum to come to America. This Marcum was in the settlement of James Town, Virginia (1607) led by Captain John Smith. This was before the May Flower compact (1621). The Marcum's became business men and farmers of Virginia.
Decendents of this first Marcum, Thomas Marcum, Sr., who lived in Stakes County N.C. married Mary (Polly) Wilson of Virginia, December 30, 1800.
Soon after the wedding (1800-1802) this Marcum family and his father-in-law, Philip Wilson, Sr., and his wife Rebecca Herd Wilson came to the Frontier Land of Kentucky. They settled on Cow Creek (now Owsley County). Here Thomas Marcum, Sr. and his wife Mary Wilson Marcum raised (12) twelve children.
Excerpts from "The Philip Wilson Family" by James F. Bowman, edited by Jess D. Wilson
‌Thomas and Mary Polly were married in a religious ceremony on December 30th, 1800 in Stokes,North Carolina. They had two sons named Alfred and James.
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Children
Alfred Marcum
Alfred was born on March 2nd, 1803 in Wild Cat Creek,Buncombe Co.NC. He died at the age of 85 on October 23rd, 1888 in Breathitt Co,KY.
James Marcum
James was born in 1810 in Clay Co,KY. He died at the age of 82 on December 10th, 1892 in Jackson Co KY.