General Notes

Thomas went with his family to Hampshire/Hardy Co.  In 1788, in theadjacent Jefferson Co., he married Barbara Wise. She was a 19 yr oldneighbor (father Christopher Wise) He was 21.
Thomas received land in Prince William Co., from hisgrandfather(Thomas Stone) but he never settled there.  On 22 Apr 1791, hereveived a grant for 248 acres in Hardy Co., on the Lost River of GreatCacapehon including Three Licks on the waters of Bakers Run.  Thomas andBarbara lived there for twelve years.  Nine of their children were bornthere.  Some tragedy struck the family in August of 1800 as ten year oldRebecca, eight year old Mary and seven year old Margaret all died thatmonth.  Then, like his father before him, Thomas moved his family west.Thomas and Barbara arrived in Ohio, 1803, the same year that Ohio becamea state.
The land that Thomas and Barbara eventually settled on was in thatarea know as the United States Military District, located in the centralpart of the state.  In Nov 1806, Thomas bought 500 acres of the northhalf of SW 1000 acres in Range 13 Twsp 1 Sec 4 for $750 from AbrahamKinney of NJ.
This part of Fairfield Co, became Licking Co., in 1808.  In 1809Thomas and Barbara sold 98 acres of their land to his parents James andRebeckah for $100 and 150 acres of it to his brother George for $60.
FROM REMARKS FOUND IN N.N. HILL'S HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY:
Thomas and George Stone came to Union Townsship from Jefferson Co.,VA in 1803.  They were both men of good morals and useful members of thechurch.  George was a member of the first Methodist and Thomas of thefirst Baptist societies of the township.  It may be worth noting thatnearly all of these early settlers both male and female, were expert inthe use of the rigle, and some of the men were 'professional hunters' whodevoted much of their time to the chase, especially in the fall andwinter when the flesh and skins of wild animals were most valuable. Amongthese may be named Thomas (distinguished as a bear hunter) sometineskilling as many as eight or twelve in a season.  These men were seldonseen at anytime, even at church, without their rifle.  Some of them didnot feel fully dressed until their hunter's belt was buckled around themand the shot pouch and powder horn hung over their shoulders.
Thomas was a good farmer and fair business man and accumulatedproperty.  The 1847 Licking Co., land owner map shows Thomas had land inUnion Twsp west of Luray just north of the National Pike.  A creek ranthrough the land.  Thomas also owned land on the Granville-Lancaster Pikejust north of Luray with two farms on the east side of the road.  At thistime, this possibly would have been near the County Home land and not toofar from the Baptist Church.
A biographical sketch on Thomas's grandson Sylvester Stone, wholived on his grandfathers's land, said that Grandfather Stone as a Deaconof the Baptist Church and the preferences of the descendants have in thatdirection ever since.
No will has been found for Thomas but an Administrator's Bond forthe estate was filed 13 Mar 1847 for $3000.00 with William Stone andRobert Fristoe(Administrators)  This was followed by the followingpetition filed in the Cour of Common Pleas:
Licking Co, Common Pleas Court Partition Vols C 1845-1856, page 135,May Term,1848.. That on the 13th day of November AD, 1847 was filed thefollowing petition:
Petitioners James Stone, William Stone, Elizabeth Channel and SamuelStone, residents of Licking Co., and Caleb Randall and Sarah Randall(hiswife) and Henry Wagy and Ellen(his wife) and George Stone and John Stone,residents of State of Missouri, represent that the said James, William,Elizabeth, Samuel, Sarah, Ellen, George and John are each and every oneof then seized in fee simple of and have a legal right to one undividedninth part of the same real estate, of Thomas Stone.  The said widow,Barbara, entitled to dower rights.  Located in 4th quarter of Township #1Rg. 13 of US Military 213 acres real estate sold for $5095,00 t