Thomas Eastin 
Thomas was born on August 14th, 1788 in Paris, Bourbon Co., KY. Thomas' father was Augustine Eastin and his mother was Judith Crouch. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Eastin and Sarah Whitlock; his maternal grandparents are Stephen Crouch and Elizabeth Farrar. He had two brothers and six sisters, named Christopher Columbus, Augustine Ford, Sarah Sally, Elizabeth, Kentura, Mary, Judith and America. He was the oldest of the nine children. He had four half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Thomas Ford, Zachariah, Josiah, Benjamin, Jenny and Dolly G.. He died at the age of 70 on May 20th, 1859 in Oil Springs, Clark Co., KY.General Notes
Lawyer and farmer. Thomas was a private in Captain William Garrard`s Company from Aug. 20, 1812 to Aug. 20,1813. He was wounded in in the right arm by gunshot in Dec. 1812 in the battle of Mississiniway Indians and was placed on the pension rolls on the 22nd day of February 1819. Darlene Eastin cites "Kentucky Cemetery Records, VOL 1", put out by the Kentucky Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and compiled by the Kentucky Records Research committee, as stating that "Thomas Eastin, popularly known as "Lord Eastin", was a member of a titled English family and proprietor of the early Oil Springs (healing waters) health resort." (pg 34.) Source: Darlene Eastin (link to her website is on my home page.); Source 24: LDS familysearch.org AFN: 1ZQ8-QQQ.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1698 in Europe (French Huguenot)
- b.1725 in Devonshire, England d.14 Jun 1793 in Albemarle Co., VA
- b.08 Sep 1750 in Albemarle Co., VA d.14 Nov 1833 in Bourbon Co., KY
- b.~ 1700 in England or Wales
- b.1728 in Scotland d.1793 in Albemarle, VA
- b.14 Aug 1788 in Paris, Bourbon Co., KY d.20 May 1859 in Oil Springs, Clark Co., KY
- b.~ 1738
- b.17 Jul 1764 in Paris, Bourbon Co., KY d.18 Apr 1835 in KY
- b.~ 1739
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‌Thomas and Mariam were married in a religious ceremony on December 18th, 1823. They had three sons and a daughter, named Marcus A., Thomas Hale, Columbus Calmese and Priscilla.
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Children
Columbus Calmese Eastin
Columbus Calmese was born on June 17th, 1828 in Oil Springs, Clark Co., KY. He died at the age of 64 on March 21st, 1893 in Oil Springs, Clark Co., KY.
