General Notes

Thomas served as an Ensign in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War. In 1778 he was granted a license to operate and "Ordinary"  or roadhouse where travelers could obtain food, drink and lodging. In 1789, he sold this business to his brother in law, Edward Moseley, Jr. He and his family then moved to Henry County, Virginia, where he began a partnership with Peter Perkins operating "Bouldin and Perkins Iron Works" . In 1804 he purchased the interest of Peter Perkinsand renamed it Thomas Bouldin and Sons Iron Works". Tho;mas had acquired approximately 1500 acres of land between Smith River and Horse pature, along Grassy Creek, and operated Tobacco fams.  His wife Martha was the oldest daughter of Captain Edward Moseley and his Wife Amey Green, and a third cousin of President Thomas Jefferson. Her Mother, Amey green was daughter of william Green and Amey Clay, the great-aunt of Henry Clay, the noted American statesman form Ashland Kentucky, who served as Secretary of State under President John Quincy Adams(1825-1829) .Thomas is buried near Grassy Creek in The Bouldin Family Cemetery. Regretfully, all that remains there is his marker and that of his son.