Benjamin T [Sr @@] Thornton & Sarah E [@@] Upshaw
Benjamin T [Sr @@]
and
Sarah E [@@]
were married in a religious ceremony on January 12th, 1796. They had six sons and five daughters, named
Reuben [@@]
,
Thomas [@@]
,
Benjamin T [Jr Rev @@]
,
John C [@@]
,
Daniel [@@]
,
Dozier [@@]
,
Elizabeth [@@]
,
Priscilla Kendrick [@@]
,
Mary [@@]
,
Polly [@@]
and
Sarah S "Sally" [@@]
.
Personal Details
Benjamin T [Sr @@] Thornton
Benjamin T [Sr @@] was born on October 12th, 1779 in
Warren Co, NC
. He died at the age of 56 on January 21st, 1836.
Sarah E [@@] Upshaw
Sarah E [@@] was born on January 31st, 1779. She died at the age of 26 in 1805 in
Elbert Co, GA
.
Children
Reuben [@@] Thornton
Reuben [@@] was born in 1797 in
Elbert Co, GA
. He died at the age of 58 on August 30th, 1855.
Thomas [@@] Thornton
Thomas [@@] was born in 1798.
Benjamin T [Jr Rev @@] Thornton
Benjamin T [Jr Rev @@] was born on August 15th, 1801 in
Elbert Co, GA
. He died at the age of 76 on April 12th, 1878 in
Hartwell, Hart Co, GA
.
Elizabeth [@@] Thornton
Elizabeth [@@] was born in 1802.
Priscilla Kendrick [@@] Thornton
Priscilla Kendrick [@@] was born on October 24th, 1803. She died at the age of 42 on August 16th, 1846 in
Elbert Co, GA
.
John C [@@] Thornton
John C [@@] was born in 1805 in
Elbert Co, GA
. He died at the age of 27 on June 19th, 1832.
Mary [@@] Thornton
Mary [@@] was born in 1805 in
Elbert Co, GA
.
Polly [@@] Thornton
Polly [@@] was born in 1808.
Daniel [@@] Thornton
Daniel [@@] was born on October 11th, 1811. He died at the age of 37 in December 1848.
Sarah S "Sally" [@@] Thornton
Sarah S "Sally" [@@] was born in 1814 in
Elbert Co, GA
.
1
She died at the age of 48 on March 7th, 1862.
Dozier [@@] Thornton
Dozier [@@] was born on June 10th, 1817. He died at the age of 57 on September 28th, 1874.
1
Elbert Co, History Book 1790-1935 @ page 69, Fam #224