The annals of a family
By: by Joseph F. Thornton
Publisher: [J.F. Thornton]
Published: 1940
Place of publication: Indiana]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Lawyers; Genealogy; Family; Officials and employees; Employees; Scots; Indiana; Indiana. General Assembly; Legislators; Families; Scots-Irish; Statesmen
Description: The earliest known ancestor, Thomas Thornton (b. 1755), was born in Donegal County in Ulster, Northern Ireland. He came to America in 1773 and settled first in Virginia. He lived in Delaware a part of the revolutionary period or at least enlisted with the troops of that state. He married 1782 Elizabeth Robertson, the only sister of General James Robertson, the founder of the City of Nashville, Tennessee. The young couple settled in Salisbury, North Carolina. Here his three children were born: Henry Presley in 1783; Benjamin; and only daughter, Margaret. Family migrated from North Carolina to Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1790, where Thomas Thornton died ca. 1840. This book is dedicated to the descendants of Henry Presley Thornton, the eldest son of Thomas Thornton, who migrated to Indiana.
Notes: "Dedicated to the descendants of Henry Presley Thornton. In memory of the departed-- in honor of the present and of all future generations."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-136).

Also available online and on microfiche.
Table of contents: title: The homeland --; title: First years in America --; title: Settlement in West --; title: The family roster --; title: Pionner lawyer, statesman, soldier --; title: The trek in Indiana --; title: Professional and public life in Indiana --; title: George Abram Thornton --; title: Mary Amanda Braxton Thornton --; title: The Braxtons --; title: Milestones --; title: Survey of family history --; title: References --; title: Charts --; title: Appendix.