Descendants of Matthew Thornton

 

MATTHEW1 THORNTON was born Abt. 1750 in Campbell Co., Va..

       

Child of MATTHEW THORNTON is:              

  1. JOHN SR.2 THORNTON, b. Abt. 1770, Campbell Co., VA; d. 1849.

 

 

 

JOHN SR.2 THORNTON (MATTHEW1) was born Abt. 1770 in Campbell Co., VA, and died 1849.  He married NANCY SCOTT, daughter of WALTER SCOTT and GO-SA-DU-I-SGAI.  She was born 1769 in CNE, TN, and died 1855.

Children of GO-SA-DU-I-SGA and WALTER SCOTT are:

  1. NANCY2 SCOTT, b. 1769, Cherokee Nat East, TN; d. 1855.**
  2. ELIZABETH SCOTT, b. 1769; d. November 05, 1825.
  3. RICHARD SCOTT, SR, b. Abt. 1770.

Children of GO-SA-DU-I-SGA and ROBERT BROWN are:

  1. WILLIAM2 BROWN, b. Abt. 1794.
  2. MARY BROWN, b. 1796; d. Aft. 1851.
  3. ISAAC BROWN, b. Abt. 1798.

 

**Notes for NANCY SCOTT:

Nancy and John had three sets of twins.

Tennessee records indicates Nancy Thornton took possession of Indian lands in the SW point of Roane Co., TN in 1816. This was near the Indian Trading Post run by Jonathan Meigs and is  in now what known as Meigs Co., but at that time it was Roane Co.  John Thornton had a deed for land in Rhea Co., adjacent to  Roane Co.  According to these records, he died in 1849.

In Starr's Gosaduisga 1-x family group Nancy is listed simply as " Nancy", the daughter of Go-sa-du-i-sga.

 

More About NANCY SCOTT:

Blood: 1/2 Cherokee

 

       

NANCY2 SCOTT (GO-SA-DU-I-SGA1) (Source: Emmet Starr, Gosaduisga 1-1.) was born 1769 in Cherokee Nat East, TN, and died 1855. She married JOHN THORNTON, SR (Source: Emmet Starr, E Starr, 419.), son of MATTHEW THORNTON. He was born Abt. 1770 in Campbell Co, VA, and died 1849.
 

Children of JOHN THORNTON and NANCY SCOTT are:

  1. JAMES3 THORNTON, b. 1810. (Died without issue)

  2. CHARLES THORNTON, b. 1796

  3. AMOS THORNTON, b. Abt. 1800

  4. JOHN JR. DR. THORNTON, b. Abt. 1800, Roane Co., TN; d. November-14-1862

  5. RILEY THORNTON, b. 1804.

  6. DELILAH THORNTON, b. 1810

  7. WILEY GLOVER THORNTON, b. 1810, CNE, TN; d. March-23-1877, CNW, Ok

  8. ELIZABETH THORNTON, b. 1812. (Died without issue)

  9. SMITH THORNTON, b. 1812

 

Notes for ELIZABETH THORNTON: 419

Twin to Smith

 

 

JOHN3 THORNTON, JR, DR (NANCY2 SCOTT, GO-SA-DU-I-SGA1) (Source: Emmet Starr, Gosaduisga 1-1-5.) was born Abt. 1800 in Roane Co, TN (Source: twin, to Amos.), and died October 1865. He married (1) PINKIE BLAGG (Source: Emmet Starr, E Starr, 419.). She was born Abt. 1810. He married (2) FRANCES ALBERTY (Source: Emmet Starr, Downing 1-4-3-3-2.), daughter of JOHN ALBERTY and MARY WRIGHT. She was born June 1824 in GA, and died June 20, 1900.

Notes for JOHN THORNTON, JR, DR:
Twin to Amos.

More About JOHN THORNTON, JR, DR:
1851 Old Settler roll: Going Snake, 70 (1896 page 342)

Children of JOHN THORNTON and PINKIE BLAGG are:

  1. WILLIAM F4 THORNTON, b. Abt. 1824.
  2. CALVIN THORNTON (Source: Emmet Starr, Gosaduisga 1-1-5-2.), b. Abt. 1832 (Source: no issue.); m. MALINDA SUTTON (Source: Emmet Starr, E Starr, 420.); b. Abt. 1840.**

**More About CALVIN THORNTON:
1851 Old Settler roll: Skin Bayou, 149 (1896 page 341)
 

Children of JOHN THORNTON and FRANCES ALBERTY are:

  1. MARTHA JANE4 THORNTON, b. February 19, 1842; d. December 02, 1918.
    Dawes Packet
  2. JOHN T THORNTON III (Source: Emmet Starr, Gosaduisga 1-1-5-4.), b. April 15, 1844; d. November 14, 1868 (Source: no issue.).**
  3. WALTER KING THORNTON (Source: Emmet Starr, Gosaduisga 1-1-5-5.), b. April 15, 1849; d. April 01, 1868 (Source: no issue.).**

**More About JOHN T THORNTON III:
1851 Old Settler roll: Going Snake, 70 (1896 page 342)
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf clan (H Fawling)

**More About WALTER KING THORNTON:
1851 Old Settler roll: Going Snake, 70 (1896 page 342)
Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf clan (H Fawling)

WILLIAM F4 THORNTON (JOHN3, NANCY2 SCOTT, GO-SA-DU-I-SGA1) (Source: Emmet Starr, Gosaduisga 1-1-5-1.) was born Abt. 1824. He married MINERVA JANE FOREMAN II (Source: Emmet Starr, Grant 1-1-3-8-4-1.), daughter of CHARLES FOREMAN and ANNIE SEABOLT. She was born Abt. 1832.

More About WILLIAM F. THORNTON:
1851 Old Settler roll: Skin Bayou, 138 (1896 page 340)
     
Children of WILLIAM THORNTON and MINERVA I FOREMAN (View)

  1. ELIZA JANE5 THORNTON, b. 1852; d. February 11, 1880.

  2. ISAAC THORNTON, b. 1850;  Alabama
     

Children of WILLIAM THORNTON and MINERVA II FOREMAN (View)

  1. MINERVA THORNTON, b. abt. 1856; Arkansas

Children of WILLIAM THORNTON and MELVINA JANE ARKA-LU-KA**

  1. LARUA THORNTON, b. Abt 1867;  Arkansas;
  2. MELVINA THORNTON, b. 1870;  Arkansas;
  3. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS THORNTON, b.1873   Arkansas;
  4. LOUELLA THORNTON, b. 1876 Arkansas;
  5. JULIA ALICE, b. 1882, AR; d. 1903 AR
  6. One more child I haven't  found yet.

**More About MELVINA JANE ARKA-LU-KA
b. abt. 1845 Tennessee

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS THORNTON5 (WILLIAM F4 THORNTON JOHN3, NANCY2 SCOTT, GO-SA-DU-I-SGA1) was born about 1873 in Arkansas, he d. Jul. 11, 1944 in Baker City, Baker, Oregon.  He married EFFIE PORTER, daughter of Ida Hill b. AL and J. B. Porter b. Green Co. MO.  She was born about 1886 and died June 1915 in Arkansas.

Children of CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS THORNTON and EFFIE PORTER:

  1. LEONA ELZONA THORNTON, b. Aug.1, 1907, Black Rock, Arkansas; d. Dec. 27, 1980, Baker City, Baker, Oregon
  2. LEORA ARZONA THORNTON, b. Aug.1, 1907, Black Rock, Arkansas; d.
    Jan 10, 1977, Baker City, Baker, Oregon
  3. FLOYD THORNTON, b. 1909, Black Rock, Arkansas
  4. TWIN THORNTON, b. 1909 d. 1909, Black Rock, Arkansas

LEORA ARZONA THORNTON6, (CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS THORNTON5 WILLIAM F.4 THORNTON JOHN3, NANCY2 SCOTT, GO-SA-DU-I-SGA1) was born August 1, 1907 in Black Rock Arkansas.  She married THEAODORE HARKNESS Dec 31, 1927 in Arkansas.

Children of LEORA ARZONA THORNTON and THEAODORE HARKNESS

  1. CALVIN HARKNESS, b. 1929 Arkansas; d. 1943 Baker City, Baker, Oregon

  2. CARL HARKNESS, b. 1930, Arkansas; d. 1996 Pittsview, Alabama

  3. GLEN HARKNESS, b. Jan 3, 1937 Baker City, Baker, Oregon; d. July 14, Las Vegas, Nevada

  4. BETTY HARKNESS7 (me) Baker City, Baker, Oregon

  5. CLIFFORD DALE HARKNESS (Private) Baker City, Baker, Oregon
     
 

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