Household #124: Thomas, George

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In the 1900 Barney census, George Thomas headed a 5-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.

Household Snapshot

George Thomas headed a 5-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 spouse or marital partner and 3 children.

George Thomas's listed occupation was Farmer.

All listed household members were reported as born in Georgia.

1900 Census Household

Children and Later Trails

This section is reserved for later-life child evidence. No later spouse, death, burial, obituary, probate, separate household, or descendant-line identification has been added here yet from direct records.

Family Narrative

• George Thomas, head, age 53, born Apr 1847 in Georgia, farmer
• Louize Thomas, wife, age 42, born about 1858 in Georgia
• Judge Thomas, son, age 21, born about 1879 in Georgia
• Let Thomas, daughter, age 14, born about 1886 in Georgia
• Stephen Thomas, son, age 20, born about 1880 in Georgia

The 1900 Barney household can be followed with good confidence through the next three censuses. In 1910, George Thomas appears in Barney, Brooks County, age 60, with wife Louise, 55, and daughter Lady, 26. In 1920, George Thomas appears in Dixie, Brooks County, age 77, with wife Lewise, 60. In 1930, George Thomas appears again in Brooks County district 1402, age 80, with wife Louisa, 72, on a farm on State Highway No. 38. Those records make a solid case for one long-running George and Louisa Thomas household in Brooks County.

The marriage evidence for George and Louisa is good. The Brooks County marriage record shows George Thomas and Louisa Monday, with the county record giving a license date of 30 Oct 1870 and a marriage performed 4 Nov 1870 by S. Adams. A separate index entry gives 20 Oct 1870, which is useful support for the couple and county but does not displace the fuller county record. The 1870 census also places Louisa Monday, age 16, in the household of Bright Monday in Brooks County. That remains the best current anchor for her earlier life.

George's end-of-life record strengthens the identification of the later Brooks County man. His 1937 Georgia death certificate places his death in Dixie, Brooks County, and gives his parents as Jackson Thomas and Pattie Thomas. The same certificate adds useful detail: district 1402, burial at Beulah Hill, and informant Jennie Thomas. Find a Grave places George Thomas at Beulah Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery with a death date of 21 Aug 1937. Louisa Mundy Thomas is buried in the same cemetery, with a birth year of 1854 and death in Jan 1947, but her own death certificate has not yet been located.

The children are partly clearer now than in the older version of this entry. Judge Thomas of the 1900 household can be followed forward with strong evidence. His later records in Philadelphia give a birth date of 13 Sep 1879 in Brooks County, Georgia. His World War II draft registration places him at 3127 S. 83rd Street, Philadelphia, names Mrs. Mary Thomas as the contact who would always know his address, and repeats Brooks County as his place of birth. His 1959 Pennsylvania death certificate gives his father as George Thomas, names spouse Mary Thomas, and confirms the same 13 Sep 1879 Georgia birth. That does not solve every question in the Brooks County household, but it does strongly support Judge as the later Philadelphia man.

The 1910 daughter Lady Thomas is probably the same person as Let Thomas in 1900, but the evidence is still limited to census continuity. Stephen Thomas remains in the household in 1900, but no later direct record has yet been tied to him with the same confidence as Judge.

The 1880 material needs more caution than the previous entry allowed. The available 1880 Brooks County household for Geo Thomas appears to include a wife whose name reads more like Louvina or Luvina, along with children Abraham, Moses, Virginia, and Aaron. That family structure does not match the 1900 household closely enough to treat the 1880 entry as a simple spelling drift for Louisa Monday Thomas. At present, the 1880 George Thomas household should be treated as unproved for HH#124 rather than folded in as settled continuity.

Connections to Other Barney Families

The clearest present connection is between George Thomas of HH#124 and son Judge Thomas, whose later Philadelphia records point back to a father named George Thomas and a Brooks County, Georgia birth. George's death certificate also supplies the names Jackson Thomas and Pattie Thomas as his parents, but that remains informant-level evidence until an earlier census or other direct record ties the generations together.

Louisa's connection to the Monday family is better grounded. The 1870 Bright Monday household and the Brooks County marriage record together make a strong case that Louisa Monday became Louisa Thomas, though her parentage is still not closed by direct evidence.

Open Research Questions

• Look for Louisa Thomas's death certificate or another direct end-of-life record beyond the cemetery memorial.
• Test George Thomas's reported parentage further through earlier census work or other direct records for Jackson Thomas and Pattie Thomas.
• Try to identify later records for Stephen Thomas and for Let or Lady Thomas.
• Keep the 1880 Geo Thomas household separate unless new evidence proves it belongs to HH#124.

Research Status

SOURCE-EXHAUSTED online: The online evidence strongly supports the George and Louisa Thomas household from 1900 through 1930, the Brooks County marriage of George Thomas and Louisa Monday, Louisa's 1870 placement in the Bright Monday household, George Thomas's 1937 death in Dixie with burial at Beulah Hill, and the forward identification of son Judge Thomas in Philadelphia. The main unresolved issues are Louisa's missing death certificate, George's earlier parentage, the later records of Stephen and Let or Lady, and whether any 1880 George Thomas household belongs to this family.

Sources

• 1900 U.S. Census, Barney precinct, Brooks County, Georgia, household of George Thomas
• 1910 U.S. Census, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, household of George Thomas
• 1920 U.S. Census, Dixie, Brooks County, Georgia, household of George Thomas
• 1930 U.S. Census, Brooks County, Georgia, district 1402, household of George Thomas
• Brooks County, Georgia marriage record for George Thomas and Louisa Monday, county record showing license dated 30 Oct 1870 and marriage performed 4 Nov 1870 by S. Adams
• Marriage index entry for George Thomas and Louisa Monday, Brooks County, Georgia, dated 20 Oct 1870
• 1870 U.S. Census, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Bright Monday, including Louisa Monday
• 1880 U.S. Census, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Geo Thomas with Louvina or Luvina Thomas, Abraham, Moses, Virginia, and Aaron, treated here as unproved for HH#124
• Georgia death certificate for George Thomas, died 1937 in Dixie, Brooks County, naming parents Jackson Thomas and Pattie Thomas, informant Jennie Thomas, burial Beulah Hill
• Find a Grave memorial for George Thomas, Beulah Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Dixie, Brooks County, Georgia
• Find a Grave memorial for Louisa Mundy Thomas, Beulah Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Dixie, Brooks County, Georgia
• World War II draft registration for Judge Thomas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, giving birth date 13 Sep 1879 and birthplace Brooks County, Georgia
• Pennsylvania death certificate for Judge Thomas, died 1959 in Philadelphia, naming father George Thomas and spouse Mary Thomas
• Pennsylvania death certificate index entry for Judge Thomas, certificate no. 87781
• FamilySearch tree profile for Louise Mundy Thomas, used only as a guide

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