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Thomas GASTON

Thomas GASTON

Male 1759 - 1832  (72 years)


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  • Name Thomas GASTON
    Birth 18 Jul 1759  Lynch's Creek, Lancaster Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Military Revolutionary War (served as an irregular)  [3, 4] 
    • As a wagon maker by trade, in the Revolutionary War he devoted his time to building and repairing wagons for the Continental Army. The same powder horn used by Thomas Gaston in the Revolutionary War was later used by other family member in the War of 1812 and in the Civil War.
    Occupation wagon maker  [5] 
    Death 23 Apr 1832  [1] 
    Notes 
    • "Thomas Gaston was a devout Presbyterian and was at all times ready to give of his time and money to the advancement of community welfare. He owned a flour and grist mill on Gaston Creek, and later installed one of the first cotton gins for that section of the country."
    Person ID I8774  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 31 May 2006

    Father Robert GASTON,   b. 1720, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 9 May 1787, Lynch's Creek, Lancaster Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Mother Margaret LOGAN
    Family ID F1182  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah NICKELS   d. 30 Mar 1818  [2]
    Children 
    +1. Robert GASTON,   b. 17 Sep 1787   d. 13 Jul 1848 (Age 60 years)
    +2. James Nickels "Jimmy" GASTON,   b. 18 Jan 1789, Lancaster Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 1876 (Age 87 years)
    +3. Hugh GASTON,   b. 29 Sep 1790
    >4. Elizabeth GASTON,   b. 5 Feb 1793
     5. William GASTON,   b. 7 Jan 1795   d. 14 Dec 1825 (Age 30 years)
    >6. Joseph GASTON,   b. 9 Jul 1796   d. 13 Jul 1847 (Age 51 years)
    +7. Samuel GASTON,   b. 4 Sep 1798   d. 12 Sep 1857 (Age 59 years)
     8. Margaret Logan GASTON,   b. 13 Jun 1800   d. 22 Jul 1863 (Age 63 years)
    +9. Thomas Logan GASTON,   b. 7 Apr 1805   d. 24 Mar 1854, Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F3157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1868] Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 14.

    2. [S917] Larry Charles Slaughter, Amarillo, TX.

    3. [S501] Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, The Gaston Genealogy, (1989).

    4. [S1868] Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 16.

    5. [S1868] Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 18.