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Pvt Laban Gilbert Thomas

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Pvt Laban Gilbert Thomas

Birth
Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
Death
4 Aug 1902 (aged 85)
White Oak Junction, Hopkins County, Texas, USA
Burial
Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Laban Gilbert Thomas was born in Grainer County, Tennessee. His parents names are unknown.

He married Rachel Helen Maples of Morgan County, Alabama on December 2, 1837. For many years they lived in Guntown, Itawamba County, (now Lee County) Mississippi where he was a plantation owner and was also gunsmith there.

Thirteen children were born to Laban and Rachel... Martha Lattie Thomas; Bertha Thomas twin to John Laban Thomas; Nancy Elizabeth Ann Thomas; James F. Thomas; William E. Thomas; Benjamin K. Thomas; Emmarilla Thomas, Rachel Francis (Pink) Thomas; Sarah Matidla Angeline Thomas; Laban Henry (Bud) Thomas; and Martha Custus Talitha Thomas and my Great Grandpa, James Burton Thomas.

While living in Itawamba County, Mississippi; Laban served as a Justice of the Peace. He owned a gun shot and a plantation. Many believed that Guntown, Mississippi was named because for the gun shop. It is said that he donated his land to the churches and cemeteries in Guntown, Mississippi, before he moved his family to Texas.

Laban served in the Civil War with the Fourth Regiment Minute Men, Colonel Brumely; Comany E, Capatine E. L. Hawkins.

Lived 85 years, 9 months, 9 days.

Oral family history has it that Laban was born with the last name of Rhodes or Rhoades. He became estranged with his family and changed his name to Thomas. If you have any knowledge of this, please let me know.

(Laban Gilbert Thomas was my Great-Great Grandfather)
Laban Gilbert Thomas was born in Grainer County, Tennessee. His parents names are unknown.

He married Rachel Helen Maples of Morgan County, Alabama on December 2, 1837. For many years they lived in Guntown, Itawamba County, (now Lee County) Mississippi where he was a plantation owner and was also gunsmith there.

Thirteen children were born to Laban and Rachel... Martha Lattie Thomas; Bertha Thomas twin to John Laban Thomas; Nancy Elizabeth Ann Thomas; James F. Thomas; William E. Thomas; Benjamin K. Thomas; Emmarilla Thomas, Rachel Francis (Pink) Thomas; Sarah Matidla Angeline Thomas; Laban Henry (Bud) Thomas; and Martha Custus Talitha Thomas and my Great Grandpa, James Burton Thomas.

While living in Itawamba County, Mississippi; Laban served as a Justice of the Peace. He owned a gun shot and a plantation. Many believed that Guntown, Mississippi was named because for the gun shop. It is said that he donated his land to the churches and cemeteries in Guntown, Mississippi, before he moved his family to Texas.

Laban served in the Civil War with the Fourth Regiment Minute Men, Colonel Brumely; Comany E, Capatine E. L. Hawkins.

Lived 85 years, 9 months, 9 days.

Oral family history has it that Laban was born with the last name of Rhodes or Rhoades. He became estranged with his family and changed his name to Thomas. If you have any knowledge of this, please let me know.

(Laban Gilbert Thomas was my Great-Great Grandfather)

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