Col. John Thornton (c1710-78) was appointed a justice of the peace in 1742, was sheriff in 1745, served in the House of Burgesses for Spotsylvania County, Va., 1753-55, and was a colonel in the Spotsylvania militia in 1756. He married Mildred Gregory (c1722-post1750). They owned 3,600 acres of land, and their official residence was on the 350-acre plantation along the Rappahannock River on the Caroline County side of Snow Creek.
Col. John Thornton (c1710-78) was appointed a justice of the peace in 1742, was sheriff in 1745, served in the House of Burgesses for Spotsylvania County, Va., 1753-55, and was a colonel in the Spotsylvania militia in 1756. He married Mildred Gregory (c1722-post1750). They owned 3,600 acres of land, and their official residence was on the 350-acre plantation along the Rappahannock River on the Caroline County side of Snow Creek.
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