Reverend Robert THOMAS

1733 - 1817  (83 years)

• Name	Robert THOMAS  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Reverend
  Birth	26 Sep 1733	Virginia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  HIST	He migrated thence in 1758 to present Marlboro County, South Carolina He settled near where the present town of Tatum is located, and was long known as a Baptist preacher. He was the father of three daughters and nine sons- twelve children he emigrated to Marlboro County, South Carolina, about 1750  [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Occupation	he was the founder of the Salem Baptist Church in 1793- he entered the ministry before the Revolutionary War  [1]
  _UID	427FBA7EB60144D88FD4DC65903AA56140F4
  Death	1817	Britton’s Neck, South Carolina   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I60541	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Stephen THOMAS,   b. 28 May 1705, Talbot or Queen Annes, Maryland d. 7 Apr 1774, Anson County, South Carolina (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mary CLOTHIER,   b. 5 Jan 1710, Talbot County, Maryland d. 6 Aug 1774, Queen Ann’s, Maryland (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	5 Jan 1731	Third Haven Mtg., Talbot, Maryland   [7]
  _UID	EC5C50B282324E71A470A002317A7B28C11B
  _UID	EC5C50B282324E71A470A002317A7B28C11B
  Family ID	F42645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary SANDS,   b. VIrginia d. Abt 1810, South Carolina
  _UID	E2FD51A99BA345D8A356DBCDFA5588EF9B00
  _UID	E2FD51A99BA345D8A356DBCDFA5588EF9B00
  Children	1. Tristram THOMAS,   b. 24 Aug 1757   d. 1767 (Age 9 years)   2. Elizabeth THOMAS,   b. 12 Dec 1759   3. Nathan THOMAS,   b. 22 Jul 1762   d. 27 Sep 1842 (Age 80 years)   4. Sarah THOMAS,   b. 12 Jul 1765   d. 27 Sep 1842 (Age 77 years)   5. John Sands THOMAS,   b. 6 May 1768   d. 15 May 1834 (Age 66 years)   6. Lucy THOMAS,   b. 12 May 1770   7. Robert H. THOMAS,   b. 26 Apr 1773   d. 18 Apr 1843 (Age 69 years)   8. Elijah THOMAS,   b. 28 Mar 1775   9. William THOMAS,   b. 25 Jul 1777, South Carolina d. 4 Oct 1835, South Carolina (Age 58 years)   10. Jesse THOMAS,   b. 12 Mar 1780   11. Eli THOMAS,   b. 21 Jan 1783   d. 1854 (Age 70 years)   12. Benjamin THOMAS,   b. 19 Feb 1786   d. 1815/6 (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F42644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S521] William Curry Harllee, page 2111. [S9152] D. D. McColl, page 29. [S11718] . [S8892] A History of Marlboro County (South Carolina), with Traditions and Sketches of Numerous Families, (Regional Publishing Company 1978), page 85. [S8892] A History of Marlboro County (South Carolina), with Traditions and Sketches of Numerous Families, (Regional Publishing Company 1978), page 86. [S715] . [S9154] .