He was a surgeon's mate in the US Army, 1783-1798, and later a physician residing at "Windsor" about 2 miles from Nashville, TN. He was commissioned a Justice of the Peace in 1804 and represented Davidson Co. in the Tennessee House of Representatives, 1803-1805.
Spouse Sarah Terrell Lewis 1785–1809; Marriage: 20 April 1801
Children
Monroe Jackson Hays Claiborne 1802–Deceased
William Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne 1804–1831
Mary Eliza Terrell Claiborne 1806–1852
Micajah Green Lewis Claiborne 1808–1876
William Terrel Lewis' wife was Mary Hopkins, and they had one son and six daughters. The daughters were said to have been very attractive and accomplished. The two eldest, Sarah and Eliza, married brothers. Sarah m. Dr. Thomas Augustine Claiborne, and Eliza m. Hon. William C. C. Claiborne, a successful young lawyer who came to Tenn. From Virginia. The parents of the two Claiborne brothers were William Claiborne, who d. at Richmond Oct. 1809, and his wife, Mary Leigh. Sarah (Lewis) Claiborne died at the age of 24, leaving 3 children. Dr. Claiborne later moved to Natchez and m. second Charlotte Isabella Hutchens, who d. 1816.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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