Lt Colonel
Thomas
Short
Jr.
Born in Amelia, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Short Sr.
and Mary (Lee) Short
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Dorothy (Jones) Short
— married
23 Sep 1762 in Amelia County, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Short III and Susannah Edmonds (Short) Lee
Died
at age 69
in Amelia, Virginia, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 19 May 2014
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Biography
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Short Jr. served with Amelia County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.
Thomas Short Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A104366.
Thomas Short (1741-1810) served as Lt Col in the Amelia County, Virginia Militia.
He married Dorothy Jones.
Children listed in DAR record:
- Susanna Edmonds who m. John Lee
- Thomas who m. Martha Jones [1]
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Thomas Short", Ancestor # A104366.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=r7k4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA298&lpg=PA298&dq=Thomas+Short+Dorothy+Jones&source=bl&ots=BpbI1agI3M&sig=ACfU3U1m7hGlz8mqrYZ4tw5AaRSgvted3Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiB-qOv2LnqAhWoJzQIHZY_AcIQ6AEwA3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Thomas%20Short%20Dorothy%20Jones&f=false
- Marriage record https://books.google.com/books?id=9ODIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=Thomas+Short+Dorothy+Jones&source=bl&ots=J-DHjtOfRY&sig=ACfU3U03MfOJyWp2WbVf7wOdsBm-1CzMhQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiB-qOv2LnqAhWoJzQIHZY_AcIQ6AEwAnoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=Thomas%20Short%20Dorothy%20Jones&f=false
Acknowledgements
- Created by Sandy Taylor, Monday, May 19, 2014.
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