Thomas
Mercer
Banks
Born in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Banks
and Elizabeth Banks
Brother of
Levi Banks and Ezekial M. Banks
Husband of
Sarah C (Chambers) Banks
— married
4 Apr 1850 in Coweta, Georgia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Seretha Elizabeth (Banks) Payton and Mary (Banks) Hubbard
Died
at about age 84
in Centralhatchee, Heard, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Jun 2018
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Biography
Thomas was born about 1828. He is the son of William Banks and Elizabeth Banks.
He married Sarah C Chambers April 4,1850. They had nine known children. He served as a Pvt. Co. F, Calvalry Bn., Phillips Legion, GA Vols., received battlefield commission, awarded the Southern Cross of Honor by Annie Wheeler Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy.
1850 Coweta, Georgia - Thomas M Banks, 22, wife Sarah Banks, 23, with James Goodwin (21 and Catherine Goodwin (19) [1]
He died in 1912[2]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYK-FNJ : 12 April 2016), Sarah Banks in household of Jas Goodwin, Coweta county, Coweta, Georgia, United States; citing family 1237
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22793575/thomas-mercer-banks
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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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~6.25%
Lucille (Banks) Robinson
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F309971 [compare], FTDNA kit #309971
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Pamela Whitaker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A494849 [compare]
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~1.56%
Randy Noles :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member randynoles
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F246337 [compare], FTDNA kit #246337
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Elsie (Ellis) Denham
Banks-7581 and Banks-5136 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate
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by Elsie (Ellis) Denham
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