Thomas Sasser (1825 - 1876)

Born 22 Apr 1825 in Screven County, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Son of Howell Sasser and Susan A. (Bell) Sasser

Husband of Mary (O'Conner) Sasser — married 18 Mar 1849 in Screven, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Nov 1876 at age 51 in Screven, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1825. Thomas Sasser ... He passed away in 1876. ^[1]

Mary O Conner (likely to be O'Conner) married Thomas Sasser on the 18 March 1849 at Screven, Georgia, United States. ^{[2] [3]}

"When Sherman marched through Georgia, he came through that area and they were going to burn the house and mother's sister was just a baby and was on the bed and they [the family] would not take her up. So they [the soldiers] just took the mattress with the baby and put it on the fire [the family then rescued the baby]."^[4]

A family story says Thomas Sasser was rapidly promoted towards the end of the American Civil War because his commanding officers had been killed. With little experience, he was put in charge of the defense of Savannah, Georgia. No documentation has been found to support this story.

Another family story says that after the Civil War, Thomas Sasser gave his plantation land to his freed slaves. No documention has been found to support this story.

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• Fact: Residence (1850) Screven county, Screven, Georgia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) 80th District Georgia Militia, Screven, Georgia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Georgia, United States
• Fact: Burial Little Horsecreek Cemetery, Screven Co., GA

Sources

DNA

• Paternal relationship confirmed with DNA based on a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 22.3 cM segment from 9,885,027 to 23,379,279 on chromosome 16, consisting of Peter Roberts, GEDmatch kit # RN449431C1, and Steve Singletary, his 4th cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # A621851, and Thomas Taylor, his 4th cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # A840542. (Steve and Thomas are 3rd cousins.) Their most-recent common ancestors are Thomas Sasser and Clarissy Littleton, the 4x great grandparents of Peter Roberts and 3x great grandparents of Steve Singletary and Thomas Taylor.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 March 2018, 01:00), entry for Thomas Sasser(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K69P-JB4); contributed by various users.

• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW7D-46N : 4 November 2017), Thomas Sasser and Mary O. Conner, 18 Mar 1849; citing Marriage, , Screven, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 222,428.

• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW6P-SY2 : 11 February 2018), Thomas Sasser and Mary O. Conner, 18 Mar 1849; citing Screven, Georgia; FHL microfilm 0222428 V. A, C.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZY8-XRG : 12 April 2016), Thomas Sasser, Screven county, Screven, Georgia, United States; citing family 80, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZM5-LZ9 : 13 December 2017), Thomas Lasser, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC3P-RLB : 12 April 2016), Thomas Sasser, Georgia, United States; citing p. 196, family 1462, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,672.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVKY-NH88 : 13 December 2015), Thomas Sasser, 1876; Burial, Rocky Ford, Screven, Georgia, United States of America, Little Horse Creek Baptist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 52086128, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Find A Grave: Memorial #52086128

1. ↑ Entered by Peter Roberts, Friday, July 12, 2013.
2. ↑ "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW6P-SYK : 11 January 2020), Mary O. Conner in entry for Thomas Sasser, 1849.
3. ↑ Marriage - "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW7D-46F : 22 December 2016), Thomas Sasser and Mary O. Conner, 18 Mar 1849; citing Marriage, , Screven, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 222,428.
4. ↑ Rev. John W. Rustin oral history interview with Peter J. Roberts, Decatur, Georgia, ca. 1979. Rev. John W. Rustin's mother, Tallalah Augusta Sasser, was the daughter of Thomas Sasser and Mary O'Conner.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Peter Roberts for creating Sasser-126 on 12 Jul 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Peter and others.