Thomas
Vines
IV
Born in Amherst County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Vines III
and Mary Wynne (Butler) Vines
Brother of
Mary Vines, Isaac Willis Vines, John Vines, Elizabeth Vines, Mary (Vines) Bacon and Martha (Vines) Don Carlos
Husband of
Mary (Hill) Vines
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Frances Elizabeth Vines
Died
at age 82
in Rockbridge, Augusta County, Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jun 2013
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Biography
Private Thomas Vines IV served with Amherst County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.
Thomas Vines, born in 1756 in Amherst County, Virginia, married Mary Hill (born c1770) on 20 October 1795 in Albemarle County. They had at least one son, Nelson Vines, who was born in 1802 (74 in 1876). Thomas died on 15 June 1838. When he applied for a pension in 1832, he was living in Rockbridge County, Virginia.[1]
Thomas also had a son named John who married Jane Brown.[2]
Amherst Co., VA in the Revolution
See the attached graphic. 2023-10-12 Thomas Vines-133 Amherst County Lost Order Book Page 177.jpg[3]
Research Notes
DAR shows his death location as Augusta County.[2] He and Mary may have moved from Rockbridge, or perhaps they were visiting.
- On "28 Apr 1846 in Augusta County Mary Vines, 75, applied for a pension stating that she married Thomas Vines 20 Oct 1795. On 22 Nov 1848 she reapplied, giving the date of his death as 15 June 1838. On 22 June 1855 in Rockbridge County Mary Vines, then 85, applied for bounty land. In the file is a copy of a bond signed by Thomas Vines and Thomas Green on 20 Oct 1795in Albemarle County for the marriage of Vines to Mary Hill."[1]
Notables
Thomas is the 2nd cousin once removed of President Thomas Jefferson. Via the Wikitree Connection Finder, Thomas Vines IV is 8 Degrees from President Thomas Jefferson.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pension application of Thomas Vines (pdf), transcribed by C. Leon Harris, posted by Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements, accessed 22 December 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, "Record of Private Thomas Vines", Ancestor #A132122 (accessed 22 December 2020).
- ↑ Sweeny, Lenora Higginbotham, Amherst County, Virginia in the Revolution Including Extracts from the "Lost Order Book" 1773-1782 [Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland, 2002] pg. 177.
- 2023-10-12 Thomas Vines-133 Amherst County Lost Order Book Page 177.jpg
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DNA Connections
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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I had initially interpreted the statement as meaning her father's parents/her grandparents were Thomas and Mary (Hill) Vines. This may still be the case, as why would a 1726 jury need to determine that Thomas was the son of his father still living (Ann Collier is named as daughter in Thomas Vines' 1737 will).
The WikiTree profiles now have Thomas Vines born 1680 married to Mary Hill b 1694 (dates according to their WikiTree profiles). But...
Ann (Vines) Collier, named in the 1737 will of her father Thomas Vines (presumably, the one born 1680), was the granddaughter of Thomas Vines & his wife Mary Hill, daughter of Thomas Hill & Eleanor Charles. (Sources on her profile page show that her father's parents were Thomas Vines and Mary Hill.)