Thomas H Bruce (1772 - aft. 1860)

Born 1772 in Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died after 1860 after age 88 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1772.

yDNA Hints

We start with Walter H. Bruce of Madison Co., Ga. Per reliable family tradition he was b. 30 Aug 1798 and was the son of Thomas H. Bruce. Neither fact is proven anywhere, but his date of birth is consistent with Census records for Walter. Thomas H. Bruce has one son b. before 1800 according to the 1810 Census. There are no records of an estate for Thomas H. Bruce in Greenville Dt., SC or any land deeds that reveal family. Along comes yDNA. A direct all male line descendant of Walter was tested by FTDNA. The test results shared yDNA marker DYS576=17 with three other test takers. One of those test takers descends from James Bruce, b. abt. 1806 of Greenville Dt., SC. In addition, another test taker descends from Ignatius Bruce, b. 1780 and m. in 1799 in Culpeper Co., Va. Thomas H. Bruce appears in Culpeper Co., Va. in the personal tax digests from 1794-1800. He used his middle initial "H" only in 1794. Please see genealogyfacts.org for more records of the Bruce family in Culpeper Co.

Census Record Analysis

As mentioned above, there are no good estate records or estate substitutes for Thomas H. Bruce. The names I am adding as his children is based upon yDNA, plus Census Records, The first step of the census analysis was to list every Census in Greenville from 1810 to 1850. (Thomas H. Bruce is not found in 1820.) Some of the names were associated with an older Charles Bruce in familysearch.org. Those names were skipped over. After those names were excluded there was a Bruce male to fit in every census age bracket from the census records of Thomas H. Bruce with the exception of 1825 to 1830, which would have been his youngest child. Amazingly, there are no duplicates to confuse the issue. I know we always want more proof than this, but it is the best that we have at the moment.

Sources

Thomas Bruce, aka Thomas H. Bruce was in a record in from 1794 to 1800 in Culpeper, Virginia.^[1]

In the 1810 census Thos was in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.^[2]

In the 1830 census Thomas was in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.^[3]

In the 1840 census Thomas was in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.^[4]

In the 1850 census Thomas (age 78) was in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.^[5]

In the 1860 census Thomas (age 87) was in Gowensville Division, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.^[6]

1. ↑ Personal Tax Digest Culpeper, Virginia
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   (https://www.genealogyfacts.org/GFData/VA/VACulpeper/VACulp_Index_Page_Bruce.htm : 15 July 2023)
2. ↑ 1810 Census: "United States Census, 1810"
   citing Page: 565; Affiliate Publication Number: M252;
   FamilySearch Record: XH23-XKZ (accessed 15 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBQ-922D
   Thos Bruce in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
3. ↑ 1830 Census: "United States Census, 1830"
   citing 279, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 172; FHL microfilm 22,506.
   FamilySearch Record: XHP2-JTG (accessed 15 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YYN-3SD1 Image number 00557
   Thomas H Bruce in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
4. ↑ 1840 Census: "United States Census, 1840"
   citing p. 207, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
   FamilySearch Record: XHYL-Q2G (accessed 15 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBM-9KV Image number 00424
   Thomas H Bruce in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
5. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
   citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
   FamilySearch Record: M8QN-D45 (accessed 15 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DZD7-3XJ Image number 00148
   Thomas Bruce (78) in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Born in Maryland.
6. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
   citing Page: 48; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 1220; FHL microfilm: 805220; Record number: 7228;
   FamilySearch Record: MZTZ-N6V (accessed 15 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BSD-325 Image number 00156
   Thomas Bruce (87) in Gowensville Division, Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Born in Virginia.