Thomas Connally (1738 - 1824)

Born 12 Sep 1738 in Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Price) Connally — married 12 Mar 1807 in Greensville, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 1824 at about age 85 in Suwanne Village, Franklin, Heard, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Thomas Connally performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.

Thomas Connally is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A025064.

Thomas was born in 1738, the son of John Connally and Margaret Oldham. He married Polly Price and they had children: Thomas, Charles, Thomas, George, Margaret, Price, Elizabeth (Gaddis), David, Abner, Nathaniel Nickerson, Mary (Strickland, William Lindsey, Christopher Columbus, Frances Christian, Samuel. Tom served as private in the 4th troop of Lee's Legion, Continental troops during the Revolutionary War. He taught school in Norfolk, VA and later taught in Chapel Hill, NC. His wife Polly was a student in Norfolk.^[1] He donated 100 acres of land in Chapel Hill NC for the State University. Thomas passed away in 1838 and was buried in the Strickland Cemetery, Gwinett Co, GA.

Research Notes

• Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850
• Polly Person
• Gender Female
• Marriage Date 12 Mar 1807
• Marriage Place Greensville, Virginia
• Spouse Name Thomas Connally

Sources

1. ↑ From notes of Bessie Myrtle Caldwell 1950's via Mark Caldwell

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 6 March 2020), "Record of Thomas Connally", Ancestor # A025064.

• Find-a-grave (Thomas Connally (1738-1820)

• Personal Ancestry file held by Constance Lowe-Laster-Tutton-Treon.

• Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850