Thomas Word (1743 - 1843)

Born 2 Feb 1743 in New Kent, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Frances (Dickerson) Word — married 12 Jun 1765 (to 1829) in New Kent, Virginia

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1843 at age 100 in Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Thomas was the son of Charles Word Sr. and Sarah Word. It is not known what happened to his body, but a memorial is found at Find A Grave. The following excerpt is from a book by Martha C. Word Haley: Thomas's date of death varies from 1838 to 1843. More than likely, his death was 17 November 1843 as an obituary appeared in Greenville Mountaineer (Greenville, South Carolina) on December 1, 1843. The obituary follows.

"Died at his residence near Centreville, Laurens District, S.C. on the 17th ult [in or of the month preceding the present one]. Col. Thomas Word, aged about 86 years. The deceased was a native of Virginia, and joined the American Army at the age of 16. He was frequently under the command of General George Washington, and in many of the hard-fought battles of the Revolution. He was present at the surrender of Cornwallis and received his discharge on the ground. He has been supported several years by a pension from the Government and richly did he deserve the reward for his services."

His age of 86 years is definitely in error as his birth would have been 1757 which is impossible as he married in 1765. Some believe he was 100 years of age at his death with a birth in 1743 and death in 1843.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172425091/thomas-word
• "Word Family Heritage" by Dick Waites and Wynette Barton
• The Word Family in the Virginia Colony from Jamestown to Independence, 1652-1776 by Martha C. Word Haley, published 2020
• citing South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. V, Winter 1977, No. 1, p. 49. Original record is by Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S., compiler, Marriage and Death Notices from the Up-Country of South Carolina as taken from Greenville newspapers 1826-1863 (Columbia, S.C.: P.O. Box 21766)
• S2852711167. Repository R2852704208. Public Member Trees Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. 2006. Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Available at http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5111977&pid=3663

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WikiTree profile Word-66 created through the import of The Sammons Family Tree.ged on Jun 9, 2011 by Steve Sammons. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Steve and others.