He married Martha Garrett Harris on December 20, 1798 in Union County, South Carolina.
He was a Private, serving in the War of 1812, from 1812-1815. [2]
He died, at the age of 72, on March 8, 1840 in Henry County, Georgia.[3]
There is no marker, but family legend passed down thru the years, has him buried at the Moseley Family Cemetery in McDonough, Georgia. This is the cemetery where his daughter, Nancy Yarbrough and her husband, Silas Moseley are buried.
↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-3TXD : 8 March 2021), Thomas Yarbrough, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 233; FHL microfilm 882,751.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81504909/thomas-yarbrough : accessed 25 February 2022), memorial page for Thomas Yarbrough (24 Mar 1768–8 Mar 1840), Find A Grave: Memorial #81504909 citing Moseley Family Cemetery, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by J W Latimer (contributor 47569689)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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Thomas Griggs Yarbrough died in 1800 in Fairfield County, South Carolina. That Thomas Griggs Yarbrough served in the Revolutionary War. The attached sources do not show the name Thomas Griggs Yarbrough. The middle name Griggs should be removed from the biography of this profile.
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