Thomas Wilkes

• Name	Thomas Wilkes
  Born	Brunswick Co., Va.
  Gender	Male
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Died	Davidson Co., Tn.
  Person ID	I52457	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Joseph Wilkes,   b. New Kent Co., Va. ,   d. 22 Nov 1784, Brunswick Co., Va.
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Henryetta,   b. of Brunswick Co., Va
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	Amelia or Dinwiddie Co., Va.
  Family ID	F23719	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Lester,   b. of Brunswick Co., Va
  Married	26 Nov 1787	Brunswick Co., Va.
  Children	1. Elizabeth Wilkes,   b. Brunswick Co., Va.  [Natural]   2. Hennrietta Mariah Wilkes,   b. of Brunswick Co., Va ,   d. Aug 1859, Tn.  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F23739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Gunn, Sally,   b. of Brunswick Co., Va
  Married	30 Jan 1794	Nottoway, Lunenburg Co., Va.
  Children	1. Julia G. Wilkes,   b. Lunenburg Co., Va. ,   d. Davidson Co., Tn.  [Natural]   2. Mary B. Wilkes, Polly,   b. of Brunswick Co., Va  [Natural]   3. William Albert Wilkes,   b. of Brunswick Co., Va  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F23740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was a horse breeder and farmer. He migrated to Davidson Co., TN. with his brother, John & Betsy Stegall Wilkes, near the Harpeth River near the city of Nashville, TN. He bought 100 acres on Cumberland River, Davidson Co., Tn. in 1805. His estate settlement and inventory first appeared in Davidson Co., in 1810. In settlement, Benjamin Wilkes bought a colt, and Burwell Wilkes of VA. was paid for a stud horse. (This Burwell Wilkes, of Charlie Hope Plantation, Brunswick Co., VA. was famous in the South for breeding "Quarter Horses". He was the "surety" at the wedding of his youngest sister Frances Wilkes to Littleberry Baugh. He was also a witness at the wedding of his next-to-youngest sister, Minah Wilkes to Benjamin Rawlings.