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Daniel Thomas
1735 - 1783
Daniel Thomas was born about 1735 somewhere in Virginia and died about 1783 somewhere in South Carolina. Actual date of birth is unknown. He lived to be about 48 years old.

His parents were Daniel Benjamin Thomas and Katherine _______.
He married Jane Tillet.
children:
Jane (abt.1765)
James (abt.1774)
Elijah (abt.1776)
Ann (abt.1778)
Leah (abt.1780)
Elizabeth (abt.1782)
Catherine(abt.1783)
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Other7/16/1783 SC (Union County) 48 yrs old 
This information, while true, may NOT apply to our Daniel Thomas.  Inventory of estate of Daniel Thomas
James and William Thomas administrators.
on page 5 - " to boarding the same 14 months with in , to amount paid to Michael Maddox for boarding and Ann, Elizabeth & Catherine Thomas, daughters of deceased" 

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17 1752 Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar on 9/14/1752.
34 1769 The first steam engine is invented by Watt
42 1777 The concept of chemical compounds is conceived by Lavoisier
48 1783 The hot air balloon is invented by Michel and Montgolfier and the first people in modern history fly at an altitude of 1800 m.
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14 1749 Laws in GA prohibiting the importation of slaves are rescinded. Georgia planters were hiring SC slaves for life and even openly purchasing slaves at the dock in Savannah.
40 1775 NEWS HEADLINES: On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America.
41 1776 NEWS HEADLINES: July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created.
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4 1739 "Stono's Rebellion" - insurrection of slaves on Stono River plantations.
20 1755 Joseph Salvador purchases land near Fort Ninety Six for Jewish settlement.
47 1782 During 1782-1783, land to the south and west of the Tugaloo and Savannah Rivers are ceded by the Cherokee and Creek.
48 1783 Charles Town is officially renamed Charleston, SC.
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12 1747 The New York Bar Association is founded in New York City
15 1750 Charleston, SC, has become the most affluent and largest city in the South. It is the leading port and trading center for the southern colonies. The population in the Carolinas has exceeded 100,000 with many French Protestant Huguenots. The wealth plantation owners bring private tutors from Ireland and Scotland. Public education does not exist.
25 1760 The Cherokee War (1760-61) ends in a treaty that opens the Up County for settlement. The Bounty At of 1761 offers public land tax free for ten years, and settlers from other colonies begin pouring into the Carolina "Up Country".
28 1763 Georgia Gazette begins publication. It is the first newspaper in Georgia and the eighth newspaper in the English colonies.
31 1766 Britain passes the Stamp Act taxing all colonial newspapers, advertisements, leases, licenses, pamphlets, and legal documents. Later the same year, Britain repeals the Stamp Act in Britain -- but it continues to be enforced on colonists in North America
38 1773 Angered by the tea tax of 1767 and the British East India Company's monopoly on tea trade, the independent New England colonial merchants dump the precious cargo overboard into the Boston harbor. This incident is called the Boston Tea Party.
39 1774 The First Continental Congress of fifty-five representatives (except from the colony of Georgia) meets in Philadelphia to discuss relations with Britain, the possibility of independence, and the hope of a peaceful solution. King George III scorns the thought of reconciliation and declares the colonies to be in a state of open rebellion.
40 1775 On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America.
41 1776 July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created.
43 1778 Alliance between United States and France
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3 1738 System of forced labor to build roads in France is devised by Jean Orry
8 1743 King George's War against North America and Caribbean begins
13 1748 King George's War against North America and Caribbean ends
21 1756 Seven Year's War begins
24 1759 Jesuits are forced out of France
28 1763 Seven Year's War ends; Peace is established in Paris between France, Spain, England and Portugal
29 1764 Britain passes the Sugar Act forbids American importation of foreign rum and taxing imported molasses, wine, silk, coffee, and a number of other luxury items.
32 1767 Jesuits are forced out of Spanish America
44 1779 Spain declares war on England
45 1780 Josef II abolishes serfdom in Hungary; England declares war on Holland
48 1783 Peace established at Versailles between France, England, Spain and United States; Britain cedes all lands west to the Mississippi River


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Jane Tillett
Born about 1745 and died about 1809
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The Children of Daniel Thomas

Jane Thomas
Born in an unknown place about 1758 and died somewhere in Georgia about 1845. She was about 87 years old.

She was the daughter of Daniel Thomas and Jane Tillet.

She married Michael they had the following children:
  1. Andrew Maddox, (1770 Va. - 1827-30 Marion Co., AL) - Leah Trammell
  2. ...
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