Jonathan Pinckney THOMAS^[1]

1838 - 1888  (50 years)

• Name	Jonathan Pinckney THOMAS
  Nickname	Pinck
  Birth	c. 1838	Georgia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1860, 1870, 1880	Georgia   [2, 3, 4]
  	The 1860 census notes Pinck as a "Planter" in Richmond County, Georgia. This description in the pre-Civil War South suggested ownership of 20 or more slaves and of extensive acreage. The 1870 and 1880 censuses list him as a "farmer" in Burke County, Georgia.
  Death	1888  [1]
  Person ID	I27731	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Joseph Darius THOMAS
  Mother	Louisa KETTLES
  Family ID	F2223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Luke CLANTON,   b. Jan 1841, Georgia d. 1912 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	23 Feb 1860	Richmond Co, GA   [5]
  	The couple was married later that same day in Richmond County, Georgia by Rev. Joseph R. Wilson.
  Notes	The 1900 census notes that Mary had given birth to 8 children, of whom 6 were living.
  Children	1. Joseph A. THOMAS,   b. 11 May 1861, Georgia   2. Mary Lou THOMAS,   b. c. 1866, Georgia d. Before 23 Jun 1880 (Age 14 years)   3. James Holt THOMAS,   b. 4 Nov 1870, Georgia d. 9 May 1915, Columbia, Richland Co, SC (Age 44 years)   4. Daisy Clanton THOMAS,   b. Oct 1875, Georgia   5. Maude E. THOMAS,   b. c. 1877, Georgia   6. Lottie Pinckney THOMAS,   b. Oct 1879, Georgia d. 2 Dec 1914, Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA (Age 35 years)   7. Turner Clanton THOMAS,   b. 20 Sep 1881, Augusta, Richmond Co, GA d. 23 Jul 1937, Hopkins, Richland Co, SC (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F1174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: August 1860, Augusta, Richmond County, GA Resided: June 1870, Burke County, GA Resided: June 1880, Waynesboro, Burke County, GA

  
  

• Sources

  [S398] Virginia Ingraham Burr, editor, The Secret Eye, The Journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1848-1889, ((Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990)), ISBN 0-8078-4273-7. Thomas Family Chart. [S3780] 1860 US Census / Thomas, Pinckney. [S3792] 1880 US Census / Thomas, Jonathan. [S3793] 1870 US Census / Thomas, J. Pinckney. [S3774] J. Pinkney Thomas - Mary L. Clanton, Richmond Co, GA marriage license & minister's return (1860). .