Joseph A. THOMAS^[1]

1861 -

• Name	Joseph A. THOMAS
  Nickname	Joe
  Birth	11 May 1861	Georgia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  birth2 (conflicting)	Aug 1862	Georgia   [3]
  Occupation	1882, 1900, 1910	Georgia   [3, 4, 5]
  	He was the sheriff of Hancock County, Georgia by June 1900. The April 1910 census notes him as a "farmer" in Hancock County. Joe was serving on the Augusta, Georgia police force by September 1882.
  Person ID	I64270	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Pinckney THOMAS,   b. c. 1838, Georgia d. 1888 (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Mary Luke CLANTON,   b. Jan 1841, Georgia d. 1912 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	23 Feb 1860	Richmond Co, GA   [6]
  	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.
  Family ID	F1174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary (UNKNOWN),   b. Apr 1864, Georgia
  Marriage	c. 1884  [3]
  Notes	The 1900 census notes that Mary had given birth to 1 child, but that the child had died prior to 5 June 1900.
  Family ID	F7670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: June 1870, Burke County, GA Resided: 8 June 1880, Augusta, Richmond County, GA [grandmother's home] Resided: 23 June 1880, Waynesboro, Burke County, GA [father's home] Resided: June 1900, Sparta, Hancock County, GA Resided: April 1910, Hancock County, GA

  
  

• Sources

  [S3792] 1880 US Census / Thomas, Jonathan. [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)), p. 186., ISBN 0-8078-4273-7. [S3800] 1900 US Census / Thomas, Joe A. [S3801] 1910 US Census / Thomas, Joe A. [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)), p. 426., ISBN 0-8078-4273-7. [S3774] J. Pinkney Thomas - Mary L. Clanton, Richmond Co, GA marriage license & minister's return (1860). .