Freland Westmoreland Thornton

Abt 1811 - 1890  (79 years)

• Name	Freland Westmoreland Thornton  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Birth	Abt 1811	Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA   [2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12]
  Gender	Male
  Relocated	1819	Hall County, Georgia, USA   [9]
  Residence	1840	Davis, Forsyth, Georgia, USA   [10]
  Residence	1850	Forsyth County, Georgia, USA   [6]
  	District 31
  Residence	1860	Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, USA   [12]
  	District 6
  Land	20 May 1862  [3, 4]
  Family Search ID	LHHS-9Y4
  Residence	29 May 1866	Fricks Gap, Walker, Georgia, USA   [13]
  Residence	1870	Fricks Gap, Walker, Georgia, USA   [11]
  Residence	1880	Pond Springs, Walker, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Death	1890	Polk County, Arkansas, USA
  Person ID	I18279	Woodworth Ancestry
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas Thornton, ¶,   b. Abt 1780
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rebecca House, ¶,   b. Abt 1780
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F19045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Montgomery,   b. 1817, Forsyth County, Georgia, USA d. Aft 1880 (Age > 64 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1831	Hall County, Georgia, USA   [1, 5]
  Family ID	F10170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2026

  
  

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  Relocated - 1819 - Hall County, Georgia, USA Marriage - 15 Dec 1831 - Hall County, Georgia, USA Residence - District 31 - 1850 - Forsyth County, Georgia, USA Residence - District 6 - 1860 - Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, USA Residence - 1880 - Pond Springs, Walker, Georgia, USA Death - 1890 - Polk County, Arkansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S1011] Dodd, Jordan, Georgia Marriages to 1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;). Record for Freeland Thornton http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=eamga&h=112498&indiv=try [S340] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Pond Spring, Walker, Georgia; Roll: 169; Family History Film: 1254169; Page: 338A; Enumeration District: 184; Image: 0483. Record for Freeland W. Thorton http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=41061900&indiv=try [S224] Ancestry.com, U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;). Record for Freeland W Thornton http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=BLMlandpatents&h=1958492&indiv=try [S1012] United States, Bureau of Land Management, Arkansas, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;). Record for Freeland W Thornton http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ark&h=77984&indiv=try [S1013] Ancesrty.com, Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). Record for Freeland Thornton http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=GAMarriages&h=1165437&indiv=try [S432] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 31, Forsyth, Georgia; Roll: 69; Page: 180b. Record for F W Thornton https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=15932691&indiv=try [S1307] Isaac Thornton (1817-1906), (Name: Keeling, Beatrice Thornton and Smith, Wanda Willard; Location: Dallas, Texas, USA; Date: 1976;), Thornton Montgomery, Sarah Elizabeth (1812-1900) Pages 28-29 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/405636-isaac-thornton-1817-1906-his-descendants-and-some-of-his-forebears. Isaac Thornton (1817-1906) His Descendants and some of his Forebears Book found at Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62282/images/405636_fl954336_tn-36471-00000?pId=4496472385 Book Found at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/405636/?offset=0#page=34&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= [S1292] Ancestry.com, U.S., Family History Books, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2025;), Isaac Thornton, 1817-1906, His Descendants and Some of His Forebears; Author: Keeling, Beatrice Thornton. Record for Freeland W Thornton https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62282&h=4496472385&indiv=try [S1307] Isaac Thornton (1817-1906), (Name: Keeling, Beatrice Thornton and Smith, Wanda Willard; Location: Dallas, Texas, USA; Date: 1976;), Thornton, Freeland Westmoreland (1817-aft 1880) Page 27 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/405636-isaac-thornton-1817-1906-his-descendants-and-some-of-his-forebears. Isaac Thornton (1817-1906) His Descendants and some of his Forebears Book found at Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62282/images/405636_fl954336_tn-36471-00000?pId=4496472385 Book Found at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/405636/?offset=0#page=33&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= [S40] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1840; Census Place: Davis, Forsyth, Georgia; Roll: 41; Page: 276; Family History Library Film: 0007043. Record for Ireland W Thornton https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8057&h=1735886&indiv=try [S435] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 128, Walker, Georgia; Roll: M593_180; Page: 199A. Record for Freding W Thornton https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7163&h=216816&indiv=try [S434] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 6 Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1241; Page: 206; Family History Library Film: 805241. Record for F W Thorton https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7667&h=18964012&indiv=try [S840] Ancestry.com, U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971; Record Group: Records of the Post Office Department; Record Group Number: 28; Series: M841; Roll Number: 25. Record for Freeland W Thornton https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1932&h=1591084&indiv=try