Thomas Randall Smothers

  General Notes:

Living in Rockingham Co., N.C. in 1850
The 1850 Federal Census for Eastern District, Rockingham Co., NC, page 43, dated Oct 14, 1850 records Thomas (45 - NC) and Susan (37 - VA) Smothers with children W. U. C. (17 - NC) [male], G. D. (16 - NC) [male], S. A. (14 - NC) [female], T. M. (12 - NC) [male], N. W. (10 - NC) [male], A. J. (7 - NC) [male], M. E. (5 - NC) [female], M. J. (1 - NC) [female]. Thomas is a farmer with real estate valued at no recorded amount.

The 1860 Federal Census for Southern Division, Rockingham Co., NC, page 31B, dated June 29, 1860 records Thomas (55 - NC) and Susan A. (46 - NC) Smothers with children Dabney (24 - NC), Thomas M. (22 - NC), Susan A. (23 - NC), Nathan W. (20 - NC), Margaret (15 - NC), and Mary J. (12 - NC). Thomas is a farmer with real estate valued $500 and a personal estate valued at $400.

The 1870 Federal Census for Wentworth, Rockingham Co., NC records Thomas (65) and Susan (50) Smothers with children Mary (19) and William (7). Thomas is a farmer with real estate valued at $500 and a personal estate valued at $300.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Tanner (1870).

Thomas married Susan A. Mayes on 18 Aug 1830 in Guilford Co., North Carolina. (Susan A. Mayes was born about 1813 in Virginia and died after 1870 in Rockingham Co, NC.)