Thomas Jones White was born on January 28, 1825 in Nashville, Tennessee. His father, Cary White was 25 and his mother Nancy Schule White, was 21 when he was born. He moved to Texas. He was the third of ten children born to Cary and Nancy White. His family moved to Texas with Robertson's Colony (sometimes referred to as the Nashville Colony) in 1835. Sterline C. Robertson was granted a contract on May 22, 1834 by Coahuila y Tejas Governor to complete the contract of 800 families before April 29, 1838. Cary White and his family came to Texas in 1835 as part of that settlement. They settled near Colvert, Texas later moving to Washington County. On May 11, 1846, when Thomas was 21 years old, President James Polk declared war on Mexico. Thomas answered the call and went to war against Mexico. He spent 4 years in the war with Mexico. Mexico was ill prepared for the war and on February 2, 1848 the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed. His obituary states that he was in the Texas Rangers for one year. On March 18, 1858, Thomas married a widow, Elizabeth Catherine Mogan Johnson. Elizabeth Morgan had married Amos Johnson and was left a widow in 1853 with two small daughters, Lydia and Mary. Thomas was 33 at the time and Elizabeth was 35 years old. In January of 1860, Thomas and Elizabeth petitioned the court to move Elizabeth's two minor daughters, Lydia and Mary to Bell County, Texas. Together Thomas and Elizabeth added seven more children to their family: Wilson Halstead, John M.; Cary Benjamin; William Alexander; Ellice; Nancy (Nanny Bell); and Thomas Andrew. In 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and fought with his brothers for four years. He is listed as serving under Robert B. Halley in Company G., 2nd Texas-Arizona Cavalry. In all probability, he enlisted in Company H of the 6th Texas Voluntary Calvary and then in Company G. W. Alex White, Thomas' brother, lists Thomas on the line of Company G. 2nd Texas-Arizona Cavalry. Thomas' brother, Robert Marion White, raised the first military company to leave Bell County for the Confederacy and was elected its captain. White's unit, which would become Company H of the Sixth Texas Voluntary Cavalry on July 1, 1861. It is highly probable that all the brothers signed on together with Robert in Company H, the Sixth Texas Voluntary Cavalry under Robert. In 1860 before the War, Thomas and Elizabeth had donated land to build the Baptist church in Cold Springs. In the early 1870s, Thomas shortly after he came home from the Civil War, he made a profession of religion and joined the old Flint Creek Baptist Church. Later he helped to organize the first Baptist Church at Cold Springs where he and Elizabeth were members until their death in April 1907 in Killeen, Texas. They are buried in the Killeen Cemetery in Killeen, Texas.