One of the original pioneers of Dallas, taking advantage of a Peters Colony grant of 640 acres in what is now developed north Dallas.
"Jackie" was elected as the first "Chief Justice" of Dallas on July 13, 1846 and conducted the first survey of Dallas County under John Neely Bryan. He brought his family to the area in 1844, with his brother Alexander, who also took advantage of a Peters Colony grant of 320 acres nearby. At the time, only 12 families lived in what is now Dallas county.
John married Hannah Andes, January 12, 1815 in Sevier, TN. Seven of their nine children were born in Sevierville, the other two in Independence, MO, where they migrated in 1834. John's father Isaac served as a scout under General John Sevier during the Indian Wars in Tennessee. Isaac's home was the first Courthouse to serve the (Sevierville) area.
Other nearby Dallas pioneer landowners and good friends were the families of William Jenkins, the third Sheriff of Dallas and Charles Durgin the first postmaster of Dallas.
Thomas Chapel was built in his honor in 1868 on the Jenkins Farm, located near US75 & Walnut Hill Lane. The Judge and family were interred there until being relocated by family members to Greenwood Cemetery in 1900.
A portion of his obituary in Dallas Times Herald of April 15, 1875: "One of the oldest settlers in this county, he had, by integrity as a citizen and kindly civility as a neighbor, made for himself an enviable reputation through all this county. The generous hospitality of his home is fresh in the memory of many of the early settlers, as well as of the earlier travelers through these then wild prairies. He reared a most reputable family of children, who now are among the best people of our county. At his death the family numbered about fifty-five, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren."
Noted historian A. C. Greene wrote after review in 1967 that this part of Dallas might as well have been called "Thomasville" at the time.
Sources: Thomas Family Reunion, History of Texas, Dallas Morning News, Dallas Times Herald
"Jackie" was elected as the first "Chief Justice" of Dallas on July 13, 1846 and conducted the first survey of Dallas County under John Neely Bryan. He brought his family to the area in 1844, with his brother Alexander, who also took advantage of a Peters Colony grant of 320 acres nearby. At the time, only 12 families lived in what is now Dallas county.
John married Hannah Andes, January 12, 1815 in Sevier, TN. Seven of their nine children were born in Sevierville, the other two in Independence, MO, where they migrated in 1834. John's father Isaac served as a scout under General John Sevier during the Indian Wars in Tennessee. Isaac's home was the first Courthouse to serve the (Sevierville) area.
Other nearby Dallas pioneer landowners and good friends were the families of William Jenkins, the third Sheriff of Dallas and Charles Durgin the first postmaster of Dallas.
Thomas Chapel was built in his honor in 1868 on the Jenkins Farm, located near US75 & Walnut Hill Lane. The Judge and family were interred there until being relocated by family members to Greenwood Cemetery in 1900.
A portion of his obituary in Dallas Times Herald of April 15, 1875: "One of the oldest settlers in this county, he had, by integrity as a citizen and kindly civility as a neighbor, made for himself an enviable reputation through all this county. The generous hospitality of his home is fresh in the memory of many of the early settlers, as well as of the earlier travelers through these then wild prairies. He reared a most reputable family of children, who now are among the best people of our county. At his death the family numbered about fifty-five, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren."
Noted historian A. C. Greene wrote after review in 1967 that this part of Dallas might as well have been called "Thomasville" at the time.
Sources: Thomas Family Reunion, History of Texas, Dallas Morning News, Dallas Times Herald
One of the original pioneers of Dallas, taking advantage of a Peters Colony grant of 640 acres in what is now developed north Dallas.
"Jackie" was elected as the first "Chief Justice" of Dallas on July 13, 1846 and conducted the first survey of Dallas County under John Neely Bryan. He brought his family to the area in 1844, with his brother Alexander, who also took advantage of a Peters Colony grant of 320 acres nearby. At the time, only 12 families lived in what is now Dallas county.
John married Hannah Andes, January 12, 1815 in Sevier, TN. Seven of their nine children were born in Sevierville, the other two in Independence, MO, where they migrated in 1834. John's father Isaac served as a scout under General John Sevier during the Indian Wars in Tennessee. Isaac's home was the first Courthouse to serve the (Sevierville) area.
Other nearby Dallas pioneer landowners and good friends were the families of William Jenkins, the third Sheriff of Dallas and Charles Durgin the first postmaster of Dallas.
Thomas Chapel was built in his honor in 1868 on the Jenkins Farm, located near US75 & Walnut Hill Lane. The Judge and family were interred there until being relocated by family members to Greenwood Cemetery in 1900.
A portion of his obituary in Dallas Times Herald of April 15, 1875: "One of the oldest settlers in this county, he had, by integrity as a citizen and kindly civility as a neighbor, made for himself an enviable reputation through all this county. The generous hospitality of his home is fresh in the memory of many of the early settlers, as well as of the earlier travelers through these then wild prairies. He reared a most reputable family of children, who now are among the best people of our county. At his death the family numbered about fifty-five, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren."
Noted historian A. C. Greene wrote after review in 1967 that this part of Dallas might as well have been called "Thomasville" at the time.
Sources: Thomas Family Reunion, History of Texas, Dallas Morning News, Dallas Times Herald
"Jackie" was elected as the first "Chief Justice" of Dallas on July 13, 1846 and conducted the first survey of Dallas County under John Neely Bryan. He brought his family to the area in 1844, with his brother Alexander, who also took advantage of a Peters Colony grant of 320 acres nearby. At the time, only 12 families lived in what is now Dallas county.
John married Hannah Andes, January 12, 1815 in Sevier, TN. Seven of their nine children were born in Sevierville, the other two in Independence, MO, where they migrated in 1834. John's father Isaac served as a scout under General John Sevier during the Indian Wars in Tennessee. Isaac's home was the first Courthouse to serve the (Sevierville) area.
Other nearby Dallas pioneer landowners and good friends were the families of William Jenkins, the third Sheriff of Dallas and Charles Durgin the first postmaster of Dallas.
Thomas Chapel was built in his honor in 1868 on the Jenkins Farm, located near US75 & Walnut Hill Lane. The Judge and family were interred there until being relocated by family members to Greenwood Cemetery in 1900.
A portion of his obituary in Dallas Times Herald of April 15, 1875: "One of the oldest settlers in this county, he had, by integrity as a citizen and kindly civility as a neighbor, made for himself an enviable reputation through all this county. The generous hospitality of his home is fresh in the memory of many of the early settlers, as well as of the earlier travelers through these then wild prairies. He reared a most reputable family of children, who now are among the best people of our county. At his death the family numbered about fifty-five, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren."
Noted historian A. C. Greene wrote after review in 1967 that this part of Dallas might as well have been called "Thomasville" at the time.
Sources: Thomas Family Reunion, History of Texas, Dallas Morning News, Dallas Times Herald
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