Thomas Lawrence Kinsey, Sr.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Bef 1811, Madison Co, Alabama (Mississippi Territory)
• Residence: Bef 1811, Madison Co, Alabama (Mississippi Territory)
• Property: 19 Dec 1839, Fannin Co, Texas
• Residence: 1843, Arkansas
• Residence: 1850, Coryell Co, Texas
• Residence: 1945, Wood Co, Texas
• Residence: 1946, McLennan Co, Texas

Notes:

The Lawrence middle name is used frequently on web sites for Thomas but if anyone has a source for this we would appreciate you sharing it!

Thomas and Sarah were married 57 years and traversed half the southern states. He had owned a farm and grist mill in Alabama and he continued these professions as well as blacksmithing in Texas. He was a early pioneer of Primitive Baptist faith. Sarah was a Methodist.
(Biography of Thomas Kinsey Sr from \"Daughters of Republic of Texas\")



Property:
"Thomas Kinsey Sr. came to Texas from Alabama at the age of 58. He obtained a Second Class Headright grant Dec 19 1839 for 640 acres in Fannin Co, Texas. In 1843 he sold the grant to George McNutt, his brother-in-law, and moved to Arkansas because of Indian trouble. A year later he returned to Wood County. He then moved on to McLennan County in 1846 where he established a blacksmithy. In 1850 he moved to Coryell County where he is included with some of his sons in helping to organize and establish that county."

(from Ancestry, Biography from "Daughters of the Republic of Texas"

Another account, also from Daughters of the Republic states:
"He received Republic of Texas land grant No. 382 November 1839. On December 19, 1839, he bought 640 acres of land in Red River County from George W. McNutt, his brother-in-law."

Thomas married Sarah Ann (or Jane) McNutt on 31 Oct 1811 in Madison Co, Alabama. Sarah (daughter of James Robert McNutt and Margaret Elizabeth Gillespie) was born on 1 Jan 1795 in Blount Co, Tennessee; died on 13 Jan 1879 in Gatesville, Goryell Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Kinsey was born in 1812; died after 1840 in Arkansas.
2. Peter Kinsey was born in 1814 in Tennessee; died in Nov 1862 in Sugarloaf, Coryell Co, Texas.
3. Roland Kinsey was born in 1816 in Walker Co, Alabama; died in 1840 in Red River Co, Texas.
4. Lunsford Romules Kinsey was born in 1817 in Twin City, Emanuel Co, Georgia; died in 1841 in Red River Co, Texas.
5. Martha Ann Kinsey was born on 1 Jan 1818 in Walker Co, Alabama; died on 11 Jan 1906 in Barksdale, Edwards Co, Texas.
6. William Madison "Billy" Kinsey was born in 1819 in Walker Co, Alabama; died on 21 Sep 1896 in King, Hamilton Co, Texas.
7. Thomas Lawrence Kinsey, Jr. was born on 16 Feb 1823 in Jasper, Walker Co, Alabama; died in 1875 in Coryell Co, Texas.
8. Margaret C. Kinsey was born in 1828 in Walker Co, Alabama; died after 1870 in Oklahoma.
9. Arminda Mary Kinsey was born on 3 May 1829 in Jasper, Walker Co, Alabama; died on 18 Mar 1913 in Brownfield, Terry Co, Texas.
10. Francis Marion Kinsey was born on 2 Jul 1831 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co, Alabama; died on 25 May 1910 in Taylor Co, Texas.
11. Elisha K. Kinsey was born on 22 Mar 1833 in Birmingham, Walker Co, Alabama; died on 16 Aug 1898 in Coryell Co, Texas.
12. Madison Gaines Kinsey was born on 27 Feb 1836 in Tishomingo, Tishomingo Co, Mississippi; died on 29 Sep 1919 in Coryell Co, Texas.
13. Henry M. Kinsey was born in 1839 in Mississippi, Tishomingo Co, Mississippi; died on 23 May 1869 in Robertson Co, Texas.
14. Lucinda Kinsey was born in 1843 in Red River Parish, Louisiana; died in 1894 in McLennan Co, Texas.