JAMES THOMASON (1781-1856)
Born in Georgia. Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Texas.
Son of Corp. John R. Duet Thomason. Born 1724 in Petersburg, Virginia. Died 1825 and buried in Dr. William D. Partlow Armory Cemetery in Ashville, Alabama.
He was a soldier in the American revolution and due to his being an officer, was given a large tract of land near present-day Springville, Alabama. He evidently was the father of the James Thomason buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas.
There was also another Revolutionary War soldier named John Thomason who was a corporal in a North Carolina artillery company commanded by Captain John Kingsbury. who enlisted March 20, 1777, for the duration of the war.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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