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Thomas “Pappy Tom” Sullivan (15 Jan 1775, Columbia County, Georgia - 10 Jun 1855, Smith County, Mississippi)
Burial: Alex Sullivan Cemetery, Mize, Smith County, Mississippi, Row 6

Children with Maude Elizabeth Arnold Sullivan (1790 - 1846)

James Sullivan (1810 - 1867)
Margaret Sullivan Harvey (1812 - 1869)
Thomas Harvey Sullivan (1814 - 1895)
Stephen C Sullivan (1816 – 1850)
Owen Sullivan (1817 – )
Joseph A Sullivan (1818- 1895)
Daniel Sullivan (1819 – 1820)
Celia Sullivan Owens(1820 – 1855)
Clarissa Sullivan Tew (1822- )
Addie Caroline Sullivan Byrd (1824 - 1872)

There is some debate about the mother of:
Loderick Sullivan (1816 - 1891)
... as Mary would have been rather young for 1816 birth; Maude is a possibility, though.

Children with Mary Workman Sullivan (1803 - 1891):

Frederic Sullivan (1821 - 1897)
Thomas Jefferson Sullivan (1823 - 1897)
Henderson Sullivan (1825 - 1895)
Eliza Jane Sullivan Ates (1827 - 1890)
Mark A. Sullivan (1830 - 1913)
Wiley P. Sullivan (1833 - 1904)
Mary Ann Sullivan Spell (1835 - 1924)
Samuel R. Sullivan (1838 - 1917)
Cornelius J. Sullivan (1841 - 1925)
Loughton Sullivan (1844 - 1898)
Alexander Sullivan (1847- 1937)


Inscription: Thomas Sullivan Born Jan. 15, 1775; Died June 10, 1855. "God gave - He took - He will restore; He doeth all things well."

Burial: Alex Sullivan Cemetery Mize Smith County Mississippi, USA Plot: Row 6

http://harryhenderson.com/sullivans_hollow_binder.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3D...


Y-Chromosome DNA Confirmed: Sullivan-1734's direct paternal relationship to Sullivan-3430 is confirmed because: This yDNA test of Sullivan-3121 and this yDNA test of Sullivan-3546 are a close match. 109/111 markers The most recent common ancestor in the yDNA line of Sullivan-3121 and the yDNA line of Sullivan-3546 is Sullivan-3430.

Thomas Sullivan Jr. was born in St. Andrew's Parish, Georgia15 Jan 1775, died 10 Jun 1855 and is buried in Alex Sullivan Cemetery, Smith County, Mississippi.

By 03 Mar 1803 Thomas and his father have settled along the Tombigbee River in the Washington County, Mississippi Territory, where on 28 Mar 1804 he presented his claim as follows:
Thomas Sullivant, Junior's case No. 112 on the docket of this Board, and No.149 on the books of the Register.Claim- A right of pre-emption of one hundred and ninety acres, under the third section of the act.The claimant presented his claim, together with a surveyor's plot of the land claimed, in the following words and figures, to wit:To the Commissioners appointed, in the pursuance of the act of Congress passed the 3rd day of March 1802, for receiving and adjusting claims to lands south of Tennessee and east of Pearl River.Please take to notice, that the following tract of land, situate on Three River lake in the county of Washington, beginning on a hickory; thence north thirty-eight degrees east, thirty-seven chains, to a stake; thence south sixty-four degrees east, seventy-six chains to a stake; thence south four degrees east, forty-six chains to a hickory corner; thence up the Three River lake as is plotted to the beginning; and hath such forms and marks, both natural and artificial, as are fully represented in the plot annexed; containing one hundred ninety acres; is claimed by Thomas Sullivant Junior, in and by virtue of a pre=emption; and is now exhibited to the Register of the Land Office established east of Pearl River, to be recorded as directed by said act. To all which he begs leave to refer, as also to a copy of this plot herewith filed.Thomas Sullivant, his mark for Thomas Sullivant Jr..Surveyed 09 Mar 1804 by Nathaniel Christmas. Chain bearers, John Wheat, James Bilbo. Entered in record of claims, volume 1 page 478 by Edward Lloyd Wailes for Joseph Chambers, Register.Thomas Sullivant, Senior and Ephraim Barker were produced as witnesses, and being duly sworn and interrogated by the Board, they deposed, that they were not in any way interested in this claim; that the land in question being low land, and subject to annual inundation, could not be built upon, but Thomas Sullivant, Jr the claimant, cultivated on the same from the year 1802, by himself or representative, until the then present time and that said Thomas Sullivant was on the 3d of March 1803, the head of a family. The Board ordered that the case be postponed for consideration.Thomas Sullivant, Junior's case: commenced on page 658. Nathaniel Christmas surveyor, was presented as a witness, and being duly sworn deposed that he made the surveys and plots returned to the Board by the following claimants, to wit: Thomas Sullivan Junior, preemption, one hundred and ninety acres...Thomas Sullivant Junior's case: commenced in page 658. On due consideration, the Board is of the opinion that this claimant is entitled to a right of pre-emption to one hundred and ninety acres of land, to be located as follows:Beginning on he west margin of the Tombigbee River, on the upper side of the mouth of Three River lake, at a hickory, being the lower corner of a Spanish Warrant; confirmed to the heirs of Owen Sullivant, deceased; thence with the waters of the upper branch of said lake, to the northeast corner of said Sullivant's land; thence north sixty-four degrees west, seventy-six chains, in the line of said Sullivant's land, to a corner stake; thence in said line, south, thirty-eight degrees west, thirty-seven chains, to the bank of the here River lake; hence down the margin of said lake to the place of beginning. And the Board doth order that a certificate be granted accordingly.This tract of land was surveyed for Thomas Sullivan Jr on 09 Mar 1804 by Nathaniel Christmas.

On 14 Sep 1805 Commissioner's Certificate #43, dated 07 Aug 1805 was recorded in Volume 1 p159 granting Thomas Sullivan Jr 190 acres on the West margin of the Tombigbee River on Three Rivers Lake.
The original land plat shows Thomas Jr's land along the Tombigbee River in Section 32, Township 4 Range 1 East and his father in Section 26.

He appears on the 1805 tax list of Washington County, Mississippi Territory and he served 1 month in 1807 in Fitzpatrick's Regiment, 2d Mississippi Territory Militia.

On 01 Jan 1808 the following was recorded in the records of the Land Office at St. Stephens, Mississippi Territory:

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Thomas Jefferson Harvey Sullivan, I's Timeline

1775
January 15, 1775
St Andrew's Parish, Columbia County, Georgia, Colonial America
1810
1810
Smith County, Mississippi, United States
1812
October 15, 1812
Smith County, Mississippi, United States
1814
1814
Smith County, Mississippi, United States
1815
March 10, 1815
Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, United States
1816
December 1816
Mississippi, United States
1817
1817
Mississippi, United States
1818
June 1818
Smith County, Mississippi, United States
1819
1819
Smith County, Mississippi, United States