_George Washington THORNTON _
                                                         | (1741 - 1781)               
                            _George Washington THORNTON _|
                           | (1778 - 1816) m 1805        |
                           |                             |_Mary Thornton ALEXANDER ____
                           |                               (1756 - 1837)               
 _Henry Randolph THORNTON _|
| (1807 - 1862) m 1848     |
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|                          |_Mary Goode RANDOLPH ________|
|                            (1785 - 1865) m 1805        |
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|--Margaret Virginia THORNTON 
|  (1856 - 1932)
|                                                         _Alexander THOM _____________
|                                                        | (1724 - 1791)               
|                           _George Slaughter THOM ______|
|                          | (1789 - 1833) m 1818        |
|                          |                             |_Elizabeth TRIPLETT _________
|                          |                               (1751 - 1789)               
|_Ellen THOM ______________|
  (1823 - 1903) m 1848     |
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                           |_Margaret HANSBROUGH ________|
                             (1800 - 1854) m 1818        |
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