Thomas D. Voyles, Sr.

The Tie That Binds

No documentation has been found to prove these are the children of this couple. Many of us are still searching for some documentation to prove our line from the said children of this couple back to this couple. If you have found any documentation for the children of this couple please contact me at the email address below.

THOMAS VOYLES, SR.: [2]
son of Jacob Voyles and unknown
Born: 1750 Wales
Died: After Tax Record of 1829 for Ohio Co., KY
Married: 1] About 1771
    SARAH SHINN
    daughter of Samuel Shinn and Abigail Urie
    Born: Circa   1746
    Died: 1813 Washington Co., KY

CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND SARAH:

     1. George Voyles + Elizabeth Chamberlain
     2. Benjamin Voyles + 1] Esther Seals m. 1792 NC
                                   + 2] Sarah Leah Goldman m. 1824 KY
     3. James Voyles + Catherine Casey
     4. Nicholas Voyles + Deborah [nee unknown]
     5. Elizabeth Voyles + James Hendrixson
        son: Thomas M. Hendrickson
              b. abt 1815 Mercer Co., KY
     6. Voyles
     7. Joseph Voyles + Martha "Patsey" Martin
     8. Thomas Voyles, Jr. + Elizabeth Bowlin
     9. Levi Voyles + Basheba Phillips
    10. William Viles [Voyles] + Martha Banta

Also another researcher lists a John Voyles without a spouse.
And a Basheba Voyles who married William Sinnett.

Married: 2] 24 October 1815 Mercer Co., KY
    BARSHEBA BRADSHAW
    daughter of William Bradshaw and Mary Ladd
    Born: 2 April 1760 Goochland Co., VA
    Died: 9 November 1848 KY
    Burial: Roseville Cemetery Hancock Co., KY

SOURCES:
1790 Cabarrus Co., NC Federal Census
Enumeration date: none noted Page: 372, line 2
males 16 & > 2 females 13? is this an error?
males < 16 2

1800 Cabarrus Co., NC Federal Census
Enumeration date: none noted Page: 685, line 8
310010 – 01101
3 males < 10 1 females 10 to 15
1 male 10 to 15 1 female 16 to 25
1 male 45 and > 1 female 45 and >
Recorded Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 21 January 1805 one Thomas Voyles gave deed to one Daniel Boger for land holdings on Coldwater Creek. Land he had received as a land grant in 1779. Thomas Voyles shows up on the Washington Co., KY Tax Rolls in 1806.

1810 Washington Co., KY Federal Census
Enumeration date none noted Page: 324, line 23
01301 – 00001
1 male 10 to 15 1 female 45 & >
3 males 16 to 25
1 male 45 & >
Thomas is shown on the Federal Census with a wife and both are listed over age 45. Listed as head of household on line below Thomas, is Esther Voyles. She is thought to be a daughter-in-law.

1820 Ohio Co., KY Federal Census
Enumeration date: none noted Page 17, line 36
100001 – 001
1 male < 10 1 female 16 to 26
1 male 45 & >

1826 Ohio Co., KY Tax Records
Thomas Voils 1 male over 21; 2 horses

1827 Ohio Co., KY Tax Records
Thomas Voils 1 male over 21; 2 horses
Basheba Voils 1 horse

1828 Ohio Co., KY Tax Records
Thomas Voils 1 male over 21; 1 horses

1829 Ohio Co., KY Tax Records
Thomas Woiles 1 male over 21; 1 horse

1830 Not listed in Ohio Co., KY Tax Records; not listed in Hancock or Breckinridge Cos., KY Tax Records where his children moved; not listed in the Federal Census

In 1817 Thomas is listed in Washington Co., KY tax records and Barsheba is listed in Ohio Co., KY. Most likely she has moved to an area where her children lived. There is no 1818 tax book for Ohio Co., KY, but in 1819 Thomas is listed in Ohio Co., KY and is there through the year 1829. Thomas and his second wife, Barsheba, were separated by 1827 as noted in the 1827 Ohio Co., KY Tax Records. Thomas' death had been listed by 1816 in Washington Co., KY, however with the documentation of his presence in the Ohio Co., KY Tax Books, I believe we can list his death circa 1829 - 1830. No Will or probate was found when I searched Ohio Co., KY records in 2004. In 2023, I searched the Washington Co., KY will and probate records for the entire year from January 1816 until January 1817 and found no will, probate, inventory, and dower's right records for Thomas Voyles. This surname has been checked for all alternative spellings of the name.

Updated 29 July 2011; 16 May 2023