Individual Details

Notes from Debbie Kleinschmidt: In 1780 in Orange County, Virginia,Thomas enlisted as a Private in the Virginia State Militia. Furthermore, he was one of the Furnish Brothers who signed the Orange County petition about service in the military in February 1781. He was a soldier in the Virginia Line at the Battle of Jamestown, Virgina. Served as one of 200 artillery men at the Battle of Green Springs under Anthony Wayne in General Nelson's Brigade, commanded by the Marquis De Lafayette. considered to be the initial battle leading to the battle of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis.

His name is found on the Culpeper County, Virgina Tax List in 1783. In addition 10 February 1790 he is described as being "of Culpeper" when he buys one ren brindle cow, one black mare with a broken thigh, two feather beds, etc. from Abner Breeding of Orange County, Virginia. Later in applying for a Veteran's Pension, however (1832), Thomas did not list Culpeper County among his places of residence either before or after the War.

Notes from Betty Luckett Babitzke concerning Thomas's service during the Revolutionary War: Thomas Furnish served as a private in the Virginia Line, 5th Regiment under a Captain Benjamin Johnson from about September 1780 and served for three months from Orange County, Virginia. He spent time in Richmond watching the movement of the traitor Arnold. He was discharged a few days before Christmas and was sent home. He served again in May 1781 under Captain George Waugh of the Virginia Militia attached to 3rd Regiment under the command of Col. Thomas Matthews. after a shortage of artillery he volunteered and served under the command of Captain Whitehead Coleman of the United States Light Artillery. They marched from Richmond and joined up with General Wayne at or near a place named Raccoon Ford on the Rappahannock River. The army there was under the command of Marquis Lafayette. They returned to Richmond. After the British had moved off, they returned to Old Jamestown where they engaged in battle under General Wayne's command. They then marched to a place called Mobbin-Hills where they remained until the term of his service expired. He recieved his discharge and returned home to Virginia where he remained until the Spring of 1792 when he moved to Kentucky. Source - National Archives, Ft. Worth, Texas.

Thomas married Frances Delancey, 1- Feb 1785, Culpeper Co, VA. They had children William, Sarah, Betsy and Phoebe. He married (2) Margaret Cooper, 24 Dec 1816, Pendleton Co KY; hac children by Margaret; John, Martha, and Charles.

Source for all the children of Thomas and Frances were from Bible Records in the possession of Miss Ruth Elizabeth Furnish a descendant of Thomas Furnish of Cynthiana, Kentucky.
FHL Catalog:
Furnish family Bible [records, 1760-1900]
"In possession of Miss Ruth Furnish, Cynthiana, Kentucky" [1967].
Thomas Furnish (1760-1834) and his wife, Frances Furnish (1769-1822), had three children, 1785-17__. Their son, William Furnish (1785- 1838), and his wife, Elizabeth Ralston Funish (1787-1860), probably had six children, 1809-1820. Includes Furnish, Cruzan, and Conner grandchildren. Bible also includes an obituary for one of their grandsons. William S. Furnish was born in 1831 at Cynthiana, Kentucky, moved to Missouri with his parents as a child, and moved to San Antonio, Texas, ca. 1901. He died at San Antonio at age ninety.
#1750784 Item 15

Birth	15 Feb 1760	Augusta County, Virginia
Death	9 May 1834	Harrison County, Kentucky

Father	John Furnish (1718 - 1777)
Mother	Mary Jane Green (1723 - 1786)
Sibling	Mary Furnish (1746 - 1786)
Sibling	John Furnish Jr. (1748 - 1780)
Sibling	Elizabeth Furnish (1751 - )
Sibling	Frances Furnish (1753 - )
Sibling	William Furnish ( - 1786)
Sibling	Samuel Furnish (1757 - 1796)
Sibling	Jacob Furnish (1757 - 1796)
Sibling	Sally Furnish (1758 - 1834)
Sibling	James Furnish (1763 - 1851)