Individual Details
Col. Thomas Wade Jr.
(Abt, 1752 - Abt, 1786)
"Thomas Wade was from Anson County, North Carolina. He was an officer in the Revolutionary Army; member of North Carolina House and Senate from Anson County; Wadesboro was named for him. All of this family moved west about the beginning of the 19th century (1800) and were lost sight of." ("Kinfolks, A Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1934, by William Curry Harllee, page 254.)
"Wadesboro, North Carolina was named for Col. Thomas Wade, Jr." (Information about this branch of the Pickett/Terry family was taken from MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF ANSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA compiled by the Craighead-Dunlap Chapter DAR, Wadesboro, North Carolina, 1972, "Everett Sketches" by Capt. W. I. Everett, deceased, 1927, page 134; located in the Rockingham - Richmond County Library, Rockingham, North Carolina.)
Additional information from the "Rockingham Post-Dispatch," Richmond County, North Carolina, 30 November 1949.
"Wadesboro, North Carolina was named for Col. Thomas Wade, Jr." (Information about this branch of the Pickett/Terry family was taken from MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF ANSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA compiled by the Craighead-Dunlap Chapter DAR, Wadesboro, North Carolina, 1972, "Everett Sketches" by Capt. W. I. Everett, deceased, 1927, page 134; located in the Rockingham - Richmond County Library, Rockingham, North Carolina.)
Additional information from the "Rockingham Post-Dispatch," Richmond County, North Carolina, 30 November 1949.
Events
| Birth | Abt, 1752 | Granville County, North Carolina | |||
| Death | Abt, 1786 | Anson County, North Carolina | |||
| Marriage | Mary Leake |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Leake (1752 - ) |
| Child | William Hamilton Wade (1793 - 1850) |
| Child | Judith Leak Wade (1794 - ) |
| Child | Thomas McRae Wade ( - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Wade ( - ) |