John Thomas (colonel)

John Thomas, Sr. (1720 - 1811 or 1812) was a colonel during the American Revolutionary War who led the Spartan Regiment against the Loyalists.

Markers were erected to honor John and his wife Jane Thomas for their contributions during the American Revolution.

[2] Thomas fought at the Battle of the Monongahela under British General Edward Braddock, who was defeated and killed 10 miles (16 km) south of Fort Duquesne, in July 1755.

As a result of the defeat, the French continued to possess the fort and gained control of the Ohio River Valley.

Seeking wider expanses of available land for himself, his wife, and their children's families, they traveled along the Great Wagon Road for 800 miles (1,300 km).

[5] Title South-Carolina and parts adjacent, shewing the movements of the American and British armies.

[8] On June 3, 1775, the Provincial Congress of Carolina met to discuss the breakout of the war in Massachusetts, with the Battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill.

South Carolina Chief Justice John Belton O'Neall later owned their house.

[b] It was erected by the Greenville County Historical Preservation Commission and Mark III Properties in 2019.