Thomas Balch was a graduate of the College of New Jersey in 1813 and Princeton Theological Seminary in 1817, where he was a member of the American Whig Society.
He accepted a call to Snow Hill, Rehoboth and Pitts Creek, Maryland, on July 19, 1820.
When Thomas and Susan moved to Prince William and Fauquier Counties, they bought a place between Auburn and Greenwich.
Thomas and his wife were direct observers of the American Civil War and interacted with both Confederate and Federal troops.
His friend William Wilson Corcoran provided stones for the couple and they are buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Greenwich, Virginia.