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I don't know if any of you are aware of a town that has a variant spelling of our name in its name. Recently, I accidentally discovered one that does. It's Kilmacthomas, county Waterford, Ireland. It's Irish name is Coill Mhic Thomaisin. It means the woods of the fine son of Thomas. How coincidental. This is the only town in the world I could find with anything close to our name in its name. My dad always said the Thomasons built a town. (He even suggested they anglicized their surname.) He never said where or what its name was or is, or if it's still standing. I can't say this town is the town. I don't even know what European country my Thomasons came from. None of my elders knew. They had their ideas, but no proof. Their theories ranged from Ireland to Sweden to the Netherlands, but they were all adamant that it wasn't England. My DNA says I'm no kin to any of the main Thomason lines, so I doubt if I connect with George Thomason the book seller.(I'm in haplogroup R1b, as is most European males.) The earliest one I can trace to so far is George D. Thomason who was born somewhere in Georgia in 1788, and is buried in Henry, co, Tenn. It seems the problem with my researching in Georgia is one of America's national heroes, a character by the name of William Tecumseh Sherman, liked to play with matches when he burned his way through Georgia in 1864-1865. Any thoughts on any of the things I mentioned in this post would be deeply appreciated - except for any defense of Mr. Sherman :).
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