George Thomas/Washington (1837-1912)
George Thomas was born in Virginia.
His mother Ann was purchased with her four month old baby (George) by
David Buie from one Theophlus Freeman for eight hundred dollars in Natchez,
Mississippi, on May 16, 1837. He was
raised on the Buie Plantation, Caseyville, Copiah County, MS.
At the age of 27, George heard that General Grant had taken Vicksburg,
so he escaped from the plantation and traveled over sixty miles, hiding in cane
brakes and fields to reach Vicksburg and join up with the Yankees.
George enlisted September 8, 1864 in Co. F, 58th Regiment
Infantry under the alias of George Washington and was discharged for disability
May 10, 1865. After discharge he
returned to Caseyville, married and fathered at least 10 children.