Thomas McCuiston and Nancy Johnson

Nancy Johnson

Refer to the documents link on the left for the Will of Thomas "Reedy Fork Tom" McCuiston, Calloway Co., KY, 1852

    Children of Thomas and Nancy
  1. Cinthia, born bet 1801 & 1805
  2. Levina, born bet 1802 & 1806
  3. Jane, born abt 1805
  4. Note 2James, born abt 1806
  5. Note 3Luther, born abt 1808
  6. Sarah, born about 1810
  7. John Calvin, born 27 July 1815
  8. Thomas Harvey, born about 1821

    Note 2: Although most McCuiston researchers accept James McCuiston who married Charlotte Knight as a son of Thomas and Nancy, the marriage certificate for James and Charlotte definitely shows James as James McCuiston Jr and the bondsman as James McCuiston Sr while James and Charlotte came west with Thomas and Nancy. The Junior and Senior issue can perhaps be explained as meaning only the older and the younger with the bondsman's being the groom's uncle James. I believe that elder-younger is probably the correct interpretation since Thomas refers to "my son James" in his will while there appears to be no other James McCuiston of the correct age range in the Calloway County area.

    Note 3:

    Leona B. McCuiston's history of the family

    The McQuiston, McCuiston and McQuesten families, 1620-1937,


    Leona Bean McQuiston states that Luther McCuiston drowned early in 1839, yet Thomas bequeathed money from a land sale to Luther in his September 1851 will.

Thomas McCuiston

Married to Nancy Johnson

Since there were two or more Thomas McCuistons in Guilford County while our Thomas, "Reedy Fork Tom" was there, federal censuses that don't help differentiate among the multiple Thomases provide no help and are not cited here.

1840CallowayKYp73
Thomas McChristian: 1 male 60 thru 69, 1 female 50 thru 59, 1 male 20-29, 1 female 20-29, 2 males 15-19

1850CallowayKYdistrict2p414
Thomas McCuiston, 77, born NC, in family of son Thomas Harvey
Thomas H. McCuiston, 28 NC
Martha, 25 KY
Virginia, 4 KY
Emily J., 2 KY

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1762-1979
database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9P-G2P3 : 9 March 2021)
Bride: Nancy Johnson
Groom: Thomas McCuiston
Bond Date: 20 March 1800
County: Guilford
Bondsman: James Johnson

Note 1: Deaths, Calloway, 1852, pages 1 & 2. Each death record is written across two pages. The record lists Thomas's parents as Walter and Sarah McCuiston (If you use Ancestry.com to look up the record, their list may erroneously have Thomas's name transcribed as Herod, but photocopies of the original record show the name to be Thomas.)