He is married to Elizabeth Mitchell.
They got married in the year 1770 at Granville County, North Carolina.
Child(ren):
Name Prefix:Capt.
Ancestral File Number:HLNT-FH
Thornton servedas a Captain in the NC militia. In 1780 received revolutionary war pay voucherin Hillsborough Dist. North Carolina Film#: 177927, Page #: 726, Ordinance #: 28328