Thomas Gray Greenhaw

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1860, Johnson, Union, Arkansas, USA. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=13350973
1860 United States Federal Census
about Thos Greenhaw Name: Thos Greenhaw
Age in 1860: 15
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Arkansas
Home in 1860: Johnson, Union, Arkansas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Hillsboro
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
J D Greenhaw 46
Mary A Greenhaw 45
Joseph Greenhaw 17
Thos Greenhaw 15
Hosea Greenhaw 12
Albertine Greenhaw 7
Mary Greenhaw 4
W J Lee 31
Pennina Lee 22
Zetelle Lee 5
Lela Lee 2
Thos D Dixon 27
Lucinda Dixon 23
Robert Dixon 6
Mary Dixon 4
Warrey Parker 38
A J Alphin 27
Philip Raleigh 32
Wash Roark 26
T J Collier 25
Jabas Steidham 21
H B Heavin 22

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Johnson, Union, Arkansas; Roll: M653_51; Page: 243; Image: 245; Family History Library Film: 803051.

• Census, 1870, Johnson, Union, Arkansas, USA. ¹ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&indiv=try&h=577890

1870 United States Federal Census
about Thomas G Greenhaw Name: Thomas G Greenhaw
Age in 1870: 25
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Arkansas
Home in 1870: Johnson, Union, Arkansas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Hillsboro
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Mary A Greenhaw 55
Thomas G Greenhaw 25
Albertine Greenhaw 17
Mary F Greenhaw 14
Alabama R Fitzpatrick 30
Mahone Fitzpatrick 2

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Johnson, Union, Arkansas; Roll: M593_65; Page: 562B; Image: 501; Family History Library Film: 545564.

• Census, 1880, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&indiv=try&h=43310596

1880 United States Federal Census
about Thomas G. Greenhaw Name: Thomas G. Greenhaw
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Arkansas
Home in 1880: Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Florida
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Justice Of The Peace

Household Members: Name Age
Thomas G. Greenhaw 34
Joseph H. Lively 36
Stephen Z. Pierce 61

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona; Roll: 36; Family History Film: 1254036; Page: 100C; Enumeration District: 018; Image: 0211.

• Census, 1900, Buckeye, Maricopa, Arizona, USA. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&indiv=try&h=14795506

1900 United States Federal Census
about Thomas Greenhaw Name: Thomas Greenhaw
Age: 54
Birth Date: Jul 1845
Birthplace: Arkansas
Home in 1900: Buckeye, Maricopa, Arizona Territory
[Maricopa]
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Florida
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Osker Roberts 29
George S Holms 65
Mathuem Gilson 32
Thomas Greenhaw 54

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Buckeye, Maricopa, Arizona Territory; Roll: 46; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 33; FHL microfilm: 1240046.

• Biography: sketch, 8 Sep 2007. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lumgray&id=I072

Some Pioneers of Central Arizona

This file began with some research on Columbus Gray who settled in the Salt River Valley in August of 1868. It expanded into other pioneer families including the Greenhaws, who traveled with the Grays from Union County, Arkansas, and the Ormes of Maryland. These families were early participants in the reclamation of the Salt River and in early Maricopa County and Arizona Territorial government.

•ID: I072
•Name: Thomas Gray Greenhaw
•Sex: M
•Birth: 1845 in Arkansas 1
•Death: 13 JUN 1907 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona 2 of General anasarca - liver & heart both diseased
•Burial: Loosley Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona 3
•Census: 1860 Union County, Arkansas 4
•Census: 1900 Buckeye, Maricopa, Arizona 5
•Note:
Named for Thomas Gray of Union County, Arkansas, probably a friend of Joseph D. Greenhaw. Thomas was the father of Josiah, Columbus, Francis and William Thomas Gray.

The Arizona Republican, November 6, 1891, page 1:
LITHOGRAPHIC STONE
Another Addition to Arizona's Resources.
The Long-Looked for Mineral, More Sought After of Late Years then the Fabled Philosopher's Stone, Found by Ex-Probate Judge Greenhaw
Hon. Thomas G. Greenhaw, who took an extended trip last summer through northern and eastern Arizona, merely for an outing, did not go for his health altogether, as is proved by the important discovery he has made. The discovery is important indeed-not alone to the discoverer, but to the entire territory. By his energy and observation he has succeeded in adding to the already long list of Arizona's resources.
He made the journey in quest of lithographic stone and has succeeded in finding it, for the specimen he exhibited to the reporter today fulfils all the conditions and answers to all the tests required by the Bavarian stone.
Heretofore the world's supply has been obtained from quarries in Bavaria, but as civilization advances and the calls upon the printers become more frequent, the supply in the Bavarian mines does not equal the demand.
The discovery of a mine of true lithographic stone is a fortune to anyone, and Judge Greenhaw is the fortunate discoverer.

On the same page is this under "Local Brevities":
The Pima Indians have a name for Hon. Thomas G. Greenhaw which is an expressive and musical one. They have named him Pansone, which being interpreted, means the man that needs a great big belt to encircle his anatomy.

In next day's Republican, the story continued:
A NEW RESOURCE
Arizona Has Gold, Silver, and Lithographic Stone
Every Mineral Known to Science and the Arts Is to Be Found in Arizona.-New Discoveries Made Every Day Prove This to Be a Fact
Hon. Thomas G. Greenhaw, the first discoverer of the true lithographic stone in Arizona, or in fact on the American continent, was besieged yesterday by numerous prospectors and wold be searchers for the valuable mineral. Many asserted that in their prospecting they had notoced something very like it, but not thinking it of any importance had passed it by. None of them could tell, however, just where they had seen it.
The discovery of this stone means a great deal to Arizona. It will be the cause of the opening of a new industry and of giving work to many laboreres. The Hon. Thomas G. Greenhaw, in his search for it, traveled over 600 miles through the mountains and deserts of this broad territory, and while he was gone, all his friends thought he was on a pleasure trip. If, as seems likely, he turns out to be a millionaire, he will be willing to call it a pleasure trip also.

Father: Joseph D. Greenhaw b: ABT 1814 in Alabama
Mother: Mary A. Baker b: ABT 1815 in Georgia