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Note: Thomas Fuson was a son of John and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Fuson of Hanover County, Va. Thomas served in the Virginia militia in the Revolutionary War under a Capt. Isom/Isham and at least two of his brothers, William and John Fuson, Jr., were also verterans of that war. Thomas has been approved as a Revolutionary War ancestor for DAR membership as has his brother William. Thomas’s wife Rachel Robinson was the daughter of James Robinson and some have thought her mother Nancy Foster Lane because she was the alleged grandmother of Thomas and Rachel’s son, Jonathan. However, I believe that Rachel’s mother may have been named Hannah. Rachel was born ca 1768 in North Carolina. Some years ago in the Fort Worth, Texas library I found record of a James and Hannah Robinson of North Carolina who had a daughter Rachel born November 1768, and since Thomas and Rachel named their first daughter Hannah, this seems strong circumstantial evidence. There was, however, a close connection between a number of Lane and Robinson families of early (1700’s) Virginia and North Carolina, so it is possible that Rachel’s mother was a Lane and Nancy Foster Lane was Rachel’s grandmother and her son Jonathan’s great-grandmother. There is much research to be done on the early Fusons, but I hope these few notes along with Mr. Fuson’s family history will make it a bit easier for those who want to learn more about their Fuson heritage in the years to come. For further details on some of the descendants of Thomas and Rachel (Robinson) Fuson, please refer to my article, Thomas Fuson (ca 1765-1849) and Rachel (Robinson) Fuson (ca 1769-1857) and Some of their Descendants in Bell County, Ky. historical journal Gateway, Vol. VIII, No.1, Fall 1993, and Vol. VIII, No. 2, Spring 1994. (Lorraine Miracle, History of the Fuson Family)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~deeskindredkorner/Fuson%20Manuscript.html
The first trace we find of Thomas Fuson in Tennessee is on Dismal Creek, DeKalb County. On this rugged creek, just below the town of Liberty, he lived for a number of years, probably reared his family here, around and prior to 1800. It is not probable that he married here, but many of the Robinsons related to Rachel Robinson, his wife, reside and have resided in the region. They, no doubt, emigrated with him and her from Virginia. Two of the sons of Thomas Fuson married while he lived on Dismal Creek: John, the oldest, who married Polly Garner, and Jonathan, who married Elizabeth Parker. Many of the Robinson’s (some spell the name Robertson) live and have lived, in and around Liberty. Will T. Hale’s History of DeKalb County, Tennessee, is full of references to them. They were prominent there in the early days and are still influential in the community. Col. James Robertson, Mark Robertson and others selected the site of Nashville in 1780. Elbert Robinson of Temperance Hall; W.S. Robertson, Thirty-sixth Tennessee Legislature, 1869; Norman Robinson, Fifty-eighth Tennessee Legislature, 1913; Judge Wingate T. Robinson, Tennessee Senate, 1865; Dr. W. H. Robinson, of Liberty; Edward Robinson, owner of one of the first steam mills; Bankers E.J. Robinson, W. R. Robinson and B. W. Robinson; Ned Robinson, wealthy, who in pioneer days had him a broadcloth suit made; Alex Robinson, Martha Robinson and Mai Robinson, school teachers; Rev. Stephen Robinson, a Missionary Baptist Preacher, written up in Grime’s History of Middle Tennessee Baptists and Will T. Hale’s History of DeKalb County, Tennessee; Len Robinson, a Confederate soldier; William Robinson, a stage coach driver; Lawyers John B. Robinson, Ralph Robinson and D. Robinson; Dr. Arch Robinson; John Robinson, son of pioneer Edward Robinson; Dr. C. C. Robinson, and others, where prominent in DeKalb County, Tennessee, at some time in her history. However, we know by tradition that Thomas Fuson lived in Virginia, and, perhaps, that he was born in Hanover County. The war record of his brother William, who he left there, says he was born in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1762. Thomas was born in 1760. William was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, having fought in the battle of Camden and at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. After the war he went to Ohio and died in Champaign County in 1835. Thomas Fuson named one of his daughters Hannah Bates after William’s wife Hannah Bates.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~deeskindredkorner/Fuson%20Manuscript.html
DNA evidence shows you’re likely a descendant of Thomas Fuson because you are part of his DNA Circle, which includes 28 of his probable descendants. (Ancestry.com)
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