Thomas Miles

Thomas Miles was born on November 10, 1760, in Virginia. Thomas died on November 23,

1844, in Russell County, Alabama. (Alabama Patriots Searchable Database, 2026) 39 He was a

private in the North Carolina militia. According to his pension record, Miles served under

Captain John Faulkner and Colonel Moore. This places him in North Carolina during the later

years of the war. Under these officers, his duties would have included marching through the

backcountry, guarding strategic locations, scouting, and engaging in skirmishes against enemy

forces. Like many militia soldiers, his service was tied to regional defense and support operations

rather than long-term placement in a single regiment or participation in a consistently recorded

series of major battles. Miles’s service occurred during a period of intense conflict in the

southern theater, when militia forces played a key role in weakening British control through

persistent local resistance. After the war, he returned to civilian life before joining the postwar

migration southward, living in Georgia at the time of his pension application and later settling in

Russell County, Alabama, where he died in 1844. The location of his gravesite is unknown.

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