Thomas Gleeson was born in Ireland in about 1895. He married Margaret Spain. They had eight children. They emigrated and settled in Floyd County, Indiana. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Indiana and Illinois. Includes Barrett, Cowie, Kellner, Shrosbree, Zeman and related families.

This work contains abstracts of the records of approximately 7,500 persons who were naturalized in the state of South Carolina between the years 1783 and 1850. As it is based not only on the records of various jurisdictions but on the various types of records associated with naturalization, such as declarations of intent, petitions and actual citizenship certificates, information given in the volume varies to a rather marked degree. In general, however, some or all of the following data is evident: name, country of origin, place of residence in the U.S., occupation, date of arrival in the U.S., and date of application or admission.