Well after going through every birth record in Owsley County in 1852 - 1859, 1874, 1876 - 1879, I found a birthplace of Lee County, Virginia listed for James "Speck" Thomas. Having never heard of Lee County, VA as a place of interest in all this research before, this is exciting!
Now I'll have to tackle some surrounding counties and Laurel county's records.
On a sidenote - I think it was a prerequisite of recorders in those days to go through special schooling and learn how to write in the same tiny, scrunched-up, eye-jerking penmanship.
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