I don't see any Thomas surnamed records for either Edgecombe of Halifax Counties. The only Thomas shown is in association with a Petition filed by Ann Ridgely of Ann Arundel County, Maryland. She needed proof that her mother named, Mary Dove, an Indian,and her children & grandchildren were freed from the state of North Carolina at Newbern, Craven County, NC. This was in 1791 in Craven County.