Thomas B. Stout, a son of Hezekiah Stout Jr., was born in 1815 and died on July 3, 1861.

Thomas was falsely accused of killing a military courier and was shot by a Union Army patrol.

According to John Sutton's "History of Braxton County and Central WV", Thomas was falsely accused of killing a military courier and was shot by a Union Army patrol. Sutton relates the incident as follows:
"Two Federal couriers, coming up Wine Hill from Big Run were fired upon by Ben Haymond and one of them was killed. Just over the hill on the west side of Wine Gap, near the foot of the hill, some Federal soldiers captured Thomas Stout and two of his sons, Jonathan and Isaac, at their home, brought them to this place and killed the father, shot Isaac and wounded him badly. Jonathan made his escape by flight.
Thinking Isaac was killed the soldiers ran after Jonathan shooting at him and while this was going on Isaac made his escape."
Jonathan joined the Confederate Army, lived through the war and for many years thereafter, and was finally killed by a falling tree.
Isaac, though badly wounded in the mouth, recovered."
The son identified as "Jonathan" was probably Johnson Stout.

In an article titled "Some Civil War Reminiscences" published in "The Braxton Democrat" March 4, 1920, Jacob Heater states that a Federal cavalryman guarding a mail carrier was killed and that a local farmer told Federal soldiers that Thom Stout and his sons had killed the soldier. He then gave the soldiers directions to Stout's house. The Heater description of the shooting agrees With that of Sutton.

Husband of Nancy Burke 1816–1885
Birthplace: Glenville, Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States

brother of:
Mary Stout 1808–1838

John Wolfe Stout 1810–1885 • Gilmer County, WV

Sarah Sallie Stout (1811–1873) 5 Sept 1811 • Stout's Mill, Gilmer County, VA(WV)

Evalinah Stout (1814–1835) • VA

Thomas Benton Stout (1815–1861) 6 Apr 1815 • Braxton County, WV

Daniel D. Stout (1817–1835) 26 Apr 1817 • Stouts Mill, Gilmer County, VA

Emzey Stout (1819–1906) 11 Jul 1819 • Cedarville, Gilmer County, VA

Sylvanus Stout (1822–1875) 1 Jun 1822 • Stout's Mill, Gilmer County, VA(WV)

William Stout (1824–1900) 24 Feb 1824 • Cedarville, Gilmer County, VA

Nancy Stout (1826–1880) 28 Mar 1826 • Lewis County, VA

Elizabeth Stout (1828–1881) 30 Sept 1828 • Lewis County, VA

Ruhama Stout (1830–1910)1 Jul 1830 • Lewis County, VA

Perry Green Stout (1834–1873) 1834 • Lewis County, VA

Children
Louisa Stout 1836–
Hanson Stout 1837–1865
Johnson Stout 1840–1891
Minerva Stout 1841–
Martha M. Stout 1841–1874
William J. Stout 1846–
Isaac Marion Stout 1846–1932
Elizabeth Stout 1847–
Mary A. Stout 1850–

Thomas B. Stout 1860–
m. Sarah Ann 'Sally' Bosley 1853–1923
Charles Vincent Stout 1887–1944
Lon Earnest Stout 1892–1974

m. Rebecca H Riffle 1856–1941
Lee Preston Stout 2 Jul 1879 –1971 m. Stella Keener
William Perley Stout 4 Jun 1877–1969 Find A Grave Memorial# 166265586