Bios: Addendum to "Florice Mozelle Thompson, Her Family 1772 1994", Claiborne Parish, LA. Submitted for the LAGenWeb Archives by: Charles W. Barnum, 1068 Pinewood Dr., Sparks NV 89434 Date: Jan. 2000 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warning: Some of the material herein should be updated. We know Seaborn Thompson married three times from a copy of a Bible record and marriage records. We know Seaborn was not the son of Samuel Thompson. Any of my data regarding Samuel Thompson or his family should be considered in error unless proven otherwise. My records have been updated. Contact me for any specific information you may need at ryangb@nvbell.net I also have a huge stack of files of these families. Note: this book is 51 pages, but appears to be cut short due to an old diskette on which it was stored has errors or lost data. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE JOY OF GENEALOGY: OUR DUTY TO UPDATE RECORDS This addendum adds information to and corrects errors in the booklet Florice Mozelle Thompson which was written in 1994. Note that Seaborn J. Thompson and Seaborn Jones Thompson were different persons. Seaborn J. was the grandfather of Seaborn Jones Thompson. The various persons who were named Charles Thompson mentioned herein include their middle names to set them apart. A substantial collection of revised family group sheets are organized at the end of this booklet. We are finding other records concerning the descendants of Charles Thompson as we write this. It's true, genealogical work is an endless joy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SMITH AND THOMPSON CONNECTION From 1820 to about 1920, the SMITH and THOMPSON families were closely allied. The exact line of the SMITH families of Georgia, and later in Louisiana, has not been satisfactorily determined due to the common name of SMITH. However, from the Troup County Historical Society, Forrest Clark Johnson III, County Historian, discovered this important note: Seaborn J. Thompson: "11-3-1834 appt. grdn of his minor dau. Frances Louisa Thompson, qv, who has property from the will of her great grandfather George Smith~~~~~, bond $800, sec.s Nathan P. Browning and Daniel Evans all qv." After receiving that memo, my father fancied that Seaborn had a daughter by a marriage previous to Jane Briden Moreland's. He calculated Seaborn J. Thompson married between 1825 and 1827 near Walton or Putman County Georgia. Seaborn married Jane B. Moreland in 1832 in Troup County. Seaborn J. and Samuel Thompson moved to Troup County about the same time. Who could have been Seaborn's first wife? She must have died near Wilkes County under a Thompson name before 1830, being born about 1808. The will of George Smith, mentioned above, in Wilkes County, answered some questions. Some punctuation was added for clarity. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE WILL OF GEORGE SMITH Jim Burton, Probate Judge, Wilkes County, 23 East Court Street, Rm 422, Washington, GA: pages 365, 366, 367, 368, & 369. Georgia} In the name of God Amen Wilkes Co.} I George Smith of the state and county aforesaid do make constitute and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following vez. ITEM 1st: On account of the inconvenience and problems that females and orphans are sometimes exposed to after the death of the husband and father and that injury and waste not infrequently attends their property, it is my particular desire to secure and protect my beloved wife Mary Smith and my young son George Blakey Smith against all and every causality of like nature so far as it can be effected by my own precaution or through the kind agency of friends to this, and therefore, I relinquish unto my beloved wife Mary Smith all the interest which I may be entitled to by virtue of my intermarriage with her in the estate of her Father John Menzies(or Menzur) late of Rockingham County and the state of North Carolina died together with all claims which I may have to a certain yellow boy* named Jerry who was brought unto my possession by the aforesaid intermarriage under the Executor of the above named John Menzies giving a receipt for him to my Executor releasing my estate from responsibility. I further give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Smith out of our estate one Negro girl known in the family by Little Eliza, and one hundred dollars worth of household and kitchen furniture of her own selection at that approximate value and twenty five barrels of cane also the carriage, harness, and pair of horses that march the same, two cows and calves of her own selection and choice of two sows and pigs. I further give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Mary Smith two hundred and seventy two acres of land whereon we now live including the dwelling house and all other outter houses, and the spring that we make use of, to be laid off to the north side of my land being or following vez: to the East--by the Northern part--of Charles Lylasso's land and Elbert Smith's land and to the north by land formerly belonging to the Estate of Cola Praydeco and up the branch that divides the land of Joel T. Smith died and myself--and thence on the line that runs onto the hickory X in the field at the Chaffen place on the said mentioned line so far as to include the above mentioned two hundred & twenty five acres of land and running in such from so as to include the aforesaid lines. Should my wife Mary Smith's relatives or any one of them or any other person or persons after my death produce any accounts or any other claim against her, it is my direction that in the account of their being sustained that there be paid out of the legacy duly bequeathed her and or relating to the land and the land and property given her in the ITEM 1, I desire that the same be delivered over to her by my Executor or Executors immediately after the probate of my wife and my property inventoried in order that she may be exempt from further commission with my Executor or Executors or either of them or others or the Court of Ordinary. ITEM 2nd. I give and bequeath unto my son George Blakey Smith the balance of the tract of land now in my occupancy and bequeath to my wife Mary Smith in Item 1st also the following Negroes Vez: Lightfoot, Charles, Laura, and her three children Sam Anderson, & Rose & Nancy, a girl, & forty barrels of corn, five sacks of fodder and one of oats, five head of sheep one half of the plantation tools & his clothes, bed, bedstead and farm land, also three cows and calves, one yearling, also one bay mare by the name of Snap and her colt Terry and one other Iron Gray filly by the name of Foly, also the best yoke of oxen, cart, and yoke and reins. It is my desire that the trustees hereafter named would keep the above Negroes on the farm that I leave to my son George Blakey Smith and work the same the property contained in the Item. I wish to be understood as independent by my son George Blakey Smith my debts of just to be paid out of that remainder of my Estate as hereafter denoted. I constitute and appoint Stephen G. Burnley & Micajah Beddell my true and faithful friends trustees and testamental guardians of my son George Blakey Smith requesting he may be raised in the family of Stephen G. Burnley & Micajah Bedell and trained up to respectfully as they may think best, at any rate to have a good English Education. If Stephen G. Burnley & Micajah Bedell should remove to the new Counties and think it George Blakey Smith's advantage to make sale of his land and purchase him another tract of land in the new counties, they are at liberty to do so. ITEM 3. I give and bequeath unto my grandson Daniel Roberts son of my daughter Amelia Roberts formerly Amelia Smith one Negro boy named Cazeheak? ITEM 4. I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth J. Smith wife of Joel T. Smith died, one Negro girl named Shelly as her own individual property. ITEM 5th. I give to my grandsons as follows vez: to George Smith son of Joel T. Smith, fifty dollars; to Henry R. Smith, twenty five dollars; to George Sanford twenty-five dollars; to the three last named for the purpose of affording them in their education. ITEM 6. It is my particular wish that the above specified legacies be punctually paid to the several legacies named by my Executor or Executors hereafter nominated and appointed. The remainder of my personal property, Negroes excepted, I wish sold and out of the proceeds all of my just debts, if any, be equally divided between M. Burnley wife of Stephen G. Burnley, the children of my deceased son Joel T. Smith including my great granddaughter Frances Louisa Thompson and the children of my daughter Frances Sanford wife of James Sanford. ITEM 7th I wish my two old Negro women Gady and Jenny to reside, if they wish, with my children and be supported by them without any labor on their part unless voluntary. ITEM 8th The remainder of my Negroes not divided it is my wish may be divided into three equal lots as nearly as practical to be drawn for by my daughter Margaret M. Burnley wife of Stephen G. Burnley the children of my deceased son Joel T. Smith including my great granddaughter Frances Louisa Thompson, and the children of my daughter Frances Sanford wife of James Sanford. ITEM 9 And lastly I hereby appoint my trusted friend Stephen G. Burnley, Andrew Culing and Micajah Bedell Executor to this my last will and testament hereby annulling all others by me heretofore made and I set forth publicly and declare this testament as my last will and testament. IN witness hereof--I have here unto set my hand and affix my seal this first day of December 1831. GEO SMITH seal; Signed Sealed and acknowledged by the testator as his last will and testament in presence: Joseph W. Robinson, Mark. Lane; John C. Dyrin Georgia, Wilkes County} Personally appeared in open court Joseph W. Robinson, Mark J. Lane and John C Dyrin the subscribing witnesses the written will who being present say that they saw the testator sign and hand him a acknowledge the amended Instrument of writing to be his last will and testament and at the time of his own doing he was of sound and despairing mind & memory and that they served as witnesses is his presence at his request--and in presence of each other. Sworn to in open Court this 5th day of May 1834 Recorded 5th Sept 1834 Martin A Lane J W Robinson ------------------------------------------------------------------- Note:*High Yaller or Yeller or Yellow referred to a person of mixed race. Yeller was considered a vulgar word in the South. The new counties mentioned in the will may refer to Troup County organized in 1832 from Indian Lands. Seaborn & his family were there before 1840. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following Thompson/Smith information was written by my father in an attempt to understand how Frances was a great grandchild of George Smith: Frances Louise/Louisa Thompson was a great grandchild of George Smith. Her mother's name is unknown. She may not be a SMITH in surname if she descended from a daughter of George Smith. Seaborn J. Thompson was made guardian of his daughter, Frances Louise Thompson in Troup County, Georgia in 1834. George Smith(1st wife) = Frances Burnley George Smith(2nd wife) = Sarah Blakley George Smith(3nd wife) = Mary Menzies in Wilkes County GA before 1820, married after 1824 Mary's father: John Menzies, of Rockingham County NC 1-1 Dau Amelia Smith = John G. Roberts Married 6 May 1819 Wilkes, Georgia Born about 1800 1-1-1 Grandson Daniel Roberts Born after 1820 1-2 Son Joel T. Smith = Elizabeth J. Smith Deceased before 1833 per his father's will 1-2-1 Great Granddaughter Born 1829 GA Frances Louisa Thompson = Henry Maier or Meyer married 26 April 1849 Troup County GA In Seaborn's household in 1850, Troup County 1-2-2 Grandson George Smith 1-2-3 Grandson Henry R. Smith 1-3 Dau Frances Smith = James Sanford Married 22 Nov 1820 Wilkes County GA 1-3-1 George Sanford--also spelled Sandford in the will Born abt 1830 Wilkes County GA 1-4 Dau Margaret Smith = Stephen G. Burnley Married before 1831 1-5 Son George Blakey Smith, Born 29 January 1824 in Wilkes County GA My father continued: "Seaborn's first wife would need to be about 16 or older in 1828 if he married a Smith. Therefore, she would have been born about 1810 or earlier. Her parents would have been born about 1790 or earlier. Therefore, George Smith would have been married about 1770 or earlier. George would have been born about 1750/1860." "His child George Blakey Smith was born in 1824. George would have been about 74 at that time. Seaborn's first wife apparently was younger than Amelia. The grandchild who married Seaborn must have been the daughter of Joel T. Smith. It doesn't seem possible George Smith had great grandchild aged 16 or over in 1828. My data is incomplete." It's confounding that on the 1840 Troup County Georgia census our Seaborn J. Thompson had one girl aged 5 to 10 years. That is paradoxical since he also had a girl named Mary Ann born in 1833 by his second wife. The census only listed one girl of that age group when it should have listed two young girls, Frances Louisa and Mary Ann. The 1830 Walton County census apparently listed Charles Thompson with Seaborn J. still in the household. Therefore, Seaborn was widowed. The 1820 Morgan County Georgia census showed a George Smith living next door to Charles Thompson. George, apparently was related to that George. He left property to Frances Louisa Thompson in his will in 1831. He did not specify the names of the parents of Frances in the will which suggests they were deceased at that time i.e. before 1831. That is why my father also speculated that Seaborn may have adopted Frances Louisa from his sister, Louisa Thompson. Charles Thompson was not found enumerated on any 1810 or earlier census. The 1810 Georgia census was destroyed. The county of Morgan was not created until 1818. Apparently, Charles lived in the Walton/Morgan County area before 1818. The 1820 Morgan County census is shown below with Charles Thompson living next door to George Smith. Census: males females Negroes slaves & free Chas.Thompson 2,3,0,0,0,1 2,0,1,1,0 12,0,0,10,2,3,0,4,3,2 George Smith 2,2,0,1,0,1 2,1,0,1,0 7,0,0,06,4,0,0,0,3,0 ^aged 16 to 26 ^ It's suggested from the above census that George Smith had one son aged 16 to 26. Charles Thompson had one daughter aged 16 to 26(Louisa?). Their marriage would explain how George Senior's great grandchild--Frances Louisa Thompson was adopted by Seaborn J., and was stated as a daughter of Seaborn according to the court order in Troup County. It would explain why she was living in Seaborn's family in 1850 but not prior to that time. What appears obvious in genealogy is often false. The George Smith above was not the George Smith who left a will in Wilkes County Georgia. He presumably was a relative, a cousin most likely, by the same first name. However, the SMITH and THOMPSON families possibly associated before 1800 in North Carolina. The 1830 Walton County Georgia census had these two entries which appeared together: Smith males females Joel 2,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0/1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 Wm 0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0/1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 age ^20to30 under5^ ^20to30 William Smith, above, married a lady who fits our Louisa Thompson in age and location, and they had one child who fits our Frances Louisa Smith who was apparently adopted into the Seaborn J. Thompson family. Neighbor's children often married in the rural 1800's. The census entry was merely a coincidence. A faded document dated 1 January 1932 stated a Sarah G. Smith deceased, left money to E. Smith, J. G. Roberts, James Sanford, George Smith, George B. Smith, Elizabeth Smith, and children of Joel Smith and others. Sarah was the wife of George Smith before his marriage to Mary Menzier. Further, a return(settlement of a will) dated 26 February 1835 of George Smith paid money to E. Smith, Mary Smith, Nancy Smith, E. J. Smith, Henry and Amelia Smith children of Margaret Smith, L. L. Burnley, Micajah Bedell and others, and: "Cash Pd Seaborn J. Thompson in full of Francis(Sic) L. Thompson Legacy $197.28," dated 7 January 1835. That entry did not state that Frances L. Thompson was a daughter of Seaborn Thompson. That information was found in the Court of Ordinary. Additional information might be found in the files of other courts--Inferior Court and Superior Court. You may have found the new riddle in the genealogy of Frances Louisa. That riddle was solved with the discovery of the Joel T. Smith Bible. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE JOEL SMITH BIBLE The Joel family Bible was inherited by Margaret Smith. Who passed it to her son, who passed it to his son, thence to his son's wife, and later to the present owner Mrs. C. A. Kendrick of Winters, Texas. It stated in part: Joel T. Smith born 16 October 1787, married Elizabeth J. Bedell born 24 September 1794. Their children were Francis Smith born 19 April 1811; George Smith born 24 May 1812; Nancy Smith born 13 October 1813; Martha Smith born 15 may 1815; Amelia R. Smith born 26 July 1819; Maria Smith born 6 December 1820; Margaret Smith born 17 September 1822; Frances L. Thompson, daughter of Seaborn and Francis Thompson born 2 March 1828. The Bible recorded Joel T. Smith died 8 March 1823; Frances Thompson daughter of J. T. and E. J. Smith died 14 May 1828; Elizabeth J. Smith died 26 Dec 1871. Marriages recorded were: Joel T. Smith married Elisabeth J. Bedell 22 April 1810; Seaborn J. Thompson married Frances Smith 2 November 1826; Andrew Huling married Martha R. Smith 8 July 1830; Micajah Bedell married Nancy Smith 18 October 1831; George Smith married Nancy Wilburn 8 July 1835. Joel Smith made a will in Wilkes County Georgia two months before his death. His will stated "... proceeds be equally divided among my eight children Frances, George, Nancy, Martha, Henry, Amelia, Maria and Margaret." Frances, fifteen years and seven months old, married Seaborn Thompson two years later. Seaborn was only twenty years old. The Smith Bible information was provided by Emma Reeves of Nacogdoches, Texas, aged ninety-five. Other information was taken from her book, "Keahey Clansman". Without her help, the riddle of Frances Louisa Thompson would still torment my father. Frances Louisa Thompson, daughter of Seaborn, was living in the home of her grandparents with Seaborn in 1830. A widowed man could not raise an infant in 1830 by himself. We wondered why a twenty year old Seaborn J. Thompson was in Wilkes County at such a young age in 1826. The answer may be that his own father had plenty of help on his farm with his large family and numerous Negro slaves. What about his relatives? Was young Seaborn sent to Wilkes County to help a relative operate his farm? Is that where Frances Smith caught his eye and made his soul smolder? Those questions may be answered one day. We suspect George Smith and Charles Thompson knew one another when they lived in North Carolina. That possibility will get our attention in the coming years. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TROUP COUNTY GEORGIA MORELAND/REED/THOMPSON A narrative was written in the book Biographical & Historical Memoirs of NW Louisiana, pub. 1890; Southern Publishing Co., 1890, Nashville & Chicago. That passage clarified some family relationships between Samuel Reid(Reed) and Seaborn J. Thompson of Troup County who lived in Georgia from 1832 to about 1851. Not only were Reid and Thompson business associates in the slave brokerage & mortgage business, but they were in-laws through their Moreland relatives. These families knew each other before moving to Troup County as they lived variously in Greene, Wilkes, Putnam, and Morgan Counties. Following is page 438 typed as found in the above mentioned book. "Hon. William F. Moreland, planter, Homer, La. No name is justly entitled to a more enviable place in the history of Claiborne Parish than the one that heads this sketch, for it is borne by a gentleman who has been usefully and honorably identified with the interests of this parish and with its advancement in every worthy particular. He was born in Putnam County, GA., September 26, 1816, and although past the age usually allotted to a man, he is in possession of a competency fully sufficient to warrant him in passing the remainder of his days in peace and comfort. He was the seventh in a family of eleven children, who are named as follows: Joseph died in Claiborne Parish in 1852), Ann(married Samuel Reed, of Troup County, Ga. where she died), Elizabeth T.(became the wife of Thomas Hightower, of Claiborne Parish, and is now deceased), Martha(became the wife of Charnold Hightower, of Monroe County Ga. and died about 1828), Sarah(became the wife of Henry West and died in Troup County, Ga., and died in Troup County, GA), Susan(married Thomas Bustin and died in Troup County, Ga.), Isaac(died in Houston, Tex.), Jane B.(married Seburn Thompson and died in Mississippi), Mary B.(married John C. Henderson, of Putnam County, Ga. and died in Macon County, Ala.), and Amelia (married Thomas C. Miller and died in La Grange, Ga.). The father of these children, Isaac Moreland, was born and reared in Dinwiddie County, VA., and was a son of Thomas Moreland, who owned the land where a portion of Petersburg now stands. The Moreland family were originally from England. The mother of the above mentioned children, Nancy(Turner) Moreland, was born in Dinwiddie County, Va., and was a classmate of Gen. Winfield Scott's in his early educational career. Experience has been Mr. Moreland's school, and that he has made the most of it can not be questioned. He was thrown upon his own resources practically, taking care of his own affairs at the age of fourteen, and came to Claiborne Parish in 1853, locating where he now lives. He was first married in 1839 to Miss Susan L. Ferrell, daughter of Bennett Ferrell, of Jackson County, Fla. She died in Macon County, Ala., in 1849. In January, 1852, Mr. Moreland was married to Miss Elizabeth White, daughter of James White of Sumter County, Ga., and unto this union were born six children: Sidney T.(now a resident of Lexington, Va., and professor of physics in Washington and Lee University of that place), Isaac N.(a resident of Claiborne Parish), William W.(married and residing on the old home place), F. Kate(at home), Ida S.(also at home) and Lelia M.(now Mrs. James G. Meadows, of Tennessee). Mr. Moreland has been a conspicuous man in the interests of his parish, and was elected to the Legislature in 1850, serving four years. After the war he was re-elected to the House and served until the reconstruction. He was again elected to that position in 1874 and served one term. In 1879 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention, and since that time he has declined office of any kind. He was for many years an active member of the masonic fraternity, and has been a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South since 1840. He is progressive in his ideas and tendencies, and has been a representative man in the community." Several Moreland families moved to Claiborne Parish from Georgia before and after 1850. Seaborn J. Thompson moved to Scottsville, Claiborne Parish about 1851. During the trip, his wife Jane Briden(Moreland) Thompson died in Mississippi, location unknown at this time. He left his daughter, Julia, and possibly his son John in Scottsville, and he returned to Mississippi to build railroads with his sons Charles W. Thompson and Edward Young Hill Thompson. Information from selected censuses that trace Seaborn's family appear below. 1840 Georgia Troup County Seaborn J. Thompson males under 5 = two WM & John Thompson males 20 to 50 = one S.J. Thompson females 5 to 10 = one Mary Ann Thompson females 20 to 30 = one J. B. Moreland Julia C. and Frances Louise were not on this census. 1850 26 August 1850 Georgia Troup County, Lagrange (LaGrange) Sebron Thompson 44 GA Jane B. 35 GA Mary Ann 17 GA William T. 15 GA John N. 13 GA John Nugent? Charles W. 09 GA Edward Y. 05 GA Living in the family of Seaborn were: Henry Maier(Meyer) 38 Germany Cabinet Maker Frances L. 21 Georgia (Thompson) 1860 27 June 1860 Mississippi Newton County Hickory TWP page 741 Sebron Thompson 55 GA Railroad Contractor $10,000/$39,980 Charles 16 GA Edward 14 GA 1870 Louisiana Claiborne Scottsville(Lisbon) Ward #1 #226 pg 15 Thompson, S. J. 65 GA $1,600 $600 S. (Sallie) 28 GA (Thornton)(Corry)Thompson A.N.--female 12 LA Children born before Civil War S. A.--female 10 LA All were 'Corry' Children I. Y./J. Y.--male 10 LA E. Y.--female? 08 LA #227--may not be related Ingram?, A. 37 GA female E.--female 14 AL L. H.--female 03 LA 1870 Louisiana Claiborne Parish Scottsville Ward #1 #231 Nephew of Seaborn Charles Henry Thompson Thompson, C. H. 27 GA $400 $3,000 E. J. 22 LA (E. J. Bush) m 24 Dec 1865 1860 Louisiana Claiborne Parish E. D. Bugg 31 GA J. C. 19 GA 1870 Claiborne Ward #2 # 231 Moreland, Wm 53 GA brother of Jane Briden MORELAND Elizabeth 43 GA with six children not shown here Bugg, Alva 03 LA nephew 1880 21 June Louisiana Ward #2 page 262 #296 Moreland, William 63 GA VA VA & family Bugg, Charles S. 15 Nephew LA GA GA Bugg, A. Bean 13 Nephew LA GA GA 1880 17 June Louisiana Ward #7 page 376 #267 Bugg, Eddie female 18 White LA GA GA (Edmond) Louisiana 1900 Soundex B200 Bossier County LA Ward 5 Vol6,ED22,Sheet1,Line69 Alva B. Bugg born age 33 Feb 1867 in Louisiana Lula M. age 31 Jan 1869 in Mississippi 1910 Soundex B200 Louisiana Doctor A. B. Bugg age 43 Caddo County LA ED27,Sheet39 wife L.M. age 42 born in Texas Doctor Bugg, son of Julia THOMPSON and E.D. BUGG, apparently had no children. Note inconsistent place of birth for Lula. 1870 Texas Wood County Winnsborro #110 Thompson,C. W. 25 GA S. A. 23 AL D. R. 03 LA Robert 9/12 TX born in October Bugg, Charles 05 LA nephew, son of Julia Thompson,E.Y. 23 GA 1880 Texas Coleman County Coleman Pct #7 #171 Thompson, C. W. 37 GA GA GA Sarah A. 32 AL GA AL Zana 13 LA GA AL Robert W. 11 TX GA AL Ernest (female) 09 TX GA AL 1900 4th June Texas Coleman County Coleman #61 Thompson, Chas. W. Oct 1842 57 M3 GA NC GA Emma F. Feb 1869 31 M3 (2/1)KS VA VA Sallie M. Jan 1887 13 TX TX KS Jme--son Oct 1892 7 TX GA TX Quinn, Sarah F. Jun 1883 67 Wd VA VA VA Mother-in-law 1910 Texas Coleman Thayer, Warren L. 26 M1 MI NY OH Thayer, Sallie 23 M1 0/0 TX TX KS 1910 Texas Coleman Austin, Florence 21 Single(Thompson) TX TX LA Gerald 16 TX TX LA Harold 14 TX TX LA Ivan 10 TX TX LA 1900 Texas Coleman Montgomery, Rufus Jan 1862 38 M14 TX TN MS Julia B. Jan 1872 28 M14 TX KY GA Herlie E. Sep 1888 11 TX TX TX Henry A. Jul 1891 08 TX TX TX Grace m. (Thompson) Oct 1893 06 TX TX TX James E. Oct 1896 06 TX TX TX John A. Brother Nov 1896 30 TX TN MS 1920 Texas from Soundex Pecos, Reeves, Texas 6th Street V138 WD176 S5 L23 Robert W. Thompson White 50 born Texas living with Mancer Wright, Nephew 1920 Texas from Soundex Dallas, Dallas, Texas South Adams house # 536 V43 ED60 S24 L53 I. W. Thompson White 27 born Texas Mamie R. wife 22 born TX 1850 26 September Alabama Chambers County 19th Dist #124 William F. Parker 32 GA Drucilla 31 GA John H. 10 GA William M. 07 AL Auguhus? E. 05 AL Augustus Sarah A. 04 AL wife of Charles Thompson Fady A. 03 AL Joseph 01 AL 1870 Texas Wood County Winnsborro #141 Wm F. Parker 52 GA Drusilla 52 GA J. M. 20 AL Thomas 19 AL H. M. 19 AL Emma 16 AL James 10 AL 1870 Texas 1870 Wood County Winnsborro Pct#4 #104 Parker, J.H. 31 GA son of Wm F. H. E. 25 AL Sarah E. 09 LA not the wife of Charles Thompson Wm H. 07 LA John W. 05 LA E. J. 04 LA 1900 5 June Texas Colman County Coleman pg 179 ED21 # 91 Austin, Thr. R. Jly 1857 42 M12 TX VR MO Zana Jan 1867 33 M12(5/4)LA GA AR Florence B. Nov 1888 11 TX TX LA Gerald J. Spt 1893 06 TX TX LA Harrell S. Dec 1895 04 TX TX LA Ivan Apr 1899 01 TX TX LA 1870 Texas Wood County Quitman page 63 #21 Warren, James 52 GA Mary 42 AL Martha 13 TX 1880 25 June Texas Coleman County Pct # 1 page 520 Thompson, Edward Y. 35 GA SC GA Martha A. 23 TX GA MS Frank H. 04 TX GA TX Jas H. 01 TX GA TX Seaborn Jones 1920 3 February Texas Brown County Brownwood Justice Pct #1 #316 Brown, Marcus L. 51 TX GA GA Physician Ernest 47 TX GA GA Ernest Thompson Gladys 20 TX TX TX Mary 16 TX TX TX Zana 09 TX TX TX 1880 26 June Texas Coleman County Pct #1 Thompson Edward Y. 35 GA SC GA Notice SC birthplace for Seaborn J. Martha A. 23 TX GA MS Frank H. 04 TX GA TX Jas H. 01 TX GA TX 1900 Texas Coleman County Page 220 #221 Thompson, Edward Y. H.May 1846 54 m17 GA GA GA marriage of '30' overwritten with a '17' Mary E. Oct 1862 37 (5/3) OH OH OH Sebern J. Nov 1879 20 TX GA LA James J. Nov 1881 18 TX GA LA Henry W. G. Feb 1887 13 TX GA OH John N. Jly 1893 06 TX GA OH Mattie E. Aug 1896 03 TX GA OH 1910 28 April Texas Coleman Justice Pct #6 #129 Thompson, Edward Y. 64 M19 GA GA GA Mary 49 M19 OH OH OH Nugent 16 TX GA OH John Earnest female 13 TX GA OH Mattie 1920 19 January Texas Coleman County Justice Pct #6 #53 Thompson, E.Y. 74 /GA/ Atlantic Ocean Born at Sea Am. Cit./ GA Mary 54 OH OH OH J.N. 26 TX GA OH Smith, Lillian 20 TX TX TX 1860 14 Aug Texas Wood County Springville Pct #6 Page 324 #474 James Warren 42 GA $3,330 $5,095 Mary 33 AL Thas J. 10 TX Jas B. 08 TX Martha 04 TX Manerva C. 01 TX Martha Jennings 25 AL 1910 29 April Texas Lee County Justice Pct #4 #128 Thompson,Sebron J. 29 M1 7 TX GA USA Tennie B. 29 M1 7 (3/3) TX USA USA Neal L. 05 TX TX TX Montie C. 03 TX TX TX Edward Y. 01 TX TX TX Seaborn was enumerated twice in 1910 above and next. 1910 9 May Texas Lee County Justice Pct #4 #191 West Yegua River Thompson, Sebe J. 29 M1 6 TX AL AL Tennie B. 28 M1 6 (3/3) TX TN TN Neal 05 TX TX TX Montie 04 TX TX TX Edward 01 TX TX TX 1920 19 January Texas Coleman County Justice Pct #6 #54 Thompson, S.J. 40 TX GA TX T. B. 42 TX TN TN N. L. 15 TX TX TX M.C. 14 TX TX TX E.Y. 12 TX TX TX Elaine 09 TX TX TX Zella 07 TX TX TX Idel 04 TX TX TX Florice 01 TX TX TX 1910 12 May Texas Coleman County Justice Pct #3 #234 Thompson James J. 28 M2 2 TX USA USA Pernnie K. (child died) 22 M2 2 (1/0) MS MS MS 1920 Texas from Soundex Gerogetown, Williamson, Texas V171 ED 152 S3 L70 Thompson, James J. 38 White born Texas North Bushey Street Oincilla 29 Texas--this was Ella Carpenter Mary L. 3/12 Texas 1920 Texas Soundex Georgetown, Williamson, Texas V171 ED162 S2 L32 Thompson, Frank H. 44 White South Bushey Street House # 913; living with Eldridge Hodges, roomer 1920 18 February Texas Williamson County Justice Pct #4 West? #246 Beaver, Oscar 42 TX VR TX head Leo (Thompson) 38 TX LA TX wife Futrell, Roy Alvin 20 TX AR TX step-son Ollie 17 TX AR TX step-son Mary 13 TX AR TX step-dau Lee 13 TX TX TX son Jim 11 TX TX TX son Edd (Troy) 09 TX AR TX step-son E.Y. (Edward Young) 05 TX TX TX son Myrti(Myrtle?) 02 TX TX TX daughter 1900 Texas Coleman County Pct #6 #48 James M. Futrell Jan 1876 24 M1 AR AR AR Leo E. Jun 1883 17(1/1) TX LA TX Roy A. Dec 1899 5/12 TX AR TX 1880 16 June Texas Fannin County page 398 #400 Wood, Allen 33 TN TN TN S. J. 37(31?) TN TN TN Osker 13 TN TN TN Zana 11 TN TN TN C. male 09 TN TN TN E. M. female 05 TX TN TN Tennessee 03 TX TN TN Rufus 4/12 Oct TX TN TN 1900 13 June Texas Justice Pct #1 not including Coleman City #105 Wood, Sarah J. Apr 1842 58 Wd 36 (9/8) TN VA SC Ella M. Nov 1873 26 TX TN TN Tennessee May 1877 23 TX TN TN Rufus Oct 1879 20 TX TN TN Lucy B. Spt 1881 18 TX TN TN Gordie Jan 1884 16 TX TN TN #233 Wood Oscar May 1867 33 M10 TN TN TN Nancy Nov 1873 26 M10 (3/3) MO MO IL Dyott Jly 1893 06 TX TN MO Elmer May 1896 04 TX TN MO Willie Aug 1899 01 TX TN MO C.C. brother Oct 1871 28 TX TN TN 1920 18 February New Mexico Lea Lovington Pst #8 #233 Wood Oscar 51 TN TN TN Nancy S. 46 MO MO MO Albert C. 19 TX TN MO Mineola 16 TX TN MO Jonnie M. female 12 NM TN MO Johnnie #324 Wood, James O.? 26 TX TN MO Nora? M. 19 NM TX TX Loretta B. 10/12 NM TX TX 1920 12 February Texas Palo Pinto County V135 ED209 S8 L22 Justice Pct #8 #173 Thompson, Grady H. 33 TX TX TX (Henry Grady) Grace 23 TX TX TX H. G. son 06 TX TX TX Glennie 04 TX TX TX Nugent son 02 TX TX TX Futrell, Roy 20 TX TX TX nephew 1920 soundex T512 Texas Kent County, TX Thompson, Charlie O. 39 TX Robert H. dau 15 TX Ida L. dau 12 TX Blanche T. dau 09 TX Ruth N. dau 07 TX Charles O. Jr. son 03 TX 1910 16 February Texas Palo Pinto County Justice Pct #8 #49 Fenton, Hiram 25 NM GA GA Ernie 22 TX TX TX (Mattie Thompson) Opal 07 TX NM TX ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARLES THOMPSON FATHER OF OUR THOMPSON FAMILY Charles was born in North Carolina in 1774. He lived in the area of present-day Morgan County Georgia about 1805/1810. He was a man of wealth and owned a number of slaves. Several free "Colored" people lived on his farm. His male children were also wealthy, possibly from his generous hand. At a very late age, near the end of his life, Charles moved across the South from Georgia to Louisiana. His move to Louisiana appears bizarre without having further facts about his motive. A large part of his family made the move as well: Virgil, Charles, Robert, Seaborn, John, Margaret and Mary. The father of Charles is not known at this time. The names Charles and William are ever present in our Thompson family. Each generation since Charles had another Charles in their family including my father's name. A will in North or South Carolina or Georgia may reveal his parent's name which we strongly suspect was Thomas or Joseph or William. In 1820, there was only one Charles Thompson recorded in the state of Georgia on the Federal Census. He appeared on the Morgan County census. Charles moved from Morgan to Walton County, just next door before 1830. In 1830, there were two Charles Thompson's in the state of Georgia according to the census. One was in Walton County and one was in Morgan County. We believe that fact could not reasonably be accounted for by random chance. The young Charles Thompson of Morgan County was--possibly, the nephew of Charles of Walton County. Further, young Charles may be the son of Thomas P. Thompson who may have been the son of Joseph. Therefore, our Charles may also be the son of Joseph and the brother of Thomas. Thomas, Thomas P., Charles(nephew of Charles), and Joseph lived near each other in Morgan County in 1830. The preceding conclusions are speculations. The path Charles took can be traced with a degree of accuracy by using deed records. We know he was born in North Carolina in 1774. He moved south before 1810. He married either in South Carolina or in the Indian Lands of Georgia about 1804. He had a large family in Georgia. He was in Morgan County Georgia after its creation in 1818 as proved by a deed reprinted following: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgia--This indenture made the nineteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty in the forty-forth year of the Independence of the United States of America, between John Clark of the county of Baldwin of the one part and Charles Thompson of the county of Morgan of the other part, witnesseth that the said John Clark in consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars in hand, paid at and before the sealing of and deling of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, confirmed, sold, alined, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, alien, convey and confirm unto the said Charles Thompson his heirs and assigns all that tract or parcel of land situated, lying and being in the county of Morgan in said state containing one hundred and sixty acres and one half more or less acres, the same being the fraction known and distinguished in the general plan of the Twentieth District formerly Baldwin now Morgan County, by the number three hundred and fifty one, to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with all and singular, the rights, the members and appurtenances thereof whatsoever to the said tract of land being, belonging or any wise appertaining with the remainder and unnamed reversions and revisions, issues, rents and profits thereof to the only possession, use, benefit and behoof of him the said Charles Thompson his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, one fifteenth of same the said John Clark for himself his heirs, executors and administrator the said bargained tract of land unto the said Charles Thompson and his heirs, executors and administrators and assign against the said John Clark and his heirs executors and administrators shall warrant the said John Clark and his heirs, executors and administrators shall warrant and forever defend by virtue of these presents, in receipt whereof, the said John Clark hath hereunto set his hand and affected his seal the day and year per above written in the presence of John Clark. The words "and all and every other person or persons" being first erased and it being understood between the parties that the said John Clark does not warrant the land against any claim which the state may have thereunto for its sake. Recorded 21 February 1820, John Nesbet, Clk The father of Margaret Thompson (Clark) was William Clark. We believe that William Clark traveled from South Carolina to the Indian Lands of Georgia with Charles and his wife. In 1820, this entry was recorded on the Walton County census. William Clark males females under 10 0 0 10 to 16 1 0 16 to 26 1 0 26 to 45 0 0 over 45 1 1 Both William and his wife were over the age of forty-five according to the census. He may have been born about 1775, about the same time Charles Thompson was born. It is noted that one William Clark sold his land to William Ray 17 February 1822 in Morgan County. That was within months of Charles leaving Morgan County for Walton County. Charles Thompson purchased tracts of land in the neighboring county of Walton on 30 December 1823, 16 January 1828, and 2 June 1829. He sold his Walton County properties on 7 September 1846. He moved to Claiborne Parish Louisiana soon after that sale. It is interesting that Charles purchased that property from Thurman Harris and sold it twenty years later to James Harris. The records show that Wiley Thornton, a friend of Charles, sold his Walton County property in 1845. He may have moved to Claiborne Parish and wrote to Charles saying, "Come on out, the fishing is great." Thereafter, Charles sold his property and hauled his family to Louisiana in wagons. He lived near Wiley. Charles died about November 1851 in Claiborne Parish Louisiana. Secession hearings were held on his estate to divide his property and settle his debts. Below are some of those papers typed as closely as legible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minors of C. Thompson Petition for tutorship filed December 2, 1851 signed WT Cleveland Dy(Deputy) Clk Dist Court-State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne--To the Honorable the Clerk of the District Court of said parish and state. The petition of Margaret Clark a resident of said parish and state with respect represents to your Honor that she is the mother and natural tutor of Robert E. Thompson and Joseph Lafayette Thompson minor children issue of the marriage between her and Charles Thompson deceased. Wherefore she prays to be confirmed and qualified as natural tutor of said minors and that an under tutor for said minors be appointed. She swears that said minors have no property except the interest they have in the Estate and Secession of their father Charles Thompson dec'd and that said Secession is unsettled and it will be impossible to ascertain their share until the same is settled. She prays for general relief. Signed, Andrew Lawson Atty for petitioner. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne. It is ordered that the prayer of the foregoing petition be granted that Margaret Clark widow of Charles Thompson late of said parish and state be confirmed as natural tutor of her minor children issue of her marriage with said Charles Thompson deceased, to wit. Robert E. Thompson and Joseph Lafayette Thompson, provided she takes the oath required by law. It is further ordered that John C. Milner be appointed under tutor for said minors provided he takes the oath required under law. Signed on this 23rd day December AD 1851. Signed CC Coper Clk Dist Court. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oath of tutor filed Dec 29 1851 signed WC Coper Clk Dist Court-State of Louisiana, Parish of Claiborne. I the undersigned do solemnly affirm that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me by law as natural tutor of my minor children issue of my marriage with Charles Thompson deceased to wit, Robert E. Thompson and Joseph Lafayette Thompson according to the best of my knowledge and abilities. So help me God. Signed Margaret Thompson Sworn to and witnessed before me this 27th day of Dec AD 1851. Signed AC Barber Justice of the Peace. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oath of under Tutor Filed Dec 29, 1851, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-I the undersigned do solemnly swear that I will perform all the incumbent on me by law of under tutor for Robert E & Joseph Lafayette Thompson minors issue of the marriage between Charles Thompson late of the parish of Claiborne dec'd and Margaret Clark widow? to the best of my knowledge and duties so help me God. Signed John Milner Sworn to and signed before me this 27th day of Dec AD 1851. Signed AC Baker Justice of the peace. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Letters of Tutorship, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne District Court-Whereas Margaret Clark widow of Charles Thompson Dec'd has been confirmed natural tutor of her minor children Robert E. Thompson and Joseph Lafayette Thompson issue of her marriage with said Charles Thompson of said parish and state dec'd and taken oath as prescribed under law. Now therefore this said Margaret Clark widow of Charles Thompson dec'd is hereby fully authorized and empowered to do and preform all and singular the duties incumbent in her in said capacity. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of my office this 29th day of December A.D. 1851. Signed CC Capy? Clerk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Letters of under tutor, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne District Court-Whereas John C. Wilner has been appointed under tutor for Robert E. and Joseph Lafayette Thompson minors issue of the marriage between Margaret Clark and Charles Thompson of said parish and state and taken oath as prescribed by law. Now Therefore the said John C. Wilner is hereby fully authorized and empowered to do and perform all and singular the duties incumbent on him in said capacity. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 29th day of December A.D. 1851. Signed WC Capers Clerk. January 1854 I hereby certify the forgoing to be a true record. HJ Cleveland dy of Dist Court. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Secession of C Thompson for adm filed Dec 2, 1851 WT Cleveland Dy Clk of Dist Court, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-To the Honorable the Clerk of the District Court of said parish and State. The petitioner of Virgil V. Thompson of said parish and state, with respect represents unto your Honor that Charles Thompson his father also resident of said parish and state departed this life leaving a considerable estate and secession in this parish that your petitioner is an heir at law of said secession that there is no administrator of said estate that a part of the heirs an present in the state and some of them are absent from this state that there are two minors heirs that this mother and natural tutorship is present in the state. Petitioner represents that it is necessary that there be an administration upon said secession. That hears? me of the heirs of said deceased is entitled to the administration of said estate. Now therefore he prays to be appointed administrator of said estate and secession that an inventory of the same be made according to law and for general relief Signed Andrew Lawson petitioner's atty ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne. It is ordered that proper notice of the filing of the forgoing petition be given according to law. It is further ordered that an inventory and appraisement of all the property belonging to the estate and secession of Charles Thompson late of the parish of Claiborne Dec'd be made according to law by the recording of any Notary Public of said parish and state. Ordered? and signed this 10th day of December AD 1851 WC Cleveland Clk Dist Court. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order, State of Louisiana parish of Claiborne-It is ordered that N L Currier ESQ be appointed the attorney for absent heirs of Charles Thompson dec'd. Sworn and signed this 10th day of Dec AD 1851 WC Capers? Clk Dist Court. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-Due notice of the proper filing of the within petition having been given according to law and no opposition having been given made it is therefore ordered that the prayer of the same be granted that Virgil V. Thompson be appointed administrator of the estate and secession of Charles Thompson late of the parish of Claiborne secession provided he gives bond with good security and takes the oath as required by law. Sworn and signed this 29th day of December AD 1851 signed WC Capers Clk Dist Court. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bond Adm filed Dec 29, 1851-Know all men by these presents that we Virgil V. Thompson as principal and John C. Blackman and John C. Thompson as security are held and firmly bound unto W C Caper Clk Dist Court in and for the parish of Claiborne Louisiana unto his secession in office for the relief and benefit of the legal heirs and representatives of Charles Thompson deceased, whereas the above guardian Virgil V. Thompson has ben appointed by the District Court of the parish of Claiborne, administrator of the secession of Charles Thompson late of Parish of Claiborne State of Louisiana. therefore in the completion of the above obligation is such that of the said Virgil Thompson shall will and faithfully discharge and perform all the duties of said appointment according to law, then the above obligation to be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue signed VV Thompson John C Blackman, JC Thompson. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Order of adm, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-I the undersigned do solemnly swear forever that I will faithfully and impartial discharge and preform all the duties incumbent on me by law as administrator of the secession of Charles Thompson of the parish of Claiborne deceased according to the best of my knowledge and abilities so help me God. VV Thompson given to and subscribed before me these 29th day of Dec AD 1851 WC Capers Clk Dist Court. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Letter of Admin, State of Louisiana parish of Claiborne District Court-Whereas Virgil V. Thompson has been appointed administrator of the estate and secession of Charles Thompson of said parish and state deceased and given bond and security and taken oath as prescribed by law. Know therefore, the said Virgil V. Thompson is hereby fully authorized and empowered to do and perform all and singular the duties incumbent on him in said capacity. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of my office this 29th day of Dec AD 1851. WC Capers Clk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Petition for sale of property of secession in filed Jan 2 1851 WC Capers Clk Dist Court, State of Louisiana parish of Claiborne-To the honorable the clerk of the District Court of said parish and state. The petition of Virgil V. Thompson administrator of the estate and secession of Charles Thompson late of said parish and state dec'd with respect represents unto your honor that said estate is considerably indebted that it will be necessary to pay the debts to sell all the personal property belonging to said secession and the plantation and land whereon the deceased lived and a part of the slaves to pay the same whereupon petitioner prays your honor to grant him and order to sell the land personal property and as many of the slaves as will be sufficient to pay the debts. He prays that the cotton crop be sold for cash and that the land be sold for cash provided it brings its appraised value otherwise on a credit of twelve months purchases to give noted and good personal security with mortgage on the lands and slaves sold bearing eight percent interest from now until paid and that the heirs present have notice of this application and that the counsel for absent heirs have notice of this application and for general relief. A. Lawson atty for petitioner VV Thompson Anderson Orr William Neyland CJ Thompson. Service, I hereby acknowledge service of the within petition and wave citation and time and concur with the prayer of the petitioner this Dec 24, Twenty fourth day of December 1851. JC Thompson Margaret H. Thompson for myself and two minor children R.E. & J.C. Thompson Anderson Orr, William Neyland. Jno. C. Wilner(Milner?) under tutor of Lafayette and Robert Thompson Chas J. Thompson Margaret Thompson. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-It is ordered that the prayer of the within petition be granted, that the plantation belonging to Charles Thompson deceased all the personal property and as any of the slaves belonging to said secession as will be sufficient to pay the debts of said secession be sold, that the cotton and corn be sold for cash that the land be sold as cash provided it brings its appraised value otherwise in a credit of twelve months purchases to give notice and good personal security with mortgage on the land and slaves sold, bearing eight percent interest from and until paid. This ordered? and signed on this 23? day of January AD 1852 WC Capers Clk Dist Court. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statement of debts filed 25 May 1852 Dyner? C T Cleveland DY Clk Dist Court, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-To the Honorable the Judge of the seventeenth judicial District court in and for said parish and state. The petition of Virgil V. Thompson a resident of said parish and state and administrator of the estate of Charles Thompson late of said parish and state deceased, with respect represents to your Honor that the following is a list of the debts owned by said deceased which have been presented and allowed your petitioner was that a part of the debts of said dec'd and a part of them are debts due and owing by him as a partner in Community with his wife and now widow Margaret Clark all of which will be fully set forth herein. That said Margaret Clark has accepted the community existing between her and said deceased, to wit, Separate and individual debts due by said Charles Thompson dec'd. A debt due to Virgil V. Thompson by note ? of ? 2,468.48 with 5 percent from 18th Nov 1851. A debt due to Margaret Clark Principal 2,678.85 with 5 percent from the 18th Nov 1851 The following is a list of the debts owed in community with said Charles Thompson deceased and his wife Margaret Clark to wit. a debt due to Dr. JL Bush by ac 26.60 " Dr. JC Wilner by ac 22.50 " A&W L Spriars by ac 11.65 " Klur? & Co by ac 12.25 " Pratt Taylor & Co by ac 5.48 " Nelson J Scott by ac 25.75 " Samuel Miller & Co by ac 226.40 " Dr McKeller by ac 40.00 " Hightower by ac 20.00 " B Lawson by ac 30.00 " C Kindall Carter by ac 30.00 with 5 % interest from 18th Nov 1851 " FF Folger & Co by ac 45.00 with 5 % interest from 18th Nov 1851 " C Frebron & Co by ac 449.28 with 5 % interest from 18th Nov 1851 " Virgil V. Thompson by ac 20.00 with 5 % interest from 18th Nov 1851 " John C. Thompson by ac 1,500.00 with 5 % interest from 18th Nov 1851 Your petitioner further advises that the aforesaid debts have been presented to your petitioner and acknowledged and allowed by him wherefore he presents them to your Honor and prays that they be ranked amongst the acknowledged debts of the said deceased, and prays your Honor to grant him an order authorizing him to pay them. He prays this state of debts be homologated and approved by your Honor. He prays for general relief. Signed Lawson & Fuller attys for petitioner. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order, By reason of the application to have the aforementioned debts ranked amongst the acknowledged debts of Charles Thompson deceased and by reason of the application of the administration Virgil V. Thompson to be authorized to pay them and by reason of the law, It is ordered that said debts be ranked amongst the acknowledged debts of said Charles Thompson dec'd and his secession and that the administration be authorized to by them this done and signed in open court this 25th day of May AD 1851. Signed Chas A Bullard Judge 16th District. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Petition for homologation, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-I the Honorable the Judge of Clerk of the Seventeenth Judicial District in and for the parish and state aforesaid, The petition of Virgil V. Thompson Admn of the estate of Charles Thompson deceased a resident of said parish and state with respect represents to your Honor that the following is a true and correct account of his administration of said estate. the estate and secession of Charles Thompson deceased in account with Virgil V. Thompson. The estate and secession of Charles Thompson To Virgil V. Thompson Admn (all amount paid) Virgil V. Thompson admn voucher No 1 2468.48 interest 5th Feb 1852 at 5% 25.86 2494.34 Margaret Clark voucher No 2 2678.85 interest 5% from 18th Nov 1851 27.68 2706.53 Dr J L Bush No 3 26.60 Dr J C Wilbur 4 22.50 A&W L Spears 5 16.65 Renk 7 Co 6 12.25 Pratt Taylor 7 5.48 Nelson Scott 8 25.75 C F Largent 9 226.40 Samuel Miller 10 41.05 Hytower?? 11 23.10 B Stevens 12 30.00 Kindall Carter 13 832.40 interest from 18th Nov 1851 8.89 841.35 F F Folger 14 45.00 interest .47 45.47 other(see page 216 for details) 29.00 C Fullson 15 449.28 interest 4.70 453.98 V V Thompson 16 20.51 Aaron Day 25 3.75 John Thompson 17 1500.00 interest 15.75 1515.75 Wm C Capers 18 Harrison, editor of Claiborne Advocate 19.00 Administrator 2 1/2% of inventory $10277.50 256.93 Andrew Lawson 20 100.00 A C Hill 21 37.70 J J Wilard? 22 40.00 C J Thompson 23 27.38 B J Harrison 24 15.00 W C Capers Clk 27 58.60 [TOTAL] $9075.26 The Estate of Secession of Charles Thompson By amount of net proceeds of sales of cotton $1053.47 By net proceeds of separate property 6429.50 By whole amount that the community property sold in half which will belong to Margaret Clark 2725.00 By the following debts owed to Charles in Community property with Margaret Clark whole amount herein credited in half of which belongs to Margaret Clark To amount collected from: J C Bush 28.00 C J Thompson 33.98 T W Smith 11.40 W W Thornton 2.87 M Crow 17.77 by cash from deceased 1.00 J C Williams 7.50 from ? 215.64 William Neyland 7.35 [TOTAL] $10,506.48 Total amount to debt reduction 9075.26 Add amount of Acct of VV Thompson omitted above $93.00 Total Bal to credit $157.22 Petitioner represents that the forgoing contains a true and correct account of his administration of the estate of Charles Thompson deceased leaving a balance in favor of the estate fifteen hundred and seventy four dollars and 22/100. He represents that said estate has and been fully administrated for and ? to pay the debts thereof acceding to the foregoing statement therefore he prays that the same be affirmed and homologated and that he be discharged from his administration of said estate. He prays for general relief as to this end that the heirs of the estate be cited to appear and answer hereto Margaret J. Neyland wife of William Neyland and her said husband, Charles J. Thompson, Mary Ann Orr, wife of Anderson Orr, and her said husband, John C. Thompson and Mrs. Margaret Thompson in person, and J. L. & Robb E Thompson through their natural tutor Mrs. Margaret Thompson all the foregoing residents of Claiborne Parish, and the absent heirs through Nath. S. Currier their attorney. He further prays for all other necessary orders. Signed VV Thompson by his attorney A Lawson & W B Egan. Acknowledged service? of the forgoing petition and account and wave citation and time and copy of petition & account. July 9th 1852. signed Margaret J. Neyland, William Neyland, Chas J. Thompson, Mary Ann Orr, Anderson Orr, J. C. Thompson, Margaret Thompson natural tutor of for J. L. & R. E. Thompson, N. S. Currier Atty for absent heirs January 1854. I certify the foregoing to be a true record. W. L. Cleveland Dy Clk Dist Court ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The absent heirs mentioned above referred to Seaborn and his sisters and brothers still living in Georgia. A son of Charles was Charles Jasper Thompson. After the wife of Charles Jasper Thompson died, hearings were held to approve the tutorship (similar to guardianship) of their children over to their father. In Louisiana, if one parent died, the surviving parent had to go to court to claim tutorship. It could be protested and tutorship assigned to another. The preceding document is important because it stated no other male relatives lived nearby. Therefore, searching for Louisa Thompson in Claiborne Parish was unnecessary. That is, if a daughter were living nearby, her husband would be a son-in-law, and thus, the male relative. Only males were allowed to administer court issues at that time in LA. The other children of Charles Thompson probably remained in Georgia until the Civil War ended. Charles Thompson appeared on these censuses: 1820 Morgan County Georgia page 384, names added by this compiler. males: under 10 William H. Thompson under 10 Thomas B. Thompson 10 to 16 Seaborn J. Thompson 10 to 16 Hilliard J. Thompson 10 to 16 Thomas B. Thompson over 45 Charles Thompson females: under 10 Martha A. Thompson under 10 Mary A. Thompson 16 to 26 Louisa Thompson 26 to 45 Margaret (Clark) Thompson 1830 Walton County Georgia page 165, Names added by this compiler males: under 5 Charles J. Thompson under 5 Virgil V. Thompson 5 to 10 William H. Thompson 10 to 15 Hilliard J. Thompson 10 to 15 Thomas B. Thompson 20 to 30 Seaborn J. Thompson 50 to 60 Charles Thompson females: under 5 Francis Louisa Thompson--dau of Seaborn & Frances 10 to 15 Mary Ann Thompson 15 to 20 Martha A. Thompson 30 to 40 Margaret (Clark) Thompson 1840 Walton County Georgia page 124, Names added by this compiler males: 5 to 10 Robert E. Thompson 5 to 10 Joseph L. Thompson 10 to 15 Charles J. Thompson 10 to 15 Virgil V. Thompson 15 to 20 John C. Thompson 20 to 30 William H. Thompson 20 to 30 Thomas B. Thompson 60 to 70 Charles Thompson females: 10 to 15 Margaret J. Thompson 50 to 60 Margaret (Clark) Thompson 1850 Claiborne Parish Louisiana, page 96, #52 Charles Thompson 76 Planter $8,000 NC Margaret 60 NC(error) John 35 Overseer GA Lafayette 19 GA(Joseph L.) Robt C. 16 GA John Galbreth 32 Teacher NC 1860 Claiborne Parish Louisiana, page 14 #199 Thompson, R.E. 36 Farmer GA M.L. 21 Housekeeping LA M. 72 None SC(correct) "M." above was Margaret (Clark) Thompson, mother of Robert E. Thompson. Errors occur in estimating the ages of children prior to 1850 because one enumerator might place a child ten years old in the 10 to 15 column while another might place the same child in the five to ten year old column. The columns overlapped by one year on the low end and one year on the high end. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIRGIL VIVIAN THOMPSON SON OF CHARLES THOMPSON Virgil Vivian Thompson was the brother of Seaborn J. Thompson. The following article appeared in The Biographical & Historical Memoirs of NW Louisiana, pub. 1890; Southern Publishing Co., 1890, Nashville & Chicago: Virgil V. Thompson--The social political and business history of this section is filled with the deeds and doings of self-made men, and no man in Claiborne Parish is more deserving the appellation than Mr. Thompson, for he marked out his own career in youth and has steadily followed it up to present, his prosperity being attributed to his earnest and persistent endeavor, and to the fact that he has always consistently tried to follow the teachings of the Golden Rule. Although now a resident of Ward 1 of this parish, he was born in Georgia in 1822, being one of the following family of children: Sebron J., Thomas B., H. Judge., John C., Jasper, Virgil V., William H., Laft., Robert E., Louise, Martha, Mary A., and Margaret J. the parents of these children, Charles and Margaret (Clark) Thompson, respectively, the former's birth occurring on June 30, 1774, the latter being a daughter of William Clark. Virgil V. Thompson grew to manhood and was married in his native state to Miss Talitha C. Smith, by whom he became the father of three children that grew to maturity: Virgil(now a resident of this parish), William V. and Alice A. (the last two being still single and living at home). M. Thompson came to Claiborne Parish, LA., in the spring of 1847, and immediately located on his present property. Prior to the war he owned but a few slaves and farmed on a limited scale, although he was an old-line Whig, but since the war he has been identified with the Democratic party. While he is not a very active politician, he never fails to cast his vote. Socially he is a member of the A.F. & A.M., and in his religious views is a Methodist, joining about 1836, his wife who died February 10, 1878, also joining at that time, and ever afterward living an earnest Christian life. This document proves Seaborn(Sebron) was the son of Charles Thompson and Margaret Clark. Many family members did migrate to the same area of Louisiana within a short period. Virgil was a well-to-do gentleman. He began buying land in neighboring Parishes soon after he arrived in Louisiana. He was active in community and in Parish matters. His participation in various legal business, wills, secessions and land transactions made him well know. He lived out his final years in the household of William V. Thompson, his son. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARLES JASPER THOMPSON SON OF CHARLES THOMPSON The minors of C. H Thompson petition for tutorship filed 5 November 1851 read as follows: State of Louisiana Parish of Louisiana--To the Honorable Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial District Court in the aforesaid parish and state. The petition of Charles J. Thompson a resident of said parish and state with respect represents unto your Honor that has intermarried with Amarintha Alice Smith and he and she have issue of that marriage the following children who are minors to said union, Charles Henry Thompson, Amarintha Alice Thompson that their said mother is dead and that said minors have no guardian tutor and under tutor or guardian, that he is the natural living tutor and guardian of said minors and entitled to the tutorship of said minors and the and the guardianship of said minors. Wherefore, he prays to be appointed and confirmed natural tutor and guardian of said minors and their property upon complying with the requirement of the law. Petitioner represents that the said minors have no property or money in this state but that they have about two thousand dollars worth of property or money in the state of Georgia. Wherefore your petitioner prays your Honor to fix the amount of a bond which he must give for the guardianship of said minors and their property and for general relief. Signed A. Lawson Atty for petitioner State of Louisiana. Parish of Claiborne Seventeenth Judicial Division, upon considering the foregoing petition it is ordered that Charles J. Thompson be appointed and confirmed as natural tutor and guardian of his minor children, Charles Henry Thompson and Amarintha Alice Thompson, upon his taking the required oath and giving bond and Security in the sum of three thousand dollars. Sworn? and signing in open court 25th day of November 1851. Signed Roland Hines Judge of 17th Dist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bond of Tutor filed Nov 26 1851-Know all men by these presents that we Charles J. Thompson as principal, Anderson Orr, James M. Morrow, and WM Neyland as security are held and firmly bound unto the Judge of the District of and of the parish of Claiborne and his successors in office for the use? of the minor children Chas. H. & Amarintha Alice Thompson in the sum of three thousand dollars for the payment whereof we bind ourselves our heirs executors and administrators firmly by these presents dated at Homer the 26th day of November A.D. 1851, whereas the above bond of Charles J. Thompson has been appointed by the District Court of the parish of Claiborne tutor and guardian for Charles Henry Thompson and Amarintha Alice Thompson. Therefore the conditions of the above obligation is such that of the said Charles J. Thompson shall will and faithfully discharge and perform all the duties of said appointment according to law, the above obligation to be null and void. Therefore to remain in full force and virtue. Signed Charles J. Thompson Andrew Orr William Neyland James M. Morrow State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne. ----------------- Note: Orr and Neyland were uncles to C. H. Thompson. I found a marriage record of above James M. Morrow(above) in Walton County Georgia where Charles lived 1810 to 1846 to an Elizabeth B. Kinnon on 19 Nov 1833. They moved to Claiborne Parish with the Charles Thompson family. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oath of tutor-State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne. I the undersigned do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me by law of natural tutor and guardian of my minor children to wit, Charles Henry and Amarintha Alice Thompson issue of my marriage with Amarintha Alice Smith according to the best of my knowledge and abilities. So help me God. Signed Charles J. Thompson. Sworn to and pub. Signed before me this 26th day of November 1851. Signed C C Capers Clk Dist For State of Louisiana, Parish of Claiborne District Court. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Letter of Tutorship, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne District Court-Whereas Charles J. Thompson has been appointed natural tutor and guardian of his minor children Charles Henry Thompson and Amarintha Alice Thompson issue of his marriage with Amarintha Alice of said parish and state, deceased, and given Bond and Security and taken oath as prescribed by law, now therefore the said Charles J. Thompson is hereby fully authorized and empowered to do and perform all and singular the duties incumbent in his said capacity. In testimony whereof. I have herein to set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 26th day of November 1851. Signed C C Capers Clerk January 1854 Certify the foregoing to be a true record. W F Cleveland Div Court. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following Petition should not be confused with the above secession. It pertains to the children of Charles Thompson, the father of Charles J. Thompson whose wife, Amarintha Alice (Smith) Thompson, died on or about the same date as, he, Charles Thompson, not Charles Jasper Thompson. Margaret (Clark) Thompson sought tutorship of her children account the death of her husband aged 71. ---------------- Minors of C. Thompson Petition for tutorship filed December 2, 1851 signed WT Cleveland Dy Clk Dist Court-State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-To the Honorable the Clerk of the District Court of said parish and state. The petition of Margaret Clark a resident of said parish and state with respect represents to your Honor that she is the mother and natural tutor of Robert E. Thompson and Joseph Lafayette Thompson minor children issue of the marriage between her and Charles Thompson deceased. Wherefore she prays to be confirmed and qualified as natural tutor of said minors and that an under tutor for said minors be appointed. She swears that said minors have no property except the interest they have in the Estate and Secession of their father Charles Thompson dec'd and that said Secession is unsettled and it will be impossible to ascertain their share until the same is settled. She prays for general relief. Signed, Andrew Lawson Atty for petitioner. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Order State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne. It is ordered that the prayer of the foregoing petition be granted that Margaret Clark widow of Charles Thompson late of said parish and state be confirmed as natural tutor of her minor children issue of her marriage with said Charles Thompson deceased, to wit. Robert E. Thompson and Joseph Lafayette Thompson, provided she takes the oath required by law. It is further ordered that John C. Milner be appointed under tutor for said minors provided he takes the oath required under law. Signed on this 23rd day December AD 1851. Signed CC Coper Clk Dist Court. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oath of tutor filed Dec 29 1851 signed WC Coper Clk Dist Court-State of Louisiana, Parish of Claiborne. I the undersigned do solemnly affirm that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me by law as natural tutor of my minor children issue of my marriage with Charles Thompson deceased to wit, Robert E. Thompson and Joseph Lafayette Thompson according to the best of my knowledge and abilities. So help me God. Signed Margaret Thompson Sworn to and witnessed before me this 27th day of Dec AD 1851. Signed AC Barber Justice of the Peace. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The document below concerns Charles Jasper Thompson's tutorship not Charles Thompson's Secession. Amarintha misspelled frequently. ------------------------------ Commission to Notary, State of Louisiana-To Henry L. Martin Notary Public of the Parish of Claiborne, Greetings. You are hereby authorized and required to make and take a true and correct inventory & appraisement of all the property belonging to the minors Charles Henry & Amarin Alice Thompson minors of Charles Jasper Thompson and Amarintha Alice Smith in the parish of Claiborne and state herein? make ? according to law. Hereon under my hand and Seal of office this 25th day of March 1852 Signed Henry? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appointment of appraisers-State of Louisiana-To John B. Kinney and John Greer of said Parish and state You are hereby appointed appraisers to inventory and appraise all the property and affects rights and credits of and belongings to Charles Henry Thompson and Amarantha Alice Thompson minor children of Charles J. Thompson and Amarantha Alice Smith dec'd given under my hand officially in the Parish above written on the 23rd day March A.D. 1854. Signed Henry L Martin Notary Public. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oath, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-Personally came and appeared before me Henry L. Martin a Notary Public duly commissioned and qualified in and for the parish of Claiborne & state aforesaid John Greer and John B Kinney duly appointed to Charles Henry Thompson and Amarintha Alice Thompson minor children of Charles J. Thompson and Amarintha Alice Smith who made oath faithfully and impartially to discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon them by said appointment Signed John B Kinney John Greer Sworn & ? to before me on this 25th day of March A.D. 1854 Signed H L Martin Notary Public State of Louisiana. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventory, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-Be it known that in ? to a commission to me directed from the District Court of Claiborne Henry L Martin a Notary Public duly commissioned and qualified in and for the Parish of Claiborne caused John Greer and John B Kenney duly appointed and sworn as appraisers for that purpose to appraise and ? with me in taking and making a true correct and faithful inventory and appraisement of the property and effects said to and ? of and belonging to Charles J. Thompson by a former marriage with Amarintha Alice Smith. Signed on the 25th day of March 1854 and in the Parish aforesaid whereof proceeded to make our list? as follows, Amount secured from the State of Georgia six hundred & fourteen dollars & 75/100. Minor expenses and charges in collecting & going to Georgia & back to appraise the same one hundred dollars appraised at five hundred and fourteen dollars & fourteen dollars & 75/100, $514.75. Whereupon there being no other property or money rights or credits belonging to said minors shown known or presented to us I preceded to close this inventory and appraisement and this precess verbal of the taking thereof to? cause the said appraisers to submit the same together with me the said Notary Public and John C Blackman under tutor of said minors in the presence of William B Egan and James Dorman ? ? Signed John B Kenney, John Greer, JC Blackman Under Tutor (followed by several names unable to read.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Petition of C. J. Thompson for Inventory, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-The Hon Judge of the 17th Judicial District Parish or to the Clerk of the District Court of the Parish of Claiborne. The Petition of Charles Jasper Thompson of said Parish and state respectfully represents that he has been heretofore commissioned by your Honorable Court Natural Tutor for his minor children Charles Henry & Amarintha Alice Thompson issue of a former marriage between himself and Amarintha Alice Smith & that he has served? in? ? said appointment a small amount of money belonging to said children coming to them from the estate of their uncle Thomas N. Smith of Jasper County Georgia and their great grandfathers estate left ? his life in the hands of ? widow of said great grandfather which has recently come into his hands. Petitioner further represents that no under tutor has been appointed and suggests the appointment of John C Blackman for this purpose & that a commission ? to some Notary directing him to make & take a true & correct inventory of the property of said minors & for all other necessary orders and for general relief--signed W B Egan Atty for petitioner. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order, State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne It is ordered that the prayer of the within of the written petition be granted ? a commission ? to Henry L. Martin Notary Public in and for the parish of Claiborne & state of Louisiana authorizing & requiring him to make said inventory and is ordered that John C Blackman be appointed and confirmed as Under Tutor for said minor children Charles Henry and Amarantha Alice Thompson as proper for done and signed this 23rd day of March 1854 signed D Henry Dyer Clk Dist Court. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next facts were from a family meeting of 11 May 1859 it was agreed to sell to Seborn Thompson land from the estate of Charles J. Thompson deceased: On the north by lands belonging to Anderson Orr On the west by lands of Major R.M. Browing On the east by the lands belonging to the late Nancy Malone On the south by the Bayou Cornie and lands of John Glover --------------------------------- Note that a family meeting was held previously on May 1858 as ordered by the court. Charles Jasper Thompson was the son of Charles Thompson. The son of Charles Jasper was Charles Henry Thompson. There have been descendants named Charles in every generation since Charles Senior, including my father. Following court orders authorized and ordered John W. Harris to hold a family meeting to discuss the future handling of the assets of the minor children of Charles J. Thompson and Amarintha Smith and to assign tutors and under tutors for the children. Virgil Vivian Thompson was appointed tutor for the children and Anderson Orr under tutor. The members at the family meeting all signed a statement they agreed; J.C., V.V., J.L. Thompson, Anderson Orr, J.L. Bush, P. Harper, Wm Neyland, Wm Barrow, S. Gray, J. W. Hays--Notary Public. (Notary Publics and Court Clerks had political and administrative power in the 1800's. They could read and write and had access to judges. They could delay or expedite business.) --------------------------------------- From Claiborne Parish Secession page 707, 1864: Petition of VV Thompson-To the Hon Judge 11th District Court of the state of Louisiana holding secession for Claiborne Parish or the clerk thereof the Petition of Virgil V. Thompson Tutor of Charles H. and Anna A. Thompson minor heirs of C. J. Thompson dead with respect represents that he herewith filed an apc of his administration of the affairs? of said minors from the time of his last report the 11th of May until the present date which he pray may be homologated and confirmed for general relief to VV Thompson, tutor, charges himself with 1 note on YY Thompson and Company $173.70 1 note on LJ Gilbert 20.40 1 note on NM Skipmash 17.50 1 note on JW Brice 54.30 1 note on VV Thompson and Co 93.28 1 note on JL Thompson 84.28 1 note on SJ Thompson 5797.34--my grgrgr grandfather 1 note on HL Gadley 208.75 1 note on S Smith 140.00 Slaves in hand Rachel and her seven children, Emily and her five children which said (N)negroes have been freed out for strick? vitally and clothes, cash on hand $85.00 VV Thompson Tutor ? himself wills? 1863 by and freed?---(continues with a list of names and dates and inventory not shown here.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Charles Thompson was a different person than Charles J. Thompson. From above secession it appears our Seaborn J. Thompson lost $5,797.34 owed to him by his brother, Charles Jasper Thompson. In 1870, a young Charles Thompson--born in Georgia, lived near Seaborn Thompson in Claiborne Parish, who was Seaborn's nephew. Below are some items from the estate of Charles Jasper Thompson which sold to the highest bidder. Ben MC Clelland 1 double barrel shotgun 7.25 Telitha C. Thompson 1 mattress 7.00 JS Bush 1 mattress 7.25 JS Bush 1 counterpin 3.00 JS Bush 1 counterpin 4.00 JL Thompson 1 counterpin 1.00 JL Thompson 1 vol medical dictionary 2.00 JL Thompson 1 vol Jersy book 0.25 JL Thompson 1 blanket 1.00 JL Thompson 1 man's saddle 7.50 JL Thompson 1 brass kettle 1.75 Telitha C Thompson set cake baker pans 0.30 Telitha C Thompson misc 0.50 JL Thompson 1 set dining knives and forks 2.75 Telitha C Thompson 2 sets dessert forks 1.00 JL Thompson 1 large mush pot 3.25 JL Thompson 1 dinner pot 1.75 JE Stanly 1 bed spread 7.25 JL Thompson 4 split board chairs 3.00 JL Thompson 2 chairs, one rocker 1.40 J E Stanly 1 safe 11.00 JL Thompson Trundle bed and stead 1.00 JL Thompson 1 bridle 1.00 JE Stanly 1 small table 1.00 JS Thompson 6 silver tablespoons 6.75 JS Thompson 6 silver tablespoons 5.40 JS Thompson teaspoons 2.25 JS Thompson 1 teaspoon 0.25 JE Stanly 1 white cow/calf 11.00 JL Thompson 1 book 0.45 The total sale was $764.00 Charles Jasper Thompson was an educated man who owned books and fine silverware. He had considerable amounts of property in Claiborne Parish. He was a prosperous citizen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARLES HENRY THOMPSON SON OF CHARLES JASPER THOMPSON Charles Henry Thompson died December 1880 in Claiborne Parish. One E. J. Thompson, apparently his son, advertised this notice in the Claiborne Journal: Notice of Petition, Secession(this was spelled "sucession" at that time) of C. H. Thompson, Deceased, State of Louisiana, Parish of Claiborne, notice is hereby given that E. J. Thompson has this day filed in my office an application to be appointed administrator of the above named secession. Now, therefore, unless opposition be made within the time prescribed by law, the prayers of the applicant will be granted. In witness whereof, I have hereunder set my hand and affix my official seal on this the 14th day of December 1880, Drew Ferguson. A secession sale was held and advertised in the Guardian on 26 January 1881. Secession sale, C. H. Thompson deceased. By virtue of a commission and order of sale issued by the clerk of the District Court in and for the above state and parish, and to me directed, I will proceed to sell to the last and highest bidder, within the legal hours of sale on Saturday the 5th day of March 1881 all the real and personal property belonging to said secession, to wit: Land. stock, farming, utensils, household and kitchen furniture, & c.& c. Terms of sales cash, to pay debts. I. N. Glover, Dy. Shff. Jan 26 1881 [pf$7] 24cts. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEABORN J. THOMPSON SON OF CHARLES THOMPSON The earliest document found pertaining to Seaborn was in 1825. He was fifteen at that time. The following application for the "Land Lottery" was found in Morgan County. It was on page 'T'. Seaborn J. Thompson and Robert Thompson were on the same page. Seaborn and Robert may have been cousins. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Lottery, Morgan County Georgia; List of Applicants: We the undersigned who were appointed by the Honorable the Inferior Court of said county agreeable to an act of the legislature of said state to receive the names of persons entitled to draws in the present contemplation Land Lottery in Major John C. Reese Battalion do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a true list of all the returns made to us. Given under our hand this 5th September 1825. John C Reese, James C. Lawerence. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seaborn J. Thompson, son of Charles, had his name listed as Sebron on three censuses. He may have went by Sebron or his name was misspelled. He stated to enumerators that he was born in Georgia. His children often listed him as born in South Carolina. In 1880, Edward, Seaborn's son, stated Seaborn was born "at sea". However, it is probable he was born not at sea but in Morgan County or Washington County Georgia. Edward was a gregarious man who enjoyed joking. He said his Father Seaborn was born at sea only as a jest, that taken from the name Sea-born. According to the following invoice, S. J. Thompson died before 25 October 1876: HH Ward Admin Suc S.J. Thompson dec'd; To publish Petition-3 signs voc 21 for $6.00. To publish Sale Voc 4 & 5 $20.00. Oct 25 1876 to Nov 8. Received payment from HH Ward 29th April 1879. signed BD Harrison for Nathan Smith(It was paid in Scottsville) other documents supports a date of 24 October 1876 or before. Seaborn J. Thompson returned to Claiborne Parish about 1861 from Mississippi. A widower, he married Sallie Corry in 1863. Sallie was a widow of A. N. Corry. She was the daughter of Wiley Thornton who lived near Charles Thompson in Walton County Georgia in 1840. In 1850, Wiley lived near his friend Charles Thompson in Claiborne Parish Louisiana. They apparently moved to Louisiana together. Other families were listed being from Georgia on the Claiborne Parish censuses. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Succession papers, probate jacket #1211 for S. J. Thompson from Claiborne Louisiana Clerk District Court, Louisiana read in part: State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne: To the Hon the Judge of the Parish Court in and for the Parish of Claiborne-The petition of H. H. Ward a resident of Claiborne Parish would with respect represent unto the Hon Court S J Thompson is dead and that said Thompson was a resident of Claiborne Parish. Petitioner represent that this is the proper Court in which to apply for letters of administration on said Succession. Petitioner further represents that said Succession is much indebted and that your petitioner is a judgement creditor. Wherefrom he prays that this application be duly advertent and that after due advertisement your petitioner be appointed administrator in giving bond according to law and taking oath. Petitioner further prays that an inventory be taken of the property of said succession and that commission issue to John R Ramsey Notary to take said inventory and for all other necessary payment and for general relief. H Egan signed for Petitioner ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-By order of the Court the application in this case, It is ordered that the application of petitioner advertend as this law requires and that a commission issued as provided for. This done read and signed in Chambers this the day of Oct 1876 A J Scott Parish Judge Succession of S J Thompson Application for Administration Filed Oct 24 1876 Jim A Richardson Clk DC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne: Succession of S.J. Thompson Deceased. To Jno R Ramsey Recorder and Ex Officio Notary Public in and for said Parish and State. Greetings. You are hereby empowered commissioned and required to make and take an Inventory and appraisement of the property and effects belonging to the estate and succession of S. J. Thompson late died, situated within said Parish and State--And ? you shall ? executed this commission you will make inventory hereof according to law. Sworn under my hand and seal of office this November 1st AD 1876. Jno A Richardson Clk of Dist Court. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sucn of SJ Thompson Died Com for Inventory JG Ramsey Recorder State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-We, James M. Greer and John A. Lesueur, Do solemnly swear that we will well and truly appraise at its true cash value, all such property as may be known or shown to us, belonging to the estate and succession of Seaborn J. Thompson, late of said Parish, deceased, to the best of our knowledge and belief, so help us God. Sworn to and subscribed before me, Nov 3rd 1876. BD Harrison Dy Rec and Not Pub John A Lesueur, J M Greer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-Be it remembered that I, Bery D.H. Harrison, Dy Recorder and Ex Officio Notary Public in and for the pariah and state aforesaid, by virtue of the ordered? commission, issued by the Clerk of the District Court for said and directed to J. R. Ramsey, Recorder and Ex Officio Notary Public, proceeded on this the 3rd day of November, 1876 to make and take an inventory and appraisement of the property belonging to the succession of S.J. Thompson, late of said Parish, deceased, after having duly qualified according to law J.M. Greer and J.A. Lesueur as appraisers, as follows, to wit: The whole of Section Twenty-five(25) in Township Twenty-three(23) North in Range from (4) West-640 acres at $1.00 per acre $640.00 Six hundred and forty dollars. There being no other property known or shown to us, I now close this Inventory, accounting to six hundred and forty dollars, by causing the appraisers to sign this process record with me, said Notary, in presence of the attending witnesses. This done and signed at the residence of R.E. Thompson, 21 miles from Homer in said Parish, in the day and date herein before written. Attest R.E. Thompson Ella F. Bush BD Harrison, Dy Recorder and Notary Public John A Lesueur J M Greer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Succession of S. J. Thompson Dec 5. Inventory Filed Nov 5 1876 SR Richardson Dy Clk Co State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-I, H.H. Ward, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all and singular the duties incumbent on me as administrator of the estate and secession of S. J. Thompson dec'd to the best of my ability and understanding; so help me God. H H Ward. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 4 day Nov A.D. 1876 Jno. A. Richardson Clerk District Court. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-Know all Men by the Presents: that we H. H. Ward as principal, and J. C. Williams as security, are held and bound unto N. J. Scott Judge of the Parish Court in and for the parish of Claiborne, LA., or to his successors in office, for the use and benefit of the legal heirs and representatives of S. J. Thompson late of the parish of Claiborne, dec'd., in the sum of Nine hundred sixty dollars, for the payment whereof, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents. Dated at Homer, the 4th day of November A.D. 1876. Whereas, the above bounden H. H. Ward has ben appointed by the Parish Court of the parish of Claiborne, administrator of the succession of S. J. Thompson late of the parish of Claiborne, State of Louisiana, deceased: Therefore, the condition of the above obligation is such, that if the said H. H. Ward shall well and faithfully discharge and perform all the duties of said appointment according to law, then the above obligation to be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. H. H. Ward, J. C. Williams, per Jno. A. Richardson. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne: To the Hon The Parish Court in and for the Parish of Claiborne-The petitioner of HH Ward admn of the succession of Seaborn Thompson died and resident of Claiborne Parish would with respect represent unto the Hon Court that the succession in largely indebted and that there is not more than sufficient property to pay the debts of said estate. If sufficient, Petitioner represents that it is necessary that the property belonging to said succession be sold. Where from petitioner prays for an order of the Court to sell all the property of said succession in twelve months time, the purchaser to give his note with approved security and mortgage and vendor's lien on this land sold and to bear eight per cent interest from date. Petitioner prays for all orders necessary orders and for general relief. J G Egar Attorney for Petitioner. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Succession Seaborn Thompson: By reason of the law and the application of the petition, It is ordered that all the property of the succession of Seaborn Thompson be sold after due legal advertisement at the Courthouse door is the Town of Homer in twelve months credit to the highest bidder the purchaser to give his note with approved security bearing eight percent interest from date of sale. Mortgage and vendor's privilege owed? on the property for payment of sum. This the 8th of Nov 1876 SJ Scott Parish Judge. Succession of Seaborn Thompson-Application to sell said property Filed Nov 8 1876 Jno A Richardson Clk D.C. JG Egan Atty for Petitioner. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It's apparent Seaborn J. Thompson died during October 1876, near Scottsville, Louisiana. Some moved quickly to obtain as much of his estate as possible. The Notary got a cut. the Judge was involved. The appraisers got their share. The attorney took a slice. The Clerk of District Court got his pay. Charles and Edward may have returned to Claiborne Parish to visit his grave and collect his personal things. They moved to Coleman County Texas from Wood County shortly after Seaborn's death. The Thompson Family Cemetery is near Scottsville where Virgil and his wife were buried. Several unmarked graves are there. Seaborn, with his parents, Charles and Margaret, may be buried in that cemetery. Upon the death of Seaborn J. Thompson, his widow claimed rights to the estate in a document filed in January of 1877 as follows: ----------------------------- It is hereby agreed with H.H. Ward that if he will accept the note in favor of the heirs of Wiley Thornton with widows privileges, and also Mrs. Sally Thompson for widows privileges claim of one thousand dollars, that he shall retain out of the proceeds of the assets of the secession of S.J. Thompson dec'd, one hundred & fifty dollars in full payment of the alrent? & nard? judgements; and should there be enough to pay this amount without deducting from the claim of the Thornton heirs then the amount comes first out of the moneys? of the secession, and what it fails to pay, the balance of the above amount to come out of the amount going to the Thornton Heirs, and if necessary? out of the widow's privileges debt for a thousand dollars also. Signed in duplicate this the 29th of January 1877. Thornton, MH Thornton, agent for the heirs of Wiley and Sallie Thompson signed HH Ward. ----------------------------- The above is confusing; However, Wiley Thornton and Seaborn J. Thompson died about the same time. Sally, the daughter of Wiley deceased, married S.J. Thompson soon to be deceased. Sallie had rights to both Wiley Thornton and Seaborn J. Thompson's estate. Wiley's widow also had widows rights. H.H. Ward, a family friend of both Thompson and Thornton, apparently had a debt against one or both parties. The importance of this is it proves Seaborn J. Thompson married a third time to Sallie(Thornton) Corry who became twice a widow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The final account of S. J. Thompson Secession papers, 24 December 1879, H. C. Ward Administrator: 1876--Amount of Inventory $640.00 Sale of Inventory 418.56 Total $1058.56 Amount paid J.S. Young Voc 1 $51.00 2 150.00 3 77.85 M U Thornton 4 100.00 5 100.00 6 50.00 7 161.91 J E Evans 8 50.00 Taxes 9 5.40 Printer 10 26.00 Sheriff 11 9.80 Clerk 12 15.30 Recorder 13 27.80 Medical bills 14 50.00 Su agreement of widow 15 150.00 printing final apc 4.00 Clerk 6.00 ?? 24.80 Total $1058.56 To the Hon The Judge of the parish Court in and for the parish of Claiborne State of LA-- The petitioner Henry C. Ward Admin of the above estate with respect represents that he was appointed Adm by your Hon. Court and that has finished his administration & now wishes to close up the estate & herewith files his final apc. Wherefore he prays that the apc be advertised according to law. and that the same be allowed & homologated and made a judgement of the court & further prays that his bond be canceled & be discharges from further administration. Petitioner prays for all necessary orders and general relief. H.(or W.) H.(or C.) Ward State of La, Parish of Claiborne: Secession of S. J. Thompson dec'd By reason of the law & the foregoing application it is ordered that the prayer of the petitioner be granted, this done & signed this December 24th 1879. J. H. Richardson, Parish Judge. Secession of S. J. Thompson dec'd application to homologate final apc. By reason of the law & the evidence & by further reason of the same having been duly advertised according to law, ... that his administration be discharged. January 5th 1870, J. H. Richardson, Parish Judge A note from S. J. Thompson to the heirs of Wiley Thornton was written in his own hand: Homer, January 3rd 1873, On the 3rd day of December next, I promise to pay the legal heirs of Wiley Thornton deceased one thousand and twenty five dollars with eight percent interest from date. signed S. J. Thompson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JULIA C. THOMPSON DAUGHTER OF SEABORN J. THOMPSON Julia married Edmond D. Bugg in Claiborne Parish after her mother died and Seaborn entrusted her to his Moreland relatives. Seaborn had returned to Mississippi to run his railroad business. Julia and her husband died together in 1867, possibly from a common disease, leaving four children. One child, Charles Bugg, died and his obituary appeared in the Claiborne Guardian on 21 September 1881: Noble, gentle, little Charles S. Bugg, died suddenly at Homer College, on the evening of the 12th inst., being sixteen years and ten months old. The writer knew him intimately from his birth to his death. Charles died in the hopeful morning of life when his honorable ambitions had begun to bud in clearly defined purposes of future usefulness. Himself, an elder and younger brother, and a sister older than himself, were left orphaned early in life, Charles not being quite four years of age. At the earnest request of the dying parents they were all made the adopted children of their mother's uncle, Hon F. W. Moreland, who, with his amiable wife, we can knowingly say have nobly discharged the onerous duties of parental guidance; and Charlie, noble boy that he was, kindly appreciated, and often spoke feelingly of their love and confidence toward him. Brave, truthful, affable and courteous, he was a great favorite with old and young alike: His joyous, merry presence dispelled gloom and sadness, as sunshine scatters the storm. We always welcomed his honest presence to our home, and we'll sadly, truly miss the merry sunshine that was as it were a part of himself. Charlie had been, for several years, orderly in his church relations, being a member of Mr. Zion M. F. Church, and said but a few days before death that he was not afraid to die. To his brothers and sister, to his foster parents, brothers and sisters, we would fain offer a healing balm to his young associates and friends we would ask upon whose shoulders shall the clean mantel of Charlie fill. He being dead yet speaketh. Lightly press the sod above him, In his eternal, dreary home; Gently smooth the hearts that love him, Till they too are bidden, come; Life is checkered--pain and pleasure, Battle ofr, like giant men, Seeking for some ideal treasure, Undefined-beyond their Ken Full of Sadness, here we ponder, Thinking of the dear ones, gone, And methinks we hear up yonder, Come, there's room--come every one. J. E. M. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARLES W. THOMPSON SON OF SEABORN J. THOMPSON Jim Thompson, the son of James, who was the son of Edward, stated that Edward was an officer in the Confederate Army. He said Edward had a brother who also served. That was Charles W. Thompson of Coleman County Texas. We have new information about Charles W. Thompson. He married three times. His first wife was a PARKER not a BUGG. In 1870 a Charles Bugg(aged five) was in their home but was listed separately by the census enumerator. My father proposed that she, Sarah A.____?___ was a BUGG based on that child's last name. That child was the son of Julia(Thompson) Bugg, sister of Charles. Charles's first wife was in fact Sarah Angie Parker. Her parents lived in Wood County Texas after the Civil War. Wood County is also where Edward and Charles lived after the war. The second wife of Charles Thompson was stated as Florence Thompson in his obituary. No cemetery information exists for her in book I & II in the Coleman County, Texas record. She must have been married prior to Charles's marriage to an unrelated Thompson, but to whom? She married Charles in 1881 according to Vena Gates, genealogist. As for Edward's first wife, our great grandmother, she was in fact a WARREN not a SMITH. This is 100% certain. My father believed that Edward married Mattie Smith in Texarkana, Arkansas. Edward actually married Martha A. Warren in Wood County, Quitman, Texas in 1874. The marriage of another Edward to a 'Mattie' Smith was a coincidence of names, dates, and places. It perplexed me how Edward went from Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas to Texarkana, Arkansas got married and returned so quickly, or even why he would do such a thing. The Wood County courthouse burned in 1877; Therefore, no marriage record exists. Martha A. Warren lived near Edward and Charles in 1870 in Winnsboro Texas. She went by "Martha A." not Mattie, and that is the name by which she was enumerated in 1880 in Coleman County. In 1870, she was the right age, at the right place, at the right time. This is supported by other recently obtained documents, i.e. that she was a WARREN. Jim further told me that Grandfather Edward Thompson went by Ned. Ned is the name found on the birth certificate of James Jerome Thompson. Jim said they called Grandfather Thompson The Colonel, because he looked like a Kentucky military Colonel. He stated that a big, impressive picture of him hangs on a wall in Coleman, Texas, but he can not remember in which building. Our step-grandmother, Mary Ett Koone Graham Thompson, was said to have survived on Edward's Civil War pension during the hard times in the 1920's and 1930's. Mary Louise Thompson of Coleman sent to us several photos. The war record of Charles W. Thompson and other information gathered from Mary and others is consistent with what we already knew with a few additions. Charles W. Thompson was captured at Vicksburg along with his brother John N. Thompson. That clarifies why Edward was released in Marshall Texas after the war and why Charles showed up in Claiborne Parish where his father Seaborn J. lived. Charles took a wife very soon after the war in Louisiana. Edward was not captured and was released from duty after the war in Texas. Charles was captured in Vicksburg in 1863. Charles enlisted on 7 September 1862 on the Yazoo River. That is near Yazoo City in Yazoo County, Mississippi. The South had a station named Yazoo Camp. It was several counties away from Newton where Seaborn J. lived in 1860. Seaborn and family may have moved to Yazoo before the war. Charles was part of Confederate Company D 13 Regiment Mississippi Infantry. In 1863, Charles signed up for two more years, his first assignment was for one year. He was at Snyders Mill at that time. In March and April 1864, he was listed as a deserter by an ignorant Captain Wallack. He could not have deserted as he was captured by the heathens from the North at Vicksburg. He was actually captured near the Big Black River on the Chickasaw Bayou on 17 May 1863. The Big Black River is about six miles east of Vicksburg. On 21 July 1863, Charles entered the General Hospital at Petersburg, Virginia. I'm not informed about the Union Army Hospitals, but he was a prisoner of War at that time and was treated for Dysentery in a Union hospital in Virginia. He was listed as a paroled prisoner. It was agreed between the North and South that prisoners could be released by either side if they swore not to fight again. They became paroled prisoners. On 20 March 1864, Charles was in the Mt. Sebanon(Hebanon?) Hospital for a "Stricture". On 10 March 1864, after his parole, he was listed as a patient of the Confederate States Of America Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana. That is a short distance from Claiborne Parish where Seaborn J. Thompson lived after the war and where Charles took a wife after he got out of the hospital. The record lists his ailment as "Stricture Rectum". That may be a narrowing of the passage. Descendants say Charles was crippled the rest of his life, but the reason is unknown. He was hospitalized several times for his disability. On 17 May 1862, a message was sent account Lt. C. Thompson from Camp Moore. It was stamped "Record Division, Rebel Archives, War Department". It stated, "Recomd for some military appointment by many officers of 3rd Miss. Reg't to which he formed, belonged, but failed to be reelected on its reorganization. File Recd May 22/62" Reelected failure may refer to dismissal. That may have been due to his medical problems. Page two stated: Camp Moore May 1st 1862, To the Hon Secy of War, The bearer of the Liet C. Thompson formally of Company D of the Regt, not having been reelected in the late reorganization, we the undersigned officers of the Regt desire to recommend him to your favorable consideration, as a gentleman and an officer. Lieut Thompson has unhesitatingly sacrificed personal popularity in the strict discharge of his duty as an officer and consequently deserves not only our thanks but the kindly consideration of yourself. We feel no hesitation in saying that any duty assigned him will be faithfully discharged. T A Millin Col 3rd Reg Miss Vols. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE CHILDREN AND WIVES OF CHARLES W. THOMPSON 1)Irone Wesley Thompson b 1893 @ Coleman, married Mamie R.--?-- in Dallas abt 1920, no children in 1920. 2)Robert W. lived in Pecos, Reeves Co TX, in 1920. Was not married at that time. 3)James W. died before 1922, possibly in WWI. 4)Charles O., reported in Kent County, Texas in 1922. 5)Zana R. died in Coleman, Texas 1907. In 1920, the brothers of Frank H. Thompson--his name was shown as such in the census which was correct, but he went by H.F., and James Jerome Thompson all lived in Georgetown, Texas. Leo E. Thompson, sister, also lived there. Seaborn #2 lived in Georgetown for a short while after 1920 while Frank cared for him during his illness. Mr. Lemke unraveled a mystery. Sarah Frank Thompson, his wife, was the daughter of James Jerome Thompson. She was adopted by Frank H. Thompson, her uncle. They met on the east coast while she visited a relative during WWII. Lemke followed her back to Georgetown, and refused to leave her side until she married him. Frank had no children of his own. Frank and James owned a grocery store and a laundry. James was in Shackelford County Texas in 1929. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JOHN N. THOMPSON SON OF SEABORN J. THOMPSON The 1860 Mississippi, Lowndes County census suggests that John N. Thompson traveled to Mississippi with his father, Seaborn. Page 725 recorded a John Thompson aged twenty-five from Georgia. His occupation was "Negro Manager" near the town of West Point on 8 August 1860. As the war began, two sons of Seaborn, Charles and Edward lived with him in Mississippi. They each joined the Confederate Army. They fought at Vicksburg. John joined in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana and also fought at Vicksburg. After the war, John apparently departed Claiborne Parish Louisiana. Information about John N. Thompson's military unit follows. The 1st Regular Artillery Regiment was organized during the spring of 1861 with men from New Orleans and the surrounding area. The unit contained ten companies, but there were a number of consolidations during the war, and in 1865 only four remained. A heavy artillery unit, it served at Forts Jackson and St. Philip at New Orleans, then it was part of the river batteries at Vicksburg. There it was captured on July 4, 1863. After being exchanged and reorganized, it was stationed at Mobile and saw action at Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan, and Spanish Fort. On May 4, 1865, the unit surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels Johnson K. Duncan, C. A. Fuller, and Paul O. Hebert; Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Belzhoover; and Majors James B. Anderson, W. C. Capers, Henry A. Clinch, and Raymond Montaigne. "I" Artillery, 1st Regiment Heavy, Colonels Paul O. Herbert, Charles Fuller; Lt. Colonel Daniel Belzhoover; Majors Johnson K. Duncan, Henry A. Clinch, W. C. Capers, Richard C. Bond; Company E Commander James B. Anderson, resigned 28 January 1863, L. B. Haynes. Organized 5 February 1861, as part of the Louisiana State Army, the 1st Heavy Artillery transferred to Confederate service 13 March 1861, with 744 men. Regimental headquarters remained at the New Orleans Barracks while the various companies occupied the forts of the New Orleans defenses. Throughout the fall and winter of 1861, Companies B,C,D,E,F,H, and K served in Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip below New Orleans. Companies A and I helped defend Fort Pike. Company G composed part of the Fort Macomb garrison. The companies at Jackson and St. Phillip fought well against Union admiral David G. Farragut's fleet during the bombardment and passage of the forts and were included in the surrender and parole of the garrisons on April 26, 1862. Company I participated in the brief skirmish with the Union fleet at the McGehee Lines on April 25. Companies A and G evacuated their posts on April 26 and joined Company I at Camp Moore on 3 May 1862. About 20 May 1862, these three companies departed for Vicksburg, Mississippi, to help man the river batteries defending that city. They served in a temporary battalion commanded by Major Henry A. Clinch during the first attack on Vicksburg, 18 May 18 to 27 July 1862. The officers and men captured at Jackson and St. Philip received their exchanges in the fall, and most of them returned to their command. During the fall and winter of 1862-63, the regiment suffered heavily from sickness. At one point nearly 500 conscripts augmented its depleted ranks. The men manned the cannons in the lower(southern) river batteries at Vicksburg. On 11 March 1863, Company A moved to Grand Gulf to occupy the upper battery. In an engagement with Federal gunboats on March 31, the company distinguished itself by its excellent firing. This company again engaged the enemy on April 29 and participated in the evacuation of the post on May 3. During the siege of Vicksburg, May 19 to 4 July 1863, the regiment fired its cannons at enemy gunboats on the river and enemy batteries on the Louisiana shore. The 1st Heavy Artillery marched out of Vicksburg after the surrender there and went into a camp for paroled prisoners at Enterprise, Mississippi. Major General Dabney H. Maury requested the regiment's services at Mobile, Alabama, after it was exchanged; and the regiment arrived there on 16 January 1864. From that time until summer, the companies manned various redoubt along the Mobile land defenses. Twice during July, 1864, the regiment moved to Meridian, Mississippi, to support Major General Stephen D. Lee's cavalry force. At the Battle of Tupelo, 14 July 1864, the men acted as an infantry reserve. The regiment reoccupied redoubts at Mobile in early August 1864, and late that month the companies moved to two water batteries on islands in upper Mobile Bay The regiment continued to garrison these batteries until 11 April 1865, when they were dismantled and their men evacuated a part of the evacuation of Mobile. When Lieutenant General Richard Taylor's army surrendered, on 8 May 1865, the 1st Heavy Artillery was camped at Cuba Station, Alabama. The men received their paroles at Meridian as part of Taylor's army. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Glenn Thompson Son of Seaborn Jones Thompson Charlie Glenn Thompson was the son of Seaborn Jones, Seaborn the son of Edward, Edward the son of Seaborn J., Seaborn J. the son of Charles Thompson. Charlie was one of nine children and the youngest boy of the family. He was strikingly handsome, athletic and very popular in school. He was born in Coleman, Texas in 1920. Charlie's family moved to New Mexico about 1926. Charlie--also spelled Charles and Charley on some records, signed his name Charlie G. Thompson. He joined the army in 1942 and was sent overseas. He was a band member in the 775th Tank Battalion Company C. In Europe, he contracted pneumonia, bronchitis, and nasopharyngitis which required hospitalization in Brine Tree, England. He also contracted dermatophytosis. Prior to the war, Charlie was a Rodman with the U.S. Engineers. He married Bernice McCracken prior to 1946, who had a child, Carl McCracken, by her first husband. Their divorce affected Charlie severely. Charlie lived with his sister in Klamath Falls, Oregon for a short while, then he re-enlisted in the army. After reenlistment, Charlie developed an Alzheimer's disorder which required his hospitalization for several years. Family rumors persist that Charlie suffered from shell-shock or a post-traumatic-stress disorder. Military records prove he had no such disorder. The other sons of Seaborn Jones Thompson did not suffer from that disorder or similar disorder. Alzheimer's disease was at one time termed Organic Brain Disorder before the disease was better understood. This may be why Charlie was thought to have had a war related shell-shock illness when in fact he had none. Charlie was buried in Alamogordo, New Mexico, where he finished high school, and had passed many happy days in his youth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Family of Zana Thompson Austin New to our genealogical family is Zana R. Thompson. We've had Zana in our files for some time under the incorrect name of Dana R. The records state she was born in Louisiana in 1867, daughter of Charles and Sarah Thompson, and died in Coleman in 1907. Zana was born in Louisiana because Charles and Sarah were married in Claiborne Parish after the war. Zana married Thomas Ragsdale Austin in 1887. Their daughter, Ernest Thompson Austin, is buried next to her(born 1891, died 1894). This new information was found in Vena Gates's cemetery book. After her parents died, Florence Austin took over as acting parent. She was a school Teacher. Her brother was a lineman. She married Clarence Saunders of Coleman. They were active in the community according to the Coleman History book. The 1910 census of Coleman County was as follows: Austin, Florence Head Single 21 TX TX LA School Teacher Gerald Single 12 TX TX LA Telephone Lineman Harold 14 TX TX LA Ivan 10 TX TX LA Just received from Edith Jameson, an established family in Coleman: She remembered Florence Zana Austin, daughter of Charles W. Thompson of Coleman. Zana Austin, Florence's daughter, wanted to be buried by her grandmother, Saran Angie PARKER Thompson whom she cherished, in Silver Valley Cemetery. Her wish was not honored. Edith said Zana would not socialize with her grandfather, Charles. There was family friction. Florence's husband Thomas Austin, died of grief shortly after Florence died. Edith confirmed Charles Thompson was crippled, probably from a Civil War injury. It is curious why Charles left his estate to his step-daughter by his third wife and nothing to his natural children or grandchildren. We were told the Thompson men were large but not overweight. They were fair in complexion, blue eyes, light hair and handsome. Uncle Grady, Aunt Ernie and John Nugent had heart problems. Frank H. Thompson had diabetes. He died of gangrene and prostrate cancer. Breast cancer ran in family. Great Uncle James gave up his children after his first wife died. He never fully recovered from the loss. Months later, his home burned down. Step-grandmother was very strict. Uncle Grady was adopted. He was born before Edward's second marriage. That solved one mystery. From his resemblance to Mattie Ett GRAHAM Koone Thompson, it appears Grady was her son by her first marriage. The Thompson, Hector, Buie, Netherton, Love and Jameson families were close friends. Everyone was called aunt or uncle. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Documents Georgia Land Lottery: Morgan County; Lot 54-18-1 Cherokee. Pers. app'd. Charles Thompson to claim lot 54-18-1, purchased by Alexander Stewart; lot 506-4-1, drawn by himself; lot 76-2-2 purchased from the orphans of Robert C. Rawkins, who are of age; lot 235-4-of Muscogee, now Marion, also drawn by sd. orphans; & lot 697-3-3, drawn by James Studdard, Signed Charles Thompson before A. B. Bostwick, J.P., June 1843. Above land from lottery purchase places Charles Thompson in or near Morgan County by 1843, and he had sufficient wealth to purchase land outright. A petition to the court by V. V. Thompson of tutorship for a freed Negro boy named Joseph Thompson: To the Honorable the Judge of the parish of Claiborne in and for The State of Louisiana-Your Petitioner VV Thompson a resident of said parish and state with respect represents that he has in his possession care and keeping a minor child about seven years old by the name of Joseph Thompson a free boy of Color whose parents are dead and is at this time wholly unprovided for by any person except your petitioner. Wherefore he prays that he be appointed and confirmed tutor for said minor and that RE Thompson be appointed under tutor no bond being given for all other orders necessary for general relief. VV Thompson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne-By reason of the law and the forgoing petition and ? it is ordered that VV Thompson be appointed and confirmed tutor of the minor Joseph Thompson a free boy of Color and that RE Thompson be appointed under tutor for said minor upon each taking the oath required by law. This done and signed officially on the 5th day of August 1871 JS Young Parish Judge. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Williamson County Sun Friday 17 August 1928--FRONT PAGE After four years of intense suffering all of which was borne with fidelity which had marked his every effort in life, H. Frank Thompson, businessman of Georgetown for more than twenty years, friend and worthy citizen, passed from life here to life everlasting at six-thirty o'clock Monday morning at the Martin Hospital where he had been confined for several weeks. Funeral services were conduced Tuesday morning at ten o'clock at the Church of Christ of which deceased was a member for many years, the services being in charge of his friend, Elder W. F. Ledlow of Austin. Details of the funeral were in charge of the Davis Undertaking Company, and the following brother-in-laws of deceased acted as pall-bearers: O.M. Beaver, A.A. Hufstutler, A.W. Sherman, John Shaw, C.E. Harris. Interment was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery and the obsequies were attended by a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. The floral offering was profuse and beautiful, bespeaking the esteem in which the deceased was held by the large circle of friends who had known and admired him for his true worth in life. H. Frank Thompson was born July 4, 1876 in Wood County, Texas. At the age of two years he moved with his parents to Coleman, Texas, where he grew to manhood. In 1900 he moved to Georgetown and became identified with the Troy Laundry, later buying the plant and enlarging it, making of the system a model laundry plant in the Southern Laundrymen's Association. He was married November 10, 1901 to Miss Sallie Shaw, daughter of Captain and Mrs. W.C. Shaw and to him she has been a loyal companion and devoted wife. During her long vigil at his bedside following his sudden and severe illness which followed a stoke while at work in his plant in July 1924, she has never wavered nor grown weary, and her sacrifice of love has been beautiful and complete. Frank Thompson, as he was familiarly know to his multitude of friends, was devoted to his business, he spared neither pains nor labor in building here an institution of which he and his town could justly feel proud and he was stricken just at the completion of a splendid new modern building and its equipment with the most approved machinery known to the trade. As an indication of his skill in building today after four years of illness, the plant is among the most modern is the state and a monument to his enterprise and determination. As a citizen he was equally industrious. No movement was ever launched for the improvement and betterment of his town that he did not lend his enthusiastic support and financial assistance. The schools, the churches, the hospitals, the widow, the orphan, the charities, none of those ever make an appeal that he did not respond liberally. He believed in a broad and liberal consideration of all questions and no small or narrow endeavor ever appealed to him. When he was stricken with the illness from which he died, and from which he was a great sufferer, Georgetown lost from her active citizenship one of her best men, and in his death his family and friends feel the loss of a true and trusted loved one and companion. God never gave one a better friend, he never created a more devoted husband or friend. Besides his wife, Mr. Thompson is survived by his mother, Mrs. E.Y. Thompson of Coleman; an adopted daughter, Norah Frank Thompson; and the following brothers and sisters: S.J. Thompson, Arizona; J.J. Thompson of Austin; Mrs. O.M Beaver of Florence; H.G. Thompson of Ashdownn, Arkansas: J.N. Thompson of Coleman; and Mrs. Earnie Fenton of Coleman. Honorary Pallbearers: Claud Lunsford, Dr. Bendley, Temple, Eldridge Hodges, Sam V. Stone, Joe Corwin, Austin, Dr. Walter Marlin, Dr. John Martin, Mr. J.N. Keller, R.J. Stone, W.H. Davis, C.S. Bedford, J.E Cooper, W. Box, R.E. Ward, S.J. Enochs, John M. Sharpe, Dan Everidge, Granger, W.P. Hoffman, J.W. Robertson, Chas. Shell, Arther Eanes, D.H. Davis, Dr. W.H. Moses, Dr. W. M. Schultz, Dr. E.M. Thomas, D.E. Davis, Wm. Dunks, A.M. Sillure, E.H. Eanes, Fay Sherman, Jack Fokes, Del Rio, Lark, Abilene, Chas. Clark, Abilene, Caleb Simmons, Sweetwater, L.F. Gieschke, Houston, W.F. Taylor, Coleman, E.S. Brotherton, Dallas, E.P. Lewis, San Antonio. --------------------------- Note: Norah Frank Thompson was the natural child of his brother, James. I discovered that little distinction was made by the children of Edward and their mother versus their step-mother. That is the reason, I believe, Martha Warren was often called Etta Warren, because of Mary Graham's middle name Ett, i.e. Etta. Martha died at an early age and the children only remembered their step-mother. Also, take notice that Frank H. Thompson was a very successful businessman, and wealthy, but he signed his name with an X. Frank was an important community leader in Georgetown judging from his Pallbearers which included five doctors and his obituary appeared on the front page. Of course, several errors are in this obituary, as there always are. I'll leave you the joy of finding them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Williamson County Sun Thursday 11 July 1963 Page Two Oscar Marion Beaver, 87, of Route 1, Florence, formerly of Georgetown, died in a local hospital Thursday evening, July 4, at 8 O'clock after an illness of several weeks. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church in Florence Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Bill McChell?, pastor of Crest View Baptist Church of Georgetown, and the Rev. David Shattew? pastor of the Florence Church. (Paragraph unreadable) (Paragraph unreadable) Burial was in the Florence Cemetery, under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home of Georgetown. Mr. Beaver, son of the late pioneer, Martin Beaver and Zena Queen Beaver was born at Weir, Williamson County, Texas on February 19 1876. He became a Christian early in life and joined the Baptist Church. When Mr. Beaver was a child, his parents moved to Virginia. They returned to Texas in February when Mr. Beaver was five years of age, and he came to Georgetown at the age of six. Mr. Beaver was married to Miss Lizzie Finnie? in 1885, and they moved away in 1913. She passed away in 1913. In 1913, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Leo Futrell, whose death occurred in February 1950. In December of 1950 Mr. Beaver was married Mrs. J. S. Hays, who preceded him in death September, 1962. Mr. Beaver engaged in farming and ranching at Florence for many years. He was a man of fine Christian character. A devout member of the First Baptist Church at Georgetown, he was always faithful in his attendance at Sunday School and Church as long as his health permitted. Mr. Beaver was revered by all who knew him for his kind and friendly disposition and his strict honesty in all of his numerous dealings. Mr. Beaver was survived by four sons, Lee Beaver of Clovis New Mexico; Jim Beaver of Abilene; E. Y. Beaver of El Paso and Oscar M. Beaver, Jr. of Phoenix Arizona. Also, three daughters, Mrs. Eva Reed of Temple, Mrs. P.C. Mall?, and Mrs. Milton Ryden of Florence, sister Mrs. Laura Futehand? of Big Spring. Also, twenty-one grandchildren, forty-five great grandchildren, twenty-three great great grandchildren, five stepsons, R.A. Futrell of Hart, Ed Futrell of Florence, Roderick Hays of San Antonio, Mark Hays of Dallas and Ray Hays of ?. Also, four stepdaughters, Mrs. R.C. Farmer of Abilene, Mrs. Marvin Lester of Georgetown, Mrs. Mattie Spence of Temple, a great number of nieces, and other relatives and a host of long time friends. ------------------------------- The above was difficult to read. I suggest all BEAVER researchers obtain the original paper for their work. ------------------------------- The Williamson County Sun Tuesday 21 February 1950 FRONT PAGE Death came to Mrs. Oscar M. Beaver Sr. of Florence 3:30 o'clock Saturday morning, February 17, at a Georgetown hospital following an illness of four months. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist in Florence Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the presence of a large concourse of relatives and friends, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. C.R. Simpson, and the Rev. Anbrey F. Russell pastor of the First Baptist Church of Georgetown. Mucic was furnished by the Florence Mothers Chorus, and soloist Edgar Martin Miles of Georgetown. R.C. Farmer, Jr. and Wesdton Futrell, grandsons of Mrs. Beaver led the pallbearers, RosCoe McCann of Georgetown, Oran Gray, A.Y. Love and Louis Messer of Florence. The Davis Funeral Home of Georgetown had charge of final arrangements, and burial was in the Florence Cemetery. The floral offering was beautiful and profuse. Mrs. Beaver, daughter of the late E.Y. Thompson and Etta Warren Thompson was born in Coleman County June 1, 1883, and was reared in Coleman and Dallas. She became a Christian a in early life and joined the Baptist Church. She was united in marriage to Mr. Jim Futrell in 1899 and to this union four children were born. After the death of Mr. Futrell, she married to Mr. O. M. Beaver in 1913. In Coleman and moved to Florence in 1915. Three children were born to this union. Beside her husband, O.M. Beaver, survivors include seven children, R.A. Futrell of Hart, O.L. Futrell of Dalhart, Mrs. R.C. Farmer of Cisco, T.E. Futrell of Florence, E.Y. Beaver of El Paso, Mrs. M.G. Ryden of Florence, and O.M. Beaver, Jr. of Florence, four stepchildren, Lee Beaver of Abilene of Clovis, New Mexico, Jim Beaver of Abilene, Mrs. F.C. Hallmark of Florence, and Mrs. John Reed of Florence, twenty grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and other relatives and friends. Among those from out of town attending he final rites were Mr. Jim Thompson of Austin, Mr. and Mrs J.N. Thompson of Coleman, and Mr. and Mrs. Grady Thompson of Texarkana, brothers and sisters-in-law of Mrs Beaver, Mrs H.F. Fenton and family of Pampa, sister of Mrs. Beaver, Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Futrell and family of Hart, Mr. and Mrs O.L. Futrell and family of Dalhart, Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Farmer and family of Cisco, Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Farmer of Clovis, N.M. and friends from surrounding communities. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Coleman Chronicle, 10 Oct 1963, page 6 James Thompson Died Wednesday: Last Rites Today James J. Thompson resident of Coleman most of his life, died at Overall-Morris Memorial Hospital at 10:00 p. m. on Wednesday, October 9, 1963. Funeral rites were held at Stevens Memorial; Chapel today(Thursday) at 2:00 p. m. with Douglas Robinson, Church of Christ Minister, officiating. Pallbearers were G. W. Wilson, Ben Wilson, C. O. Morgan, Jr., H. F. Fenton Jr., R. K. Wardlow, and N. W. Purcell. Mr. Thompson, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ned Thompson, was born in Coleman County on January 22, 1881. His wife, the former Ella Carpenter, died in 1924. A retired farmer, he was a member of the Church of Christ. Surviving him are one son, Jimmy Thompson of San Francisco, Calif.: two daughters, Miss Louise Thompson of Coleman and Mrs. Sara Frank Lempe of California; one sister, Mrs. Ernie Fenton of Coleman; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Interment was in Coleman City Cemetery with Stevens Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Coleman Democrat-Voice, 16 May 1972, page 4 Coleman Woman Dies In California.:Rites Here Tomorrow Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie M. Thayer, 85, of Coleman, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Stevens Memorial Chapel, with Elder Colvin Smith of Fort Worth officiating. Burial will be in Coleman City Cemetery. Mrs. Thayer died Friday, May 12, 1972 at 11:55 p.m. Los Angeles, Calif. Born Jan. 8, 1887 in Alvarado, Texas, she lived most of her life in Coleman, but had been staying with a daughter in Los Angeles since 1968. She and her late husband, Warren Thayer, had married in 1910, and she was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. George Wilson of Coleman, Mrs. Joel Taylor of Dallas, and Miss Margaret Thayer and Mrs. W.S. Tate, both of Los Angeles; and seven grandchildren. Her remains will arrive at Stevens Funeral Home at approximately 9:30 tonight, and will lie in state until services Wednesday. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Samuel Thompson of Troup County Georgia The final order of business is to correct the belief that Samuel Thompson of Troup County, Georgia was the father of Seaborn J. Thompson. Seaborn Thompson's father was Charles Thompson as proved by a family history dated 1890 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. A genealogist had suggested Samuel was the father of Seaborn using the preponderance of evidence. Both families came through South Carolina to Georgia. Both married Smith's. Samuel and Seaborn both moved to Troup County. They gave children the same names. It's possible Samuel and Seaborn Thompson were related through common Smith relatives, but that is not proven. Information about Samuel Thompson is included here to update his record. Samuel Thompson arrived in South Carolina after 1800. A collection of census information follows: 1805--Samuel Thompson & wife landed in Charleston Bay, SC 1810 South Carolina census Near Charleston (City) Charleston District, Saint Johns, Colleton, page 213 Samuel Thompson males under ten = two males 26 to 45 = one females under 10 = three females 26 to 45 = one slaves total = ten 1820 Georgia, Greene County page 332 Samuel Thompson males under 10 = two males 10 to 16 = one males 26 to 45 = one females under 10 = two females 10 to 16 = three females 26 to 45 = one slaves = ten 1830 Georgia Troup County Samuel Thompson males 20 to 30 = one males 50 to 60 = one females 20 to 30 = one females 70 to 80 = one first wife slaves 24 to 36 = one male slaves 24 to 36 = one female 1840 Georgia Troup County Samuel Thompson males 60 to 70 = one females 50 to 60 = one second wife slaves = none 3September 1850 Georgia Troup County 697th District 82 Division page 94 Samuel Thompson 78 $91,110 Ireland Nancy 69 GA 1860 Georgia Troup County O'Neal Mills 699 District #743 page 114 John Smith 52 $1,500 $25,000 GA M. 52 SC Mary Thompson Thos. 26 GA S. Cleveland 24 GA Sarn? Smith 23 GA N. Smith 16 GA B. Cleveland 05 GA A. Cleveland 07 GA Wm. Wills 40 VA Nancy Thompson 77 nee Walker GA step-mother of M.T. W.J. Smith 40 $3,000 $18,000 GA J. 22 GA James 06 GA T.? 04 GA ? Duffice 02 GA G. Duffice 01 GA Several documents were recorded for Samuel Thompson in Troup County. The following are noteworthy: Samuel Thomson(Thompson) Deeds--typed as closely as possible to original. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgia, Troup County: This Indenture* made the seventh day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & fifty-two between Samuel Thomson of the County & State aforesaid, of the one part, & Elizabeth P. Graggs daughter of the said Samuel Thomson wife of William Graggs of the state of Alabama, Chambers County, of other part, Witnesseth that the said Samuel Thomson for and in consideration of the natural love & affection which he has & bears to his said daughter Elizabeth P. Graggs wife of William Graggs hath given granted & conveyed & does by these presents give grant and convey unto the said Elizabeth P. Graggs during her natural life and then to her children two Negroes, to wit, Winney a woman about forty-nine years old of dark completion and also Maude a girl thirteen years old of dark complexion. To have & to hold the above mentioned Negroes from & after the death of the said Samuel Thomson unto her the said Elizabeth P. Graggs her children to their own proper use & benefit. In testimony whereof the said Samuel Thomson hath hereunto set his hand & affixed his seal the day & year given above written. Signed and sealed & delined in presence of Test.--John N. McCain; William J. Smith J.P.; Samuel Thomson Recorded December 2nd 1852; Wm. M. Latimer CLK *Indenture means a formal binding legal certificate. Georgia, Troup County: This indenture made this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & fifty-two between Samuel Thompson of the said County & State of the one part & William P. Thompson, son of the said Samuel Thomson, of Alabama State, Chambers County of the other part witnesseth, that the said Samuel Thomson for & in consideration of the natural love & affection which he has & bears to his said son William P. Thomson hath given granted & conveyed & does by their presents give grant & convey unto the said William P. Thompson his heirs & assigns two Negroes to wit, Sally a woman about thirty years old of dark complexion & Jackson a boy seven years old of dark complexion. To have and to hold the above mentioned Negroes from & after the death of the said Samuel Thomson unto him the said William P. Thomson his heirs & assigns, and & their own proper use and benefit. In testimony whereof the said Samuel Thomson hath hereunto set his hand & affixed his seal the day & year first above written. Signed sealed & delined* in the presence of Test--John N. McCain; William J. Smith J.P.; Samuel Thomson Recorded September 2nd 1852; Wm. M. Latimer CLK *Delined means all legal liens are removed or found not to exist. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgia, Troup County: This indenture made this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & fifty-two between Samuel Thomson of said County & State of the one part and John A. Smith son in law of the said Samuel Thomson of the same place of the other part. Witnesseth, that the said Samuel Thomson for & in consideration of the natural love & affection which he has & bears to his said son in law John A. Smith hath given granted & conveyed & does by these presents give grant & convey unto the said John A. Smith his heirs & assigns* two Negroes girls Mary a girl about seven years old of dark complexion & also Martha a girl about nine years old of dark complexion. To have and to hold the above mentioned Negroes from and after the death of said Samuel Thomson unto him the said John A. Smith his heirs & assigns & to his & their own proper use & benefit. In testimony whereof the said Samuel Thomson hath herein set his hand & affixed his seal the day & year first above written. Signed sealed & delined in presences of Test--John W. McCain; William J. Smith J.P.; Samuel Thomson,Seal Recorded September 2nd 1852; Wm. M. Latimer CLK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgia, Troup County: This Indenture made this the Tenth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-nine between Isaac Collins of the County aforesaid of the one part and Samuel Thompson of the same place of the other part, witnesseth that the said Isaac Collins for and in consideration of the sum of Five Hundred dollars to him in hand paid at and before the sealing and delining of these presents the receipt-whereof it hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained sold and conveyed and does by these presents grant-bargain sell and convey unto the said Samuel Thompson his heirs and assigns all that tract or parcel of land situated lying and being in the Fourth District of said County know and distinguishable by No 74 Seventy Four containing Two Hundred, two and a half acres more or less. To have and to hold said tract or parcel of land unto him the said Samuel Thompson his heirs and assigns thereof with all and singular the rights members and appurtenances thereof to the same in any manner belonging to his and their own purpose benefit and behoof forever in fee simple* and the said Isaac Collins for himself his heirs Executors and Administrators the said bargained premises unto the said Samuel Thompson his heirs and assigns will warrant-and forever defend the right and title thereof acquired themselves and against the claim of all other persons whatever. In witness whereof the said Isaac Collins hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed Sealed and Recorded, Grace Collins Seal Nancy W. Satterwhite; Elijah Satterwhite J.P.;Rec'd June 20 1841 R.F. McGehee CLK *Fee Simple means without restriction. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prenuptial agreement between Samuel Thompson & Nancy Smith Walker Georgia, Troup County: This Indenture made this the 22 January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and thirty-three between Nancy Walker and Samuel Thompson of the County and State aforesaid they being now about-to engage in the Solom* bonds of Matrimony each agree from day and year above named all of the property they may accumulate to be equally divided in two parts after their death between their children. In witness they have hereunto set their hands and seal the day and year above written Signed N. McGehee; Berry A. Fox J.P.; Nancy "X" Walker--her mark Samuel Thompson Seal; Recorded 17th 1844; Moses Lee CLK *This word found spelled as-it-is-here and in other documents. Appears to be willfully spelled 'solom' in that section of Georgia during that era. End of Samuel Thompson update -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parting Commentary No attempt was made in this booklet to include every Thompson family or story. Considerable effort was invested to obtain family data on as many individuals as possible. However, as my father said, "It is easier to find data about my great great uncles than to find out about my living cousins." Many relatives simply did not answer letters. One gentleman asked if our effort to gather information was a scam. More information about our Thompson family may be found in the book Florice Mozelle Thompson. Still more can be found by studying the family group sheets, and by researching the fading records purposely left by our forefathers for us to find. For those who despise genealogy, they surely detest their ancient blood, as well as the blood in their own veins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Family Group Sheets The following family group sheets reflect the latest data on selected families. A number appearing after a person's name is the Ancestral File number assigned in Salt Lake City. Names without numbers have not been submitted yet, or have not been processed, or the person is still living. Many families were not included in the group sheets if they appeared in the original booklet. Some families appeared in both booklets where new notable information was found. Significant data is missing because persons would not respond to our letters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warning: This booklet contains errors. Corrections and additions may be sent directly to us to correct and supplement our records. Corrected pages will be supplied to anyone requesting them without charge. Seek and Ye Shall Find ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Family Group Sheet Name Index Page Names Through 8..Descendants of Charles THOMPSON 09........Charles & George SMITH, Nancy BURKE 10........George, Joel, Sarah, Amelia, Margaret & Frances SMITH, Frances BURNLEY 11 & 12...Joel, Frances, George, Nancy, Martha, Henry, Amelia, Maria & Margaret SMITH, Elizabeth BIDELL 13........Seaborn & Frances THOMPSON, Frances SMITH 14........Charles, Seaborn, Louisa, Thomas, Hilliard & Mary Thompson 15........Martha, John, Virgil, Charles, Margaret, Joseph & Robert THOMPSON 16 & 17...Seaborn, William, John, Julia, Charles & Edward Thompson, Jane MORELAND 18........Edmond, Edmond, Charles & Alva BUGG, Julia THOMPSON 19........Charles & James THOMPSON, Emma QUINN 20........Charles, Charles, Zana, Robert & Ernest THOMPSON,. Sarah PARKER 21........Thomas, Florence, Ernest, Gerald, Harold & Ivan AUSTIN, Zana THOMPSON 22........Charles & Irone THOMPSON & Florence THOMPSON 23........Edward, Frank, Seaborn, James, Leo & Angie THOMPSON, Martha WARREN 24 & 25...Allen, Oscar, Lana, C.C., Ella & Tennessee WOOD, Rufus, Lucy & Sarah WOOD, Sarah NETHERTON 26........Barak, Shirleen, Barak, May, Fay & Charles BARNUM, & Florice Mozelle THOMPSON 27........Charles, Lisa, Russel & Denise BARNUM, Geoff BISHOP, Wayne BURGESS, William GREER & Opal CARTER 28........Geoff & Ryan BISHOP, Lisa Anne BARNUM 29........Robert, Marilyn, Madelin, Michele, Celeise & Celeste PENDER, Zellah THOMPSON 30........John & Michele GIVENS, Michele PENDER 31........Van & Kay JONES, Idelle THOMPSON 32........Dayland, Stephaine, Vincet & Connie PARSONS, Kay JONES 33........Vincet, Tyler & Milo PARSONS, Lynda GARY 34........Joseph, Maddison, Joseph & Conner RICHARDS, Connie Xan PARSONS 35........Lewis, Janet, Rockland, Lewis & Michael CAREY, Claudine THOMPSON 36........Edward, Henry, Archa Ball, John & Matie THOMPSON, Mary KOONE 37........Henry, Glennie, John, Bessie & Charlie THOMPSON, Grace MONTGOMERY 38........John, Mary, Ernie & Margerie THOMPSON, Louisa JAMESON 39........Richard, Brenda & Jeffery Wily, Mary THOMPSON 40........Ervin McMILLON & Ernie THOMPSON; T.P. LINNEY; Alvin LICHNOVSKY 41........George, Stephen & Bruce Oney, Margerie THOMPSON 42........Stephen, Jeromie & Kimberly ONEY, Dawn McKINNEY; Luanna SANCHEZ 43........Bruce, Melissa & Brian ONEY, Rosa ZAMBRANO 44........Hiram, Opal, Maggie, Blanch, Hiram & Ernest FENTON, Mattie THOMPSON 45........Oleta, Mary & Billie FENTON; Mattie THOMPSON & Henry MONTGOMERY; Hiram FENTON Jr & Loretta KENNY; Oleta FENTON & PAULINE FENTON 46........Henry & Opal MONTGOMERY, Mattie THOMPSON 47........Edward, Henry, Archa Ball, John & Matie THOMPSON, Mary KOONE 48........Hilliard, Martha & Eugene THOMPSON, Elizabeth SMITH 49 & 50...Anderson, Sarah, Robert, James, John & Margaret Charles & Anna ORR, Mary THOMPSON 51........Selmer, Linda & Rogert YOUNG, Mary ORR 52........Robert, Joseph & Julie HART, Linda YOUNG 53........Virgil, Virgil, William & Alice THOMPSON, Talitha SMITH 54........Virgil, Calvin, Watson, Harvey, Lottie & Ester THOMPSON, Nancy V. ___ 55........William, Sturges, Roy, William, Fred & Mary THOMPSON, Annie MATHEWS 56........John, Virgil & Fannie THOMPSON 57........Roy, Vivian, Catherine & James THOMPSON 58........James, Tena, Tami & Tara THOMPSON, Wanda PEPPER 59 & 60...William, John, William, Augustus, Sarah, Fady, Joseph, Thomas, H.M., Emma, & James PARKER, Drucilla_____ 61........James, Lucinda, John, Thomas, James, Martha & Minerva WARREN, Mary JENNINGS. # # #