Family Group Record

Husband: William Thompson 1
Born: 31 AUG 1781 Place: Burke County, North Carolina 2
Died: 10 SEP 1854 Place: Madison County, Georgia
Married: 12 NOV 1810 Place: Jackson County, Georgia
Buried: Place: New Hope Church, Comer, Madison, Georgia
Father: Alexander Thompson
Mother: Elizabeth\Mary Hodge
Other Spouses:
Wife: Nancy Tillman 3
Born: 27 NOV 1784 Place: Georgia
Died: 11 JAN 1858 Place:
Buried: Place: New Hope Church, Comer, Madison, Georgia
Father: William Tillman
Mother: Mary Farrow
Other Spouses:
Children
Child 1 (F): Sarah Thompson
Born: Place:
Died: Child Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses:
Child 2 (F): Esther Thompson
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Child 3 (M): William Tillman Thompson
Born: 27 NOV 1810 Place:
Died: 11 JAN 1858 Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: probably Frances P. Berryman
Child 4 (M): John Alexander Thompson
Born: 17 OCT 1814 Place: Comer, Madison, Georgia
Died: 28 JUN 1885 Place: Georgia
Buried: Place: New Hope Church, Comer, Madison, Georgia
Spouses: Eleanor K. Burroughs
Child 5 (M): James Madison Thompson
Born: 30 MAY 1816 Place: Georgia
Died: 1870 Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Mary Diana Pellum
Child 6 (F): Elizabeth Eleanor Thompson 4, 5
Born: 13 DEC 1817 Place: Madison County, Georgia
Died: 3 JUN 1897 Place: Madison County, Georgia
Buried: Place: Thompson Family, Danielsville, Madison, Georgia
Spouses: Amos Carrithers
Child 7 (M): Ansel\Ancel Dickson Thompson
Born: 1819 Place:
Died: 1890 Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Mary Polly Richards
Child 8 (M): Berry Milroy Thompson 6
Born: 4 NOV 1821 Place: Madison County, Georgia 7
Died: 26 SEP 1906 Place: Madison County, Georgia
Buried: Place: New Hope Church, Comer, Madison, Georgia
Spouses: Amanda Jane Carrithers
Child 9 (F): Mary Frances Farrow Thompson
Born: 12 MAY 1823 Place:
Died: Place:
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Spouses: James Walton Carrithers
Child 10 (F): Nancy Emily Thompson
Born: 12 OCT 1825 Place: Georgia
Died: 12 OCT 1875 Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: James\John A. McCurdy
Child 11 (F): Harriet Calista Thompson
Born: 12 MAY 1827 Place: Georgia
Died: 14 MAY 1903 Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: John Merritt Landers
HUSBAND NOTES:
William Thompson came to Georgia in 1790 and settled in Wilkes County (now Oglethorpe), Georgia.

!SPOUSE-CHILDREN-PARENTS: Letter from Jan McChesney, 21 Lilly Pond Road, Barrington, New Hampshire 03825 dated 29 May 1996.

!PROBATE: The will of William Thompson is recorded in Will Book B, page 75, records of Madison County, Georgia.

!PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Borderbund World Family Tree CD ROM Collection, Volume 6, Volume 9 File 3529.

!SPOUSE-PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-CHILDREN: Calvin T. Floyd, THE THOMPSON FAMILY, June 1982, manuscript on file at the Madison County Library.

!BIRTH-DEATH-CHILDREN-SPOUSE: DAR Application 689260 for Jesse May Anderson Branyon based on service record of Alexander Thompson. CONFLICT - source states death date of William Thompson 16 Sep 1874.

!BIOGRAPHY: William Thompson and his brother John inherited Thompson's mill and their fathers home. William became the sole owner at John's death.

!BURIAL-BIRTH-DEATH-BIOGRAPHY: The Madison County Heritage Foundation, MADISON COUNTY CEMETERY BOOK, 1986, page 69.

!CENSUS: 1850 Census of Madison County, Georgia (MF-32, Roll 76. page 197, 56th Subdivision) records William Thompson (69), a farmer, born in North Carolina with the following in his household: Nancy Thompson (65), born in Georgia, Nancy E. Thompson (22), Harriett W. Thompson (21).


WIFE NOTES:
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!SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Letter from Jan McChesney, 21 Lilly Pond Road, Barrington, New Hampshire 03825 dated 29 May 1996.

!SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Borderbund World Family Tree CD ROM Collection, Volume 6, Volume 9 File 3529.

!SPOUSE-BIRTH-DEATH-PARENTS-CHILDREN: Calvin T. Floyd, THE THOMPSON FAMILY, June 1982, manuscript on file at the Madison County Library.

!BURIAL-BIRTH-DEATH: The Madison County Heritage Foundation, MADISON COUNTY CEMETERY BOOK, 1986, page 69.


SOURCES:
 1Memoirs of Georgia, Volume II, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia 1895, Book, page 482.
2Memoirs of Georgia, Volume II, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia 1895, Book, page 482.
3Memoirs of Georgia, Volume II, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia 1895, Book, page 482.
41870 Census of Madison County, Georgia, MF91, M593, Roll 164, Census, page 62, Records Elizabeth E. Carrithers (52) with John C. (21), Sarah F. (20/21), Amos W. (18), Margaret (7.
51860 Census of Madison County, Georgia, MF56, Roll 29, Census, page 193.
6Memoirs of Georgia, Volume II, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia 1895, Book, page 482.
7Memoirs of Georgia, Volume II, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia 1895, Book, page 482.

Posted By:
Tommy Bargeron
721 West 12th Street
Tifton, Georgia 31794

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