My niece, Nancy Crumpton Jones, in Savannah gave me a Crumpton button. I'm looking at it now. Her boyfriend obtained it for us. It measures about 3/4 inch in diameter and silver in appearance. It looks like a military button with what appears to be an eagle on the outside (appearance side). On the inside is "Crumpton" . I am told these buttons were made in 1810 or 1811 (possibly Philladelphia or New York) for use my our military in the War of 1812. Would appreciate any help out there to help trace the Crumpton family who made these buttons. Many thanks, Dan Crumpton email gen@Thomson.net

Dear Tom: In the late 1700s', and early 1800s' ,in the rectangle area of Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson, Laurens, Pendleton and Fairfield Counties, South Carolina, there were families, by different spellings, Compton, Crumpton and Crompton. We know that some of the same families were "spelled" differently by different people; for instance, my Luke Crumpton was spelled at least these three (3) different ways in the deed, court cases and census references. My father and his grandfather had the name Crumpton, but I am researching other spellings for earlier ancestors. Many thanks, and I'll shoot you what I have on Crompton spellings. Please give me you mailing address. Dan Crumpton email gen@Thomson.net -----Original Message----- From: Bluecelt1@aol.com <Bluecelt1@aol.com> To: gen@thomson.net <gen@thomson.net> Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 1:24 PM Subject: Cromptons and Crumptons >Dan, Do I understand you to mean that the CROMPTON and CRUMPTON lists are the same? Do you have info connecting the two names, or did they evolve as different spellings? If so, I had never heard this, and would be interested in learning more. > >Also, you mentioned you had info on other Cromptons. I would be interested in origins and time periods. > >Regards, >Tom Crompton >

Hi List, Looking for leads on the following COMPTON family which probably lived in the southwestern Virginia counties of Buchanan, Russell, and Dickenson, and possibly in adjacent Pike County, KY. Don't have any firm dates, but I would estimate that Meshack was born about 1880, Bartemus about 1900 and Basil about 1920. Someone is bound to recall these names if they have seen them !! :>)) Descendants of Meshack Compton 1 Meshack Compton ......... 2 Bartemus Compton ............. +Emma Viola Deel .................... 3 Basil Compton ........................ +Helen Atwood Hale b: April 12, 1922 in Council, Buchanan County, Virginia m: February 06, 1941 in Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky Any leads would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John Hale Falls Church, VA

here is a letter that was posted to the TRAIL family site by Jackie McAbee : Wednesday, December 29, 1999 1859 letter to Barbara Smith Compton from Franklin Smith Medium, Mashall County, Tn. Aug. 1, 1859 Dear Sister, I received your lines the other day which gave me account of your family and the sickness you have had with you. I am glad to hear you are all better and I hope these lines fine you all still getting better. We have had sickness amongst us all this season up till within a few days past which has terninaed fatally to one of us and it falls to my painful duty to record to you the deah of my Dear , Dear wife. Betsy departed this life on the 29th. of July last after an illness of near six months. Thus I have lost my best comforter and friend in this world. We have had other sickness come in the family. Robert has been sick nearly all this season and is not well yet. I can/t tell you how he is just now. I will hear from him this evening and I will let you know before I seal this. Poor Bob he is like something wild he was so at home and I have not heard from him but once, then I shall hear from him as I said above. Julian has been sick with chill and fever about the time of her mother/s death and since but has got better and is now is getting tolerable stout again. There has been another death in our neighborhood. Benjamine/s wife/s mother died on the same day that Betsy did and was buried the same day and at the same place, tho not immediately at the same hour. She was a Mrs. Wrinter. Jane has had to participate some in our troubles as death entered her abode and tore from her a little daughter about a year old, a spriely little thing could run about anywhere and had begun to talk some. It died with the Flux. Now, Barbara, my dear wife is taken from me. She was my best friend, my nearest friend, my dearest friend, my bosom friend, my comforter and conseler to be torn from me the one of all others the least willing to spae and the center of the family for it is well known that we had no women to spare. It is almost unbearable. I can/t tell you anything about it and you will never know nor no one else, till they they experience it them selves and the reflection that it is so and can never be other wise is as almost unbearable as any for the mind will wonder in spite of all you can do. I had thought I would try and fix to work less but that is denied me now for I shall have to work the more to try to fill up the gap in the hours by buying cloth and hiring weaving for Julia can/t do for us all. I would have sent for you but the distance and knowing that it would do no one any good I did not do it. I hae heard from Robert since I began my letter and he was no better if anything was wors so I Will come to a close. I can do no more talking than writing so come up when you can as I would be glad to see you all. So no more at present but remains your brother till death. Franklin Smith We the following disinterested parties bear witness that the above statement is an exact copy of the original letter written by Franklin Smith. Jan. 8, 1935 W.D. Walker, Pittsburg Kansas Josephine Johnson Pittsburg, Kansas ( Franklin and Barbara were childen of Sarah(Sallie) Trail and William Smith. Franklin was maried to Elizabeth Bearden and Barbara married Isaac Compton)

COMPTON files I have some information on 4 generations before the COMPTON I start out with here, but it has a lot of speculation. This is what I have: Ebenezer Turrell COMPTON was born on Sep.3,1772 in NY. He went to Rockingham Co.,NC, and to Henry Co.,VA where he married Ailecy HOPPER there on May 6,1794. Ebenezer and Ailecy went to NC and some of their children were born there. About 1811, they were in Adair/Russell Co.,KY area and had the rest of their children there. Ebenezer died Sep.19,1850 and Ailecy died about 1850, both in Russell Co.,KY. The 9 children were: Jordan, Eleanor, Nancy, Mary(Polly), Bethel, Patsey, James R., Julia(Inda), Martha. Julia COMPTON, b.1815, married John Gosser about 1838, and lived in the Russell Co.,KY area, for the rest of their lives. They were my ggg grandparents. If anyone has any info on this line, please get in touch with me. Thanks. Tim Mattingly

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ping Charles S. Compton 466 Roberts Circle Lincoln, Al., 35096

Hi all! There seems to be two William Comptons as first settlers in east NJ in 1670s. A. Wm. Compton (b-1622, Kent, England) or his son William from Gravesend, Long Island. B. William from Massachusets/ New Hampshire area, son of John Compton (m- Susanah Freeman) One settled in Middlesex, Belford, Compton Creek, Monmouth County. The other settled in Woodbridge, less than 20 miles away to the west. One was the ancestor of a William Compton who married Sarah Sweet and migrated to Canada as United Empire Loyalists in 1783. Which one? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bob Davidson 3049 Preddy Creek Road Charlottesville, VA 22911 Home phone 804-975-1608 Fax phone 804-975-1708 Email rdavidson@cstone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Does anybody have the subject book or know where I can get the relevant Compton texts? Steve Compton The Tennessee Squire TNSquire47@aol.com Visit us during the Season at <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Forum/3876/Christmas1999/chris tmas99.html">Christmas1999</A>

I have the book by W. H. Compton entitled "The Descendants of Aquila Compton", but what I would really like is a copy of a GEDCOM or FTW file that has this books information in it. Does anybody have this and would be kind enough to send it to me ? Charlie Charles S. Compton 466 Roberts Circle Lincoln, Al., 35096

Hello again. Don't you just hate it, to see somebody lose their mind right in front of you ! For starters, the list I referred to is SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, not the what-ever-it-was that I typed. I also neglected to insert the message that I was trying to relay to you. Sorry.....duh. Charlie ----- Original Message ----- From: gslat <gslat@uswest.net> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 1:41 PM Subject: RE: Biographical Info from Ga > Yes, it is Christmas. > The Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia were written by Judge Folks Huxford. 10 > Volumes. He started his writing in at least 1916. > Got to talk to the oldtimers that were there. > He states thruout the books that most of the Pioneers of Wiregrass (SE > portion of Georgia), were from North Carolina, next being South Carolina > (Mine from SC, Westbury/Westberry) > I will look up your kinfolks what headed to Georgia before 1870. (That was > the Judges cutoff date). > I can also dig out the families that your kin married into, should you > require that. > > Merry Christmas to all, > > Charles Westberry > Seattle, Wash >

Greetings: I know that there are a specific few of you who research your line into the state of Georgia. For those of you who are interested, read the forwarded email below. This guy has been working overtime on the SC-Roots-L mailing list, so you might want to check their archive for some of the names you research or contact him directly. I have NOT asked him for a look up. If you do ask him for a COMPTON or CRUMPTON look up and he comes back with something, please post it so we can all benefit....OK ? Merry Christmas to all of you from Alabama ! Charlie Charles S. Compton 466 Roberts Circle Lincoln, Al., 35096

I received this e-mail this morning and thought someone in the group might be interested. Most of the Comptons in my line served a little farther South! . :-) "HI MY NAME IS WILTON. I HAVE GUST ACQUIRED AN OLD GUN HOLSTER WITH THE NAME COMPTOM WRITTEN INSIDE IT. IF ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY WAS IN THE U.S. CALVERY I HAVE HIS HOLSTER. E-MAIL ME AT linquist1@mindspring.com " Dwight Ray Lunsford Oklahoma City, OK e-mail: rluns@icon.net Family Info: http://www.icon.net/~rluns/index.html

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------32E040FA4A1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Compton researchers, I'm puting this out on the web, thinking someone may be connected. Contact me if you see anything that may be close to your line. Thanks, Tim Mattingly --------------32E040FA4A1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Compton files.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Compton files.txt" Descendants of EBENEZER COMPTON Generation No. 1 1. EBENEZER6 COMPTON (MATHIAS5, WILLIAM4, CORNELIUS3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born September 3, 1772 in NY? VA?, and died September 19, 1850 in RUSSELL CO.,KY. He married ALESEY HOPPER May 6, 1797 in HENRY CO.,VA. She was born 1771 in HENRY CO., VA, and died ABT 1850 in RUSSELL CO.,KY. Children of EBENEZER COMPTON and ALESEY HOPPER are: i. MARY (POLLY)7 COMPTON, b. 1799; d. August 18, 1852, MACOUPIN CO.,IL; m. JACOB PETTYJOHN; b. 1797; d. October 9, 1851. ii. PATSEY COMPTON, b. 1811. 2. iii. JULIA COMPTON, b. ABT 1815, RUSSELL CO.,KY. iv. JAMES COMPTON, b. Unknown. Generation No. 2 2. JULIA7 COMPTON (EBENEZER6, MATHIAS5, WILLIAM4, CORNELIUS3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born ABT 1815 in RUSSELL CO.,KY. She married JOHN GOSSER 1838, son of JAMES GOSSER and ELIZABETH DICKSON/DISHON. He was born 1811 in GARRARD CO.,KY, and died Aft. 1856. Children of JULIA COMPTON and JOHN GOSSER are: 3. i. ELIZABTH8 GOSSER, b. 1836, RUSSELL CO.,KY. ii. MARY ADA GOSSER, b. December 1, 1838; m. JOHNNY MCGOWAN. iii. MARTHA ANN GOSSER, b. April 1, 1842; d. January 1, 1898; m. ZACHARIAH ROY; b. April 15, 1842; d. October 1832. 4. iv. HENRY CLAYBORN GOSSER, b. March 3, 1844. 5. v. JOSIAH B. GOSSER, b. August 1, 1846, RUSSELL CO.,KY; d. December 1910, BURIED IN OLD UNION. 6. vi. JAMES RILEY GOSSER, b. August 1849; d. February 25, 1928. 7. vii. JOHN HARRISON GOSSER, b. June 22, 1853; d. June 11, 1928. viii. JULIA ANN GOSSER, b. October 12, 1855; m. JOHN FORD. Generation No. 3 3. ELIZABTH8 GOSSER (JULIA7 COMPTON, EBENEZER6, MATHIAS5, WILLIAM4, CORNELIUS3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1836 in RUSSELL CO.,KY. She married ELIJA WILSON December 20, 1853 in RUSSELL CO.,KY, P.58, son of ALEXANDER WILSON and SALLY ROY. He was born 1835 in RUSSELL CO.KY, and died 1900. Children of ELIZABTH GOSSER and ELIJA WILSON are: i. CHRISTINA E.9 WILSON, b. February 3, 1857. ii. SARAH ELIZABETH WILSON, b. January 4, 1859, WILLOW SPRINGS, KY; d. April 25, 1925, KY; m. JAMES T. CHAPMAN, February 22, 1874, CASEY CO., KY (B1 P108); b. May 1, 1853, WEBB CROSSROADS, RUSSELL CO., KY; d. December 28, 1898, KY. iii. JUDA A. WILSON, b. 1861. iv. HENRY C. WILSON, b. 1863. v. MARY J. WILSON, b. 1865. vi. ELIJAH GIDEON WILSON, b. October 11, 1866; d. March 30, 1938, NEW PLESENT, PULASKI CO.,KY; m. NANCY MALINDA ????. vii. LUCY M. WILSON, b. 1868. viii. PARKEY A. WILSON, b. March 12, 1870; d. May 30, 1928, NEW PLESENT, PULASKI CO.,KY; m. J.T. WILSON; b. April 23, 1867; d. February 21, 1941. ix. GEORGE W. WILSON, b. July 3, 1878. x. RACHAEL WILSON, b. 1874; d. 1908; m. THOMAS NEWTON GOSSER, October 22, 1894; b. March 28, 1873; d. March 30, 1956. 4. HENRY CLAYBORN8 GOSSER (JULIA7 COMPTON, EBENEZER6, MATHIAS5, WILLIAM4, CORNELIUS3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born March 3, 1844. He married NANCY ELIZABETH COLLINS 1865, daughter of HILLIE COLLINS. She was born September 28, 1843, and died July 23, 1927. Children of HENRY GOSSER and NANCY COLLINS are: i. ALBERT SIDNEY "SID"9 GOSSER, b. November 12, 1875; d. April 20, 1958; m. ALLIE JANE ROY, April 5, 1913; b. April 5, 1892; d. April 25, 1968. ii. JAMES CRITTENDEN GOSSER, b. January 31, 1871; d. September 19, 1940; m. MARTHA ISBELL GARNER, November 18, 1891; b. June 10, 1872; d. April 4, 1923. iii. SARAH CATHERINE GOSSER, b. July 28, 1866; d. September 12, 1946; m. (1) WILLIAM ELIJAH SCALES, September 3, 1888; b. February 10, 1866, PULASKIA CO.,KY; d. November 30, 1944; m. (2) WILLIAM ELIJAH SCALES, September 23, 1888. iv. JOHN WILLIAM GOSSER, b. August 30, 1868; d. August 19, 1947; m. NANCY MARGARET EASTHAM, April 17, 1888; b. May 30, 1863; d. October 12, 1935. v. THOMAS NEWTON GOSSER, b. March 28, 1873; d. March 30, 1956; m. (1) RACHAEL WILSON, October 22, 1894; b. 1874; d. 1908; m. (2) AGNES ROBERTS, August 12, 1908. vi. MARY SUSAN GOSSER, b. January 23, 1878; m. WILLIAN ZACHARIAH ROY, June 6, 1893; b. 1873; d. February 15, 1945. 5. JOSIAH B.8 GOSSER (JULIA7 COMPTON, EBENEZER6, MATHIAS5, WILLIAM4, CORNELIUS3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born August 1, 1846 in RUSSELL CO.,KY, and died December 1910 in BURIED IN OLD UNION. He married SYRILDA E. ROY January 3, 1872, daughter of WILLIAM ROY and MARY BOWMER. She was born January 1, 1852. Children of JOSIAH GOSSER and SYRILDA ROY are: i. MARGARET FRANCIS9 GOSSER, m. JEFF LUTTRELL. ii. JOHN WILLIAM GOSSER, b. November 10, 1873, DORENA, KY; d. May 5, 1927; m. CORDELIA CHUMBLEY; b. November 4, 1875; d. December 25, 1953. iii. MARY EMALINE GOSSER, b. March 24, 1874; m. DANIEL WYATT WILSON, October 4, 1892. iv. JAMES WESLEY GOSSER, b. 1877; d. August 17, 1929; m. ETTA TAYLOR; b. August 27, 1884; d. 1953. v. SARAH LAVERNA GOSSER, b. April 1884; m. EDD CHUMBLEY. vi. SABINAE GOSSER, b. March 1887; m. BILL FERRY. vii. JOSEPH FINLEY GOSSER, b. March 1891; m. NANCY ELLAN FERRY, October 18, 1912. viii. JOSEPHINE H. GOSSER, b. May 16, 1891; d. July 5, 1944; m. JAMES E. ROY, May 1891. ix. ANNA ELIZA GOSSER, b. November 1893; m. JAMES WITHERS. x. JARMIMA ELLEN GOSSER, b. November 1897; d. November 2, 1973; m. BEN WHITTLE. 6. JAMES RILEY8 GOSSER (JULIA7 COMPTON, EBENEZER6, MATHIAS5, WILLIAM4, CORNELIUS3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born August 1849, and died February 25, 1928. He married MARY COLLINS, daughter of HILLIE ????. She was born February 28, 1850, and died January 18, 1925. Children of JAMES GOSSER and MARY COLLINS are: i. RACHAEL E.9 GOSSER, b. 1893; m. BALEN YORK. ii. WILLIAM HENRY GOSSER, b. August 27, 1877; d. August 23, 1928; m. AMANDA ROY, October 7, 1897; b. October 11, 1879; d. March 21, 1907. iii. IDA J. GOSSER, b. June 12, 1882; d. May 11, 1964; m. MOURICE WEIR; b. 1873; d. 1957. iv. TIM C. GOSSER, b. June 10, 1885; d. July 15, 1979; m. LOUELLER SHEPARD. 7. JOHN HARRISON8 GOSSER (JULIA7 COMPTON, EBENEZER6, MATHIAS5, WILLIAM4, CORNELIUS3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born June 22, 1853, and died June 11, 1928. He married (1) NANCY F. ROY. She was born January 1, 1888, and died May 7, 1982. He married (2) MARY FRANCIS DYE September 22, 1870. She was born September 15, 1854, and died August 16, 1930. Children of JOHN GOSSER and MARY DYE are: i. MARY DELAMA9 GOSSER, b. October 17, 1871; d. February 18, 1961; m. JONAH NORFLET. ii. JAMES WILLIAM GOSSER, b. August 6, 1873; d. February 1894. iii. JONAH GOSSER, b. August 16, 1875; m. MOLLY TARTER, May 31, 1899. iv. WELTHY JANE GOSSER, b. July 10, 1880; d. November 1, 1911; m. WESLCY ROY. v. JOHN HARRISON GOSSER, b. March 9, 1883; d. 1939; m. NANCY F. ROY, June 22, 1906. vi. ROBERT LEE GOSSER, b. October 21, 1885; d. October 30, 1911. vii. SARAH ELIZABETH GOSSER, b. January 6, 1887; m. EPHIM NORMAN. viii. DANIEL BOONE GOSSER, b. September 24, 1888; d. September 27, 1975; m. EVA GOSSER. ix. ISIAH FRANK GOSSER, b. August 10, 1891. x. DEWEY JASON GOSSER, b. February 26, 1894; d. June 11, 1969; m. CATHRINE TAYLOR, April 27, 1917. xi. MARION LUTHER GOSSER, b. March 31, 1896; d. March 31, 1904. --------------32E040FA4A1--

And it's a Ho..Ho..Ho to you all! <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Forum/3876/Christmas1999/chris tmas99.html">Steve and Nancy, Winter in Annapolis</A> Steve Compton The Tennessee Squire TNSquire47@aol.com On the Web at <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Forum/3876/comptons.html"> The Compton Pages</A>

Hope you all had as good a Thanksgiving as we did here in Alabama ! Lots of love and lots of family here, and I extend the same to all of you, my other family ! After the meal, those of us who could stay awake settled down and watched Chicago (Bears) and Detroit (Lions) play each other. Detroit has a center (offense squad) named COMPTON, snapped to QB for the whole game ! Anybody know who this guy belongs to ? He's quite a healthy fellow ! Charlie Charles S. Compton 466 Roberts Circle Lincoln, Al., 35096

I am looking for the parents of ALMERION COMPTON. He was born in Illinois in abt 1820-30. He was married to Jane (Culver) Compton. He was supposed to have been killed in Chillicoth, Missouri. It seems that he was killed by lightening while walking down the street carrying a ax over his shoulder. His children were: Anna Elizabeth Ward, Romeo, Will, Addie Ward, Ellen Connelly. Any help would be of great help. Thank you Mary Jean Gray

Am looking for information on Charity C. Compton....family rumor has it that she was a Cherokee Indian...but...who knows. She is the mother of Thurston Beauregard Hurst, Geneva Hurst, Noah C. Hurst, and Marion Hurst..... She lived in Pike County KY, in 1880 and 1900, but was born in VA?... One of Leander Lee Comptons ggrandchildren place her with that family, but we are unable to prove it.... Any information appreciated....Thanks, Judi Miniard.

Mr. William H. Compton is publishing "The New Comptonology" He may also still have sets of the original Comptonology available. I purchased a complete set about a year ago from his web site at: www.aimsinc.com/englishscottish. Clark C. Compton, List manager, Compton mailing list researching: Compton, Paxton, Philpott, Gunn, Thomasson

Some older issues of Comptonology are on microfilm and can be ordered through the Family History Center of a local Morman Church. To locate a Family History Center near you go to <http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchfhc2.asp> The items you need to order are; Note Location Film Comptonology FHL US/CAN Film 908758 Items 1-4 Another copy of v.1-3 (1939-1947) filmed in 1988. FHL US/CAN Film 1571759 Item 3 Another copy of v.4-5 (1947-1951) filmed in 1988. FHL US/CAN Film 1571759 Item 4 The films cost $3.25 each and are maintained by the FHC for about a month for you to review. (can be extended) To see what other items are on file (can be ordered) go to <http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchcatalog.asp> The main page is at <http://www.familysearch.org/> Earl