Ratliff THOMPSON, b. 1767, s/o Archibald Thompson and Mary Elswick, m. Catty Compton Feb 10, 1762, Green Co., Ky., per Lula Hankins Hunter's transcript of Archibald Thompson Diary posted at http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/archibald In a record posted at the KYGREEN list by Barbara Marsh and rnichols, Catty's birth date is 1797, her father is Wm. Action, and bond is by Margaret Acton. Thompson RATLIFF, b. abt. 1802, s/o Nathan Ratliff and Mary "Polly" Farmer, named in his father's 1835 will, Montgomery Co., VA., m. Nancy Bromley abt. 1822, Ky. A record for William T. Steward, Lancaster, Ark., says Stewart went to Texas with his grandfather, Thompson Ratliff, by whom he was reared. (sources include Tom Thompson, will record, and Michael Ratliff). From: "jriccio" <JRiccio1@compuserve.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 9:11 PM wrote: > I just had a thought we might ponder - There was a 'Thompson Ratliff' as > well as our 'Ratliff Thompson'. Could it be that this record pertains to > him? And was it [perhaps] a double wedding? Could they [maybe] have been > cousins of a sort, which would give us a connection [possibly] that might, > indeed prove eventually that Mary Elswick's mother was actually Lydia > Ratliff before her first marriage? > > I found the two names reversed on some land records in AR, which would be > easy for a transcriber to do, since both are surnames. Not being familiar > with the family, it could be that 'Thompson' was arbitrarily 'picked' as > the surname in the transcription.