While Candace & I were trying to track down some Thompson family members who moved to Texas, Candace came across some WW 1 Draft Registration Cards for three Thompson men who were born in Franklin, Heard County, GA. I ran down some of the older census reports and discovered they belonged to the James M. Thompson family whose children were listed as : Reuben L., Samuel, Edward J., Nancy A.E., Daniel, George Simeon, William P, Zachary Taylor, Alexander Stephens, and Jesse B. Candace found the 1920 Cooke County, TX census report listed at the bottom of this message. The WW 1 Draft Registration cards were for the family of Zachary Taylor Thompson: Cooke County, TX June 5, 1917 Name: Daniel Amos Thompson, age 23 years Address: Mossville, Cooke County, TX Date of birth: May 18, 1894 Where born : Franklin, Georgia Occupation: Farmer Next of Kin: Father & Mother (not named) Marital Status: Single Race: White Color of eyes: Green Color of Hair: Light Signed: D. A. Thompson June 5, 1917 Name: Henry Grady Thompson, age 24 years Address: Mossville, Cooke County, TX Date of birth: August 16, 1893 Where born: Franklin, Georgia Occupation: Farmer Next of kin: Mother & Father (not named) Marital status: Single Race: White Color of eyes: Blue Color of hair: Dark Signed: H.G. Thompson June 5, 1917 Name: Charlie Dent Thompson, age 21 years Address: Mossville, Cooke County, TX Date of birth: March 18, 1896 Where born: Franklin, Georgia Occupation: Farmer Next of Kin: Mother & Father (not named) Marital Status: Single Race: White Color of eyes & hair: not legible Signed: C.D. Thompson 1920 Cooke County, TX Precinct 5 January 1920 Taylor Thompson, age 71 (?), Georgia, US. US. Georgia, wife, age 57, GA GA GA Reece, son, age 36, GA Jennie (?), daughter, age 32, GA Grady, son, age 27, GA Amos, son, age 25, GA Dent, son, age 23, GA next door: Taylor W. Thompson, age 34, GA GA GA Minnie, wife, age 25, GA GA GA Mary Ann, daughter, age 1 1/2, TX Candace & I thought this might be of some benefit to anyone researching this particular branch of the Thompson family.

Here is the Zachary Thompson in the 1900 census report for Heard County, GA GA: Heard 2 June 1900 Cooksville District GM 693 SD 4 ED 71 Pages 2B & 3A Lines 97-100 & 1-6 Thompson, Zachary head WM Oct 1848 51 m.20yrs. Farmer Owns Farm Georgia, wife, WF, Apr 1869, 38, mother of 8 children / 8 still living Jessie, son, WM Nov 1882 19 Single Farm Labor Reese, son, WM May 1883 17 Single Farm Labor Zachary, son, WM May 1885 15 Single Farm Labor, attended school 3 months Jennie, daughter, WF Feb 1887 13, At school 3 months Lela, daughter, WF Feb 1890, 10, At school 3 months Grady, son, WM Aug 1893, 7, At school 3 months Amos, son, WM May 1894, 6 Dent, son, WM March 1896, 4 All except the last two are listed as "yes", can read, can write & speaks English. All places of birth listed as Georgia. > 1920 Cooke County, TX Precinct 5 January 1920 > > Taylor Thompson, age 71 (?), Georgia, US. US. > Georgia, wife, age 57, GA GA GA > Reece, son, age 36, GA > Jennie (?), daughter, age 32, GA > Grady, son, age 27, GA > Amos, son, age 25, GA > Dent, son, age 23, GA > > next door: > > Taylor W. Thompson, age 34, GA GA GA > Minnie, wife, age 25, GA GA GA > Mary Ann, daughter, age 1 1/2, TX