This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: snakehere Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17529.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It could be possible that some of my Thompson's tie in with yours because I have Thompson cousins who are related to Thompson's in Texas, also, the Wommack's. I am searching for the family of a Thompson that I am not really sure what his first name was. He is shown on the 1860 Bradley County, Tennessee census with wife Martha M. and 3 daughters (Eliza, Maree Caroline or Marce Caroline and Manerva). His name is shown blurred as possibly Bristhand but was corrected recently to Richard, family members have said they thought it was William but none of these members to my knowledge have proof of this ( how I wish they did). I find him only this one time, I can't find their marriage nor either of their deaths and I can't find him prior to 1860 but believe his father was possibly from NC. He is shown as age 30 in 1860. I know that he served in the Civil War but do not know on which side. I have a very poor copy of a picture of him in his uniform. I know for sure he was in the Civil War because a large picture of him hung in my grandmother's house until her death (he was her father). Not one person knows what happened to that picture. I know there is some info. on the internet showing that his name was William and her maiden name was Jackson but lots of that info. does not fit with the data I have found (which is very little) but it does not match the 1860 census which I know is the family I am looking for. The Thompson Cousins who have relatives in Texas descend from George Anderson Thompson and Bryant Thompson out of Tennessee. George Anderson Thompson's , son, Jacob Bryant Thompson was my great-uncle and I believe he was related to the Thompson that I am researching who was married to Martha. If anyone has info. about who the father and grandfather of Bryant Thompson was I would love to have it because there could lie the key to my 1860 Thompson married to Martha. Jacob Bryant, son of George Anderson told my cousin that he and his wife were 3rd. cousins. His wife , my grandmother's sister, was the granddaughter of the 1860 Thompson married to Martha. I have been on thie research for several years without any luck at all. There just does not seem to be anyone that knows anything about this Thompson and his wife Martha. I can tell you that on the 1870 Census, Martha and the 3 girls show up in Rhea County, Tn. without the husband. I think she might have moved there to be near either her family or his. I know he was killed either during the war or right after the war while he was at home. Eliza Jane supposedly saw him killed by bushwhackers. My grandmother, Eliza Jane's daughter told me this but I never asked anything more because I was a teenager and was not interested. I appreciated any input or suggestions that anyone would like to offer to me. I am getting up in age now and would like to know about my family before I go to meet them. Oh, Eliza Jane and her family went to Oklahoma before 1907. Some of the family think she might have gone there to get Indian land (she possibly was of Indian descent). Eliza Jane was married to John Wesley Perry. He was from Tennessee, the son of Allen Perry. I apologize for this being so long. Wanda Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.