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/7774.182.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I know almost nothing about my Thompson Family and hope that someone might have any type of clue to help me. I have been trying for several years now, without success to find who my gggrandfather was and about his family and his wife's family. What I know for sure: My ggrandmother's name was Eliza Jane Thompson, born in Tennessee in either Nov. 1858 or Dec. 1858. I know her maiden name was Thompson and her mother's name was Martha or she was called "Martha". In the 1860 census for Bradley County, Tn. Eliza is shown with Richard -age 30 born Tn. and Martha M. age 38 born Tn. and two sisters; Maree Caroline born 1855 and Minerva/Manerva born 1860. In the 1870 census for Rhea County, Tn. I find Eliza Jane with Martha -this time shown as age 30 and with the two sisters (all birthyears match those of the 1860 census for the girls). There is no longer a Richard. Some family members have said that the parents names were William and Martha Jackson. I have been unable to prove such and I don't find where they have shown any evidence to support these names. I know that Richard or whatever his name, fought in the Civil War. I remember seeing his picture , in uniform, hanging in my grandmother's home. The picture has long been gone and I do not know if the uniform was Union or Confederate. Some family have said he was in the Mounted Cavs but I have not seen evidence for this either. I have heard he was killed at home by bushwhackers either during the war or after but prior to the 1870 census. I think Martha moved with the three girls to Rhea county to be near maybe her family or his after he died but since I do not know either his or her family's names I am unable to match them with anyone in Rhea County. I think Martha might have remarried after 1870 as I cannot find her again after the 1870 census and I didn't find her on the census with Eliza Jane and her family nor with Maree C. and her family and I have no idea what happened to Minerva. I have been unable to find a "fit" for Richard Thompson either prior to 1860 nor after 1860. I believe that his first name might not have been Richard. I believe Maree Caroline married Colonel Pleming in Rhoane County, Tn. and that she died perhaps in Knox County or someplace close after 1880 but do not know where she is buried. My greatgrandmother Eliza Jane Thompson married John Wesley Perry in Meigs County, Tn. on 12-21-1878. In the early 1900's they all went to Oklahoma except for one daughter , Minnie Belle Perry who married Benjamin Cecil and they stayed in and around Bradley County, Tn. (Decatur and Athens) all Minnie's life. I can't even find out any info. about the Cecils of Tennessee. If anyone knows anything about any of these people or has any suggestions as to how I can back track in any way to find out anything about them please help me. 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.