This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/yhB.2ACI/268.1 Message Board Post: Saw your post on the Marion Co. TN list. I am researching the name Thompson also. My ancestor is Samuel Thompson b. 1835 in Marion Co. His father was the William that you mentioned on the 1840 Marion Co. census. I've never been able to tie Ausburn, Moses or the others to our line, but then I don't know much about William Thompson before 1840. I have been in contact with a descendant of Burwell Thompson who was a Revolutionary War soldier. Their family originated in Franklin Co. and there were several brothers. We believe from notes that my Samuel is the grandson of Stephen Thompson, Burwell's brother. It's possible that Ausburn and some of the others came from Franklin Co., TN into Marion Co. TN and then moved into Arkansas. You might want to start digging in Franklin Co., TN before 1840. You might just find a connection like I did. Hope this helps!