> I am new to this list. We have just found a possible connection to Augusta County and are researching it. We research MOSES THOMPSON/THOMSON who is listed in Chalkleys as being in Augusta County by 1739 and having a wife named Jane. He bought property on the Beverly Manor. Is anyone researching this family? We are supposedly descended from him through our Neil Thompson who we are told was born in Augusta County about 1772. We are trying to document this but the Will of Moses Thompson listed in Chalkleys from 1778 does not list any children by name but a daughter Catherine. Neil was in Gallatin County, Illinois by 1814. Can anyone here help? Jan McCabe Hall Thompson, Boaz, Ozee, Stephenson, Alphin, Pogue, Ferrell, McCabe, Smith, Knapp, Evans, etc etc etc > >

I am researching the Thompson family of Augusta County but unfortunately I do not go back that far. My oldest member is Berry Thompson, born 1806. He lived and raised his family in the Christian's Creek, South River District of Augusta County. The cemetery where he is buried is just a short distance from the now town limits of Staunton although they never lived there. Berry was married to Eliza Davis (m. about 1840). I believe he had a previous wife as well. I'm not sure if Berry comes from Augusta County as I do not know who his parents were (as of yet). If you have any connection to my Thompson, I would greatly appreciate any assistance/guidance. Sarah Mock Charleston, South Carolina