Marjorie is correct. I hope no one expends too much effort trying to track down records in Illinois prior to 3 Dec 1818, when it became a state and was admitted to the Union. The Territory of Illinois was created by an act of congress in 1809. By territory, I mean wilderness; then known as Illinwek. Previous to this, what we now know as IL belonged to the Commonwealth of Virginia, whose border stretched to present day western Wisconsin. This area was controlled by the French from 1675 until 1763, being reached by the French Jesuit missionaries, Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet on 20 Jan 1673. The British had a short speight in here towards the end of European control, just. previous to Virginia's accession. So, the county of Hugh Caperton's birth would have been Orange Co, VA, since Augusta was not formed from it until 1778. Marjorie wrote: > Daniel, In 1757, there was no Mattoon nor Coles Co. Illinois. Illinois did > not become a state until 1818; I live in Illinois and I am positive about > this. > > >Gay, > >I have the following: > >Hugh Adam Caperton b. ca 1757 Mattoon, Coles CO., IL > >d. ca 1782 in Estill's Defeat > >m. Elizabeth B. Miller b. ca 1757 Rockingham (Now Augusta CO., VA d. bef > >1828 in KY. > >Elizabeth B Miller was the daughter of Jacob Miller & Elizabeth Fudge. Hugh > >Adam Caperton was her 1st husband. I don't have a marriage date for them. > I > >show that they had 5 children: George b. ca 1777 in Bertie CO., NC; > >Elizabeth; Conrad Caperton b. ca 1779; Hugh Caperton b. ca 1781 Bertie CO., > >NC d. 1847 Trigg CO., KY; and John Caperton b. ca 1785 Bertie CO., NC and > >died bef 1880 in TN. > >As far as the Thompson's are concerned I have some information on the > >Thompson's being buried in the Wolfe Cemetery on J. V.Crenshaw Farm 2 miles > >North of Meadowview, VA. Willis G. Corbitt visited this cemetery in 1959 > >and sent me the following list: > > > >THOMPSON, John Oct 1, 1807-Aug 9, 1878 > >THOMPSON, Elizabeth H (FUDGE) April 1, 1807-July 6, 1880 (his wife) > >THOMPSON, Jane N. July 2, 1814-Jan 21 1873 ? > >THOMPSON, John R. June 22, 1874-Dec 19, 1876 ? > >THOMPSON, Daniel T. March 24, 1888--Aug 23, 1888 > >THOMPSON, Willie Hubert May 13, 1890--Feb 25, 1891 (son > >of S.F. & T.V.) > >THOMPSON, John T. April 20, 1813--June 21, 1813 > >? > >THOMPSON, ? June 18, 1850--? (dau of > >J.T. & E) > >THOMPSON, Adam Fudge June 24, 1835--May 10, 1904 (son > of > >John & E.H.) > >THOMPSON, Elizabeth A. (wife) May 30, 1847--Dec 5, 1888 (dau of > >Robert Thonmpson) > >THOMPSON, Margaret (Snyder) July 18, 1860--? (nd wife of Adam > >F.) > >THOMPSON, James H May 18, 1839--Feb 27, 1922 > (son > >of J & E.H.) > >THOMPSON, Harriet Jane (DUTTON) Nov 10, 1842--July 8, 1909 (wife of > James > >H) > >THOMPSON, Ella A. Oct 22, 1866--Apr 15, 1887 > >(dau of J.H. & H. J.) > >THOMPSON, Paul B Aug 31, 1879--Dec 24, 1879 > ? > >THOMPSON, Uda M. Feb 11, 1881--April 13, 1915 > >? > >I don't know if these were listed in "High on a Windy Hill" by Catherine S. > >McConnell in 1962 or not. > >The only reason I have an interest in John Thompson is because of the > >Fudge-Miller line. > >Happy Hunting, > >Mickey > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Gay and Lyndon Nix" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 3:14 PM > >Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] Caperton-Thompson-Miller lines > > > > > >> Mickey, > >> John and Polly (Thompson) Caperton had a son Adam born ca 1753. > >> I have Adam md to Elizabeth Miller a daughter of Jacob Miller Sr. and > >> Elizabeth Fudge. > >> I don't know about Alexander, he was a witness to a deed for John and > >Polly > >> Caperton who purchased a tract of land in 1755 in the Beverly Manor tract > >of > >> Augusta Co, Va. > >> > >> What do you know of Alexander Thompson? > >> This makes me have two lines of Thompson in Augusta County. > >> Who is John T. Thompson? Is he connected to Alexander? > >> > >> Gay Nix > >> > >> > >> > >> >Is John Caperton related to Hugh Adam Caperton b ca 1757? > >> >Is John T Thompson b 1 Oct 1807 who married Elizabeth H Fudge in > >Alexander > >> Thompson line? > >> >These two lines interrelate with my Miller-Fudge-Tierney-Tool lines. 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