The "Early Settlers of Lee county Virginia, Vol II, page 821, has several pages on the Thompson family. RecoIf you haven't reviewed that information, suggest you find a copy, perhaps in the library for records of some of this family. Records do include the statement, "The records indicate that several of James thompson's sons were in early Lee County and the area where they settled became known as "The Thompson Settlement." Later this area acquired the name of "Beech Grove" and the community and the Baptist Church still bear the name of"Beech Grove." This James Thompson's will was signed, sealed and witnessed in March 1795. The books have no index; although an index exists somewhere in the world, at one time was on the internet but I couldn't locate it. The name Stephen Thompson is among this family; I have a kinsman Stephen Thompson Neill and I have also seen a Neill Thompson in the Lee County records, so my guess is that the Thompson and Neill families had an intermarriage at some point in time. Early marriage records for Lee county are rare. You could likely find Early Setters books in the Lee County library or genealogical society; maybe a library near you. Good luck in your research. Linda ----- Original Message ---- From: Evie Thompson <celticeviegen@yahoo.com> To: valee@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:47:08 AM Subject: [VALEE] Thompson's of Thompson Settlement Church! Hi, I am still looking for the parents of Lewis/Louis Thompson b. abt 1813 VA married Sarah (Sally) Gilbert, daughter of Rev. James Gilbert and Sarah Marshall. I recently received an email from a cousin stating James Thompson was his father. James was connected to the Thompson Settlement Church, so I am now looking for all available info on The Thompson Settlement Church and connected families. This cousin did not provide me with how this info was acquired so I am starting from scratch here. I did have James Thompson down as being a possible and that the census shows he had a son of right age to be my Lewis! Would appreciate any and all info and any suggestions and idea's... Evie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VALEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com