<[email protected]> wrote June 18, 2000 Subject: Re: [THOMPSON-L] THOMPSON GRAVEYARD, MONTGOMERY CO., VA Virginia, Thanks. It's good to have the different accounts of this family. I think the whole bunch was named John, Thomas, William, Mary, Elizabeth. By the way, I also descend from the Witten's: My gg-grandmother was Mary Greenup, b. 1806, d/o Thomas Greenup and Catherine McIntosh. Thanks, Jemima > Here's the rest of the story about William Thompson (b. 1722): > > >From page 426 of History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia: > > John Thompson, after his marriage, settled in Thompson Valley, about three > miles below Plum Creek Gap. He had four sons, William, James, Archibald and > Walter, and several daughters. William, son of John, married Matilda Witten, > daughter of James Witten, the famous scout. This William Thompson > established his home at the foot of Clinch Mountain on the old wagon road > which crossed the mountain to Poor Valley, and thence down through Laurel > Gap, by Broad Ford, and on to Preston's Salt Works. His three brothers had > their homes above his place on the road that then passed up the valley to the > Plum Creek Gap. They each had large and valuable boundaries of land, most of > which still remains in the possession of their descendants. > > Archibald Thompson, son of the first William, after his marriage with Rebecca > Peery settled in the upper section of Thompson Valley, at the place where > Joseph Neal now lives. Archibald had four sons - William, George, John and > James. He acquired an extensive boundary of land in the head of the valley, > which he divided between his sons, William, George and James. Nearly all > this land is still owned by his descendants. In 1813 he purchased from > Captain James Patton Thompson a tract of three hundred acres of land in > Burke's Garden, and gave it to his son John. The tract embraced the greater > part of the four hundred acre boundary upon which James Burke built his cabin > in 1753 or 1754. Rufus Thompson, grandson of Major Archie, as he was called, > now owns and lives upon this noted and valuable farm. > > >From Rev. G. C. Musick's book, Genealogy of the Musick Family and Some > Kindred Lines: > > "He had two sons, John and Archibald by his first wife and three more by his > second wife. One of the sons by his second wife was know as "Lawyer James > Thompson" a man of ability...... The two other sons by the second marriage, > William and Andrew. One of these, Andrew, lived at the old home place after > his father's death and erected the tombstones that mark the graves of his > father and other kindred in the Thompson family graveyard. The inscription > of his father William's tomb shows he was born 1722 died in 1798. John > Thompson m. Louisa Bowen, the dau. of Rees Bowen who was killed at the battle > of Kings Mountain. Archibald, his brother, m. Rebecca Perry, a daughter of > George Perry, who settled in Abbs Valley. The descendants of William > Thompson still live in the Thompson Valley." > > "In Pendleton's History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia, pages > 271-273 he says: Captain James Thompson, a grandson of Colonel James Patton > had a small private fort near his home "To? House", near the present town of > Chihowie, Smith Co., Va. On p 257 of Pendleton's History he says: ""John > Murray, Fourth Earl Dunmore, who was the last Royal Governor Virginia ever > appointed James Thompson as one of the members of the f? County Court of > Fincastle, Va. on Dec. 1, 1772."" This James Thompson of Chihowie, Smith > Co., was probably a relative of the Russell Tazewell Co. Thompsons" > > > > The William Thompson (d. 1830) I descend from, m. Nancy Jackson. My cousin > has our line connected (still haven't figured out how he reasoned this one) > to Rev. John Thompson, who m. Lady Jane Spottswood, widow of Gov. Spottswood. > He had a son, William, from this marriage. He m. 2nd Elizabeth Rootes and > had another son, William. > > Enough Williams for you? > > ~Virginia > > <<"Annette Limmer" <[email protected]> wrote June 12, 2000 > > Subject: Re: [THOMPSON-L] THOMPSON GRAVEYARD, MONTGOMERY CO., VA > > > > Did John and Mary Thompson also have a son named William? > > > So far as I know John Thompson and Mary Unknown did not have a > > son named William. Births of their children are recorded in > > Archibald Thompson's Diary, beginning with Anne, b. 1734. > > Interestingly, "William" is not a common Christian name in the > > descendants. > > I've wondered whether John's marriage to Mary could have been a > > second marriage, but I've been unable to connect him to the other > > Thompsons in Augusta, Montgomery or Tazewell areas. > > > According to [probably Harman} Blickley, in his history of > > Tazewell County, Va., a William Thompson, the first, had son > > John and Archibald, by his first wife; and three or more sons by > > his second wife, "Lawyer James Thompson." William "Roan Billie" > > and Andrew. The latter, according to this excerpt, erected the > > tombstones that mark the grave of his father and the > > graves of other kin in the Thompson family graveyard. One of > > these stones > > records the fact that William Thompson was born in the year 1722, > > and died in > > 1798; and another stone gives the date of the birth and death of > > "Lawyer James > > Thompson." > > > I believe the excerpt from the book on this family is available > > at the Tazewell Co., Va., RootsWeb or GenWeb site. > > > I've always thought this Tazewell group connects somehow to my > > fifth great-grandfather, but can find nothing to prove it.>> >