Nanette I have a James and George Thompson....they were brothers from Pendleton Co...don't have any info on them but they were my grandfathers brothers .....if they are the same George and James ..I can probally get you some info as most of my info came from ..Oren Morton's book of Pendleton Co Joyce Whyde contrail@newwave.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Koren Fae Rawlings <pendhist@access.mountain.net> To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 11:52 PM Subject: Re: Joseph and Rachel Thompson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nanette Styer <notnancy@worldnet.att.net> > To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 12:09 AM > Subject: Joseph and Rachel Thompson > > > >I am looking for any clues to a Joseph and Rachael Thompson > > > >Here is the information I have: > >Two death certificates from Barbour Co., WV > > George Thompson age 45 years 15 days died Dec 1861-2 consort of > >Katharine Thompson. Place of Death: Camp Chase, either OK or OH. > > > > Camp Chase was in Ohio. It was a Union POW camp during the Civil > War. Many men died there from disease. Since the man was from > Barbour County, it would be natural in that time to report it to the > local clerk for recording. Sometimes this is the only clue one can > find to other information. If it had not been recorded there, you > would not know where to look. > > > Koren Fae Rawlings > 304-358-3261 > Pendleton Co., WVa Historical Preservation Association > P.O. Box 1036 > Franklin, WV 26807-1036 > pendhist@access.mountain.net > > >