Thomas Thompson

Notes:

Is Thomas Thompson of Halifax related to Josiah found in Cumberland Co., and associated with Hobsons, Moores, Honeycuts. in 1762. These associates are also involved with the Carters [Giles] Hobson, Kirbys, Watkins, on Toby's Ck. ??

Hobson

6163Halifax ob p 14-282 original1790Halifax Hobson
Benjam in road handsDouble CreekBenjamin Hobson surveyor of
Lower Double Creek to Toby Ck, hands Thomas Boyd, Robert Shotwell, James Sureik, John Johns, Presley Dodson, Elisha Dodson, William Watkins, William Couch, Adam Blount, John Lawson, Henry Cook, John Cook, William Claiborne, Joseph Kirby, Richard Kirby, William Boyd, Henry Wall, Mary Carter, Theo Carter Jr, Henry Hobson, Benjamin Hobson, John More, Jonathan Davis, Jesse Davis, William Jordan
6163Halifax ob p 14-282 original1790Halifax Hobson
Benjam in road hands Double Creek Benjamin Hobson surveyor ofLower Double Creek to Toby Ck, hands Thomas Boyd, Robert Shotwell, James Sureik, John Johns, Presley Dodson, Elisha Dodson, William Watkins, William Couch, Adam Blount, John Lawson, Henry Cook, John Cook, William Claiborne, Joseph Kirby, Richard Kirby, William Boyd, Henry Wall, Mary Carter, Theo Carter Jr, Henry Hobson, Benjamin Hobson, John More, Jonathan Davis, Jesse Davis, William Jordan 173Halifax Will Book 2, 1783 - 1792-1789Halifax April 281789 Hobson BenjaminappraiserInventory of Thomas Lawson estate with Benjamin Hobson and Samuel Gordon
4549Halifax deed bk 13-461784Halifax7-JunHobsonHenry
witnessDanFrom Francis Watkins and Agnes, his wife, of the Co of Prince Edward to William Hobson of the Co of Cumberland for 400# about 366 acres on Dan River in H it being part of a larger tract which was formerly deeded by Hugh Moor to John Watson and by the same Watson to Francis Watkins. The 366 acres is bounded by Carter's line. Signed Frances Watkins. Wit P Carrington, John Bates, William Terry, Drury Vaughan, Henry Hobson, Mathaniel Barksdale Recorded July 15 1784
4553Halifax deed bk 16-5971796Halifax10-AprHobsonHenry
linesDanJames Carter of H to Beverley Barksdale of H for 250# about 212 acres in H on the N side of Dan River and bounded by Henry Hobson, the bank of the Dan, William Boyd. Signed James Carter. Wit Henry Cook, Champness Terry, Jarrott W. Cook, John Tuck, James Chalmers, ARmistead Moore, Alexander Moore, John Echols, Rec June 27 1796
6163Halifax ob p 14-282 original1790HalifaxHobson
Henryroad handsDouble CreekBenjamin Hobson surveyor of Lower
Double Creek to Toby Ck, hands Thomas Boyd, Robert Shotwell, James Sureik, John Johns, Presley Dodson, Elisha Dodson, William Watkins, William Couch, Adam Blount, John Lawson, Henry Cook, John Cook, William Claiborne, Joseph Kirby, Richard Kirby, William Boyd, Henry Wall, Mary Carter, Theo Carter Jr,
Henry Hobson, Benjamin Hobson, John More, Jonathan Davis, Jesse Davis,
William Jordan
10157Ct Ord Bk 1756-17621761Cumberland25-MayHobsonJohn
securityWyke and Glaister Hunnicutt plt vs Willliam Bradley
def in case John Hobson, Wiliam Hobson, Josiah Thompson and Robert Moore
special bail for the def.
10178Court Ord Bk 1762-17641762Cumberland27-SepHobsonJohn
defWyke and Glaister Hunnicutt plt vs John Hobson, Wiliam
Hobson, Josiah Thompson, Robert Moore on a writ of scire facias. Paid Oct 26th.
10219Court Ord Bk 1749-17561754Cumberland25-MarHobsonJohn
witJohn Moore and Wiliam Hudgins jr was recorded, wit Thomas
Tabb, William Hobson and John Hobson
2062Robin Wilis ldb 13-1661778Lunenburg13-SepHobsonJohn
linesMichael McKie and wife Susannah to Robert Estes
2066Robin Willis ldb 13-2991779Lunenburg29-AugHobsonJohn
sellerReedy CkJohn Hobson of Dinwiddie Co to Robert Estes, 5
shillings [gift deed price], 45A on Horsepen Br. of Reedy Creek on Blackwell and Long's line. Wits Joseph Hightower, John Smithson, Benjamin Estes, Jr.
8636Lunenburg Willl Book 1 by TLC1761Lunenburg18-Sep
HobsonJohnwitnessWill of William Traylor, son Joel dark bay
horse when 21, son William land and plantation whereon I now dwell, daughter Mary Hood 1 shilling sterling, daughter Ann Moore 1 shilling sterling, children and wife Mary, Joel, William Isabella, Agness and Elizabeth land called the fleets if I have any right to it to be equally divided among
them. Wife Mary rst of my estate during her life to maintain my young children then to be equally divided among three youngest daughters. Exec wife, desire for no appraisement, wit John Hobson, David Deardon, William Clift, signed Sept 18 1761, probated Feb 2 1762, John Hobson security.
2062Robin Wilis ldb 13-1661778Lunenburg13-SepHobson
JosephlinesMichael McKie and wife Susannah to Robert Estes -
see item
4713DB 14 pg 801787Halifax27-Feb HobsonNwitness County Line ckGeorge Canaldy of Caswell Co NC to Phillip Thomas of the co and st aforesaid for 25# about 167 acres in H on he east side of the Country Line Cr and bounded by the country line of Va, William Moore, John Lewis Byrd. Signed George (x) Canaldy. Wit - H. Haralson, James Moore, John Canally, John Coleman, N Hobson, William Powell, Edmond King, recorded Apr ? 2021Robin Wilis ldb 12-1911772Lunenburg14-May Hobson
Nicholas witnessFalls Cr Elisha Estes, Sr. of Lunenburg to
William Hatchett - see item
2056Robin Willis ldb 13-921778Lunenburg9-MarHobson
NicholasbuyerCouches CkRobert and Elisha, execs estate of
Robert Estes, Sr., dec’d, to Nicholas Hobson, all of Lunenburg, £170, 170A
on Couches Cr. Signed Robert Estes, Elisha Estes (check again)
2057Robin Willis dlb 13-931778Lunenburg10-MarHobson
NicholassellerCouches CkSame tract conveyed by Robert &
Elisha Estes as exors of father’s will, 170A on Couches Creek, from Nicholas
Hobson to Elisha Estes, both of Lunenburg, for £5. (check again)
8326Mormon church contributed records1778Lunenburg
9-MarHobsonNicholasbuyerCrouches CreekIndenture between
Robert and Elisha Estes, executors of Robert Estes, the elder, decd, and
Nicholas Hobson 170 acres on Crouches Creek
8327Mormon church contributed records1778Lunenburg
10-MarHobsonNicholassellerCrouches CreekConvey to Hobson to
Elisha Estes
8430Mormon Contributed Records1777Hobson
NicholasCaptWilliam Estes in Capt. Nicholas Hobson's co,
6th Va regt of Cont. Forces, commanded by Lt. Col. James Hendricks
10157Ct Ord Bk 1756-17621761Cumberland25-MayHobson Williamsecurity Wyke and Glaister Hunnicutt plt vs Willliam
Bradley def in case John Hobson, Wiliam Hobson, Josiah Thompson and Robert Moore special bail for the def.
10178Court Ord Bk 1762-17641762Cumberland27-SepHobson
WilliamdefWyke and Glaister Hunnicutt plt vs John Hobson,
Wiliam Hobson, Josiah Thompson, Robert Moore on a writ of scire facias. Paid Oct 26th.
10219Court Ord Bk 1749-17561754Cumberland25-MarHobson
WilliamwitJohn Moore and Wiliam Hudgins jr was recorded, wit
Thomas Tabb, William Hobson and John Hobson
4549Halifax deed bk 13-461784Halifax7-JunHobsonWilliam
buyerDanFrom Francis Watkins and Agnes, his wife, of the Co of Prince Edward to William Hobson of the Co of Cumberland for 400# about 366 acres on Dan River in H it being part of a larger tract which was formerly deeded by Hugh Moor to John Watson and by the same Watson to Francis Watkins. The 366 acres is bounded by Carter's line. Signed Frances Watkins. Wit P Carrington, John Bates, William Terry, Drury Vaughan, Henry Hobson, Mathaniel Barksdale Recorded July 15 1784

The map of Prince Edward County opposite this page can be used to approximate the location of Thomas' land. Prepared in 1820 by John Wood, a resident of Prince Edward County, the map shows notable landmarks in the county; these include churches, schools, and large homes. West of Buffalo River, near Fort Creek, is the notation, "W. Lindseys." According to the above deed, Thomas was a neighbor of William Lindsey, a member of the Virginia General Assembly from 1813 to 1817. If the square marked "W. Lindseys" designates William Lindsey's residence, then Thomas' land was very close to it. In 1808 Aaron Lindsey built a large house on site of Thomas' former homestead. A survey of Prince Edward County's historic structures, conducted in 1937 by the Works Projects Administration, describes "Haverhill":

1. SUBJECT: "Haverhill".
2. LOCATION: 3 miles south of Prospect, Virginia, on Route #133; thence 1 mile east on Route #657; thence 1 mile south on private road leading to house.
3. DATE [BUILT]: 1808.
4. OWNERS: In one of the [Prince Edward County] deeds we see that it was originally known as the east end of the Tredway farm, which dated back to 1774. The first record
we have is of one hundred and thirty-five acres bought of a Thompson in 1804 by Aaron Lindsey. Aaron Lindsey left it by will to his nephew Thomas Lindsey in 1826. Samuel Hunt 1855 to 1899 Wiley P. Gilliam 1899 to 1907, R. C. William 1907 to 1907 D. T. Hancock and wife 1907 to 1937, present owners.
5. DESCRIPTION: Located in a grove of a variety of trees, is this stately old frame mansion, consisting of a story and a half and basement built on top of the ground. The
chimney on the east side is immense, measuring aproximately four yards wide with height in proportion. The interior consists of six large rooms, one shed room and three halls. The upstairs rooms are half story but are large. The basement is well finished with floor and is used for living purposes as much as any other part of the house.
6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: This was the east end of one of the oldest farms in Prince Edward County, and has been owned continuously by some of the most outstanding people of the community. The place is still in good repair and the owner has been offered a large sum for the hand-carved wainscoting in one of the rooms. Within two years of selling land in Prince Edward County, Thomas and his family had relocated to fifteen miles northeast of Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky. The November 7, 1806 issue of the Russellville Mirror contained a notice which informed Thomas and James that they should claim letters addressed to them at the Russellville post office. Thomas made his last will and testament, on February 9, 1810; it was recorded in Logan County Will Book A, pages 163-164:

Thomas Thompson and Nancy Waddill Carter had eight children, according to a Bible which, in the 1920s, was in the possession of Mrs. Octavia Gayden Tullis. The inside back cover of the Bible had this inscription: "Carter Thompson's Holy Bible, August 14th 1819." Carter Thompson was Mrs. Tullis' great-grandfather. The Bible record also listed Carter's children and the children of his father-in-law John Morton. In 1929 Mrs. Tullis sent three letters and a transcript of the Bible record to Dr. Joseph D. Eggleston, who she hoped could provide information about the Thompson and Morton families. Dr. Eggleston, a past president of Hampden-Sydney College, spent much of his life
investigating Prince Edward County's history. The letters exchanged by Mrs. Tullis and Dr. Eggleston are preserved in the manuscripts section of the Virginia Historical Society (Genealogical Papers of Dr. Joseph Dupuy Eggleston, Morton Family File). Their correspondence included the following information on Thomas Thompson's family:
Thomas Thompson was born August 13, 1740; his wife Nancy " " "June 15, 1749.
"Their children were
James Thompson born August 16, 1770
Carter " " April 12, 1773
Thomas " " Nov. 16, 1774
Samuel " " Feb. 23, 1777
Elizabeth " Jan. 19, 1779
William " " May 24, 1780
Nancy " " August 20, 1785
John C. " " July 26, 1791
From the few public records which mention Thomas it is possible to make inferences regarding his occupation and social position. The inventory of Thomas' estate included a "barrel manufactory"; he may therefore have been a cooper, or barrel maker. Like most Virginia farmers and many of his descendants, Thomas probably cultivated tobacco. The "plantation tools" listed in his inventory may have been used for this purpose. Thomas had a relatively large estate. His inventory listed thirteen slaves, a large number for western Kentucky in 1810. Of more than three hundred households on the 1811 Butler County tax list, only six had more than ten slaves. Also, that he married the daughter of Theodrick Carter, one of Prince Edward County's most prominent planters, suggests Thomas was a respected
member of his community. Thomas' nationality is not known. The tradition among many of his descendants is that the
Thompsons are Scot-Irish. The families with which Thomas and his children associated in Kentucky were overwhelmingly Scot-Irish, as were his neighbors in Prince Edward County. Some evidence, however, suggests that the Thompsons are English. Included in this category are statements made by one of Thomas' grandsons in the late 1800s and the fact that, before his marriage, Thomas probably lived in Amelia County, where persons of English descent far outnumbered Scot-Irish. The next sections of this chapter address the question of Thomas' national origins and provide additional details about his life in Virginia and Kentucky. Public records reveal nothing about the identity of Thomas' parents and little concerning his nationality. No pre-1800 Virginia wills provide the name of his father. In fact, no Virginia wills mention Thomas or his children. Cyrus Thompson wrote what may be the earliest surviving observations on Thomas' nationality. Born in 1819 in Cadiz, Kentucky, Cyrus was James Thompson's son. In a letter to his hometown newspaper, the Kentucky Telephone, dated December 20, 1889, Cyrus wrote that his father "was a native of Prince Edward County, Virginia, and of English extraction." In 1898 Cyrus wrote a letter to his great-niece Emma Bristow. It contained two pages of genealogical information, including the following references to his father and grandfather: "my Father was James Thompson a native of Prince Edward County Virginia and whose Father came from England." If Cyrus is correct, Thomas was English, and may have come alone to America. The
absence of references to him in Virginia wills could be easily explained: if Thomas' father died in England, his will would not have been recorded in Virginia. Of course, Cyrus may not have known his grandfather's country of origin or even his grandfather's name. He referred to Thomas by name in neither the letter to the Kentucky Telephone nor the letter to Emma Bristow. In any case, because he wrote about his grandfather earlier than anyone else, Cyrus is probably the most authoritative voice on the national origins of Thomas Thompson.

FOOTNOTE IN THE THOMPSON BOOK:
Cyrus himself spent time in England. He visited London prior to the Civil War, according to a biographical sketch he wrote about one of his brothers. He also applied for a merchant's position in Liverpool. That Cyrus was well-educated, had been to England, and was obviously serious about preserving the history of the Thompson family lends much weight to his brief allusions regarding Thomas' origins. Thomas Thompson's birth date-- August 13, 1740-- is evidence which someday may lead to the discovery of his parents' identity. Many churches of eighteenth-century England and America recorded birth and christening dates. Children born to members of the Anglican Church were usually christened as soon as they could be transported to church for the ceremony. The International Genealogical Index lists the christening of a Thomas Thompson, the son of Thomas and Jane Thompson, on August 21, 1740-- eight days after our Thomas' birth. The compilers of the IGI took this information from the register of St. Maurice Parish, York, Yorkshire, England. It is possible that the child christened that day was Cyrus' grandfather. The compiler of this publication has made few efforts to
investigate the records of Yorkshire, England. Prior to his marriage Thomas probably lived in Amelia County. A Thomas Thompson was listed on the Amelia County tithables lists in 1762, 1763, and 1764, each year in the household of
Joel Jackson. A small group of young men lived with Jackson from 1762-64. Jackson later served as a mill inspector in eastern Prince Edward County, so he may have operated a mill in 1762. Perhaps the young men in his house were apprentices or employees. We know from Carter Thompson's Bible record that our Thomas was only twenty-one years old when the Amelia County tithables list was compiled in 1762. Excepting the 1762-64 tithables lists, the name Thomas Thompson appeared in few Amelia County records. However, in Prince Edward County, which shares its eastern border with Amelia County, the name appeared as a defendant in four civil suits from April, 1769 to November, 1771. The following persons sued a Thomas Thompson for debt during this relatively brief time period:
Thomas Tabb; case decided April, 1769. Order Book 4, page 199. Joel Jackson; case decided August, 1770. Order Book 4, page 315. John McLaughlin; case decided March, 1771. Order Book 4, part 1, page 7. Joseph and Amy Hightower; case decided November, 1771. Order Book 5, page 81.
With regard to the theory that our Thomas at one time lived in Amelia County, it is worth pointing out that all the plaintiffs in the above cases were from Amelia. Thomas Tabb was Amelia's wealthiest merchant; he died at his home Clay Hill, on November 27, 1769. Joel Jackson, of course, headed the Amelia County household in which a Thomas Thompson lived from 1762 to 1764. John McLaughlin's residence was in Amelia County when he purchased four slaves from John Gray and William Spain, on September 23, 1771 (Amelia County Deed Book 11, p. 319). The will of Joseph Hightower's father Joshua appeared in Amelia County Will Book 2, page 23 (signed May 12, 1770; probated February 27, 1772). It would have been unusual for so many Amelia countians to sue the same person in Prince
Edward County court unless the defendant was a former Amelia resident. Add to the court cases the fact that Thomas' first child was born in August, 1770, and it is easy to imagine a situation where as a young man Thomas accumulated debts in Amelia County, moved to Prince Edward
County to be near his new wife's family, and soon after was sued by creditors from his old county of residence.
In addition to suggesting Amelia County as Thomas' probable residence prior to his marriage,
the foregoing discussion of court cases lends support to Cyrus Thompson's claim that his grandfather was English. The Amelia County residents of the 1760s were predominately English cannot be disputed. They settled Amelia County during the "Hanover migration," which was a gradual spreading of mostly English settlers and their descendants from the coastal areas of Virginia to its western frontier.
While Thomas probably spent his early adult years among people of English extraction, in Prince Edward County most of his neighbors were Scot-Irish Presbyterians. To escape recurring Indian raids, a group of Scot-Irish settlers in the 1730s migrated from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to the western half of present-day Prince Edward County. They
purchased land west of Buffalo River in the unsettled watersheds of Fort and Spring creeks. The Scot-Irish enclave, called the "Buffalo Community" by Dr. Eggleston, had at its social and geographical center the Buffalo Presbyterian Church. Thomas lived less than two miles from Buffalo Presbyterian Church; he and his family probably worshipped there. A Presbyterian, Thomas was a trustee of Caney Fork Presbyterian Church in Logan County (Deed Book B, April 10, 1807, page 61). His friend John Grinter was
among the few early documented members of Buffalo Presbyterian Church, for which there are no eighteenth-century membership lists. A notation from church minutes, dated October, 1806, grants permission for John Grinter and his family to leave the congregation and move to Kentucky
(Buffalo Presbyterian Church Sessional Record, 1804-1871, page 27). Grinters and Thompsons soon after settled Logan and Trigg counties in Kentucky where they and their descendants maintained close ties. Many Logan County settlers at one time lived in the Buffalo Community. In 1801 Moses Read sold his land on Spring Creek (Deed Book 12, page 122), and by 1814 lived on the same road in Butler County as Carter Thompson; Elisha Bennett deeded away his Vaughn's Creek holdings in 1804 (Deed Book 13, page 596), and in 1810 was called "my trusty Friend" in Thomas Thompson's will; Robert Baker, the step-son of James Thompson and a great-grandson of Reverend John Thomson, the first pastor of Buffalo Presbyterian Church, returned to Prince Edward County from Kentucky in 1816 (Deed Book 16, page 5) to sell land he inherited from his father in 1797; and, finally, countless members of Logan County's Porter, Ewing, Forsythe, and Hay families claim descent from the Scot-Irish members of the Buffalo Community. [Additionally John Carter of Amelia nephew of Nancy Waddill Carter Thompson, is also found in Amelia-mfe]

Thomas married Nancy Waddill 'Nanny' Carter c 1770. Nancy (daughter of Theodorick3 dna Carter, Jr. and Anne Waddill) was born 15 Jun 1749, Prince Edward Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Logan Co., Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

1. Carter Thompson was born 12 Apr 1773, Prince Edward Co., Virginia; died 12 Jan 1797, Prince George Co., Virginia.
2. James Thompson was born Abt 1770, Prince Edward Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.