The Thompson Family

The Thompson Family
Author: Walter B Curry, Jr
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2018-09-08
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ISBN:

This book is the first volume chronicling the family history of an African American family from Salley, South Carolina. Stories in the book include: The story of Milledge Thompson, a former slave who purchased his own freedom. The story of Lavinia Thompson Corley, an enslaved cook who served with her master in the Confederate Army. The story of Governor "Mint" Thompson, Jr., who was tragically murdered at the age of ten. The story of Phillip Thompson, who became a prominent soil conservationist. In addition, the narratives are analyzed according historical and social context in addition to self-reflection in understanding the fundamental nature and essence of each narrative. The book won the 2019 African American Genealogical and Historical Society Book Award ( Non-Fiction/Genealogy).

The Thompson Family

The Thompson Family
Author: Walter B Curry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2018-09
Genre:
ISBN:

The Thompson Family: Untold Stories of the Past (1830-1960) is the first volume chronicling the history of an African American family from Salley, South Carolina. The book chronicles the accounts of relatives that juxtaposes the common topics of African American History which includes themetic topics of tragedy and entrepreneurship. Several narratives which include a slave who purchased his freedom, a relative who served as a cook in the Confederate Army, a young relative who was tragically murdered, and a sharecropper who became a prominent soil conservationist. 2019 International African American Historical and Genealogical Society Book Award Winner (Non-Fiction Category/Genealogy)

The Thompson Family

The Thompson Family
Author: Walter B. Curry (Jr.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2018-09
Genre: South Carolina
ISBN: 9781720012467

The Thompson Family: Untold Stories of the Past (1830-1960) is the first of several volumes that chronicles the genealogical epoch of the Thompson Family. From the bowels of the Skillet Community of Salley, South Carolina, this book chronicles the reflections and experiences of relatives that intersects the common themes of African-American History as well as themes of civic engagement, morality, virtue, struggle, tragedy, and achievement. Several narratives which include a slave who purchased his freedom, a relative who served as a cook in the Confederate Army, a young relative who was tragically murdered, and a sharecropper who became a prominent soil conservationist. Overall, the book narrates the generational diversity of the Thompson family.

Thompson Lineage

Thompson Lineage
Author: William Baker Thompson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1911
Genre: Connecticut
ISBN:

A genealogy of the descendants of Anthony Thompson of New Haven, Connecticut who was living in New Haven, Connecticut in 1639.

Thompson Family History Vol. X, 5th Ed

Thompson Family History Vol. X, 5th Ed
Author: Marc Thompson
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2014-05-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781499352719

All Ancestors from United Kingdom, Western Europe & Bohemia to Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia including Acri, Alston, Anderson, Arnold, Barbush, Barrett, Batdorf, Boles, Bordner, Brown, Bucher, Buglio, Cairo, Carmone, Culin, Culp, Curcio, Curry, Cutumachio, DiSimone, DiStephano, Duncan, Emerich, Faber, Felice, Forsythe, Frantz, Frazier, Frey, Gaugler, Guise, Gieseman, Gipe, Goodman, Hapton, Harvey, Hensel, Hummer, Keefer, Kelly, Kent, Kilmartin, Kirrane, Kyle, Layman, Leone, Livezly, Magnelli, Mantz, Marsico, Martino, Mason, McCabe, McCloud, McGowan, McLean, McKim, McKinsey, Messerschmidt, Miller, Minnich, Morgan, Morrison, Muto, Nocton, Oberlander, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Penman, Peters, Piper, Preite, Quintavalle, Raymond, Reilly, Robinson, Romano, Romberger, Row, Rudy, Sammarco, Schultheiss, Settino, Sheets, Shannon, Shatteen, Shoop, Shover, Smith, Stewart, Stoddart, Swartz, Swoveland, Thompson, Tully, Updegrove, Vitale, Viviano, Warner, Washington, Welker, Wert, Whitmoyer, Workman, Wittle, Yeager et al

The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave

The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave
Author: John Thompson
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1856
Genre: History
ISBN:

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Thompson

Thompson
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1993
Genre:
ISBN:

The Thompson family of Virginia and North Carolina. The earliest known ancestor, John Thompson I (1636-1710), son of William and Martha Thompson, was born in Surry County, Virginia. He married Sarah Freebourne (1640-1696), daughter of John Freebourne, in 1657 in Surry Co., Va. William Thompson (b. 1700), a planter, was born in Surry Co., Va. and died in Johnson Co., N.C. (now part of Wake Co.). He was the son of John Thompson III and Agnes of Craven Co., N.C. He married Sarah (1705-1770) in 1721. They were parents of eight children. Their son, John (ca. 1721-1784), married Rachel Peacock (1737-1809), daughter of Daniel and Demaris Peacock. He became the ancestor of the Thompsons of Wayne, Columbus and Moore Counties, N.C. Descendants and relatives lived in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Florida, California, Maryland, Florida and elsewhere.