The first United States Federal Census taken in 1790 listing the names of 11 Thompson heads of household for Robeson County, North Carolina.
On the chart below, I've included details regarding each household, including the name of the family head, free white males of 16 years and up, free white males under 16, free white females, slaves, other free white persons and the page number.
Heads of Family
Charles Thompson
George Thompson
Henry Thompson
John Thompson
Lamuel Thompson
Nepsy Thompson
Niel Thompson
Reuben Thompson
Trimmigen Thompson
William (B. Swamp) Thompson
William (H. Swamp) Thompson
My goal is to work together, with my fellow Thompson cousins, to untangle the Thompson families above. A task over the last several months that has proven to be formidable, perplexing and at some times daunting. Fellow genealogists have been working on this task with very limited success for close to 100 years.
I've found myself unable to sleep some nights, wondering about this Thompson and that. Which John Thompson married Charles Thompson's daughter? Which William is my 5th great-grandfather, B Swamp or H Swamp? Was Charles really a reverend? Is Charles Thompson my William's father? And why did William only receive 10 shillings in Charles' Will? What's lore and what's fact? Dizzy yet? I know I am.
With cousins marrying cousins and families naming their children after their parents and grandparents I can see no conceivable way to sort out this tangle of Thompsons other than to separate them, one strand at a time, to the benefit of all.
Join with me and, together, we'll sort out fact from fiction and grow our family trees.
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