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p. 116, The Thompson Family Magazine, vol. 9, 1970, suggests that Neil Thompson and Sherrod Thompson were probably brothers. Two relationships have been proven via testing and comparison of DNA from descendants of Neil and Shearod Thompson (both descend from Neil's son Allen); however, the familial relationship is uncertain. This writer, Dr. Geoffrey A. Thompson believes that Neil and Shearod were cousins.
Notes regarding David, William and Shearod Thompson
Shearod Thompson's last move was to Jackson County, Georgia and I have worked backward to trace him to York District, South Carolina to Franklin County, Virginia, to Henry County, Virginia and finally to Pittsylvania County, Virginia. I have been fortunate enough to avail myself of the resources at the Jackson County Courthouse, Jefferson, Georgia, the LDS library in Salt Lake City, the National Archives and the Library of Virginia in Richmond. I have spent the better part of 3 weeks conducting research at these locations. About 250 hours.
About Shearod's name, I have observed it spelled Sherod, Sherrod, Shared, Sharod, Sherwood and Shearod. I have settled upon Shearod because of the deposition he gave for his Revolutionary War Pension. The whole of the deposition is written in one style of handwriting; however, Shearod's signature is of a different style suggesting that he may have personally signed the deposition. Also, two documents among Shearod's Revolutionary War Pension papers contain his original signature as it is spelled here.
Regarding the other Thompson's of Cumberland County, Virginia who were there at the same time as Bartlett. There is a David and William Thompson who have caught my attention. See notes below,
DAVID THOMPSON 1755-1756, found in the Cumberland County, Virginia Vestry book 1758, witnessed Valentine Martain's will in Cumberland County, Virginia, interestingly a Martain K. Thompson married in Jackson County, Georgia and he also witnessed a deed of Shearod Thompson. 1759, name is found on Cumberland County, Virginia Tithe list, John Watt's district. Zachariah McGuire is also found on the same page and in John Watt's district. Zachariah McGuire is later found living very close to William Thompson in Henry County, Virginia. Zachariah's sons, Allegheny and Anderson, later moved to Elbert County, Georgia which is where Shearod's son Jesse married Permelia McGuire; unproven daughter of Anderson McGuire. 1765, David Thompson had an inventory of his estate made but his will does not exist. This information establishes that Zachariah McGuire lived very close to David Thompson in Cumberland County, Virginia and that David Thompson died some time prior to his inventory in 1765.
WILLIAM THOMPSON 1755-1756, name is found as a witness to several deeds in Cumberland County, Virginia 1762, name is found in the Cumberland County, Virginia court order book July 1762-July 1764, name is NOT found in the Cumberland County, Virginia court order book 1769, grantee for a deed in Pittsylvania County, Virginia 1771, grantor for a deed in Pittsylvania County, Virginia 1773-1777, name is found on tithe list in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, may be William Thompson (Potter's Creek). 1779-1780 TAX: William and Sherwood Thompson are the only Thompson's found on the 1779 and 1780 tax lists for Henry County, Virginia. 1782 Publick Claim, William and Shearod Thompson made a Publick Claim in Pittsylvania County 1782-1785, paid personal property tax in Henry County, Virginia, Swinfield Hill's district. Zachariah McGuire is recorded on the same page and in the same district This information establishes that both David Thompson and William Thompson lived very close to Zachariah McGuire in Cumberland County and then Henry County, Virginia respectively. Shearod Thompson lived very close to William Thompson and they were the only Thompson's who paid taxes in Henry County in 1779 and 1780. Shearod Thompson is recorded on the same page as paying taxes as William Thompson in Henry County for the years 1782-1784. Shearod Thompson removed to York District, South Carolina in 1784. William Thompson died about 1795 and did not leave a will.
Based upon Shearod Thompson's Revolutionary War Pension deposition he provided in 1836 we know these facts: -born in Cumberland County, Virginia, 1757 -fought at Guilford Courthouse with Capt. Coleman in the Virginia militia -was at Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown with Capt. Swinfield Hill's Company -served in the place of his brother -returned to Henry Co., VA after his service -left Henry Co. to live in York District, SC about 1783-1784 -lived in York District, South Carolina for 21 years
1779-1780 TAX: William and Sherwood Thompson are the only Thompson's found on the 1779 and 1780 tax lists for Henry County, Virginia. 1782 Publick Claim, William and Shearod Thompson made a Publick Claim in Pittsylvania County 1782-1784, paid personal property tax in Henry County, Virginia. Swinfield Hill's district 1787-1796, name is found in the York District, South Carolina Minute Book. 1787, Shearod Thompson and Lewis Thompson were named in a suit in York District, and depositions were necessary and taken from William Thompson in Franklin County, Virginia 1789, sworn to jury duty in Franklin County, Virginia 1806-1807, Thompson McGuire and Shearod Thompson are named in several deeds in Elbert and Jackson Co., Ga. Thompson McGuire is the son of Zachariah McGuire. This establishes that Shearod moved to York District, SC about 1783-1784, and maintained contact with Franklin County, Virginia and in particular William Thompson. Shearod maintains the close relationship with the McGuire's in Elbert and Jackson County, Georgia. I believe Permelia McGuire is the daughter of Anderson McGuire, but that has not been proven. Permelia married Shearod's son Jesse.
Sherwood is also found in Pittsylvania Co. where he made a Publick claim for riding express mail for the Continental's in 1782. He was paid � 1.1.0. William Thompson is the only other Thompson recorded as having made a Publick claim in Pittsylvania County. Source: (1) p. 32, Virginia Publick Claims, compiled and transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten, Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, Georgia. (2) Claims for Supplies, Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1782-1785, index, 71 p., Reel 221, p. 70, Repository is The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA.
William and Sherrod Thompson are the only Thompson's found on the 1779 and 1780 tax lists for Henry Co., Virginia. Source: 1778-1780 Tax Lists of Henry County, Virginia, Compiled by Lela C. Adams, Sherwood Forest, Bassett, Virginia 24055, 1973.
1782 Henry County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax List, p. 16 To Whom Belonging: Sherwood Thompson White Tythes: 1 Negro: 0 Horses: 1 Cattle: 0 Amount of Taxes: 0.12.0 Source: Franklin County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1830 FHL US/CAN Film 2024587
1783 Henry County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax List, p. 58 By Whom Taken: Hill To Whom Belong: Sherwood Thompson Number of Tythes: 1 Number of Tythes Over 21: 1 Slaves Over 16: 0 Slaves Under 16: 0 Horses: 1 Cattle: 0 <?> Horses: Amount Tax: 0.12.0 Source: Franklin County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1830 FHL US/CAN Film 2024587
The name Sherwood Thompson was found previously (1782) in Henry Co., VA., and in York County, SC (1790). Source: p. 28, Gone to Georgia, by William C. Stewart, National Genealogical Society: Washington D.C., 1965.
Sherwood Thompson for riding express 6 days for Cont. �1-10. Source: p. 32, Virginia Publick Claims, Pittsylvania County, compiled by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten, Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, Georgia.
[p.173] "The mail post was an important branch of the service at Peytonsburg. Because of the winter's mud of the more eastern roads the main mail route from the north to the south led by Peytonsburg. Dispatch riders would arrive with important mail and it was the duty of the post commandant to forward the same without delay, and in order to do this it was necessary to keep at the post a number of express riders. James M. Williams served one year as a dispatch rider at Peytonsburg; other express riders as shown by the Claim Records were Sherwood Thompson, William Norton, Drury Smith, Matthew Stone, Samuel Harris, William Shelton, Edward Ware." Source: Clement, Maud Carter. History of Pittsylvania County Virginia. Lynchburg, VA: J. P. Bell Co., 1929.
MINUTES: p. 67, 1787, Minute Book A, York County, South Carolina Sharrad Thompson vs. John McDonald. Lewis Thompson vs. John McDonald. Case. Ordered that a dedymus (sic) Issue for both parties in both suits to take the depositions of Wm Thompson & Stannup Richardson before Robt Woods, Swinfield Hill & Peter Sanders Esqrs in the State of Virginia, or either of them giving 15 days previous notice to the opposite parties -- or any other Witnesses that may be required at s'd time & place. Source: p. 20, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
MINUTES: p. 85, 1787, Minute Book A, York County, South Carolina Sharrad Thompson vs. John McDonald and Lewis Thompson vs. John McDonald. Ordered that Dedimus issue agreeable to a former Order to Virginia. Source: p. 26, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
MINUTES: p. 113, 1787, Minute Book A, York County, South Carolina Sharrad Thompson vs. John McDonald. Case. Ordered that Berryman Shumate, Joseph Deputy and Jacob Forsyth's wife do positively attend on Friday next as witnesses. Source: p. 34, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
MINUTES: p. 124, 1787, Minute Book A, York County, South Carolina Sharrad Thompson vs. John McDonald. Case. Referred to Colo Howe & Capt James Martin & any person of their chusing. Source: p. 36, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
MINUTES: p. 125, 1787, Minute Book A, York County, South Carolina Sharrad Thompson against John McDonald. Case. Plaintiff awarded �.14.5.81/2 with costs of suit. Source: p. 37, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
MINUTES: p. 142, 1788, Minute Book A, York County, South Carolina Sharred Thompson vs. William Somerton. O. Att. Ordered that property attached be exposed to publick Sale by the Sheriff. Source: p. 41, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
MINUTES: p. 175, 1788, Minute Book A, York County, South Carolina Sharred Thompson vs. William Somerton. Or. Attachment. A Judgement by default being entered in January Term last, ordered that final Judgement be entered up for the sum of �.5.7.9 with costs of suit. Source: p. 51, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
COURT: Page Thirty Two, November 1789, Cowan a�soc. vs. Jno. Rentfro, Sherod Thompson, William Thompson et al. was sworn to jury duty. Verdict Retd, the Jury found for the Pltf. Source: Reel 27, Franklin County, Virginia Order Book, 1789 - 1793 [xcii] index (typescript), p. 2-264 [1], Repository: The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
MINUTES: p. 200, 1789, Minute Book A, York County, South Carolina Sharred Thompson vs. Ben & John McWhorter. Debt. Issue Joined. Source: p. 59, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
MINUTES: p. 224, 1789, Minute Book A, York County, South Carolina William Mitchell vs. Sharred Thompson. T.A.B. Dismissed at Def's Costs. Source: p. 66, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
MINUTES: p. 225, 1789, Minute Book A, York County, South Carolina William Atkinson vs. Zachariah Stanton. O. Att. Default. Ordered that Scire facias issue against the garnishee & an order of sale against one sorrel horse with a Ball'd face, or if said Horse is not produced at the day of sale, Scire facias to issue against Sharred Thompson & James Kerr as Bail for delivery of said Horse at said day. Source: p. 67, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
MINUTES: p. 238, 1789, Minute Book A, York County, South Carolina John McDonald & wife vs. Sharred Thompson. Slander. Dismissed at Pf's costs. Source: p. 70, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
MINUTES: p. 309, 1791, Minute Book A, York County, South Carolina Alexander Eaken vs. Samuel Shearman & Robert Burns. O. Att. Sharred Thompson, garnishee, says that he owes Robert Burns �17 Proc. & that Samuel Shearman owes him �20 like money by being security for him to Nathaniel Irwine which he has to pay. John White also summoned & sworn says he owes �20 Proc. by note of hand to be paid in a credit on Colo. Hill's books. Source: p. 95, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
MINUTES: p. 311, 1791, Minute Book A, York County, South Carolina Adam Miller & Sarah Nesbit vs. Robt Smith & Lewis Thompson. Debt. Sharred Thompson enters himself special bail in suit. Source: p. 96, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
DEED Note: a William Thompson purchased 150 a. on Fishing Creek from Zachariah Stanton in 1793. William Thompson then sold 150 a. on Fishing Creek to John Pattison in 1793. A plat of the property does not exist on LDS microfilm.
DEED: York County, South Carolina Deed Book C, 204-206, 7 May 1793, Shadrach Rawls of York County to John Berry (as guardian of Sarah McWhorter) of same, for �52 s11 d10, mortgage of tract on waters of Fishing Creek adj. Sherod Thompson (formerly John McWhorter), John Berry, Hance McWhorter, 180 acres. Shadrach Rawls (Seal), Wit: Jno McCall, Joseph Sadler. Acknowledged in open Court in May Term 1793. Source: p. 82, York County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume 1: Deed Books A-E, 1786-1801 [1772-1801], by Brent H. Holcomb, SCMAR: Columbia, South Carolina, 2008.
DEED: York County, South Carolina Deed Book C, 210-212, 30 May 1793, William Hill of York County to Joseph Kerr & Christopher Thompson of same, for �1 s17 d5 sterling, lot in the Town of Yorkville, No. 12 in Congress Street. Wm Hill (LS), Wit: Matt Boyers, Sherrod Thompson, William Arnold. Proved by the oath of Matthew Boyers 9 July 1793 before Jas Willson, J.P. Source: p. 82, York County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume 1: Deed Books A-E, 1786-1801 [1772-1801], by Brent H. Holcomb, SCMAR: Columbia, South Carolina, 2008.
DEED: York County, South Carolina Deed Book C, 210-212, 16 August 1793, William Hill, Esquire, iron Master, of York County to Alexander Love Junr, for �4 s4 sterling, a lot in Yorkville on Liberty Street and Congress Street adj. John Egleston, said Alexander Love, known by the name of the Church Lot, half an acre. Wm. Hill (LS), Wit: Shearod Thompson, Matthew Boyers, Robert Love. Proved by the oath of Robert Love 8 October 1793 before John McCaw, C. C. Source: p. 87, York County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume 1: Deed Books A-E, 1786-1801 [1772-1801], by Brent H. Holcomb, SCMAR: Columbia, South Carolina, 2008.
MINUTES: p. 36, 1793, Minute Book B, York County, South Carolina A Jury for the next Court was drawn, viz, For Petit Jurors: Shared Thompson, among others. Source: p. 123, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
MINUTES: p. 57, 1793, Minute Book B, York County, South Carolina Member Petit Jury: Shearod Thompson, among others. Source: p. 132, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
MINUTES: p. 62, 1793, Minute Book B, York County, South Carolina Present: Joseph Carrel Senr vs. William Hill Esqr. Case. Jury: Shearod Thompson among others. Source: p. 134, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
DEED: York County, South Carolina Deed Book D, 309-312, 4 May 1795, Zachariah Stanton of York County to William Thompson of same, for �20 s3 d4 tract on Millican's branch of the north fork of Fishing Creek adj. Peter Kuykendal, James Risk, Barron, 150 acres granted to John Richmond by NC (since ceded to South Carolina) 20 April 1768 and conveyed by said Richmond to Ezekiel Stanley and from said Stanley to George Cunningham and from him to James Greer and from him to said Stanton. Zachariah Stanton (X) (LS), Wit: Matthew Boyer, William Hill, Shearod Thompson. Proved by the oath of Matthew Boyers 13 Jan 1797 before William Thompson. Proved by the oath of Matthew Boyers 13 Jan 1797 before William Hill, J.C.C. Source: p. 126, York County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume 1: Deed Books A-E, 1786-1801 [1772-1801], by Brent H. Holcomb, SCMAR: Columbia, South Carolina, 2008.
WILL: pages 156-158: Will of Hugh McWhorter of York County, State of South Carolina, 6 September 1795...to my brother in law John Richey the Plantation I now live on with the houses, building and improvements, a six pound note upon Sherid Thompson... Source: p. 26, York County, South Carolina, Will Abstracts, 1787-1862 [1770-1862], by Brent H. Holcomb, SCMAR: Columbia, SC, 2002.
MINUTES: p. 160, 1796, Minute Book B, York County, South Carolina
COURT: William Tate vs. Shearod Thompson. Case. Dismissed at Def'ts costs. Source: p. 169, York County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1797, by Lawrence K. Wells, Brent H. Holcomb:1981. Found in the Genealogical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Call Number 975.743 P2W.
DEED: York County, South Carolina Deed Book E, 59-61, 25 March 1797, Adam Meek, Esqr., late sheriff of York County, to John Berry of same, whereas John Barron and Jennet his wife & violet Duncan of said county did implead Shedrach Rawls of county aforesaid in an action of debt in the County Court of York and in February term in 1793 did obtain judgment to be levied of the goods and chattles, lands & tenements of the said Shadrach Rawls, �18 s10 d11/2, and �2 s5 for costs, sells 180 acres on the waters of Fishing Creek adj. Sherod Thompson (formerly John McWhorter), Moses McWhorter, James Campbell, sold for �32 sterling. Adam Meek (LS), Wit: Saml Watson, Jon'a Beatty. Proved by the oath of Jonathan Beatty 3 Oct 1797 before Robt Faries, J.P.. Source: p. 135, York County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume 1: Deed Books A-E, 1786-1801 [1772-1801], by Brent H. Holcomb, SCMAR: Columbia, South Carolina, 2008.
DEED: York County, South Carolina Deed Book E, 156-157, John Berry of York County, farmer, for $320 to James Sterling of same, 180 acres on the waters of Fishing Creek adj. a tract I now live upon, adj. Sherod Thompson (formerly John McWhorter), Alexr Eakin Junr, James Campbel, and John Berry, Hance McWhorter, 11 April 1798, John Berry (Seal), Wit: Wm Smith, John McCaw. Proved by the oath of John McCaw 7 May 1798 before Jon'a Sutton, J.P. Source: p. 147, York County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume 1: Deed Books A-E, 1786-1801 [1772-1801], by Brent H. Holcomb, SCMAR: Columbia, South Carolina, 2008.
DEED: York County, South Carolina Deed Book E, 316-317, James Carrel of York County for �50 to Isaac Foreman of same, 180 acres on the waters of Fishing Creek adj. Sherod Thompson formerly John McWhorter, James, John Berry, 23 April 1798. James Carrel (Seal), Wit: Samuel Kuykendal, Silas Starling, Jon'th Kuykendal. Proved by the oath of Silas Starling 6 Aug 1799 before Malcolm Henry, J.P. Source: p. 167, York County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume 1: Deed Books A-E, 1786-1801 [1772-1801], by Brent H. Holcomb, SCMAR: Columbia, South Carolina, 2008.
DEED: York County, South Carolina Deed Book E, 446-447, William Hill of State of SC for �250 sterling to Doctor John Allison, negroes Sam, Tom, Frank, and Jude, 8 Jan 1790. Wm Hill (Seal), Wit: Shearod Thompson, John White, Lewis Thompson. Proved by the oath of Shearod Thompson in York District 11 Nov 1800 before Jon'a Sutton, J. P. Recorded 26 Nov 1800. Source: p. 182, York County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume 1: Deed Books A-E, 1786-1801 [1772-1801], by Brent H. Holcomb, SCMAR: Columbia, South Carolina, 2008.
1800, Sherrod is enumerated in York District, South Carolina as being the owner of 3 slaves.
YORK COUNTY, SC 1804 13 Dec. Nance McWhirter of Buncombe Co, NC to Robert Hanna of York Co, SC, for $600 in silver dollars, 320 acres in York Dist, SC, on both sides of the main branch of Fishing Creek bounded by Robert Cooper, Elias Wallace, John Berry, Sherrod Thompson and lands originally the property of James Armstrong, but now claimed by James Carrel who now lives in the state of Georgia, and the survey now occupied by Phillip Sandifer. /s/ Hance McWhorter. Wit: D. Gordon,Wm. Hanna, Anson Gordon. Proven by Wm. Hanna 5 June 1806. York Co, SC Deed Book F pg. 674. Deed #498 LDS Film #0355977
Shearod was enumerated on the 1790 and 1800 census for York Co., South Carolina, and moved to Jackson Co., Georgia after 1805/1807.
DEED: 1805 York County, South Carolina, Deed Book G, p. 98, August 8, 1808
No. 143
South Carolina York District
South Carolina This Indenture made this seventh day of August in the York District year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five and in the thirtienth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. Between John McCall Esquire late Sheriff of York District aforesaid Witnefseth that Shearod Thompson in the State aforesaid of the one part and Ann Bigger widow of the State and District aforesaid of the other part. Witnefseth whereas Shearod Thompson of the said State and District (Planter) was seized in his demesne as of Fee or some other good Estate and inheritance to him and his heirs forever of in and to a certain plantation or tract of land containing by actual admeasurement two hundred and two acres be the same more or lefs. situate lying and being on the waters of Fishing Creek in the District and State afore said joining Robert Hamas, Samuel Crofts, Isaac Foremans & Hance McWhorters lands Beginning at a red Oak Stump, and running thence No55 E42 Chains to a post Oak, thence No20W29 Chains to a Stake, thence No83W24 chains to a Hickory, thence So23 W29 Chains to a Hickory, thence So31W28 Chains to a Hickory, thence So81Est28 Chains, to the Beginning, having such shape and marks, as by a plat thereof hereunto announced will more fully appear And whereas the said Ann Bigger survivor of James Bigger dcd implead the Said Shearod Thompson and William Hill in a plea of trespafs in the case be in the Court of Common pleas for York District in the said State, and in April term, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight Hundred and two, did obtain Judgment for her da- mages & Costs of suit as in and by a record of the said proceedings remaining in the office of the Clerk of the said Court, referrence thereunto being had will more fully appear. In pursu- ance of which said Judgment there ifsued out of the said Court a certain Writ of Fiere Facias from under the hand & Seal of John McCaw Esquire Clerk of the said Court at York Court House, the second Monday after the fourth Monday in March one thousand eight hundred and three. Directed to all and singular the Sheriff of the said state commanding them and each of them to make a cause to be made of the goods and chattles, houses, lands and other hereditaments and real Estates of the above named Shearod Thompson & William Hill, the sum of eight hundred and three dollars forty five cents & six milles, as in and by the said Judgment and Writ of Fiere Facias thereupon ifsued, of record in the office of the Clerk aforesaid reference being had thereunto will fully appear. By virtue of and in Obedience to which said Writ of Fiere Facias he the said John McCall late Sheriff as aforesaid, did enter into and upon, and take into Execution the said plantation or tract of Land above described, and after Seizure thereof and having givein due and legal notice of exposing the same to Sale at Public Outcry, and for and in satisfaction of the said sum of eight hundred and three dollars forty five Cents and six milles, on the second of July, in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & four, did expose the same to Sale at York Court House in the District of York aforesaid, between the hours of eleven Oclock in the forenoon and five oclock in the afternoon, openly, publickly, and fairly, according to the Custom of Vendues, did Sell and dispose of the said plantation or tract of Land unto the said Ann Bigger subject and liable to all mortgages, liens and other prior incumbrances of what nature soever, that is to say, all the said Shearod Thompsons right title and Interest of in and to the said Land, be the same more or lefs, for the sum of twenty dollars, the Land being bid off by Joseph McKenzie, for and in behalf of the said Ann Bigger she at that price or sum being the highest and last bidder for the same. NOW THIS INDEN TURE WITNEFSETH that the said John McCall late Sheriff as aforesaid, for & in con- sideration of the said sum of twenty dollars to him in hand paid by the said Anne Bigger the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted Bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant, bargain & Sell, unto the said Anne Bigger all the said Shearod Thompsons, right title and Interest, of in and to the said Land as above described, together with all and singular the houses, out houses, buildings, Edifices fences waters, water courses, ways, paths, pafsages, timber and timber trees, priveledges, profits,
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Coditions, Emoluments, Hereditaments, rights, members and appurtenances whatsoever to the said plantation or tract of land belonging or in any use incident or appertaining and the reversion and recovery, remainder and remainders, rents ifsues and profits thereof To have & to Hold all and singular the said Shearod Thompson right to the interest of in or to the said plantation or tract of Land and all and singular the right member, and appurtenances thereof unto the said Ann Bigger her heirs and afsigns, to the only proper use, Benefit and behoof of her the said Ann Bigger her heirs and afsigns forever. In Witnefs whereof the said John McCall late Sheriff as aforesaid hath hereunto set his hand & seal the day and year first above written
Signed, Sealed & Delivered in presence of us R. Latta Robt McCaw CCPG recorded Augst 8 1808 Jno McCall Seal
State of So Carolina York District Personally appeared W Robert Latta before me and being duly sworn accroding to Law saith tht he was was personally present & heard John McCall late Sheriff of the District aforesaid acknowledge that he acknowledged the within to be his Act and Deed & that he delivered the same to Ann Biggers for the uses & purposes therein Mentioned & that Robert McCaw subscribed his name as a witnefs with himself to the same at same time. Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 4th day of July 1808. Robert McCaw CCPG recorded Augst 8 1808 Robert McCaw signature
No. 144 The State of South Carolina. Know ye all men by these presents that I Ann Bigger of York District in the State aforesaid in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars to me paid by Thomas Knox of York District in the State aforesaid have granted bargained, sold and release, and by these presents do grant bargain sell and release unto the said Thomas Knox all that tract or parcel of Land late the property of Shearod Thompson, lying and being in the District and State aforesaid on the waters of Fishing Creek, joining Robert Halmas, Samuel Croft, Isaac Foeman & Hance McWhorter's lands. Beginning at a red Oak Stump, and running thence No55Est 42 Chains to a post Oak, thence No20Wst29 Chains to a stake, thence No83Wst24 chains to a Hickory, thence So28Wst29 Chains to a Hickory, thence So31Wst28 Chains to a Hickory, thence So81 Est28 Chains to the Beginning, having such shape and marks as the plat by the resurvey of John Watson made for the said Ann Bigger, and conveyed by John McCall late Sheriff of York District to her the said Ann Bigger, together with all & Singular the rights, Members, Hereditaments and appurtenances to the said presents belonging or in any wise incident or appertaining. To have & to Hold all and singular the premises before mentioned, unto the said Thomas Knox his Heirs & afsigns forever And I do hereby bind myself my Heirs Executors and administrators, to warrant and forever defend all and singular the said premises unto the said Thomas Knox his Heirs and afsigns, against me and my Heirs, But I will not warrant against claims of any other person Whatsoever lawfully Claiming or to Claim the same, or any part thereof Witnefs my hand & Seal this Seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & Seven, and in the thirty first year of the Independence of the United States of America Signed Sealed & delivered in the presence of Ro. Hill her Moses Bigger Ann X Bigger Seal
mark State of So Carolina District Personally appeared before me Robert Hill and made Oath that he saw Ann Bigger, sign seal and deliver the above Conveyance for the uses & purposes therein mentioned, and that he with Moses Bigger in the presence of each other witnefsed the due Execution thereof Sworn to before me this 17th day of February 1807. Robt Johnston J.P. Recorded Augst 8th 1808
Source: Shearod Thompson (grantor), Ann Bigger (Grantee), Book G, p. 98, 202 a. on Fishing Creek
Note: Ann Bigger is buried in the Bethel Presbyterian Cemetery, Clover, York County, South Carolina. She died 13 July 1824 and was 84 years old.
DEED: 1806 York County, South Carolina, Deed Book M, No. 85
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State of South Carolina Know all men by these presents that we Shearod Thomp son & Charlotte Thompson of the District of York & State aforesd for & in consideration of the sum of one hundred & thirty five dollars to us in hand paid by John Neal of Chester District & state aforesd Have Granted Bargained Sold & Released and by these Presents do Grant Bargain Sell & Release unto the sd John Neal all that plantation
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or tract of Land containing thirty two acres & one half situate on the South side of Rocky Creek in the SD District of Chester Beginning at a Pefsimmon on the Bank of the Creek in the Edge of the water thence S 54 W 48 Chs 25 L / being the dividing him with Jonathan Mackey for part of the same tract conveyed to him bearing date with these presents to a stake on Samuel Sandyfurs Line / which divides off a part of the same original tract thence N 40 W 8 Chs 90 L. on Sandyfurs line to a stake thence N. 59 E. 48 Chs 25 on an old line into the Creek Bounded on part of the same original tract belonging to the Sd John Heal and thence down in the Creek to the Beginning about 4 Chs & 60 L. being part of a tract of Land originally Granted to John Land for two hundred & fifty acres & together with all & Singular the Rights Members Heredita ments & appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any <wise> incident or appertaining - To Have & to Hold all & Singular the Sd premises with the appurtences unto the Sd John Neal his heirs & afsigns forever - And we do hereby bind ourselves & our Heirs Executors & Administrators to Warrant & Defend all & Singular the Sd premises / of thirty two & one half acres with the appurtenances unto the Sd John Neal his heirs & afsigns against ourselves & our heirs and against every other person or persons whomsoever Lawfully Claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof Witnefs our hands & seals this twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred & five and of American Independence the thirtieth Signed Sealed & Delivered in the presence of his Jonathan Mackey�tab��tab� Shearod Thompson mark John McCrary�tab��tab��tab� Charlotte Thompson Philip Sandefur his Jonathan Mackey mark So Carolina Chester Dist�tab� Jonathan mackey personally appeared before �tab��tab� me & made oath that he saw Shearod Thompson
& Charlotte Thompson sign & acknowledge their seals &
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deliver the written Instrument of writing to John Neal for the purposes therein mentioned & that he say John McCreary Esq & Philip Sandefur sign the same as subscibing witnefs with himself Sworn to & subscribed this 20th of March 1806 Before Me�tab��tab� his Ebenr Elliott J.P. Jonathan Y. Mackey �tab��tab� mark�tab�
Source: Deeds, v. I-M 1802-1806, FHL US/CAN Film 23324, Microfilm of original records filmed at the Chester County courthouse in Chester, South Carolina.
Book M, Page 152, No. 103
State of South Carolina Know all men by these Presents that we Shearod Thomp son and Charlotte Thompson formerly Charlotte Land of the District of York & State aforesd for and in con- sideration of the Sum of three hundred & twenty five Dollars to us in hand paid by Jonathan Mackey of the District of Chesterr & State aforesd Have Granted bargained Sold & Released & by these Presents do Grant Bargain Sell & Release unto the sd Jonathan Mackey all that Plantation or tract of Land containing one hundred & six acres & one half situate mostly on the South Side of Rockey Creek in the District aforesd Beginning at a Persimmon on the South Branch of the Creek on the Edge of the Water thence S. 54 W. 48 Chs 25 L. to a Stake on Saml Sandefurs Line (which di vides off a part of the same original tract) Bounded by a part of the sam tract thence on
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Sandefurs Line S. 40 L. 22 Chs to a Hickory on the original line thence N. 54 L. 48 Chs 50 L. to the old corner over the Creek say a stake Bounded on Geo Morris's Land and thence N. 35 W at the begining or intersection with the course of the Begining Line Being part of a Tract of Land Originally Granted to John Land for two hundred & fifty. Together with all & Singular The Rights Hereditaments & appurtenances there- unto belonging or in any wise appurtaining; To have & to hold
all & Singular the sd Premises with the Appurtenances unto the sd Jonathan Mackey, his heirs & afsigns forever And we do hereby bind ourselves and our heirs, Executors
and Adminstrators to warrant & defend all & Singular the sd Premises of one hundred & six acres & one half with appurtenances unto the sd Jonathan Mackey his heirs and afsigns, against ourselves & Heirs & against every other person or persons whomsoever Lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof__ Witne�s our hands & Seals this twenty Ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & five and of American Independence the thirtieth Signed Sealed & Delivered in the presence of �tab��tab��tab� Shearod Thompson his John Neal�tab��tab��tab� Charlotte Thompson mark J McCreary Philip Sandefur his John N. Neal mark�tab��tab� NV. The words "unto the sd �tab��tab��tab� Jonathan Mackey" enterlined �tab��tab��tab� above the sixth long line from �tab��tab��tab� the top and "Bounded on Geo �tab��tab��tab� Morris's Land" above the four- �tab��tab��tab� teenth line Enterlined before �tab��tab��tab� Signing
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South Carolina�tab� John Neal Personally appeared before me Chester District�tab� & made oath that he saw Shearod Tho mpson & Charlotte Thompson Sign & acknowledge then Seal & Deliver the within Instrument of writing to Jona than Mackey for the purpose therein mentioned & that he say John McCreary Esqr. & Philip Sandefur Sign the same as subscribing Witnefs with himself Sworn to & Subscribed this 20th day of March 1806 Before Me�tab��tab� his Ebenr Elliott J.P Jonathan Y. Mackey �tab��tab� mark�tab�
Source: Deeds, v. I-M 1802-1806, FHL US/CAN Film 23324, Microfilm of original records filmed at the Chester County courthouse in Chester, South Carolina. �tab��tab�
1806 DEED, Elbert Co., Ga., Deed Book L, 1808-1810 p. 54 Jackson Co., Ga.: 18 Aug. 1806, Thompson Magwire & Sherod Thompson, to John McCurdy, a negro girl named Jeane. (signed) Thompson Magwire, Sherod Thompson. Test: Martin K. Thompson, Frederick Magwire. Rec. 17 Oct. 1808. Note: The relationship of Thompson McGuire to Sherrod Thompson is not known by me but there seems to be some connection.
1807 Deed Book "T" Franklin page 199-200., JONATHAN PARR of Jackson County to Thompson McGuire of "said state and county". $600.00. Conveys 400 acres on fork of Bluestone Creek, being part of 3000 acres claimed by Lewis Sewell and deeded by him to said Parr. Wits: Sherod Thompson, David McCurdy J.P 1807. Source: p. 282, Deeds of Franklin County, Georgia, 1784-1826, Abstracted and Compiled by Martha Walters Acker, 1976.
1807 Deed dated Franklin Co., 11 Sept. 1807, rec. 5 Aug. 1811, from Thompson McGuire of Jackson Co. Ga. to Thomas Bailey of York Dist. S.C. In cons. of $600, conveys 400 ac. in Franklin Co. on a fork of Blue Stone Crk., adj. Dial, being part of 3000 ac. surveyed by Lewis Sewel, and conveyed by him to Jonathan Pharr, who conveyed it to said McGuire. Wit. W'm Cleghorn, John Jinkins, J.P. Source: p. 282, Deeds of Franklin County, Georgia, 1784-1826, Abstracted and Compiled by Martha Walters Acker, Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1976.
P. 101 Nov. 13, 1808, Jackson Co., Michael Ange Gauvain of Clark Co., to Sherod Thompson of county aforesaid, consideration of $400 payable to Michael Ange Gauvain on or before May 13, 1809, for 273 acres on Park's Creek waters of the No. fork of Oconee River, part of tract granted to Charles Henry d'Estaing by the State for 5,000 acres & lying, when granted, in Franklin Co. Signed: Shearod Thompson. Wit: Peleg Rogers, David Witt, J.P. Rec. Dec. 21, 1808.
From p. 23, Jackson Co., GA, Deed Abstracts, 1808-1822 Deed Book E, 1812-1818 by Faye Stone Poss, 2000.
P. 635 Nov. 13, 1808, Jackson co., Michael Ange Gauvain of Clark Co., GA, to Sherod Thompson, $800 for tract on Parks creek waters of the north fork of the Oconee river in Jackson Co., being part of a tract granted to Charles Henry d'Estaing by the State for 5,000 acres lying when granted in Franklin Co., containing 273 acres as resurveyed by Hugh Montgomery. Signed: M.A. Gauvain. Wit: P. Rogers, David Witt, J.P. Rec. Sept. 14, 1812.
State of Georgia�tab� This Indenture made the thirteenth day of November in the Jackson County of our Lord eighteen hundred & eight between Michael Ange Gauvain of Clark Co. state aforesaid of the one part & Sherod Thompson of Jack son County & same state of the other part Witnefseth that the said Michael Ange Gauvain for & in consideration of the sum of eight hundred dollars lawful mo ney of the United States to him by the aforesaid Sherod Thompson in hand paid as & before the sealing of the presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath given granted bargained & sold & by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell & confer same unto the aforsaid Sherod Thompson his heirs & afsigns all the piece, parcels or tract of land lying being & situate on Park creek waters of north fork of the Oconee river in Jackson County being part of a tract of land grant ed to Charles Henry d'Estaing by the state aforesaid for four thousand acres & lying when granted in the County of Franklin Beginning for the same at a post oak corner & running thence south thirty three degrees west sixty two chains to a pine corner thence north seventy five degrees and twenty seven Chains & fifty links to a post oak corner, thence running north fifteen degrees east forty seven chains to a spanish oak corner thence north thirty eight degrees west seven chains & seventy five links to a pine Corner & running thence north forty degrees East fifty Chains to a post Oak corner & lastly thence south forty degrees west thirty eight Chains to the post oak beginning corner containing two hundred & sev =enty three Acres more or lefs as surveyed by Hugh Montgomery Together with all & singular the rights members & appurtenances as aforsaid & every part thereof unto the said Sherod Thompson his heirs & afsigns, to the only proper use benefit & behoof of him the said Sherod Thompson his heirs & afs forever, And the said Michael Ange Gauvain for himself & his heirs the aforesaid tract of land & premises against him, his heirs & afsigns & against the claim of all other person whatever will warrant & forever defend by
these presents In Witnefs whereof the said Michael Ange Gauvain doth hereunto set his hand & affix his seal the day & date for & above written Signed Sealed & Delivered
in presence of�tab��tab��tab� M A Gauvain P. Rogers
David Witt JP �tab� Recorded the 14th September 1812 �tab��tab��tab��tab� Edward Adams Clk
From: original document and p. 133, Jackson Co., GA, Deed Abstracts, 1808-1822 Deed Book E, 1812-1818 by Faye Stone Poss, 2000.
1809 TAX, Shearod Thompson's name is found on p. 33 of the 1809 Tax List, Captain David H McCleskey's District, for Jackson County, Georgia.
1810 TAX, Shearod Thompson's name is found on p. 48 of the 1810 Tax List for Jackson County, Georgia. He is listed as Sharod Thompson. Source: An Index to Georgia Tax Digests, 1809-1811, Vol. IV.
1820 SUIT, Sherod Thompson sues William Dooly for the return of his slave. Thompson represents that in 1812, being in need of a small loan, he applied to William Dooly, who agreed to lend him the money for a period of three months. To secure payment of the interest, Thompson agreed to mortgage a slave named Arch. Dooly took the slave with him and pledged to return him to Thompson upon the latter repaying the principal. The agreement was couched in writing and Dooly kept the document. Thompson contends that, over the next few months, Dooly assured him repeatedly that there was no rush in repaying the principal; that he would be ready to return Arch whenever Thompson was ready to pay him. Thompson alleges that, on the strength of such assurances, he went to Dooly's house cash in hand to pay the debt some time after the expiration of the three months. However, Dooly "then refused to receive the Said Sum of money or to deliver to your orator the Said Negroe." Thompson asks the court to intervene on his behalf and compel Dooly to accept the money and return the slave. In his answer, Dooly denies having given verbal assurances that the slave would be returned regardless of when the debt was repaid; it was always his understanding, he contends, that both men would be held to the terms of the written agreement. Salutation: To the honourable the Superior Court of said County & State Filing Date: 22 January 1820 Ending Date: 14 March 1822 Result: granted # of Petition Pages: 5 Related Documents: Subpoenas, William Dooly, 4 February 1820, 1 April 1820; Sheriff's Return, 15 May 1820; Answer, William Dooly, 13 March 1821; Jury Verdict, March 1822; Order, 14 March 1822; Receipt, Sherod Thompson, 15 March 1822 Pages of Related Documents: 2 Citation Information Repository: Elbert County Courthouse, Elberton, Georgia �tab� Records of the Superior Court, Writs 1821-1822 �tab� Page: 113-119 �i� �/i� 1820 U.S. Federal Census Record: 4 males and 1 female are enumerated in Shearod's household: 2 males (10-15), 1 male (16-18), 1 males (16-25). The female is aged 10-15 and may be another daughter. It would appear that Charlotte had already deceased.
February 1823, Jackson County Georgia Deed Book H, pp. 31-32
Georgia�tab��tab� This Indenture made the twenty sixth day of February Jackson County�tab� In the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty three between Sherod Thompson of the County & State aforesaid of the one part & William Maginnis of the same state & county aforesaid of the other part Witnefseth that the said Sherod Thompson for and in consideration of the sum of nine hundred Dollars to him the said S. Thompson to him in hand paid by the aforesaid William Maginnis at or before the dealing or delivering of these presents the receipt where of is hereby acknowledged hath given granted bargained and sold & by these presents do give grant
bargain and convey & confirm unto the aforesaid William Maginnis his heirs & afsignees all that parcel or tract of Land lying & being in the County & State aforesaid on Park Creek waters of North oconee river being part of a tract of Land granted to Charles Henry D'Estaing by the State af- said for five hundred acres lying in the County and State aforesaid beginning at a Post oak corner beginning thence S 33 degrees West lying two chains to a pine corner thence N 15 degrees W 127 Ch. & fifty Links to a Post oak corner thence N15 East 47 Ch to a Spanish Oak Corner thence North thirty eight degrees west seven chains seventy five Links to a Pine corner thence North forty degrees east forty to a Post oak Corner thence South forty degrees west thirty eight chains to the beginning Post oak corner Containing two hundred and seventy three acres more or lefs as resurveyed by Hugh Montgomery - with all and singular the rights numbers and appurtances as aforeded and were part thereof unto the said William Maginnis his heirs and afsignees to the only proper use benefit and behoof of heirs the Said William Maginnis, his heirs & afsignees for ever & the Said Sherod Thompson for himself his heirs and afsignees -- the aforesaid tract of land & forever against himself his heirs afsignees & against the claims of all other person or persons whatsoever will warrant & forever defend by these presents In principle In witnefs when of I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal on this day & year above written Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of Edward Covell�tab��tab��tab��tab� Sherod Thompson Tho. C. Barrow J.P. �tab��tab��tab��tab� Recorded the 21st day of April 1823 �tab��tab��tab��tab��tab� Edward Adams Clk
Jackson County, Georgia Deed Book M, Page 62
Georgia�tab��tab� This Indenture made this thirteenth day Jackson County of May in The year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty three Between John Boyle of the County & State aforesaid of the one part & Shearwood Thompson of the same County & State of the other part Witnefseth that the said John Boyle for & in Consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars to him in hand paid at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained sold & conveyed & do by these presents grant bargain sell & convey unto the said Sherwood Thompson his heirs & afsigns, all
that tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in the County & State aforesaid on the waters of Curry's Creek known & designated as the Spring Field place which was sold by Joseph Little Sheriff of Jackson County as the property of Aaron Springfield and purchased by said Boyle containing two hundred & twenty acres be the same more or lefs being part of three hundred & forty five acre survey originally granted to Jeremiah Brantley in the year seventeen hundred & eighty five - To have & to hold said tract of land unto him the said Shearwood Thompson his heirs & afsigns toge- ther with all and singular the rights members & appurtances
thereof to the same in any manner belonging to his & their own pro- per use benefit & behalf forever in fee simple. And the said John Boyle for himself his heirs executors & adminstrators the said bar- gained premises unto the said Sherwood Thompson his heirs & afsigns will warrant & forever defend the right & title thereof against themselves & against the claim of all other persons whatever the witnefs whereof The said John Boyle hath hereunto set his hand and seal this day & year above written Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of James Luckie�tab��tab��tab��tab� John Boyle Thomas Hyde J.J.C. �tab��tab��tab� Recorded 5th October 1843 �tab��tab��tab��tab� John J. McCulloch Clk
CHESTER COUNTY, SC Deeds:
1824 20 Nov. South Carolina. The above is a tract plat of a tract of land containing one hundred & six acres & seven tenths situate on Rocky Creek in Chester District (being part of a tract originally granted to John Land for 250 acres) and is about to be conveyed from Sherrod Thompson & Charlotte his wife, (formerly Charlotte Land) to Jonathan Markey and hath such form & marks as the above plat represent. Resurveyed 28 Aug 1805 by Jms. McCreary.
Jonathan Markey of Chester Dist, SC to James Land of Fairfield Dist, SC, for $1935.50, the following tracts of land: (1) 106 � acres mostly on the south side of Rocky Creek in Chester Dist, SC. Bounds: Saml. Sandifur, George Morris, being part of a tract of 250 acres originally granted to John Land. (2) 170 acres, part of 3 separate grants. /s/ Jonathan (X) Marky. Wit: Green B. Montgomery, Henry Gibson, Proven by Green B. Montgomery 15 Jan 1825. Chester Co, SC Deed Book V pp. 194-195. Deed #228
Name is found on the 1825 Land Lottery Eligibles List for Jackson County, Georgia. He received two draws because he was a revolutionary war veteran. Source: p. 7, Jackson County Georgia Records, compiled by Mary Bondwant Warren, book is located in the Washington Library, Macon, Georgia.
Jackson County, Georgia Deed Book H, Page 336
This Indenture made this twelth day of April one thousand eight hundred & twenty five between Sherwood Thompson of the County of Jackson & state of Georgia of the one part & Ansel Cunningham of the same place of the other part Witnefseth that for & in consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars to him the said Sherwood in hand paid at & before the sealing & delivering these presents the receipt whereof is herby acknowledged had bargained sold conveyed & conferred by these presents do bargain sell, convey & confirm unto the said Ansel Cunningham his heirs & afsigns for ever all that tract or parcel of land saleable By any & being in the aforesaid County Jackson & a part of a survey granted to John PeterWagnon containing one hundred & eightly seven acres mor or lefs geginning for the same at a black gum it being the said Ansel Cunningham's corner tree & running S. 66 E 27 Chs & 50 links to a pine corner, thence S 35 W 7 Chs to said oak thence S 67 W 22 Chs & 50 links to a pine thence S 47 W 46 Chs to a pine thence N 43 W 18 Chs to a Sweet gum tree on the head of a branch, thence down said branch with its meanders to a stake on said Cunninghams old line thence with said line N 37 E 17 Chs & 50 links to a post oak corner thence S 85 E 24 Chs & 40 links to the beginning black Gum Togegther with all & singular the rights, members & appurtances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertain ing & the aforesaid Sherwood Thompson will warrant & defend the rights & titles of the before mentioned land & premises from use, my heirs &. & from & against the claim or claims of all & every mannermof persons whatso ever unto the aforesaid Ansel Cunningham his heirs & afsigns to their own proper use benefit & behalf for ever infer simple In Witnefs whereas for the said Sherwood have hereunto set my hand & affect my seal this day & year ??? written signed sealed & delivered in presence of �tab��tab��tab� Sherwood Thompson John Winters James Montgomery W. L. Bryant J. P.
�tab��tab��tab��tab��tab��tab��tab� Recorded this 18th December 1826 �tab��tab��tab��tab��tab��tab��tab��tab��tab� Edward Adams Clk
Names copied from "The Original List" of "Old Irwin" Co., Ga., together with a list of the "reverted lots" giving the names, dates of the Grant, and the names of the Counties in which the grantees lived at the time of the issuing of the grants. "Old Irwin" comprised the counties of Irwin, Berrien, Lowndes, and Colquitt, together with portions of Clinch, Worth, Coffee, and Thomas Counties.
Name County Date William Thompson Jackson December 29, 1825 Source: p. 239, Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Vol. 1, Part IV, Baltimore, MD, 2004
1832 Cherokee Land Lottery, Sherwood Thompson was an ungranted drawer of Gold Lottery. Source: Source: p. 229, Athens, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings (Southern Banner) Volume V, 1842-1843, by Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne, 2006.
This is probably the most important act passed on account of Revolutionary services. It granted to all who had completed, at one or more terms, a total service of two years during the Revolutionary War, whether in Continental or State troops, volunteers or militia, or in the navy, and who were not entitled to any benefit under the act of May 15, 1828, full pay for life according to rank, not to exceed a captain's pay, to commence from March 4, 1831. Source: p. 44, History of Military Pension Legislation in the United States, vol. XII, no. 3, by William Henry Glasson, Columbia University Press, 1900.
Name of pensioner: Sherrod Thompson County of residence: Jackson Previous counties of residence: York District, South Carolina Military service: Private Pension act: 1832 Provisions of pension: $30/year beginning 4 March 1831 Dates of final payment: 4 March-4 September 1843 Final payment amount: $15 Date paid: 15 September 1843 Miscellaneous information: Attorney William Morel Source: p. 238, Final Revolutionary War Pension Vouchers-Georgia, The Georgia Genealogical Society and the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, 1994
Sherrod Thompson Revolutionary War Pension Transcript
Georgia�tab��tab��tab��tab��tab� Inferior Court adjourned term Jackson County�tab��tab��tab��tab� 11th January 1836
Personally came into this Court Sherrod Thompson a citizen of said County-aged 79 years who being duly sworn states the following facts for the purpose of availing himself of the benefits of the act of Congress passed 9th June 1832. Being an act supplementary to an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the revolution viz- That he entered the service of the United States as a drafted militia man in Pittsylvania County Virginia in the spring of the year 1781 as well as deponent recollects in March of that year under Captain John Coleman-Lieutenant Jesse Douglass & other subordinate officers not recollected- The regiment to which he was attached was Commanded at that time by Col Scott and Genl Nathaniel Green was the Commanding officer of the Division of the Army to which he was attached. They marched from Halifax in Virginia to some point (as deponent thinks on Dan River where Cornwallis was stationed-Corwallis fled & was pursued by General Green & his army to Guilford Court House North Carolina where a bloody action took place between the two armies. Shortly after the battle above mentioned Genl Green's army was reinforced-and they again pursued Cornwallis as far as Cross Creek in North Carolina or near that place where he was discharged together with mainly the whole of the army to which he belonged-The foregoing service includes two three month terms deponent having voluntarily continued in the service after the expiration of his first term in the place of his brother who returned home. That shortly after his discharge above mentioned deponent again entered the service under Captain Swinfield Hill-subordinate officers not recollected and he was under his Command at York Town where Genl Washington was beseiging Corwallis they remained at York Town until the surrender of Cornwallis-and was then again discharged-the last mentioned service continued three months deponent then returned to Henry County in Virginia where he resided two or three years-He then removed to York County in the state of South Carolina where he resided twenty one years-from there he removed to Jackson County in Georgia where he now resides. Deponent was born in the year 1757-in Cumberland County Virginia. He has a record of his age as he has been informed & believed by some of the elder members of his family. He knows of no one to whom he can apply to prove his aforesaid services. He sent in a claim shortly after the passage of this act of June 9th 1832-which was sent back on account of some informality and deponent has since delayed renewing his application in order to obtain evidence of his said service from Virginia-but he has failed to get it-his witnesses as he supposes being dead. Deponent has never received a pension and hereby relinquishes all claim to any other except the present. He names as persons who are acquainted with his character & standing James Liddell, Horatio Webb Middleton Witt. Witness John Harrison. Sworn and subscribed in open court 12th Jany. 1836. Shearod Thompson
Georgia We John Harrison Jackson County a minister of the Gospel and Ange Delaperriere a freeholder of said County do certify that we have been acquainted with Sherrod Thompson the person named in the above application for a number of years and that he is generally reported and believed in his neighbor hood where he lives to have been a Revolutionary Soldier - Given under our hand this 12th day of January 1836.
MG John Harrison A. DeLaperriere In Hill, Judith Parks America. A history of Henry County, Virginia: with biographical sketches of its most prominent citizens and genealogical histories of half a hundred of its oldest families, p. 14 are the volunteers from Henry County, Virginia who marched to the assistance of General Green at Guilford Court House, March 11, 1781. That list includes Capt. Swinfield Hill's Company and among those in his company was a William Thompson. It is known that Sherrod Thompson was with Capt. Swinfield Hill's Company at Yorktown and it is also known that Sherrod volunteered to take the place of his brother in Capt. Hill's company. This William may be Sherrod's brother or it may be Sherrod, as it is suspected, but not proven, that Sherrod' name may have been William Sherrod Thompson.
A William Thompson married Dolthien Stockton in Henry County, Virginia on March 12, 1794.
Note: In 1935, Emma McD. Corbett (nee McDonald) sent a letter to the War Department, Revolutionary and 1812 Section, inquiring about the Revolutionary War record for Shearod Thompson. I believe that I have determined her interest in Shearod's file. Emma's 2nd great grandfather, William Reeves, married second, Elizabeth Thompson in York District, South Carolina. Un-referenced date for this marriage is 1793. It is known that Shearod Thompson was in York District by at least 1784. Shearod's eldest known child was born about 1790. It is reported that Elizabeth Thompson was born prior to 1775 (unreferenced). Perhaps this Elizabeth is a sister or a daughter of Shearod's. At this point it would appear more likely that she is a daughter, perhaps from an earlier marriage of Shearod's (no record of that) or a daughter by one of Shearod's brothers, or an altogether different Thompson line. Emma also inquired about a William Thompson (R10560), also in 1935. William was born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1762. He lived in Abbeville District, South Carolina and Franklin County, Georgia.
Note: John M. Holliday (Revolutionary War Pension File Number S4378) also served in Capt. Swinfield Hill's Company and was present at Little York at the time of General Cornwallis' surrender. This paragraph is taken from a deposition he made for the purpose of securing a pension for his Revolutionary War service. We can assume that Shearod Thompson also served in this capacity. From John M. Holliday's pension file we have, "We remained at home ten days and was ordered on or about the tenth day of April in the year of our Lord 1781 to join the company again at Henry court house in the state of Virginia under the command of Capt Swynfield Hill-Field officer Maj Waller we marched under the command of Maj Waller through Henry County, Pytsylvania [sic: Pittsylvania], Halifax and Charlotte at which latter county we joined Col William Calloway and the Bedford men we then marched under the command of Col Calloway through Mecklinburg Amelia Counties and others not recollected to intercept the tories to prevent them from joining Wallace (sic Cornwallis)-we were stationed at different points, and marched up and down as ordered-about five months after the commencement of this campaign we were ordered on to Little York to join General George Washington-we marched through Petersburg crossed James River at Swan's point and joined General Washington at Little York and we fought under the command of Cols. [Holt] Richardson and [Beverley] Randolph in the battle until the British under the command of Cornwallis surrendered and was discharged on the 19th day of Oct in the year of our Lord 1781."
Battle Summary Guilford Courthouse: A Pivotal Battle in the War for Independence
The morning of March 15, 1781, was clear and cold. A light frost had disappeared under the first rays of the sun, but the ground underfoot was soft and spongy from long winter rains and snows. In the damp woods of what had been an isolated farming community in the Piedmont on a major east-west road through North Carolina, some 4,400 American troops, in various uniforms and country clothes, waited for battle.
This backwoods county seat of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, was the site of a pivotal battle in the Revolutionary War's decisive Southern Campaign. The engagement set the stage for the region's liberation from enemy occupation and impelled British general Lord Charles Cornwallis to take the ill-fated road that led him to final defeat at Yorktown, Virginia, seven months later.
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, the nation's first national park established at a Revolutionary War site, preserves the 220-acre heart of the 1781 battlefield. Among the 28 monuments raised on the battlefield is a memorial containing the graves of two of North Carolina's signers of the Declaration of Independence, William Hooper and John Penn. Although Guilford Courthouse is 600 miles south of Philadelphia and Independence Hall, it is appropriate that this monument stands at the site of one of the most important battles of the Revolutionary War. It was the sacrifices of American patriots on this and scores of other battlefields that gave substance to the bold statements of principle contained in the Declaration of Independence.
Setting the Stage
The Revolutionary War began at Lexington, Massachusetts in April 1775. For the next three years most of the heaviest fighting occurred in the northern colonies. This situation was altered when, in the aftermath of a surprising American victory at Saratoga, New York, France became America's first significant ally. Knowing that French aid would make it more difficult to defeat the Americans, the British changed their strategy.
Beginning in 1778, the British stopped actively pursuing their Northern Campaign and directed most of their efforts toward subjugating the southern colonies. In large measure, this decision was based on the mistaken belief that most Southerners were loyalists who would actively help the redcoats. Although this assumption proved false, the British did win many significant victories before fortune turned against them. They took the two greatest seaports in the South, Savannah and Charleston, and also destroyed two American armies.
American fortunes began to improve in late 1780 when Gen. George Washington sent his best subordinate, Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene of Rhode Island, to take command in the South. Knowing that the resistance in the South would collapse if he could destroy Greene's army, the British commanding general, Lord Charles Cornwallis, struggled to bring on a climactic battle. General Greene, equally determined to avoid a battle until his army had reached its peak strength, temporarily gave up great areas to British occupation to buy time. Finally, Greene decided that his army, consisting of 4,400 troops, was ready to confront Lord Cornwallis and his 1,900 redcoats. The place chosen for this engagement was Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, and the date was March 15, 1781.
In the months that followed, the results of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse became clear. Serious losses of manpower left the British too weak to occupy even outposts in North Carolina. Further, they were unable to pursue the defeated, but essentially intact, army of Nathanael Greene. Instead, after burying their dead and collecting the wounded, they marched away on March 18 toward the British outpost at Wilmington, North Carolina, where they hoped to find provisions shipped to them from Charleston. While at Wilmington, Lord Cornwallis made the fatal decision to lead his army into Virginia, where seven months later he would meet final defeat at Yorktown. Meanwhile, the "defeated" Americans at Guilford Courthouse marched south and fought battles that liberated South Carolina and Georgia from British control.
On the bright, late winter day of March 15, 1781, the Revolutionary War came to a remote county seat in north central North Carolina. Guilford Courthouse, with its population of considerably fewer than 100, was on this day the temporary residence of 4,400 American soldiers and their leader, Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene. The British had overrun Georgia and South Carolina and showed every indication of ripping the stars and stripes of North Carolina and Virginia from the new American flag. From the ragged remnants of a defeated southern army, Greene had raised a new force comprising 1,700 Continentals (three-year enlistees in the regular army) and about 2,700 militia (mostly farmers who were nonprofessional temporary soldiers called up for short periods of service during an emergency). Early on the morning of March 15, General Greene deployed his men in three lines of battle across the Great Salisbury Wagon Road that led off to the southwest toward the camp of the British army commanded by Lord Charles Cornwallis. Although grossly outnumbered, Cornwallis nonetheless was certain that his redcoats, victors on scores of battlefields, could overcome the rebels.
The battle began about noon and progressed unevenly. The first line of the North Carolina militia, its center deployed behind a rail fence facing cleared farm fields and its flanks extending into the forest, collapsed rapidly after the center of the line gave way. Before they retreated, however, the militia inflicted heavy casualties on the redcoats. One British officer later recalled that when his men of the 71st Highland Regiment were hit by a volley (a simultaneous discharge of firearms, in this case 1,500 muskets), "one half of the Highlanders dropped on that spot."�
The second line proved to be an even greater obstacle for the British. Located in heavy forest and with noncommissioned officers ordered to shoot any men who ran away, the Virginia militia grappled with their attackers for about an hour in an action a British writer later described as "a number of irregular, but hard fought and bloody skirmishes."� After enduring more heavy losses, the redcoats finally were able to break through.
The heaviest fighting took place on the third line where General Greene had stationed his Continentals. Even here the intensity of the fighting varied; some new Continentals retreated after offering only token resistance, while other, more experienced soldiers fought furiously. In the final stages of the fighting Lord Cornwallis found portions of his army under simultaneous attack from two directions, as if caught between hammer and anvil. He extricated his men by firing two cannon directly into the mass of struggling soldiers, as if to blast them apart. A number of his own soldiers were killed in the process (another British officer, Brig. Gen. Charles O'Hara, begged him not to do it), but when the smoke cleared the battle was over. General Greene had ordered his army to retreat, leaving the British in possession of the battlefield.
The Generals' Report on the Battle Cornwallis to Lord George Germain, March 17, 1781: My Lord, I have the satisfaction to inform your Lordship that His Majesty's Troops under my command obtained a signal victory on the 15th Inst[ant] over the Rebel Army commanded by General Greene....The conduct and actions of the officers and soldiers that compose this little army will do more justice to their merit than I can by words. Their persevering intrepidity in action, their invincible patience in the hardship and fatigue of a march of above 600 miles, in which they forded several large rivers, and numberless Creeks, many of which would be reckoned large rivers in any other country in the world, without tents or covering against the climate, and often without provisions, will sufficiently manifest their ardent zeal for the honor and interests of their Sovereign and their Country....I have the honor to inclose to your Lordship the list of our killed and wounded....
Unit�tab��tab��tab��tab��tab��tab�Killed�tab��tab�Wounded�tab�Missing�tab�Total Royal Artillery�tab��tab��tab��tab�24�tab��tab��tab�0�tab��tab��tab�6�tab��tab�30 Brigade of Guards�tab��tab��tab�37�tab��tab��tab�157�tab��tab��tab�22�tab��tab�216 23�sup� rd�/sup� Regiment�tab��tab��tab�13�tab��tab��tab�55�tab��tab��tab�0�tab��tab�68 33�sup�rd�/sup��tab��tab��tab��tab��tab��tab�11�tab��tab��tab�63�tab��tab��tab�0�tab��tab�74 71�sup�st�/sup��tab��tab��tab��tab��tab��tab�13�tab��tab��tab�50�tab��tab��tab�0�tab��tab�83 Regt. Von Bose [Hessians]�tab�10�tab��tab��tab�67�tab��tab��tab�3�tab��tab�80 Yager [Hessians]�tab��tab��tab�4�tab��tab��tab�3�tab��tab��tab�1�tab��tab�8 British Legion [cavalry]�tab��tab�3�tab��tab��tab�14�tab��tab��tab�0�tab��tab�17 Totals�tab��tab��tab��tab��tab�93�tab��tab��tab�413�tab��tab��tab�26�tab��tab�532 �b��i� �/b��/i�from Walter Clark, ed., State Records of North Carolina, vol. XVII (Goldsboro, N.C., 1899), 1002-1007.�b��i�
�/b��/i� Nathanael Greene reports to Governor Abner Nash of North Carolina Camp near the Iron Works, March 18th, 9 a.m., 1781: Time will not permit me to be very particular, and therefore I shall only Confirm the account of there having been an action on the 15th. The battle was fought near Guilford Court House. It was long and severe. We gave up the ground and were obliged to leave our artillery, all the horses being killed. We retreated in good order....The Enemy loss is very great, much more than ours. We ought to have had a victory, and had your Militia stood by their officers it was certain. However the enemy have gained no advantage, except the ground and field pieces. Their operating force is diminished in such a manner, that I am not without hope of turning their victory into defeat, if the Militia don't leave me.... Quoted from Richard K. Showman and Dennis M. Conrad, eds., The Papers of General Nathanael Greene, vol. VII (Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1994), 448.
On March 16, Greene's adjutant, Col. O. H. Williams compiled a list of casualties to send to Samuel Huntington, President of Congress:
Unit�tab��tab��tab��tab��tab��tab�Killed�tab��tab�Wounded�tab�Missing�tab�Total Virginia Regulars�tab��tab��tab�29�tab��tab��tab�40�tab��tab��tab�39�tab��tab�108�tab� Maryland Regulars�tab��tab��tab�15�tab��tab��tab�42�tab��tab��tab�97�tab��tab�154�tab� Del. Batt'n�tab��tab��tab��tab�7�tab��tab��tab�13�tab��tab��tab�15�tab��tab�35�tab� VA Militia, lst Brig.�tab��tab��tab�11�tab��tab��tab�36�tab��tab��tab�141�tab��tab�188�tab� VA Militia, 2nd Brig.�tab��tab�1�tab��tab��tab�16�tab��tab��tab�87�tab��tab�104�tab� Rifle Regts.�tab��tab��tab��tab�3�tab��tab��tab�16�tab��tab��tab�94�tab��tab�113�tab� Cavalry�tab��tab��tab��tab��tab�3�tab��tab��tab�8�tab��tab��tab�3�tab��tab�14�tab� Partizan Legion�tab��tab��tab�3�tab��tab��tab�8�tab��tab��tab�7�tab��tab�18�tab� NC Cavalry�tab��tab��tab��tab�1�tab��tab��tab�1�tab��tab��tab�0�tab��tab�2�tab� NC Militia�tab��tab��tab��tab�6�tab��tab��tab�5�tab��tab��tab�563�tab��tab�574�tab� TOTALS�tab��tab��tab��tab��tab�79�tab��tab��tab�185�tab��tab��tab�1,046�tab�1,310
NOTE: Most of the missing Americans were militiamen who simply went home after the battle. For this reason, most authorities figure total American casualties as 264 killed and wounded. Compiled from Banastre Tarleton, The Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the Southern Provinces of North America (London, 1787), 317-20.
1840, Sherrod is enumerated as being the owner of 2 slaves.
Name: Sherrad THOMPSON�tab� Birth Date: 1758? �tab� Birthplace: Georgia, �tab� Volume: 177 �tab� Page Number: 219 �tab� Biographical Info: Rev. War �tab� Reference:Census of pensioners for Rev. military serivces. Washington, DC. 1841. (195p.):146 Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952-.
Will, A-179 Sherrod Thompson. Will dated Sept. 16, 1843., probated Sept. 28, 1843, recorded Jan. 22, 1844, pp. 265-A to 265-C.
Georgia I Sherod Thompson of the County and State afor Jackson County said, being low in health & in bodily weaknefs but of Sound Mind & Disposing memoy and Calling to mind the mortality Man & the Subluneary State of all things & having fully in View the approach of
My Disolution, fell Desirous to make some Disposition of the Property or Estate both Real & Personal with which it has Pleased my Maker to blefs me & Do proceed by Will to Dispose of & Distribute the Same in manor & form following.
First It is my Will & Desire that all my just Debts be Paid out of my Estate as Early as Practiable.
Second I Give & bequeath to my Son Jefse W. Thompson one fifth Part of the neat vallue of all My estate both Real & Personal after he Shall have brought thereto the sum one thousand Dollars it being the amount of advancements heretofore made to him by me.
Thirdly, I give & bequeath to my son William S. Thompson the one fifth part of the neat vallue of all my Estate both Real & Personal after he Shall have returned to My Said Estate Two negroes, which now has in his pofsefsion by Loan, to Wit, a Negro Man Lige & a negro Girl Martha.
Fourthly, I give & bequeath to my Son Green L. Thompson, the one fifth Part of the Neat Vallue of all my Estate, both Real & Personal after he Shall have brought to my Said Estate a Negro boy Called Jasper Which he has in his pofsefsion as a Loan.
Fiftly, I Give & bequeath to my Son Lewis D. Thompson as agent in Trust only for the Sole & Exclusive use & benefit of my Daughter in Law Mourning Thompson the wife of my son Lewis D. Thompson & the heirs of her body by my Son Lewis D. Thompson, the one fifth Part of the Neat Vallue of all my Estate both Real & Personal a portion of which Said fifth part, Shall be made up of the Plantation whare I now Live at a Vallue Set by three Disinterested Persons unlefs my Executors hereafter named & my Son Lewis D. Thompson can agree on the Vallue of Said Land, My Son Lewis D. Thompson to have no Right, Title, Interest or claim thereto, Except as agent in Trust for the Purpose & use above mentioned During the Life of My Son Lewis D. and then to be Equally Divided among his Children & Wife if She Should Survive my Son Lewis D.
Sixthly, I Give & bequeath to my Son Green L. Thompson as agent in Trust only, for the Sole & Exclusive use & benefit of My Daughter Caroline Bailey, the wife of James Bailey and her Children, the one fifth part of the neat value of all my Estate both Real & Personal after She Shall have brought, or Caused to be brought, the Six hundred Dollars to my Estate, it being the amount of advancements heretofore made by me to my Said Daughter Caroline my Son Green L. Thompson to have no Right, title or Interest in the fifth Part thus Given Except as agent in Trust for the use and Purposes before Mentioned During the
Life of my Daughter Caroline Bailey & after her Death the Property to be Equally divided among her Children.
Lastly, I hereby Nominate Constitute & Appoint my Sons William S. Thompson & Green L. Thompson Executors to Carry into Effect this my last Will & Testament & hereby Revoke any & all other Wills by me heretofore made.
In Witnefs Whareof I hereunto Set My hand & Seal this sixteenth Day of September Eighteen Hundred & forty three. Signed Sealed acknowledged & Declared to be my Last Sherod Thompson Will & testament In Presents of John J. McCulloch
Samuel Watson James A. Straynge Moses H. Potts.
Georgia Personally Came before us in Vacation Jackson County John J. McCulloch, Samuel Watson and James A. Straynge who being Sworn Saith that they Saw Sherod Thompson Sign the Within Will & that they at his Request Subscribed the Same as Witnefses & that they Saw Moses H. Potts Subscribe the Same as a Witnefs & they believe he was at the time of Sound & Disposing mind & memory. Sworn to & Subscribed before us this 28th of Septr. 1843
Middleton Witt, J.I.C. John J. McCulloch N. C. Jarrett, J.I.C. Samuel Watson John G. Pittman, C.C.O. James A. Straynge Recorded 22nd January 1844 John G. Pittman, C.C.O. Shearod Thompson is buried on his farm in Jefferson, Jackson, Georgia at 34�sup�o�/sup� 07'56.93"N 83�sup�o�/sup� 32'53.18"W.
Departed this life on the 23rd of September, instant, at his residence in Jackson county, Georgia, after a long and lingering illness, Mr. Sherod Thompson, in the 86th year of his age. Mr. Thompson was born in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, was in the Revolutionary service under General Green, was present at the battle of Guilford, and at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis-has lived in Jackson county near forty years, during which time, he has been a highly worthy and respectable citizen-a man, punctual, and of sterling integrity-but his time had come, and he was taken from among us. Source: Southern Banner, September 1843.
Georgia�tab��tab�This Indenture made this thirteenth day Jackson County�tab�of May in The year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty three Between John Boyle of the County & State aforesaid of the one part & Shearwood Thompson of the same County & State of the other part Witnefseth that the said John Boyle for & in Consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars to him in hand paid at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained sold & conveyed & do by these presents grant bargain sell & convey unto the said Sherwood Thompson his heirs & afsigns, all that tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in the County & State aforesaid on the waters of Curry's Creek known & designated as the Spring Field place which was sold by Joseph Little Sheriff of Jackson County as the property of Aaron Springfield and purchased by said Boyle containing two hundred & twenty acres be the same more or lefs being part of three hundred & forty five acre survey originally granted to Jeremiah Brantley in the year seventeen hundred & eighty five - To have & to hold said tract of land unto him the said Shearwood Thompson his heirs & afsigns toge- ther with all and singular the rights members & appurtances thereof to the same in any manner belonging to his & their own pro- per use benefit & behalf forever in fee simple. And the said John Boyle for himself his heirs executors & adminstrators the said bar- gained premises unto the said Sherwood Thompson his heirs & afsigns will warrant & forever defend the right & title thereof against themselves & against the claim of all other persons whatever the witnefs whereof The said John Boyle hath hereunto set his hand and seal this day & year above written Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of James Luckie�tab��tab��tab��tab�John Boyle Thomas Hyde J.J.C. �tab��tab��tab�Recorded 5th October 1843 �tab��tab��tab��tab�John J. McCulloch Clk
1843 Jefferson County, Georgia Deed Book M, Page 65
Georgia�tab��tab� This Indenture made this seventeenth day of February Eighteen Jackson County�tab� hundred & twenty seven between Joseph Hampton of the one part & Sherod Thompson of the other part both of the County and State aforesaid witnefseth that the said Joseph Hampton for and in Consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to him in hand paid at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt where of is hereby acknowledged have bargained and sold and by these presents do bargain & sell unto the said Sherod Thompson a certain tract or parcel of land containing by estimation forty acres be the same more or lefs being part of a nine thousand four hundred eighty seven & a half acre survey, Originally granted to Wagrion, beginning for the same on a black oak corner it being a north west corner on the tract of land whereon the said Sherod Thompson now lives & running with said Thompson line to what is called De Estaing's line thence running with said De Estaing's line to a branch thence on said branch to a Sweet Gum corner at the head to said branch thence a straight line to the beginning red oak corner to had and to hold the said tract of land unto the said Sherod Thompson his heirs and afsigns, the said Joseph Hampton will warrant & defend from himself his heirs and afsigns & from & against the just claim to all & every other person or persons claiming or to claim the same - In witnefs whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal the date above written in the presence of S. W. Winters�tab��tab��tab��tab� Jos. Hampton James Baily �tab��tab��tab� Recorded 5th Day of October 1843 �tab��tab��tab��tab� John J. McCulloch Clk
Georgia, Jackson County: Pursuant to an order from the Court of Ordinary of said county, will be sold on the first Tuesday in December next, at the late residence, in said county, within the legal hours of sale, the following described property: Horses, cattle, hogs, oxen and cart, corn, fodder and oats, furniture...sold as the property of Sherrod Thompson, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms cash. (Signed) William S. Thompson, Green L. Thompson, Administrators. Source: p. 308, Athens, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings: Southern Banner, Volume V, 1842-1843, by Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne, Savannah, Georgia: Author, 2006.
Georgia, Jackson County: Pursuant to an order from the Court of Ordinary of said county, will be sold on the first Tuesday in November next, at the court house door at Jefferson, in said county, within the legal hours of sale, the following described property: 100 acres; adjoining Morgan and others...sold as the property of Sherod Thompson, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms cash. (Signed) William S. Thompson, Green L. Thompson, Administrators. Source: p. 37, Athens, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings: Southern Banner, Volume VI, 1844-1847, by Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne, Savannah, Georgia: Author, 2009.
Georgia, Jackson County: Pursuant to an order from the Court of Ordinary of said county, will be sold on the first Tuesday in November next, at the court house door at Jefferson, in said county, within the legal hours of sale, the following described property: 100 acres; 400 acres on Oconee River...sold as the property of Sherod Thompson, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms cash. (Signed) William S. Thompson, Green L. Thompson, Administrators. Source: p. 183, Athens, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings: Southern Banner, Volume VI, 1844-1847, by Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne, Savannah, Georgia: Author, 2009.
p. 572, Thompson, Sherod (A.G. 50,173), Jesse W. Thompson of Thomas Co., Ga., was his heir at law June 4, 1855. (A.G. stands for Adjutant General). Source: Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. Revolutionary War Records, Volume 1, Virginia. Washington D.C.: 1936.
A survey of the property made in 1891 indicated that there was a graveyard on the property where he lived. The field notes of the graveyard indicate that there were 4 rock markers: Rock S 34 W 228 to Rock S 56 E 150 to Rock N 34 E 228 to Rock N 56 E 150 to Beginning containing 1/3 acres.
APPLICATION FOR HEADSTONE: Mrs. C. E. Pittman [could be Clarence E., who was living in Commerce in 1930] applied for and was granted a headstone from the U.S. Government. Mr. Linton Isabell of Commerce, Jackson County, Georgia was the consignor. The headstone was shipped to Mr. Isabell's farm on November 26, 1928 to be placed in a private cemetery located on the farm. The farms address was given as being between Jefferson and Commerce. Source: M1916, Roll 120, Application for Headstone for U.S. Military Veterans, 1915-1941, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Lenton Herbert Isbell registered for the World War I Draft in Jackson County, Georgia. He was born 21 December 1882. Lenton was living in Harrisburg District on the 1920 and 1930 U.S. Census. Lenton died on 20 March 1952. He is buried in Apple Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Jackson County, Georgia. Ruby, his wife died on 26 August 1979. She is also buried in Apple Valley Baptist Church Cemetery.
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Frederick Thompson was a co-administrator with William Lewellen and Thomas Watson for the estate of Robert Hughy in Jackson Co., Georgia in 1832. This could be a son of Shearod. Source: Jackson County, Georgia Letters of Administration and Guardianship, 1818-1843, Family History Library, Church of the Latter-Day Saints, microfilmed Roll Number 0,325,665.
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From:�tab� geoffrey.thompson@sbcglobal.net Sent:�tab� Thursday, April 29, 2004 8:39 PM To:�tab� 'garymorris93@hotmail.com' Subject:�tab� Cumberland Co., VA Thompson's Dear Mr. Morris,
There was a message posted some time ago by Carolyn Martin on the Cumberland Co., VA message board regarding the similarity between some of the Thompson's in your family line and the Thompson's in that contributors line. I did not see that a response was made to that inquiry and so I wanted to write to you and ask you what you thought about that suggestion, as I also descend from this "other" Thompson family.
One of my 4th great grandfather's, Sherrod Thompson, of Cumberland Co., VA was born about 1757. He enlisted in Pittsylvania County and fought in the Revolutionary War for Virginia. He later moved to Henry County, VA, then York County, SC and finally Jackson County, GA. In SC, he married Charlotte Land about 1790.
These are the children of Sherrod and Charlotte (Land) Thompson �tab� Jesse W. Thompson, b. 1791 �tab� Caroline Thompson, b. 1800 �tab� Green L. Thompson, b. 1803/07 �tab� William S. Thompson, b. 1805 �tab� Lewis D. Thompson, b. between 1810-1820
My family descends from Jesse W., and I think that the similarity between his children's names and your Neil Thompson's (son of Bartlett) children's names are compelling.
Jesse's children were named,�tab��tab�Neil's children were named,
1.William Sherrod�tab��tab��tab�1. William 2. Frederick�tab��tab��tab��tab�2. Mary 3. Lewis�tab��tab��tab��tab��tab�3. Allen 4. David�tab��tab��tab��tab��tab�4. Elizabeth 5. Jesse�tab��tab��tab��tab��tab�5. Sarah 6. Susannah�tab��tab��tab��tab�6. Nancy 7. David 8. Sherrod 9. Lewis 10. Samuel 11. Jesse The most compelling similarity is Jesse's daughter Susannah. I have over 15 thousand names in my family tree and only about 15 Susannah's and almost all of them are from New England families. What I suspect is that Jesse's Susannah may have been named after Susannah Hatcher, Bartlett's spouse. Moreover, I think that my Sherrod, of Cumberland County, was a son of Bartlett and Susannah.
Anyway that's what I think, that plus 5 cents will get me a coffee. I just wanted to let you know about this other Thompson line. What I really wanted to ask you is how you went about your Cumberland County, VA research. Did you go directly to the county courthouse or did you find your information at a family history center? Thanks for your time and your opinion about this would be most appreciated. Sincerely, Geoffrey A. Thompson
From: GARY MORRIS [garymorris93@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 10:31 PM To: geoffrey.thompson@sbcglobal.net Subject: RE: Cumberland Co., VA Thompson's
Dear Geoffrey,
Thanks for your reply. I usually spend many days or weeks before replying sometimes. I do not usually read my mail that often anymore.
The Revolutionary War Pension Application is the source for Sherrod's birth place. This would be considered as primary evidence (Sherrod himself must have submitted this information?). I would definetly say that he is part of our Thompson family. He is most likely the son of Bartlett, but at this point I would say that there is a chance he is a son of one of Bartlett's brothers. However, I believe I have most of the children of several of his brothers already. Note that I do not have any direct information where he names any of his children, so he may have some that we do not have (suggesting Sherrod).
I will include your information with my research, and see if there is anything new to figure out. Good luck in your research.
Gary Morris Everson, Washington
From: GARY MORRIS [garymorris93@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:20 AM To: geoffrey.thompson@sbcglobal.net
Subject: RE: Thompson family Geoff, Thank you for your very inquisitive notes. My connection of Neal Thompson to Bartlett was made purely from previous peoples connections I found on old (1960's-1970's) family group sheets, and come to think of it, there were no sources for their connections made. If, indeed Neal is the son of Bartlett, then I would assume that he did not carry on the family name because it was very uncommon, and perhaps he did not like it.
A lot of 16th to 18th century names were based on family relationships. I have made a lot of circumstantial parent relationships that were later confirmed, purely on who they named their children. Quite often they would name their first son after the fathers father, and the second son after the mothers father (or vice versa).
Using this frame of logic on the children of Neal, and some of his children's children, the name William comes up most often (6x), then Lewis (4x) and Jesse (4x), Sherrod (3x), Samuel (2x), and Dunbar (2x). Note that Sherrod and Dunbar are uncommon names.
Perhaps the father of Neal was William, or less likely Lewis or Jesse. I agree with you that at least one descendant should have been named Bartlett.
Gary Everson, WA
********************************* Notes from Carolyn Stewart Atkinson Martin
"Georgia Revolutionary War Soldiers' Graves Vol 1" by Arnold & Burnham: p. 367 "60. Sherrod Thompson b 1757 d c 1841 Served in the Virginia Lines and later drew land in the 1825 Georgia Land Lottery as a Revolutionary War Soldier and resident of Jackson County. He received a pension for his services."
"Georgia's Roster of the Revolution" by Knight: p. 317 " Capt Orr Dist., No. 257 ...Sherrod Thompson, Revolutionary Soldier...2" p. 430 Listed in the Harvey List - no rank given p. 453 Sherrod Thompson Jackson Co. Age 83 - Rev. war Soldier drawing pensions in GA. in 1840.
Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, volume II, by Mrs. Howard H. McCall, Genealogical Publishing Company: Baltimore, 1969: p. 162, Sherwood Thompson, of Jackson Co., GA., 83 years in 1840.
Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, volume III, by Mrs. Howard H. McCall, Genealogical Publishing Company: Baltimore, 1969: p. 270 lists Sherrod Thompson's grave as in Jackson Co. p. 321 shows "Pensioners Buried in Jackson Co."... Sherrod - drew pension in 1841 p. 325 lists Sherrod as 83 in 1840 census of Pensioners For Revolutionary Military Service, Under the Act for Taking the 6th census in 1840.
p. 28 #112 Oliver Thompson - lists Thompsons in Jackson Co. "Sherrod of Jackson County, who left a will, was a Revolutionary Soldier, shown in the 1840 census as aged 83. (See pension papers of Sherrod, VA., S 32012). Source: Gone to Georgia, by William C. Stewart, published by the National Genealogical Society, Washington, D.C., 1965.
p. 3481 "Shearod or Sherrod, VA line, S 32012, (also see N.A. Acc #874 # 050173 not 1/2 Pay for Sherrod Thompson), sol was b in 1757 in Cumberland Co. VA and he enl in Pittsylvania Co. VA, appl 12 jan 1836 Jackson Co. GA. one E.M. Thompson made inquiry for his father William S. Thompson in 1855 from Jefferson GA and he referred his grandfather Shearod or Sherrod Thompson as a Rev War Soldier." Source: Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, vol. III, abstracted by Virgial D. White, The National Historical Publishing Company: Waynesboro, TN, 1990.
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