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Pioneer Settlers in Early Madison
& Surrounding Counties in Georgia

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  • ID: I61
  • Name: Alexander THOMPSON
  • Given Name: Alexander
  • Surname: Thompson
  • Suffix: Sr. 1 2 3
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1 May 1742 in York County, Pennsylvania 1 2 4 3
  • Christening: 13 May 1742 York County, Pennsylvania 3
  • Death: 1815 in Thompson's Mill, Madison County, Georgia (Location Unknown) 1 2 4 5 2
  • Event: Birth Note
  • Note: Other researchers have stated that Alexander was born in 1739 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2 4
  • Event: Military Service
  • Note: Alexander served in Revolutionary War, enlisting as a private in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. He was wounded in the head during the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780. He also saw action in the Sanquinary Battle of Guilford Courthouse (North Carolina), which crippled the British so badly that they surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia. 2 4 6
  • Event: Land 1788
  • Note:
    After the Revolutionary War, Alexander received a grant in Georgia for
    his services. He settled on the South River and built the first grist mill in
    North Georgia.
    6
  • _UID: 1F6C9E530AEE4933B9F66D8F07260A582A4B
  • Change Date: 24 Aug 2004 at 04:12



    Father: James (Jimmie) THOMPSON b: Abt 1719 in Antrim, Ireland
    Mother: Ruth ALEXANDER b: Abt 1719

    Marriage 1 Elizabeth HODGE b: 1745 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
    • Married: 1760 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 4 2
    • Change Date: 24 Aug 2004
    Children
    1. Has Children James THOMPSON b: 18 Dec 1763 in North Carolina
    2. Has Children Robert THOMPSON b: Abt 1766 in North Carolina
    3. Has No Children John THOMPSON b: Abt 1767
    4. Has Children Alexander THOMPSON b: 4 Mar 1771 in North Carolina
    5. Has No Children Sarah THOMPSON b: Abt 1772 in Pennsylvania
    6. Has No Children Mary THOMPSON b: Abt 1774
    7. Has Children Esther THOMPSON b: Abt 1775
    8. Has Children William THOMPSON b: 31 Aug 1781 in North Carolina
    9. Has Children Ruth THOMPSON b: Abt 1767

    Sources:
    1. Media: Book
      Title: Madison County Cemetery Book
      Publication: [primary source] Danielsville, Georgia 30633, Madison County Heritage Foundation, 1986
      Note:
      [A Survey of All Known Cemeteries in Madison County, Georgia.]
      Page: p 136
    2. Media: Research collection
      Title: Lanny Cauthen Research Files
      Author: Cauthen, Lanny Everett, Compiler
      Publication: [primary and secondary source] Fayetteville, GA, 1999, lcauthen@mindspring.com [Family documents, pictures, and research materials in possession of compiler]
      Note:
      [Lanny Everett Cauthen is a descendant of the Carrington, Thompson, and related families of early Madison County, Georgia.]
    3. Media: Research collection
      Title: Thompson/Hodge/Baselt Family Research Information
      Author: Baselt, Fonda, Compiler
      Publication: [primary and secondary source] Various e-mail messages to Diane Carrington Bradford. Roots2Dig@aol.com
      Date: 26 Jun 2002
      Page: E-mail message dated Jun 26, 2002
    4. Media: Research collection
      Title: Helen Gunnin Mishasek Research Collection
      Publication: [primary and secondary source] Atlanta, GA, 1930-1998
      Note:
      [Helen Gunnin Mishasek is a descendant of Rev. Timothy Carrington and of James Thompson, two of the earliest settlers of Madison County, Georgia. She devoted years to researching her family lines and in the process developed a collection of hundreds of books and thousands of index cards containing her research notes which she indexed and cross-referenced. In 1998 when she moved to Pueblo, CO., to be near her son, she gave all of her research materials on the Carrington and Carithers lines to Robert S. Shepherd, Monticello, FL, some other materials to other cousins, and the bulk of her materials to the publishers of Heritage Papers in Athens, GA.]
    5. Media: Research collection
      Title: Lassiter/Thompson Research Files
      Author: Lassiter, Darrell Curtis "Skip," Compiler
      Publication: [primary and secondary source] Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, 1999 DLassiters@aol. com
      Note:
      [Darrell Curtis "Skip" Lassiter is a descendant of the Carrington, Thompson, and related families of early Madison County, Georgia.]
    6. Media: Research collection
      Title: Chambers/Langford/Thompson Family
      Author: Chambers, Vicky J. Compiler
      Publication: [primary and secondary source] 2000 Various e-mail messages to Diane Carrington Bradford. vicky@lulacity.com
      Date: 2 Feb 2000
      Page: E-mail dated Sep 22, 2000
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