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Descendants of James George Thompson

Generation No. 1

1. JUDGE JAMES GEORGE³ THOMPSON (JESSE², WILLIAM¹) was born 1802 in Tennessee, and died 1879 in Texas. He married (1) MARGARET MCNARY, daughter of JOHN MCNARY and NANNIE RILEY. She was born 1810 in Tennessee, and died Abt. 1848 in Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. He married (2) MARTHA JANE ?.

Notes for JUDGE JAMES GEORGE THOMPSON:
A very comprehensive biography of James Thompson was written in 1988 by Mary Randolph Wilson Kelsy and her husband, Dr. Mavis Parrott Kelsey. Over 500 pages of information about this ancestor. Much of the information about the family from Mary Ann Thompson Terrill on back was based on information from this book and combined with Census Data, Cherokee Records, and our own family history. The title and bibilographical information for the biography of James Thompson is as follows:

James George Thompson, 1802-1879: Cherokee Trader-Texian-Seccessionist
His Papers and Family History
Mary and Mavis Kelsey
Texas A&M University Press
Sterling C. Evans Library
College Station, Texas
1988
ISBN 0-9613308-1-3

More About JUDGE JAMES GEORGE THOMPSON:
Biography: 1988, Comprehensive Book, See Notes
Migrated: Abt. 1840, Washita Bend, TX (Preston Bend, TX)
Notable Act: Judge and Chief Justice, Grayson Cty, TX
Occupation: 1832, Operated Trading Post, Webbers Falls, IT
Property: Bet. 1840 - 1879, Owned large amounts of Land in Texas

Children of JAMES THOMPSON and MARGARET MCNARY are:

2.	i.		MARY ANN⁴ THOMPSON, b. 1826, Tennessee; d. 1871, Grayson Co, Texas.
	ii.		ANGERONA THOMPSON, b. Abt. 1830; d. Bef. 1895, Skin Bayou; m. WILLIAM CHOATE; b. 1834.

Notes for ANGERONA THOMPSON:
On 1851 Old Settlers roll as Ann G. Choate, 1896, pg 132.

	iii.		WILLIAM U. THOMPSON, b. Abt. 1832; m. SALLIE JOHNSON.
	iv.		LURENA THOMPSON, b. Abt. 1834.
	v.		JOHN THOMPSON, b. Abt. 1833.

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