John Thompson was born on 4 Mar 1797 in Kentucky. [1–4]
In Sep 1810 he was apprenticed to George Brown in Ohio County, Kentucky. [5]
In Nov 1810 he was released from apprenticeship to George Brown in Ohio County, Kentucky. [6]
In May 1811 John was an apprenticed to John Taylor to learn the art of a blacksmith in Ohio County, Kentucky. [7–8]
He was listed on the tax rolls in 1820 in Ohio County, Kentucky. [9]
He lived with 1 male 16-25 and 1 female 16-25 who was listed as John Thompson in Ohio County, Kentucky in Jun 1820. [10]
John was listed on the tax rolls in 1821 in Ohio County, Kentucky. [11]
He was listed on the tax rolls in 1822 in Ohio County, Kentucky. [12]
On 17 Aug 1822, a child named Jacob Thompson was born in Kentucky.
He was listed on the tax rolls in 1823 in Ohio County, Kentucky. [13]
John was listed on the tax rolls in 1824 in Ohio County, Kentucky. [14]
He purchased land being the North West quarter of the section twenty five in Township five south on 20 Sep 1829 in Warrick County, Indiana. [15]
On 6 Mar 1836, a child named John L. “John Lou” Thompson was born in Indiana. [16]
He made final payment of fifty dollars and cents being in full for the north west quarter of the south of range No nine west containing forty acres on 11 Apr 1836 in Warrick County, Indiana. [17]
John purchased land being the North west quarter of the south west quarter of section no twenty five in township no five South of Range no nine west estimated to contain fifty acres on 8 Sep 1836 in Warrick County, Indiana. [18]
He purchased land being the east half of the south west quarter of section twenty five in township five south of range nine west containing eighty acres on 3 Dec 1836 in Warrick County, Indiana. [19]
He filed certificate for the purchase of the North West quarter of the south east quarter of section twenty three in township five south of range nine west on 5 Aug 1837 in Warrick County, Indiana. [20]
John filed a certificate for the purchase of the Southwest quarter of section 25 in township 5 South of Range 9 West on 7 Nov 1837 in Warrick County, Indiana. [20]
On 16 Apr 1838, a child named Francis Marion Thompson was born in Indiana. [21–22]
He lived in Wapello County, Iowa in 1844. [23]
He sold land being the West half of section Number 25 and the North West quarter of South East quarter of section number 23 in township 5 south of range nine west containing 360 acres on 11 Apr 1845 in Warrick County, Indiana. [24]
John lived in Wapello County, Iowa in 1846. [25]
He lived in Wapello County, Iowa in 1847. [26]
He sold land being the West half of section no twenty five (25) and also the north west quarter of the south east quarter of section no twenty three all in township no five (5) South of Range No nine (9) west on 19 Jun 1850 in Warrick County, Indiana. [27]
John lived at District 13 in Wapello County, Iowa on 19 Oct 1850. [28]
He lived in Wapello County, Iowa in 1852. [29]
He lived in Competine Township, Wapello County, Iowa in 1854. [30]
John lived in Wapello County, Iowa in Jul 1856. [31]
He lived in Adams County, Iowa in 1857. [23]
He died on 14 Aug 1857 at the age of 60 in Adams County, Iowa. [1–4,23,32–33]
John was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Mount Etna, Adams County, Iowa. [1,3–4,32,34]
ENDNOTES:
1. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online November 2016), memorial for John Thompson (1797-1857), Find a Grave Memorial no. #27423393, created by Irish Eyes are smiling, citing Forest Hill Cemetery, Mount Etna, Adams County, Iowa; accompanying photograph by Cindy Baldogo, John Thompson.
2. Works Project Administration, “Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999,” database online, Graves Registration Project, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016), John Thompson.
3. Adams County History Book Committee, History of Adams County, Iowa 1984 (Corning, Iowa: Corning Departmental Club and Civic Department, 1984), p. 554-555 John and Sarah Thompson.
4. Burial Records Adams County, Iowa: volumes 1 and 2, Grave Registration Project (N.p.: W. P. A., no date), image 876; digital images, FamilySearch, http://www.familysearch.org 977.712 G75 : viewed online 4 November 2023.
5. Kentucky, Ohio County. Order Books 1799-1904. Film #1912998 DGS 7646780. John Thompson, Sept 1810; Book 3: page 39; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.com : viewed online May 2023.
6. Kentucky, Ohio County. Order Books 1799-1904. Film #1912998 DGS 7646780. John Thompson, Nov 1810; Book 3: page 50; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.com : viewed online May 2023.
7. Kentucky, Ohio County. Order Books 1799-1904. Film #1912998 DGS 7646780. John Thompson, May 1811; Vol. 3: page 82; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.com : viewed online 30 April 2023.
8. Michael L. Cook and Bettie A. Cummings Cook Ohio County Kentucky Records Volume 1 (Evansville, IN: Cook Publications, 1986), page 242.
9. Kentucky, Ohio County. Tax Books, 1799-1845. Film #Film #007834494. John Thompson, 1820; image 469; digitized microfilm, Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834494?cat=156804 : viewed online December 2018.
10. 1820 U.S. Census, Ohio County, Kentucky, population schedule, Ohio County, Kentucky, page 126, Image 7 of 9, John Thompson; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016); NARA Microfilm Publication M33
11. Kentucky, Ohio County. Tax Books, 1799-1845. Film #Film #007834494. John Thompson, 1821; image 494; digitized microfilm, Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834494?cat=156804 : viewed online December 2018.
12. Kentucky, Ohio County. Tax Books, 1799-1845. Film #Film #007834494. John Thompson, 1822; image 533; digitized microfilm, Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834494?cat=156804 : viewed online December 2018.
13. Kentucky, Ohio County. Tax Books, 1799-1845. Film #Film #007834494. John Thompson, 1823; image 568; digitized microfilm, Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834494?cat=156804 : viewed online December 2018.
14. Kentucky, Ohio County. Tax Books, 1799-1845. Film #Film #007834494. John Thompson, 1824; image 596; digitized microfilm, Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834494?cat=156804 : viewed online December 2018.
15. Warrick County, Indiana, Book 2: page 96, Hinman to John Thompson; FHL microfilm Film #1443659 DGS #929115.
16. “Iowa, Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990,” Family Search, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (September 2018), John L. Thompson.
17. Warrick County, Indiana, Deed Book 5: page 549, Thompson final payment; FHL microfilm Film #1443660 DGS #8219116.
18. Warrick County, Indiana, Book 2: page 172.
19. Warrick County, Indiana, Book 2: page 262.
20. Warrick County, Indiana, Book 6: page 638-639.
21. Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940, Francis Marion Thompson, 4 January 1921; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online September 2018). Original Source: State Historical Society of Iowa.
22. Adams County History Book Committee, History of Adams County, Iowa 1984 (Corning, Iowa: Corning Departmental Club and Civic Department, 1984), p. 555; .
23. Portrait and Biographical Album of Wapello County, Iowa: Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1887), page 479 – W. T. Thompson; Digital copy, Archive.org, https://archive.org/details/cu31924050414295/page/n5/mode/2up viewed online 27 July 2022.
24. Warrick County, Indiana, Book 6: page 348.
25. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, John Thompson, 1846; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online October 2018). Original Source: State Historical Society of Iowa.
26. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, John Thompson, 1847; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com).
27. Warrick County Indiana, Deed Book 9: page 240, John Thompson and Sarah Thampson to Samuel C Bradford; FHL microfilm film 1443662 DGS 8219118.
28. 1850 U.S. Census, Wapello County, Iowa, population schedule, District 13, Wapello County, Iowa, Image 102 of 204, household 692, John Thompson; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016).
29. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, John Thompson, 1852; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com).
30. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, John B Thompson, 1854; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com).
31. 1856 Iowa Census, Wapello County, Iowa, Iowa state census, Dahlonega, Wapello County, Iowa, p. 155, Image 19 of 20, household 107, John Thompson; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016); State Historical Society of Iowa
32. Adams County Iowa Cemeteries. Adams County Genealogical Society, 1986) p. 64
33. “Death Honored Resident,” Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa), 15 December 1917, p. 4; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online September 2018).
34. Works Project Administration, “Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999,” database online, Graves Registration Project, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017), John Thompson.