1.  Anon.  1990.  Logan County, Kentucky, Taxpayers, 1792-1799.  T.L.C. Genealogy, Miami Beach, FL.

Year(s)	Name
1792-4	[not found]
1795-6	Thomson, John
1797-9	[not found]

This record may not be of our subject, but it is coincidental that he falls off the Logan tax rolls when Christian Co. is formed in 1797.

2. Christian County, Kentucky, Tax Rolls, 1797-1816.  Heritage Quest, Microfilm No. V20-72 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Year	District	Dates of  Receiving Lists	Persons Names  Chargeable with the Tax	A	B	C	D	E	F	Acres			Watercourse	In Whose Name Entered	In Whose Name Surveyed	In Whose Name Patented
										1st	2nd	3rd
1797		July 29	Thompson [Jno.?] [plus John, Jr., and James, Jr.]	3		1	2	3	-	-	-	-
1798		-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1799	No. 2	[unreadable]	Thompson John [plus John, Jr., and James, Jr.]	3	-	1	2	3	-	-	-	-
1800		Ap 26	Thompson John [plus John, Jr., and James, Jr.]	3	-	1	2	4	-	- -	160 150	- -	Pond R Pond R	J Thompson J Thompson	Same Same
1801	North	March 11	Thompson John Senr	1	-	1	2	6	-	-	160	-	West fork P River	John Thompson	John Thompson
1802		July 29	Thompson John [plus John, Jr., and James, Jr.]	3	-	1	2	6	-	- - - - - -	165 - 150 100 100  80	- 100 - - - -	Pond R Pond R Pond R Pond R Pond R [Henderson ??]	J Thompson J Thompson Jas Thompson Jas Thompson John Thompson Jas Thompson	Same -- Same x x Same
1803		Aug 2	Thompson John Sen	1	-	1	2	7	-	- -	160 -	- 100	Pond R Pond R	J Thompson	Same
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Legend for numerical data [grey indicates that particular datum was not taken that year]:  A = White Males 21 or over; B = White Males 16-20; C = Blacks over 16; D = Total Blacks; E = Horses & Mares (gelded male horses and female horses); F = Stud Horses (intact male horses); 1st/2nd/3rd refer to 1st Rate, 2nd Rate, or 3rd Rate land.

Capt. John Thompson is the only Thompson in Christian Co. owning slaves before 1806, so along with all the other concurrences in the data, I'm confident that these tax records are of just one individual:  our subject, Capt. John Thompson — and his two eldest sons.
Only Capt. John's two eldest sons, John Jr. and James, were of age when he was living in Christian Co., KY.  These two unmarried sons are taxed as living with their father in the 1797, 1799, 1800, and 1802 Censuses.  But note the increase, then the apparent loss, of land-holdings by Capt. John between 1802 and 1803, at the same time that the number of adult males in the household rises, from 1801 to 1802, then drops back down from 1802 to 1803.  What is happening is that Capt. John owns the 160/165 acre parcel of 2nd rate land and the 100 acre parcel of 3rd rate land on the Pond River, while son, James, owns the 150 and 100 acre parcels of 2nd rate land on the Pond River, and son, John Jr., owns the 80 acre parcel in Henderson Co.   (See the sons' family group sheets for more details on their tax records.)  It is more than likely that they were all living together (the sons were not yet married), and for whatever reason, the tax collector chose to treat them as one household in some years and as multiple households in other years.

3.  A.B. Willhite.  [n.d.]  Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1804-1809.  (self-published; available from author at 4396 Coopertown Rd., Russellville, KY 42276, or from the Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY):

Pg. in Willhite	Year	Dist.*	Last  Name	First  Name	A	B	C	D	E	Acres	Watercourse
25	1804	North	Thompson	Jno	1	-	1	2	6	160 100 250	West Fork Pond River West Fork Pond River West Fork Pond River
48	1805	North	Thompson	John, Sr	[data said to be unreadable]
66	1806	North	Thompson	John, Sr	1	-	2	3	9	160 100 200	P R P R P R
133	1807	East	Thompson	John	1	-	2	3	3	160 100 200 100 400 400	P R P R P R P R P R P R
-	1808	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
226	1809	East	Thompson	John	1		1	1	10	200 400 400	West Fk of P R West Fk of P R West Fk of P R
Legend for numerical data: A = White Males 21 or over; B = White Males 16-20 (this datum not taken in 1809);C = Blacks over 16; D = Total Blacks; E = Horses
Abbreviations:  P R = Pond River
*The county was divided into just two districts:  from 1804 to 1806, into North and South Districts; beginning in 1807, into East and West Districts.  The change tells us that Capt. John was in the northeast quadrant of early Christian County, which is consistent with the location of the Pond River.

I strongly suspect the John Thompson in 1809 is John, Jr., not Capt. John.

4.  Lon Arneld Bostick, Sr. & James Taylor Killebrew.  1985.  County Court Order Book "A" for Christian County, Kentucky for the Years 21 March 1797 - 29 August 1805...  Christian County Genealogical Society (1101 Bethel St., Hopkinsville, KY 42240).  First column is the page number in Bostick & Killebrew; second column is the page number in Court Order Book A.

p.	p.	Date	Motions
41	23	20 May 1800	On motion of John Thompson ordered that John Roberts, Robt. Cravens, John Williams, John Cordry, Nicholas Pyle, Ab__?__ Stuart, James Thompson, Jr., and John Thompson, Sr., be appointed to view and mark a road beginning at the County line on a direction from Port Royal to the Hyland Lick in Henderson County the nearest and best way until they come to Henderson County line and make report hereof to our next Court.

From 1798 to 1806, Henderson Co. was adjacent to northern Christian Co.  John, son of John Sr., had land in Henderson Co., so it's no surprise that he should be proposing a road in the district.

5.  Betty Rolwing Darnell.  1999.  John Thompson of Christian County, Kentucky, and Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, and His Descendants.  Self-published.
UPDATE: a new edition (2007) is available from the author.

6.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Ancestral File.

7.  Broderbund.  World Family Trees.  Vol. 6, Pedigree No. 2211.

8.  "Family Group Sheet No. 54023:  Capt. John Thompson, Sr." Everton Family File, Vol. 4 (Everton Publishers; Broderbund CD-14).

9.  Archives of the THOMPSON-L mailing list (online at RootsWeb.com).

10.  Emails from Betty R. Darnell.

11.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

A.  Said to be brothers of Charles THOMSON, Secretary of the Continental Congress, but there is no evidence supporting this allegation. 

B.  John Thompson shows up on the tax rolls of Cape Girardeau Dist., Missouri Territory, by 1814 (Darnell, 1999); and some have taken this to mean he moved to Missouri ca. 1813/14.  However, his land in Christian Co., KY, was sold in 1808 and his daughter, Sarah, was married in Cape Girardeau Co. in 1809, which facts lead me to believe they left KY for MO in 1808.  This earlier date also clears up a problem in the 1810 Census of Christian Co., KY, because there are too few John THOMPSONs on the census to account for all the John THOMPSONs thought to be living in the county, based on other evidence.  The only member of this family who appears to still be in Christian Co. for the 1810 Census is Capt. John's daughter, Polly, and her husband Uriah WILLIAMS.