Ransom THOMPSON & Matilda __?_

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Ransom THOMPSON
Matilda __?__

Husband: Ransom THOMPSON
Birth: 1810, NC
Death: 1870-80, presumably in Saline Co., AR
Disposition: buried Ransom Thompson Cemetery, a.k.a., Old Rosemont Cemetery, Benton, Saline Co., AR
Occupation: farmer
Brother: James K. THOMPSON, b. ca. 1800-1820; d. 1839

Marriage: 1831

Wife: Matilda __?__
Birth: 1810/1, SC
Death: 1870-80, presumably in Saline Co., AR
Disposition: buried Ransom Thompson Cemetery, a.k.a., Old Rosemont Cemetery, Benton, Saline Co., AR
Occupation: homemaker

Children — born in NC, possibly in Henderson Co., NC:

1. Serepta THOMPSON, b. 1831/2
2. Ambrose THOMPSON, b. 1833/4

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Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229): not found.

2. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #27 of 53; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 NC Henderson Co. Roll 362 pp. 144A Ln. 5 Ransom Thompson 011 210 - 010 010 0100000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Ambrose (b. 1833/4)

1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = ?

2 males 15-19 1820-1825 = ?
= ?

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = Ransom (b. 1809/10)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Serepta (b. 1831/2)

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = Matilda (b. 1810/1)

1 person employed in agriculture

The teenagers are too old to be their children.

3. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #17 of 85): Saline Co., AR, Roll M432_30, p. 92A, 113/126, enumerated 11 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Ransom Thompson 40 M Farmer 1000 North Carolina 1831

Matilda 39 F South Carolina M

Ambrose 16 M Laborer North Carolina S 1

Martin Kinsen 21 M Laborer Tennessee

4. 1860 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 8): Fourche P.O., Fourche Twp., Pulaski Co., AR, Roll M653_49, p. 200, PN 36, 259/231, enumerated 19Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Ransom Thompson 50 M Farmer 3000 2000 North Carolina

Matilda    " 48 F South Carolina

Ambrose    " 26 M Farmer North Carolina

May June Allen 9 F Arkansas

Serepta J Thompson 3 F "

James Bale 21 M Laborer Missississi

John Stewart 45 M Farm Laborer Kentucky

Simpson Wingo 23 M "    " Georgia

Ambrose is a widower and Serepta is his daughter. May June is our subject's granddaughter, daughter of their late daughter, Serepta (THOMPSON) ALLEN.

5. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 8 — indexed "Thomsom"): Benton P.O., Saline Twp., Saline Co., AR, Roll M593_63, p. 555A, PN 9, 57/58, enumerated 21 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Thomsom Ransom 59 M W Farmer 200 575 North Carolina

_______ Ma??? 58 F W Keeping House South Carolina

_______ Serepta J 12 F W At School Arkansas

Fletcher Isabela 25 F W Boarder 1000 2350 North Carolina

Bird Harriet 34 F W Residing Tennessee

____ William L 11 M W At Home Tennessee

____ Lucy T 7 F W Tennessee

This record was very hard to read (as in blurry); my extraction may not be entirely accurate. Listed next to son, Ambrose THOMPSON.

6. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

7. W. Bernard Barber. n.d. Saline County [Arkansas] Cemeteries: Old Rosemont Cemetery, Benton (online at the Saline County ARGenWeb site at RootsWeb.com):

The Old Rosemont Cemetery was formerly known as the Ransom Thompson Cemetery. His wife's grave was the first on the land. Next were: Avor Allen, Ham Allen, Ambrose Thompson and his wife who was Rachel Hockersmith.

8. Emails from Michael L. Thompson: our subject had a brother, James K. THOMPSON, who died in 1839.

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