There were only two THOMPSONs in Logan Co. between 1792 and 1796 (Andrew and John), and only one of them (John) shows up in Christian Co. when it is formed in 1797, so only John is shown in the table below.  He may or may not be "Capt." John, but it is likely.  I have seen only an extraction of the Logan Co. rolls, which does not give watersheds.  An examination of the original tax roll might give the watershed and that should tell us whether it's the same John.  Either way, Capt. John and his family (incl. his sons, John Jr and James Jr and their families) are the first THOMPSONs to settle in Christian Co., at least based on tax records.

These data were extracted from microfilms of the original county records.  However, the microfilms are not of the tax lists, but,rather, of a roughly alphabetized copy of these lists handwritten into the county record books, usually by the county clerk.  In other words, the data in the table below have already experienced four rounds of potential human error:  the citizen informant, the county lister, the county clerk, and myself.  If there is any instance where the records below simply do not make sense, consider the probability of human error somewhere along the line. 

Color Code: 
 

GREEN =  now Trigg Co.

ORANGE =  now Todd Co.

WHITE =  now Christian Co.

YELLOW= Census

BLUE =  unknown location

A name that is greyed out means that the individual was not on the tax rolls, yet the person is known to have been in the county that year based on other records.

Several of these households have more than one male over age 21, which are often the elder sons of the head-of-househould.  It seems that in some years, the additional males are not named (i.e., listed separately), but in other years, that they are.  This is one factor in the apparent "disappearance" and "reappearance" of some individuals.  I have indicated these households with multiple adult males with a subscript (e.g., _¹, _², _³) indicating the number of adult males in the household.

Footnotes are indicated with ^{red numerals}.

Sorry the table is so large and that you have to scroll to all of see it.  I think the advantages of having all the data displayed in one table outweigh the disadvantages — at least, I hope so.

This table is a work in progress.    Obviously, I'm trying to "line up" individuals to trace them through the years.  More than likely, I have made some mistakes in doing so.  As more research is done (e.g., into land records, deeds, wills), I suspect changes will be made to the placement of some individuals, especially the Johns and Jameses.  If you see errors or have records that would contribute to improving the accuracy of the table, please contact me.

Progress report:
The Trigg Co. microfilm has arrived.  Now I just need to find time to do the extraction.
The Christian Co. microfilm for 1817-1831 is on order.