6.  Nancy THOMPSON, b. 1795/6, KY 
  7.  John THOMPSON (III), b. 27 Aug 1798, KY 
  8.  Sarah "Sally" THOMPSON, b. 1798/9, Green Co., KY 
  9.  Thomas THOMPSON, b. 1804/5, KY 
10.  Margaret "Peggy" THOMPSON, b. 1808, KY 

1a.  Beverly Stercula, ed.  1973.  "Botetourt Co. Marriages." Thompson Family Magazine, v. 12, n. 45, p. 39 (online in the Archives of the THOMPSON-L mailing list at RootsWeb.com).

John Thompson

Winfried Brickey

Jun 21, 1781

1b.  D.L. Murray & N.R. Murray, compilers.  1995. Marriage Index: MD, NC, VA, 1624-1915 (Broderbund CD-4):

Thompson, John

Brickey, Winifred

21 Jun 1781

Botetourt Co., VA

2.  U.S. Census, 1790/1800.  There are no 1790 or 1800 censuses for Virginia or Kentucky.  In some cases, tax lists are available.  Without some other clue as to the family's location, John Thompson is simply too common a name to determine where he is via tax rolls alone.

3.  U.S. Census, 1810.  Without some other clue as to the family's location, John Thompson is simply too common a name to determine where he is via census records alone.

4.  Census Index (online at GenealogyLibrary.com):

1818	Thompson, Abel	IL	St. Clair Co.	p. 167	01-07-00-00
1818	Thompson, James	IL	St. Clair Co.	p. 167	01-02-00-00
1818	Thompson, John	IL	St. Clair Co.	p. 167	01-04-00-00
1818	Thompson, William	IL	St. Clair Co.	p. 167	01-03-00-00
1818	Thomson, John	IL	St. Clair Co.	p. 167	01-06-00-00

5.  1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #5 of 7; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

1820

IL

Washington Co.

Covington

Roll M33-12

p. 150

Ln. 31

John Thompson

001201-01001-0-100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	16-18	1801-1804	= Thomas (b. 1803/4)
1 male	19-25*	1794-1801	= John III (b. 1798)
1 male	45 or over	in or bef. 1775	= John
1 female	10-15	1804-1810	= Margaret (b. 1808)
1 female	45 or over	in or bef. 1775	= Winifred
*In the 1820 Census, the third column is age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25; therefore, any individual in column three is duplicated in column four.  By subtracting the number in column three from the number in column four, you can create an age class "19-25."

6a.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):

Thompson, John	IL	Greene Co.	p. 09
Thompson, John	IL	Greene Co.	p. 10

The John Thompson on p. 9 is John Thompson III, the husband of Docia Bandy and son of John II and Winifred.  The John Thompson on p. 10 is the son of William & Temperance (Brickey) Thompson, husband of Mary __?__.  These are the only two John Thompsons in the 1830 Census of Greene Co., IL.  The John & Winifred (Brickey) Thompson who are the subjects of this family group sheet are now in their 60s; they must be living with one of their children (see next source).

6b. 1830 Greene Co., IL, Federal Census transcribed by John C. Jacoby.  Microfilm Roll #M19-24, enumerated 27 Nov 1830 (online at USGenWeb Archives Census Project):

Page #	Line #	Last Name	First Name	Data
9	21	Thompson	Thomas	000 010 001 - 200 010 001

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	20-29	1800-1810	= Thomas (b. 1804/5)
1 male	60-69	1760-1770	= John
2 females	4 or under	1825-1830	= "Mieley" (b. 1828/9) = Malinda (b. 1827/8)
1 female	20-29	1800-1810	= "Betsy" (b. 1807/8)
1 female	60-69	1760-1770	= Winifred

This scenario is hypothetical, but likely.  I have no proof that Thomas and Betsy are the younger couple and that the elder couple is John and Winifred (Brickey) Thompson.  But John is said to have died in 1843, so he must be accounted for in 1830 and 1840.  As the only other two John Thompsons in Greene Co. in 1830 are too young to be him (and have already been accounted for), John & Winifred must be living with one of their children, who must be listed as head-of-household.  This is the only elder Thompson couple in Greene Co., other than William & Temperance (Brickey) Thompson, who have also been accounted for.  This must be John & Winifred, and this goes a long way towards proving that Thomas Thompson, son of John & Winifred, is the one who married Betsy Asher in 1826, not the one who married Eveline Bonig in 1826, because in 1830, Thomas & Betsy have two daughters under five years of age, but Thomas & Eveline have one daughter and one son under five years of age.  John & Winifred are living with the Thomas who has two daughters.

7. 1840 Greene Co., IL, Federal Census transcribed by John C. Jacoby (microfilm roll #M104-60; online at the Greene County ILGenWeb site and the USGenWeb Census Project site):  I cannot find a Thompson couple in their 70s, except for William & Temperance (Brickey) Thompson.  John and Winifred must be living with some other family, possibly one of their married daughters, but if so, they are not in Wilmington Precinct with the rest of the family because there simply is no such elderly couple (other than William and Temperance) in the Precinct.

8.  John Thompson of Botetourt County, Virginia [link died] by Frances Dumas.

9.  Query [link died] (online in the Botetourt County VAGenWeb archives).

10.  Joe Thompson's Genealogy Database [link died] by Joe Thompson.

11.  Ancestry World Trees. File No. 11950, submitted by Joe Thompson (online at Ancestry.com).

12.  Messages in the Thompson Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).