1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #51-52 of 72; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830

NC

Bladen Co.

Roll M19_119

p. 82

Ln. 8

Shadrack Thompson

100 010 - 110 010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	4 or under	1825-1830	= Henry (b. 1825/6)
1 male	20-29	1800-1810	= Shadrach (b. 1792/3)
1 female	4 or under	1825-1830	= Mary Jane (b. 1829)
1 female	5-9	1820-1825	= Charlotte?
1 female	20-29	1800-1810	= Civil (b. 1801/2)

3.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17-18 of 56; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840

NC

Bladen Co.

Roll M704_355

pp. 198A-198B

Ln. 26

Shadrach Thompson

520100-011000

0500000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
5 male free colored	9 or under	1830-1840	= ? = ? = ? = ? = Shadrach B. (b. 1833)
2 male free colored	10-23	1816-1830	= Henry (b. 1825/6) = ?
1 male free colored	36-54	1785-1804	= Shadrach (b. 1792/3)
1 female free colored	10-23	1816-1830	= Mary Jane (b. 1829)
1 female free colored	24-35	1804-1816	= Civil (b. 1801/2)
5	persons employed in agriculture

Listed one line above Shadrach's presumed brother, John THOMPSON, who is one line above their presumed father, Benjamin THOMPSON, who is two lines above Shadrach's presumed brother, Jesse THOMPSON, who is one one above Shadrach's presumed brother, James THOMPSON.  Benjamin and his wife are enumerated as white, while his four presumed sons are enumerated as free colored.

4.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #27 of 69):  Southwest Side of Cape Fear River, Bladen Co., NC, Roll M432_621, p. 116A, 202/202, enumerated 29 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Shadrach Thompson	57	M		Farmer	250	N C
Sivil       "	48	F				"
Shadrach    "	16	M		Farmer		"
Bunyan      "	7	M				"
Mary J Cain	28	F				"

On one side, listed next to presumed son, Henry THOMPSON; and, on the other side, listed next to their daughter, Mary Jane, who is married to Benjamin's nephew, Benjamin Aquila THOMPSON, who is listed next to Daniel THOMPSON, who is two households from John I. THOMPSON, who is next to Piercy (BOYETTE) THOMPSON, widow of Benjamin's brother, Jesse THOMPSON, and mother of Benjamin Aquila. 

5.  1860 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #113 of 171):  Elizabeth Town, Bladen Co., NC, Roll M653_888, p. 135A/269, PN 113, 798/798, enumerated 30 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Shadrick/Shadrich Thompson	67	M		Farmer	909	4.25	NC
Civil                "	58	F		Domestic			NC

Listed next to son, S. B. THOMPSON. 

6.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #8 of 18):  Abbottsburg P.O., Abbotts Twp., Bladen Co., NC, Roll M593_1124, p. 338B, PN 8, 61/61, enumerated 20 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Thompson Shade	77	M	W	Farming	300	200	NC
________ Civil	60	F	W	Keeping house			NC
________ Owen B	2	M	B				NC
________  ? ?	1	M	B				NC

7.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #16 of 20 — indexed "Shalle Thompson"):  Abbott Twp., Bladen Co., NC, Roll T9_953, p. 359D, PN 16, SD _, ED 9, enumerated 1 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1	2	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	13	21	23	24	25	26
91	91	Thompson Shade	W	M	48			/	Farmer		/	NC	NC	NC
		[Shadrach's wife and children]
		________ Celva	W	F	78	Mother					/	NC	NC	NC

8.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

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

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

11.  Email.