Notes for: Joseph Thompson
A lot of the information on this family came from messages posted to the Jessamine County Message Boards at www.Ancestry.com by a Robert W. Thompson. One message listed names and dates transcribed from info in a Bible that probably once belonged to this Joseph Thompson. The info was transcribed from a poor copy of the Bible pages. Several dates were not readable. Robert was not sure who owned this Bible now. I have pasted that message below.
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Joseph Thompson Bible
Author: Robert W. Thompson
Date: 17 Sep 1998
Surnames: Thompson, Paul, Overstreet, Dennis, Ryley, Maupin, McKee
Classification: Bible
This is a transcription of a photo copy of a photo copy from a Thompson Bible. It is presumed to be the Bible of Joseph Thompson of Jessamine County. Unfortunately, I do not know who made the original copy or who has the Bible today. I think that the copy was made 30 or so years ago. A cousin of my cousin, who lives in Lexington, got a copy last summer following the death of an aunt of his. It is unfortunate that the copy is such that some of the dates are not readable. I have noted them as _ _ as needed.
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Births
Joseph Thompson was born Jany 25th 1781
Sarah Paul his wife was born March 24th 1787
Eliza Thompson was born Jany 1st 1809
John P. Thompson was born April 3rd 1811
Nancy Thompson was born Feby 14th 1813
Sarah Jane Thompson was born July 17th 1814
Margarett Thompson was born Feby 9th 1816
Joseph Thompson was born Sept 15th 1817
Mary Thompson was born Oct 5th 1818
Rachel L. Thompson was born July 27th 1821
Alex Thompson was born Augt 8th 1823
Washington Thompson was born March 12th 1826
Martha H. Thompson was bron May 10th 1828
Francis Ann Thompson
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Marriages
Joseph Thompson & Sarah Paul was married Dec 23rd 18_ _
Rice Overstreet & Eliza Thompson was married October 8th 182_
John B. Dennis & Sarah Thompson was married October 27th 18_ _
William Ryley & Nancy Thompson was married October 8th 18_ _
William Overstreet & Mary Thompson was married July 28th 18_ _
John H. Maupin & Margarett was married Jany 5th
In addition, there was a newspaper announcement attached to the page that said: Married-- In Jessamine county on the 28th of April, by the Rev. J.W. Wallace, Mr. Andrew H. McKee of Missouri, to Miss Martha H. Thompson of Jessamine county Ky (penciled notation 1851).
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The Thompson farm is still in the hands of his descendants. One of those is Robert Waller Thompson. Robert is the great-great-grandson of this Joseph and Sarah Thompson. Robert has the original deed for the farm. It dates from June 9, 1789 and was issued in Fayette County. (Jessamine was originally Fayette County.) The deed for the farm was for 220 acres. Almost 87 acres of that is still owned by the Thompson family. The farm was bought from a William and Elizabeth Thomas and a Lewis and Elizabeth Crage. I believe the original grant was to someone else. The Thompson farm was officially declared a Kentucky Bicentennial Farm back in 1990 or so. This means that after 200 years, it is still in the hands of the same family who owned it in 1789. It is one of the few Bicentennial farms left in Kentucky.