Alexander THOMPSON

Birth:
1739
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death:
1815
Madison, Georgia
Marriage:
Mar 1760
Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Sources:
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Ancestry World Tree
Notes:
                   Historical information in notes.  Revolutionary War Soldier, wounded.

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MILITARY: DAR Application #689260 for Jesse May Anderson Branyon for DAR membership based Alexander Thompson. Alexander Thompson was in the battle of Kings Mountain and was wounded in the head. There is record of his military service in the records of the Georgia Secretary of State. In later life he lived in Pike County, Mississippi.BIRTH-DEATH-CHILDREN-SPOUSE: DAR Application 689260.BURIAL: The Madison County Heritage Foundation, MADISON COUNTY CEMETERY BOOK, 1986, page 136.CHILDREN: Letter from Jan McChesney, 21 Lilly Pond Road, Barrington, New Hampshire 03825 dated 29 May 1996.SPOUSE-BIRTH-CHILDREN: Borderbund World Family Tree CD ROM Collection, Volume 6, Volume 9 File 3529.PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-BIRTH-DEATH-MILITARY: Calvin T. Floyd, THE THOMPSON FAMILY, June 1982, manuscript on file at the Madison County Library. Alexander Thompson and his sister and her husband, William McDavid, moved to Burke County, North Carolina. Alexander Thompson received land grants of 300 acres in North Carolina. In 1788 Alexander and William McDavid moved their families to Wilkes County, Georgia. In 1790 the Thompson family moved to South Broad River, that later became a part of Madison County, Georgia. This settlement was known as Thompson's Mill.BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-SPOUSE-PARENTS-MILITARY: Broderbund World Family Tree CD ROM, Volume 4, file #3752. Alexander Thompson, Sr. fought in the battle of Kings Mountain. A man named Griffith was shot and when Alexander Thompson stopped to help him a ball struck him in the forehead passed over his head under the scalp and came out at the back of his head leaving a scar where hair was prevented from growing. (From: HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1798-1876, by L. W. Conerly). Alexander Thompson and Solomon Strickland (father of his daughter in law) are listed as receiving land warrants as Revolutionary Soldiers. He was given land in Wilkes County, Georgia between 1783 and 1785 (History of Georgia and Georgia's People, by George G. Smith, page 623 & 640). See also DAR #54539.PROBATE: The will of Alexander Thompson is recorded in Book L-F, pages 136-137 records of Elbert County, Georgia.
Elizabeth HODGE
Birth:
Abt 1739
of Pennsylvania
Death:
1820
Thompsons Mill, Madison, Georgia
Children
Marriage
1
Ruth THOMPSON
Birth:
Abt 1763
of Franklin, Georgia
Death:
1860
Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
Henry Wilson STRICKLAND 
Marr:
Abt 1787
of Madison, Georgia 
2
James THOMPSON
Birth:
Abt 1764
of Burke, North Carolina
Death:
19 Jun 1851
3
Sarah Sallie THOMPSON
Birth:
Abt 1766
of Madison, Georgia
Death:
4
Robert THOMPSON
Birth:
Abt 1768
of Madison, Georgia
Death:
Nancy SAYE 
Marr:
24 Nov 1824
Olegthorpe, Georgia 
5
Esther THOMPSON
Birth:
Abt 1770
of Madison, Georgia
Death:
6
Alexander THOMPSON
Birth:
4 Mar 1771
of Madison, Georgia
Death:
12 Nov 1824
7
John THOMPSON
Birth:
Abt 1773
of Madison, Georgia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
8
Mary THOMPSON
Birth:
Abt 1778
of Madison, Georgia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
9
William THOMPSON
Birth:
31 Aug 1781
Burke, North Carolina
Death:
10 Sep 1854
Madison, Georgia
Nancy TILLMAN 
Marr:
12 Nov 1806
of Madison, Georgia 
FCID:6164:1949
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Alexander Thompson - Elizabeth Hodge

Alexander Thompson was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1739. His parents were James Thompson and Ruth Alexander.

He married Elizabeth Hodge Mar 1760 at Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania . Elizabeth Hodge was born at of Pennsylvania Abt 1739 daughter of William Hodge and Margaret Cook .

They were the parents of 9 children:
Ruth Thompson born Abt 1763.
James Thompson born Abt 1764.
Sarah Sallie Thompson born Abt 1766.
Robert Thompson born Abt 1768.
Esther Thompson born Abt 1770.
Alexander Thompson born 4 Mar 1771.
John Thompson born Abt 1773.
Mary Thompson born Abt 1778.
William Thompson born 31 Aug 1781.

Alexander Thompson died 1815 at Madison, Georgia .

Elizabeth Hodge died 1820 at Thompsons Mill, Madison, Georgia .