Virginia Thompson

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CENSUS RECORDS

1920 Census
Name: Virginia Thompson
Age: 11
Birth Year: abt 1909
Birthplace: Canada
Home in 1920: Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia
Street: Center Street
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: William E Thompson
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's name: Grace Thompson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Attended School: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
William E Thompson 43
Grace Thompson 39
Vance Thompson 15
Marian Thompson 14
Virginia Thompson 11

1930 Census
Name: Virginia Thompson
Birth Year: abt 1909
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Canada English
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1930: Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia
Street address: Princeton Avenue
House Number in Cities or Towns: 290
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Language Spoken: English
Naturalization: Un
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Teacher
Industry: Public School
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
William E Thompson 52
Grace Thompson 49
Virginia Thompson 21
Sallie Karnes 56 [housekeeper]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1880 Census
Name: William E. Thompson
Age: 4
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1880: Rock, Mercer, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Amos Thompson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Donnee Thompson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Amos Thompson 28
Donnee Thompson 27
Charles Vance Thompson 6
William E. Thompson 4
Callie E. Thompson 3
Sally A. Thompson 1

Birth:
West Virginia Births Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009.
Name: William E Thompson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1875
Birth Place: Mercer, West Virginia
Birth County: Mercer
Father: Amos D Thompson
Mother: Donnie Thompson
FHL Film Number: 804467

Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: William E Thompson
SSN: 233248655
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1874
Birth Place: Princeton, West Virginia
Claim Date: 31 Mar 1951
Type of Claim: Life Claim
Notes: 31 Mar 1951: Name listed as WILLIAM E THOMPSON

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52729813&ref=acom

Died:
West Virginia Death Certificate
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=61422&Type=Death

William married Grace Sowers. Grace was born 15 Jan 1881, Virginia; died 19 Sep 1930, Princeton, Mercer Co. WV; was buried , Oakwood Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer Co. WV. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1920 Census
Name: Grace Thompson
Age: 39
Birth Year: abt 1881
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia
Street: Center Street
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: William E Thompson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
William E Thompson 43
Grace Thompson 39
Vance Thompson 15
Maran Thompson 14
Virginia Thompson 11

1930 Census
Name: Grace Thompson
Birth Year: abt 1881
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia
Street address: Princeton Avenue
Age at First Marriage: 23
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
William E Thompson 52
Grace Thompson 49
Virginia Thompson 21
Sallie Karnes 56 [housekeeper]

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=thompson&GSfn=grace&GSiman=1&GScid=79448&GRid=52730345&

Died:
West Virginia Death Certificate
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2107808&Type=Death

Cause of Death: carcinoma of sigmoid

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Amos D Thompson
Age: 4
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 574
Household Members:
Name Age
David Thompson 36
Angeline Thompson 30
Henry C Thompson 10
Ann M Thompson 8
Margaret J Thompson 6
Julia E Thompson 5
Amos D Thompson 4
Wm R Thompson 3
Geo W Thompson 0

1860 Census
Name: Amos D Thompson
Age: 13
Birth Year: abt 1847
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Mercer, Virginia
Post Office: Princeton
Family Number: 208
Household Members:
Name Age
David Thompson 45
Angeline Thompson 38
Henry C Thompson 20
Ann M Thompson 18
Margaret J Thompson 16
Julia E Thompson 14
Amos D Thompson 13
William R Thompson 10
George W Thompson 9
Sarah E Thompson 6
Frances C Thompson 5
Alice M Thompson 3
Russell A Thompson 6 months

1880 Census
Name: Amos Thompson
Age: 28
Birth Year: abt 1852
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Rock, Mercer, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Donnee Thompson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farming
Household Members:
Name Age
Amos Thompson 28
Donnee Thompson 27
Charles Vance Thompson 6
William E. Thompson 4
Callie E. Thompson 3
Sally A. Thompson 1

1900 Census
Name: Amos D Thompson
Age: 53
Birth Date: Mar 1847
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Rugby, Pierce, North Dakota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Marriage Year: 1873
Years Married: 27
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Butcher
Household Members:
Name Age
Amos D Thompson 53
Angalina S Thompson 21
Jackson T Dillion 52 [boarder]

Birth:
DOB according to death certificate, POB according to marriage record.

Died:
West Virginia Death Certificate:
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=413410&Type=Death

This likely is Amos as the informant is Charles V. Thompson. The 1880 Census lists Charles Vance Thompson as his son, and in the 1900 Census Charles is listed as the head of the household with his mother and siblings living there.

Amos married Miriam D. (Donee) Herndon 13 Apr 1873, Mercer Co. WV. Miriam (daughter of Arthur Herndon and Sarah Elizabeth Watson) was born Sep 1852, Mercer Co. VA/WV. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 Census
Name: Miriam D Herndon
Age: 8
Birth Year: abt 1852
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Mercer, Virginia
Post Office: Princeton
Family Number: 236
Household Members:
Name Age
Arthur Herndon 51
Sarah E B Herndon 41
William H Herndon 17
Virginia Herndon 15
Arthur Herndon 12
Martha F Herndon 10
Miriam D Herndon 8
Sarah A Herndon 4
Lelia S Herndon 2

1870 Census
Name: Miriam D Hearndon
Age in 1870: 19
Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Rock, Mercer, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Spanishburg
Household Members:
Name Age
Wm H Hearndon 27 [brother]
Mary E Hearndon 25 [sister-in-law]
Edmond W Hearndon 4
Isaiah C Hearndon 2
Arthur M Hearndon 3 months
Miriam D Hearndon 19

1880 Census
Name: Donnee Thompson
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1853
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Rock, Mercer, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Amos Thompson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Keeps House
Household Members:
Name Age
Amos Thompson 28
Donnee Thompson 27
Charles Vance Thompson 6
William E. Thompson 4
Callie E. Thompson 3
Sally A. Thompson 1

1900 Census
Name: Meriam D Thompson [Miriam D. Thompson]
Age: 47
Birth Date: Sep 1852
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1900: Rock, Mercer, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Marital Status: Married
Marriage Year: 1873
Years Married: 27
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: number of living children: 7
Mother: How many children: 9
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles V Thompson 26
Meriam D Thompson 47
Callie E Thompson 22
Robert Thompson 19
Livie Thompson 12
Ernest Kedrick 20 [cousin]

Notes:

Married:
West Virginia Vital Records
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12149331&Type=Marriage
Line 2

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1840 Census
Name: Arthur Herndon
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Southern District, Campbell, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 3
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 2
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 5
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total Slaves: 9
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 14

1850 Census
Name: Arthur Herndon
Age: 41
Birth Year: abt 1809
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Campbell, Virginia
Gender: Male
Family Number: 797
Household Members:
Name Age
Arthur Herndon 41
Sarah E B Herndon 34
Elizabeth B Herndon 17
Rebecka l M Herndon 14
Edmond W Herndon 11
William H Herndon 8
Mary V C Herndon 5
Arthur H Herndon 3
Martha F Herndon 0

1860 Census
Name: Arthur Herndon
Age: 51
Birth Year: abt 1809
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: My Division, Mercer, Virginia
Post Office: Princeton
Family Number: 236
Household Members:
Name Age
Arthur Herndon 51
Sarah E B Herndon 41
William H Herndon 17
Virginia Herndon 15
Arthur Herndon 12
Martha F Herndon 10
Miriam D Herndon 8
Sarah A Herndon 4
Lelia S Herndon 2

LAND RECORDS

Campbell County Tax Records

1845 by Commissioner William Organ: Benjamin Trent's estate 136 Falling River 15SE; Nancy Trent 115 same location. Bolar Cock 608 Molleys Creek 11SE; Thomas Cock, Sr. 315 Molleys Creek 5SE; Thomas Cock, Jr., 442 same location; David Calleham?s estate 190 Molleys Creek 5SE; Nancy Davis ?for life? 202 ¼ Molleys Creek 3SE; John Faris several plats Molleys Creek 6SE; Letticia Herndon ?dower? 425 Molleys Creek; Arthur Herndon several plats Molleys Creek 10SE; Thomas W. Jones 268 & 576 Molleys Creek 10SE; Patterson Jennings 221 Molleys Creek 9SE; Charles W. King 28 Molleys Creek 7SE; Sackville King?s estate 33 ½ Troublesome Creek 10SW; Elizabeth Strange ?dower? 120 Molleys Creek 10SE.

WILL AND PROBATE RECORDS

There are several abstracts in Campbell County Virginia Wills and Inventories 1782-1847 by William Lindsay Hopkins, as follows

Will Book 9, 1841-1847
(p.37 - p. 41) Inventory of Estate of Edmund Herndon, decd
11 Oct 1841

8 Nov 1841
(p. 46) Survey of Land of Edmund Herndon, decd., on Molleys Creek adjoining Patterson Jennings, Willam A. Poore, Dr. Withers, Watkins Spring Branch and Thomas Watkins. To Mrs. Letitia Herndon, widow of Edmund Herndon, 425 acres, leaving 228 acres and 873 acres undivided.

13 Dec 1841
(p. 68 - p71) Division of Estate of Edmund Herndon, decd, to David Herndon; heirs of Lucy Johnson,decd., William Herndon; Mary G. Harraway; Elisha Callaham; Arthur Herndon; heirs of Letitia Cock, decd., John Fairiss(?) and Achilles Herndon.

11 Mar 1844
(p.312-316) Account of Edmund Herndon with Arthur Herndon, administrator, shows sums paid to Letty Herndon, the widow; Philip Johnson and Thomas Cock, Jr., as attorneys for Edmund M. Johnson, the son of Lucy Johnson, decd., who was Lucy Herndon and Nathan C. Benton in right of his wife E.A. Benton who was formerly E.A.Johnson, a daughter of Lucy Johnson, decd.; Achilles Herndon; William Herndon; Elisha Callaham and wife; John Fariss and wife; Arthur Herndon as agent for Polly McCargo(?) who was Polly Herndon, a daughter of Edmund Herndon, dec.; Thomas Cock, Jr., as guardian of his daughter, Martha Cock, who was the daughter of Letitia Cock, decd., formerly Letitia Herndon; and Arthur Herndon.


Died:
Wills (Mercer County, West Virginia), 1838-1969; Author: Mercer County (West Virginia). County Clerk; Probate Place: Mercer, West Virginia

Name: Arthur Herndon
Probate Date: 25 Apr 1870
Probate Place: Mercer, West Virginia
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1870
Inferred Death Place: West Virginia
Item Description: Wills, Vol 1-2, 1838-1886

Arthur married Sarah Elizabeth Watson 17 Oct 1832, Campbell Co. VA. Sarah was born 1815; died 01 Apr 1855, St. Louis MO. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Sarah E B Herndon
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1816
Home in 1850: Campbell, Virginia
Gender: Female
Family Number: 797
Household Members:
Name Age
Arthur Herndon 41
Sarah E B Herndon 34
Elizabeth B Herndon 17
Rebecka l M Herndon 14
Edmond W Herndon 11
William H Herndon 8
Mary V C Herndon 5
Arthur H Herndon 3
Martha F Herndon 0

1860 Census
Name: Sarah E B Herndon
Age: 41
Birth Year: abt 1819
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: My Division, Mercer, Virginia
Post Office: Princeton
Family Number: 236
Household Members:
Name Age
Arthur Herndon 51
Sarah E B Herndon 41
William H Herndon 17
Virginia Herndon 15
Arthur Herndon 12
Martha F Herndon 10
Miriam D Herndon 8
Sarah A Herndon 4
Lelia S Herndon 2

Notes:

Married:
Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Name: Sarah E. B. Watson
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 2 Oct 1832
Marriage Place: Campbell, Virginia
Spouse: Abner [Arthur] Herndon
FHL Film Number: 31050