Capt Absalom Thompson (1800-1881) - Find a Grave Memorial

Capt Absalom Thompson

Birth

22 Aug 1800

Death

17 Feb 1881 (aged 80)

Burial

Old Brick Church Cemetery

Maury County, Tennessee, USA Show Map

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CAPTAIN
ABSALOM
THOMPSON
BORN
AUG. 22, 1800
DIED
FEB. 17, 1881
Taken from the book Historic Williamson County Old Homes and Sites by Virginia Bowman submitted by LindaMooreMora
In this book it list John Thompsons sons are , Absalom, Elijah and George W. Thompson and daughter Mixey Thompson Fleming.
States A deed in 1812 shows John Thompson buying 200 acres on the headwaters of the West Harpeth River from Jesse Jones, Jr. of Campbell Co, VA. In his will written forty-seven years later, John Thompson divided his large holdings between his sons and his son-in-law Samuel Fleming, Sr and William Fleming Sr.
John Thompson and his wife Elizabeth are buried on a hill on the north side of the Harpeth Peytonville-Arno Road with members of the Samuel Fleming family buried with them.