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54. viii. William F. Thompson, born August 1853, married circa 1887, Mattie House, born December 1858. William Thompson lived at Floyd’s Mill in Lee County, Alabama, in 1880.235 William F. and Mattie Thompson and their children lived at Floyd’s Mill, Lee County, Alabama, in 1900.236
55. ix. Tim Thompson, born circa 1856
56. x. Lula Lee Thompson, born circa 1863
    11. Salatha W.2Thompson (Henry1) was born circa 1817, Jones County, Georgia, died after 1880, Fulton County, Georgia. She married 25 March 1833, Pike County, Georgia, to William M. Leak,237 born circa 1815, died between 1860 and 1870 in either Spalding County or Fulton County, Georgia. William M. Leak was the son of Samuel Leak, born circa 1773, died 7 March 1836,238 Pike County, Georgia, and Jane ——.
    In the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery, Henry Thompson’s orphans of Bredlove’s District in Jones County, Georgia, drew Lot 182 in Section 2, District 23, 202 ½ acres. This lot was in Muscogee County, when it was drawn in 1827. It was then put into Talbot County. In Talbot County, Georgia, on 20 December 1834, William M. Leak of Pike County, Georgia, sold to David B. Bush, for $85, ¼ part of Lot 182, 23rd District. Witnesses: Thomas A. Grace, J. R. Martin, J.P. Recorded 14 January 1835.239
    In the Macon, Georgia, Messenger, 24 July 1845, William M. Leak was a member of the Senatorial Convention from Pike County. William Leak paid taxes in Griffin, Pike County, Georgia, in 1845 and 1846.240

    235 1880 U.S. Census, Lee Co., Ala., p. 294C, Floyd’s Mill. William Thompson, single, male, white, age 27, farmer, b. Ala. Ga. Ga., living alone.
    236 1900 U.S. Census, Lee Co., Ala., S.D. 4, E.D. 48, Sheet 2, Floyd’s Mill, #25/25. William F. Thompson, head, white, male, b. Aug. 1853, age 46, married 13 years, b. Ala. Ga. Ga.; Mattie S. Thompson, wife, white, female, b. Dec. 1858, age 41, married 13 years, b. Ala. Ala. Ala. And, children.
    237 Pike Co., Ga., William M. Leak to Saletha W. Thompson, 25 March 1833.
    238 Bryan L. Starr. 1830 U.S. Census, Pike Co., Ga., p. 114: Samuel Leak
    239 Talbot Co., Ga., Deed Book C, p. 345.
    240 Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Some Georgia County Records, Vol. 3 (Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1978), p. 289, 292.