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    In the 1800 census of Oglethorpe County, Georgia, the only surviving 1800 Georgia census: Anne Thompson – 1 male under 10; 1 male 16/26; 3 females under 10; 1 female 10/16; 1 female 26/45; 2 slaves.261
    In 1800 and 1803, James Bohannon was administrator of Henry Thompson, deceased. John Thompson was security.262
    In Oglethorpe County, 22 March 1800, John Bohannon of Greene County, sold to the widow and lawful heirs of Henry Thompson of Oglethorpe County, for $325 paid by Henry Thompson before his decease, 252 acres in Oglethorpe County, on Little River waters, adjoining south by Philip Edmonson, west by John Gresham, north by James Edmonson, east by James Bohannon.263
    In Oglethorpe County, 19 July 1803, John Langdon of Wilkes County, sold to John Stewart of Oglethorpe County, for $400, 400 acres in Oglethorpe County, on Little River waters, adjoining Henry Thompson, decd., Thos. Edmonson, Rhuben Glaze, and said Stewart’s land where he now lives, being part of 600 acres granted to Buckner Harris.264
    The 1807 Oglethorpe County, Land Lottery Eligibles, in Captain Richard Stewart’s District, includes: Ann Thompson, widow, with one draw. And, John Thompson, Ann Thompson, Jane Thompson, and Polley Thompson, minors and orphans of Henry Thompson, decd., given in by Ann Thompson, widow, one draw. William Calahan, Jr. had one draw.265
    In the Georgia Journal, 29 April 1812: Nine months after date, application will be made to the Inferior Court of Oglethorpe County, for leave to sell 400 acres in Greene County, on Richland Creek waters, it being part of the real estate of Henry Thompson, decd. (signed) James Buchannon, admr.

    261 Mary B. Warren, 1800 Census, Oglethorpe County, Georgia (Athens, Georgia, 1965), p. 2.
    262 Mary Bondurant Warren, The Georgia Genealogist, Oglethorpe Co. Register of Estates 1794-1821, p. 6.
    263 Oglethorpe Co., Ga., Deed Book M, p. 316. Wit: Geo. Moore, J.P. Recorded 4 Sept. 1828.
    264 Farmer, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Deed Books A – E, 1794-1809, p. 328. Oglethorpe Co., Ga., Deed Book E, p. 126.
    265 Mary Bondurant Warren, The Georgia Genealogist, 1807 Oglethorpe Co., Lottery Eligibles, p. 9.