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William Thomson (1729 - 1796)

Colonel William "Danger" Thomson aka Thompson
Born in Pennsylvaniamap
Son of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 14 Aug 1755 in Amelia Township, St. Matthews Parish, Berkeley, South Carolina, British Americamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 67 in Sweet Springs, Monroe, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

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William Thomson was a South Carolina colonist.
1776 Project
Colonel William Thomson served with South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
1776 Project
Colonel William Thomson performed Patriotic Service in South Carolina in the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
William Thomson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A114670.
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William Thomson is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 304459
Rank: Colonel / Patriotic Service

Colonel William Thomson / Thompson was born 16 Jan 1726 in Pennsylvania. He married Mary Russell Patton. Children: Squire James, Isabella

1740 William has moved to South Carolina. [1] List of Augusta County settlers. Also in # 3816, King; # 2302, Fry; and # 720, Boyer, Ship Passenger Lists, the South, pp. 91-95.

Marriage: (2nd) Eugenia (Mary) Russell (1734-1809) on 14 Aug, 1755.

Children:

Eugenia Thomson (1756 – 1782)
Mary Margaret Thomson (1757 – 1779)
John Thomson (1759 – 1762)
Rebecca Thomson (1763 – 1797)
Jane S. Thomson (1767 –)
William Russell (Col.) Thomson ( 1768 – 1807 )
Charlotte Eugenia Thomson (1769 – 1850 )
John Paul Thomson (1771 – )
Harriet Rachel Thomson (1774 – 1824)
Charles Moses Thomson (1776 – 1793)

Military Service: 1776–1783-Colonel American Revolutionary War, commanding the 3rd Regiment of Rangers.[2][3]

According to the Jestor article on on South Carolina Historical Society, William was Colonel, defending Sullivan's Island during British attack, June, 1776. He led a regiment of one-thousand. They stopped Gen. Clinton's army who attacked Sullivan's Island from Long Island, now the Isle of Palms. [4]

Most of Col. William's horses and slaves were lost. He tried to restore the house, but was in ill health.

Col. William passed away 22 Nov., 1796 in Virginia. He is buried in Thomson Family Cemetery, Belleville Plantation, Fort Motte, Calhoun County, South Carolina, USA. [5]


This gentleman's grandson, John W was a Defender of the Alamo and was killed in Battle of the Alamo, March 6, 1836.

Sources

  1. Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900sPlace: Augusta Co., Virginia; Year: 1740; Page Number: 456 Source Information Place: Augusta Co., Virginia; Year: 1740; Page Number: 456
  2. The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies", By David Lee Russell, pg 91
  3. Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 12 Jan 2022), "Record of William Thompson", Ancestor # A114670.
  4. http://www.jstor.org: South Carolina Historical Society is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine.
  5. Hunting For Bears, comp.. South Carolina Marriage Index, 1641-1965 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005; South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol 5, # 3.
  • Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012
  • http://www.jstor.org: South Carolina Historical Society is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine.
  • Wells' Register for 1774, p. 67
  • Drayton's Memoirs, Vol. I., p. 353;
  • McCrady's South Carolina in the Revolution, 1775-1780, p. 12.
  • Statutes at Large of South Carolina, Vol. IV., p. 193, 230, 298.
  • The History of Orangeburg County, 1704-178-2 (A. S. Salley, Jr.), p. 250, 4, 8.
  • https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LWFV-VL2&spouse=L6P9-M4Q




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Thomson-4127 and Thomson-3921 appear to represent the same person because: Close in DOB, DOD, wife
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Rejected matches › William Thomas (1727-1798)