William B Thompson (abt. 1771 - 1845)

Born about 15 Feb 1771 in Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Prudence (Mann) Thompson — married Sep 1804 in Amelia, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1845 at about age 74 in Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Sources

Birth

Birth:

Date: 15 FEB 1771 Place: Virginia

Marriage

Marriage Bonds in Amelia County, William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol 16, No. 3. (Jan., 1908), Page 199 September, 1804 -- Thompson, Wm. B. & Prudence Mann (d. of Field).

Burial

Burial:

Date: APR 1845

Place: Thompson Graveyard, Harper's Home, Dinwiddie Co., VA.

Dinwiddie Co., VA., March 1790 Quarterly Court Session, page 189:

"In Chancery, Samuel Wainwright and Nancey his wife, George Greenand Elizabeth his wife, William Thompson, Charles Thompson, JosephThompson, and Stith Thompson infants by the said Samuel Wainwright theirguardian....Complainants against Darvill Thompson eldest son of WilliamThompson dec'd and Margaret Thompson Executrix of the said WilliamThompson....Defendants.

This cause was this day heard upon the Bill and answers and byconsent of the parties by this counsel it is ordered and ecreed tha thedeft. Margaret Thompson the Executrix do produce to Francis Muir,Rawleigh P. Downman, Robert Cryer and John Jones ar any three of them allthe slaves belonging to the Estate of the said William Thompson dec'd notspecifically devised and that the said Commissioners or any three of themdo make equal division of the said Slaves between all the complainants(except George Green and Elizabeth his wife) and the Deft. DarvillThompson unless the George Green and wife shall bring into the saiddivision the Slaves devised to said Elizabeth by the will of the saidWilliam, and in that case then the said Commissioners to allott to thesaid George and Elizabeth an equal Share of the whole with the othercomplainants and the said Darvill. And it is further ordered that thesaid Margaret do make up an account of her administration of the saidWilliam Thompson's Estate and that the said commissioners or any three ofthem do examine the same and make report of their whole proceedings tothe court in order to a final decree." (Extract from Dinwiddie Co., VA.,Records).

DINWIDDIE CO., VA., PERSONAL PROP. TAX LIST, 1790

Prop. Name Name of free males over __ yrs of age

Thompson, William William Thompson 00100April 6th

DINWIDDIE CO. VIRGINIA DATA 1752 - 1865

COMPILED AND INDEXED BY Thomas P. Hughes, Jr.

Virginia State Library & Archives:

PORBABLE KINSHIPS FROM PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX ROLLS 1782 -1820

WAINWRIGHT, Samuel

1791 - William Thompson

DINWIDDIE CO., VA., PERSONAL PROP. TAX LIST A, 1800

Prop. Name Name of free males over __ yrs of age

Thompson, William William Thompson 3-2-4-0-0

1810 census, Dinwiddie Co., VA.: 00010/2001

1820 census, Dinwiddie Co., VA.: 131201/34220 (census shows 18 slaves).

1830 census, Dinwiddie Co., VA., Dinwiddie Twp.: 0001100100000/00010001

1840 census, Dinwiddie Co., VA.: 0000120010000/000000001

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT TAKEN FROM "DINWIDDIE COUNTY THE COUNTRYOF THE APAMATICA" Compiled by WPA Pg. 181:

"Most pretentious of these early private schools probably wasWinfield Academy, located on the Darvill Plantation, owned by William B.Thompson, the school dating from abt. 1810... "

William B. Thompsons name appears in a petition dated 18 Dec. 1819to incorporate Winfield Academy.

MUSTER ROLLS OF THE VIRGINIA MILITIA IN THE WAR OF 1812:

William B. Thompson rank: Capt. Time of Service: 6 days

The following is taken from Personal Papers - Francis Bland Randolph Chp.of Am. Soc. DAR, homes of Dinwiddie Co. VA., Accession No. 22580 (40pages), The Library of VA, Richmond, VA.:

"White Oak Grove

Seven miles west of Harper's Home, Dinwiddie Co., VA. Erected abt.1760. Owned by Wm. B. Thompson in 1811. Present owner Earnest L.Elder. Situated in an oak grove. The house repaired by Wm. Thompson hasthe date 1811 on chimney. The south end has two stories, the north endone story and a half, north of this is a wing one story high. All havegabled roof and dormer windows. A Colonial porch and a six panel door.Mantels elaborate with grill work - 72 inches high to ceiling.

Capt. William B. Thompson was a direct descendant to Col JosephBuffington Darville, who came to America from England in 1700. A man ofgreat wealth [Wm. Thompson] and intellect and had one of the mostvaluable libraries in the county."

OLD HOMES OF DINWIDDIE CO.,VA.:

"On State 40, eleven and a half miles from the junction with U. S.1, DARVILL stands near the highway. The house is of unusualconstruction—a gabled two-story building, probably the first, having beenextended by two wings that changed the entrance of the original sectionfrom the side to the gabled end. The wings are of story-and-a-halfconstruction with outside chimneys and a single dormer in each. Thebasement harbors an apparatus for distilling liquors, presumably used inan earlier day. The large hall on the first floor is wainscoted, and thewide flooring is of hard pine. The house has four flights of steep,winding stairs. This was the home of Doctor William Feild Thompson, whorepresented Dinwiddie in the State Senate from 1850 to 1863 and whoseson, Knox Thompson, sat in the House of Delegates from 1891 to 1895.

Slightly over a mile west of Darvill is WHITE OAK GROVE, the homebuilt by William B. Thompson, father of Doctor Thompson. This house, likemany others in Dinwiddie, was not built all of a piece. The smallersection—story-and-a-half with one dormer in its steep roof—is undoubtedlythe older. On the chimney of the larger are the initials W. B. T. and thedate 1811. Both sections have outside end-chimneys. A basement contains ahuge fireplace in each of its two rooms. The south room, which wasprobably the parlor, is exquisitely paneled to its ceiling; and each ofthe four windows has 18 small panes. In the family burying groundtombstones mark the graves of William B. Thompson (17791845) and his wifePrudence (1779-1821); and of Doctor William Feild Thompson (1810-1891)and his wife Mary Ellen Cousins Thompson (1826-1893). William B. Thompsonwas the son of William F. Thompson and Margaret Darvill. Because ColonelJoseph Buffington Darvill objected to his daughter's marrying Thompson,he brought Margaret to Virginia. The suitor followed, however, foundMargaret, married her, and presumably lived happily ever after."

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