Matthew
Thompson
Born in Cherokee Nation (East)
Ancestors 
Son of James Allen Thompson
and Martha (Lynch) Thompson
Brother of
Jeter Lynch Thompson, Johnson Thompson, John Martin Thompson, Rachel Caroline (Thompson) Allison, Maria Ann (Thompson) Parks, Mary Eliza (Thompson) Allison, Sabra Elizabeth (Thompson) Ballard, Nancy Martha (Thompson) Edmondson and Joseph Franklin Thompson
Husband of
Lucy Ann (Clark) Thompson
— married
1842 (to 1843) [location unknown]
Husband of
Sarah Turner (Denman) Fite
— married
13 Mar 1844 (to 1851) in Georgia, United States
Husband of
Lucy Ann (Ward) Luckey
— married
1851 (to 1853) in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States
Husband of
Jemima (Hildebrand) Thompson
— married
1860 (to 1862) in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Gilbert Taylor Thompson and James Allen Thompson
Died
at age 36
in Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 May 2021
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Biography
Matthew was Cherokee.
Matthew Thompson was born in 1826 in Pine Log, Cherokee Nation (East), (now Georgia), to James Allen Thompson and Martha (Patsy) Lynch, a Cherokee. He was one of 11 children. [1] In 1838 the family was forced to move to Indian Territory. They settled on Beattie's Prairie, IT, near what is now Jay, OK. [2] Matthew, his brother Martin, and sisters Ann and Mary attended the Moravian "New Springplace" school from fall of 1840 to January, 1842 when their father removed them. The Moravians commented "father displeased" and at least one child was expelled as "incorrigible." [3] Matthew married several times. His first wife was Lucy Ann Clark. They had no children together. He married Sallie Denman in 1844. They were the parents of Gilbert and James. Matthew, Sarah, and an infant listed as Matthew (actually James A.) appear on the 1850 U.S. Census living in Georgia. [4] Matthew appears alone on the 1851 Drennan Roll. [5] Matthew left Sarah and returned to the Cherokee Nation where he married third wife Lucy Ward about 1851. They also had no children together. He married Jemima Hildebrand about 1860. Matthew died in St. Louis during the Civil War as a prisoner of war and is buried at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.[6]
Research Notes
Matthew's son Gilbert gave his death date as February, 1863 in his Eastern Cherokee application [7]but records of the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery give the date as October 28, 1862.
Sources
- ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. p. 330
- ↑ Pioneer Papers interview #12166, with Alma Ballard, p. 344ff, digitized at Alma
- ↑ Cherokee Family Researcher, Mesa, AZ, Fall, 1992 and Spring, 1993. Catalog of Scholars at New Spring Place, 1838-1842. transcribed by Jerry Clark. digitized at Spring Place
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYH-YWC : Thu Oct 05 22:59:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Matthew Thompson and Sarah Thompson, 1850.
- ↑ The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Record Group Number: 75; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999; NARA Series Number: 7RA-01; NARA Series Title: Drennen Roll, 1852; Roll: 1 Delaware District #876
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41546077/mathew-thompson: accessed 30 November 2023), memorial page for Mathew Thompson (unknown–28 Oct 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41546077, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by SHARYN (contributor 47139911).
- ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #7509, Gilbert T. Thompson
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matthew by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Matthew:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matthew by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Matthew:
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~12.50%
Joe B. Parks
:
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T248947 [compare]
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~6.25%
Kathie (Parks) Forbes :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A340796 [compare], Ancestry member kathieforbes1
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