Meriwether "Jeff" Jr. THOMPSON
Military: entered the military services of the Confederate States Of America
on July 25th, 1861 as a Brigadier General of the Missouri and
Arkansas State Troops at Bloomfield, Missouri and at Sedalia,
Missouri. He was captured at Pocahuntas, Arkansas on August 25,
1863 and was imprisoned on Johnson's Island, (Delaware) This site
has been visited by the family of Robert O'Neill.
He was exchanged at Charleston, S.C. in August, 1864.
He was assigned command of Shelby's Brigade and commanded the
Nothern sub-district of Arkansas until his surrender. For awhile
he was in command of the Trans-Mississippi Dept. He kept a diary
and copies are in the possession of his family.
The original and other papers can be found in the archives of
the Univ. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill - collection of Southern Papers
and Records.Doc T-25-2 is a copy of his commission as Brig Gen - Missouri
State Guard.On May 11, 1865 he surrendered 7500 men to General Dodge at Chalk
Bluff, Arkansas. On May 25 and June 5, 1865, he surrendered the
balance of his command at Jacksonport, Arkansas. He signed his
Parole on June 6, 1865 as a Brig. General, Missouri State Guard,
Confederate States Army.
While at Johnson's Island he compiled a list of all men buried in the
cemetery there.
His Cross of Honor was received by his daughter Mrs. Longmire.
While he was in New Orleans he operated a Distillary at #50 Canal
Street which made Bourbon. on the label he is refered to as a Morgan
Raider.
In the Civil War Times Illustrated special issue of 1974 he was
called "the Swamp Fox of the Confederacy"
Others **********the below from Museum Graphic - Fall 1952 vol iv #4****
published by the St. Joseph Museum
Prior to the war he was commander of the state guard of the Fourth
Military District (Missouri)
In 1854-1855 he was city engineer (St. Joseph). He built dikes to
protect the steamboat landings. He was in charge of constructing
the western half of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. In 1857
he helped organize the Platte County Railroad.
He had patted the rump of the bay mare to give the Pony Express
its official start from St. Joseph for California
After the war he tried Merchandising in Memphis, Tenn.
With the help of Gen. A.L.Lee he was appointed chief engineer
for Louisiana with headquarters at New Orleans. He retained this
position until 1876 when he returned to St. Joseph to die from
consumption. He died Sept 5,1876 at the Pacific House Hotel. Burial
was at Mt. Mora cemetary.
When the war started he was president of the Elwood and Marysville
Railroad. Gen A.L.Lee (see above) was one of the directors. Thompson
was also president of the Maryville and Denver City railroad.
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from the Daily Picayune of January 30, 1862 doc T-2-3 page 2
Men Wanted for Jeff Thompson's Command - A few more good men are
wanted to join the Billin Guards, now in Missouri, under Gen.
Jeff. Thompson. Arms, uniforms and equipments will be furnished.
Apply at Capt. Rice's, corner Julia and Circus streets.
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from the Daily Picayune of January 24, 1862 doc T-2-2 page 2
St. Louis, Jan 17.- The Federals expect an early attack from
Jeff. Thompson at Pilot Knob. The Federals have recently been
defeated by Jeff. near Ironton Folk.
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from document T-20-6: he was secty of "New Orleans Lightering
& Wrecking Company", F. Farrand, Pres.
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"Organization and Status of Missouri Troops (Union and Confederate)
in service during the Civil War" published by the Record and Pension
Office, War Department, Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office
1902 see pages 266,271-273,276,283,300-301"War of the Rebellion Series 1 vol Official records of the Union
and Confederate Armies 1864" page 663 Assignment to command of
Shelby's Brigade
see pages 256,357,359,364,383,402,632-633,635,642,644,646,648
655,664,676-677,704,715
reports of Price's Missouri Expedition Aug 29-Dec 2,1864
on pages 663-670same as above Vol XLVII part 11
correspondence with John B. Magruder and Joseph J. Reynolds on
pages 78,80,117,206,249
see pages 71,80,111-112,134,140,143,154,167,190,191-192,199,
207,211,226,235,241,243-244,294,304,312,322,334,341-342,386,
387,405-406,417,419,430,433,440,451,454,465,472,481,494-495,
541,543,569,585-586,610,614,634,706,722,736,738,1295,1299surrender of his troops
May 10, 1865 - see part 1 1865 page 233
May 11, 1865 - see part 1 1865 pages 234-236see BLCW pages 279,348,452 photo on page 452
See History of Buchanan County and the City of St. Joseph and
Representative Citizens, by Chris L. Rutt, pub. by Biographical
Publishing Company, Chicago, IL 1904Birth and Family info: from "The Family of William Taliafero Thompson and his
Anne Claiborne Mc Ilwaine" by Ben Rose and Anne Thompson Rose.
Richmond Va. R929.2097 T478YR
Jeff says in a poem and in his diary notes T-30-2 that both
grandfathers were revolutionary soldiers.Marriage info:from "Genealogical Notes from the Liberty Tribune", Liberty,
Missouri:"March 10, 1848:Marriages: In this place on the 4th by
Rev. Mr. Ward, M.M. Thompson of St. Joseph to Miss Emma C. Hayes
of this place, late of Baltimore, Md." doc T-17-1Life Story: Excerpts from St. Joseph Gazette, August 26, 1923:
"Merriwether Jeff Thompson, son of Merriwether and Martha
(Broaddies) Thompson was born January 22, 1826, at Harper's
Ferry, Virginia.
It is entirely in keeping with the romatic and picturesque quality
of the Pony Express venture that Jeff Thompson should have been
mayor of the town at that time. No more interesting figure ever
graced the pages of history than this same erratic genius who
acquired national fame before his crowded life came to a close in
St. Joseph at the Old Pacific House in 1876. [Note: the Pacific
House was owned by his brother-in-law and his sister had raised
Jeff's children after his wife went insane, possibly as a result
of her arrest by the Federal's as a Southern sympathizer ! - RON]
A man of contradictions, brought up to the strictest Whig
principals, he espoused the Confederate cause, served the South
during four years with a bravery and ardor which won him high honor:
Then went to be the house guest of General Grant at the close of the
War. He flung himself enthusiastically into each phase of his
political career, indifferent either to public opinion or to the
effect upon his friend's regard for him. That which he believed he
supported, regardless of any consequences, and when circumstances or
events caused him to change his opinions he did it boldly. It
required some courage to change one's opinion in those troubled
days. Thompson was called a traitor, a turncoat, but he went
resolutely along the path he had chosen for himself. Whatever else
he was or was not, he was a do-er; there was nothing negative
about his character. Whether you liked him or not you had to take
him into account.
The fifty years of his life were filled to the brim with activity
which involved all who were connected with him, however remotely,
sometimes to their satisfaction, more frequently to their
astonished dismay.
His diaries on file in St. Joseph are a veritable epic of heroic
adventure, worthy as it stands, of the pen of Vachel Lindsay.
The first ten years of his residence in St. Jospeh saw tremendous
development and corresponding achievement on the part of Thompson.
By the time the Pony Express was ready to start on its historic
journey to Sacramento, the Mayor of St. Joseph was president of the
St. J & M Railroad, president of the Maryville & Roseport Railroad
(Now the Grand Island), president of the Gasworks, agent of the
Platte County Railroad, county surveyor, president of the Catholic
Benovelent Association, colonel in the Missouri Militia, and 'round
about and in and out' he was busy making speeches on every occasion.
And such speeches! Even in a day of flowery oratory, his stand out
as remarkable for their liberality of description. His "Cattle on
the Hills' speech is to be found in almost every newspaper of that
date throughout the State.
His diary abounds with references to his surverying work. It is
regrettable that no official records of his achievemnts in this line
are available, in that he, more then any one man, contributed to the
engineering work along the Missouri River. Technical magazines up to
as late a date as twelve years ago carried accounts of the
remarkable engineering feats of Jeff Thompson, and it is interesting
to know that his judgment along those lines is still being accepted
his successors. He constructed the western division of the Hannibal
and St. Joseph Railroad, a task whose magnitude it is difficult to
realize today. If the war had not interrupted his career it is
certain that his fame in this line would have become national.
War drew near Saint Joseph and Thompson's always excitable nature
was inflamed with emotional concern for the fate of the South. The
flag incident, which appears inseparable from any mention of his
name, has been recorded so often, and so fully, that it is
unnecessary to go into it again. To those who still hold it in
bitter memory it may be said that there were personal irritations
and aggravations which made it an impulsive act of the moment,
rather than the deliberate affront which it might seem to be.
Even the federal army had but words of praise for Thompson's war
activities. He asked no labor or risk from his soldiers which he
himself was not willing to share, and it was his dangerous
expeditions into the treacherous lowlands of the Mississippi
River Valley which won for him the title, 'The Swamp Fox of the
Confederacy'.
He rose rapidly in rank in the Confederate Army and as a Brigadier
General he had command of Shelby's Brigade on the occasion of the
raid into Missouri. Extracts from various journals of military
authorities of that time testify to the fact that Thompson's
discipline over his troops was remarkable and his brigade was famous
for its military strictness. In early 1865 the Leader was captured
and sent to Johnson's Island. Even in prison his boundless energy
surprised his captors, as during his stay at this historic prison he
cataloged the prisoners, surveyed, laid out and located all the
graves in the prison cemetery, an act of unselfish kindness which is
still remembered with gratitude.
In May, 1865, General Thompson, having been exchanged and being once
more in charge of his brigade, accepted the terms of surrender
granted to Lee and dismissed his troops. The speech he made on that
occasion is perhaps the most famous of the kind during the war.
Whereas the flag incident had embittered his Northern adherents at
the beginning of the war, his farewell speech then embittered his
Southern adherents at its close. At first glance it seems difficult
to comprehend the reason for so biting a speech. Thompson explained
it by the fact that during his incarceration his command was
scattered and the original troops replaced by the rougher element
which skulks on the outskirts of every army. In his account of the
occasion he says that there were a few crippled and disabled
soldiers who had fought in his command, and for those he had
nothing but commendation and friendly words. But for the
remaining eight thousand he faced so audaciously, he said they
consisted of desperadoes and marauders who had pillaged, burned and
destroyed under the protection of the Southern flag and his wrath
against them knew no bounds. The speech which has been preserved in
many a Civil War history is the most remarkable document of its kind
to be found anywhere.
At the close of the war General Thompson was appointed Chief of the
Louisiana State Board of Engineers, which position he held until his
death at St. Joseph in 1876. His activities in Louisiana centered
on improvement of flood conditions along the Lower Mississippi
River."
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From Doc T-32-3:"In the August 1, 1876 issue of the Gazette appears
an interview with General Thompson, written just a month before he
died. Part of it is here reproduced... 'the reporter stated that
he had frequently experienced a desire to meet him, having heard
often of him - a curiosity augmented by the fact that in the play,
"The Gilded Age," General Jeff Thompson is frequently alluded to
by Col. Mulberry Sellers.' 'Oh, yes', said the general laughing,
'You know the book, "The Gilded Age," is the joint production of
Charles Warner and Mark Twain. Warner was with me when we first
began work upon this road - the Hannibal and Saint Joseph"
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from TTS, page 79-81:Meriwether Jeff Thompson, a great uncle of W. Taliaferro
Thompson Jr, was one of the most colorful figures in St. Joseph MO in its early
days. One of his contemporaries said of him, "He was the best loved and the
worst hated man in St. Jo. You couldn't always approve of him, but you couldn'y
help admiring him". During the Civil War he dined with President Jefferson
Davis and after the war was a guest of General U.S. Grant.Meriwether was born Jan 22, 1826 in Harpers Ferry Va and grew up in that
town. He was named Meriwether for his father, Meriwether Thompson (q.v.), but
as a boy he frequently rode on the cart of a colored man named Jeff Carlyle.
The nickname of Jeff was applied to Meriwether and later adopted legally.
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He was educated at the Military Academy in Charlestown VA where he was made
captain of his company. He tried to enter the Texas navy, but was rejected as
too young. He became self-supporting when he was seventeen years old. (in 1843
he entered the store of Miller, Wood & Lake. In 1844 he went to Duffield's
Depot to clerk for Alfred Duffield. In 1845 he went to Philadelphia July 1 to
live with DeComsey, Lafourcade & Co. No. 77, Market Street. French Cloth House.
In November left until Jan 1 spent Christmas week in Frederick City, Maryland.
- my notes) A trip through the South
in 1846, when he was 20, brought him to St. Louis and Liberty Landing MO. For a
year he was clerk in a store in Liberty, but in 1847 he went to St. Joseph MO,
which had been laid out as a town only four years before. He was employed first
by Perry & Young and lived in the back of their store.In 1848 he returned to Liberty and married Miss Emma Catherine Hays, a
native of Baltimore. To this union five children were born: Emma Catherine
Thompson, Martha "Marcie" Washington Thompson, and Charles Albert Thompson.
As his wife was a Roman Catholic, he served a term as President of the Catholic
Benevolent Society, but at the time of his death he was a member of the
Episcopal Church.The gold Rush of '49 transformed St Jo into a boomtown and Jeff prospered
with the town. He was a man of vision who early discerned that St Jo would be
the gateway to the West. When the survey of the Hannibal & St Joseph Railroad
line began, Jeff joined the surveying party of Simeon Kemper as commissary and
thus acquired a knowledge of surveying and engineering.About this time Jeff won first prize for dancing aboard the luxury
steamboat "Morning Star", which made the trip for St. Louis to St. Joseph in
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from "The Gilded Age", by Mark Twain:"You ought to know Jeff; he's one of the
most enthusiastic engineers in this western country, and one of the best fellows
that ever looked through the bottom of a glass.'
The recommendation was not undeserved. There was nothing that Jeff
wouldn't do, to accommodate a friend, from sharing his last dollar with him, to
winging him in a duel. When he understood from Col. Sellers how the land lay at
Stone's Landing, he cordially shook hands with that gentleman, asked him to
drink, and fairly roared out, 'Why, God bless my soul, Colonel, a word from one
Virginia gentleman to another is 'nuff ced.' There's Stone's Landing been
waiting for a railroad more than four thousand years and damme if she shan't
have it.'...
Jeff Thompson afterwards told Philip that he once asked Senator
Atchison, then acting Vice-President of the United States, about the
possibility of acclimation; he thought the opinion of the second officer of our
great government would be valuable on this point. They were sitting together on
a bench before a country tavern, in the free converse permitted by our
democratic habits.
'I suppose, Senator, that you have become acclimated to this country?'
'Well,' said the Vice-President, ...
Mr. Jeff Thompson, for it was the camp of this redoubtable engineer,
gave the travelers a hearty welcome, offered them ground room in his own tent,
ordered supper, and set out a small jug, a drop from which he declared
necessary on account of the chill of the evening.
'I never saw an Eastern man,' said Jeff, 'who knew how to drink from a
jug with one hand. It's as easy as lying. So.' He grasped the handle with the
right hand, threw the jug back upon his arm, and applied his lips to the
nozzle. It was an act as graceful as it was simple. 'Besides,' said Mr.
Thompson, setting it down, 'it puts every man on his honor as to quantity.'
Early to turn in was the rule of the camp, and by nine o'clock
everybody was under his blanket, except Jeff himself, who worked awhile at his
table over his field-book, and then arose, stepped outside the tent door and
sang, in a strong and not unmedodious tenor, the Star Spangled Banner from
beginning to end. It proved to be his nightly practice to let off the
unexpended steam of his converational powers, in the words of this stirring
song.
Mr. Jeff Thompson was the most popular engineer who could be found for
this work. He did not bother himself much about details or practicabilities of
location, but ran merrily along, sighting from the top of one divide to the top
of another, and striking 'plumb' every town site and big plantation within
twenty or thirty miles of his route. In his own language he 'just went
booming.' ...
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from Daily Picayune January 19, 1862 page 2 Doc T-2-1
Jeff Thompson as a Poet. - Whatever this energetic General does he
does in Earnest, and with Vim. He writes as stongly as he fights.
The following verses were written by him, on the spur of the
instant, when asked by a young lady to give her some words to be
sung, upon a patriotic occasion, for the benefit of the volunteers.HOME AGAIN !
by Jeff. ThompsonMy dear wife waits my coming,
My children lisp my name,
And kind friends bid me welcome
To my own home again.
My father's grave lies on the hill.
My boys sleep in the vale.
I love each rock, and murmuring rill,
Each mountain, hill and dale,
Home again!I'll suffer hardships, toils and pain
For the good time sure to come,
I'll battle long that I may gain
My freedom and my home.
I will return, though foes may stand,
Disputing evey rod:
My own dear home, my native land,
I'll win you yet, by ____!
Home again!doc T-49-1, says the following verses were written on the back of a photograph
given to a lady in New York April 1862:My father's father was a Rebel
And Mother's father was a Rebel too;
So, when the South called out her soldiers
Pray, what would you have had me do?
But buckle on my father's saber,
And sieze at once his trusty gun,
And strike a blow for Southern freedom
Like Old Virginia's faithful son.For one grandsire stood with Henry,
On Hanover's Sacred sod,
And the other followed "Harry"
In the Light Horse' foremost squad.
And my grandsires stood together
When the foe at Yorktown fell;
"Stock" like this, against oppression
Could do naught else but REBEL.And there are three hundred thousand
Of the same good cross as we,
Standing now with sharp bright bayonets,
With Smith, Hood, Beauregarde and Lee;
Who will fight, as did their fathers,
Through seven years of blood and toil
To drive away the hated Yankee
Who polutes our Southern Soil.So, Northmen hold! and pause, and think
Upon the kind of men who stand
Battling in your foeman's ranks,
Fighting for their native land;
Think you that such men as these
Will ever kiss the chast'ning rod?
No! No! No! - No, no forever.
No! No! We won't, we won't! By God!Speeches : I have in a possession the following speeches:
"Speech by M.J. Thompson, Mayor, St. Joseph, Missouri - 1860
Inaugurating Pony Express, April 3, 1860
"Lecture on the Subject of the Levees" read before the New
Orleans Academy of Sciences" January 16, 1872copy of his infamous speech to his troop on the surrender
at Jacksonport:"Gentlemen: I have come here to have a little
family talk with you, as this may be the last time I may ever meet
you together. I have come to tell you the news. Many of you don't
know yet that Vicksburg has fallen, and many of you don't know that
Lee or Johnson have surrendered; but I tell you it is all true.
Many of the eight thousand men I now see around me, very many of
you have been skulking for the past three years in the swamps,
within (unreadable) miles of our old homes, skulking duty, and
during that time have not seen your own children. I see many faces
around me that have not been seen by mortal man for the last three
years, and what have you been doing all that time? Why, you have
been lying in the swamps until the moss has grown six inches long
upon your back, and such men call themselves 'chivalrous soldiers.'
A few days ago Gen. Reynolds sent a flag of truce to my
headquarters, I sent out to gather a respectable force to meet
those officers, and not one of you responded; Now days later, when
Colonel Davis and Captain Bennett, of General Dodge's staff bore
dispatches to me from that General, I again attempted to call about
me enough to make a respectable show, and how many of these brave
8000 men reported at the call? One sore-eyed man with green
goggles! But you rally like brave and gallant men around Uncle
Sam's commissary stores; and I now come to surrender you, and I
hope you will make better citizens than you have soldiers. [A voice
from the crowd, 'General, talk to us like Gentlemen.'] Now you just
dry up till I get through, and then you can get up on this barrel
and talk. There are some gentlemen here, and (illegible) there are
more d--d sneaking cowardly dogs, who have never done anything on
either side, and I am going to talk to you all.
In the first place, I want to say this to you: The general
officers who have come here to parole you and feed you, have acted
as gentlemen, in good faith. They have not gone peeping under your
coats to see if you have pistols; they have not spied about your
camps to see if you were secreting arms, but have treated you as
gentlemen; but I tell you that you have not acted in good faith.
Those of you who have arms, with a very few exceptions, have left
them at home; and those who have government horses have failed to
report them here. Now let me say to you, one and all, those of you
who have retained your arms, as soon as you get home take them to
the nearest military post and give them up, or burn them, or get
rid of them in some manner, for as sure as there is a God in
Heaven, if they are found in your house, just so sure will your
houses be burned to the ground, and I hope to God every one of you
who keep good arms or property of any kind in your houses will be
hanged, and you will be too.
Now I want you to go home and work hard, and take care of your
families; work early and late, and get up at night and see if your
crops are growing. Above all thing avoid political discussions. If
any man says 'nigger,' do you swear that you never knew one nor saw
one in your life. We have talked about the niggers for forty years,
and have been out-talked; we have fought four years for the
niggers, and have been d--d badly whipped, and now it is 'your
put;' the Yankees have won the niggers, and will do what they
please with them, and you have no say in the matter: if they want
him, they will take him, and if they say you must keep him, you
will have to do it and no mistake. I tell you that you have no say
in the matter, and you oughtn't to have. Go home and stay there,
don't go anywhere but to mill, don't go to church, for the
minister will put knots and mischief in your heads and get you into
trouble. Be good citizens, and then those of you who have been
good, honest, and brave soldiers have nothing to fear, but I warn
those of you who have been sneaking, cowardly jay-hawkers,
cut-throats and thieves, that a just retribution awaits you, and I
hope to God that the Federal authorities will hang you wherever
and whenever they find you, and they will do it sure.
Now I want to talk to you Missourians; you are talking about
going to your old holmes to live again. What did every one of you
say last fall when you went into Missouri and expected to stay
there? Why, that you would make 'every Union man climb a tree,'
and many threats of a similar character. now do you think that
those Union men whom you threatened with the halter but a few days
ago, if you had the power, are going to permit you to come and live
among them and have all the privileges that they enjoy? - NOT MUCH!
Now the tables are turned, and if you go back there they may make
you 'climb trees,' and I hope they will, for many of you richly
deserve it. [About this juncture a loud murmuring was audible in
the crowd, and a bystander suggested to the General that they might
mob him. 'Mob h-ll, I don't scare worth a d--n,' replied the
General.]
I want you all to go home and be peaceable, quiet citizens,
and if marauders and out-laws come among you, do not take the law
into your own hands, but if you (missing) do it, arrest them and
deliver them (missing), with such evidence as you can obtain, to
the commandant of the nearest military post; by this means you will
place the responsibility on others. and avoid neighborhood quarrels
and strife.
Do not complain if you are not permitted to have a voice in
elections and civil affairs. You have forfeited all such rights,
and it now becomes you to submit to such laws and regulations as
the Federal authorities may deem proper to enact. I believe and
know that they will do the best they can for you, especially if
you show henceforth that you desire to merit their confidence by
a strict obedience to the laws where you may reside.
We are conquered, subjugated; we have no rights but must
accept such privileges and favors as the government may see proper
to bestow upon us.Inventions: Jeff invented a pistol and a Bevel Gauge
Document T-20-25 in my possesion is the instruction book for the
Bevel Gauge. It was sold by L.C. Stephens & Co. of Riverton, Conn.Misc I have a copy of M. Jeff Thompson's secret code, which is supposed
to have been the code for the Confedracy.
I have a copy (doc T-20-1) of a document which reads:
"We the undersigned hereby agree to stand Treat whenever we
find the other broke
M. Jeff Thompson
W. J. Hatch
E. S. Hewitt
H. B. Thompson
Longstreet
Charles Bousaier
Hugh Lewis"
I also have a copy of his Oath of Office for the position
of Engineer of first district of the Board of Public Works
I also have a copy of his draft of the letter to Andrew Johnson
for Amnesty after the War.
I have copies of two letters he wrote to his daughter Emma while
prisoner during the war (T-30-3 and T-30-4) plus the test of
another in the possession of my cousin Longmier in Houston
also excerpts from his diaries doc T-30-2 in his writing. Diaries
are in St. Joseph Museum
Doc T-32-1 is list of Documents at Univ. of N.C. belonging to
Jeff
Photos I have two large copies of Photos Documents T-20-3 and T-20-4
See RLMR, page 335 for another photo doc T-27-1
Books Donal J Stanton, Goodwin F. Berquist and Paul C. Bowers,
"The Civil War Reminiscences of General M. Jeff Thompson,"
Morningside House, Inc., 260 Oak Street, Dayton Ohio 45410,
1988 ISBN 089029-523XServices of M. Jeff Thompson," Confederate Publishing Co., Inc.
Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1956I have copies of correspondence between Jeff Thompson and Col. Jno F. Philips
U.S. in regards to Philips' sword and pistols seized by Jeff Thompson in
Sedalia, MO. (doc T-147-1) the originals are at Tulane University in N.O.
This sword was presented to Colonel John F. Philips by his command as you will
find engraved on the sword, the scabbard was supposed to be silver, it was
broken during a make believe fencing match between H. Bolivar
Thompson and one of his playmates, when they were about 14 or 15 years of age.The following is taken fron the Diary of M. Jeff Thompson in reference to the
pistols and sword, etc., between Oct 13th & 19th, 1864"On the evening of the 13th I was directed to send a strong scout towards
Longwood to watch the enemy on that direction. I selected Col. A. W. Slayback
for this duty and early next morning he had moved to Longwood. On the 14th I
was ordered to take the Brigade without baggage and with two guns of Collins'
Battery and proceed to Sedalia, and make such demonstrations and capture as I
might deem expedient on that flank of the Army. We reached Longwood after night
and found Slayback on the qui vive, with plenty of men and the whole
neighborhood well picketed.If I were to tell of the pretty young ladies we met here it might make Mrs.
Thompson and Mrs. Slayback jealous, so I will simply say we net a hearty
welcome, but I was restless and uneasy for I knew large bodies of the enemy
were near us. We made an early start southward the next morning towards Sedalia
using every precaution against surprise, and it was well that we did, for when
our advance scouts reached Georgetown and Otterville road a column of eight
thousand Federals were passing, and we had to halt until they were gone, and
then close down on the road to intercept straglers. We soon caught several and
two of these declared that they were trying to desert, that they were
confederate soldiers who had escaped from the prisons, as I knew was common and
from the information they gave me I was satisfied that they told the truth, in
fact one of them belonged to a company then with me, and was know to the
captain and men as having been a good soldier, and he certainly was a smart
fellow. I now sent a courier back with all speed to General Price to inform him
of the fact that Pleasonton was then ahead of him, pushing for Lexington. That
I would delay Pleasanton by demonstrations, and that if he desired to take
Lexington to push ahead.I rested on the road to let Pleasanton get far enough away not to overtake me
before night, and then I started for Sedalia.Sedalia is a new town on the Pacific Railroad, in the center of a beautiful
prairie. It was defended by two redoubts and continous rifle pit, and would
haver stood a regular approach very well. It was garrisoned by some four or
five hundred men .....To my personal knowldege not one man appropiated a single article to his
private use at the capture of Sedalia, except arms, and all things were issued
by the respective departments. I here obtained a fine sabre, and a pair of
revolvers which little suited the ragged suit of clothes I wore. ... "In Jeff's letter, he claims that he was planning to return the above but since
Col. Philips chose to claim the return as a right he has changed his mind and
told Col. Philips to defend his weapons better next time.
from Document H-20-1:"'My sister Emma was the wife of Gen. M. Jeff Thompson',
This was the property of Judge Bery Hayes of San Diego California the eldest
brother of Mrs. M. Jeff Thompson. It was given to Charles M. Thompson who left
it to Mary T. Merwin the second daughter of M. Jeff Thompson and is now
presented to his grand daughter Betty Bailey B(unreadable) by her aunt Mary
Longmire." It is dated Clifton, Va. July 24th 1904. The reverse says:"The wife
of Albert Sidney Johnston was a sister of Dr. J. S. Griffin. Dr. Griffin's wife
was Louisa Hayes sister of Judge Benjamin Hayes."
see doc S-27-2, in it my father states he found index card in New Orleans lib
re her death notice. It refered him to The Daily Picayune for July 12, 1886
page 4 col 6 where he found:"Hayes- In Jackson, La. on July 4 1886, Emma C.
Hayes, aged 62 years, widow of the late Gen. M. Jeff Thompson."
from "The Family of William Taliaferro Thompson and his Wife Anne Claiborne
McIlwaine" by Ben Rose and Anne Thompson Rose, Richmond Virginia 1982
R929.20973 T478YR:
"Meriwether Thompson was born around 1786 in Culpepper County, Va. We have not
been able to establish conclusively who his parents were, and for this reason
we are not able to document the Thompson line any further back.
Meriwether appears in the Personal Property Tax lists of Culpepper County
Va. in 1811. On Oct 14, 1815, at the home of his bride's Father, he was married
to Martha Slaughter Broadus. The ceremony was conduceted by the Rev. John
Woodville. The family bible in the possession of Mrs. Betty Lee Lyle lists the
birth of their children as ... All the children were baptized by the Rev. John
Woodville.
The family lived in Stevesburg, Culpepper County Va., until about 1825,
when they moved to Harper's Ferry where Meriwether served in the Paymaster's
Department of the US Army. He was referred to as 'Captain' and it is thought
that he reached the rank during service in the War of 1812.
He continued to live in Harper's Ferry until 1851, when he moved to St.
Joseph Mo., where his three sons, Broadus, M. Jeff, and Charles were Living.
Meriwether died Jan 5 1859 in St. Joe and is buried in the old Mt. Mora
Cemetery there. His tombstone gives his age as 73."
from EPVP, vol III:"Isaac Winston, Jr. and Susan, his wife, of Culpepper Co.,
deed to James R. McConochie? of same Co. 875 pounds, in the bounds of Arthur S.
Brockenborrough, of Tappahonock, Lot 26 in town of Fairfax. Wit. Meriwether
Thompson, Bailey Buckner, Richard Norris. Apr. 16, 1812."
this marriage in noted in Doc T-42-4
see doc T-65-3 for a photo of the hotel he operated in Harper's Ferry.
see doc t-65-2 for info on this.- From doc T-65-2, "The Business Enterprises
and Commercial Development of Harpers Ferry's Lower Town
by Charles W. Snell, April 9, 1973:
No. 21
The Mrs. Ann C. Stephenson Buildings
(Buildings No. 12 and 12A)
Location: North side of Shenandoah Street, at the northeast corner of
Shenandoah and High Streets, situated opposite to the Arsenal
Square on Warer Lot No. 15, subdivision No. 1.Physical
Buildings no. 12 and 11 were jointly constructed in 1838-39,
using the same plan and were separated only by a brick fire wall. Building No.
12 was 3 1/2 story brick structure with a full cellar, gabel roof, and a pair
of end chimneys that were connected by a brick parapet and located within the
left (west) side wall. The front (south) and rear (north) slopes of the
slate-covered roof were each pierced by a pair of dormer windows. Fronting on
Shenanaoah Street, Building No. 12 was 28 feet or three bays wide and about 41
feet deep. An ornamental iron balcony, set at the second floor level and
apparently shaltered by a roof, extended across the front (south) elevatons of
both Buildings No. 12 and 11. All windows, topped by flat brick arches, were
adorned with exterior louvered shutters. First and second story windows had
nine over nine lights; third story windows contained six over six lights. The
first story front did not have an entrance door; on the second floor the
entrance door, crowned by a rectangular transom containing six lights, was
located in the extreme right-hand (east) bay. The first floor entrance to
Building No. 12 was located on the west side and opened off High Street.
The first floor consisted of one large store or shop room and the upper 2
1/2 floors were used as a dwelling. ...
Historical Uses of Buildings No. 12 and 12A, 1839-1865;
A. Harpers Ferry Motel (Owned by Wagner Heirs, 1803-1838:
By 1824 this old frame hotel contained 22 rooms. ...
4. 1830-1834, operated by Captain Meriwether Thompson. ..."
Martha Slaughter BROADUS (Broadus)
see chart on page 89 of WTT. On page 47 is :Martha Slaughter Broadus, called
Patsy, was married on Oct 14, 1815 at her father's home in Culpepper county VA
to Meriwether Thompson (q.v.). The service was performed by Rev. John
Woodville. To this union were born eight children including William Broadus
Thompson."
from Virkus vol VII page 408:
Burgess 1691:gent:Capt Provincial service: vestryman, Petsworth Parish
from LDAR:"Col. Smith for years was commandant of the fort at Falmouth, Va. The
House of Burgesses also gave him civil juristiction over a section around the
Fort, an unusual mark of confidence, and donated to him a tract of land on the
Rappahannock, three and a half miles long. altogether he was one of the most
distinguished Virginians of his day. He laid out Yorktown."
from GVFW, page 457:"John Smith and Mary Warner were married ye 17th of Feby
1680"
see TTS, pages 89-90
from "Some Prominent Virginia Families", book IV, page 27:"'Purton' occupied
the site of the romantic incident connected with the rescue of the great
explorer, Capt. John Smith, by Pocahontas; but afterwards the Indians deserted
the place and in 1614, when Strachey wrote, the Indian head war-chief Powhatan
had retired to a location called Orapaks, at the head of the Chickahominy
River. ...
There have been various spellings of the word Poetan; porton, portan,
Purtan, Purton; the place still goes by the name to this day. In 1608, Tyndall
called it 'Poetan.' In 1673, Hermann called it 'Porton.' In 1751, Fry and
Jefferson called it 'Portan.' In 8017, Dr. Madison used the same spelling. The
present Coast and Geodetic Survey uses 'Purtan.' In 1661, York County records
'Purton,' and in Hening's Statues, 1663, when the residence of Col. John Smith,
Speaker, it had the same spelling. ....
Purton estate contained 1665 acres and was bounded by Broad Creek, York
River and Poropotank or Adam's Creek. ...
The connection of Capt. John Smith, of Purton, with the origin and
establishment of William and Mary College, is shown by the manuscript of the
Briston Record Office (W. & M. Quar., Vol VII, No. #3)
The initative was taken in a petition of the clergy 'humbly presented to
the consideration of the next General Assembly, for the founding of a College,
1690.'
Commissioners were appointed to solicit subscriptions, and among them we
find Capt. John Smith. ...
Among the clauses which Commissary Blair was instructed to have
incorporated in the Charter of the College, the following are interesting in
connection with this chapter:
5. Pray that the free school and college be erected and founded on the
south side of York River upon the land late of Col, Townsend, deceased, now in
the possession of John Smith, and near to the port appointed in York County.
7. Pray that the school and college be founded in the names of the Hon.
Francis Nicholson,... John Smith, Gent., ....
8. Pray that the said Founders may be also made Governors of the lands
possessions, revenues and goods of the scholl and college. ....
Capt. John Smith, of 'Purton,' born at 'Purton,' Gloucester County 1662,
son of Colonel John Smith, Speaker House of Burgesses, and Anne Bernard, his
wife, both of 'Purton'; died at 'Purton,' 14 April, 1698. He was trustee and
governor of Willian and Mary College from the date of its charter until his
death. He married, 17th Ferbuary, 1680, Mary, daughter of Col. Augustine
Warner, of Warner Hall, Gloucester County, Va., Speaker House of Burgesses, and
his wife Mildred Reade. Mrs. Mary Smith died Nov 12, 1700."
From Doc W-136-13, Magna Charta, by John S. Wurts, pub by Brookfield Pub. Co.
P.O. Box 4933, Philadelphia, PA R929.10941 w969m 1944 Dallas Main Library, pts
4, page 1648:"Col. John Smith of Purton, born in 1662, died 14 April 1698, who
on 17 February 1680, married Mary Warner, died 12 November 1700, a
granddaughter of Col, George Reade, and a descendant of John de Lacie, page
831, William Malet, page 833, William de Mowbray, page 832, and other Sureties
for Magna Charta."
listed on chart page 246 AMRD
listed on chart page 207 GVFA
see charts pages 89-90 TTS
From Doc W-133-5, Magna Charta, by John S. Wurts, pub by Brookfield Pub. Co.
P.O. Box 4933, Philadelphia, PA R929.10941 w969m 1944 Dallas Main Library, pts
part 3 page 433, Pedigree chart V, the descent of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
from SPVF, book IV, page 33:"Mary Smith, b. 29th April, 1684, about one o'clock
in the morning, it being Tuesday, and died 16th june, 1684."
from SPVF, book IV, page 33:"Ann Smith, b. 2d Nov., 1607, about half past five
in the evening, it being Saturday. There is no further entry in regard to this
child. The father dying in April, 1698, and the mother in Nov., 1700, it is
probable the child died young and unmarried, as, if living, she would have been
adopted into the family of Shooter's Hill of Fleet's Bay."
References:
(1) Magna Charta, Wurts, page 667.
(2) Index Card to Salt Lake Temple Records, No. SL22633, Book 4 U, page 1007.
(3) Index Card to St. George Temple Records, No. 3837, Book B, page 226.
(4) Index Card to Logan Temple Records, No. 4967 Book N 2, page 161.
(5) Index Card to St. George Temple Records, No. 3837, Book B, page 226.
(6) Magna Charta Sureties, page 70-71.
Historical Notes:
(1) From Burke's:
CAPTAIN AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON, of Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Virginia,
JP, High Sheriff 1727, had the estate of Epsewasson (later called Mount
Vernon) transferred to him by his sister Mildred 26 May 1726, managed
plantation at Hunting Creek and owned and directed the working of an iron
mine at Fredericksberg, b in Westmoreland County ca 1694, educ Appleby
Sch, England, m 1st 20 April 1715, Jane (b in Westmoreland County 24 Dec
1699; d probably at Pope's Creek, Westmoreland County 24 Nov 1729), dau
and heiress of Major Caleb Butler, JP of Westmoreland County, and had issue.
He m 2ndly 6 march (os) 1731, Mary (b in Lanchester County, Virginia 1708/9;
d at Fredericksburg, Virginia 25 Aug 1789), Only dau of Col Joseph Ball, of
Epping Forest, Lancaster County, Virginia, by his 2nd wife Mary, Widow of
William Johnson, from Norwich, England, and dau of - Bennet, of Chester,
England, and d at Ferry Farm, King George County, Virginia 12 April 1743,
Having by her had, with other issue GEORGE WASHINGTON
References:
(1) From WFR, page 2; see page 89 of TTS
(2) Magna Charta, Wurts, page 667.
(3) Index Card to Salt Lake Temple Records, No. SL22633, Book 4 U, page 1007.
(4) Index Card to St. George Temple Records, No. 3837, Book B, page 226.
(5) Index Card to Logan Temple Records, No. 4967 Book N 2, page 161.
(6) Index Card to St. George Temple Records, No. 3837, Book B, page 226.
(7) Magna Charta Sureties, page 70-71.
References:
(1) Magna Charta, Wurts, page 667.
(2) Index Card to Salt Lake Temple Records, No. SL22633, Book 4 U, page 1007.
(3) Index Card to St. George Temple Records, No. 3837, Book B, page 226.
(4) Index Card to Logan Temple Records, No. 4967 Book N 2, page 161.
(5) Index Card to St. George Temple Records, No. 3837, Book B, page 226.
(6) Magna Charta Sureties, page 70-71.
Historical Notes:
(1) From Burke's:
CAPTAIN AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON, of Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Virginia,
JP, High Sheriff 1727, had the estate of Epsewasson (later called Mount
Vernon) transferred to him by his sister Mildred 26 May 1726, managed
plantation at Hunting Creek and owned and directed the working of an iron
mine at Fredericksberg, b in Westmoreland County ca 1694, educ Appleby
Sch, England, m 1st 20 April 1715, Jane (b in Westmoreland County 24 Dec
1699; d probably at Pope's Creek, Westmoreland County 24 Nov 1729), dau
and heiress of Major Caleb Butler, JP of Westmoreland County, and had issue.
He m 2ndly 6 march (os) 1731, Mary (b in Lanchester County, Virginia 1708/9;
d at Fredericksburg, Virginia 25 Aug 1789), Only dau of Col Joseph Ball, of
Epping Forest, Lancaster County, Virginia, by his 2nd wife Mary, Widow of
William Johnson, from Norwich, England, and dau of - Bennet, of Chester,
England, and d at Ferry Farm, King George County, Virginia 12 April 1743,
Having by her had, with other issue GEORGE WASHINGTON
References:
(1) From WFR, page 2; see page 89 of TTS
(2) Magna Charta, Wurts, page 667.
(3) Index Card to Salt Lake Temple Records, No. SL22633, Book 4 U, page 1007.
(4) Index Card to St. George Temple Records, No. 3837, Book B, page 226.
(5) Index Card to Logan Temple Records, No. 4967 Book N 2, page 161.
(6) Index Card to St. George Temple Records, No. 3837, Book B, page 226.
(7) Magna Charta Sureties, page 70-71.
George Washington Genealogy
The first President of the United States, George Washington, was born at Pope's Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia to Augustine and Mary Ball Washington on 11 February (Old Style) or 22 February (New Style) 1732 (see note below).
Both of George's parents had been born in Virginia. His father Augustine (1693-1743) was the son of Lawrence and Mildred Warner Washington. Augustine's first wife, Jane Butler, gave birth to three sons and a daughter, but only two, Lawrence and Augustine, survived. The elder Augustine then married Mary Ball, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Bennett Ball. Augustine and Mary had six children: George, Betty, Samuel, John Augustine, Charles, and Mildred, who died as an infant. Thus young George grew up surrounded by his siblings: two half- brothers, three brothers, and a sister.
The Washington and Ball families were both of English descent; they emigrated to Virginia in the 1600s and became planters. The Washingtons were from a land-owning family in England; a brother of George's great-grandfather John Washington married a half-sister of the Duke of Buckingham. Another ancestor had been Mayor of Northampton and owner of the manor of Sulgrave in Northamptonshire.
Young George entered the Virginia militia, serving as a major and then colonel during the French and Indian Wars. He was elected to the state House of Burgesses and later, during the Revolution, was sent to the Second Continental Congress representing his home state. He became Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, from which post he oversaw the eventual success of the Patriots' cause. After the war, he served with the Constitutional Convention in developing a government for the new country, and was then elected its first president in 1789.
During his first term Washington spent much time organizing and the executive branch of the government, developing operating procedures that the new country would rely on for generations. His second term was focused on foreign affairs, though many feel it was marred by increasing partisanship and unrest. Still, during this time the Indian wars were finally ended, and the interior of the continent was opened for Western settlement.
Washington Family Tree
Washington Family History
In Virginia, emigrants Augustine and Jane Butler Washington engaged in planting, prospering enough to send their two sons to school in England. Augustine accompanied the two boys to settle them in their school, but upon his return to Virginia, he learned that Jane had died. Later, when the young men returned to Virginia, they took up nearby estates and engaged in planting, Lawrence at Mount Vernon, and the younger Augustine at Wakefield.The elder Augustine died when young George was 11, and he spent much of his early life at the homes of his brothers. George seems to have gotten along particularly well with Lawrence, who developed tuberculosis ("consumption") as a young man. George went with him first to Bath (now Berkeley Springs) in West Virginia, and then to Barbados, where it was hoped the warm springs or milder climate would cure Lawrence. Unfortunately, neither trip helped him, and when Lawrence died, he left his estate of Mount Vernon to George, who was to take possession after the death of Lawrence's widow.
George was the oldest of Mary Ball's children. His closest sibling in age, Samuel, was two years younger, but it does not appear that they were particularly close. Samuel's finances were unstable, and George often helped Samuel's family, including paying for the education of the children.
John Augustine, four years younger than George, was a particular favorite. George described him in a letter as "the intimate companion of my youth and the friend of my ripened age." John often handled George's business affairs when he was away serving in the military.
George's only sister, Betty, married Fielding Lewis; the families visited each other often and corresponded when apart. Lewis also had monetary problems, and once again, George helped them out financially.
George Washington's Marriage and Extended FamilyGeorge, at the age of 27, married Martha Dandridge Custis on 6 January 1759. A widow with two children, Martha had first been married to Colonel Daniel Parke Custis, another prosperous Virginia planter. Martha had four children by Custis, but only two, John Parke Custis (1754-1781) and Martha (called Patsy) (1765-1773), survived infancy. Col. Custis died in 1757; a year later Martha met George, and the following year they were married.
George and Martha had no children together, and there are no known direct descendants of George Washington. He was, however, a kindly father to his two step children, and when John died during the Revolutionary War, George and Martha informally adopted his two youngest children. John's widow, Eleanor Calvert Custis, later married a second time, to Dr. David Stuart of Alexandria, Virginia. The oldest Custis children remained with their mother, while she had seven more children with her second husband.These two youngest children were Eleanor Parke Custis (1779-1852), called Nelly, and George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857), known as Wash. Nelly married Lawrence Lewis, a nephew of George Washington and another Virginia planter. She was devoted to the Washingtons, and was instrumental in preserving the legacy and lore surrounding the first president of the United States. Nelly was buried at Mount Vernon near the tomb of George and Martha Washington.
Nelly's brother Wash inherited lands and property, and constructed the mansion of Arlington House, just across the Potomac River in Washington D.C., as a memorial to his grandfather. He was a writer and orator, and was known for promoting agricultural reforms. Wash married Mary Lee Fitzhugh in 1804. Their only surviving child, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, married her second cousin Robert E. Lee at Arlington House on June 30, 1831.
George and Martha Washington died within a few years of each other, not long after his second term in office ended. He succumbed of a throat infection (possibly epiglottitis) compounded by excessive bloodletting, on 14 Dec 1799 at Mt. Vernon, Fairfax, VA, Martha died, reportedly of a fever, shortly thereafter, on 22 May, 1802.- - - - - - Note: George Washington was born 11 February 1732 according to the Julian (or Old Style) Calendar. Twenty years later, when the Gregorian (New Style) Calendar was adopted by England and its colonies, the date became 22 February; this is the date we celebrate as his birthday.
George Washington Roots Linking Him with Bohemian Kings
There has always been great interest in the genealogy of US Presidents and their ancestral links
with royalty. In this respect, no other US President has received more attention than George Washington. That the Father of our Country, the first President of the United States, carried English royal blood in his veins is no secret and has been known for a long time.
The noted Czech-American historian and genealogist Mila Rechcigl has now succeeded in connecting George Washington’s English royal roots with the rulers of the Kingdom of Bohemia, linking him, through several European Royal Houses, with Judith Přemyslovna (1065-1085), a daughter of the first King of Bohemia, Vratislav II (1032-1092). From the latter it was only five generations back to Duke Bořivoj I of the Přemyslid dynasty, the first historically
known ruler of Bohemia, and his spouse St. Ludmila.George Washington lineage, all the way back to Bořivoj I and St. Ludmila, is depicted in the following three Tables.
Table 1. Descent of US President George Washington from King Edward III of EnglandEdward III of Windsor Plantagenêt, King of England 1312-1377
&1329 Philippa d'Avesnes, Queen of England 1314-1369
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| |
Lionel of Antwerp Plantagenêt,
Duke of Clarence 1338-1368John of Gaunt Plantagenêt,
Duke of Lancaster 1340-1399
| |
Philippa Plantagenêt 1355-ca
1379
Joan Beaufort ca 1379-1440
| |
Elizabeth Mortimer 1371-1417
Mary Ferrers, Lady of Oversley
+1440
| |
Henry Percy, Earl of
Northumberland 1393-1455
John Nevill
| |
Henry Percy, Earl of
Northumberland 1421-1461
Joan Nevill
| |
Margaret Percy William Gascoyne +1487
| |
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Elizabeth Gascoyne 1472-1553 |
Anne Tailboys
|
Frances Dymoke 1539-1610
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Mildred Windebank 1585-1656
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George Reade 1608-1671
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Mildred Reade 1643-1686
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Mildred Warner 1670-1701
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Augustine Washington ca 1694-1743
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George Washington 1732-1799
Table 2. Descent of King Edward III of England from King Vratislav II of Bohemia
Vratislav II Přemyslid, King of Bohemia 1032-1092
& Swatawa Piast 1048-1126
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Judith Přemyslid ca 1056-1086
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Boleslas III Wrymouth Piast, Duke of Poland 1085-1136
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Ladislas II Piast, Duke of Cracow & Silesia 1105-1159
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Richilde Piast 1135-1185
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Sancha of Castille 1154-1208
|
| |
Pedro II the Catholic, King of
Aragón ca 1176-1213Alphonse II, Count of Provence
ca 1180-1209
| |
Jaime I Conquistador, King of
Aragón 1207-1276Raimond-Bérenger V , Count of
Provence & Forcalquier
ca 1205-1245
| |
Isabelle d'Aragon, Queen of
France 1247-1271
Eléonore of Provence 1223-1291
| | Philippe IV the Fair
(Capétiens), King of France
1268-1314Edward I Longshanks
Plantagenêt, King of England
1239-1307
| |
Isabelle (Capétiens), Queen of
England 1292-1358Edward II of Caernarvon
Plantagenêt, King of England
1284-1327
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Edward III of Windsor Plantagenêt, King of England 1312-1377
Table 3. Descent of King Vratislav II of Bohemia from Duke Bořivoj I of Bohemia
Bořivoj I Přemyslid, Duke of Bohemia 852-889
& St. Ludmila of Pšov 860-921
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Vratislav I Přemyslid, Duke of Bohemia 888-921
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Boleslav I “The Cruel” Přemyslid, Duke of Bohemia 915-967
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Boleslav II “The Pious” Přemyslid, Duke of Bohemia ca 929-999
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Oldřich Přemyslid, Duke of Bohemia, 966-1034
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Břetislav I “The Restorer” Přemyslid, Duke of Bohemia 1002-1055
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Vratislav II Přemyslid, King of Bohemia 1032-1092 - - - - - -
Martha Custis DANDRIDGE (First Lady)
References:
(1) From WFR, page 2; see page 89 of TTS
(2) Magna Charta, Wurts, page 667.
(3) Index Card to Salt Lake Temple Records, No. SL22633, Book 4 U, page 1007.
(4) Index Card to St. George Temple Records, No. 3837, Book B, page 226.
(5) Index Card to Logan Temple Records, No. 4967 Book N 2, page 161.
(6) Index Card to St. George Temple Records, No. 3837, Book B, page 226.
(7) Magna Charta Sureties, page 70-71.
from Virkus vol VII page 408: accompanied Gov. Spotswood on his famous
Horseshoe Exp across the Blue Ridge Mtns 1716
from LDAR:"Augustine Smith descended from Col. John Smith or Smythe who was the
son of Arthur Smith, who with his brother Alexander Smith or Smythe, came to
America in 1622.
Arthur and Alexander Smythe were nephews of Sir Thomas Smythe, Pres. &
Treas. of the Virginia Co. and the British East India Co....
Augustine Smith (father of Mary Smith) was an early land surveyor, who lived
on the Rappahaneak River. His will is recorded in vol 1 of Will records of
Orange Co. Augustine Smith was of the Horseshoe Expedition of Gov. Spotswood."
listed on chart page 246 AMRD
from GVFW, page 457:"Augsutine Smith was born ye 16th of June 1689 about twelve
o'clock at night it being on a thursday" "Augustine Smith & Sarah Carver were
Marryed Feb 9th 1711"
see also GVFA, page 204 and page 207 (chart of descent form Nicholas Martian)
see chart on page 89 of TTS
from SPVF, book IV, page 33:"Augustine Warner Smith, of 'Shooter's Hill,' b.
16th June, 1689, about 12 o'clock in the night, it being Thursday, and married
Sarah Carver, 9th Sept., 1711"from Doc S-131-1, "Virginia County Court Records, a Digest of Family
Relationships 1720-1750 Volume 1," edited & published by Ruth & Sam Sparacio,
THE ANTIENT PRESS , 1320 Mayflower Drive, McLean, Virginia 22101-3402, 1990,
page 13:"1 November 1726 Augustine Smith acknowledged his deeds of lease and
release to his daughter Mary, now wife of Robert Slaughter (from Spotssylvania
County Order Book 1724-1730, p. 113)"
see chart on page 90 TTS
see chart page 89-90 TTS
from SPVF, book IV, page 32:"Mildred Smith, b. 20th February, 1681 or '82, it
being Monday, about a quarter before nine in the morning, and was married to
Robert Porteous, 17th August, 1700."
From Doc W-133-5, Magna Charta, by John S. Wurts, pub by Brookfield Pub. Co.
P.O. Box 4933, Philadelphia, PA R929.10941 w969m 1944 Dallas Main Library, pts
part 3 page 433, Pedigree chart V, the descent of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
m. 1700 Robert Porteus of Newbottle, Virginia, 1679-1758
the following from Genealogies of Virginia Families vol V pub 1981
in Baltimore by Genealogical Publishing Co.:
page 305 Col. Robert Slaughter born in Essex County about 1702 died in culpeper
in 1768 (another of my sources says 1769- Robert O'Neill Jr rin 1)
married about 1723 Mary Smith Vestry man of St. Mark's Parish 1731;
church warden; menber of the House of Burgesses 1742; presiding Judge for
Orange County 1745Slaughter of Virginia by Frances C. Griffin 1313 Butts Station Rd. Chespeake,
Va. 23320 Doc S-28-1 has the following extracts:
"Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County" by R.T. Green-
'Robert and Francis Slaughter were the sons of Robert Slaughter and Frances
Anne Jones, his wife. Robert and Francis Slaughter were the first church
wardens of St. Mark's Parish, chosen by the first vestry in 1731.
Robert Slaughter (Robert) married Mary Smith, daughter of Augustine Smith, in
1723.'
"Our Kin (Bedford County)" by Ackerly & Parker states:
'Robert, born in Essex Co., died in Culpeper in 1768; was commissioned Captain
of Militia, Sept 2, 1729, later Colonel of Militia. He was Vestryman of St.
Mark's Pairsh, 1731; Church Warden; member of the house of Burgesses, 1742;
Presiding Justice for Orange Co., 1745. He married in 1723, Mary Smith, dau. of
Augustine Smith, of Essex Co., Va.'
"Some Virginia Marriages", by C.D. McDonald Jr has their marriage date as 7
June 1723 Spotsylvania Co.
CFSS, page 472, Doc S-114-2:"Col. Robert Slaughter, of St. Mark's Parish,
Culpeper Co., Va., was a supporter of the Established Church, a Vestryman and
one of the first Wardens of St. Mark's Parish. In 1742 he placed a sun dial at
the Church door; in 1752 he is spoken of as Col. and as having served in a
campaign against the French and Indians. He m. 1723 Mary Smith, dau. of
Augustine Smith, of St. Mary's Parish, Essex Co., Va."
from GVFW, page 458:"tThe following register of Augustine Smith and Sarah
Carver of 'Shooter's Hill' was copied by General Smith into his niece's Bible
along with the 'Purton' register.
Augustine Smith and Sarah Carver, daughter John Carver of Gloucester, were
married November 9, 1711. Issue.
Mary Smith was born 30th of July 1713."
see chart on page 89 of TTS
from page 47 of WTT:"William Broadus, Jr. was born in Virginia around 1750. In
1776, when only 16 years of Age, he enlisted in the colonial army. A year later
we find him as a member of the regiment commanded by Col. George Gibson which
was a part of the Continental Army. He participated in the Battle of Monmouth
Jun 28, 1778 and was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant Dec 7, 1778 in the 1st Virginia
Regiment. in the re-organization of the army in early 1781 he became a
supernumerary officer and was retired. For service during the Revolution he
received from Virginia a warrent for 2666 acres of land. Some records refer to
him as "Major", a rank probably given after the war. He was a member of the
Fairfax (VA) Masonic Lodge and clerk of Culpepper county from 1810 until 1816.
On Apr 2, 1824 he was appointed paymaster at the US Arsenal at Harpers Ferry by
President Monroe. He married Martha Slaughter (q.v.) and by her had issue
including:Martha Slaughter Broadus (see below). His wife, Martha, died in 1799
and on Nov 5, 1805 he was married in Hanover county VA to Martha Richardson. he
died Oct 5, 1830 and was buried with full military and Masonic honors."
see Dar # 155930 for descent to Emma Catherine Thompson
from "Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpepper County Virginia", Southern
Book Co. Balt. 1958 GEN 975.539G:"Major Wm. Broadus, vestryman and lay
delegate, who married Mrs. Jones, the daughter of the first chruchwarden of St.
Mark's, Robert Slaughter. Their daughter Kitty married William Mills Thompson,
vestryman of St. Marks, who was the father of the Hon. Richard Wigginton
Thompson, the present Secretary of the Navy. Major William Broadus merried
second Miss Richardson and left several children, among whom is Miss Sarah A.
Broadus of Charlestown, W. Va. Major Broadus was Paymaster at Harper's fery
when he died, about 1830. ... William Broadus, clerk of Culpeper, was the son
of Major Wm. Broadus."
the following from "Genealogies of Virginia Families " vol V pub 1981
in Baltimore by Genealogical Publishing Co. : page 306
Martha Slaughter married first Major Gabriel Jones of the Revolutionary
Army married second Major Wm Broadus of the Rev Army by whom she had a daughter
Harriet. This Harriet married Wm. Mills Thompson and was the mother of Hon.
Richard W. Thompson a member of congress from Indiana and Sec of the Navy in
the Cabinet of President Hayes
see chart on page 89 of TTS
From CPVA, page 133, doc S-114-3, Will of Robert Slaughter:"and to my beloved
daughter Martha Jones, I lend five Negroes viz..."