He was awarded a 400 acre preemption for being a pioneer into Kentucky. He was on the first list as being a member of the first families of Boonsborough Fort. He was a justice on the first court at Harrodstown when it was convened. He was a justice when Madison County was formed from Lincoln and he lived near the line on Sugar Creek on August 22,1786. Garrard County was formed from Lincoln,Madison and Mercer. He was then living near the Forks of Dicks River and became a state representative for Garrard in 1803 and a senator from 1804 through 1806. He was also appointed as the Lincoln County Surveyor again in 1792 by Govenor Isaac Shelby.
James Thompson of Lincoln was a staunch Baptist before coming into Ky. He gave the land for the Sugar Creek Meeting House and was instumental in forming the Forks of Dix Baptist Church
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This James Thompson has consistently been confused with Captain James Thompson, grandson of James Patton and nephew of Isaac Shelby. This confusion has persisted on both the historical marker and the modern military cemetery marker on the grave. See https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/759 which makes no mention of Isaac Shelby or Virginia Revolutionary War service. See also http://www.kykinfolk.org/garrard/bios/thompson.html for detailed discussion of the multiple James Thompsons
info from Hiatt Allen (50501556)
James Thompson of Lincoln was a staunch Baptist before coming into Ky. He gave the land for the Sugar Creek Meeting House and was instumental in forming the Forks of Dix Baptist Church
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This James Thompson has consistently been confused with Captain James Thompson, grandson of James Patton and nephew of Isaac Shelby. This confusion has persisted on both the historical marker and the modern military cemetery marker on the grave. See https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/759 which makes no mention of Isaac Shelby or Virginia Revolutionary War service. See also http://www.kykinfolk.org/garrard/bios/thompson.html for detailed discussion of the multiple James Thompsons
info from Hiatt Allen (50501556)
He was awarded a 400 acre preemption for being a pioneer into Kentucky. He was on the first list as being a member of the first families of Boonsborough Fort. He was a justice on the first court at Harrodstown when it was convened. He was a justice when Madison County was formed from Lincoln and he lived near the line on Sugar Creek on August 22,1786. Garrard County was formed from Lincoln,Madison and Mercer. He was then living near the Forks of Dicks River and became a state representative for Garrard in 1803 and a senator from 1804 through 1806. He was also appointed as the Lincoln County Surveyor again in 1792 by Govenor Isaac Shelby.
James Thompson of Lincoln was a staunch Baptist before coming into Ky. He gave the land for the Sugar Creek Meeting House and was instumental in forming the Forks of Dix Baptist Church
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This James Thompson has consistently been confused with Captain James Thompson, grandson of James Patton and nephew of Isaac Shelby. This confusion has persisted on both the historical marker and the modern military cemetery marker on the grave. See https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/759 which makes no mention of Isaac Shelby or Virginia Revolutionary War service. See also http://www.kykinfolk.org/garrard/bios/thompson.html for detailed discussion of the multiple James Thompsons
info from Hiatt Allen (50501556)
James Thompson of Lincoln was a staunch Baptist before coming into Ky. He gave the land for the Sugar Creek Meeting House and was instumental in forming the Forks of Dix Baptist Church
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This James Thompson has consistently been confused with Captain James Thompson, grandson of James Patton and nephew of Isaac Shelby. This confusion has persisted on both the historical marker and the modern military cemetery marker on the grave. See https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/759 which makes no mention of Isaac Shelby or Virginia Revolutionary War service. See also http://www.kykinfolk.org/garrard/bios/thompson.html for detailed discussion of the multiple James Thompsons
info from Hiatt Allen (50501556)
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