father of:
Robert b 28 Oct 1786 d 1 Jan 1790 Abbeville, SC
Jannet b 18 Aug 1788 d 3 April 1837 marr John Irwin
Robert b 1790 d 1859 marr Mary Hill
William b 1792 d 1867 marr Mary Agnes Campbell
Moses b 1793 d 1848 St Clair Co ILL married Lucia Henderson
Archibald b 1795 d 1853 marr Elizabeth Anderson
Mary M b 1797 d 1880 marr 1st John Crozier 2nd Samuel Douglas
John b 1799 d 1836 marr Jane C. S. McBride
Margaret b 1801 d 1890 married Judge James Thompson, son of John Porter Thompson and Mary Glasgow
Elizabeth b 1806 d 1877 marr Samuel Hill
Hannah b 1807 d 1884 marr 1st Robert Pollock 2nd William Harrison McDill
James b 1810 d 1835 marr Sarah Pillars

HISTORY OF RANDOLPH, MONROE AND PERRY COUNTIES, ILLINOIS Biographical Sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, 1883 Published by J. L. McDonough & Co. Philadelphia
Pg 69
The vigorous and influential Irish settlement, east of the Kaskaskia, in the neighborhood of Plum creek, from which have sprung many of the leading citizens of the county, was founded in 1802. These colonists were of Irish blood, Presbyterians in religious faith, and came to Illinois chiefly from the Abbeville district in South Carolina. They were known in Randolph county as "South Carolina Irish."

They had the same energetic traits which have marked the Scotch-Irish stock in all parts of the United States, and left a lasting impression on the county.

Pg 70

At the close of the year 1804 another important colony reached the Irish settlement, among which were Absalom Cox, Archibald Thompson, James Thompson, Robert Mc Donald, and William McBride.

Archibald Thompson was a man of excellent character. In 1812 he moved to a farm two miles south of the present town of Evansville where he died at an advanced age in 1833.

He was one of the judges of the common pleas court which existed in territorial days. Robert, William, Moses, Archibald, John and James Thompson were his sons.

He was elected a member of the State legislature in 1834 (?) (note he died 1833 - probably 1824) and died while filling that position.
Service: Soldier South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina State Troops under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.

Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Randolph County, IL
Thompson, Archibald

"Served in Revolutionary War in General Marion's Brigade from 1779-1783 to the close of the war. In a book edited by A. s. Salley, Jr. of columbia, SC in 1910, page 68, Book L, is this entry, "Issued the 29th of oct. 1784 to Mr. Archibald Thompson for 17 shillings & a penny, half penny sterling, for provisions for Militia's use in 1780 & 1781 as per account." Source: Vol. L, p. 68, by A. S. Salley, Jr., printed by the State Company Columbia SC in 1910.