According to his Revolutionary War Pension application, ISAAC THOMAS THOMPSON was born about 1754 on the Dan River on the Virginia/North Carolina border. When he was a young boy, his family moved to Rowan County, which part became Burke County, North Carolina in 1777. In his 1833 pension application statement, he says that he lived in the same area all of his life.
While the names of his parents have not yet been verified, there was a THOMPSON family living in Rowan/ Burke County that migrated from Pennsylvania in the 1750s. It is highly likely that ISAAC was the grandson or great grandson of JOHN THOMSON/THOMPSON born about 1680 Ulster Province, N Ireland and his wife MARGARET DAVIDSON, who were early Scotch Irish settlers in Rowan County. JOHN THOMPSON/THOMSON, son of JOHN & MARGARET, was a "side minister" in what became the Tyratira Presbyterian church in Salisbury, Rowan County. Many members of the THOMPSON family are buried there.
When the Revolutionary War broke out in 1776, ISAAC THOMAS THOMPSON was a young, unmarried man about age 22. According to his pension application, he served four terms of duty:
In 1776, he was drafted as a militiaman, and placed in JOHN HARDIN's company, under Col CHRISTOPHER BEEKMAN, enlisted for a period of 3-6 months. They marched to Cross Creek, and were engaged in suppressing Tory activity and in conveying prisoners.
In 1777 or 1778, he served another 3 months as a militiaman in Capt THOMAS LYTLE's Company, of McDOWELL's Regiment, stationed at Cathey's Fort on the Catawba Frontier.
In July 1780, he served under Maj JOSEPH McDOWELL and Col ISAAC SHELBY in the capture of the Loyalist Fort Anderson (Thicketty Fort) in South Carolina. He described the capture of all the Tories, including Col PATRICK MOORE.
His last tour of duty was in the fall of 1781, in Capt THOMAS KENNEDY's company, of McDOWELL's Regiment, in the Wilmington Expedition. On their return from Wilmington, Loyalists under Capt DAVID FANNING captured ISAAC, along with Capt KENNEDY and others. They were imprisioned, but later paroled and released.
While quite a lot of detailed information is known about ISAAC's Revolutionary War service, little is known about his family life. After the war, he received several land grants, hundreds of acres of land, with some located on Hunting Creek. In 1796, he was elected Justice of the Peace of Burke County. According to census records, he never owned slaves.
ISAAC was married at least three times, and had children with each wife, as per census records (1800-1830). If the census records are correct, he had at least 14 children. His first wife may have been the daughter of PATRICK HENNESSEE, a neighbor on Hunting Creek (DNA evidence supports this theory).
Three of ISAAC's daughters by the 2nd wife--SARAH "SALLY," SUSAN & SINA THOMPSON-- all married WILSON brothers, the sons of ROBERT WILSON & SARAH "SALLY" MACKEY.
SINA THOMPSON WILSON and her husband MICHAEL WILSON settled in Medecino County, California by 1880. SARAH SALLY THOMPSON WILSON died before 1860, but her husband SAMUEL WILSON and their children also migrated to California, living in Sacramento by 1860, and Placer County by 1870.
In the 1830 census, at age 76, ISAAC THOMAS THOMPSON was living with his 3rd wife who was age 60-69. It appeared they had a son or grandson living with them, about age 19. On 7 March 1833, ISAAC THOMAS THOMPSON applied for his Revolutionary War Pension in Burke County, North Carolina. His wife was not mentioned in the application file. ISAAC did receive his pension, however. According to the pension file, he died 9 June 1838
ISAAC THOMAS THOMPSON is in the lineage of my paternal grandmother MINTTIE MAE BRUTON HUBER
Sources:
--Revolutionary War Soldiers of Western North Carolina Vol 1 by Emmet R White
--Burke County North Carolina Land Records 1778 Vol 1 by Edith Warren Huggins
--Burke County North Carolina Records 1755-1821 Vol IV by Edith Warren Huggins
--Revolutionary War Pension File of ISAAC THOMAS THOMPSON
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Betty
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