Person

James E. Thompson, Sr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, judge, merchant, and politician.)

b. 1805-02-25 d. 1881-10-05

Trigg County, Kentucky, judge, merchant, and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Jane Hill Thompson in Trigg County, Kentucky, on October 30, 1828. Father of Zebulon Thompson, George V. Thompson, Elizabeth C. Thompson, Cornelia J. Thompson, and Thomas C. Thompson. Married to Ann Elizabeth Burbridge Thompson in Trigg County, Kentucky, on March 6, 1844. Father of Walter S. Thompson, James E. Thompson, Jr., and Sarah Thompson. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Trigg County in 1832. Clerk in Trigg County in 1850. Owned twenty-eight enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. County judge in Trigg County from 1851 to 1858. Owned Susan [Unknown], Mariah [Unknown], Catharine [Unknown], and Mary [Unknown] in Trigg County in 1852. Merchant in Trigg County in 1860. Owned twenty-two enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, pp. 292B-293A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 189.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 391B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 53B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994056, Trigg County Births.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film 000321335, p. 26.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film 000321335, p. 99.

Wiliam Henry Perrin, ed. Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. (Chicago & Louisville: F.A. Battey Publishing Company, 1884), 31.

Trigg County Historical and Preservation Society, Trigg County History: The Past 100 Years, 1885-1895, vol. 1 (Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1986), 57.

"James Edward Thompson Sr. (1805-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial 50563423, accessed April 18, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50563423.

Citation

Thompson, James E., Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197968 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as James E. Thompson, Sr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, judge, merchant, and politician.). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (1)

People

Organizations

Places

Loading network...

Network Visualized

How to use the visualization

CWGK’s network visualization brings the edition’s documents to life. The network on this page centers around Thompson, James E., Sr.. Click on the light blue dot to see the documents in which the entity appears. You can also click on the dark orange dots to see other people linked to Thompson, James E., Sr., a light orange dot to see the places connected to Thompson, James E., Sr., or dark green dots to see organizations linked to Thompson, James E., Sr..

Additionally, the lines between the dots add additional information. The light green lines demonstrate direct connections between Thompson, James E., Sr. and another person, place, or organization. The light pink lines highlight that the dots appear in the same document.