Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12
For the SPECTATOR.
Charles Thompson.

ever dreamed that Charles Thompson, the
Secretary of the Continental Congress, had
a brother among the earliest settlers in Au:
gusta county. 'Tne Thompson farm, mile
or two below Greenvile, afterwards Trice,
and now Pelter, is where William, one OF
several brothers of the above most distin-
guished member of the family, settled. He
1 was the maternal great-grandfather OF
Matthew Pilson. We may have something
TO say in The future Of the Thompsons.
Our purpose now is to treat of the
PILsoN FAMILY.
--Pilson, great-grandfather of Matthew,
was of Scotch Irish descent. The first
place that we have knowledge of him in
Augusta was on farm near the Charles
Patrick place. We have not learned its
present owner. He bought a farm in Albe-
| narla, that for three-fourths of a century
has been known as the John Dettor place.
He and his wife sleep in the Dettor ceme-
terry, enclosed as it is with the rough noun
tain stone of that region.
He had three sons. Samuel, grandfather
of Matthew, who married Mary Hutchin-
son, bought farm on Christians Creek on
tfe Port Republic road, six miles from
Staunton. He raised family of three sons
and one daughter. The Hutchinson wifo
sleeps in Tinkling Spring church yard.
His second was Polly Wright, raised on the
Jacob Bear farm on South River, four miles
below Greenvile, by whom he had one son,
William. He sold his Christian Creek
farm to that sturdy old citizen, Robert
I4arnsbarger, father of Stephen, Samuel,
Mrs. Peck, Mrs. Hamilton, son who died
in camp in the war of 1912. M. H. was
sal1;na this farm, removed tn West IIn;on
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tbird time fnr tho 90 mo off.,noa onJ aftor
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mo ,;.rh,ns If that e,;uas ont ;, Tho nv
animation made he Sid. 81 am satisfied ;fl
Won are In 1S46 he renewed 70 Rethel
coooreoation where ha was the sacond tima
mada an Eldar He d;ed MD. tho oct ot |
his nenhew Matthew Pilson in his T1tb
vear His sister Ellen went to Ohio with
her father
R;cbard mapt;onad :, oonnoot;or NTH
Hamilton ,emoved at an earlv dsy to the
county of Patrick. on the C.rolina border
lie was known ali over that region as
s.Snuire P,,son. - and his honse Tas tha
beadnna,te,s of the Prasbvtar;o, oler@1
not very numerous aft that dsv
Tradition saws that the Rev. A. Alexan-
der. Rev. J. b. Smith. and Rev VIM Cal.
houn. soon after heiny hcenspd did some
missonary service in S.,utbside Virginia
Messrs. Alexander and Smith nasseI
thronch Rncl,inoham aud Pr;nco nj word
and On tn P.1ershnrg Tbsre gas nn
church there and tobacco w,reh,nsa xyas
improyised for about two weeks Mr. Sr;th
went north. and Mr. AIexandar travelled nm
inside of the Carolina limo and reacbed
Souire Pilson,s Gr.atlv to b;s snrnr;se
aud Qualification he thu MOT b;s f';onJ
Calhnun After remain;no soma t;ma. do
mo service in that region fbe1 t1rnad the;,
faces towards the Valley Rsachin@ #
,hev put nm at a comfortable inn and asle1
for lodoin, Shortly FRA thav arr;vad -
party of Six gentlemen rode nm seeI;nS
entertainment which thew secnred Tbo1
had been on frolic At,be bonr of ret;r-
ing. the Young divines consulted whether
they would LET the host rnow their calling
and propose family worship, Mr. Alevan'
der Thought, under the circumstances- f.
would be better not. Mr.. Calhoun thouobt
otherwise and consulted the proprietor. He
SAID that he would be Glad tn have worShin |
but feared he could mo-, control his comma
ny, but he would let them know in a few
minutes. He informed the six gentlemen
of his desire. Thev said thew nreferred he'd
to pra, ers. AS soon as thev we've dsnosed
of, their host assembled his family and Mr.
Calhoun conducted worship He had a
fine, clear voice. and made If distinctly
heard through The house and nraved most |
fervenly that God would deliver their
friends from the SIN of drunkenness
Since pennine the above. # is nrobable
from the text that Richard and the Squire
(uame not given) were two pe1sonaoes as
he goes on to say: ssThe SQUIRE and Rict-
ard both had families. Some had emigrated
to Adams county, Ohio, before nv GRAND. |
father; some to Illinois, There are vet
some of the descendants family in Patrick
and one in Lynchburg is ps,Iaps Of that
family Mary The does Mt saw of what |
familyJ married VIM. Wallace. of Abe
marie, near Greenwood. and left family
of five sons and two daughters William
never marrit d. Richard married late in
life Sallie Christian and died without issue. |