When Johnson H Thompson was born on 6 February 1807, in Floyd, Kentucky, United States, his father, Andrew Thompson, was 29 and his mother, Katherine Kazee, was 32. He married Martha Packwood on 3 November 1832, in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Blaine, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 23 October 1896, in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Yatesville, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
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