Thompson Family Genealogy & History in Texas

The Thompson families' history in America is long and full of life. Through these pages we hope to show not only our Native American Ancestry, but also our total history, genealogically speaking, in North America.

The Thompson-McCoy Chickasaw & Choctaw Descendants Association is made up of the descendants of Henry Butt Thompson, a whiteman of Scot-Irish origins and Margaret McCoy a half blood Chickasaw & Choctaw Indian. It is the descendants of their three sons, Henry, Archibald & William that make up the association.

In these pages, we will also note Thompson family members who inter-married with the Cherokee, Creek (Muscogee) and Lumbee (Cheraw) tribes throughout our history.

Thompson-McCoy Family History in Texas:

The Thompson-McCoy family first came to Texas along with Chickasaw leader Levi Colbert to find land suitable for the Chickasaw to remove to per treaty. The lands held by the United States in Indian Territory were deemed unacceptable to Colbert and the Chickasaws. They preferred the lands under the control of the Mexican government in east Texas.

As early as 1808 Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians had been migrating in small numbers to east Texas. In 1819 a group of Cherokees led by Duwali or the Bowl, had also settled in Texas with the permission of the Mexican government. These Cherokees used as a spokesman, Chief Richard Fields a mix blood Cherokee, whose sister Lucy married Daniel McCoy the uncle of our ancestress Margaret McCoy-Thompson, thus giving our family one other reason to move to Texas.

In 1835 the first of our family began its migration to east Texas settling on Attoyac Bayou, east of the Cherokees. Documented among this group were William Thompson quarter blood son of Henry and Margaret McCoy-Thompson, and David McCoy the son of Chickasaw Supreme Judge James McCoy, who was also the brother of Margaret McCoy-Thompson.

It is unclear between 1844 and 1851 as to how many family members remained in Texas, In 1851 Archibald Thompson, the brother of William Thompson returned to Texas from Mississippi, settling in what is now Smith County near present day Overton, Texas. He brought most of his children with him, as well as his brother William's two remaining children William Clyde & Arthur Franklin Thompson. In addition to these nephews, four of his brother Henry's sons came with him to Texas. These were James P.D. , John Archibald, Lemuel Turner and Thomas Umphres Thompson.

While some family members relocated to the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory during the allotment period and others stayed in Mississippi and are now part of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, the majority of the descendants remain in east Texas. Today they remain proud of their Chickasaw and Choctaw Indian heritage and proud of their families' struggles in becoming a part of Texas history.

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CHICKASAW & CHOCTAW RELATED LINKS:

GENEALOGY PAGES:

This site is under construction. Come back soon for updates & links to the sites listed below. Thompson Chickasaw-Choctaw Genealogy: Descendants of Henry & Margaret McCoy-Thompson

Thompson Cherokee Genealogy: Descendants of William Allen Thompson

Thompson Lumbee Genealogy: Descendants of Charles Thompson

TEXAS CHICKASAW-CHOCTAW TREATIES:

FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBES IN TEXAS:

OTHER TEXAS NATIVE SITES

THOMPSON-McCOY EVENTS:

CHICKASAW-CHOCTAW TIMES:

Volume 10, Issue 3

Volume 10, Issue 4

Volume 10, Issue 5

Last Revised 6-14-99