Much of the History has been handed down by word of mouth. Some gleaned from family  Bibles, County Records,  Cemetery Records.

I am grateful to C. W. Barnum for information on the family of John Wilson Franklin  Thompson and the New Mexico connection.

Tina Marie Thompson gave me most of the history on the family of Haywood "Woody"  Thompson.

John Bush has been very helpful with the Thompson/Richardson connection and I appreciate his  insight and assistance.

My Grandfather, Whitney Franklin or "Whit" Thompson was the son of John Wilson  Franklin Thompson.

I also came across an article in a copy of "A History of Lampasas County Texas,l Its History and  Its People". Compiled by the Lampasas History Book Committee of the Lampasas  Historical Commission, Lampasas, Texas, U.S.A.  The article entitled Pleasant G. Thompson was submitted by Eva Bilton  Thornal and Pat Hodge Thornal. It added information I had not found in my research.

** Some of the Cemeteries that I researched and found very helpful were:  The Straley Cemetery, Adamsville, Texas.
  Hines Chapel Cemetery, near Adamsville, Texas.
  IOOF Cemetery, Lometa, Texas
  Senterfitt Cemetery, Lometa, Texas.

 ***A useful site for me was "Cemeteries of Lampasas County Texas" by Gloria Mayfield.

I can be reached by e-mail  commander_pilgrim@hotmail.com if you have questions or information, my  mailing address is 15543 Lake Rd.   Bellville, Tx. 77418   my cell # is 979-398-9907!