Compton, Thomas A.

Dates:
Active 1825
Active 1847

Biographical notes:

Represented in the collection are Thomas A. Compton, originally of Culpeper County, Va., later merchant in Mississippi; his parents, Walter and Elizabeth Compton, and his sister, Henrietta Compton Burkly, originally of Culpeper County, Va., later of Carroll County, Tenn.; and Burwell K. Wood, merchant, of Culpeper County and Gaines Crossroads (later Gainesville), Va.

From the description of Papers of Thomas A. Compton, 1825-1847. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135448

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Subjects:

  • Slavery
  • Actions and defenses
  • Education
  • Teachers
  • Courtship
  • Migration, Internal
  • Inventories of decedents' estates
  • Merchants
  • Religious thought
  • Soil exhaustion

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Places:

  • Virginia--Culpeper County (as recorded)
  • Tennessee (as recorded)
  • Gainesville (Va.) (as recorded)
  • Mississippi (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • Southern States (as recorded)
  • Culpeper County (Va.) (as recorded)