Notes for: Margery Thompson
Extracted from "Long" family research papers prepared by Mrs. Oscar L. Long, Macon, Georgia.
James Long, Revolutionary Soldier, of Abbeville District, South Carolina, was
married to Margery Thompson in September 1775, by Dr. Delabower, a magistrate
in Abbeville District. She was the daughter of Mattew Thompson and Rachel
Allen of Ninety-Sixth District, South Carolina, who named daughter Margery
Long in his will dated August 14, 1776 (Will Book TT 1774-1778/Abstracts of
South Carolina Wills by Moore, a copy of which is maintained at Washington
Memorial Library, Macon, Georgia). Margery Long at age 88, made application
for a widow's pension in Anderson District, South Carolina. In her affidavit
she stated her husband, James Long, served as a private in the War of the
Revolution, that he was drafted in Abbeville District and served honorably
under General Marion with Benjamin Lawrence and William Leslie. He was at the
siege of Ninety-six, and that he died April 6, 1885. She gave the following
information of their children: Elizabeth, Born July 25, 1777; Mathew, Dec 29,
1780; Mary, May 14, 1782; James, April 16, 1785; Henry and John Anderson
(twins), August 22, 1787; William, George, Margery, Ezekiel, Anna (no dates
given). The affidavit was dated February 19, 1846 and Margery Long died March
13, 1846. She also stated at that time that Ezekiel, William, Ann (married
James Herron), Margery (married David Gorteny) all were residing in Anderson
District, South Carolina. Mathew was in Hall County, Georgia, and George was
in Henry County, Georgia. Mary, widow of George Tippen was in Cherokee
County, Georgia. No mention was made of Henry and James, so it is assumed
they had lost touch with the family. From the National Archives file, we
learned that Margery Long stated that the family moved to Tennessee for about
five years and during that time, her daughter Mary and son James were born.
They moved back to Anderson District, South Carolina. See Volume 9, Pension
Abstracts of Rev. War, by Annie Walker Burns; Washington Memorial Library, in
Macon.