Household #25: Thompson, Charley

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In the 1900 Barney census, Charley Thompson headed a 2-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.

Household Snapshot

Charley Thompson headed a 2-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 spouse or marital partner.

Charley Thompson's listed occupation was Day Laborer S Mill.

All listed household members were reported as born in Georgia.

Newspaper and Public-Record Trail

This section flags public-record leads separate from the census table. The detailed discussion stays in the family narrative, research status, and source citations below.

1900 Census Household

Children and Later Trails

No child-tracking items are open for this page because the 1900 table lists no children in the household.

Family Narrative

• The 1900 census places Charley Thompson and his wife Ellen in Barney as a young Black household of their own.
• Charley is listed as a day laborer in the sawmill economy, and the household is marked as owner-occupied.
• Archived project work adds a plausible Brooks County marriage certificate for Charley Thompson and Ellen Lawrence, licensed 1 Apr 1899 and solemnized 2 Apr 1899. That timeline fits the census, but the bridge still needs one more direct-confirmation pass before it is treated as fully closed.
• The preserved original page instead records Charley Thompson and Florence Slaytor, with a June 15, 1899 ceremony and a June license whose day was previously read, with qualification, as 12. The earlier Florida Slayton / June 1 wording is stale for this recovered entry. Neither this marriage nor the April marriage has been securely assigned to one of the two 1900 Charley Thompson households.
• Wider Thompson-family placement, including possible ties to HH#200, remains suggestive rather than proven in the current proof packet.

Connections to Other Barney Families

• Possible Thompson-family link to HH#200: Wider Thompson-family placement, including a possible tie to HH#200, remains suggestive rather than proved in the current record set.

Open Research Questions

• Parentage audit: confirm both parents of the household head for HH#25 through direct or near-direct records where possible; mark derivative-only parent links as unresolved until supported.
• Child census audit: confirm every child named in the 1900 household against later census, marriage, death, obituary, cemetery, probate, or draft records; separate proven child links from same-name candidates.
• Other household member audit: verify boarders, servants, in-laws, stepchildren, grandchildren, and unrelated residents in HH#25; document the exact relationship instead of assuming kinship.
• Spouse and marriage audit: locate marriage records, death records, divorce records, or later census records for spouses or absent spouses tied to this household.
• Direct image review: re-check the 1900 census image and any cited index-only sources before treating ages, relationships, birthplaces, or name spellings as final.

Research Status

• Status: Partial / source-audited, not closed.
• Strengths: The 1900 Barney household is clear, and the April 1899 Ellen Lawrence marriage is a strong candidate fit.
• Remaining cautions: The separate Florence Slaytor marriage record and the unclosed wider-family placement mean this entry should remain provisional.

Sources

• 1900 U.S. census, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Charley Thompson.
• Brooks County, Georgia marriage record for Charley Thompson and Ellen Lawrence/Laurence, 1-2 Apr 1899.
• Original Brooks marriage register, printed p.128, first entry: Charley Thompson / Florence Slaytor, June 15, 1899 ceremony. Inspected original.
• Later 1910-1950 census citations preserved in prior HH#25 research, not independently re-pulled in this audit.

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