Richard Samuel Thompson was born 1821 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Little Berry and Patience Thompson. He died March 1849 in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.

     Richard Samuel Thompson was married twice:

1. A. H. Kelsey
2. Lucy Ellen Mosely

   Richard Samuel Thompson and Lucy Ellen Mosely had one child:

   1. Little Benonie Thompson (1848 - 19220

     Lucy Ellen Mosely married Thomas W. Rawlings after Richard Samuel Thompson died. They were married July 24, 1849 in Natchez, Mississippi. The Rawlings family has been researched by Lerline Thompson Stokely.

     Lucy and Thomas Rawlings had two children:

1. Louis Rawlings
2. Richard Thomas "Dick" Rawlings

   Dick Rawlings married Nancy J. Irwin and had 3 children:

   1. Fannie E. Rawlings
   2. Charles Osborne Rawlings
   3. William Rawlings