p.271 Thompson, Basil. This name appears twice as a private, St Mary's Co Militia, 1777 (Ref: M-210 Clements, S. Eugene and Wright, F. Edward. The MD Militia in the Revolutionary War (Silver Spring, MD: Family Line Publications, 1987) p.210, M-213 ibid p.213). “Bazil Thomson” took the Oath of Allegiance bef the Hon John Reeder in St Mary's Co in 1778 (Ref: J-1146 Revolutionary War Military Collection, Manuscript MS.1146 (Baltimore: MD Historical Socy, Manuscript Division) p. 1146, K-69 Carothers, Bettie. 9000 Men Who Took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity t MD During the Revolution (Lutherville, MD: Compiled by the Author, 1978, 2 volumes) p. 69). The Register of St Francis Xavier Catholic Church states that Basil Thompson and Cloe Brown were Marr: 5 Mar 1780 (Ref: SC-36 Carothers, Bettie. 9000 Men Who Took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity t MD During the Revolution (Lutherville, MD: Compiled by the Author, 1978, 2 volumes) p. 36)10285