p.273 Thompson, Joseph Took the Oath of Allegiance bef the Hon. John Reeder in St Mary's Co in 1778 (Ref: J-1146 Brumbaugh, Gaius M. MD Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church From Original Sources, Vol II (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 1985, reprint) p.1146, K-69 Carothers, Bettie. 9000 Men Who Took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity to MD During the Revolution (Lutherville, MD: Compiled by the Author, 1978, 2 volumes) p.69, which listed the name as “Joseph Thomson”). This name appeared twice as a private in the St Mary's Co Militia in 1777 (Ref: M-212 Clements, S. Eugene and Wright, F. Edward. The MD Militia in the Revolutionary War (Silver Spring, MD: Family Line Publications, 1987) p.212, M-213 ibid p.213). One Joseph Thompson d: by Feb 1796 (Ref: SO-237 St Mary's Co Orphans Court Proceedings, 1777-1801 (Also published in the Chronicles of St Mary's, Vols 34, 35 and 36) p.237). See “Richard Thompson, of Joseph” q.v.10285

p.81 Subscribers to Oath of Allegiance 177827610 (note oath taken by John Ireland not John Reeder as above? No other Joseph Thompson’s on this list)
Joseph Thompson of Thomas by John Ireland