Katherine Simpson Townley 1914-2008

Private services were held for Katherine S. Townley, age 94, of Kirtland, Ohio. Mrs. Townley died Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at Hospice House in Cleveland.

She was born 4 March 1914 in West Nashville, Tennessee and was a 50-year resident of Kirtland.

She was a descendant of Richard Simpson who died ca 1711 in old Baltimore Co., Maryland.

Mrs. Townley was an LPN and worked as a medical secretary.

She is survived by her daughter, Chris Townley, sister Bess M. (Bill) Ray of Texas.

In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to Hospice of the Western Reserve, 300 E. 185th St., Cleveland, Ohio 44119.

Her online obituary is available at www.brunners.com

The Simpson Clan Volume XIX, Issue 3, Winter 2004

THE SIMPSON CLANVolume XIX, Issue 3 ISSN 0884-3805 Winter 2004

Published by Nona Williams, email & website


Archival Research on the Simpsons of Spesutia Parish, old Baltimore Co. MDBy Don Simpson

In volume 1, issue 5, of this Newsletter, Linda Bollinger reported an idea proposed by Byron Gibson in which he suggested that the Martha SIMPSON of St. George’s Parish, Old Baltimore (now Harford) Co., Maryland, who married William HAMBY in 1722, may actually have been the child of Richard & Ann SIMPSON whose birth was recorded in the parish register as 27 Aug., 1702, but in the transcription of the register was listed as “Mathew SIMPSON.” Given that there is no other record of a Mathew SIMPSON known in that parish it seems a plausible idea.
The records of St. George’s Parish available to most of us are those held by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (the “Mormon Library”) which consists of two published transcriptions and one roll of microfilm of the hand copied transcript made in the 1880's from the original register. The original register and the hand written transcription are both deposited in the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis, Maryland. The Archive does have microfilm of both the original and the transcribed copy and researchers are encouraged to use those microfilms rather than request to see the originals which due to age and deterioration are very fragile.

I had never been in Annapolis until October of 2003 when on a research trip there. While in that area researching the ancestry of a client, I had opportunity to spend three days at the State Archive. Although most of that time was spent on work for the client, I did take a little time to work on some of my own interests.

Examination of the microfilm of the original register of St. George’s shows the same problem so often found in microfilm of old records. Parts of the microfilm are very difficult to read and have areas that are completely illegible. I made photocopies of the pertinent pages and did the same from the film of the transcribed register. With those and an explanation of the problem, plus discussion of the possibility of errors in the transcription, the Archivists permitted me to examine the registers themselves, both the original and the transcribed register.

The transcribed register is just as seen on the microfilm and the writing is clear with the entry for Mathew unmistakable. The original register is darkened by age and weathering but the writing is clearly legible even in the parts that are not legible on the microfilm. There also the entry for Matthew SIMPSON is unmistakable, and there was no entry for the birth of a Martha SIMPSON on the pages I examined.

This leaves us with the unanswered question of Martha’s identity and whether she was part of the family of Richard & Ann SIMPSON. It is possible that Martha was a daughter of Richard & Ann, but for reason unknown her birth was not recorded. There is a gap in the births of their children which is suggestive between the birth of Matthew on 27 Aug., 1702, and that of Ann on 25 Jan., 1706. Given Martha’s marriage in Dec., 1722, a birth date of about 1704 seems reasonable. This does not prove that she was a child in that family but only suggests a possibility.

I would now list the children of Richard & Ann SIMPSON as follows:
1. Thomas SIMPSON, b. 5 Nov., 1690.
2. Susanna SIMPSON, b. 2 April, 1692.
3. William SIMPSON, b. 14 Feb., 1694 new style.
4. Elizabeth SIMPSON, b. 5 April, 1697; buried 30 Sept., 1698.
5. Jonathan SIMPSON, b. 12 Nov., 1699.
6. Mathew SIMPSON, b. 27 Aug., 1702.
7. [perhaps Martha SIMPSON, b. ca. 1704.]
8. Ann SIMPSON, b. 25 Jan., 1705 new style.
9. Elizabeth SIMPSON, b. 27 Aug., 1707.

Of course the entries for William and Ann were in the old style, as 14 Feb., 1693, and 25 Jan., 1704, and I have changed those to new style dates here.

Note: Don Simpson cannot remember what he has written that has been published in the newsletter. It would be helpful if a volunteer would go through the newsletter & list all his articles by title and where published (volume & issue). He has a lot of short notes and manuscripts in his computer files but has lost tract of which have been sent for publication. Click here to email him

Descendants of William Simpson [and Elizabeth Hocking] in Cherokee Co. GA[1]
Thomas SimpsonBy Kathleen Akin, 380 Braxton Place, Tucker, GA 30084, email

Continued from Volume XIX No. 2 Fall 2003

Thomas SIMPSON is a brother to John, the father of my Balis Wilson SIMPSON. I have a Thomas SIMPSON whom I haven't been able to do anything with of this same age. He was born in North Carolina about 1776 (his age is 74 in the census) per the Cherokee Co., Georgia 1850 census, #1267. His occupation is listed as "cooper". His wife's name is Mary. She was also born in North Carolina, about 1786 (her age is 64 in the census). There is a Mary Elizabeth SIMPSON, age 14, living with them in 1850. I have always just assumed she was a granddaughter because the mother would have had to be 50 when she was born.

I have not found any record of a Thomas in DeKalb Co, Georgia. in the 1820's or 1830's.
In the 1860 Cherokee Co., Georgia census there is a Mary SIMPSON, age 74, born Georgia living alone, #1071/1136, p. 810.

And, of course, to complicate matters, there is a completely different set of SIMPSONs living in DeKalb Co. in the 1820's and early 1830's who moved to Cobb Co., Georgia. They are Leonard SIMPSON/Hanna MOFFETT. They came with several of their children about the same time as John. He is the son of John SIMPSON, a famous Presbyterian minister in South Carolina and his wife Mary RHEMER.

In the 1840 Cherokee Co., Georgia census, p. 191 Thomas SIMPSON’s family is listed as follows: 00012001000-000110010000

So he is 60-70 years old as is his wife. He has 2 sons 20-30 years old, 1 son 15-20 years old, 1 daughter 20-30 years old and 1 daughter 15-20 years old.

2 sons b. 1810-1820

1 son b. 1820-1825

1 dau b. 1810-1820

1 dau b. 1820-1825

There is a John SIMPSON, age 25 living next door to him in the 1850 Cherokee Co., Georgia census (#1268) who could easily be his youngest son. This John was born in South Carolina and his occupation is "sawyer". His wife, Elizabeth, is 25 and was born in North Carolina. Their children are Mary Ann, age 7, Sara J., age 5 and Satira E., age 5 mo. All 3 are girls. Because of the age differences in the children, this could be a second marriage for either him or his wife and the older 2 children could be either his or hers. Their last name is listed as "SIMPSON."

Birth year of 1776 for Thomas estimated per 1850 Cherokee Co., Georgia census (# 1267). He is 74 years old, born North Carolina and his occupation is given as "cooper". His wife Mary is 64, born in South Carolina.

Balis, his nephew was a blacksmith as was one of the others.

Living with them in the 1850 census is Mary E.SIMPSON, age 14. A Mary Elizabeth SIMPSON married Martin J. SMITH in Cherokee Co., Georgia 13 Oct 1853 per Cherokee Co., Georgia Marriage Book B p. 202.

Thomas is not listed in the 1860 census for Cherokee Co., Georgia but his wife is there as a widow. She is 74, living alone in the Wild Cat District, p. 810, #1071/1136. It says she was born in Georgia.

To be continued

More Descendants of William Simpson [and Elizabeth Hocking]
Hermon, son of Thomas SimpsonBy Diane Clawson E-mail: Deeclawson2461@cs.com

Thomas SIMPSON’s son Hermon was born 1808 per headstone in Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Lee Co., Iowa. He died 4 Jan 1861. His wife Margaret TRAINER is the daughter of John TRAINER (the Baptist Minister) who married Nancy SIMPSON, daughter of William SIMPSON & Elizabeth HOCKING. Margaret was born 1811 (per headstone) in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, married 9 Jan 1833 Gibson County, Tennessee. She died 19 May 1888 in Montrose.

The following are notes taken from a biographical sketch of their son Thomas J. SIMPSON. Harmon SIMPSON and Margaret had nine children. They were among the earliest settlers of Montrose Township in Iowa, having arrived May 1843 from Gibson County, Tennessee, as passengers on a steamboat which traveled up the Mississippi River. Two thousand Indians were then camped on the ground now owned by Zachariah OWENS. Mr. SIMPSON was friendly with them, and traded and mingled with them to his own profit and their convenience. He did butchering for the settlers, and ran a farm. His wife Margaret never remarried after Harmon's death January 4th, 1861. Harmon and his wife Margaret were members of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints, and both saw the prophet, and his brother, Joseph, and Hiram SMITH, after their assassination at Carthage. They lived in Nauvoo about two months. They were converted by an elder preaching in Tennessee, in company with several families. Their son Thomas told of his recollections of the mob of 300 who came to drive the Mormons out of Nauvoo in 1846, and burning of the Mormon Temple at Nauvoo in November of 1848, which was attended by some 20,000 people. He said that when the Temple was burned the light was so bright at Montrose that one could see to pick a pin from the ground.

Children:
Mary Ann SIMPSON born April 1833 (from her 1880 census) Gibson County, Tennessee. She died 1914 in Montrose and is buried in the Simpson Plot. She married Nelson COOPER 9 Aug 1857 in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa.

John David SIMPSON born 1836 Gibson Co. Tennessee and died 1905 Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa

Thomas J. SIMPSON born 8 Oct 1841, Gibson Co., Tennessee, died 7 May 1918 Montrose, buried in Simpson Plot.

Margaret SIMPSON born abt 1842, Gibson Co., Tennessee, died (date unknown) Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa.

In Pendleton District and Anderson County, South Carolina in Wills, Inventories and Tax Returns and Census Records compiled by V. Alexander, C.M. Elliot and Betty White, p. 112:1843: “16 May 1843...Will of Harmon CUMMINS, pp 314-17, son Thomas CUMMINS, dau Sarah TRAINER, daughter Mary SIMPSON, dau Hannah DAVIDSON and her husband John L. DAVIDSON, son Griffith CUMMINS, son Samuel CUMMINS, Harmond CUMMINS, son John CUMMINS, dau Malinda JUNKIN. Samuel CUMMINS the son of Griffith CUMMINS. Exrs: Aaron HALL and Andrew O. NORRIS; Wits: John MOORE, James STEVENSON, George STEVENSON.

The Descendants of William Simpson of Amherst Co., Virginia

by Bonnie Simpson Valko

William SIMPSON was the son of Allen SIMPSON of Londonderry Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania. Allen's will was made 22 Jan 1754 and probated 2 Sept 1756, book D, page 56. He named his sons: David, William, John, James, Robert (my 3rd great grandfather) and daughter Cataran (Catherine) SIMPSON, respectively.

Page 140 of Albemarle Co. Virginia, July 1746; Josiah CLAPHAM to William SYMSON; to Alexander PATTON. Note: William must have sold this land later on to PATTON.

Page 47 10 May 1749 Alexander PATTON to John THOMPSON for 9 pounds, 10 shillings, 172 acres both sides Taylor Creek, adjacent Archibald WOODS, mountain spur, a branch . Witnesses: William SIMSON, William MALER, John MORRISON

Page 214, 7 April 1767. Samuel SHANNON, Amherst Co., Virginia to John MORRISON, Amherst Co, Virginia for 27 pounds, 13 shillings, 175 acres branch of Rockfish near Blue Mountains. Lines, Thomas SHANNON, William CROW, William SIMPSON. Witnesses: James DINWIDDIE, Joel CRAWFORD, Robert DINWIDDIE. (Note: DINWIDDIE is spelled "DUNWOODY" in this instance.) This same acreage seems to have sold several times over the ensuing years.

Page 68, 6 Feb 1775. Thomas SHANNON, Fincastle, to Simon RAMSEY, Amherst Co. for 60 pounds, 75 acres branch of Rockfish, near the Blue Mts. Lines of: William IRVINE, Witnesses: William SIMPSON, John MURRELL, David SIMPSON, Allen SIMPSON. Original delivered to RAMSEY 27 Sept. 1790. Final proof, 2 Nov 1778, by John MURRELL. 3 April 1775 by William and Allen SIMSON.

The above proves that William SIMPSON of Amherst is indeed the son of Allen SIMPSON of Chester Co., Pennsylvania. David SIMPSON is William's son and Allen SIMPSON is a grandson, probably the son of David SIMPSON.

Page 139, 1 May 1779. Alexander HENDERSON Sr. of Amherst Co. & Parish, to Alexander Jr. for 100 pounds, 150 acres both sides of Rockfish. Lines: James HENDERSON, mountain spur, Francis MERIWETHER, William SIMPSON, Alexander PATTON; all houses etc. Witnesses: James and Andrew HENDERSON, James DINWIDDIE. Original delivered to Alexander HENDERSON Jr. (Here we see some of William SIMPSON's neighbors.)

William would die intestate, however, we located an administrator's bond: Book 3, Page 22f, Administrators Bond, Agnes SIMPSON, David SIMPSON, Moses HUGHES, Alexander HENDERSON, 1 Jan 1787 for Agnes SIMPSON. Book 3, page 32, Inventory, 2 April 1787, 822 pounds, 7 shillings, 81/2 pence John MURRELL Jr. Thomas MORRISON Jr. Alexander HENDERSON.

Page 454. 26 Sept 1789. Agnes SIMPSON, David SIMPSON and wife Margaret, Amherst Co. Virginia. to Hudson MARTIN, Albemarle, for 1100 pounds , 550 acres Rockfish where David and Agnes now live, Lines: Col. John COLES on NE, Sherrod MARTIN on N. Thomas WILLIAMSON on W. Thomas PATTON on S. Two surveys: 1) 400 acres bought by William SIMPSON of Josiah CLAPHAM. 2)150 acres by deed from John McCLURE to David SIMPSON. Witnesses: Nathaniel CLARK, James SIMPSON, Nicholas M. LEWIS, William MILLER, Joseph SIMPSON.

Page 455. Order to Nathan CRAWFORD, William HARRIS and John DAWSON to quiz Margaret, wife of David SIMPSON, 7 Oct. 1789, done, 28 Oct 1789. Original delivered to grantee, 22 Aug 1805, per order.

I found Agnes SIMPSON, widow of William SIMPSON in the Virginia Tithables for 1787 in Lincoln Co, Virginia (Kentucky territory) later Agnes would settle with her family in Shelby Co. Kentucky.

According to the DAR Patriot application papers of Jane Craig Reichlien, #462381+435, a descendant of William SIMPSON, he was too old to serve in the Revolutionary War, but furnished supplies and helped where and when he could. The following was found: Public Service Claims, Amherst Co. Virginia Court Booklet 62-1922, page 24;

To William SIMPSON for 42 sheaves oats.....Oct. 9, 1780
To William SIMPSON for four diets P Cert. June 17, 1781
To William SIMPSON for Guard to British prisoners.
To William SIMPSON for 6 sheaves of oats....June 17, 1781 for Hampshire Militia to Carolina.
To William SIMPSON for 2 bushels oats... Oct. 24, 1780, Shenandoah Militia to Carolina.
To William SIMPSON for 3 bushels of corn... August 17, 1781 for British Prisoners
To William SIMPSON for 400 lbs. hay p. cert. June 19, 1781 for the team of 10 wagons in Public Service.
To William SIMPSON for 1 peck of corn and hay for 2 horses P. Cert. March 10, 1781 for White's Regiment.

(Note: This was quite astounding to me, and it definitely shows what a wealthy man William SIMPSON was, to be able to have all of these supplies available.)

Under Amherst County, Virginia in the Revolution by Lenora H. Sweeney, page 71, among a long list of names appears the name of William SIMPSON. His son, David was a Revolutionary soldier as he was granted 200 acres in Garrard Co., Kentucky on Paint Lick Creek in 1783. This is from Virginia Grants in Garrard Co., Kentucky, page 202.

Jane Craig Reichlien gives the names of William and Agnes MAY SIMPSON children as being:

Else SIMPSON, born abt. 1754; md. Matthew MONTGOMERY, 7 March 1769

David SIMPSON, born abt. 1756; md. Margaret DINWIDDIE

James SIMPSON, born abt. 1758, md. Mary LANCASTER, 2 April 1787

Agnes SIMPSON, born abt. 1760, md William DINWIDDIE (Note: this is not correct, it was the daughter of James SIMPSON, brother of William SIMPSON, who married William DINWIDDIE. Her father, James SIMPSON signed her marriage bond.)

Robert SIMPSON, born abt. 1762; md. Hannah POWELL, 6 April 1791 in Kentucky

Joseph SIMPSON, born abt. 1764; md. Elizabeth COX, daughter of Benjamin COX in Shelby Co., Kentucky, 8 August 1798

Samuel SIMPSON, born abt. 1771. (Note: Samuel was not listed on the DAR Patriot papers, however, I found him in the list of Virginia Tithables of 1787. He was listed with his mother, Agnes and was 16 years old. They were now living in Shelby Co., Kentucky. ) I have no further information on Samuel at this time.

Agnes SIMPSON's will is dated 21 January 1823 in Shelby Co., Kentucky; I do not have a copy of this at the present time.

Joseph SIMPSON, who was married to Elizabeth COX, had an argument with his cousin, Aquilla WHITAKER in which there was a duel fought. Joseph was killed by his cousin. WHITAKER was captured and jailed, but soon after, allowed to escape. Dueling laws forbade dueling, but Virginians and now Kentuckians chose to ignore the law for many years, until authorities made it known that dueling would not be tolerated.

This is respectfully submitted by Bonnie Simpson Valko. For the most part, I have listed the source of my statements in the text, however, the deeds and administration for William SIMPSON were found in Bailey Fulton Davis's Books, The Deeds of Amherst and Albemarle Counties 1748 to 1763,: also The Wills of Albemarle Co. Virginia 1761 to 1855 by Bailey Fulton Davis. This man is wonderful at transcribing old documents.

Simpson Creek and Thomas Simpson
Nelson Co., Kentucky
By Robert P. Moore, 176 Valley Rd., Lexington, Ky 40503, email:

Published in Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 19, #4, Summer 2003 pp. 85-94

Reprinted with permission

It has been a matter of curiosity to me, and doubtless to others, to learn something about the man for whom Simpson Creek is named. Mention of this water course has been the main means of identifying early residents of the Bloomfield area. Who was this Thomas SIMPSON? Where did he come from? Why and when was his name assigned to this creek and its branches? Obviously some of these answers are to be sought right in Nelson County. The records of deeds, wills and marriages are useful, but sometimes law suits and depositions can provide more details and more interesting information.

Thomas SIMPSON left a will in Nelson Co. in 1825, naming, in effect, 10 children, although he does not mention by name his daughter Thamer, but only her husband Silvanus MAY and a grandson Allen MAY. (Thamer/Tamer SIMPSON married Silvanus MAY on 28 August 1807 in Nelson Co. ) This unusual name of Thomas's daughter helps to confirm his relationship to earlier generations of his family.

Previous generations of this Simpson family are treated in a recently published article by Robert C. Neibling on pp. 837-925, vol. 7 (2002) of Northern Virginia Genealogy. This extensive article, entitled "Profiles of the Three Gilbert SIMPSONs," examines the records on these three men with the same name in order to distinguish one from the other and establish as far as possible their relationship to each other, as well as their descent. (Northern Virginia Genealogy is published annually at 39475 Tollhouse Road. Lovettsville, VA 20180-1817; email . I would strongly recommend it to those researching families of northeastern Nelson Co.)

The Gilbert SIMPSON who is applicable to the Nelson Co. family is labeled by Neibling "Gilbert Loudoun Co. (Va.)" His relatives are "Gilbert SIMPSON of Pohick (Fairfax Co., Virginia. )" and "Gilbert SIMPSON Sr.," also of Fairfax Co. The family was earlier recorded in Charles County, Maryland., where Gilbert SIMPSON Sr., the eldest of the three Gilberts, married Elizabeth WILLIAMS on 6 April 1730. It is the opinion of Neibling that Gilbert of Loudoun Co., father of Thomas of Nelson ; Co., Kentucky., is a nephew of Gilbert SIMPSON Sr., and that Gilbert of Loudoun is the son, therefore, of an unknown brother of Gilbert Sr. The parents of Gilbert Sr. and of the father of Gilbert of Loudoun are said to be John SIMPSON of Charles Co., Maryland and wife Elizabeth.

Interestingly, all three Gilberts had dealings with George WASHINGTON, although the business affairs with WASHINGTON of "our" Gilbert of Loudoun Co. were the most extensive. They had a sometimes rocky partnership in some land on the Youghiogheny River in Pennsylvania. This partnership lasted for a good many years until it was dissolved in September 1784. SIMPSON was still in Pennsylvania on a tax list in Franklin Township, Fayette Co., but by 1786 he was in Kentucky.

Neibling's article gives indirect evidence of Gilbert SIMPSON's consent in Bourbon Co., Kentucky for his daughter Ann to marry Zachariah MASTERSON on 25 August 1786. From 1787 through 1793, Gilbert SIMPSON was on Fayette Co., Kentucky tax lists. He wrote his will on 27 January 1794 (proved in May), naming first his sons Thomas, Samuel, John and Gilbert and then his daughters Jemima BYRN, Susanna SHORE, Ann MASTERSON, Tamer SIMPSON and Hannah SIMPSON. Neibling cites the research of Dwight and Rosemary Barr in stating that Gilbert SIMPSON married ca. 1754 Tamer JOHNSTON, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (MARTIN) JOHNSTON and that Gilbert and Tamer's son , Thomas was born on 27 June 1757 in Fairfax Co., Virginia. They are also the source of the statement that Thomas married Abigail MOORE on 3 February 1790 in Nelson Co., Kentucky. No such record, however, has been found for this marriage in Nelson Co. John SIMPSON, son of Gilbert Sr. of Fairfax Co., Virginia, married into the Samuel MOORE family of Fauquier Co., Virginia and Mercer Co., Kentucky. However, there has not yet been found any information to connect Abigail with this Samuel MOORE family.

It is unlikely that any of Thomas SIMPSON's children remained in Nelson Co. There is a John SIMPSON in the 1810 census, but he appears to be too old to be the son of Thomas. There are two Thomases in the 1810 census, who could be "our" Thomas and a son, but further investigation would be required to prove that the second Thomas is the son of "our" Thomas. One needs to look in adjoining Spencer Co. for any descendants of Thomas. (Perhaps the land they occupied was in the part of Nelson that became Spencer.)

Here is an abstract of Thomas SIMPSON's will in Nelson Co., Kentucky. Will Book F, p. 124, wr. 22 July 1825, codicil 25 July 1825, pr. 11 Sept. 1826. Wife Abigal, plantation, livestock, household goods for life; daus. Betsey, Hannah, proceeds of sale of plantation after their mother's death and one half of household goods; son Samuel, $1; grandson Allen MAY, $1, Silvanus MAY, $1; granddau. Fanny SIMPSON, cow after grandmother's death; son Gilbert SIMPSON, cow after mother's death; other chn., Tom, Mary SHORE, Eleanor SILKWOOD, Nancy RHODES, John SIMPSON to share equally in sale of balance of personal property. John EASTBURN Sr ., exr Witn. James HEADY, John EASTBURN Sr., John BEMISS.

Nelson Co. Marriage Records
[It cannot be determined which of the men are Thomas's relatives, although other documents would indicate that Samuel was.] John SIMPSON, 24 Feb. 1791, Margaret [Mary?] McELROY, dau. of Hugh and Easter McELROY. [Hugh McELROY's 1794 will calls his SIMPSON daughter Mary.]

John SIMPSON, 2 March 1790, Mary NORRIS; bondsman Jo LEWIS; Jonathan McCARTY and Richard McKAY, both Simpson Creek residents, stated that Mary was over 21. John and Polly SIMPSON appear in a marriage record in Nelson Co. in 1802, so he is not the same as the John who m. Mary/Margaret McELROY.

Mary SIMPSON, dau. of Thomas, 13 Dec. 1812, Thomas SHORE; bondsman, Samuel SIMPSON; witn. to consent James and Samuel SIMPSON. (A SHORE family appears in Fayette Co., Kentucky.)

Nancy SIMPSON m. 23 Apr. 1821, Nelson Co., Kentucky., Burwell RHODES.

Thomas SIMPSON, m. 22 Jan. 1806, Anna HOWELL.

Thamer SIMPSON, dau. of Thomas, 28 Aug. 1807, Sylvanus MAY; witn. to consent Samuel SIMPSON and Joseph ROBINSON.

Samuel SIMPSON, 12- Oct. 1817, Elizabeth SCOTT, dau. of Thomas SCOTT; consent witn. by Redmon SCOTT. He is probably Thomas's son.

Nelson Co., Kentucky. Deeds
5/49, 10 March 1795. David MAY and wife Mary to John MASON of Loudon Co., Virginia., £33, 113 acres on waters of Simpsons Creek, adj. Thomas SIMPSON and MAY's 950-acre preemption.

5/57, 14 July 1795. David MAY and wife Mary to William MONROE, £60, tract in the drains of Simpsons Creek adj. Thomas SIMPSON.

5/307, 30 March 1797. Deposition by John MULDRAUGH that he and John SIMPSON marked trees in May 1776 to establish the claim of Thomas SIMPSON. Ashes Creek.

5/308, 30 March 1797. Depositions by John MULDRAUGH and John SIMPSON that they marked trees to establish the claim of Hugh MULDRAUGH on Ashes and Jack's Creek in May 1776.

5/350, 15 Nov. 1797. Thomas SIMPSON and wife Abigail to James WOODSMALL, £35, 100 acres on waters of Simpson Creek.

5/623, 5 Sept. 1798. Deposition of Thomas SIMPSON, age 41, taken at John EASTBURN's, states that in 1779 when exploring he saw the improvement near the EASTBURNs' house, a beginning cabin and deadened trees, and since living in the county heard it called Brashears.

6/4, 14 Sept. 1801. Report of commissioners Nicholas MINOR, Walter STALLARD, Bryant STONE and Thomas HALL to establish calls in land entry of John WELCH entered 27 May 1780, 30 acres on Salt River 3 miles below the mouth of Simpsons Creek. Depositions for Andrew WELCH: James PATTON was in the company of Thomas CLARKE and Tobias BRASHEAR in Nov. 1779 when they built a smokehouse there; Thomas SIMPSON, Patrick McGEE and William SMILEY depose on the name of Simpson Creek. William SMILEY certifies the hearing was advertised in Palladium 11 Aug. 1801.

6/885, 13 Sept. 1808. Benjamin BLINCOE and wife Elizabeth of Breckinridge Co. to James BROWN, £1035, 117 acres on Simpson's Creek adj. Thomas SIMPSON and OWSLEY's line.

6/886, 3 Apr. 1809. Thomas BLINCOE and wife Rebeccah to Benjamin DOWNS, $485, 117 acres on Simpson's Creek adj. Thomas SIMPSON, OWSLEY and James BROWN.

6/907, 20 Nov. 1809. Depositions taken by Nicholas MINOR and John STONE at the spring near the Presbyterian Meeting House. David EVANS states that he was present 22 or 23 years ago [1787-88] when Isaac COX laid off 500 acres for John MAY and that they met at Thomas SIMPSON's on Simpson's Run and proceeded up the right-hand fork of Simpson's Creek to the spring where they are meeting. He also recalls two licks, one called Sulphur Lick and the other near where Samuel Brown formerly lived. Thomas SIMPSON and Richard CONNER also gave depositions concerning the licks along Simpson's Creek.

7/219, 22 Aug. 1797. John E. KING and wife Sally to Benjamin BLINCOE, £70, 10 shillings, 235 acres on Simpson's Creek adj. OSWLEY's corner and Thomas SIMPSON.

9/17, 9 March 1810. John MASON and wife Ruth to Vincent DAVIS, £75, 10133/4. acres on waters of Simpson Creek Fork, adj. David MAY and Thomas SIMPSON.

9/184, 2 March 1811. Thomas SIMPSON and wife Abigail to Samuel SIMPSON, 100 acres on east side of Simpson's Creek.

10/115, 14 March 1814. Thomas SIMPSON to Sulvania MAY, $93.75, 1814. acres on Simpson Creek adj. MAY. Recorded same date.

10/185, 20 June 1814. Hezekiah MURPHY and wife Sally to Edmund COTTON, $725.00, land on east side of east fork of Simpson's Creek, a branch of Salt River, bounded on the south by the POWELL survey, on the north by Thomas SIMPSON, on the east by Thomas LEWIS, adj. James HEADY, John BEMISS. Recorded same date.

To be continued

Endnotes:
[1] More information about this family can be found in this newsletter Vol. XIV, No. 1 Summer 1998 p. 1-6 and Vol. XVII, No. 1, Summer 2001, p. 1-2 (includes a photo of Rufus Marion Simpson).

Joseph Valentine "Joel" Simpson

I'm interrupting the publication of back issues of the newsletter to report the discovery of another line of descent from Valentine Simpson's son John Anderson Simpson. The 1860 census showed that John A. Simpson and Margaret (Cherry) Simpson had a son named Joel V. born ca Feb. 1860. Apparently, he preferred to be known as Joseph Valentine Simpson later in life, although he was identified as Joel (his grandfather was Joel Cherry) on the 1860 and 1880 census records.

Shelia Counts Buckley sent the following information (click on her name to send her an email message):

Joseph Valentine Simpson (b Feb. 13, 1860-Dec. 29, 1928) born in MO., married to Sarah Jane Kell McDaniel (b.Apr. 1863- Jan. 16, 1933) in the year 1881 in Lawrence co., AR. These are my GG grandparents.

He is listed in the the 1880 census as living in the home as a laborer with Sarah Jane's parents and 4 yr. old son, by another marriage. Her first husband, John J. McDaniel died and she moved in with her parents for a short time.

Joseph and Sarah had the following children: Jasper M. b.July 3, 1896-Oct. 31, 1910; John b.1884-1943; Oliver, Frank, George, Dora Simpson married Finander Childers Clements of Ravenden, Ar.; Maggie E. married Edward Ozwald (Oswald) Justus; and Nellie G. married Amos Carson Clements (this is my ggrandparents.)

I have a picture of Sarah Jane, and I am waiting for a picture of Joseph through another family member. I didn't include all dates because I'm still getting notes together. But now I know who Joseph's father and mother are and other relatives, the puzzle pieces are fitting together.

Note: Sheila's family fits into the Simpson family outlined below.

Descendants of Valentine Wright Simpson

I. VALENTINE WRIGHT1 SIMPSON was born circa 1790 North Carolina. He married CYNTHIA ANN CROWLEY circa 1819 (They had one son under 10 and two daughters under 10 in 1820).

He appeared on the census of 1820 Warren Co., Tennessee (100010-201000).

He executed a deed on 10 Aug 1820 Hickory Creek, Warren Co., Tennessee.

He appeared on the census of 1830 Rutherford Co., Tennessee.

He married LUCRETIA LANE on 12 Mar 1835 Wilson Co., Tennessee.

He appeared on the tax list in 1838 District 3, Cannon Co., Tennessee.

He executed a deed on 21 May 1838 Carsons Fork, Cannon Co., Tennessee, on 22 Nov 1838 District 3, Cannon Co., Tennessee, and on 10 Sep 1839 Brawley Fork, Cannon Co., Tennessee.

He appeared on the census of 1840 Cannon Co., Tennessee.

He executed a deed on 28 Dec 1841 Cannon Co., Tennessee, on 1848 Cannon Co., Tennessee, and on 6 Dec 1848 12th District, Cannon Co., Tennessee.

He and JOSEPH SIMPSON executed a deed on 6 Dec 1848 12th District, Cannon Co., Tennessee.

He appeared on the census of 1850 Cannon Co., Tennessee.

He appeared on the census of 1860 Oregon Co., Missouri.

He died after 1860 probably in Missouri.

Valentine's children are listed below with their offspring:

A. NANCY2 SIMPSON was born circa 1820. She married JACOB M. KUYKENDALL after 1835. As of after 1835, her married name was KUYKENDALL.

1. WILLIAM3 KUYKENDALL was born after 1835.

2. SIMON3 KUYKENDALL was born after 1835.

B. JOHN A.2 SIMPSON was born on 17 Feb 1821 Tennessee. He married MARGARET CHERRY, daughter of JOEL CHERRY and SARAH UNKNOWN, between 16 Sep 1845 and 12 Oct 1845 Cannon Co., Tennessee. He relocated to in 1851 to Lawrence Co., Missouri. He appeared on the census of 14 Jul 1860 Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co., Missouri. He relocated in 1861 to Randolph Co., Arkansas. He died in 1865 Randolph Co., Arkansas.

1. JAMES ARMSTRONG3 SIMPSON was born on 7 Sep 1846 Cannon Co., Tennessee. He married HELEN REBECCA ELLIS on 26 Dec 1871 Hartville, Wright Co., Missouri. In 1873 he moved to Wright Co., Missouri. He died in 1906 Mtn. Grove, Wright Co., Missouri.

2. NANCY A.3 SIMPSON was born circa 1847 Tennessee.

3. SARAH F.3 SIMPSON was born circa 1850 Tennessee.

4. MARTHA C.3 SIMPSON was born circa 1853 Missouri.

5. JOSEPH "JOEL" VALENTINE3 SIMPSON was born in Feb 1860 Missouri. He appeared on the census of 1880 Dent, Lawrence Co., Arkansas. He married SARAH ANN KELL MCDANIEL in 1881 Lawrence Co., Arkansas.

C. ELIZABETH2 SIMPSON married CHARLES UMBARGER. She was born circa 1825 Tennessee.

1. JOSEPHINE3 UMBARGER

2. SAMUEL3 UMBARGER

3. LEONARD VOLENTINE3 UMBARGER

4. PERCIVAL3 UMBARGER

5. WEBSTER A.3 UMBARGER

6. MARTHA SARAH3 UMBARGER married JAMES FAULKENBERRY.

D. ANDREW SMART2 SIMPSON was born on 23 Nov 1828 Rutherford Co., Tennessee. He and JOSEPH SIMPSON executed a deed on 19 Oct 1853 12th District, Cannon Co., Tennessee. He executed a deed on 29 Sep 1854 12th District, Cannon Co., Tennessee. He married ELEANOR FINLEY on 1 Jan 1857 Cannon Co., Tennessee. He executed a deed on 5 Jan 1857 2nd District, Cannon Co., Tennessee and on 25 Feb 1857 12th District, Cannon Co., Tennessee. He married CAROLINE HERRING on 12 Sep 1880 Benton Co., Mississippi. He died on 11 Apr 1885 Benton Co., Mississippi, at age 56.

1. GEORGE3 SIMPSON was born circa 1856 Cannon Co., Tennessee. He died in 1860 Benton Co., Mississippi.

2. BENJAMIN DOUGLAS3 SIMPSON remained a bachelor. He was admitted to the bar in Jackson, Mississippi and elected to the House of Representatives in Benton in 1890. From 1890 to 1910 he was reelected as a representative of the Mississippi House of Representatives and at the time of his death in 1910 he was serving as a state senator. He was born on 28 Nov 1860 Cannon Co., Tennessee. He died on 21 Oct 1910 Benton Co., Mississippi, at age 49.

3. SARAH ANN3 SIMPSON was born on 26 Aug 1863 Benton Co., Mississippi. She married HENRY LEWIS GODDARD circa 1880 Benton Co., Mississippi. She died on 10 Apr 1885 Benton Co., Mississippi, at age 21.

4. JOHN EWELL3 SIMPSON was born on 1 May 1866 Benton Co., Mississippi. He married MARY EUNICE ELLIS on 21 Feb 1900 Graham, Young Co., Texas. He died on 5 Sep 1952 El Centro, Imperial Co., California, at age 86.

5. JAMES FRANKLIN3 SIMPSON owed on a note He was a farmer who studied at night and became a teacher. In 1896 he was elected County Superintendent of Education and served for 4 years.. He moved to Sheffield, Culbert Co., Alabama in 1900 where he worked in a second hand store and farmed. Later he was a notary public and Justice of the Peace in Sheffield for 15 or 15 years until his death in 1940. He was nearly blind at the time of his death. He was born on 1 Jul 1869 Benton Co., Mississippi. He died in 1940 Mississippi.

6. AMANDA EUGENIA3 SIMPSON died Mississippi. She was born on 4 Jul 1872 Benton Co., Mississippi.

7. ELEANOR3 SIMPSON died Alabama. She was born on 4 Dec 1875 Benton Co., Mississippi. She married JAMES DONALDSON circa 1900.

8. ELIZA3 SIMPSON married JOHN GIBSON. She was born in Apr 1882 Benton Co., Mississippi.

9. WILLIE CAROLINE3 SIMPSON was born in 1883 Benton Co., Mississippi. She died in Mar 1967 Mississippi.

10. OLIVE LESSIE3 SIMPSON was born in Jan 1885 Benton Co., Mississippi. She married FELIX WESLEY POUNDERS circa 1906 Alabama. She died in 1973 Alabama.

E. LOUISA JANE2 SIMPSON owed on a note The name of the wife of Josephus Finely is in doubt. Marjorie Slater said she was Anna Eliza, Claudia Bennett identified her as Sarah and Goodspeed says she was Louisa Simpson. She was born circa 1830 Rutherford Co., Tennessee. She married JOSEPHUS FINLEY on 19 Jan 1848 Cannon Co., TN Census. She died in Aug 1860.

1. ELIZA3 FINLEY

2. JOHN T.3 FINLEY

F. GREEN HENDERSON2 SIMPSON was born in 1831 Rutherford Co., Tennessee. He was employed by a physician before 12 Jul 1860 Oregon Co., Missouri. He appeared on the census of 12 Jul 1860 Woodside Twp., Oregon Co., Missouri. He married SOPHRONIA E. GATLIN on 7 Mar 1861 Tippah Co., Mississippi.

1. ADA MAY3 SIMPSON was born after 12 Jul 1860 Mississippi.

2. MARY3 SIMPSON was born in 1863 Mississippi.

3. ANNIE3 SIMPSON was born in 1866 Mississippi.

4. JOHN HAMILTON3 SIMPSON was born in 1869 Mississippi.

5. MINNIE3 SIMPSON was born circa 1870 Mississippi.

G. MARTHA A.2 SIMPSON married LORENZO DARNE STOUT, HENRY BYRD and JAMES NELSON. She was born in 1833 Rutherford Co., Tennessee. She married JESSE BRANNON on 2 Dec 1846 Cannon Co., TN Census. She died in Feb 1885.

H. OLIVE ELLEN2 SIMPSON was born in 1836 Cannon Co., Tennessee. She married ABRAHAM GOODWIN on 20 Sep 1857 Cannon Co., Tennessee. As of 12 Jul 1860, she was also known as ELLEN GOODEN. [UPDATE: Ed Gooden, a descendant pointed me to the 1880 census record of Benton Co., MS where this couple lived. Also in their household was Lucretia (Olive's mother and widow of Valentine Simpson.]

1. ANDREW3 GOODWIN

2. ELIZA3 GOODWIN

3. THOMAS JEFFERSON3 GOODWIN was born in Dec 1859 Oregon Co., Missouri.

4. JOHN3 GOODWIN was born in 1862 Missouri.

5. JOSEPHUS3 GOODWIN was born in 1867 Missouri.

6. SINAI3 GOODWIN was born in 1869 Missouri.

I. DAVID G.2 SIMPSON was born circa 1838 Tennessee. He married MALISSA GOODEN on 31 May 1861 Oregon Co., Missouri. He married L.N. TOLBERT on 24 Dec 1871 Cannon Co., Tennessee.

J. FRANCIS SINA2 SIMPSON was born circa 1840 Tennessee. She married CHARLES MCKINLEY on 17 Dec 1857 Oregon Co., Missouri.

1. DAVID R.3 MCKINLEY was born in May 1860 Oregon Co., Missouri.

2. ALMARINDA CLEMENTINE3 MCKINLEY was born on 27 Oct 1861 Oregon Co., Missouri.

An anonymous person posted the following comment:

WOW! This blog is great. I will send this to my brothers and sister in Anchorage, AK. They will be very interested to find out the North Carolina connection. I am descended from Justus family in Lawrence County (previously Strawberry County) in northeastern Arkansas. Our grandmother is Maggie Simpson. Her husband's actual name is Edward Oswald Justus. You have the middle name as Ozwald (with a "Z"). The Justus family helped to form the Lone Oak Baptist church and cemetary in Ravenden, Arkansas. They have a website. Joel V. Simpson and Sarah Jane are buried in this cemetary, but the headstones have deteriorated and broken apart. They still hold services at Lone Oak Church. Aunt Dora Simpson was my father's maternal aunt. She was married to Finander. I can remember going to visit at their farmhouse which was situated high on an Ozark hill when I was just a child. Also, in that cemetary, there is a headstone for "Cora Simpson", who died just days before her wedding. She was buried in her wedding gown. This was a story that was handed down from great-grandparents.

Lois O'Banion Costine added more information in comments as follows:

I am a descendant of John A Simpson and Marguritte (sp)Cherry Simpson's daughter Millie Simpson Hefley b. 3/11/1862 d. 4/18/1917 in Cassville, Missouri. Her daughter Mabel was my grandmother. We live on the West coast, so anecdotal stories are very interesting.

Millie Simpson b. 3/11/ 1862 in Arkansas d.4/18/1917 in Cassville Mo. Wed Levi (aka Lee, Leavy) Hefley b. 4/18/59 in Mo. as far I know. There children were Clyde 2/85, Stella 12/87, Mabel 12/14/89, Florence 9/93, Virginia (Virgie) 11/94, Ethel 6/98, Jennie 5/1900, David )02, and Fern 04. Lee was killed 12/28/06 in Cassville.

Many thanks to Lois for additional information.

The Simpson Clan Volume XIX, Issue 4 Spring 2004

THE SIMPSON CLANVolume XIX, Issue 4 ISSN 0884-3805 Spring 2004

Published by Nona Williams, PO Box 746, Ben Lomond, CA 95005-0746

Email & Website

Descendants of Absalom & Sarah (Williams) Simpson & the Simpsons in southeastern Carroll Co., Mississippi
June 2004, by Don Simpson

The following information is garnered from several sources in Rockingham Co., North Carolina and in Carroll Co., Mississippi. The usual sources such as census, probate, court minutes, & land records were used in Rockingham Co., while for Carroll Co., the census records were supplemented by information (especially cemetery records) posted on the excellent website at which also contains other records of interest.

William & Isabelle (CUMMINGS) SIMPSON of Jacobs Creek in Rockingham Co., North Carolina, had several children, the oldest known son being named Absalom. William was probably the son of Richard & Selah SIMPSON of Mears Fork, Guilford Co., North Carolina and grandson of Richard SIMPSON, Sr., who died in 1795 in Guilford Co.

Absalom SIMPSON was probably born ca. 1801, and died sometime between the 1840 census and August, 1843, when his widow, Sarah, petitioned the Court for her year’s widow’s allowance. Absalom’s father, William SIMPSON, made an undated will that was probated in May, 1844. In it he devised “to my beloved daughter-in-law, Sarah SIMPSON, widow of my son, Absalom SIMPSON, one tract of land on which she now resides etc .... also a Negro girl Melinda on the same conditions of the land & all her increase,” with the proviso that after her death or remarriage, “then to my grandchildren of Absalom.”

Absalom was married to Sarah WILLIAMS, possibly ca. 1826, but no marriage bond is known for that marriage and the date remains uncertain. Sarah was a daughter of William & Mary (SHREVE) WILLIAMS of Rockingham County and is named in the will of her father.

The censuses of 1830 & 1840 seem to indicate that Absalom & Sarah had about eight children, but by the 1850 census only the following four were living in Sarah’s household.

1. Mary Belle SIMPSON, b. 19 Jan., 1829, Rockingham Co., NC; d. 13 March, 1876, Carroll Co., MS; buried Midway Methodist Church Cemetery, Carroll Co., MS; married William Tyler STONE, 25 Nov., 1852, by Albert LOMAX, J.P., Rockingham Co.

2. William C. SIMPSON, b. ca. 1831, Rockingham Co.; d. 11 June, 1862, Halifax, North Carolina, while in military service; married Sarah BOON, bond of 5 Feb., 1855, bondsman James SIMPSON.

3. Robert W. SIMPSON, b. ca. 1835, Rockingham Co.; d. sometime after the 1900 census, Carroll Co., MS; married Susan (surname unknown), ca. 1867, Carroll Co., MS; bur. Vaiden Cemetery, Vaiden, Carroll Co., MS [no dates on tombstone].

4. Celia SIMPSON, b. ca 1839, Rockingham Co.; d. probably between 1870 & 1873, Rockingham Co., NC; married Lewis TRUITT, bond of 6 Sept., 1855, Rockingham Co. [Lewis married 2nd Nancy B. TROXLER, 30 Aug., 1873, Rockingham Co.].

Of these four children, the three first moved to Carroll Co., Mississippi probably in company with several neighboring families from Rockingham Co. The move occurred sometime between 1865 and 1870

Mary Belle Simpson.Mary Belle was married in 1852 in Rockingham Co., NC, to William Tyler STONE. William T. was a son of Dudley & Sarah (BRISENDINE) STONE. STONE & BRISENDINE families were neighbors of the SIMPSONs in southern Rockingham Co., residing on farms located in the area northwest of New Bethel Crossroads and on the headwaters of Jacobs Creek. Sarah had a brother, Henderson BRISENDINE, who was married in Rockingham Co. in Dec., 1843, to Margaret (maiden surname unknown) SIMPSON, widow of Sterling J. SIMPSON. There is a marriage bond in Rockingham Co. dated June, 1855, for H. BRISENDINE to Ava NEAL, which may be a second marriage for Henderson. Henderson & Margaret were in Rockingham Co. at the 1850 census but have not been found on any subsequent censuses. It appears they had at least four sons, all of whom apparently accompanied the STONEs on their move to Mississippi.

Descendants in Mississippi state that the STONE family came to Carroll Co., in 1858 (see Carroll County, Mississippi, History and Families, published by the Carroll County Genealogical Society, 2001), accompanied by several other families from Rockingham Co., North Carolina. Among those other families were the BRISENDINE boys, two CASE boys who were also nephews of Dudley’s wife, Sarah, and Adam A. TROXLER. Researchers of Peter Ryan SIMPSON, son of Thomas, will recall that an earlier Adam TROXLER and wife, Alafa, were neighbors of Peter R. SIMPSON in Rockingham Co. and like him, moved to middle Tennessee before 1820. The Adam A. TROXLER, who moved to Mississippi with the STONE family, was married in Carroll Co., to Sarah, daughter of Dudley & Martha STONE.

William C. Simpson.
William C. SIMPSON was married to Sarah BOON in Feb., 1855, and the 1860 census of Rockingham Co. (p. 86) shows them with two children, Cornelia A., age 4, and James M., age 2. Later records show there were two more children born to Wm. C. & Sarah, namely Mary C. and Rebecca J.
The North Carolina Division of Archives and History has published a series of volumes titled North Carolina Troops 1861 - 1865, A Roster. These give complete listings of Civil War soldiers who served from North Carolina, each with a brief abstract of their military record. Volume 11, compiled by W. T. Jordan, Jr., contains the listing for the 45th NC Infantry Regiment. Company D of that regiment was composed almost entirely of Rockingham County men, and included William C. SIMPSON, private. The abstract of his record reads “Resided in Rockingham County and enlisted in Wayne County on May 8, 1862, for the War; Died at or near Halifax on June 11, 1862. Cause of death not reported.”

The Rockingham Co. Court appointed James T. SIMPSON as Administrator of the Estate of William C. SIMPSON, deceased, at the August term, 1862 (p. 651). In the NC State Archive are two large file folders on this estate. Among those are papers that name the heirs of William C. SIMPSON as Cornelia A. E. SIMPSON, James M. SIMPSON, Mary C. SIMPSON, & Rebecca J. C. SIMPSON.

William’s widow, Sarah (BOON) SIMPSON, was married to her second husband, John B. YORK, in 1865. The Rockingham Co. marriage bond was dated 22 April, 1865, with bondsman James T. SIMPSON, and the marriage was performed 23 April by James T. SIMPSON, J.P.

John B. YORK was a neighbor who had been first Lieutenant in the same company D with Wm. C. SIMPSON. The abstract of his service shows he remained in the company until the surrender at Appomattox Court House on 9 April, 1865. He must have been able to reach his home in Rockingham Co. within a few days to be able to marry Sarah on the 23rd of that same month.

John B. YORK had been married to his first wife, Parthenia B. ROBERTSON, in Sept., 1849, in Rockingham Co. John B. & Parthenia YORK were on the 1860 census Rockingham Co. (p. 61) as ages 34 & 32 and with five children. From the ages of the children on the 1870 census it appears Parthenia probably died between 1861 & 1865. By 1870 John, Sarah & family were in Carroll Co., Mississippi, (p. 497) with a large household including six of John & Parthenia’s children, two children of John & Sarah, and Sarah’s four SIMPSON children.

By the 1880 census (Carroll Co., ED 25, p. 23) Sarah was a widow and head of household. There is no known tombstone for John B. YORK but he was probably buried in Midway Methodist Church Cemetery near Sarah. Her tombstone reads “Sallie BOON SIMPSON YORK, b. Oct 28, 1832, d. June 17, 1918.”

[UPDATE from Mable Daniel who is a descendant of Sarah (Sallie) Boone SIMPSON YORK: John B. York is buried in the New Salem Cemetery in Carroll Co., Mississippi near the town of Vaiden.

Sarah (Sallie?) Boone SIMPSON YORK is buried at Midway Methodist Church Cemetery by her son James Monroe SIMPSON. All her children by both marriages are buried at Midway. Mable's grandmother, was Rebecca Jane SIMPSON, the 4th child of William and Sarah SIMPSON.

Sarah's grave marker identifies her as Sally which was a common nickname for Sarah.]

The children of William C. & Sarah P. (BOON) SIMPSON were:

2a. Cornelia A. E. SIMPSON, b. ca. 1856, [Mable Daniel provides her date of birth as 28 Dec. 1854] Rockingham Co., North Carolina; md. James F. OAKES, 28 Dec., 1877, Carroll Co., MS. [Mable Daniel provides her date of death as 7 Jan. 1947 per her cemetery marker.]

2b. James Monroe SIMPSON, b. 2 April, 1858, Rockingham Co.; d. Oct., 1928, Carroll Co., Mississippi; bur. Midway Methodist Ch. Cemetery, Carroll Co.

2c. Mary C. SIMPSON, b. 1860, Rockingham Co.; d. 1917, Carroll Co., MS; bur. Midway Methodist Ch. Cemetery, Carroll Co.; md. in Carroll Co., Jesse C. SNELL.

2d. Rebecca Jane C. SIMPSON, b. 22 January, 1863, Rockingham Co.; d. 2 July, 1911, Carroll Co., MS; bur. Midway Methodist Ch. Cemetery; md. Robert R. BASKIN, 1 March, 1882, Carroll Co. [UPDATE from Mable Daniel: She doesn't not remember Rebecca Jane having a "C" in her name and the two of them were close and Rebecca died 2 July 1962 at age 99.]

Robert W. Simpson.
Robert W., son of Absalom & Sarah (WILLIAMS) SIMPSON, was probably married in Carroll Co., Mississippi, about 1867, to Susan (surname not now known to me). Robert & Susan are both buried in the Vaiden Cemetery, Vaiden, Mississippi, but the tombstone has only their names with no dates. They appear on the federal censuses in Carroll Co., from 1870 through 1920**** but the census entries for their family are very confusing. The order of children and ages are not consistent from one census to another and the reconstruction of the family is full of uncertainties. Also, the dates of birth recorded on their tombstones are often erroneous. Thus the following listing and data must be considered very uncertain & subject to revision when new information becomes available.

A tentative listing of children can be given as follows.

3A. Chester F. SIMPSON, b. Oct., 1868, Carroll Co.; md. Ida M. STOUT, 19 Oct., 1898, Carroll Co.; resided Panola Co., Mississippi, at the 1920 census.

3B. Jennette SIMPSON, b. ca. 1870, Carroll Co.

3C. Ellen SIMPSON, b. ca. 1872, Carroll Co.

3D. Susan SIMPSON, b. ca. 1873, Carroll Co.

3E. Robert Tyler SIMPSON, b. 28 April, 1875, Carroll Co.; d. 22 July, 1946, Carroll Co., buried Vaiden Cemetery; md. Artemius MILLER, 25 Jan., 1914, Carroll Co.

3F. Abner Garrett SIMPSON, b. 22 Oct., 1877, Carroll Co.; d. 2 March, 1951, buried Vaiden Cemetery; md. Sallie McCORKLE, 27 Dec., 1911, Carroll Co.

3G. Mary SIMPSON, b. 24 Feb., 1879; d. 18 Aug., 1956, buried Vaiden Cemetery; md. R. L. RANDLE, 14 Dec., 1913, Carroll Co.

3H. William SIMPSON, b. March, 1880, known only from the 1880 census.

3I. Lillian SIMPSON, b. 15 May, 1881, Carroll Co.; d. 10 May, 1948, buried Vaiden Cemetery; md. Murry V. STEWART, 22 Dec., 1905, Carroll Co.

3J. James L. SIMPSON, b. 5 Feb., 1889, Carroll Co.; d. 6 July, 1961, buried Vaiden Cemetery.

3K. Roy SIMPSON, b. 26 Nov., 1890, Carroll Co.; d. 21 Dec., 1955, buried Vaiden Cemetery.

This totals eleven children in the family yet on the 1900 census Susan, the mother, was listed as the mother of 10 children, of whom 8 were living then. However, there are so many errors in that census, especially in the listing for this family, that those numbers cannot be trusted to be correct. Given the gap between the births of Lillian and that of James L., it is likely there were more children born who died in infancy.

Celia Simpson
The TRUITT family is not known to have had any descendants in Carroll Co., Mississippi, but short mention is made of them here. Lewis & Celia’s children as listed on the censuses were: William W. TRUITT, b. ca. 1858; Lewis Joiner TRUITT, b. ca. 1859; John Dillard TRUITT, b. ca. 1861; Thomas S. TRUITT, b. ca. Oct., 1863; & Mary A. TRUITT, b. ca. July, 1870. Of these children, only Thomas S. was listed in Rockingham Co. on the 1900 census; the fate or whereabouts of the others is not known to me at this time.

Note: Don Simpson would like to thank Carolyn Bayse and Margaret Simpson Rambo who compiled lists of articles by him that have been published in back issues of this newsletters. The lists have been a great time saver for him.

Queries

I’m still looking for the parents of Alley RODGER. She married P.D. (Powhatan David) SIMPSON, November 15, 1865 in Rockingham Co., North Carolina. Alley was born May 23, 1843 according to her tombstone.

Please contact Carolyn W. Bayse, 1008 Oakley Avenue, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870.

A while back, in a discarded book, I found a certificate, which appears to be vellum and is signed by one Matthew SIMPSON, “one of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It is signed and dated in black ink, the 27th day of September 1863 in Jackson, Michigan by Matthew SIMPSON. The certificate states that Adam Y. GRAHAM has been designated as an Elder in the church by the Michigan Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It bears a stamped seal in the bottom right corner – an open book encircled by the words “Preach the Word – Feed My Sheep”. It is in very good condition. Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison, Cincinnati is the maker of the certificate.

Matthew SIMPSON, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church was born in Cadiz, Ohio, on 6-21-1811. He was the first president of Indiana Asbury University, in Greencastle, Indiana, which is now De Pauw University. He was editor of a newspaper which promoted a strong stand against slavery and was an intimate and trusted friend of President LINCOLN, who considered his advice of great value. He was one of the speakers at LINCOLN's funeral in Springfield, Illinois. He died in Philadelphia on 6-18-1884. Would this be of any interest to any readers?

Contact Mrs. Anyta Hosty, 9746 South 53rd Avenue, Oak Lawn, IL 60453-2906, email: MaxandMagoo@aol.com

Descendants of William Simpson [and Elizabeth Hocking] in Cherokee Co. GA[1]
Larkin SimpsonBy Kathleen Akin, 380 Braxton Place, Tucker, GA 30084, email: abish@bellsouth.net
Continued from Volume XIX No. 2 Fall 2003

Larkin SIMPSON[2] (son of John SIMPSON [1760-1849] and Arilla OSBURN [1760-1840]) was born about 1792, South Carolina[3]. His was a blacksmith.[4] His wife was Margaret CANNON[5] about 1796 South Carolina.[6] Their children were:

Female child N.R.H. SIMPSON born about 1826 Georgia.[7]

Female child born 1830/1835.[8]

Female child E.D. SIMPSON born about 1830 DeKalb Co., Georgia.[9]

male child E.J. SIMPSON[10] born 18 August 1830[11] DeKalb Co., Georgia,[12] died 17 April 1898,[13] buried Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Cobb Co., Georgia,[14] married 21 December 1865, Cobb Co., Georgia to Eliza Jane ROBERTSON[15]

Male child J.C. SIMPSON born about 1834 DeKalb Co., Georgia.[16]

Female child born 1835/1840 DeKalb Co., Georgia.[17]

Male child W.A.J. SIMPSON born about 1836 DeKalb Co., Georgia.[18]

Male child L.M. SIMPSON born about 1839 DeKalb Co., Georgia.[19]

Larkin SIMPSON served in the War of 1812. He was a private in Nash’s Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers.[20] He married Margaret CANNON and they had 8 children, 4 sons and 4 daughters. He fought in the War of 1812 and married after the war.[21] He was on the default list on the tax list of 1826 Gwinnett Co., Georgia. Larkin SIMPSON, soldier, Hay’s District, DeKalb Co., Georgia draws land in the 1827 land lottery. He drew Lot #252, Dist. 20, Section 2. This land was in Lee County.[22] (I think it was really Say’s District and was transcribed wrong.)
In 1830 Larkin was a defendant in a small civil court case in DeKalb Co., Georgia. It was about some money he owed John DABBS which had been due May 21, 1829. He is found in several cases during the early 1830s.[23] April 1, 1836 there was a letter remaining in the Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., Georgia post office for Larkin SIMPSON.[24]

Larkin and his family were in DeKalb Co., Georgia in the 1840 census. Where he lives later becomes what is called Evan’s District. 2200010000000-0112001000000.[25] Where was he in the 1850 census? 24 June 1858 “…cash paid Larkin SIMPSON …” by Mrs. Salina ELLINGTON, guardian of David B. ELLINGTON for 1858 in DeKalb Co., Georgia.[26] Larkin and his family are living in Town District, Cobb Co., Georgia in the 1860 census.[27]

To be continued

Simpson Creek and Thomas Simpson
Nelson Co., KentuckyBy Robert P. Moore, 176 Valley Rd., Lexington, Ky 40503, e-mail: patboblex@aol.com
Published in Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 19, #4, Summer 2003 pp. 85-94, Reprinted with permission
Continued from the Simpson Clan, winter issue

10/190, 26 May 1814. Abraham HITE and wife Elizabeth, Joseph HITE and wife Sarah and Robert BRECKINRIDGE as exrs. of Isaac HITE, decd., $100.00, 58 acres on Ashes Creek, a part of 300-acre grant to Isaac HITE of Leven POWELL bearing date 2 Feb. 1786, adj. SYMM's northwest line, corner to Thomas HEDDY, Ashes Creek, line of Hugh MULDROUGH and Thomas SIMPSON. Eliza HITE relinquishes her dower in Jefferson Co. Recorded 13 Jan. 1814. [A MULDRAUGH/MULDROW family, one of them named Hugh, was situated early in western Fayette Co. ]

11/62, 30 Sept. 1813. William WREN, atty. for William WREN of Fluvanna Co., Virginia to Edmund GUTHERIE, $50.00, 238 acres on waters of Ashes Creek, part of a tract of 500 acres granted William WREN by patent bearing date 5 July 1784, beginning at POWELL's line, going to Thomas SIMPSON and Hugh MULDRO preemption, thence to Coleman DUNCAN's line. Witn. John CARR, John BROWN, Ralph BROWN. Recorded 21 May 1814.

12/ 423, 10 March 1818. Thomas SIMPSON and wife Abigail to Edmund COTTON, $534.00, 633/4 acres on waters of Simpson's Run, adj. James HEADY, WOODSMALL. Witn. Jas. S. TINGLE, James CALDWELL. Rec. 16 March 1818.

12/524, 10 March 1818. Thomas and Abigail SIMPSON to Sylvanus MAY, all of Nelson Co., $430.00, 54 1/4 acres on Simpson's Run, a branch of Simpson's Creek, adj. WOODSMALL, MAY. Same witn. as above. Rec. 16 March 1818.

13/239, 2 March 1819. Thomas and Abigail SIMPSON to son Gilbert, $1, 100 acres where Thomas SIMPSON now lives, being a part of 500-acre grant entered and patented in name of sd. SIMPSON, near forks of run called Simpson's Run, adj. Samuel SIMPSON 100 acres deed him by Thomas and a small parcel entered in the name of Drakeford GRAY and "pateented in my name" (4 or 5 acres). Signed Thomas SIMPSON, Abigal (X) SIMPSON. Witn. Samuel SIMPSON, Silvanus MAY, Robt . COTTON, Samuel BELWOOD. Rec. same date.

14/538, 14 Aug. 1821. Gilbert SIMPSON of Nelson Co. to Archibald PITT, $500.00, 100 acres near fork of Simpson's run, at so. end of Thomas SIMPSON's 500-acre survey of which this 100 is a part, adj. Samuel SIMPSON's 100 acres deeded him by Thomas along with 4-5 acres entered in the name of Drakeford GRAY. Rec. 15 Aug. 1821.

15/82, 23 Oct. 1821. Samuel and Elizabeth SIMPSON of Nelson Co. to James BLINCOE, $1000, 100 acres on the east side of Simpson's Creek on Simpson's Run, part of 500-acre survey of Thomas SIMPSON. Signed Thomas SIMPSON, Elizabeth (X) SIMPSON. Rec. 26 Nv. 1821.

17/21, 19 Nov. 1825. Thomas SIMPSON to James HEADY, $302, 56 1/2 acres on Simpson's Run, adj. Vincent DAVIS, James HEADY and the sd. SIMPSON's land. Signed Thomas SIMPSON, Abbigal (X) SIMPSON. Witn. John EASTBURN, Esquier HEADY. Rec. 26 Nov. 1825.

17/427, 1 Nov. 1827. Gilbert SIMPSON of Spencer Co. to Samuel BROWN of Nelson Co., $700.00, 90 3/4 acres, being part of Thomas SIMPSON's 500-acre survey, adj. James BLINCOE, Simpson's Run, so far down the run as to include a piece of land (5-7 acres) sold by Gilbert to John R. DAVIS (adj. Abner ROBERTS and Benj. DOWNS). Signed Gilbert SIMPSON, Isabel (X) SIMPSON. Rec. Spencer Co. 11 Jan. 1828, Nelson Co. 7 March 1828.

Notes on Cuthbert COMBS vs. Leven POWELL et al. in Nelson Co. Compiled Records, 1800-1817, p. 589ff.

28 March 1811, bill in chancery, Cuthbert COMBS by his counsel vs. heirs of Leven POWELL decd., Abraham HITE, Joseph HITE, Rebecca VANMETRE FISHBACK [m. Charles FISHBACK], and Jacob HITE, infant heirs of Isaac HITE, and Jesse MURRAY, Enoch MURRAY, John MURRAY, Alfred MURRAY, James MURRAY, Joseph MURRAY, Peggy married to Charles ONEAL, Nancy married to Samuel McKAY, and Betsy MURRAY, heirs of John MURRAY decd. and Dorcas MURRAY, widow of sd. John MURRAY, decd., Joseph MILLIGAN, William McKAY, Leven GREEN, and Peter BROWN.

Land entry made 15 May 1780.

Cuthbert COMBS was of Clark Co., Kentucky. Text of his will is entered: ..."10 of my children, viz. Betsy EDWARD, formerly Betsy COMBS, Joseph COMBS, Benjamin COMBS, Polly [COMBS ] EVANS, John COMBS, Sythe [COMBS] PAYNE, Susannah [COMBS] HICKMAN, Cuthbert COMBS, Sally [COMBS] EVANS, Nancy (COMBS] PAYNE have married and received part of my estate. Sons Fielding Alexander COMBS and Ennis COMBS. Wife Sally." wr. 20 Feb. 1814, pr. 24 July 1815. Exrs. wife and sons Fielding Alexander COMBS and Ennis COMBS. Mentions 1000 acres in Nelson Co. on Simpson's Ck. adjoining William BRASHEAR's preemption.

p. 605, Cuthbert COMBS vs. Levin [Leven] POWELL heirs. Deposition of Thomas SIMPSON.
Q. When did Simpson's Creek obtain that name and by whom was it named?
A. I never knew it by any other name than Simpson's Creek. In 1779 in the Spring of that year, it was proposed by Mr. McGEE to call it Simpson's Creek after this deponent, to which all the Company agreed.
Q. Who were the persons in company when Simpson's Creek was named that name?
A. Samuel POTTINGER, Patrick McGEE, John SEVERNS and this deponent Thomas SIMPSON.

John SIMPSON

Is the Neibling article mistaken in its description of the John, brother of Thomas of Nelson Co. ? Could the John below in Nelson Co. deeds be that John? He could be the John who m. Mary McELROY in Nelson Co., Virginia (Kentucky) on 24 Feb. 1791. If this John of Nelson and Washington is not the brother of Thomas, who is he? He seems to be associated with Thomas, whatever the case. Note that both Thomas and John have associations with the MULDRAUGHs, who were in both Fayette Co. and Nelson.

4/71, 9 July 1790. William EDWARDS and wife Nancy to Regular Baptists, 30 shillings, 1 ½ acres on east side of the East Fork of Simpson Creek, adjoining John SIMPSON. [This is doubtless the same location where the Bloomfield Baptist Church is today. Thus, as far as present-day boundaries are concerned, John lived in Bloomfield, perhaps on the road to Chaplin.]

5/220, 12 Nov. 1795. John SIMPSON to William ALLISON, ten-year lease for two tracts at 10 shillings yearly, 1 acre near where John SIMPSON lives and 1acre near David COOMBS house, both on waters of Simpsons Creek.

5/307, 30 March 1797. Deposition by John MULDRAUGH that he and John SIMPSON marked trees in May 1776 to establish the claim of Thomas SIMPSON. Ashes Creek..

5/308, 30 March 1797. Depositions by John MULDRAUGH and John SIMPSON that they marked trees to establish the claim of Hugh MULDRAUGH on Ashes and Jack's Creeks in May 1776.

6/813, 7 June 1809. John SIMPSON and wife Mary to John BEMISS, $800, land on the east fork of Simpson's Creek, being part of 2000-acre patent of Leven POWELL granted in 1784 and which was conveyed to Isaac HITE by POWELL in 1792; also part of 112 acres also acquired from HITE, adj. Wm. EDWARDS's meadow.

9/25, 24 Jan. 1810. Abraham HITE and wife Elizabeth, Joseph HITE and wife Sarah, Robert BRECKINRIDGE, exrs. of Isaac HITE, decd., to Henry DUNCAN of Nelson Co., $300, 377 acres on waters of east fork of Simpson's Creek, being part of2000-acre tract granted to Leven POWELL, by patent bearing date June 1, 1782, and from POWELL to Isaac HITE, adj. lands of Andrew HYNES, John SIMPSON, Thomas HEADY, Obediah TRUAX, John and Edward COOMBS.

Will of John SIMPSON, Washington Co., Kentucky. Will Book B, p. 223, wr. 25 Nov. 1812, pr. 8 March 1813. To wife Mary; son James, daus. Esther McELROY, Jane SIMPSON, Peggy SIMPSON. Exrs. son-in-law James McELROY and wife Mary. Witn. Samuel McELROY, Andrew MULDRAUGH, Sally THOMPSON, Phil WASHBURN.

Washington Co. MarriagesEsther SIMPSON m. James McELROY 19 Sept. 1809
Jane SIMPSON m. James C. McELROY 15 March 1814
Mary SIMPSON m. John McELROY 12 July 1825
?Margaret SIMPSON m. George H. GARTON 7 Sept. 1818

And note this in Nelson Co.: John SIMPSON, 24 Feb. 1791, Margaret [Mary?] McELROY, dau. of Hugh and Easter.

According to a McELROY history, Margaret McELROY m. Capt. John MULDRAUGH, a pioneer in the Rolling Fork section of Washington Co. that is now in Marion Co. This is recorded in Nelson Co. 22 July 1790, where she is called the dau.of Hugh and Easter [IRVINE ] McELROY. [John MULDRAUGH was already in Nelson Co. by the time of the 1787 census of Virginia.]
Simpson records in Spencer Co., Kentucky

Eula Richardson Hasskarl, Spencer Co., Kentucky Marriages and Vital Statistics, Ada, OK 1979
p. 32, Aaron SIMPSON m. Margaret HILL, 20 Nov. 1842, bondsman Robert CUNNINGHAM

p. 33, Gilbert SIMPSON m. Isabella RICE, 10 May 1824

p. 33, John R. W. SIMPSON m. Sabrina Ann HADDOX, 27 June 1848, dau. of William M. HADDOX, bondsman David HADDOX. It would appear from this marriage record and from the Spencer Co. censuses of 1850, 60 and 70 that John's initial R. stands for Redmon. John Redmon was his mother's maternal grandfather.

p. 78, Margaret W. SIMPSON, b. 25 Aug. 1857, parents Aaron SIMPSON and Margaret HILL

p. 99, Theodore E. WHEELER, b. 24 July 1875, parents William M. WHEELER and Dorthula J. SIMPSON; parents both b. Jefferson Co., res. Spencer Co. [She is possibly a daughter of French SIMPSON. The relationship of French to the family of Thomas has not been determined. The given name French appeared several times among the Virginia branch of the Charles Co., Maryland, family, although such a surname has not been found in their ancestry.]

p. 144, female child, no aged. Oct. 1877, Spencer, parents Granderson T. and Jennie A. SIMPSON, both b. Spencer. Granderson is George SIMPSON's son (1850 census). George is quite likely of the line of Thomas SIMPSON, given that he adjoins members of the Samuel SIMPSON family in the 1850 census.

p. 147, Aaron J. SIMPSON, 58, died 1 Nov. 1878, b. res., d. Spencer Co., parents b. Nelson Co. Samuel and Elizabeth SIMPSON.

Eula Richardson Hasskarl, Spencer Co., Kentucky Marriages and Orphans Bonds, Ada, OK 1980

Marriage Section
p. 41, Grandison S. SIMPSON m. Jennie A. JAMES, 13 December 1871, bondsman John McMAHON; at John MACHAN’s, Spencer; Witn. Joseph WHEELER, Isaac N. YATES, Felix WELLS.

p. 50, Maggie SIMPSON, dau. of A.J. SIMPSON, m. William H. HOWARD, 22 December 1876; bondsman Enoch HILL; at A.J. SIMPSON’s, Spencer Co., Witn. Charles HOUGH, John BLACK Sr.

p. 52, Susan M. SIMPSON m. Joshua G. BROWN, 17 October 1876, bondsman Thomas C. SIMPSON, at father Aaron SIMPSON’s Spencer Co.; witn. Joseph BROWN, Aaron SIMPSON

p. 62 Roxie SIMPSON m. Adam SCOTT, 2 November 1882, at Mrs. Margaret SIMPSON’s, Spencer Co., Witn. B.L. NORTHCOTT, Burr BROWN.

~To be continued~

Footnotes:
[1] More information about this family can be found in this newsletter Vol. XIV, No. 1 Summer 1998 p. 1-6 and Vol. XVII, No. 1, Summer 2001, p. 1-2 (includes a photo of Rufus Marion Simpson).
[2] Letter written in 1874 by a descendant of John Simpson naming his posterity as best remembered. The letter is on the web site .
[3] 1860 Cobb Co., Georgia census, Town Dist., 55/412/397, p. 277.
[4] 1840 DeKalb Co., Georgia census, District 37, p. 32.
[5] 1860 Cobb Co., Georgia census, Town Dist., 55/412/397, p. 277.
[6] Ibid.
[7] Ibid.
[8] 1840 DeKalb Co., George census, district 37, p. 32.
[9] 1860 Cobb Co., Georgia census, Town Dist., 55/412/397, p. 277.
[10] Ibid.
[11] Tombstone
[12] DeKalb Co., Georgia Brownings Courthouse Justice of the Peace Docket Book 1828-1833, p. 74.
[13] Tombstone
[14] I visited the cemetery 13 June 1982.
[15] Cobb Co., Georgia Marriage Book A, p. 60.
[16] 1860 Cobb Co., Georgia census, Town Dist., 55/412/397, p. 277.
[17] 1840 DeKalb Co., George census, district 37, p. 32.
[18] 1860 Cobb Co., Georgia census, Town Dist., 55/412/397, p. 277.
[19] Ibid.
[20] War of 1812 Muster Rolls, Roll Box 190, Roll Exct. 502, Roll Rec. 1497.
[21] Letter written in 1874 by a descendant of John Simpson naming his posterity as best remembered. The letter is on the web site .
[22] Reprint of the Original Register of Land Lottery of Georgia 1827, p. 164.
[23] DeKalb Co., Georgia Brownings Courthouse Justice of the Peace Docket Book 1828-1833, pp. 37, 38, 40, 56, 64, 66, 71, 74, 115, 141.
[24] Larry W. Parr, Gwinnett County Records as recorded in Antehns, Georgia Newspaper: 1827-1840, p. 33.
[25] 1840 DeKalb Co., Georgia census, district 37, p. 32.
[26] DeKalb Co., Georgia Sales and Appraisements Book B (1852-1858), p. 566-567.
[27] 1860 Cobb Co., Georgia census, Town Dist., 55/412/397, p. 277.

The Simpson Clan Volume XX, Issue 1 Summer 2004

THE SIMPSON CLAN

Volume XX, Issue 1 ISSN 0884-3805 Summer 2004

Published by Nona Williams

web site http://www.nonawilliams.com/

JANE SIMPSON PRICE
Daughter of Peter Ryan Simpson and Elizabeth CunninghamBy Nona Williams

In a book titled Land Deed Genealogy of Cannon County, Tennessee 1836-1857 by Thomas E. Partlow I found the following deed abstract on page 167:

Lydia PRICE, May PRICE, (Reter) [sic] PRICE, Benjamin WEBBER and wife Sarah, formerly PRICE, to William PRICE a tract of land in the 3rd District known as the Peter SIMPSON place, our grandfather, that we have in right of our mother Jane PRICE, formerly SIMPSON, who held an undivided one seventh part in said tract of land, and we do hereby convey the ninth of a seventh part of said tract of land. 20 September 1852. (pp. 52-53).

Don Simpson looked up the original deed which was witnessed by John SIMPSON and Samuel GREAR, and confirmed that Jane is, indeed, a previously unknown daughter and heir of Peter Ryan SIMPSON and Elizabeth (CUNNINGHAM) SIMPSON. Elizabeth’s parents were Joseph and Jane CUNNINGHAM so it isn’t surprising to find that she had a daughter named Jane.
Other children of Peter Ryan and Elizabeth (CUNNINGHAM) SIMPSON were thought to have been Valentine, Thomas, John, David, Joseph, Peter S. and Pharaba, although not all can be proven.
The deed named Jane PRICE as an heir who inherited a seventh part and this new information suggests that there were six other heirs besides Jane so one of the names on my list is probably not a child of Peter Ryan SIMPSON. Since Valentine was born before the marriage of Peter Ryan SIMPSON and Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM, I wonder if he really is a son of Peter?

The following compilation is based primarily on research conducted by Don Simpson and sent to me via a series of email messages, documents and group sheet.

Jane SIMPSON.
The heirs of Jane (SIMPSON) PRICE sold their share in their inheritance from their grandfather, Peter SIMPSON, in 1852 (Cannon Co Tennessee Deed: Lydia PRICE and others to Wm. PRICE, LDS Microfilm 898,455, Deed Book I, pp. 51-52.) Jane was born circa 1794. She probably married James PRICE ca. 1819 in Warren Co., Tennessee where marriage records were not preserved. This date is based on the ages of the children, this couple had. Presumably Jane died before 1840 when a woman of her age was not listed in the household of James PRICE, (1840 Federal Census, page 116.) The family consisted of a male 40-50, 2 females 20-30, 3 minor males and 5 minor females.).

Lydia PRICE was born circa 1820 Warren Co., Tennessee (Don Simpson: The order and ages are tentative based on various census records.). She appeared on the census of 1850 Brady's Rock, Cannon Co., Tennessee (James PRICE, 1850 U.S. Federal Census Record Lydia was age 30, unmarried and living with her father.).

William PRICE was born circa 1820 Warren Co., Tennessee. He married Mary? Elizabeth? CLEMENTS on 19 November 1844 Cannon Co., Tennessee (1850 U.S. Federal Census Record, William and wife, Mary, had 3 children ranging in age from 1 month to 5 years.) When they married she was identified as Miss Elizabeth CLEMENTS. Perhaps her name was Mary Elizabeth?). He appeared on the census of 1850 Brady's Rock, Cannon Co., Tennessee (This family consisted of William 30, Mary 25, Lydeann 5, James C. 3 and Peter 1 month.). He executed a deed on 20 Sep 1852 Cannon Co., Tennessee (Cannon Co TN Price deed, LDS Microfilm 898,455).

Lydeann PRICE On the 1850 U.S. Federal Census Record: Lydeann was 5, born in Tennessee.

James C. PRICE On the 1850 census James C. was 3 in 1850, born in Tennessee.

Peter PRICE On the 1850 census Peter was 1 month old in 1850, born in Tennessee.

Mary PRICE was born circa 1824. She relocated circa 1848 Marshall Co., Kentucky.

L.E. PRICE was born Kentucky. (HOPKINS & PRICE families, 1850 U.S. Federal Census Record, sheet 433, Mary PRICE, age 26, lived with her sister Nancy (PRICE) HOPKINS and had a 5 month old daughter.)

Nancy R. PRICE was born circa 1827 Tennessee (She was age 43, born in Tennessee per the 1870 census.). She married Elijah HOPKINS on 23 Aug 1844 Cannon Co., Tennessee (Cannon Co Marriages Bk A/71.). She and John Powers PRICE appeared on the census of 1860 Marshall Co., Kentucky (on the 1870 census: The family consisted of N.R. HOPKINS, 29 (female), E.J. HOPKINS 16 (female), E. 13 (female), J. 10, (male), E.M. 8 (male), J. PRICE (John P. PRICE) age 23.).
Nancy witnessed the marriage of James E. GOHEEN and Elizabeth J. HOPKINS on 18 Jan 1866 Marshall Co., Kentucky (They were married at the home of N.R. HOPKINS in Marshall County. Witnesses were J.P. PRICE, John PULUM. Her mother was shown as Nancy R. HOPKINDS [sic]. Bk #2 #1425.). She married Gabriel WASHBURN on 8 Oct 1868 Marshall Co., Kentucky (Gabriel WASHBURN, widower married Nancy R. HOPKINS, widow, Marshall Co Marriages.).

Elizabeth J. HOPKINS (1850 U.S. Federal Census Record, sheet 433, E.J. was 4, born in Tennessee.) Her name was given as Elizabeth J. HOPKINS when she married. Only her initials "E.J." had been listed in the census.) She married James E. GOHEEN on 18 Jan 1866 Marshall Co., Kentucky. They were married at the home of N.R. HOPKINS in Marshall County. Witnesses were J.P. PRICE, John PULUM. Her mother was shown as Nancy R. HOPKINDS [sic]. Bk #2 #1425.)

Eliza E. HOPKINS (1850 U.S. Federal Census Record, sheet 433, Eliza E. was 3 months old, born in Kentucky.)

J. HOPKINS was born circa 1850 Kentucky (A son identified only with a "J" was age 10 in the 1860 census.)

E.M. HOPKINS was born circa 1852 Kentucky (A son identified only with the initials "E.M." was age 8 in the 1860 census)

Peter PRICE was born circa 1827 Tennessee (1850 U.S. Federal Census Record, 432 R872, Peter was 23, born in Tennessee.). He appeared on the census of 1850 Bradyville, Cannon Co., Tennessee (on the 1850 census the household consisted of Peter PRICE 23 and Martha 19.). He married Martha F. ESSARY on 12 Jan 1850 Cannon Co., Tennessee (1850 U.S. Federal Census Record, 432 R872.) (Cannon Co., Tennessee Marriage Bk. A p. 131.).

Sarah PRICE was born circa 1830 Rutherford Co., Tennessee. She married Benjamin F. WEBBER circa 1851 (Cannon Co Tennessee PRICE deed, LDS Microfilm 898,455: Sarah PRICE was listed with her husband, Benjamin F. WEBBER.) (1850 U.S. Federal Census Record, 432 R872, Sarah had not yet married and was still living with her father in 1850.). As of before 20 Sep 1852, her married name was WEBBER (Cannon Co Tennessee Price deed, LDS Microfilm 898,455)

Jane PRICE was born circa 1834 Tennessee.

John Powers PRICE was born between 1836 and 1840 Tennessee. (He was identified as John Powers PRICE in a family history.) He and Nancy R. PRICE appeared on the census of 1860 Marshall Co., Kentucky (The family consisted of N.R. HOPKINS, 29 (female), E.J. HOPKINS 16 (female), E. 13 (female), J. 10, (male), E.M. 8 (male), J. PRICE (John P. PRICE) age 23.) He married Eliza Goheen McLEOD on 11 January 1866 Marshall Co., Kentucky. He witnessed the marriage of James E. GOHEEN and Elizabeth J. HOPKINS on 18 Jan 1866 Marshall Co., Kentucky (They were married at the home of N.R. HOPKINS in Marshall County. Witnesses were J.P. PRICE and John PULUM. Her mother was shown as Nancy R. HOPKINDS [sic]. Bk #2 #1425.) He appeared on the census of 1870 Fair Dealing, Marshall Co., Kentucky (John P. PRICE was shown as age 30 on the 1870 census, wife Eliza G was 26, Nancy D. 3 and Norman E. 1.) He died circa 1927 Marshall Co., Kentucky (The order and ages are tentative based on various census records.).

Nancy D. PRICE was age 3, born in Kentucky in the census of 1870

Norman Emmett PRICE was born in 1868 Kentucky. (He was 1 year old, born in Kentucky on the census of 1870.) (David A. Hurst, editor, Marshall County, Kentucky (PO Box 3101, Paducah, KY 42002-3101: Turner Publishing, 1991), p. 147.) He died in 1938.

Joseph Llewellyn PRICE was born on 12 Feb 1877 Fairdealing, Marshall Co., Kentucky (Hurst, Marshall County, p. 146.). He was elected clerk of the circuit court in 1904 Marshall Co., Kentucky. He was educated in 1907 Kentucky (Ibid. p. 147.); and passed the bar. He married Maude Lee BRANDON on 17 October 1907 Benton, Marshall Co., Kentucky (Ibid., p. 147, Copy provided by Don Simpson.). He was a county judge between 1910 and 1914 Benton, Marshall Co., Kentucky (Ibid. p. 147.). He practiced law between 1914 and 1922 Marshall Co., Kentucky (Ibid.). He was circuit court judge between 1922 and 1949 Paducah, Marshall Co., Kentucky (Ibid. p. 147). He moved his residence to Paducah and became a judge of the Second Judicial District of Kentucky, then comprising Marshall and McCracken Counties.). He died in 1949 Marshall Co., Kentucky (Hurst, Marshall County, p. 146 "He was the son of John Powers and Elizabeth Goheen (McCLEOD) PRICE".)

J. Brandon PRICE was born in 1910 Fairdealing, Marshall Co., Kentucky and married Mary Pat KENT (Hurst, Marshall County, pp. 146-7, Copy provided by Don Simpson.).

Dr. George Norman PRICE was born on 14 Oct 1912 Benton, Marshall Co., Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Ann COOPER. He died on 14 Dec 1980 at age 68 (Hurst, Marshall County p. 147, Copy provided by Don Simpson

Susan Elizabeth PRICE was born in 1915. She married Richard PRICE (Hurst, Marshall County)

Sterling A. Judson PRICE was born in 1918. She married Sam M LOCKE (Hurst, Marshall County., p. 146, Copy provided by Don Simpson.).

Milly PRICE was born circa 1838 Tennessee.

FRANCES SINA DAUGHTER OF VALENTINE SIMPSONNona Williams

I received the following email from Mary Taylor: “I am trying to research my mother's family....I have a Frances Sina SIMPSON ....also known as "Sinie or Sina" SIMPSON...who married a Charley McKINLEY. She was born 1838-1840 in Cannon Co., Tennessee if my information is correct. Her father was Valentine SIMPSON . . . . " We had previously listed Francis Sina as “Fansina”. Oregon Co., Missouri census of 1860 shows a Charles McKINDLY, age 24, born in Kentucky, wife Francis S. age 19 born in Tennessee and son David R. age 3 months born in Missouri. This family was located in Woodside Twp. near Valentine SIMPSON and various other SIMPSON relatives.

SIMPSON CREEK AND THOMAS SIMPSON
Nelson Co., KentuckyBy Robert P. Moore, 176 Valley Rd., Lexington, Ky 40503, e-mail: patboblex@aol.com
Published in Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 19, #4, Summer 2003 pp. 85-94, Reprinted with permission
Continued from the Simpson Clan, spring issue

Spencer Co., Kentucky Deeds:
A/205, December 1825. Samuel and Elizabeth SIMPSON of Spencer County to Jeremiah BENNETT, $30, messuage tenement, part of tract where Samuel SIMPSON lives on Simpson’s Creek, “three and two-quarters” acres, adj. Andrew BOYLS, Jeremiah BENNETT. Rec. 20 August 1825[?]

B/144, 12 July 1828, Samuel SIMPSON to John LILLY, #124.28, 80 ½, land in “now Spencer County (formerly Nelson County)” part of Robert ANDERSON’s 415 acre survey adj. Robert CUNNINGHAM. Rec. Same date.

D/608, 27 August 1838. John EASTBURN exr. of Thomas SIMPSON decd. of Spencer County to I.F. PAYNE, $740, land in Spencer and Nelson, 145 acres on Simpson’s Run, a branch of Simpson’s Creek, adj. Mrs. BLINCOE, Vincent DAVID; land on which was directed to be sold by Thomas SIMPSON’s will, sold by exr. to James HEADY, decd. whose heirs sold to Nathaniel RUSSELL, who sold to PAYNE, SIMPSONs say PAYNE has good right. Rec. same date.

M/364, 12 October 1866. Samuel SIMPSON to son Aaron, $1, farm where I live in Spencer County, 84 ½ acres and all personal estate, for support of me and of wife Elizabeth. We are to remain in the house and to possess garden, orchard and yard. We are old and infirm and unable to wait upon ourselves. Aaron to furnish caregiver. Signed Samuel SIMPSON, A.J. SIMPSON. Wit. Mark E. HUSTON, Levisa WILLIAMS. Rec. same date.

P/587, 14 October 1875. Thomas C. SIMPSON and wife Sudie E. to Aaron J. SIMPSON. $752.00, 30 acres and 13 poles of land in Spencer adj. R. COOPER, James DOWNS, big road. Acknowledged in Nelson by Thomas C. and S.E. SIMPSON, 15 September 1876. Rec. Spencer 23 October 1876. [Cannot find Thomas C. and Sudie in Nelson County census records.]

More deed references in Spencer County to SIMPSONs:
A/61, John SIMPSON in Spencer County to SIMPSONs
B/151, Peyton SIMPSON from Isaac PIERSON of Sullivan[?] County, Indiana
E/410, Francis L. SIMPSON to Isaac BAMBERGER
H/61, Franics L. SIMPSON from A.L. MILLER, etc.
H/331, Susan SIMPSON from Alexander YATES, Plum Creek
J/512, J.W. SIMPSON etc from Adam CARRITHERS
J/408, J.R.W. SIMPSON and Sabina to Amos BURNETT / BENNETT
K/416 & 604 Aaron SIMPSON from Amos BURNETT
K/629/633 Aaron SIMPSON from Sarah BURNETT
L/91, A.J. SIMPSON from A.J. BENNETT and L, 173
L/546, Aaron J. SIMPSON, etc to Jesse McCROCKLIN, land purchased from Jeremiah BENNETT
M/205, B.F. SIMPSON and Kate to Milton McGREW, Plum Creek
M/345, John SIMPSON from James REDMON, mortg., 6 September 1866
M/364, Samuel SIMPSON to Aaron SIMPSON, 1866
P/36, Andrew J. SIMPSON by Cmsr to Samuel L. HARRISON

Her tombstone calls Aaron’s wife Margaret HILL. A deed from Robert and Martha CUNNINGHAM to Aaron, Spencer County Book 1, p. 568, states that Margaret is niece of CUNNINGHAMs.

Speculative outline of the family of Samuel SIMPSON, son of Thomas

At this point, this branch is the only one that can be identified in Nelson – Spencer area as descendants of Thomas who remained in this part of the state. This is based on marriage records and on Spencer County census records of 1850-1880.

Samuel SIMPSON married 12 October 1817, Nelson Co., Kentucky Elizabeth SCOTT, daughter of Thomas (Thomas SCOTT married 3 October 1785, Nelson Co., Kentucky, Nancy REDMON, daughter of John REDMON.) Samuel’s line appears to be the only one that remained in the Nelson County area.

John REDMON W. SIMPSON born 3 January 1819, died 14 September 1891, married 27 June 1848, Spencer County, Kentucky, Sabrina Ann HADDOX, born 18 April 1829, died 4 January 1888, daughter of William M. HADDOX. Both buried at Little Union Baptist Church, Spencer Co., Kentucky.

(1) William SIMPSON born ca 1849. Perhaps the one who married 15 April 1874 Spencer County Lizzie Jane COLEMAN(2) Gilbert SIMPSON born ca. 1852
(3) John SIMPSON born ca 1854

Aaron J. SIMPSON, born 28 September 1820, died 1 November 1878, age 58, Spencer Co., Kentucky, married 20 November 1842, Spencer Co., Kentucky, Margaret HILL, born 21 January 1821, both buried at Little Union Baptist Church, Spencer Co., Kentucky.

(1) Thomas SIMPSON born ca 1845
(2) Robert SIMPSON born 10 September 1848, died 30 May 1869, buried Little Union Baptist Church, Spencer Co., Kentucky
(3) Sarah SIMPSON born ca 1851
(4) Alice SIMPSON born ca 1853-54, married 21 October 1880, Burr BROWN, wit. Joseph BROWN and William H. HOWARD(5) Martha SIMPSON born ca 1854 (May be the same as Alice)
(6) Susan SIMPSON born ca 1855, married 17 October 1876, Spencer Co., Kentucky, Joshua G. BROWN(7) Margaret W. SIMPSON born 25 August 1857, Spencer Co., Kentucky, married 22 December 1876, Spencer Co, Kentucky William H. HOWARD(8) Roxan SIMPSON born ca 1860, married 2 November 1882, Spencer Co., Kentucky, Adam SCOTT at Mrs. Margaret SIMPSON’s
(9) Jacqueline SIMPSON born ca 1862

Thomas C. SIMPSON married Sudie E. ____
Situated between Aaron and Samuel SIMPSON in the 1850 census is a George SIMPSON, age 41 (born ca 1809). He is surely a part of this family, although he is certainly too old to be a son of Samuel and Elizabeth, if his age in the census is correct.

Descendants of this Samuel SIMPSON, apparent son of Thomas, are in Spencer County census records as late as 1880. They have not been pursued beyond that.

Thomas SIMPSON (said to have married 1790, Nelson Co., Kentucky Abigail MOORE [no such record]). They had a granddaughter Fanny SIMPSON, parents unknown.

Betsey SIMPSON
Hannah SIMPSON
Samuel SIMPSON (see above) married Elizabeth SCOTT. Descendants in Spencer County.
Thamer SIMPSON married 28 August 1807, Nelson Co., Kentucky, Silvanus MAY
Gilbert SIMPSON married 10 May 1824, Spencer Co., Kentucky, Isabella RICE
Thomas SIMPSON
Mary SIMPSON married 13 December 1812, Nelson Co., Kentucky, Thomas SHORE
Eleanor SIMPSON married _____ SILKWOOD
Nancy SIMPSON married 23 April 1821 Nelson Co., Kentucky, Burwell RHODES
John SIMPSON

[The article in the Nelson County Genealogist continues with records from Fayette Co., Kentucky. These are remains of burned records and were previously researched by Don Simpson for Sharon Hillis. The results of Don’s research were published in this newsletter Volume III No. 5, April and May 1988.]

Concluded

JOHN SIMPSON OF EARLY WEST VIRGINIA[1]
By Nona Williams

During 1764, John SIMPSON, trapper and his employees moved west to avoid competing with other fur hunters. After crossing the Cheat River (in what was then northwestern Virginia, presently West Virginia) a quarrel developed between John SIMPSON and his employees the PRINGLES, and in spite of the dangers of the wilderness, they parted company and John SIMPSON crossed over the Valley River near the mouth of Pleasant Creek and passing on to the head of another water course gave it the name of Simpson’s Creek. He continued west and camped near a stream he called Elk where he remained until permanent settlements were made there in 1772. John POWERS purchased John SIMPSON’s tomahawk right.[2] This area would have been near present-day Parsons, Tucker Co., West Virginia near the state lines of Maryland and Pennsylvania.

JOHN SIMPSON OF SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
By Nona Williams

On 15 July 1759 Samuel and John SIMPSON served in the militia under Capt. Evan SHELBY (The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families by Howard L. Lecky ) and on 4 June 1762 John SIMSON purchased 100 acres on the north side of Little Juniata opposite to Robert CALDWELL, deed executed 5 Oct. 1762 (Kittochtinny Historical Society Vol. XV p. 38).
At some date before 10 December 1772 John SIMPSON made an improvement on land in Bedford Co., Pennsylvania. This land was later purchased by Ralph SMITH from Harford Co., Maryland (Tenmile Country) On 13 January 1772 John SIMPSON served on a jury (The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 42 No. 4 Fall/Winter 2002 p. 333) and in 1772 Hugh SIMPSON was a freeman and was taxed 21 shillings (History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania 1884 p. 68).

This John SIMPSON of southwest Pennsylvania may have been related to Samuel and Gilbert SIMPSON who signed an undated petition some time between 1770 - 1780 (Tenmile Country). “There was a Gilbert SIMPSON who George WASHINGTON sent to Pennsylvania to look after his estates there. Gilbert grew very homesick for Virginia and his wife, who he had to leave behind. WASHINGTON said Gilbert was not dependable, as he (WASHINGTON) found things on his Pennsylvania land too untidy and not cared for. Somehow, I think the above is a different Gilbert. This Gilbert will later appear on the Cowpasture in Virginia in Chalkleys.” (Bonnie Simpson-Valko).

On 8 January 1774 a bill was filed in Harrison County August 21, 1797; at a very early period of adventures into the western country, Jacob REES came into the county now Harrison [West Virginia and bought from Wm. WILLIAMS July 31, 1775 a tract on Ten Mile Creek which WILLIAMS had bought of John JONES who purchased it of John SIMPSON, the original improved, by bill of sale Jan. 8, 1774. When Indians became active REES moved to Grundy’s Blockhouse on Simpson’s Creek and in 1781 he removed to Frederick County from whence he came.” (Chalkeleys)

In 1780 Thomas SIMPSON was in Capt. William HARROD’s company. Capt. HARROD and Capt. Evan SHELBY were related by marriage (HARROD’s sister married Evan SHELBY and was his second wife). John SIMPSON mentioned above served with Capt. SHELBY earlier and Thomas SIMPSON served with Capt. HARROD later.

It was interesting to note that Emanuel SMITH served for three years as a private in the Washington Co., Pennsylvania militia during the Revolutionary War. Researchers of the SIMPSON family of early Baltimore Co., Maryland will remember that an earlier Emanuel SMITH was the father of Mary SMITH who married Thomas SIMPSON in 1718 in Baltimore Co., Maryland. Ten Mile Creek where John SIMPSON, William HARROD and Evan SHELBY all lived ran through Washington Co., Pennsylvania.

Queries

Does anyone have email connections with any SIMPSON or SIMPSON descendants who still live in the area of Burndt Prairie, Illinois? I met someone at the antique mall there once who was probably a cousin through the Tolliver SIMPSON line but I did not get his contact information. – Sara Simpson, 709 E. Taylor St., Bloomington, IL 61701-5425

Seeking the country that the SIMPSONs immigrated from. I have traced my ancestors i.e. Harry, Hiriam, Edwin, James, Joseph. Need parents of Joseph SIMPSON born 1796 in North Carolina, died November 10, 1871 Crawford Co., Trimble, Illinois. – Rita Tennery, 14 Hadley Woodland St., Mooresville, IN 46158.

SIMPSON: COMPARISON STUDIES
By Bryce Knight, 7419 Harris, Raytown, MO 64133
Written 5 October 2002

A re-study of the Fourche LaFave River Valley in Perry and Yell Counties, Arkansas where my father was born 1904 and grew up for a series of articles in the county historical and genealogical society history book revealed interesting details concerning William Cullen KNIGHT and wife Alice Susan SIMPSON who settled here after the Civil War, first found on the 1870 census on the Anderson O. CHERRY place (a decade later future in-law ANDERSONs settled the same CHERRY farm.)

Pleasant CARTER probably arrived this rather isolated valley as early as 1835. Quite apparently he was brother of William A. CARTER who married Annie Frances PAISLEY whose family originated Guilford Co., North Carolina. I did not keep exact notes on this PAISLEY genealogy as I should have, but probably she is descended from John and Robert PEASLEY appearing 1790 very near Thomas KNIGHT (married Elizabeth SIMPSON[3]), James CONNER, a Willis WRIGHT, James OSBURN and Isaac PERKINS.

William ANDERSON’s son, John Clayborn ANDERSON, married Hester Caroline BROOKS, by whom, James ANDERSON and Minverva Jane CARTER who married twins, Frances Nora and Jacob Nero ANDERSON, siblings of Nimmie ANDERSON who married Bryant Homer KNIGHT, William and Alice’s son. A daughter, Odie, married Elmo Knight HOLMES, grandson of William and Alice. Another son, Frances Marion CARTER, had a granddaughter who married another grandson of William and Alice.

There seems probability (as in Tennessee one married related to KNIGHTs) these CARTERs, and early Perry County and Yell County (neighboring) REEDs (allied also – Nimmie’s grandmother was a READ / REED) originated Rockingham Co., North Carolina where 1790 pages

527B: ANDERSON, CONNOR, CONNER, KING and CARTER
528A: David WILLIAMS
528B: Robert KNIGHT, Thomas SIMPSON, Rebecca CAMPBELL, MASSEY, etc.

Anderson was Isaac ANDERSON’s son, Isaac mentioned numerous times, legally, with Thomas KNIGHT. Nimrod, where my father was born, was a place name derived at least in part, no doubt, from having first been settled by three KING families from North Carolina. Not just neighbors in Rockingham Co, North Carolina, 1790 Stokes County 7 KINGs were neighbor of John KIZER, William Cullen KNIGHT’s grandfather.

William WILSON nearby originated Guilford Co., North Carolina.

Other Rockingham / Stokes Co., North Carolina names found along the Fourche Valley, Perry County: GILL, COBB, ALLISON, the latter two KNIGHT / ANDERSON allied. Guilford Co., North Carolina census has not been thoroughly searched.

Allied names coming somewhat later: HOLLAND, HOLLINGSWORTH, MASSEY, WILLIAMS, etc.

William and Alice (SIMPSON) KNIGHT’s daughter, Mary, born 1858 Mississippi married William Asa WRIGHT, born 1848 Georgia, his family (as the BROOKS) originated in North Carolina. Asa’s first wife was Permilu A. (HARDEMAN), by whom, among other: James Robert WRIGHT who married Emma Young WRIGHT, (Mary’s sister), Ettie HAMILTON; Ida who married Charles MORGAN; Carrie who married Simmie PHILLIPS.

Asa’s second wife: Martha Frances KERSEY, mother of Simmie PHILLIPS.

The above names, excepting perhaps MORGAN, not unknown the early Guilford / Stokes Counties area.

Among James ROBERT and Emma (KNIGHT) WRIGHT’s children: Olive married Charles CAMPBELL; Suda Irene married William Simpson MORGAN (Charlie’s brother); and William Asa married Cora BLAIR.

Martha Frances KERSEY’s sister, Margaret Rose Ann KERSEY married William Wade MORGAN (father of Charles and William). Their mother married a second time, B. MORELAND, their stepbrother being Dr. Bartlet Little MORELAND.

Morgan interest, not necessarily because it may be another hint of SIMPSON-BOONE-MORGAN connection, though the MORGANs may also have been Quaker, but because Alice Susan SIMPSON’s grandfather (and great uncle) Needham INGRAM, Sr. of Johnston Co., North Carolina, though first married to Nancy KING, later married, as a brother, MORGANs. MORGANs, INGRAMs and related KNIGHTs (Thomas KNIGHT’s uncle) lived 1790s Lancaster Co., South Carolina, these INGRAMs having originated tin Augusta Co., Virginia.

Considering the above, relating to Alice Susan (SIMPSON) KNIGHT, consider:

William MORELAND of Washington / Carter Co., Tennessee (son of Wright MORELAND), husband of Sarah ?[4]) and parent of Nancy MORELAND (born 1794 Washington County) who married Thomas SIMPSON.

Wright SIMPSON of Oregon Co., Missouri, son of Thomas and Nancy (MORELAND) SIMPSON, grandson of Peter Ryan SIMPSON who died Cannon Co., Tennessee, 1850.

Valentine (Wright?) SIMPSON, son of Peter Ryan SIMPSON (and Anna Eliza WRIGHT?), though Valentine a HOLLINGSWORTH name). Could Anna’s mother have been a HOLLINGSWORTH?


[1] Chronicles of Border Warfare or a History of the Settlement by the Whites of Northwestern Virginia and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in That Section of the State by Reuben Gold Thwaites originally published in 1895 and reprinted in 1970 by McClain Printing Co., Parsons, West Virginia.
[2] A tomahawk right was made by marking trees with the initials of the name of the claimant per Doddridge’s Notes on Western Virginia.
[3] The Simpson Clan Vol. 2 #1 "Research Note #6" by Don Simpson, “In his will he named his wife Sarah KNIGHT. Some people think that his wife was named Sarah Elizabeth, but can't find proof. Elizabeth SIMPSON might have been his first wife and Sarah, his second wife. He may be the Thomas KNIGHT who married second to "Alley" or Sally" MARTIN, 24 Dec. 1812 Wilson Co., Tennessee. If so, Elizabeth would have died before this date.
[4] Note from editor: Ruby Norton found that it’s more likely that Sarah was the daughter or wife of Peter Ford than a Simpson. William and Sarah Moreland were administrators of Peter Ford’s estate per Burke County, North Carolina Land Papers 1770-1778, Vol. II page 173, Estate papers 1777-1795: Peter Ford, July 20, 1784, Adm. bond: William Morland, Sarah Morland. At that time Burke County adjoined Washington District.