The state of North Carolina granted land in Green Co., Tennessee to Andrew
SIMPSON in
1789. Andrew's son, James SIMPSON, has land records in this area 1805-1811
when it was Jefferson County. Located near the town of Dandridge, James
owned two small islands in the French Broad River as well as outland on the
north side of the river. In 1855 James left a will in Jefferson County
naming his children: daughters: Margaret LANE, Eliza SHANNON, Nancy , sons Joseph R SIMPSON, George W SIMPSON, John W. SIMPSON, F. H. SIMPSON.
The executor was George W WILLETT or John
B DEADRICK. D J GIBSON and Elijah HASHBARGER witnessed it.
Would like to exchange with anyone having any tie to this line or any line in
eastern Tennessee.
Respond to Nancy Schonemann 5805 Palomino Dr. St. Joseph, MO 64505 e-mail: schonemn@magiccablepc.com
SIMPSONS OF BOTETOURT COUNTY,
VIRGINIA[1]
Land
Tax List of 1782
The last two were listed one after
the other. The other men were scattered throughout the list.
EARLY SETTLERS IN SEQUATCHIE
VALLEY, TENNESSEE
Solomon KNIGHT was named as one of the
intruders on Cherokee lands in the Sequatchie Valley on 10 February 1813.[3]
EARLY
EAST TENNESSEE PETITION
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE
In 1815, the legislature passed
an act “encouraging” a seminary of learning in Rutherford County, and appropriated the
old Jefferson County courthouse and the public square belonging to it for the
Jefferson Seminar of Learning. Trustees for the new seminary were to be John
COFFEE, Peter LEGRAND, Shelton CROSTHWAIT, George SIMPSON and Walter KIBBLE.[5]
The
estate of John WALLACE, a prominent blacksmith,
was settled at the January term of 1817 in Rutherford County. While no SIMPSONs
were indebted to the estate, there were a few interesting names mentioned: John
KNIGHT, William CUNNINGHAM, James CUNNINGHAM,
John MATTHEWS and James ESPY[6]
The
following Simpson men were listed on the Rutherford Co., Tennessee Tax List in
1809:[7]
Hugh
SIMPSON 1 free poll
David
SIMPSON 1 fee poll
Thos.
SIMPSON 1 free poll
Wm.
SIMPSON 1 free poll
Gilbert
SIMPSON 1 free poll
George
SIMPSON 10 town lots, 1 free pole, 5 slaves
SUPERIOR COURT OF MERO DISTRICT,
TENNESSEE
Thomas SIMSON was a member of the jury in Sumner Co., Tennessee in the May Court in 1795. A James ESPY was on a jury in Davidson County in that time
period also. Another family with possibly SIMPSON connections who
appears in these records is David ALLISON who was appointed Clerk of Mero District on 25
August 1790.[8]
MISSOURI SIMPSONS IN THE CIVIL WAR
Curtis Hopper, Department
Commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, P.O. BOX 105185, Jefferson City,
MO 65110-5185, located the following records.
Thomas M. SIMPSON of Oregon Co., Missouri took the oath of Allegiance at Pilot Knob,
10-12-1863. S. S. VANSICKEL, Co. K of 3rd M.S.M.
Cavalry administered the oath. Thomas was described as age 21, 5’8”,
blue eyes, black hair. There was also a Bond document, dated 10-12-1863 for
$1000 following his arrest for disloyalty, co-signed by Thomas J. FERGUSON, William PROFFETT, Thomas J. LEE, S.G. WALKER and J.R. SHARP.[9]
This indicates that Thomas
was arrested by the Union command, under James S. WILSON, during the raid into
Oregon County in the fall of 1863. Peter Rine SIMPSON was also arrested on this trip. Many Oregon
County men were rounded up and escorted to Pilot Knob as prisoners. They were held, interrogated as
to their prior service in the Confederate Army and in some cases, as in this
one, released on bond and signing an Oath of Allegiance not to take up arms
against the U.S. again. The bond required security or someone with property
willing to post it as bond to secure the prisoner’s release.[10]
SIMPSON
FAMILY OF NEW YORK
A work in progress by Jim Doty Martin Jr., 1017 N. Niagara St.,
Burbank, CA 01505-2628
Albert SIMPSON, b. 23 Aug 1877, d. 4 Sep 1877, bur Wall
Lake, Iowa cemetery
Catherine SIMPSON, bur Wall Lake, Iowa cemetery
Elmer SIMPSON, b. 9 Oct 1882, d. 18 Nov 1882, bur Wall
Lake, Iowa cemetery
33 Alma Augusta SIMPSON, b. 10 Mar 1841, Elbridge, New York, d. 29 Mar 1909, Clinton Co., Iowa, m. 19 Nov 1862, Clinton Co., Iowa, Abraham
B. CORRELL, b. 25 Jul 1840, d. 20 Feb 1909, Clinton
Co., Iowa, both bur Pine Hill cemetery, Grant twp, Clinton Co., Iowa
Albert Duane
CORRELL, b. 11 Sep 1863, Welton, Iowa, d. 20 Nov 1864, bur Union cemetery, 3 miles
south of Maquoketa, Iowa
Alva Elbert
CORRELL, b. 12 Feb 1866, d. 23 Aug 1951, bur Pine
Hill cemetery
84. Imogene
Frances CORRELL
Dennis Simpson CORRELL, b. 6 Aug 1870, Welton, Iowa, d. 28 Nov 1898
or 30 Nov 1899, bur Pine Hill cemetery
5 Pauline CORRELL
Roger CORRELL, b. 20 Nov 1875, Welton, Iowa, d. 23 Oct
1880, bur Pine Hill cemetery
86 Chester Harold
CORRELL
Roy Jerrold
CORRELL, b. 21 Feb 1886, Welton, Iowa
34 Charles Ira SIMPSON, b. 10 May 1844, Elbridge, New York, d. 13 Oct 1935, m. 1 Jan 1877, Mattie GROW
Marie SIMPSON, lived Biloxi Mississippi
35 William Abner SIMPSON, 3 Mar 1846, Elbridge, New York, m. 12 Feb
1874, Dora CHASE, b Jul 1852, NY, lived Boise, Idaho
Leta SIMPSON
Leon S. SIMPSON, b. 29 Sep 1877, Idaho d. Sep 1969, Boise,
Idaho
Leafy/Leapy E. SIMPSON, b. Jan 1881, Idaho
Clyde E. SIMPSON, b. 24 May 1886, Idaho, d. Oct 1970, Boise
Idaho
Clark C. SIMPSON, b. Sep 1891, Idaho
Linda SIMPSON, b. Nov 1894, Idaho
36 Deborah SIMPSON b.
1827, d. 1911, m. 1846, Carlton New York, Henry E. COLLINS
Alma COLLINS, b. ca 1849 Carlton New York
87 Ida Minerva
COLLINS
37 Sarah Minerva SIMPSON, b. 14 Aug 1833, d. 17 Feb 1899, Chicago,
Illinois m. 1852,
Ira TOMBLIN, b. 9 Mar 1831, Plano Illinois, d. 19 Dec 1897, Chicago Illinois. Ira
1st bur Spring Lake cemetery, Aurora, but Sarah and her sister Margaret's
family bought adjoining plots in Rose Hill cemetery, Chicago. Sarah or
her daughter had her husband's remains, and three of her children's, moved to
the new family plot
Ira TOMBLIN, b. 1 Jan 1855, d. 1 Feb 1855
Frederick S.
TOMBLIN, b. 26 Aug 1858, Aurora Illinois, d. 23 Feb 1859, Aurora, bur Spring Lake
later Rose Hill cemetery
88 Ida Beulah
TOMBLIN
Edward C. TOMBLIN, b. 14 May 1860, Aurora IL, d. 29 Jan 1872,
Aurora, bur Spring Lake later Rose Hill cemetery
(William) Wallace
TOMBLIN, b. 8 Oct 1867, Aurora IL, d. 3 Feb 1872,
Aurora, bur Spring Lake later Rose Hill cemetery. In researching Eddie
and Wallie in the newspaper there was no cause of death mentioned but
elsewhere in the paper was noted a Diphtheria epidemic among the town children.
They had a joint funeral
Clara TOMBLIN, b. ca 1885, d. 5 Mar 1940, Wilmette
Illinois, m. SCOTT, bur Rose Hill cemetery,
Chicago Illinois
38 (Saly?) Margaret SIMPSON, b. 25 Oct 1844, Carlton New York, d. 1 Dec 1937, Evanston Illinois, m. Azariah EDDY, b. 3 Nov 1833, Ohio, d. 8 Aug 1909, Evanston Illinois, both bur Rose Hill cemetery, Chicago Illinois
George Simpson
EDDY, b. 12 Apr 1867, d. 20 Oct 1947, New York, New York, bur Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago,
Illinois
89 Thomas Hooker
EDDY
Harriette M. EDDY b. 26
Feb 1873, d. 31 Jul 1899, Evanston, Illinois, bur Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
To
be continued
RESEARCH OF DON
SIMPSON
Beginning in 1995, a group of Simpson family
researchers sent contributions to Don, a professional researcher, enabling him
to spend some of his time researching various SIMPSON families. He wrote
a series of research reports that were sent to the contributors. Those reports
will now be published in this newsletter.
SIMPSON RESEARCH
PROJECT Report nr 1
February 1995 - By
Don Simpson
This begins a new series of
reports on the results of a new project aimed at increasing our knowledge about
our Simpson ancestors and their relatives.
1. The Cannon & Coffee
Counties Area, Tennessee
In 1836 the
Legislature of Tennessee created the new County of Cannon from parts of
Rutherford, Warren and Wilson Counties, and the County of Coffee from parts of
Bedford, Franklin and Warren Counties. The County Court of Cannon County was
organized and held it's first session in the May of 1836. Among the Justices of
the Court at the time of it's organization was Joseph SIMPSON,
son of Peter Ryan SIMPSON and his wife, Elizabeth (CUNNINGHAM) SIMPSON. At the
August session, 1837, seven more justices were sworn and took their seats on
the Cannon County Court and among them was Joseph's brother, Thomas
SIMPSON.
Joseph
and Thomas both served on the Court through the January session, 1838.
At the February session, 1838, Joseph tendered his resignation and did
not serve thereafter. At the same time Thomas ceased to be listed among
the Justices of the Court but this resulted from his being in the old 10th
Civil District which was taken from Cannon County and incorporated into the new
County of DeKalb. Joseph was one
of two Justices from the 3rd Civil District that was the area immediately
around Woodbury, the County Seat. Joseph continued to be active in some
public affairs as is shown by several further entries in the Court Record over
the following years. Most interesting of these is his listing as a bondsman for
an appointment of an estate administrator.
At the June
Session, 1839, of the Cannon County Court, Leroy ROSE was named Administrator of the Estate of John
G W ROSE, deceased. Leroy posted bond for five thousand
dollars with Elisha B ROSE and Joseph SIMPSON as his securities and thereupon was granted
Letters of Administration by the Court. It is known from family records that
two of the Simpsons of the Cannon and Coffee Counties area were married to ROSE
women but the parents of those women have never been determined. It may be that
this record may lead to solving that question. This is of interest to us
because it may throw some light on the uncertainty regarding the status of John
and David SIMPSON of Coffee County.
No proof has
been found so far that John and David were sons of Peter R
& Elizabeth (CUNNINGHAM) SIMPSON but some of us have tentatively assigned them
to that family. It is known that the wife of Joseph SIMPSON of Cannon County was married to Sarah B ROSE and that David SIMPSON of Coffee County was married to Jane ROSE.
John SIMPSON of Coffee County was married to Sarah BICKLE. I do not know if Sarah and Jane
ROSE were related but that is likely. A study of the ROSE
families of that area might provide some clues to the relationships of David
and John SIMPSON of Coffee County to the Peter Ryan SIMPSON family
of Cannon County.
The John SIMPSON of
Coffee County should not be confused with another John
SIMPSON who appears on record in the Cannon County Court Records in March 1837. The latter John
SIMPSON was appointed by the Court to a Road Jury that was directed to
lay out a new road in the 10th District, between Indian Creek and Dry Creek.
This was part of the area that was transferred to the new County of DeKalb in 1838, and that John SIMPSON
was a resident of the area near Thomas SIMPSON. This John SIMPSON is
known to have been a son of James & Ruth (ALEXANDER) SIMPSON who
were residents of that same area. No relationship is yet known between the Haw
River Simpsons and the family of James & Ruth but the
circumstances suggests further study is needed. [Ed. Note: The subsequent
discovering of the letter of 1874 suggests that James SIMPSON was a
son of William SIMPSON and Elizabeth
HOCKING) and these two families were related and had
come to North Carolina from
old Baltimore Co., Maryland.]
On the 1850 census of DeKalb County Thomas & Nancy (MORELAND) SIMPSON were
listed adjacent the family of James & Mary SIMPSON. That James was a son of James
& Ruth (ALEXANDER) SIMPSON and brother of John.
Descendants of James & Ruth SIMPSON have sent me group
sheets which list the birthplace of both James & Ruth as
South Carolina, but indicate that their parents are still
unknown. I am reminded that some of the Simpsons who were early in Anson Co,
North Carolina, not far from the South Carolina border
there were some who appeared to have been from the Harford Co, Maryland Simpsons and thus related to the Haw River
Simpsons.
2. A Marriage Clue for a Related Family.
In about 1787 several families arrived in
Guilford Co, North Carolina from
the area of Delaware and
eastern Maryland. Among them was the family of Ezekiel & Sarah
DEWEESE who
settled on a farm on the west side of Nathaniel SIMPSON Sr.'s
place. Ezekiel & Sarah had a daughter, Mary, who was the
first wife of Nathaniel SIMPSON Jr.
They also had two daughters who married two of the sons of Benjamin
& Ann (DILWORTH) DILWORTH [not an error; Ann's
maiden name was DILWORTH). Those two couples were Thomas & Sarah
(DEWEESE) DILWORTH and Isaac & Martha (DEWEESE)
DILWORTH. When Ezekiel made his will in 1821 he left bequests the
two DILWORTH daughters, to the heirs of his daughter, Mary SIMPSON
(already deceased), and to the heirs of a daughter, Susannah AYDELOTTE, who was apparently deceased. The identity
of Susannah's spouse and children has remained unknown to me but
recently discovered clues lead to a tentative identification that is of
considerable importance to some of the descendants of the Haw River Simpsons.
There is no marriage bond preserved in North
Carolina for Susannah DEWEESE to an AYDELOTTE but it
seems likely the marriage occurred in Guilford County. I have been unable to find a clue to
Susannah's family in Guilford Co but in studying the Simpsons in Kentucky find
evidence suggesting a likely identity.
Susannah's sister, Mary DEWEESE, was married in 1796 to Nathaniel SIMPSON
Jr., son of Nathaniel Sr. Mary died ca 1807 in
Guilford County and Nathaniel Jr. married 2nd, ca 1809, to Jane,
maiden name unknown. Nathaniel & Jane moved ca 1836 to Grant
Co, Kentucky, and their oldest son, Nathaniel Jr. Jr., was
married in Pendleton Co, Kentucky, in 1839 to Mary AYDELOTTE, daughter of John AYDELOTTE.
John AYDELOTTE had
come to Kentucky from Guilford Co, North Carolina, sometime between 1812 and 1819. He may have
traveled with Thomas & Sarah (MILEHAM) SIMPSON who
accompanied Sarah's brothers, John and Ebenezer MILEHAM
in 1815. All these families were from the area between Reedy Fork and Haw River
in northern Guilford Co, North Carolina and settled in the Grassy Creek area on
the Grant Co - Pendleton Co, Kentucky line.
No marriage bond is preserved in North
Carolina for John AYDELOTTE but
his oldest children are shown on the 1850 & 1860 censuses as born in that
state. John was probably married in Guilford Co, North Carolina between
1800 & 1808. From the naming pattern among his granddaughters it seems
likely his first wife was named Susannah, and I think it likely she was
that daughter of Ezekiel & Sarah DEWEESE who
was had died before March, 1821.
The Pendleton Co, Kentucky Marriage Records show that John AYDELOTTE was
married in May 1819, to his 2nd wife, Margaret, widow of Samuel HUTCHINSON. I do not know Margaret’s maiden name. The
1850 census shows John & Margaret in Pendleton County in the
1st District. John's age, given as 62, is probably a few years less than
his true age. John's will made in 1845 was probated in March 1853.
In that will, John, mentioned his
daughter, Mary SIMPSON, and his granddaughter, Susannah AYDELOTTE, daughter of his daughter, Sarah WORK, wife of Henry WORK, and other
children. The mention of Sarah WORK's daughter as Susannah
AYDELOTTE seems at first puzzling. A check of Court records shows that Susannah
was Sarah AYDELOTTE's illegitimate daughter born some time before
Sarah's marriage to Henry WORK.
As mentioned above, John's daughter, Mary
SIMPSON, was the wife of Nathaniel SIMPSON Jr.
Jr. Nathaniel & Mary (AYDELOTTE) SIMPSON had a daughter born in May,
1846, which they named Susannah Jane SIMPSON. It appears that this daughter was named to
honor both grandmothers, Susannah AYDELOTTE and Jane SIMPSON.
The parents of John AYDELOTTE in
Guilford Co, North Carolina is not
yet certain, but one result of my recent studies of land records there has led
to an interesting possibility. It will not be possible to discuss that complex
finding now so that will be taken up in a future report.
To
be continued
[1]
Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin, Volume 3, Nos. 1-2, 1974.
The late Mrs. Mary Hoss Headman transcribed this tax list from the original
manuscript in the Courthouse at Fincastle sometime in the early 1930’s. Whether
the original survives is not known, but the Virginia Archives does not have a
certified copy in its collection.
[2]
Botetourt County Tithables, 1782, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Volume
33, No. 3, Summer 1995, p. 230. This
list was found among a bundle of original court papers at The Library of
Virginia. Apparently they only found a portion of the list abstracted by Mrs.
Headman.
[3]
The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy & History Volume XV, No.
2, Fall 2001, p. 73.
[4]
Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin Volume 30, No. 2, 2001 pp.
91-97.
[5]
Ansearchin’ News Volume 48, No. 3, Fall 2001 p. 16.
[6]
Middle Tennessee Genealogy, Volume III, No. 3, Winter 1990, pp. 75-80
[7]
The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy & History Volume XV, No.
2, Fall 2001, p. 76. This list was alphabetized.
[8]
Middle Tennessee Genealogy, Volume III, No. 3, Winter 1990, pp. 72, 73.
[9]
Union Provost Marshall’s File of Papers Relating to Individual Citizens,
Microcopy No. 345, National Archives Roll 246.
[10]
Lou Wehmer of Willow Springs, Missouri
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