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The Simmons family moved from Virginia to Washington County, KY in about 1815.
Washington county, in central Kentucky, was formed in 1792. The southern
half became Marion county in 1834.
Sources:
US Federal Census
1790, Greenville county, VA (with 8 free whites and 14 black slaves)?
1810, Lunenburg county, VA, p339 (with 5 free whites and 3 black slaves)
1820, Washington county, KY, Reel 29, p76 (12 free whites and 6 black slaves)
"The Old Free State : A Contribution to the History of
Lunenburg County and Southside Virginia"
Bell, Landon Covington, 1880-1960.
Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974
Vol 2, p433, "Ministers' Returns":
"1800 - Dec 25, Benjamin Simmons & Martha Hood"
"Marriages of Lunenburg County, Virginia 1746-1853"
Matheny, Emma R. & Yates, Helen K.
Richmond, VA, 1967
p109: "Simmons, Benjamin and Martha Hood. Married 25 December 1800 by William Ellis"
"Washington County (Kentucky) Marriages, 1792-1825"
Sanders, Faye Sea
Louisville, KY (no publication date), p63:
"Simmons, Benjamin W. (Wilkes) & Landrum, Elizabeth, 27 Apr 1816."
"Simmons, Benjamin W. (Wilkes) & Willett, Matilda, 19 Jan 1824."
"Washington County, Kentucky Marriage Records 1792-1878"
Kington, Margaret Clark
McDowell Publications, Utica, NY, 1981, p165:
"27 Apr 1816 - Simmons, Benjamin W. - Elizabeth Landrum
Minister: Richard Elliott; Book 1 p155"
"10 Jan 1824 - Simmons, Benjamin W. - Matilda Willett
Minister: R.P. Miles; Book 1, p232 & Book 3, p2"
"Washington County, Kentucky Records #1: Marriages 1792-1850"
Joan Colbert Goie
Researchers, Indianapolis, IN, 1993, p75:
"Simmons, Benjamin W. & Landrum, Elizabeth, 27 Apr 1816."
"Simmons, Benjamin W. & Willett, Matilda, 10 Jan 1824."
Will of Benjamin W. Simmons
Transcribed from Kentucky records by Mattie Edna Simmons Hughes, 1940s
"Washington County, Kentucky Wills 1792-1853"
Sanders, Faye Sea
Louisville, KY, 1987
p53: "Simmons, Benjamin W., will recorded 18 Sep 1825, probated Oct 1825.
Legatees: Wife Matilda; Children Sarah, Elizabeth, Lucinda Vaughn, Joel,
Joshua, Martha, Matilda Ann, Franklin and Williamson (youngest son)."
p60: Thomas H. Hamilton appointed guardian of Joel, 28 May 1827.
p103: Apparent final settlement, listing legatees Joel Simmons, Thomas Simmons,
Matilda AF Simmons, Martha Vaughn, Elizabeth W. Gregory and husband.
Simmons Family Genealogical Notes
Mattie Edna Simmons Hughes and Katherine Hughes
hughesh190@yahoo.com; khughes@hickorytech.net
Ancestors of Genevieve Grace McDaniel
Mary Celine Scott (Mary_Celine@adelphia.net)
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/c/o/MARY-C-SCOTT/
Hardin/McGinnis/Simmons Family History
Compiled by Cleta Jane Mulder & Della JoAnn (McGinnis) Johnson
delladarnell@yahoo.com
Tribal Pages:
http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/scoreshell
Rootsweb:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:2612925
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