Subject: Re: New at this HELP From: HeidiLahey Date: January 28, 1998 ADAMS are not my direct line, but I have something with several ADAMS listed in it: This is a letter that was given to me by my dads cousin it is copied exactly as it is written. There are MANY names here and I hope some connects are made. = ) Jacksonville July 4th 1874 pg1 Dear Daughter I am trying to comply with your request in riting out the history of my ancesters. Which I find it hard to do as I never practice riting much for many years. Therefore you will find many blunders and miss spelt words and mistakes, all these will be an error of the head and not of the hart for I find the task much moore trublesom to rite and to think. As to my great grand father Simpson he came from Wailes about the fifteenth (17th?) centruy. Raised a family wich my GrandFather was oldest and according to the English law at that time was the legal heir. But his maring contrary to his fathers will, was disinhereted and he left Massacheusetts and came to North Carolina, McLinburge County and livd their. His first wife died their and their he maried GrandMother, a young woman her maden name was Elizebeth Hawkins(Hockings?), a tall spar bilt lady and by her they had six children and then moved to South Carolina when they had six children and then moved to South Carolina when their children was most grown. Their first Born was a girl and called her name Nicy. She maried Reuben Adams (cosin) and they raised 9 girls one son Ruben in the State Georgia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- pg 2 Family Record Reuben Adams girls all mared the oldest Elizebeth called for grand mother maried John Cheek they movvd to Georgia had a large family Polly Adams maried a man by the name James Elliot & raised a large family Sally Adams maried Solomon Adams and raised a family. Sintha Adams maried man by the Haris? and raised a family. Sinay? Adams maried Joel (died before to children grown) Adams raised a family DumAan? Adams maried Richard Befs raised a family. Reuben Adams maried widow Warters raised family. Uncle Rubin died first age near 80 years. Aunt Nicy died near 101 years Polly Elliot died before all her children was 40 years. Jole? Adams died children about 30 years. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- pg 3 John Simpson Family Record Their second child was a son and called his name John Simpson and he maried Arilla Osburn and raised 9 children, 3 died before my recklection. The names of the first born Sparkin he served in the war of 1812 between the U states and Great Briton after he came home he maried Margret Cannon and raised 8 children 4 sons and 4 daughters, names not recklect. Nesc (next?) Sarah Simpson, she never maried died about 69 years. Abner Simpson maried Jane Heron raised 4 children and died, he then maried a Miss Worrus? and he died about 60. Elon Simpson very fat. weigh about 300 lb. never maried died about 70. Then they had 3 that died their names was William Elizabeth Reueann Simpsons then Osbourn Simpson very large and fat weigh 350 lb never maried died 25 years of age. John Simpson maried Miss (?) Allgood raised a large family. James M Simpson never maried went to Missipp and died. B. Flarkin? Simpson he maried Miss Cash had several children, some small when he died about 35. Balis Simpson maried Miss Cash raised large family. Aba R. Simpson married Mr. Cash raised a family moved west the end of the (?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- pg 4 Thomas Simpson Family Record Thomas Simpson 3 child and he maried Mary Cummins and they had 8 children, 5 sons 3 daughters. The oldest son William being called for grandfather Simpson. He maried Jame? Mayhar and they had 6 children, 4 daughters 2 sons. The first born was a daughter her name Elijer Satira Simpson. She married Jerry Rehoe, an Irish man and Ship captian raised no children. William J Simpson maried Sarah Haris, Fort Valley Geo. he was abotaick Doctor and Methodist Preacher they raised no family, he died at 29 years of age. James A Simpson everything but a good man. Jane F. Simpson maried Michael M Maher, blacksmith, they live in Atlanta Geo, they have 3 children live in Atlanta Geo. Amelia E Simpson single sickley girl. I ought to said Jerry and Elijer live in Chatanooga Tenessee. Thomas Simpson died 1859 being 84 years old Mary Simpson died 19th May 1870 being 84 years, 5 months 1 day old. She was 10 years younger than Father and lived 10 years longer than Father was 10 years oldest. ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- pg 5 Family Record of James Simpson James Simpson maried Rutha Black moovd Tenessee Smith County, raised his Family their. They had 8 children 6 sons 2 daughters John Simpson Moses Simpson William Simpson Mathew Simpson Joshua Simpson Reubin Simpson Sarah Simpson Elizabeth Simpson if their was anymoore I do not remember their names as I never was at their house. Uncle James died I suppose about 40 years of age before his family was grown. Nancy Simpson Family Record Nancy Simpson maried John Traner a Babtist Preacher. She had 2 children and died. Rutha Simpson died a young single woman. this ends GrandFather Simpsons family. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- pg 6 Grand Father lived to see them all grown and maried all tho they were by the 2nd wife and she younger than some of his first children. He went back to see his first children in North Carolina and died their being 104 years. Grandmother lived to see her children grown and many grandchildren and great great grandchildren. She died about the age of 85 years. I have seen Grandmothers brother and stayed all night with him, he lived in abville County, S. C. I have seen her sister Nicy West. She lived in Hall Co. Geo. a good many other relations of the Hawkins family. they were all tall slender bilt men, the women was not so much. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- pg 7 Harmon Cummins History Harmon Cummins Sr. said he knew but little of his family connection as his father died when he was small. He said his mother was Irish and raised 3 children, Harmon, John, and Milla Cummins. They lived on the eastern shore of Mariland. He worked on the farm till 1775 when he maried Mary James. He being about 32 old, she about 20 years old. In the first part of that year him and a friend concluded to inlist for 3 years, one was to serve 11/2 years and then the othr the balance ot the time. The one at home was to take care of the women and children. Grandmother had her first child, 3 months old so arnagements being made, then cast lots who should go first and the lot fell on Grand Father and he started and his brother John and in the course of the 11/2 years his friend died he left at home and he served out the 3 years of the war never hearing from home but 2 times he was in 7 seven of the hottest battles fought by Washington as he was imediatly under his command. He was in the same command that had to march 15 miles on the night 25th December 1776 over ice and in a severe snow storm all the way from the camp to the Deleware River where Trenton stood and taken that post and 1000 hessian soldiers prisinor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- pg 8 In 1838 I stayed all night with GrandFather and GrandMother Cummins and I asked him the particklers of that nights march and he said when the orders came to march that a great many of the soldiers was barefoot and the orders was to tear up their blankets and wrap their feet in them, but the calvery went ahead and cut up the ice so it cut the blankets off their feet and also cut their feet. Then he said it looked like you had cut a beefs throat and dragged it on the snow and when they had taken the city and prisoners, the soldiers could scarcely be restrained from fighting for they were in so much pain, not one out of 20 was able to do duty next day nor for many days, some of them for many days after. But this was not as hard a fate as he had to endure the next winter for he was taken prisnor at the Battle of Valley Forge, him and about 1300 others and put in jail in Philadelphia and they there had like all to of perished with hnger and cold. It is recorded in history as the cold winter of 1777. Out of 1300, there was about 450 or 500 came out when eschanged. The manner in which they were fed was once in 2 days. The jailor would come with kind of slopmade from slain horses and boiled up without salt and had troughs around the jail and pour the stuff in there and then call like he was calling hogs from the woods. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- pg 9 One poor fellow was alittle forward and he reached his hand to take out a bone and the jailor struck him with the key he had in his hand and killed him and the key bounced out of the jailors hand and struck grandfather on the leg making a scar that he that he carried to the grave, tho the lord blest him with long life living to 107 years old raised a family of 9 children, 5 sons and 4 daughters. Three of his sons weigh over 200 lbs. apiece the other about 180 lbs. the other about 165 the daughter 160, as they were common plain farmers. I will here digress a little in the spring of ' 76 late as I before stated grandmother was left in care of a friend, and that friends wife had a little girl child about one year old and one pleasant morning in May the child was at play in the yard and would come often to the door and try to tell something so the women went to see what passed the child ran before round the house and gathered up the head of a large rarrlesnake and attempted to drag it along to them. When the mother saw its danger, she snatched the child away and the snake fell to the ground and in aniston it was in couled ready for fight. Thus you see how merciful the Lord was to that child. This ends the snake story. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- pg 10 Harmon Cummins Family Record Harmon Cummins mared Mary James 1775 raised a large family of 9 children, 5 sons 4 daughters. The oldest son Thomas Cummins maried Sarah Crown over mooved to Tenesee raised his family there. He served during the war of 1812 with Great Briton at the battle of New Orleans. He raised 2 sons, I recklect the name of the oldest name Harmon Cummins named for grandfather, he was lameand hatter by trade. And one son named James and I know not how many more they lived in Sincou Co. Tenn. Griffith Comins mared Elizebeth Watson, raised his family in South Carolina, don't recklect names, but 3, Harmon, Nancy, & Sam. Samuel Comins mared Nancy McCounen? Raised his family South Carolina in fort, then moved to Georgia, Troup Co., then to Miss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- pg 11 Harmon Cumins mared Catherine Wood, moved Troup Co. Geo., had one son named John, the rest of the names I do not remember. John Cumins went to Tenesee and married there. Sarah Cumins maried John Trainer a babtist preacher who had formily maried Nancy Simpson as stated in a former place and died and left 2 children, they moved to Tenesee and raised their family there. Harmon Simpson went there and mared one of the girls. Hanah Comins mared first James Canady, an Irishman and a widower with large family, they lived together a year or so and then seperated, he went to Tenesee and after, she maried James Davidson. Melinda Comins, she lived till advanced in years and maried Samuel Junkin, Irish shoe and boot maker and widower with 5 children small and did not live long, died and kept the dhildren and raised them in good credit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- pg 12 Mary Cumins maried Thomas Simpson as you have an account in his family record. GrandMother Fathers (Thomas James) Family Record Thomas James maried Mary, I do not recklect the name. They had 7 children, 4 sons and 3 daughters Thomas James went west--was in the war Samuel James went west--was in the war Griffith James went west--was in the war John James remained S.C. till he died, he never moved. Gwena James maried Samuel Dean, a frenchman who came over to this country with General Lafayette, they had a large family Hanah James maried a Mr. Lenard, one of the hessians that Grand Father helped take prisoner at Trenton. Mary James maried Harmon Cumins which you have had act of. this is the end of the 1874 letter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- letter dated February 7th 1877 Jacksonville My Dear Children, I now write you a few lines and say this is like making my will, for I know I can not live much longer as my strength fails me very fast. Although I am in good health yet, this weakness in my left hip, thigh and leg warns me that I am mortal and I must soon sleep with dead. Now, as I have notheing to bequeth you but love and good will, I will send you the recept for making this valuable medicine, which, if you will follow the directions, you will find it of great use. I have been selling it since the winter that I left you in the summer, and I've been confined mostly to Jacksonville, as I have been sick a great deal of the time with the heart disease, that I expect to die shortly. The next spring I went to Tallahassee and was there 6 weeks and did well. Came home in June and that fall had another attack that lnear two years, that I was not able to go about to sell, although I sold enough to pay expences and then get well and was ell three years. Not sick a day. Made enough to build me a house, selling here in Jacksonville. As I had not the means to travel by my losing $250 by dealing with 2 bad men. If I was well enough to go through the country, I would not take $3000 for the receipt, for here it is getting a wide circulation, but I have given up all hope of ever being able to do much. I have the patent right for the state of Florida, but there is none in Georgia. So if you work right and do not give the receipt away, you will find it to have abut 500 percent on the money invested in the stock. If I had the time to live over, I could make it pay well, but that never can be. The way matters turned out, the receipt cost me about $900. I am surprised at my self that I never thought of sending you the receipt before now, but viewing the situation, and making up my mind what to do with the little I had, this was on last Mondy morning, I came to this conclusion. I will Amelia my Bible and concordance and the .... receipt. My fowls and household stuff I expect to give to them that attends me in my burial. You may think it strange that I should talk so and say I'm in good health, but you do not know the feeling I have about my heart and then pitying myself makes it worse. While I could walk without... it did not hurt me so bad. But now it seems to have deep seated pain and I believe if I was to get mad I should die in a few minutes. So I keep cool, not allowing anything to vex me. I will send you one of my labels and if you choose, you can have some samples? So I conclude by saying God bless Michael M Maher and J F Maher and all of the children, many or few. And my poor heart broken. E.S. Rehoe, I whish you was here signed ? SIMPSON ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |