Elias2
Simpson (1802-1854)
(Hugh1 Simpson)
Elias Simpson, son of Hugh
Simpson and Mary Ann Long, was born 13
June 1802 probably in Davidson (present-day Rutherford )
Co. , TN. His gravestone marked that he was born in Tennessee .
Probably in the year of 1810, the
family moved and settled in Warren Co., KY.
Elias is probably listed in the household
of Hugh Simpson enumerated in the 1810 federal census of Warren Co., KY.
Free White Males
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Under 10
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1
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Elias (1802)
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10 to 16
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2
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Absalom(1793)
Isaac (1799)
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16 to 26
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2
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Elijah (1789)
John (1791)
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45 & Over
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1
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Hugh (1761)
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Free White Females
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10 to 16
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1
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Anna (1797)
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16 to 26
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1
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Mary (1790)
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45 & Over
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1
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Mary (1761)
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Elias is probably listed in the
household of Hugh Simpson enumerated in the 1820 federal census of Warren Co.,
KY.
Free White Males
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18 to 26
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2
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Isaac (1799)
Elias (1802)
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45 & Up
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1
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Hugh (1761)
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Free White Females
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Under 10
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1
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Unknown
Maybe child of Elijah’s?
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26 to 45
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1
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Mary (1790)
Maybe Betsy (Marrs)
Simpson?
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45 & Up
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1
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Mary (1761)
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Elias married Nancy Morehead
Briggs 15 September 1831 in Warren Co., KY. The wedding ceremony was performed
by Fagg.
Nancy, daughter of William
Thompson Briggs and Elizabeth Morehead, was born 17 September 1797 in Kentucky .
The household of Elias Simpson is
enumerated in the 1840 federal census of Warren Co., KY.
Free White Males
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5 – 10
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1
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William (1833)
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30 – 40
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1
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Elias (1802)
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Free White Females
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Under 5
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1
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Harriet (1836)
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30 – 40
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1
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The household of Elias Simpson is
enumerated in the 1850 federal census of District No.1, Warren Co., taken on 27
September. Elias’ occupation is listed as a farmer with the real estate valued
at $3464.
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Name
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Age
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Sex
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Occupation
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Birthplace
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6
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Simpson, Elias
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47
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M
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Farmer
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TN
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7
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Simpson,
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44
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F
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KY
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8
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Simpson, William
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16
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M
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Laborer
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KY
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9
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Simpson, Mary
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6
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F
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KY
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10
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Atwell, Leonard H.
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10
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M
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KY
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Elias died 30 March 1854 probably
in Warren Co., KY by hanging himself and his burial location is on a private
land, located 4/10 of a mile west of Jack Smith Road on Russellville Road
behind a house in Warren Co. at this time. His gravestone was given to one of
his descendants.
Transcription of Elias’ will in
the Will Book D, page 386, of Warren Co., KY:
I, Elias Simpson of the County of Warren & State of Kentucky do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking
& holding null and void all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.
And first it is my will & desire that my body be decently interred &
that my funeral cem. monies be conducted in a manner corresponding to my estate
& condition in life. I will and desist my executors hereinafter mentioned
to pay all my debts and the expenses of my funeral as soon after my decease as
may be convenient & out of the first moneys which they may have in their
hands arising from any portion of my estate real or personal. I will and direct
that appraisement of my estate be made and that my wife Nancy be allowed to
choose and select from my entire [ ],
one third in value of my whole estate this in lieu of dower, that is she is to
have and third of my entire estate & she is to have any part she may choose
and after her death the property or estate which is devised to her is to be
divided between Elias Thompson, Mary & William C. Simpson my three children
equally. I will and direct that after the allotment of the one third to my wife
as abovementioned that my estate be divided into three portions for my three
children and that the portion allotted to my son Elias Thompson shall be worth
five hundred dollars more than that of my son William and also that my daughter
Mary receive a portion worth five hundred dollars more than my son William,
that is my son Elias Thompson & my daughter Mary receive equal portions of
my estate that they respectively receive five hundred dollars more in valuation
than my son William. I do this because William is grown & has received his
education Elias Thompson & Mary are small & are yet to receive their
education. It is my will and desire that my two children Elias Thompson &
Mary be well educated
The household of Nancy Simpson is
enumerated in the 1860 federal census of District No. 1, Warren Co., taken on 3
September. The personal estate was valued at $10,000.
Line
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Name
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Age
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Sex
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Occupation
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Birthplace
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30
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Simpson, N. M.
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56
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F
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KY
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31
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Simpson, M.B.
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15
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F
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KY
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32
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Simpson, E.T.
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16 [6]
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F [M]
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KY
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There is no further information
of Nancy from this point.
Children of Elias Simpson and Nancy Morehead Briggs
William Chesterfield
Simpson (1833-Unknown)
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Harriet Ann
Simpson (1836-1848)
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John Henry
Simpson (1841-1845)
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Mary Briggs
Simpson (1844-1920)
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Elias Thompson
Simpson (1843-Unknown)
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Sources
1810 U.S. census, Hugh Simpson
household, Warren Co., KY, page 253, line 1; National Archives micropublication
M252, roll 8.
1820 U.S. census, Hugh Simpson
household, Warren Co., KY, page 35, line 19; National Archives micropublication
M33, roll 28.
1840 U.S. census, Elias Simpson
household, Warren Co., KY, page 82, line 17; National Archives micropublication
M704, roll 125.
1850 U.S. census, Elias Simpson
household, Warren Co., KY, population schedule, District No.1, page 50,
dwelling 689, family 689; National Archives micropublication M432, roll 220.
1860 U.S. census, N.M. Simpson
household, Warren Co., KY, population schedule, District No.1, Bowling Green
post office, page 146, dwelling 1307, family 1307; National Archives
micropublication M653, roll 398.
1870 U.S. census, Jane B. Lewis
household, Warren Co., KY, population schedule, Covington precinct, Rockfield
post office, page 113, dwelling 270, family 280; National Archives
micropublication M593, roll 502.
Burns, Annie Walker. Kentucky Vital Statistics: Records of Marriages in Warren County , Kentucky for the Period of Years 1796 to 1851
Inclusive (Wallins Creek, KY: Annie Walker Burns, 1933), 91.
Family vital records in the Isaac
Simpson Family Bible, In the Holy Bible:
Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues,
and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised,
(Brattleborough, VT: J. Holbrook’s, 1817). Dennis L. Simpson, owner, 1992.
Thomas, O.L. Ancestral Graves in Warren County , KY (Warren County
Historical Society, n.d.), 199.