Elijah2
Simpson (1789-1819)
(Hugh1 Simpson)
Elijah Simpson, son of Hugh
Simpson and Mary Ann Long, was born 1
March 1789 in Pendleton Co., SC.
Elijah is probably listed in the
household of Hugh Simpson enumerated in the 1790 federal census of Pendleton Co.,
SC.
Head of Family: Simpson,
Hugh
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Free White Males
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16 & up,
incl. head of families
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2
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Hugh (1761)
Unknown
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Under 16
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4
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Matthew (1784)
James (1786)
Hugh (1787)
Elijah (1789)
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Free White Females
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incl. head of family
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2
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Mary (1761)
Mary (1790)
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All Other Persons
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0
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Slaves
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0
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The family moved to Kentucky
then to Davidson Co., TN.
Probably in the year of 1810, the
family moved and settled in Warren Co., KY.
Elijah is probably listed in the household
of Hugh Simpson enumerated in the 1810 federal census of Warren County, 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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He married Elizabeth Marrs 1
March 1819 in Warren Co., KY.
Elizabeth, daughter of William
Marrs, was born 1 June 1798
in Logan Co., KY. She was known as Betsy in several documents. Betsy is the
sister of Margaret, wife of Elijah’s brother James.
He died 16 April 1819 probably in
Warren Co. His burial location is unknown at this time.
Betsy and her child may be in her
father-in-law Hugh Simpson’s household enumerated in the 1820 federal census of
Warren Co., KY.
According to one source, Betsy
died 15 August 1840 however
there is no other document to collaborate with this date of death. She may have
moved to Arkansas with her
brothers and sisters. There is no further information on Betsy and child at
this time.
Sources
1790 U.S.
census, Hugh Simpson household, Pendleton Co., SC, page 80, line 16: National
Archives micropublication M637, roll 11.
1810 U.S. census, Hugh Simpson
household, Warren Co., KY, page253, line 1; National Archives micropublication
M252, roll 8.
1820 U.S. census, Hugh Simpson
household, Warren Co., KY, page 25, line 19; National Archives micropublication
M33, roll 28.
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.
Marrs, Mary, submitter, Mary Reid and Brad Marrs Family Tree
Ancestry World Tree Project (Ancestry.com), 20 May 2003.
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