And Jesus was with them on their Day of Terror September 11, 2001. Hi , My name is Connie and here you will find some information on my Simmons family.I am just now begining to put some of this together with some help from family and friends. Some of this information I have gathered here there and yon, but some has also came from the inter-net. There were Three, related, William Henry Simmons living in Logan County at the same time. In about 1807, three brothers, William Henry, Benjamin and John Simmons removed from Bute/Franklin Co., NC and settled in Logan. Benjamin named his son William Henry Simmons in honor of his brother. In the early 1820's, another William Henry Simmons showed up -- he was the only child of Henry Simmons, the deceased brother of William Henry, Benjamin and John. Because he had an uncle and a first cousin with the same names nearby, he changed the spelling of his name to SimmonDs. William Henry Simmonds was married to Martha Nance Sneed, and they had a large family. She died and he remarried and had more children. Talking about being confused it certainly can do that. I was looking for my Polly Simmons Knight's mother's name when I discovered this. UPDATE My Williams wife's name is Nancy Duff. William Simons or Simmons wife's name is Charity SEARS . The names of their children are very similar to my William Simmons. So pull up that chair, grab some snack's , something to drink and enjoy your selves while we expore this part of this family together. William Simmons Family of Logan County , Kentucky . William Simmons b- 1744 Bute N.C. ?Virginia ? d- 1845/8 Logan County, KY. ? Married: Nancy Duff and or Nancy Duff Green. b-1744 Franklin County, N.C. ? d-Abt. 1845 Logan County, KY.Abt Children and Families Child One: Mary"Polly" Simmons married Radney Knight in Logan Co. Kentucky in 1816. "True" Child Two: Elizabeth Simmons "Logan County, Kentucky, Marriages 1790-1865" (Russellville: Logan County Genealogical Society, Inc., 1981, 1985): Page 81: Rust, Daniel to Elizabeth Simmons, Feb. 5, 1825, reference: marriage book 1 page 50. And then here is then one for my Polly and Radney. Page 68: Night, Rodney to Polly Simmons, Sept. 6, 1816 [no marriage book reference given]. This one is also in the Marriage Index Book Logan County, Kentucky. And I do have a copy of that. And here it is for all to see. Child Three Child 3 Richard H. Simmons Born: Abt.1804 Franklin County, N.C. Died: May 21, 1866 at: Muhlenberg County KY Father: William H.(Henry ) Simmons -N.C.? Born : about 1774 Bute N.C.? Died : 1848 Logan County, KY. Mother:Nancy Duff-Franklin County, N.C. Born about 1744 N.C. Died about 1845 Logan County, KY. Married :Nancy Luce March 13, 1828 , Mulenber County, KY. Born: January 25 ,1811 Muhlenburg, KY. Died: May 25 1845 Muhlenberg County, KY. Father:William Luce Born:Abt.1766 Suffolk , New York Died:Abt. March 1843 Butler County, KY. Married : March 1788, Nelson County, KY. Nancy Ann Newman Born: Abt. 1771 Virginia Died:Abt. 1836 Muhlenberg County, KY. Other Spouces:Rebecca Cassanda Williams Married : October 19, 1848 Muhlenberg County, KY. A lot of information that I will be sharing with you all About this Simmons family I have found on the inter-net And some not. If I have the proof then it will be posted here. With a false proof or positive proof. Some of this information comes from the book Chronicle of Knights and Simmons By: Carmon Knight Mercer Carmon has did lot of research on this family of Simmons and Knight's. Because of that I will not disagree on anything she has written . After all she is the older generation and we are all supposed to respect that ! All the years and the work she has did to put this information together for us who come after her. This information copied below has also came from Carmon Knight Mercer's book. Deeds: William Simmons Deeds, August 18, 1845: Logan County Kentucky Logan County,KY. Deed Book, 27 pg. 169 Deed Of William Simmons. Known by all men by these presents, that I William Simmons of the county ofLogan and the state of Kentucky. For the good will and love and affection I have for my hereafer named children.To wit. namely, Richared H. Simmons, Mary W. who intermarried with Radney Knight, Elizabeth who intermarried with DanielRust, and Benjamine Peter. I do give and deliver unto the following proptery, goods, and chattles: Item: first I give unto my son Richard, my negro man named Nero, to be his alone. Also my negro girl, Claripha, and her child named Squire, about 6 mo.old to have said girl and child during Richard's lifetime, then to desend to his children. Also to have my old nergo woman Patsy, which he is to take care of. I also give to my son Richard the lower or northern end of my two hundred acres of land lying in Logan Co. wherein I now live,making the drain or gut on the south side of the dwelling house and orchard and nearto them say, one hundred yards distant from them.To be his boundry in the division of the land. Item: I give to my daugter Mary, who intermarried with Radney Knight, my negro woman Sylvia, also my boy Gabriel, to have said negroes, Slyvia and Gabriel during her natural lifetime, then to desend to her children. Item: I give to my daughter Elizabeh, who intermarried with Daniel Rust, my nergro woman Lyndia and her younger child , Eliza about her eight months old to have said nergos and to hold them duing her natural life time,then to descend to her children. Item:I give to my son Benjamine, my negro boy George, also my negro girlnamed Hannah to have during his natural lifetime, then to desend to his children. I also give to my son Benjamine the upper or the southern end of my two hundred acres of land I now live on in Logan Co., on the waters of the Muddy creek making the drain or hollow on the south side of the house and orchard and near them to be the division line between said Richard and Bejamine to have and to have and to hold said land during his natural life then to desend to his children. In witness, where of I here unto sey my hand and assighned my seal this fifteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and forth five. William Simmons (seal) Witness; John Roberts Jas.D. McCurdy Logan County Sct. I, Marmaduke B. Mortan as clerk of the said Logan Co. court do certifi that the deed of William Simmons to Richard Simmons and others was this day produced to me in my office and proven by oaths of: John Roberts and James D. McCurdy two subcribing witness there to be the act and deed of the Wm. Simmons. There upon the said deed together with this certificate hath been duly admitted to my record office. Given under my hand this 18th day of August 1845. M.B. Morton Attest; Bailey Gun, Logan Co.Court, Russelville, Ky Aug. 15, 1955 (copied by him) Men Whom I Remember (an account of early settlers of Logan Co.) On p. 125 it mentions a Simmons family ("the Simmonses") as early settlers,along with families named Burgess and Sears. The Simmons Family are said to be of Scotch and Irish decent. Who came to the colonies before the Revolutionary war.Let it be also know that they came to Kentucky from North Carolina shorly after 1800 and settled in the Russelville area Logan County, Kentucky. They settled on a farm on what was know as Muddy Creek. From Sonia Myers and several other sources such as Carmon Mercer Descendants of William Henry Simmons Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM HENRY SIMMONS was born Abt. 1774 in Bute Co., N.C. Annd died Sep.24.1849 in Logan Co. KY. He married NANCY DUFF Abt. 1800 in Franklin Co., N.C. probably. She was born Abt. 1774 in North Carolina? And died Bef. 1845 in Logan Co., Ky. Notes for WILLIAM HENRY SIMMONS Regarding the wife of William Henry Simmons - Was she Nancy DUFF? From the Georgia Crosswaite book on Pg. 34 she cites material supplied by Edward M. Manley from old court records of Muhlenberg Co., Ky., And copied by her in February 1954: "... Aunt Nan said in 1952 that the Duff part of Duff Green Simmons' name came from the surname of the mother of Richard H. Simmons." Elsewhere in the Crosswaite book, Manley states "Richard H. Simmons Sr. born 1804, N.C. father's first name unknown, to date. Mother's maiden surname: DUFF." Carmon Mercer's book, pg. 42 seems to rely on the Crosswaithe book " have been told William's wife was a Green or a Duff, but I don't know which." On Pg. 44 "... Richard Simmons' mother was a Duff." And finally, in a letter from Carmon Mercer to Sonia Meyer dated 7 Feb 1993, "... I went back and read Georgia's (Crosswaite) letters and other things, and I think I can safely say g-g-grandpa William's Simmons' wife was Nancy Duff. I have searched so hard for that cemetery where they are buried. I sure would like to hunt the Mote's Creek you mentioned." "..William Simmons and his brother came to Ky. from one of the Carolinas. William settled on a farm in Logan County near Union Grove. Now known as the old Verge Anderson Place." Children of WILLIAM SIMMONS and NANCY DUFF are. 2. MARY W.SIMMONS b. Jun.10.1801, Franklin Co. NC. d. Apr.12.1867, Butler Co., KY. Bur. Knight Cem., Butler Co.KY. 3. ELIZABETH SIMMONS b. Abt. 1803, Franklin Co., N.C. d. Aft. 1850, Muhlenberg Co., Ky. Bur. Tinsley Cem, near Ennis (in 1979 on the Wooten farm). 4.RICHARD HENRY SIMMONS, SR. b. Abt. 1804, Franklin Co., N.C. d. May.21.1866, Muhlenberg Co. KY. 5. BENJAMIN PETER SIMMONS b. Abt. 1806, Probably Franklin Co., N.C. d. Abt. 1863, Logan Co.KY. Generation No. 2 2. MARY W.SIMMONS Jun.10.1801 in Franklin Co., NC. died Apr.12.1867 in Butler Co. KY. Bur. Knight Cem., Butler Co., KY1. She married RADNEY KNIGHT Sep.6.1816 in Butler Co.KY.. He was born Dec.5.1797 in North Carolina or Georgia. and died Aug.5.1848 in Butler Co. KY. Notes for RADNEY KNIGHT: From "The Chronicle of Knights and Simmons" by Carmon Knight Mercer, Feb. 12, 1979, McDowell Publications, Route 4, Box 314 Utica, Kentucky 42376: Radney Knight first appears in Logan Co.Ky where he is shown on the military and tax lists of 1818 and 1820. (Note from me. ~ evidence say's different as he married Married"Polly" Simmons in 1816, Logan County.) "Radney (Knight) evidently had no schooling for he signed his will with an X" Carmon describes the family cemetery where Radney Knight and Mary "Polly" Simons are buried , "They are buried in a family cemetery on his farm which had been owned by Effie Hudnal, she is now dead. There is a tombstone at his and her graves. I had been told only two graves were there but we found about thirty. No other markers are there; only low places outline the graves. Two stones are at his and Mary's grave. His was broken off. We reset it in 1966. There was also an old fence line around the cemetery." "There is one thing I believe is certain and that is that Radney and Mary are buried on the hillside on his old farm along with unknown members of his family" (Photographs of these two graves appear in her book on page 5.) Radney Knight's will was dated Sept 19, 1845, and was recorded in Butler County three years later. Radney bought land in Butler County at Rock Springs in 1815? The Knight family cemetery is located here about one mile from Rock Springs Baptist Church in a wooded area on the opposite side of the road from the church on land Radney bought from William Jenkins (200 acres for $200) on Dec 3, 1836. Children of MARY SIMMONS and RADNEY KNIGHT are. 1) WILLIAM GRIFFIN KNIGHT, b. Mar.9.1818, Logan or Butler Co.KY. d. Jun.3.1894, Kentucky Bur. Rock Springs, Butler Co.KY. 2) JOHN FRANKLIN KNIGHT, b. Sep.25.1819, Logan Co.KY. d. Feb.3.1886, Muhlenberg Co.KY. Bur. Simmons Chapel Cem. Muhlenberg Co.KY. 3) . ALSA F. KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1820; d. Bef. 1848. 4) GEORGE WASHINGTON KNIGHT b. May.12.1824, Kentucky. d. Mar.31.1882, Kentucky. 5) EPHRAIM KNIGHT, b. 1826, Butler Co.KY. d. 1896, Kentucky; Bur. Rock Springs, Butler Co.KY. 6).RADNEY MACK KNIGHT R> b. Nov.22.1828, Butler Co.KY. d. Apr.1.1884, Muhlenberg Co. KY. 7) ELIZABETH KNIGHT b. Abt. 1832, Kentucky d. Dec.1859, Butler Co.KY Bur. Old Knight Family Cem.,Butler Co. KY 8) ANDREW JACKSON KNIGHT b. Abt. 1833, Butler Co.KY d. Kentucky; Bur. Rock S prings Cem., Butler Co. KY. 9) MARY KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1834 m. UNKNOWN JOHNSON. 10) MAHALA M. KNIGHT, b. Apr.21.1839, Butler Co. KY d. Jan.18.1904, Kentucky Bur. Rock S prings Cem.Butler Co.KY 11) HENRY W. KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1841 3. ELIZABETH SIMMONS b. Abt. 1803 in Franklin Co.N.C. d. Aft. 1850 in Muhlenberg Co.Ky. Bur. Tinsley Cem, near Ennis (in 1979 on the Wooten farm). She married DANIEL RUST Mar.24.1826 in Logan Co.Ky. "Ancestry" says Feb 5, 1825 son of JACOB RUST and ANNA PETER. He was born Abt. 1801 in Virginia died Aft. 1870 in Muhlenberg Co.Ky. Bur. Tinsley Cem, near Ennis (in 1979 on the Wooten farm). ELIZABETH SIMMONS. Elizabeth Simmons Rust died after the 1850 census, but before 1856, in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She is buried in the Jake Tinsley Farm Cemetery near Ennis, Kentucky. It is now (1979) the Wooten farm. There is no marker. (Carmon Mercer) DANIEL RUST Daniel Rust appeared on the Tax List of Logan County, Kentucky for the first time in 1825. Daniel Rust died in the 1870's. He didn't leave a will, but a Deed of Gift before his death. He is buried beside his wife near Ennis, Kentucky and has a marker. Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH SIMMONS and DANIEL RUST At their marriage, Daniel Rust was from the Skilesville area in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Book l, Page 50 Return February 8, 1826 Children of ELIZABETH SIMMONS and DANIEL RUST are 1) BENJAMIN P. RUST b. Abt. 1830; d. Aft. 1858 Witness marriage Duff Green Simmons. Notes for BENJAMIN P. RUST Pvt. Benjamin P. Rust, Co A, 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Union) 2) RICHARD H. RUST, b. Mar.5.1833, Logan Co.Ky. d. Dec.2.1864, Muhlenberg Co.Ky. Bur. Simmons Chapel Cem. Notes RICHARD H. RUST Richard Rust died at age 31 and is buried in the Simmons Chapel Cemetery in Muhlenberg County. He and his brother Benjamin were witnesses at their cousin Duff Green Simmons' marriage to Minerva Jane Baker on 31 January 1860. 11 Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Union) Civil War Richard H. Rust, Private, F Co., 29 years, enrolled 4 Oct 61 at Rochester, KY. Jan-Feb 62 sick at Columbia, TN. Mar-Apr 64 sick at Nashville, TN. Discharged 30 May 62 at Nashville, TN due to disability. Discharge certificate states disability due to phthisis (tuberculosis). At discharge was 5 ft 7 in, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, farmer, and born in Logan Co.KY 3) MARY JANE RUST, b. Abt. 1835 m. D. B. WRIGHT, 1866, Muhlenberg Co. Ky 4). ALSIE ELIZABETH CATHERINE RUST b. Oct.25.1836, Logan Co. Ky d. Jun.16.1918, Bur. Richland Springs, San Saba Co.Tex.. 5). MARTHA W. RUST b. Jun.21.1838, Logan Co. Ky d. Nov.6.1910, Ennis, Ky. (Bur. Simmons Chapel, Muhlenberg Co.) 6) AGNES PARTHENIA RUST b. Abt. 1842. 7) SARAH PETER RUST b. Feb.6.1844, Logan Co., Ky d. Feb.18.1922, San Saba Co.Texas. Logan County Census 1850 District 1 Rust , Daniel 49 Virginia. Rust , Elizabeth 47 North Carolinia. Rust , Richard H. 17 M. Rust , Polly A. 15 F. Rust , Ailey E.C. 14 F. Rust , Martha W. 12 F. Rust , Agnes P. 8 F. Rust , Sarah P. 5 F. Knight , Ephraim Daniel and Elizabeth also had a son Benjamine who is not listed here. Ephriam Knight is Elizabeth's sister Mary "Polly" Simmons Knight and Radney Knight'son. 1810 LOGAN Co Census | White Males | White Females | Other Free Persons | Slaves | Head of Families | 0 -10 | 10 - 16 | 16-26 | 26 - 45 | 45 + } 0-16 | 10 - 16 | 26 - 45 | 45 + | SIMMONS, John SIMONS, Mary 1| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SLIMMONS ?, Jacob Marriages -Logan County KY -1790- 1865 Simmons -Simmonds-Simons Simmonds , William A. to Isabella Collins Jan. 21,1836 1 - 145 Simmonds, William H. to Nancy W. Thompson Nov.29, 1836 1 - 131 Simmonds ,W.H. to M.A. Preston Feb. 7, 1855 2 - 127 *Decendants reports incorrect listing of Simmond, Greenberry to Elizabeth Montgomery, 5 , Oct 1818 1 - 6. First printing listed record of Simmons, Greenberry to Elizabeth McGainmery, p.85. Page 85. Logan County Marriages 1790 1865 Simmons,B.A. to Georgia Chastin Feb.25, 1864 3 - 44 Simmons, Benjain P. to Jane Webb April, 30, 1833 1 - 104 Simmons, Constaine N.B. to Elizabeth Colliins July 22, 1840 1 - 152 Simmons, C.W.B. to L.B. Porter April 23, 1860 3 - 22 Simmons, David N. to Elizabeth Beatty Nov.10,1845 2 - 32 Simmons, George H. to Elizabeth Dunn Feb.27,1837 1 - 134 ** Simmons, Greenberry to Elizabeth McGainmery Oct. 5,1818 1 - 6 Simmons, Henry to Sarah P. Ferguson ? 18...* Simmons, Henry to Pamila Simpson May 20, 1839 1 - 146 Simmons, John to Elizabeth Cleaves May 7, 1823 1 - 41 Simmons, John W. to Ann E. Guffy Sept. 15, 1853 2 - 100 Simmons, Joseph to Tabetha H. Dunn Nov. 12, 1859 3 - 17 Simmons, Richard to Mahala Moore Mar. 31, 1823 1 - 40 Simmons, Thomas to Mary Clayton Dec. 10,1822 1 - 38 Simmons, Thomas H. to Sally M. Winston Feb. 24, 1845 2 - 27 Simmons, William to Mary F. Tatum Nov. 25, 1850 2 - 70 Simmons, William C. to Nancy Ann Hartis Jan. 27,1842 2 - 2 -1/2 Simmons, William H. to Caroline M. Guffey Jan. 31, 1842 2 - 15 Simmons, Willaim H. to Sarah J. Coursey May 22, 1856 2 - 145 Simmons, William S. to M.G. Spencen Oct.22, 1857 2 - 170 Simons, George to Penelope Coffman May 4, 1820 1 -20 Simons, Philip to Delia King June 14, 1824 1- 47 Simons, Phillip I to Frances Brooks Mar.30 1852 2 - 82 Simons, Robert to Chole Chinoweth Sept. 18, 1802*/Simmons** Simons, William to Chairty Sears June 1, 1820 1-20 Simons, William to Eliza Dillon Nov. 5, 1844 2 - 25 James Cox and daughter Joyce. A desendant of William Simmons and Nancy Duff Green Simmons. Did you find a connection , let me know by sending me a message Permission is not granted for anything from the contents of these websites to be downloaded or copied and shared with any other source,online or off, without the expressed written permission of the site owner. © Copyright 2000, 2008 Connie D. 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And Jesus was with them on their Day of Terror September 11, 2001.
Hi , My name is Connie and here you will find some information on my Simmons family.I am just now begining to put some of this together with some help from family and friends. Some of this information I have gathered here there and yon, but some has also came from the inter-net.
There were Three, related, William Henry Simmons living in Logan County at the same time. In about 1807, three brothers, William Henry, Benjamin and John Simmons removed from Bute/Franklin Co., NC and settled in Logan.
Benjamin named his son William Henry Simmons in honor of his brother.
In the early 1820's, another William Henry Simmons showed up -- he was the only child of Henry Simmons, the deceased brother of William Henry, Benjamin and John. Because he had an uncle and a first cousin with the same names nearby, he changed the spelling of his name to SimmonDs. William Henry Simmonds was married to Martha Nance Sneed, and they had a large family. She died and he remarried and had more children.
Talking about being confused it certainly can do that. I was looking for my Polly Simmons Knight's mother's name when I discovered this. UPDATE My Williams wife's name is Nancy Duff.
William Simons or Simmons wife's name is Charity SEARS . The names of their children are very similar to my William Simmons. So pull up that chair, grab some snack's , something to drink and enjoy your selves while we expore this part of this family together.
William Simmons Family of Logan County , Kentucky . William Simmons b- 1744 Bute N.C. ?Virginia ? d- 1845/8 Logan County, KY. ? Married: Nancy Duff and or Nancy Duff Green. b-1744 Franklin County, N.C. ? d-Abt. 1845 Logan County, KY.Abt
Children and Families
Child One:
Mary"Polly" Simmons married Radney Knight in Logan Co. Kentucky in 1816. "True"
Child Two:
Elizabeth Simmons
"Logan County, Kentucky, Marriages 1790-1865" (Russellville: Logan County Genealogical Society, Inc., 1981, 1985): Page 81: Rust, Daniel to Elizabeth Simmons, Feb. 5, 1825, reference: marriage book 1 page 50.
And then here is then one for my Polly and Radney. Page 68: Night, Rodney to Polly Simmons, Sept. 6, 1816 [no marriage book reference given].
This one is also in the Marriage Index Book Logan County, Kentucky. And I do have a copy of that. And here it is for all to see.
Child Three
Child 3
Richard H. Simmons Born: Abt.1804 Franklin County, N.C. Died: May 21, 1866 at: Muhlenberg County KY Father: William H.(Henry ) Simmons -N.C.? Born : about 1774 Bute N.C.? Died : 1848 Logan County, KY. Mother:Nancy Duff-Franklin County, N.C. Born about 1744 N.C. Died about 1845 Logan County, KY. Married :Nancy Luce March 13, 1828 , Mulenber County, KY. Born: January 25 ,1811 Muhlenburg, KY. Died: May 25 1845 Muhlenberg County, KY. Father:William Luce Born:Abt.1766 Suffolk , New York Died:Abt. March 1843 Butler County, KY. Married : March 1788, Nelson County, KY. Nancy Ann Newman Born: Abt. 1771 Virginia Died:Abt. 1836 Muhlenberg County, KY. Other Spouces:Rebecca Cassanda Williams Married : October 19, 1848 Muhlenberg County, KY.
A lot of information that I will be sharing with you all About this Simmons family I have found on the inter-net And some not. If I have the proof then it will be posted here. With a false proof or positive proof.
Some of this information comes from the book Chronicle of Knights and Simmons By: Carmon Knight Mercer Carmon has did lot of research on this family of Simmons and Knight's. Because of that I will not disagree on anything she has written . After all she is the older generation and we are all supposed to respect that ! All the years and the work she has did to put this information together for us who come after her.
This information copied below has also came from Carmon Knight Mercer's book.
Deed Book, 27 pg. 169 Deed Of William Simmons. Known by all men by these presents, that I William Simmons of the county ofLogan and the state of Kentucky. For the good will and love and affection I have for my hereafer named children.To wit. namely, Richared H. Simmons, Mary W. who intermarried with Radney Knight, Elizabeth who intermarried with DanielRust, and Benjamine Peter. I do give and deliver unto the following proptery, goods, and chattles:
Item: first I give unto my son Richard, my negro man named Nero, to be his alone. Also my negro girl, Claripha, and her child named Squire, about 6 mo.old to have said girl and child during Richard's lifetime, then to desend to his children. Also to have my old nergo woman Patsy, which he is to take care of. I also give to my son Richard the lower or northern end of my two hundred acres of land lying in Logan Co. wherein I now live,making the drain or gut on the south side of the dwelling house and orchard and nearto them say, one hundred yards distant from them.To be his boundry in the division of the land.
Item: I give to my daugter Mary, who intermarried with Radney Knight, my negro woman Sylvia, also my boy Gabriel, to have said negroes, Slyvia and Gabriel during her natural lifetime, then to desend to her children.
Item: I give to my daughter Elizabeh, who intermarried with Daniel Rust, my nergro woman Lyndia and her younger child , Eliza about her eight months old to have said nergos and to hold them duing her natural life time,then to descend to her children.
Item:I give to my son Benjamine, my negro boy George, also my negro girlnamed Hannah to have during his natural lifetime, then to desend to his children. I also give to my son Benjamine the upper or the southern end of my two hundred acres of land I now live on in Logan Co., on the waters of the Muddy creek making the drain or hollow on the south side of the house and orchard and near them to be the division line between said Richard and Bejamine to have and to have and to hold said land during his natural life then to desend to his children. In witness, where of I here unto sey my hand and assighned my seal this fifteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and forth five.
William Simmons (seal)
Witness; John Roberts Jas.D. McCurdy Logan County Sct. I, Marmaduke B. Mortan as clerk of the said Logan Co. court do certifi that the deed of William Simmons to Richard Simmons and others was this day produced to me in my office and proven by oaths of: John Roberts and James D. McCurdy two subcribing witness there to be the act and deed of the Wm. Simmons. There upon the said deed together with this certificate hath been duly admitted to my record office.
Given under my hand this 18th day of August 1845. M.B. Morton Attest; Bailey Gun, Logan Co.Court, Russelville, Ky Aug. 15, 1955 (copied by him)
Men Whom I Remember (an account of early settlers of Logan Co.) On p. 125 it mentions a Simmons family ("the Simmonses") as early settlers,along with families named Burgess and Sears.
The Simmons Family are said to be of Scotch and Irish decent. Who came to the colonies before the Revolutionary war.Let it be also know that they came to Kentucky from North Carolina shorly after 1800 and settled in the Russelville area Logan County, Kentucky. They settled on a farm on what was know as Muddy Creek.
From Sonia Myers and several other sources such as Carmon Mercer
Descendants of William Henry Simmons
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM HENRY SIMMONS was born Abt. 1774 in Bute Co., N.C. Annd died Sep.24.1849 in Logan Co. KY. He married NANCY DUFF Abt. 1800 in Franklin Co., N.C. probably. She was born Abt. 1774 in North Carolina? And died Bef. 1845 in Logan Co., Ky. Notes for WILLIAM HENRY SIMMONS Regarding the wife of William Henry Simmons - Was she Nancy DUFF?
From the Georgia Crosswaite book on Pg. 34 she cites material supplied by Edward M. Manley from old court records of Muhlenberg Co., Ky., And copied by her in February 1954: "... Aunt Nan said in 1952 that the Duff part of Duff Green Simmons' name came from the surname of the mother of Richard H. Simmons."
Elsewhere in the Crosswaite book, Manley states "Richard H. Simmons Sr. born 1804, N.C. father's first name unknown, to date. Mother's maiden surname: DUFF."
Carmon Mercer's book, pg. 42 seems to rely on the Crosswaithe book " have been told William's wife was a Green or a Duff, but I don't know which." On Pg. 44 "... Richard Simmons' mother was a Duff." And finally, in a letter from Carmon Mercer to Sonia Meyer dated 7 Feb 1993, "... I went back and read Georgia's (Crosswaite) letters and other things, and I think I can safely say g-g-grandpa William's Simmons' wife was Nancy Duff. I have searched so hard for that cemetery where they are buried. I sure would like to hunt the Mote's Creek you mentioned."
"..William Simmons and his brother came to Ky. from one of the Carolinas. William settled on a farm in Logan County near Union Grove. Now known as the old Verge Anderson Place."
Children of WILLIAM SIMMONS and NANCY DUFF are. 2. MARY W.SIMMONS b. Jun.10.1801, Franklin Co. NC. d. Apr.12.1867, Butler Co., KY. Bur. Knight Cem., Butler Co.KY.
3. ELIZABETH SIMMONS b. Abt. 1803, Franklin Co., N.C. d. Aft. 1850, Muhlenberg Co., Ky. Bur. Tinsley Cem, near Ennis (in 1979 on the Wooten farm).
4.RICHARD HENRY SIMMONS, SR. b. Abt. 1804, Franklin Co., N.C. d. May.21.1866, Muhlenberg Co. KY.
5. BENJAMIN PETER SIMMONS b. Abt. 1806, Probably Franklin Co., N.C. d. Abt. 1863, Logan Co.KY.
Generation No. 2
2. MARY W.SIMMONS Jun.10.1801 in Franklin Co., NC. died Apr.12.1867 in Butler Co. KY. Bur. Knight Cem., Butler Co., KY1. She married RADNEY KNIGHT Sep.6.1816 in Butler Co.KY.. He was born Dec.5.1797 in North Carolina or Georgia. and died Aug.5.1848 in Butler Co. KY.
Notes for RADNEY KNIGHT: From "The Chronicle of Knights and Simmons" by Carmon Knight Mercer, Feb. 12, 1979, McDowell Publications, Route 4, Box 314 Utica, Kentucky 42376:
Radney Knight first appears in Logan Co.Ky where he is shown on the military and tax lists of 1818 and 1820. (Note from me. ~ evidence say's different as he married Married"Polly" Simmons in 1816, Logan County.) "Radney (Knight) evidently had no schooling for he signed his will with an X"
Carmon describes the family cemetery where Radney Knight and Mary "Polly" Simons are buried , "They are buried in a family cemetery on his farm which had been owned by Effie Hudnal, she is now dead. There is a tombstone at his and her graves. I had been told only two graves were there but we found about thirty. No other markers are there; only low places outline the graves. Two stones are at his and Mary's grave. His was broken off. We reset it in 1966. There was also an old fence line around the cemetery."
"There is one thing I believe is certain and that is that Radney and Mary are buried on the hillside on his old farm along with unknown members of his family" (Photographs of these two graves appear in her book on page 5.)
Radney Knight's will was dated Sept 19, 1845, and was recorded in Butler County three years later.
Radney bought land in Butler County at Rock Springs in 1815? The Knight family cemetery is located here about one mile from Rock Springs Baptist Church in a wooded area on the opposite side of the road from the church on land Radney bought from William Jenkins (200 acres for $200) on Dec 3, 1836.
Children of MARY SIMMONS and RADNEY KNIGHT are.
1) WILLIAM GRIFFIN KNIGHT, b. Mar.9.1818, Logan or Butler Co.KY. d. Jun.3.1894, Kentucky Bur. Rock Springs, Butler Co.KY.
2) JOHN FRANKLIN KNIGHT, b. Sep.25.1819, Logan Co.KY. d. Feb.3.1886, Muhlenberg Co.KY. Bur. Simmons Chapel Cem. Muhlenberg Co.KY.
3) . ALSA F. KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1820; d. Bef. 1848.
4) GEORGE WASHINGTON KNIGHT b. May.12.1824, Kentucky. d. Mar.31.1882, Kentucky.
5) EPHRAIM KNIGHT, b. 1826, Butler Co.KY. d. 1896, Kentucky; Bur. Rock Springs, Butler Co.KY.
6).RADNEY MACK KNIGHT R> b. Nov.22.1828, Butler Co.KY. d. Apr.1.1884, Muhlenberg Co. KY. 7) ELIZABETH KNIGHT b. Abt. 1832, Kentucky d. Dec.1859, Butler Co.KY Bur. Old Knight Family Cem.,Butler Co. KY 8) ANDREW JACKSON KNIGHT b. Abt. 1833, Butler Co.KY d. Kentucky; Bur. Rock S prings Cem., Butler Co. KY. 9) MARY KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1834 m. UNKNOWN JOHNSON. 10) MAHALA M. KNIGHT, b. Apr.21.1839, Butler Co. KY d. Jan.18.1904, Kentucky Bur. Rock S prings Cem.Butler Co.KY 11) HENRY W. KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1841 3. ELIZABETH SIMMONS b. Abt. 1803 in Franklin Co.N.C. d. Aft. 1850 in Muhlenberg Co.Ky. Bur. Tinsley Cem, near Ennis (in 1979 on the Wooten farm). She married DANIEL RUST Mar.24.1826 in Logan Co.Ky. "Ancestry" says Feb 5, 1825 son of JACOB RUST and ANNA PETER. He was born Abt. 1801 in Virginia died Aft. 1870 in Muhlenberg Co.Ky. Bur. Tinsley Cem, near Ennis (in 1979 on the Wooten farm). ELIZABETH SIMMONS. Elizabeth Simmons Rust died after the 1850 census, but before 1856, in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She is buried in the Jake Tinsley Farm Cemetery near Ennis, Kentucky. It is now (1979) the Wooten farm. There is no marker. (Carmon Mercer) DANIEL RUST Daniel Rust appeared on the Tax List of Logan County, Kentucky for the first time in 1825. Daniel Rust died in the 1870's. He didn't leave a will, but a Deed of Gift before his death. He is buried beside his wife near Ennis, Kentucky and has a marker. Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH SIMMONS and DANIEL RUST At their marriage, Daniel Rust was from the Skilesville area in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Book l, Page 50 Return February 8, 1826 Children of ELIZABETH SIMMONS and DANIEL RUST are 1) BENJAMIN P. RUST b. Abt. 1830; d. Aft. 1858 Witness marriage Duff Green Simmons. Notes for BENJAMIN P. RUST Pvt. Benjamin P. Rust, Co A, 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Union) 2) RICHARD H. RUST, b. Mar.5.1833, Logan Co.Ky. d. Dec.2.1864, Muhlenberg Co.Ky. Bur. Simmons Chapel Cem. Notes RICHARD H. RUST Richard Rust died at age 31 and is buried in the Simmons Chapel Cemetery in Muhlenberg County. He and his brother Benjamin were witnesses at their cousin Duff Green Simmons' marriage to Minerva Jane Baker on 31 January 1860. 11 Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Union) Civil War Richard H. Rust, Private, F Co., 29 years, enrolled 4 Oct 61 at Rochester, KY. Jan-Feb 62 sick at Columbia, TN. Mar-Apr 64 sick at Nashville, TN. Discharged 30 May 62 at Nashville, TN due to disability. Discharge certificate states disability due to phthisis (tuberculosis). At discharge was 5 ft 7 in, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, farmer, and born in Logan Co.KY 3) MARY JANE RUST, b. Abt. 1835 m. D. B. WRIGHT, 1866, Muhlenberg Co. Ky 4). ALSIE ELIZABETH CATHERINE RUST b. Oct.25.1836, Logan Co. Ky d. Jun.16.1918, Bur. Richland Springs, San Saba Co.Tex.. 5). MARTHA W. RUST b. Jun.21.1838, Logan Co. Ky d. Nov.6.1910, Ennis, Ky. (Bur. Simmons Chapel, Muhlenberg Co.) 6) AGNES PARTHENIA RUST b. Abt. 1842. 7) SARAH PETER RUST b. Feb.6.1844, Logan Co., Ky d. Feb.18.1922, San Saba Co.Texas. Logan County Census 1850 District 1 Rust , Daniel 49 Virginia. Rust , Elizabeth 47 North Carolinia. Rust , Richard H. 17 M. Rust , Polly A. 15 F. Rust , Ailey E.C. 14 F. Rust , Martha W. 12 F. Rust , Agnes P. 8 F. Rust , Sarah P. 5 F. Knight , Ephraim Daniel and Elizabeth also had a son Benjamine who is not listed here. Ephriam Knight is Elizabeth's sister Mary "Polly" Simmons Knight and Radney Knight'son. 1810 LOGAN Co Census | White Males | White Females | Other Free Persons | Slaves | Head of Families | 0 -10 | 10 - 16 | 16-26 | 26 - 45 | 45 + } 0-16 | 10 - 16 | 26 - 45 | 45 + | SIMMONS, John SIMONS, Mary 1| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SLIMMONS ?, Jacob Marriages -Logan County KY -1790- 1865 Simmons -Simmonds-Simons Simmonds , William A. to Isabella Collins Jan. 21,1836 1 - 145 Simmonds, William H. to Nancy W. Thompson Nov.29, 1836 1 - 131 Simmonds ,W.H. to M.A. Preston Feb. 7, 1855 2 - 127 *Decendants reports incorrect listing of Simmond, Greenberry to Elizabeth Montgomery, 5 , Oct 1818 1 - 6. First printing listed record of Simmons, Greenberry to Elizabeth McGainmery, p.85. Page 85. Logan County Marriages 1790 1865 Simmons,B.A. to Georgia Chastin Feb.25, 1864 3 - 44 Simmons, Benjain P. to Jane Webb April, 30, 1833 1 - 104 Simmons, Constaine N.B. to Elizabeth Colliins July 22, 1840 1 - 152 Simmons, C.W.B. to L.B. Porter April 23, 1860 3 - 22 Simmons, David N. to Elizabeth Beatty Nov.10,1845 2 - 32 Simmons, George H. to Elizabeth Dunn Feb.27,1837 1 - 134 ** Simmons, Greenberry to Elizabeth McGainmery Oct. 5,1818 1 - 6 Simmons, Henry to Sarah P. Ferguson ? 18...* Simmons, Henry to Pamila Simpson May 20, 1839 1 - 146 Simmons, John to Elizabeth Cleaves May 7, 1823 1 - 41 Simmons, John W. to Ann E. Guffy Sept. 15, 1853 2 - 100 Simmons, Joseph to Tabetha H. Dunn Nov. 12, 1859 3 - 17 Simmons, Richard to Mahala Moore Mar. 31, 1823 1 - 40 Simmons, Thomas to Mary Clayton Dec. 10,1822 1 - 38 Simmons, Thomas H. to Sally M. Winston Feb. 24, 1845 2 - 27 Simmons, William to Mary F. Tatum Nov. 25, 1850 2 - 70 Simmons, William C. to Nancy Ann Hartis Jan. 27,1842 2 - 2 -1/2 Simmons, William H. to Caroline M. Guffey Jan. 31, 1842 2 - 15 Simmons, Willaim H. to Sarah J. Coursey May 22, 1856 2 - 145 Simmons, William S. to M.G. Spencen Oct.22, 1857 2 - 170 Simons, George to Penelope Coffman May 4, 1820 1 -20 Simons, Philip to Delia King June 14, 1824 1- 47 Simons, Phillip I to Frances Brooks Mar.30 1852 2 - 82 Simons, Robert to Chole Chinoweth Sept. 18, 1802*/Simmons** Simons, William to Chairty Sears June 1, 1820 1-20 Simons, William to Eliza Dillon Nov. 5, 1844 2 - 25 James Cox and daughter Joyce. A desendant of William Simmons and Nancy Duff Green Simmons. 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7) ELIZABETH KNIGHT b. Abt. 1832, Kentucky d. Dec.1859, Butler Co.KY Bur. Old Knight Family Cem.,Butler Co. KY
8) ANDREW JACKSON KNIGHT b. Abt. 1833, Butler Co.KY d. Kentucky; Bur. Rock S prings Cem., Butler Co. KY.
9) MARY KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1834 m. UNKNOWN JOHNSON.
10) MAHALA M. KNIGHT, b. Apr.21.1839, Butler Co. KY d. Jan.18.1904, Kentucky Bur. Rock S prings Cem.Butler Co.KY
11) HENRY W. KNIGHT, b. Abt. 1841
3. ELIZABETH SIMMONS b. Abt. 1803 in Franklin Co.N.C. d. Aft. 1850 in Muhlenberg Co.Ky. Bur. Tinsley Cem, near Ennis (in 1979 on the Wooten farm). She married DANIEL RUST Mar.24.1826 in Logan Co.Ky. "Ancestry" says Feb 5, 1825 son of JACOB RUST and ANNA PETER. He was born Abt. 1801 in Virginia died Aft. 1870 in Muhlenberg Co.Ky. Bur. Tinsley Cem, near Ennis (in 1979 on the Wooten farm).
ELIZABETH SIMMONS. Elizabeth Simmons Rust died after the 1850 census, but before 1856, in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She is buried in the Jake Tinsley Farm Cemetery near Ennis, Kentucky. It is now (1979) the Wooten farm. There is no marker. (Carmon Mercer)
DANIEL RUST Daniel Rust appeared on the Tax List of Logan County, Kentucky for the first time in 1825. Daniel Rust died in the 1870's. He didn't leave a will, but a Deed of Gift before his death. He is buried beside his wife near Ennis, Kentucky and has a marker.
Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH SIMMONS and DANIEL RUST At their marriage, Daniel Rust was from the Skilesville area in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Book l, Page 50 Return February 8, 1826
Children of ELIZABETH SIMMONS and DANIEL RUST are
1) BENJAMIN P. RUST b. Abt. 1830; d. Aft. 1858 Witness marriage Duff Green Simmons.
Notes for BENJAMIN P. RUST Pvt. Benjamin P. Rust, Co A, 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Union)
2) RICHARD H. RUST, b. Mar.5.1833, Logan Co.Ky. d. Dec.2.1864, Muhlenberg Co.Ky. Bur. Simmons Chapel Cem.
Notes RICHARD H. RUST Richard Rust died at age 31 and is buried in the Simmons Chapel Cemetery in Muhlenberg County. He and his brother Benjamin were witnesses at their cousin Duff Green Simmons' marriage to Minerva Jane Baker on 31 January 1860.
11 Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Union) Civil War Richard H. Rust, Private, F Co., 29 years, enrolled 4 Oct 61 at Rochester, KY. Jan-Feb 62 sick at Columbia, TN. Mar-Apr 64 sick at Nashville, TN. Discharged 30 May 62 at Nashville, TN due to disability. Discharge certificate states disability due to phthisis (tuberculosis). At discharge was 5 ft 7 in, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, farmer, and born in Logan Co.KY
3) MARY JANE RUST, b. Abt. 1835 m. D. B. WRIGHT, 1866, Muhlenberg Co. Ky
4). ALSIE ELIZABETH CATHERINE RUST b. Oct.25.1836, Logan Co. Ky d. Jun.16.1918, Bur. Richland Springs, San Saba Co.Tex..
5). MARTHA W. RUST b. Jun.21.1838, Logan Co. Ky d. Nov.6.1910, Ennis, Ky. (Bur. Simmons Chapel, Muhlenberg Co.)
6) AGNES PARTHENIA RUST b. Abt. 1842.
7) SARAH PETER RUST b. Feb.6.1844, Logan Co., Ky d. Feb.18.1922, San Saba Co.Texas.
Logan County Census 1850 District 1
Rust , Daniel 49 Virginia. Rust , Elizabeth 47 North Carolinia. Rust , Richard H. 17 M. Rust , Polly A. 15 F. Rust , Ailey E.C. 14 F. Rust , Martha W. 12 F. Rust , Agnes P. 8 F. Rust , Sarah P. 5 F. Knight , Ephraim Daniel and Elizabeth also had a son Benjamine who is not listed here. Ephriam Knight is Elizabeth's sister Mary "Polly" Simmons Knight and Radney Knight'son.
1810 LOGAN Co Census
| White Males | White Females | Other Free Persons | Slaves | Head of Families | 0 -10 | 10 - 16 | 16-26 | 26 - 45 | 45 + } 0-16 | 10 - 16 | 26 - 45 | 45 + | SIMMONS, John SIMONS, Mary 1| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SLIMMONS ?, Jacob
Marriages -Logan County KY -1790- 1865
Simmons -Simmonds-Simons
Simmonds , William A. to Isabella Collins Jan. 21,1836 1 - 145 Simmonds, William H. to Nancy W. Thompson Nov.29, 1836 1 - 131 Simmonds ,W.H. to M.A. Preston Feb. 7, 1855 2 - 127
*Decendants reports incorrect listing of Simmond, Greenberry to Elizabeth Montgomery, 5 , Oct 1818 1 - 6. First printing listed record of Simmons, Greenberry to Elizabeth McGainmery, p.85.
Page 85. Logan County Marriages 1790 1865
Simmons,B.A. to Georgia Chastin Feb.25, 1864 3 - 44 Simmons, Benjain P. to Jane Webb April, 30, 1833 1 - 104 Simmons, Constaine N.B. to Elizabeth Colliins July 22, 1840 1 - 152 Simmons, C.W.B. to L.B. Porter April 23, 1860 3 - 22 Simmons, David N. to Elizabeth Beatty Nov.10,1845 2 - 32 Simmons, George H. to Elizabeth Dunn Feb.27,1837 1 - 134 ** Simmons, Greenberry to Elizabeth McGainmery Oct. 5,1818 1 - 6 Simmons, Henry to Sarah P. Ferguson ? 18...* Simmons, Henry to Pamila Simpson May 20, 1839 1 - 146 Simmons, John to Elizabeth Cleaves May 7, 1823 1 - 41 Simmons, John W. to Ann E. Guffy Sept. 15, 1853 2 - 100 Simmons, Joseph to Tabetha H. Dunn Nov. 12, 1859 3 - 17 Simmons, Richard to Mahala Moore Mar. 31, 1823 1 - 40 Simmons, Thomas to Mary Clayton Dec. 10,1822 1 - 38 Simmons, Thomas H. to Sally M. Winston Feb. 24, 1845 2 - 27 Simmons, William to Mary F. Tatum Nov. 25, 1850 2 - 70 Simmons, William C. to Nancy Ann Hartis Jan. 27,1842 2 - 2 -1/2 Simmons, William H. to Caroline M. Guffey Jan. 31, 1842 2 - 15 Simmons, Willaim H. to Sarah J. Coursey May 22, 1856 2 - 145 Simmons, William S. to M.G. Spencen Oct.22, 1857 2 - 170
Simons, George to Penelope Coffman May 4, 1820 1 -20 Simons, Philip to Delia King June 14, 1824 1- 47 Simons, Phillip I to Frances Brooks Mar.30 1852 2 - 82 Simons, Robert to Chole Chinoweth Sept. 18, 1802*/Simmons** Simons, William to Chairty Sears June 1, 1820 1-20 Simons, William to Eliza Dillon Nov. 5, 1844 2 - 25
James Cox and daughter Joyce. A desendant of William Simmons and Nancy Duff Green Simmons.
Did you find a connection , let me know by sending me a message
Permission is not granted for anything from the contents of these websites to be downloaded or copied and shared with any other source,online or off, without the expressed written permission of the site owner. © Copyright 2000, 2008 Connie D. Poole Hurley
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