Mary Simpson

Mary married Thomas Brewer on 13 Oct 1859 in Union County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Jackson Simpson Cemetery, Union County, NC

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Cemetery:
Located on JB Stewart Farm Rd., Union County, NC

Jackson married Thetus Williams about 1839 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Thetus (daughter of Norfleet "Fleet" Williams and Sarah Rachel Helms) was born in 1824; died before 1843 in Union County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Jackson Simpson Cemetery, Union County, NC

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• Cemetery: William Simpson Family Cemetery, Goose Creek, Union County, NC

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John had at least three wives. His will names seventeen children. Court documents states one Emeline Simpson was born after his death.

John married Mary Moore on 9 Feb 1816. Mary (daughter of David Moore) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Bond Date: 9-Feb-1816
Bondsman: Thomas Simpson

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• Cemetery: Watson Church/Lewis Williams Cemetery, Monroe, Union County, NC

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In the name of God, Amen. I Fleet Williams of the County of Anson of State of North Carolina This ninth day of may in the year of our lord one Thousand Eight hundred and forty two living in Body weak, but of a sound disposing mind and Memory thanks be to god, But Calling to mind My mortality that it is appointed to man to die Do make and ordain this Instrument of writing To be my last will and testament in manner and form Following ---------

first it is my desire that all My Just Debts be paid out of my Estate------ Item 1st It is my will & I give and Bequeath unto my beloved wife Sally as a loan for her benefit in raising the family the plantation Where on I now live with all my other Personal Property with my household and Kitchen furniture During her Natural life or widowhood, and amediately after her death or widowhood, all the above Property to be put to public auction and the Amount of money arising therefrom, it is my will that all my lawfull sons shall receive three-forths of said amount Equally divided between them By including the amount I shall hereafter bequeath to my son Herren in his part, It also is my will that the ballance of said amount Which is one fourth part be equally divided between My lawfull Daughters Item 2nd It is my will & I give and bequeath Unto my son Herren my Hiliard Trail of Land That I Purchased of Richardson Jenkins At the extimate sum of seventy dollars an His part it also is my will that my son Herren shall have my hundred acres of land Joining of the land I have Bequesthed him, at the estimated sum of fifty dollars. If he may think so to do, or if he will not pay the above estimated sum of fifty dollars to the Estate my Executors shall be Entitled to sell the above Land at any time by a public sale and the money or amount thereof to be disposed as I here to fore decided in the division of my Estate. Item 3rd I hereby appoint nominae and constitute my most worthy & trusted Friends Son in law and son Jackson Simpson & Herren Williams The Excecutors of this my last will And I also hereby set aside and make void All other wills heretofore by me made and Hereby publish & Constitute this my only proper True last will & testement -- In witness whereof I the above named Fleet Williams have hereunto Set my hand & seal the day and date Above Written

Fleet Williams (seal) Tsst Geo Little M. Austin +

State of North Carolina October Term 1842 -- Then the above last will and testament was exhibited in open court and duly proven by the oath of Marcus Austin and of the subscribing witnesses thereto and entered to be recorded M. D. Boggans (? Clerk)

January Term 1843 Then Jackson Simpson & Herren Williams came into open court and qualified as executors to the forgoing Will and obtained letters Testamentary. M. D. Boggans MO (?)

Norfleet married Sarah Rachel Helms before 1822. Sarah (daughter of Jacob Helms and Sarah) was born in 1796; died in 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: William Simpson Family Cemetery, Goose Creek, Union County, NC
• Military Service: Revolutionary War

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William Simpson Married Martha Orr in North Ireland, 1770, had 3 children; John, Elizabeth, and James. When James was nursing, shortly before the Revolutionary War, they immigrated to America, Landing in Charleston SC and made there way up through SC to NC, and settled in Mecklenburg County, on the headwaters of 4 mile creek and South Crooked Creek, on what is now known as the Old Concord Road about 2 miles NW from Indian Trail in 1773. In 1778 he was granted 150 acres on the headwaters of 4 mile and N Crooked Creek. He resided here until 1785, when he sold that land, and bought land down Crooked Creek near Simpson Grave Yard. All lived there, until adulthood, except William, who died at age 10, When the Revolutionary War broke out, William enlisted for military service. He was at the battle at Camden when Gen Gates was defeated on Aug 16 1780. His name is on the monument at the Old Court House in Monroe, North Carolina.

"William Simpson Family" by Ney McNeely, The Waxhaw Enterprise, 1911; reprinted in The Monroe Enquirer, "Our Heritage", Sept. 22, 1960.

Of the pioneers who settled in this section of our country, no part of the world furnished so many as Ireland, and the grudge that Ireland had against England sharpened the fighting spirit of the American colonists in the War of the Revolution. It is said that none of the Irish pioneers in America were ever Tories, and that every one able to bear arms gladly enlisted and bravely fought for the American cause. Some time prior to the Revolution there lived in the north of Ireland a youth named William Simpson, whose heart was imbued with the love of liberty and the spirit of adventure. He loved, became engaged to and married a girl named Martha Orr, and with his young wife came to America. In the year 1773 he settled on Four Mile Creek, in Mecklenburg County, and built him a little home. His soul soon became fired with the spirit of the Revolution and when the war came he enlisted anxiously and fought bravely until the conflict terminated in its glorious conclusion. This William Simpson was the progenitor of the entire Simpson family in Union (county of North Carolina). ***** In 1778 William Simpson entered 150 acres of land on the head waters of Four Mile Creek. In 1785 he bought lands from James and Margaret Orr near where South and North Crooked Creek merge.

From: AaronGFett@aol.com To: NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 14:19:48 EST Subject: [NCRowan] "Scots-Irish in the Carolinas" by Billy Kennedy pub. 1997 page 58-60 ........ The Ballymoney congregation agreed they must leave their homeland (Ireland) if life was to be made humanly bearable, and with other Covenanters (Presbyterians) they left for Charleston in South Carolina in five ships......autumn of 1772

This letter appeared in the Belfast News December 22, 1772 and was Written by the passengers of the James and Mary

"from Charles-town, Oct. 21, 1772 To Mr. James M'Vickar, Merchant in Larne

Sir, These will inform you, that we arrived here all well and in good spirits the 18th instant (five children excpeted who died in the passage) after a pleasant and agreeable passage of seven weeks and one day. -Pleasant with respect to weather, and agreeable with regard to the concord and harmony that subsisted among us all: and, to confirm what we have heard you assert, before we left Ireland, we must say, that we had more than a sufficiency of all kinds of provisions, and good in their kind: and to speak of Captain Workman, as he justly deserves, we must say with the greatest truth (and likewise with the thanks and gratitude to him) that he treated us all with the greatest tenderness and humanity: and seemed even desirous of obliging any one, whom it might be in his power to serve. If you think proper, we would be desirous you should cause these things to be inserted in the public News Letter, being sensible they will afford our friends and acquaintances great satisfaction; and we hope they may be of some use to you and Captain Workman, if you resolve to trade anymore in the passenger way. Now, in confirmation of these thngs, we subscribe ourselves as follows:

We are Sir, your most humble servants, Rev. Robert McCLINTOCK, John Peddan, Joseph Lowery, Timothy McCLINTOCK, Nathan Brown, Samuel Kerr, James Peddan, Alex. Brown, John Brown, Thomas Madill, Wm. Simpson, John McCLINTOCK, John Dicky, James Hood, John Montgomery, John Snoddy, John Caldwell, Robert Hadden, Wm. Boyd, Robt. Machesney, Wm. Eashler, Charles Miller, John Rickey, Charles Dunlop, Thos. MAKEE, James Stinson, Wm. Anderson, John Thompason, Hugh Loggan, Peter Willey, David Thompson, Hugh Mansoad, Robt. Wilson, Robt. ROSS, John Parker, James Young, Robt. Neile. p.s. We had sermons every Sabbath, which was great satisfaction to us. We omitted to let you know, that the Mate, Mr. Boal, as also the common hands, behaved with great care and benevolence toward us."



Military Service:
A soldier of the Continental Line in the Battle of Camden 1780 and until 1783.

William married Martha Orr about 1769 in Ireland. Martha (daughter of Orr and Unknown) was born about 1752 in Ireland; died on 16 Nov 1832 in Union County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: William Simpson Family Cemetery, Goose Creek, Union County, NC

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The Orr family first settled in the area of Goose Creek Township in what is now northwest Union County. Some descendants attended Philadelphia Presbyterian Church in Mint Hill, Mecklenburg County, NC. Other later descendants attended Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church north of Charlotte. Many descendants of this family were soldiers, policemen and firemen

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• Cemetery: Williams Griffin Cemetery, Ansonville Road, Union County, NC

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About 1800, Henry Williams and his family moved from Sampson County, NC, to a large plot of ground near Wingate.

Henry married Nancy Herring on 21 Aug 1792 in Sampson County, North Carolina. Nancy (daughter of Joseph Herring and Eunice "Euincy" Uzzell) was born about 1774 in Johnston County, North Carolina; died before 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cemetery: Williams Griffin Cemetery, Ansonville Road, Union County, NC

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Sampson Co., NC, on October 8, 1792, Joseph Herring deeded to his daughter, Nancy Herring Williams, a black girl named Olive -- to be received after his death. (Sampson Co., NC, deed book 9, p. 111.)

Jacob married Sarah. Sarah and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]