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John A. Simpson 1789 – 1869 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 09 Jan 1789

Birth Location: Guilford, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 23 Aug 1869

Death Location: Coffee, Tennessee, USA

Father: Peter Simpson

Mother: Elizabeth Cunningham

Spouse(s): Parthenia Waters, Parthena Waters

Children(s): Jesse Simpson, Betty Simpson, John Simpson, John Simpson, Elizabeth Simpson, Jesse Simpson, Hugh Simpson, James Simpson, William Simpson, Mary Simpson, Cletus Simpson, Peter Simpson, John Simpson, Andrew Simpson, America Simpson, John Simpson

Early life: John A. Simpson Jr arrived in Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1789, born to Peter Ryan Simpson and Elizabeth May Cunningham. Over time, John A. Simpson Jr formed a family with Parthenia Waters and Parthena Waters, which included Jesse H Simpson, Betty Ann Simpson, John Monroe Simpson, John B. Simpson, Elizabeth Simpson, Jesse Simpson, Hugh Simpson, James Monroe Simpson, William Floyd Simpson, Mary "Polly" Simpson, Cletus Simpson, Peter Simpson, John M. Simpson, Andrew Jackson Simpson, America Simpson and John Beatty Simpson. John A. Simpson Jr concluded life in Coffee, Tennessee, USA in 1869.

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Parents

Peter Simpson
1770 – 1850
Birth Location: Guilford, North Carolina, USA
PS
Elizabeth Cunningham
1771 – 1850
Birth Location: Rockingham, North Carolina, USA
EC

Spouses(s)

Parthenia Waters
1795 – 1883
Birth Location: Caswell, North Carolina, United States = Kentucky
PW
Parthena Waters
1795 – 1883
Birth Location: Caswell, North Carolina, United States
PW

Children(s)

Jesse Simpson
1810 – 1811
Birth Location: Gibson, Indiana, United States
JS
Betty Simpson
1810 – 1811
Birth Location: –
BS
John Simpson
1810 – 1811
Birth Location: Gibson, Indiana, United States
JS
John Simpson
1812 – 1879
Birth Location: Bladen, North Carolina, United States
JS
Elizabeth Simpson
1816 – 1851
Birth Location: Gibson, Indiana, United States
ES
Jesse Simpson
1818 –
Birth Location: Gibson, Indiana, United States
JS
Hugh Simpson
1818 – 1818
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
HS
James Simpson
1820 – 1886
Birth Location: Gibson County, IN
JS
William Simpson
1824 – 1895
Birth Location: Gibson, Indiana, USA
WS
Mary Simpson
1825 – 1878
Birth Location: IN
MS
Cletus Simpson
1826 –
Birth Location: Indiana, United States
CS
Peter Simpson
1826 – 1878
Birth Location: Gibson County, Indiana, USA
PS
John Simpson
1832 – 1912
Birth Location: Todd County, Kentucky, United States of America
JS
Andrew Simpson
1834 – 1875
Birth Location: Gibson Co., IN
AS
America Simpson
1834 – 1875
Birth Location: Gibson County, Indiana, USA
AS
John Simpson
1812 – 1879
Birth Location: Bladen, North Carolina, United States
JS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 09 Jan 1789
    Event Place: probably in Guilford County, North Carolina or in 1792, per census 1850
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, 1870 United States Federal Census, Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1870; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M593_316; Page: 287A; Family History Library Film: 545815, Year: 1860; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M653_260; Page: 773; Family History Library Film: 803260, Source number: 1770.061; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1, Year: 1850; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M432_147; Page: 51A; Image: 107

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 09 Jan 1789
    Event Place: Guilford, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1850 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, 1870 United States Federal Census, 1870 United States Federal Census, Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1870; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M593_316; Page: 287A; Family History Library Film: 545815, Year: 1860; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M653_260; Page: 773; Family History Library Film: 803260, Source number: 1770.128; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1, Year: 1850; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M432_147; Page: 51A; Image: 107, Year: 1860; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M653_260; Page: 773; Family History Library Film: 803260, Year: 1850; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M432_147; Page: 51A; Image: 107, Source number: 1770.128; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1, Source number: 1770.061; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1, Year: 1870; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M593_316; Page: 287A; Family History Library Film: 545815

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1806
    Event Place: Duplin, North Carolina
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1810
    Event Place: Bladen, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1810 United States Federal Census, 1810 United States Federal Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Bladen, North Carolina; Roll: 42; Page: 200; Image: 00020; Family History Library Film: 0337915, Year: 1810; Census Place: Bladen, North Carolina; Roll: 42; Page: 200; Image: 00020; Family History Library Film: 0337915

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 6 Aug 1810
    Event Place: Bladen, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1810 United States Federal Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Bladen, North Carolina; Roll: 42; Page: 200; Image: 00020; Family History Library Film: 0337915

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1820
    Record Source: 1820 United States Federal Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Gibson, Indiana; Page: 249; NARA Roll: M33_13; Image: 260, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Bladen, North Carolina; Page: 148; NARA Roll: M33_82; Image: 91

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 7 Aug 1820
    Event Place: Gibson, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1820 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1830
    Event Place: Gibson, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, 1830; Census Place: Gibson, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 26; Page: 142; Family History Library Film: 0007715

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1840
    Event Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1840
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Page: 59

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M432_147; Page: 51A; Image: 107, Year: 1850; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M432_147; Page: 51A; Image: 107

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Montgomery, , Gibson, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M653_260; Page: 773; Family History Library Film: 803260

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M653_260; Page: 773; Family History Library Film: 803260, Year: 1860; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M653_260; Page: 773; Family History Library Film: 803260

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M593_316; Page: 287A; Family History Library Film: 545815, Year: 1870; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M593_316; Page: 287A; Family History Library Film: 545815

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Montgomery, Owensville, Gibson, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M593_316; Page: 287A; Family History Library Film: 545815

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 04 Feb 1875
    Event Place: Gibson, Indiana, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Indiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Web: Indiana, U.S., Deaths, Pre-1882, Probate Records; Author: Indiana. Circuit Court (Gibson County); Probate Place: Gibson, Indiana

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 04 Feb 1875
    Event Place: Gibson, Indiana, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Probate Records; Author: Indiana. Circuit Court (Gibson County); Probate Place: Gibson, Indiana

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 Aug 1869
    Event Place: Coffee, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, WEB: Indiana, Deaths, Pre-1882, Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Pre-1882 Indiana Deaths; Description: Crossing County Lines: A Collection of Five-Generation Charts (Princeton, Ind.: Gibson County Historical Society, Inc., n.d.).: p. 1

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Johnson, Gibson County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Owensville, Gibson County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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