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Peter Ryan Simpson 1770 – 1850 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1770

Birth Location: , Guilford, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: May 1850

Death Location: Bert Community (Woodbury), Cannon, Tennessee, USA

Father: Thomas Simpson

Mother: Mary Knight

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Cunningham, Polly Grindstaff

Children(s): John Simpson, Valentine Simpson, John Simpson

According to available records, Peter Ryan Simpson Sr. was born in 1770 in , Guilford, North Carolina, USA, the child of Thomas Calvin Simpson and Mary Charity Knight. Following those early years, Peter Ryan Simpson Sr. married Elizabeth Cunningham and Polly Grindstaff, and their family grew to include John A. Simpson, Valentine Wright Simpson and John Simpson. In the later years of life, Peter Ryan Simpson Sr. died in 1850 in Bert Community (Woodbury), Cannon, Tennessee, USA.

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Parents

Thomas Simpson
1739 – 1833
Birth Location: St George Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
TS
Mary Knight
1751 – 1836
Birth Location: St Georges Parish, (Spesutia Church), Baltimore, Maryland
MK

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Cunningham
1770 – 1850
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States of America
EC
Polly Grindstaff
Birth Location: –
PG

Children(s)

John Simpson
1789 – 1869
Birth Location: Guilford, North Carolina, United States
JS
Valentine Simpson
1794 – 1860
Birth Location: Union, North Carolina, United States
VS
John Simpson
1800 – 1869
Birth Location: Danbury, Stokes County, North Carolina
JS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1770
    Event Place: , Guilford, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Source number: 1770.083; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 26; Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Crafts and Bry

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1786
    Event Place: Gillespies Companyst, Duplin County, NC
    Record Source: North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1790
    Event Place: Guilford, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1790 United States Federal Census, Year: 1790; Census Place: Guilford, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 504; Image: 294; Family History Library Film: 0568147

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1810
    Event Place: Nashville, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: 1810 United States Federal Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Nashville, Rutherford, Tennessee; Roll: 63; Page: 6; Image: 00010; Family History Library Film: 0218687

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1820
    Event Place: Warren, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: 1820 United States Federal Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Warren, Tennessee; Page: 315; NARA Roll: M33_122; Image: 279

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1830
    Event Place: Rutherford, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, 1830; Census Place: Rutherford, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 179; Page: 289; Family History Library Film: 0024537

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1840
    Event Place: Cannon, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Cannon, Tennessee; Roll: 519; Page: 135; Family History Library Film: 0024543

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Guilford, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: May 1850
    Event Place: Bert Community (Woodbury), Cannon, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 26; Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Crafts and Bry, Will Books, 1836-1895, Cannon County, Tennessee; Author: Historical Records Project (Tennessee); Probate Place: Cannon, Tennessee

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cannon County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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