Hi, Myrlene. This would be before my Lemuel was in Weakley County, and she would have been older than him. However, there is a Lemuel Simmons in Currituck Co, NC, who dies around 1799; his wife was Susanna. There are several documents referenced at the web site below, but none names any children except Thomas that I can find. The site: www.rootsweb.com/~nccurrit/index.html Put the surname or a whole in the search box (use quotes for a whole name: "lemuel simmons"). Sorry I can't help. Sylvia ---- don hastings <mdhastings@centurytel.net> wrote: > The name Lemuel D. Simmons caught my interest. We have hit a brick wall on > our gggrandmother, Allena(Helena, Galena, Alena) Simmons. Census shows she > was b. 1796 in N.C. She married Miles Jackson b. 1799 Va. They were in > Henry co. Tn. in the 1820's and came to Izard Co.Ar. before 1840. One son > was named Lemuel DeBerry Jackson b. 13 July 1829 Tn. The name Lemuel was > carried down through future generations. Does anyone connect or recoganize > this family?? Would appreciate any help. Myrlene Jackson Hastings