FORWARDED MESSAGE: PLEASE REPLY TO TTVvVY@aol.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <TTVvVY@aol.com> To: <TNWHITE-L-request@rootsweb.com>; <SIMPSON-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 9:25 PM Subject: African American Simpsons > Greetings, > I am looking for info on any African American Simpsons who have > ancestors that were from White Co. Tenn. Specifically, I'm looking for the > descendents of Mariah Simpson. Below is some background info... > > Richard Simpson, 8th child of Jesse and Mary, of Va. , was a Presbyterian > minister. He wore a long frock coat and tall hat. He was a wealthy man and > owned several slaves, land, and other property. The slaves did the farming. > The 1870 census shows names of slaves who remained in his home after they had > been freed: Mariah(black), mother and son, Mason(black), Edward(mulatta), > Frank(mulatta). Moriah had also one boy named Richard, a girl named 'Sal'; > perhaps others, but at the time of the 1870 census, the "others" were not in > the Simpson household. Mariah, at the time a mother of a babe herself,also > wet-nursed Martha 'Mattie' Arminda Simpson, when her mother Amy Arminda died. > Amy Arminda was Richards 3rd wife. > Various family members recall that Mariah was bought for $800 dollars when > she was just 16 years old and that she and her family took the name Simpson. > Possibly some of her descendents still live in White Co,Tn. > Mariah was born in Ga., but is believed to have died in White Co. TN, in Oct. > of 1919 at the age of 90. > There was a Frank Simpson that was lynched in Lexington, TN in 1896, but no > way to know if he was the same as above. There was also a granddaughter named > Patsy. > No other info available. Please help! > > > Eric Simpson > >