John Simmons1,2

b. 9 October 1790, d. 1 October 1868
John Simmons|b. 9 Oct 1790\nd. 1 Oct 1868|p6101.htm|Robert Simmons|b. c 1763\nd. 1830|p6234.htm|Ann Miller|b. 28 Sep 1762\nd. 1843|p6235.htm|John Simmons||p6294.htm|Ann Pickens|b. 26 Nov 1747|p6293.htm|Robert Miller|b. bt 1717 - 1727\nd. 1781|p6261.htm|Jean (Jane) Pickens|b. 1738\nd. a May 1803|p6262.htm|

Great-grandfather of William Lemuel Horn Jr.
3rd great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Horn and Allied Families
Appears on charts:
Pedigree for William Lemuel Horn II
     John Simmons was born on 9 October 1790 in South Carolina.2 He was the son of Robert Simmons and Ann Miller.3 He married Naomi Jared, daughter of Captain William Jared and Elizabeth Raulston, on 5 October 1815 in Buffalo Valley, Jackson County, Tennessee.2,1,4,5 Click to view image He died on 1 October 1868 in Wright County, Missouri, at age 77.2,6,4 He was buried in Old Mountain Grove Cemetery, also called Old Pioneer's Cemetery, Wright County, Missouri.6,1,7
     
     As a boy John Simmons accompanied his parents to what is now in Franklinton, Washington Parish, Louisiana. When British invasion of Louisiana appeared eminent he joined the 13th Louisiana Militia.6 He enlisted at Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and served as a private in Captain William Bickham's Company, 13th Louisiana Volunteer Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Warner, Commander. He was in the Battle of New Orleans and appears in the Company Muster Rolls as follows: 23 Dec 1814 to 31 Jan 1815, 23 Dec 1814 to 10 Mar 1815 (Rolls dated New Orleans), 31 Jan 1815 - Parish of St. Tammany, LA, 10 Mar 1815, signed - O.L. Taylor.1,8 He was honorably discharged on 10 March 1815 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and afterward returned with his brother-in-law, Colonel James Raulston, to Jackson County, Tennessee, who returned to Nashville with his Regiment where it was discharged on 15 May 1815. There he met and married Colonel Raulston's niece, Naomi Jared.1,6 John and Naomi migrated to Perry County, Missouri, then to Carroll County, Arkansas, Greene County, Missouri, where John received bounty land for War of 1812 service, then to Oregon County, Missouri, and finally to Wright County, Missouri, where John died in 1868.1

Additional Data

John Simmons appeared on the 1820 U.S. Census in Jackson County, Tennessee. In his household were three males under ten; one male 10-16; one male 26-45; two females under ten; one female 26-45; two engaged in agriculture; one engaged in commerce.9 Click to view image

John Simmons appeared on the 1830 U.S. Census in Jackson County, Tennessee. In his household were two males under 5; two males 5-10; one male 20-30; two females under 5; one female 5-10; one female 30-40.10 Click to view image

Heirs of Robert Simmons entered into an agreement with Robert M. Simmons dated 13 January 1844, whereby Robert M. Simmons relinquished all right, title and interest in the personal property of the estate to the other heirs who signed the agreement, and the other heirs relinquished their right in the tract of land "whereon the deceased died bounded on the west by the Bogue Chitto, north by Jesse Day, East by R. M. Simmons, South by J. M. Simmons," provided R. M. Simmons was to be responsible to the absent heirs (Elizabeth Wills, Jane Rautsen, John Simmons, Anna Williams.) Signed by W. W. Simmons, Rebeca Dias, Eleanor C. Day, William Day, James R. Williams, Robert M. Simmons).11

John and Naomi Simmons appeared on the 1 June 1860 Federal Census of Hartville, Wright County, Missouri, enumerated 14 September 1860.12 Click to view image

Children of John Simmons and Naomi Jared

Citations

  1. [S643] Letter from Frank A. Robinett (Amarillo, Texas) to Mrs. Annie Laura Yates, 24 January 1940; Laura M. Cooper (1804 Holm Oak St., Arlington, Texas). Original was held by Naomi Yates Whitaker, now deceased, of Fort Worth, Texas, daughter of Mrs. Yates. She gave the writer a copy about 1984; present owner of the original is not known.
  2. [S638] Eleanor McAllister Hall, The Book of Jared Supplement (Salt Lake City: n.pub., 1981), 50.
  3. [S672] Bob Thompson, Gedcom, "Robert Miller Family File," to Laura M. Cooper (Arlington, Texas), 11 October 1998.
  4. [S646] Naomi Simmons application for widow's pension (John Simmons, private, 13th Louisiana Militia, War of 1812); Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1960; Records of the Veterans Administration, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington.
  5. [S637] Eleanor McAllister Hall, The Book of Jared, The Family Record of John Jared whose ancestors and descendants run the gamut of America's history (Salt Lake City: Publisher's Press, 1963), 23, copy of the original family record from the Jared bible.
  6. [S637] Eleanor McAllister Hall, The Book of Jared, 289.
  7. [S669] Old Mountain Grove Cemetery, Wright County, Missouri, online <http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mo/wright/cemeteries/…>, John Simmons gravestone, row 13.
  8. [S647] John Simmons bounty-land application (private, 13th Louisiana Militia, War of 1812); Case Files of Bounty-Land Applications Based on Service between 1812 and 1855; Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1960; Records of the Veterans Administration, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington.
  9. [S644] John Simmons household, 1820 U.S. Census, Jackson County, Tennessee, page 81; National Archives micropublication M33, roll 123.
  10. [S645] John Simmons household, 1830 U.S. Census, Jackson County, Tennessee, page 158; National Archives micropublication M19, roll 177.
  11. [S672] Bob Thompson Gedcom, 11 October 1998, citing legal Records of Washington Parish, Vol. I, p. 26, comp. by E. Russ Williams.
  12. [S640] John Simmons household, 1860 U.S. Census, Wright County, Missouri, population schedule, Hartville, page 110, dwelling 713, family 704; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 660.
  13. [S637] Eleanor McAllister Hall, The Book of Jared, 290.
  14. [S637] Eleanor McAllister Hall, The Book of Jared, 290, 323.
  15. [S637] Eleanor McAllister Hall, The Book of Jared, 290, 338.
  16. [S637] Eleanor McAllister Hall, The Book of Jared, 290, 339.
  17. [S637] Eleanor McAllister Hall, The Book of Jared, 290, 349.