Jones County, NC - Bible Records File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Martha Mewborn Marble <mmarble@erols.com> KORNEGAY, SIMMONS, WATKINS, TEATE BIBLE A typed copy of the Bible found at NSDAR Library in Washington, DC, Mississippi GRC Vol 1934 p135. Information on location sent by Roger Kammerer and posted with permission of the DAR Library. This Bible was located in West Point, Mississippi. Bible published by A. C. Goodman & Co. in 1850 I, Hettie Cooper Watkins, copied the following births from the old family Bible of my Great grand Father Isaac Kornegay July 31, 1909. Isaac Kornegay was born April 15th 1766 Hester Hargett Kornegay his wife was born May 21st 1772 The following sons and daughters was born unto them Hargett Kornegay was born on Friday September 17th 1793 Abraham Bryan was born January 9th 1795 Nancy was born Sunday morning August 7th 1796 Isler was born Friday January 9th 1799 Isaac was born Friday October 31, 1800 Lewis Williams was born Wednesday August 10, 1803 Hester was born Tuesday September 3rd 1805 Immanuel was born Tuesday May 26, 1807 Polly was born Thursday December 22, 1808 Ahasuerus was born Tuesday April 5th 1814 Eliza was born Friday January 12th 1816 William Simmons Kornegay born Saturday evening April 27th 1816 (He must have been a grandson as he and Eliza was born in the same year) William Bryant Watkins son of S. G. and Pollie Watkins was born 4th of February 1831 Catherine Brock Kornegay second wife of Isaac Kornegay was born October 13th 1772 Easther Aldridge (maiden name) Wooten (widow) Kornegay third wife of Isaac Kornegay was born January 22nd 1789 (she was Aunt Dollies Grandmother) Caroline Kornegay daughter of Isaac and Easther Kornegay was born September 16, 1831 (She was Aunt Dollies Mother) Clarissa Kornegay daughter of Isaac and Esther his wife was born 17th September 1833 Tuesday half past three Oclock Peter Bond Wooten was born August 4th 1826 (this was a son of Esther Aldrich Wooten when she married Isaac Kornegay, half brother to Caroline and Clarissa Kornegay but no kin to the rest of the Kornegays) Thomas Jefferson Teate was born July 26, 1816 in NC (Aunt Dollies father) Manasseh Zelmonah daughter of Caroline Thomas Jefferson Teate was born 20th March 1855 (Aunt Dollie) Thomas Abner Teate son of Thomas J. Teate and Caroline Teate ws born 19th August 1857 Cornelia Theodosa Teate was born October 16th 1859 Harriet (Hattie) Louisa Teate was born September 11th 1863 Annie Lee Simmons daughter of William Lamb Simmons and Manasseh his wife was born Oct 23th 1880 (Dollie) Ada May daughter of W. L. and M. Z. Simmons born 8th August 1888, dead Jessie Viola daughter of David Tray Connell and Hattie Louise his wife was born August 11th 1880 Isaac Kornegay and Hester Hargett was married 18th March 1792 Hargett Kornegay their son was married to Susannah Simmons on Thursday 20th of April 1815 Isler Kornegay their son was married to Sallie Hines November 9th 1824 Stephen Gilmore Watkins and Pollie Kornegay their daughter was married 22th December 1829 Louis Williams Kornegay their son and Sarah Keaton was married April 13th 1830 John Whitfield and Nancy Kornegay their daughter married 6th June 1819 George Washington Simmons and Hester Kornegay their daughter married August 14th 1823 William Goodson and Nancy Kornegay Whitfield their daughter married April 1828 James Windows and Eliza Kornegay their daughter was married 27th March 1833 Isaac and Catherine Brock his second wife was married 23rd May 1819 Isaac Kornegay and Easter Aldridge Wooten his third wife was married 5th December 1830 Thomas Jefferson Teate and Caroline Kornegay daughter of Isaac and Esther A. W. Kornegay was married 4th June 1850 William Taylor and Clarissa Kornegay daughter of Isaac and Easter A.W. Kornegay was married about 1846. She married a Methis Preacher and lived in Georgia. William Lamb Simmons and Manasseh Zelmonah Teate daughter of Thomas J. and Caroline Teate married 20th March 1872 Thomas Jefferson Teate son of Thomas J. and Caroline Teate married Nora Luten Wednesday September 4th 1884 C. T. Teate married Laura High about 1882 James Clarence Moody and Annie Lee Simmons daughter of William Lamb and Manasseh Zelmonah Simmons was married 27 March 1902 Thomas Jefferson (son) Teat married his second wife Mary Frances Lousiana Simmons (maiden name) Shepard (widow) March 27th 1873 G. H. Watkins and Hettie Cooper married April 1870 Came to Mississippi 1832 from Duplin County, North Carolina George W. Simmons and Hester Kornegay was married the 14th of August 1823 Williams Cooper and Ann. I. Simmons was married the 29th of August 1850 Dudley Kornegay and Eliza C. Simmons was married the 13th of May 1852 Samuel S. Simmons and S. J. Spears were married 14th of Sept. 1854 at 5 o'clcock by the Reve, Abe Harris Ann I. Cooper daughter of Geo. W. and Hester Simmons was married to Geo. M. Mullen on the 12th day of March 1860 Samuel S. Simmons was married to Miss Clarra E. Israil (sic) on the 1st day of October 1860 Alfred Simmons was married to Martha M. Brewer on the 2nd Dec 1858 Pennie D. Simmons and George W. Morrow were married November the 28th A. D. 1860 F. H. Simmons and Elizabeth Hill was married the 29th of January 1864 G. W. Simmons and S. O. Israel was married the 21st September 1863 Fannie L. Simmons and J. M. Shepherd were married Feb the 25th 1863 ? BIRTHS George W. (Washington) Simmons was borne the 28th of September 1794 Hester his wife was borne the 3rd of September 1805 Alfred Simmons their son was borne the 10th of January 1825 Frederick H. Simmons was borne the 26th of November 1827 Ann Isler Simmons was borne the 25th of September 1829 Samuel S. Simmons was borne the 13th of June 1831 Eliza C. Simmons was borne 27th of February 1833 Isaac Daniel Simmons was borne the 26th of January 1836 Penelope D. Simmons was borne the 23rd of February 1838 George W. Simmons was borne the 17th of July 1840 Mary Frances Louasana Simmons was borne the 28th of May 1845 William Lamb Simmons was borne the 20th of November 1846 Mary Cooper was born July 18th 1851 (grand child) George Nathan (Simmons) was born the 19th of February 1856 (G. child) Hetty Cooper was borne the 12th of March 1854 (Grand child) John Cooper was borne the 30th of Jan ?? 1856 Willie Eugene Sheppard born August 26th 1870 Alonza G. Morrow was borne September the 10 1862 Penelope E. Morrow was borne July the 15, 1866 Jeff Mullen was born on the 18th of December 1860 John Mullen was born on the 16th of January 1863 Cooper Mullen was born on the 23rd day of March 1866 Thaddeus Hargrett Watkins Born Sept 12th 1832 Hettie Cooper Born March 12th 1854 Stephen Gilmore Watkins Born September 14th 1871 William Allen Watkins Born March 1sy 1874 Rufus Edward Watkins Born January 11th 1876 Mary Ruth Watkins Born May 28th 1892 (Great Grand child of G. W. & Hester Simmons) Mary Ruth Watkins married George William Grimes Oct. 28 1903 George W. Grimes Died July 1904 Mary Ruth W. Grimes married John Rains Egger Dec. 7-1910 Hettie Ruth Egger Born Nov. 3-1911 John Gilmore Egger Born March 7-1915 DEATHS Isaac D. Simmons died the 29th of September 1843 Eliza C. Simmons died the 22nd of February 1853 Sarah Jane Simmons died the 22nd of April 1856 John Cooper died the 16th of December 1856 Alfred Simmons died the 22nd of October 1861 Penelope D. Morrow died August the 19th 1866 S. S. Simmons died the 12th of October 1867 at 8 oclock PM George W. (Washington) Simmons Syn departed this life the 22nd of February 1871 (my grandfather) Departed this life after weeks of suffering which she bore with great fortitude on Monday the 8th day of Dec. 186??8, Ann. I. Mullen wife of Geo. M. Mullen aged 30 years, 2 mo, and 23 days Hester Kornegay Simmons wife of George Washington Simmons departed this life December 17th 1890 Abraham Brian Kornegay died 9th June 1795 William Kornegay Son (sic) died 22th June 1812 (this William Kornegay was father to Isaac Kornegay my Great Grand Father) Joseph, Son of William Kornegay died 31st January 1769 Anna Greer died December 7th 1780 Mary Ernal died the 5 January 1787 Elizabeth Kornegay wife of William Kornegay died 30th of April 1821 being 78 years old Hester Hargett Kornegay wife of Isaac Kornegay died 9th of October 1817. (I know she is my Great Grandmother and Thad Grandmother on his mothers side? Zilpha Outlaw died 24th August 1818 Caty Kornegay died 20th December 1828 (could be 1823 mmm) Elizabeth Wooten departed this life 10th October 1834 Isaac Kornegay departed this life March 29th 1838 and funeral was preached by Elder William J. Finley May (sic) 31st 1838 from Reverlation 14th Chapter and 13 verse Caroline wife of Thos. Jefferson Teate died June 30, 1867 Monday morning 5 oclock NOTE: There appears to be one additional entry at the bottom but it was cut off on the original copy. __________________________________________________________________________ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. 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