The Croatan Indians of Sampson County, North Carolina : their origin and racial status : a plea for separate schools . They also haveseveral sons and daughters. SKETCH OF THE SIMMONS FAMILY William Simmons, the father of most all of the Simmonsof Sampson County, was born in the eastern part of SampsonCounty, near Faison, N. C. In early life he married one Pen-ny Winn, of Wayne County, N. C. William Simmons is nowdead, but he has often told the writer that he was of purewhite and Indian descent, and judging from his features andgeneral characteristics, we are quite sure that his statementswere
The Croatan Indians of Sampson County, North Carolina : their origin and racial status : a plea for separate schools . They also haveseveral sons and daughters. SKETCH OF THE SIMMONS FAMILY William Simmons, the father of most all of the Simmonsof Sampson County, was born in the eastern part of SampsonCounty, near Faison, N. C. In early life he married one Pen-ny Winn, of Wayne County, N. C. William Simmons is nowdead, but he has often told the writer that he was of purewhite and Indian descent, and judging from his features andgeneral characteristics, we are quite sure that his statementswere true, he having long black hair, and prominent cheekbones, and his color corresponding very strikingly with thereal Indian. His wife is living, and resides near Clinton, James Simmons, one of the sons of William and PennySimmons, is a very prominent farmer, and has accumulatedquite a lot of real estate; also his other brothers have shown agood share of industry, which has resulted in a similar accum-ulation. Percy Simmons married the daughter of Hardy 62 The; Croatan Indians of Sampson County. WILLIAM SIMMONS Sampson County BLTSY J. SIMMONSSampson County BETSY J. SIMMONS The subject of this sketch was formerly Betsy J. Thornton. Shemarried Green Simmons in 1843 in Clinton. She is the mother ofWilliam Simmons and has numerous grandchildren residing in Samp-son County who claim to be free from all negro blood. Betsy hadgrey eyes, straight hair, high cheek bones, and in general appearancewas half Indian and half white. WILLIAM SIMMONS The subject of this sketch lived in South Clinton Township, Samp-son County, but died a few years ago. His wife, still living, wasPenny Winn who lived near Neuse River in Wayne County. Williamsmother was Winnie Medline, who married Jim Simmons in Fayette-ville, and she made an affidavit in 1902, in order that her son Williamcould vote under the grandfather clause, that her mother was a whitewoman and that her father was an Indian.
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