My Great-Great-Grandmother, Catherine Lefleur Simmons. Her husband my Great-Great-Grandfather, William Elihue (Hugh) Simmons, Jr. His father William Elihue Simmons, Sr., was his slave master. My Great-Great-Great-grandmother, Ellen Snow Simmons, was his bed wench and was impregnated by William, Sr., and bore him a son. William, Sr., had no wife, so he immediately freed his new born son, my Great-Great-grandfather, Hugh, Jr. He treated Hugh, Jr., as a son, he taught him medicine and even put 39 slaves in his name to avoid head taxes in Prince William County (William Hugh, Sr., land straddled two counties) (It was against Virginia law to tax children). After the Civil War, my Great-Great-Great-grandmother, Ellen Snow Simmons, took Hugh, Jr., and left for Mississippi, we don't know what happened to Hugh, Sr., maybe he was killed in the Civil War.
In Mississippi, Hugh Jr. met Catherine Lefleur, a full blooded Native American of the Mississippi band of Choctaws. My great-great-grandparents Hugh and Catherine married and had nine children in this order: Andrew, Ollie, Lucillius, Nola, Paul, Thaud, Isadora, Mitchell and Pellum.
* My Great-Great-Great-Grandmother, Ellen Snow Simmons, was born in Africa and was illegally kidnapped at the age of 14. Her kidnap was illegal because it occurred after The War of 1812. The British made a mandate in 1807 against the importation of slaves to the New World. The penalty if caught with slaves was life at the lowest rank in the British Navy.
In Mississippi, Hugh Jr. met Catherine Lefleur, a full blooded Native American of the Mississippi band of Choctaws. My great-great-grandparents Hugh and Catherine married and had nine children in this order: Andrew, Ollie, Lucillius, Nola, Paul, Thaud, Isadora, Mitchell and Pellum.
* My Great-Great-Great-Grandmother, Ellen Snow Simmons, was born in Africa and was illegally kidnapped at the age of 14. Her kidnap was illegal because it occurred after The War of 1812. The British made a mandate in 1807 against the importation of slaves to the New World. The penalty if caught with slaves was life at the lowest rank in the British Navy.
My Great-Great-Grandmother, Catherine Lefleur Simmons. Her husband my Great-Great-Grandfather, William Elihue (Hugh) Simmons, Jr. His father William Elihue Simmons, Sr., was his slave master. My Great-Great-Great-grandmother, Ellen Snow Simmons, was his bed wench and was impregnated by William, Sr., and bore him a son. William, Sr., had no wife, so he immediately freed his new born son, my Great-Great-grandfather, Hugh, Jr. He treated Hugh, Jr., as a son, he taught him medicine and even put 39 slaves in his name to avoid head taxes in Prince William County (William Hugh, Sr., land straddled two counties) (It was against Virginia law to tax children). After the Civil War, my Great-Great-Great-grandmother, Ellen Snow Simmons, took Hugh, Jr., and left for Mississippi, we don't know what happened to Hugh, Sr., maybe he was killed in the Civil War.
In Mississippi, Hugh Jr. met Catherine Lefleur, a full blooded Native American of the Mississippi band of Choctaws. My great-great-grandparents Hugh and Catherine married and had nine children in this order: Andrew, Ollie, Lucillius, Nola, Paul, Thaud, Isadora, Mitchell and Pellum.
* My Great-Great-Great-Grandmother, Ellen Snow Simmons, was born in Africa and was illegally kidnapped at the age of 14. Her kidnap was illegal because it occurred after The War of 1812. The British made a mandate in 1807 against the importation of slaves to the New World. The penalty if caught with slaves was life at the lowest rank in the British Navy.
In Mississippi, Hugh Jr. met Catherine Lefleur, a full blooded Native American of the Mississippi band of Choctaws. My great-great-grandparents Hugh and Catherine married and had nine children in this order: Andrew, Ollie, Lucillius, Nola, Paul, Thaud, Isadora, Mitchell and Pellum.
* My Great-Great-Great-Grandmother, Ellen Snow Simmons, was born in Africa and was illegally kidnapped at the age of 14. Her kidnap was illegal because it occurred after The War of 1812. The British made a mandate in 1807 against the importation of slaves to the New World. The penalty if caught with slaves was life at the lowest rank in the British Navy.
