Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of William Tweedy
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Charles Simmons
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Salley (Simmons) Madden,
Mary S. (Simmons) Selby,
Charles Simmons,
Jane (Simmons) Franks,
Elizabeth (Simmons) Smith,
John Simmons and
William Simmons
Died
at about age 82
in Laurens County, South Carolina
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Aug 2015 | Last significant change: 21 May 2023
23:03: A Word added William Tweedy (abt.1724-aft.1806) as father of Elizabeth (Tweedy) Simmons (abt.1740-1822). [Thank A for this]
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Elizabeth Tweedy was the daughter of William Tweedy (1724-aft1806) and Catherine Pickens. She married Capt. Charles Simmons, a friend and neighbor of her father.
Deed Book E-187, 11-22-1798: We, Elizabeth Simmons, and John Simmons, widow and heirs of Charles Simmons, deceased of Laurens District SC in consideration of 500 silver dollars to Samuel Allison, 80 acres in Greenville District on the Saluda River, beginning on a beach and running N50E 40 chains to a stake, then S76E to a red oak, then S66, 16 chains to a white oak, then S40W, 21 chains to a post oak, then W 17 chains-50 links to a white oak on said river, then up said river to the beginning – originally granted Charles Simmons, deceased, as per grant recorded in the Secretary’s Office in Grant Book LL8?, page 210 of 80 acres. Signed by Elizabeth (x) Simmons and John Simmons. Witnesses were George Grace, John Bagwell, and Ezekiel Roland. Proved by oath of George Grace 25 Sept. 1799.
Supporting documents: Greenville County Deed Book E-187, 11-22-1798.
Biography
Elizabeth Tweedy Simmons was married to Charles Simmons. [1]
From Wayne Cunningham, "Deed of Gift, February 4, 1806....William Tweedy...I bear unto my son-in-law, Charles Simmons..."[2]
Mentioned in the Will of Elizabeth Simmons, written October 7, 1883:
- Salley Simmons Madden, daughter
- Elizabeth Simmons Smith, daughter
- John Garlington, trustee for daughter Jane, Executor
- Jane Franks, daughter
- John Clerck, Sheriff of Laurens County
- James Templeton son Taylor, adjacent landowner
- Nehemiah Franks, land he now resides on with Elizabeth Simmons
- William Simmons , son
- John Simmons, son
- Charles Simmons, son
- Charles Simmon, husband deceased
- James Dord, deceased adjacent land owner
- Alexander Kirkpatrick, adjacent landowner
- Bob, Anice, Nancy, Lorette, Sam, negroes given to the various children
- John Dunlap,
- Henry C. Young
- R.F. Simpson
- David Anderson, Ordy Laurens District[3]
Research Notes
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Sources
- ↑ Family History information as gathered by Mary Atkins, Sunday, March 22, 2015.
- ↑ Estate Papers, 1800-1867; General Index to Estate Papers, 1800-1931; Author: South Carolina. Probate Court (Laurens County); Probate Place: Laurens, South Carolina.[1]
- ↑ Laurens County Will Book E, p. 318, South Carolina Department of Archives and History.[2]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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~1.56%
~1.56%
M (Knight) Knight Van Deusen 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M261786 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A308366 [compare], Ancestry member grdnorose
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B59152
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Earle Gaulden :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T862997 [compare], FTDNA kit #358390
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~1.56%
Wayne Templeton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #909005
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~0.78%
David Gunn :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Mags Gaulden :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member M_Gaulden
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch UZ4085854 [compare], FTDNA kit #340555
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Gene Brooks :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A354349 [compare], Ancestry member geneamandabrooks
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~0.78%
D Templeton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T441204 [compare], FTDNA kit #527908
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Mary Atkins
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Unknown-288411 and Day-5717 are not ready to be merged because: I do not have any information on Elizabeth having the Surname of Day.
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