Isaac Kornegay Bible
Contributed by Sloan Mason
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.
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