HON. JOSIAH SIMPSON,  Was the fifth son of William and Isabella Wilson Simpson, He was born January 8, 1787and he was educated at Princeton College. He married a Miss Ann Stanard of Frederick county, Virginia, daughter of Wliliam Stanard and Elizabeth H Carter. After their marriage Josiah and his wife moved to Mississippi and settled in Natchez, Mississippi, where he practiced law. Of this union a child was born named Columbia Elizabeth Simpson born 1815. He was commissoned as a Territorial Judge of Mississippi  on Feb 18, 1812 and then again on Feb 9, 1816. He died September 21, 1817 at Green Hill near the city of Natchez. The following obituary notice appeared in the Natchez Intelligencer: "Died at Green Hill near the City of Natchez, Hon. Josiah Simpson, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the U. S., after a short and severe illness of Yellow Fever. On the following evening the corpse was conveyed to the Presbyterian church of Natchez where it was met by the Co. of the Royal Natchez Chapter of Harmony Lodge and A. M. M. 23, and Andrew Jackson Lodge No. 15 and A. M., and after divine service by Rev. Daniel Smith, was interred in the Cemetery of the City with Masonic Ceremonies. He was educated at Princeton College, N. J."   Simpson County Mississippi was named in 1824 for Josiah Simpson For further info on the Simpson Family, click on a link on the right Columbia E Simpson Records Of Josiah Simpson The Letters

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