COSHOCTON COUNTY OHIO - Col. William Simmons Individual Soldier Information ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Antje Darling antje@sunnet.net August 4, 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Veteran of the Revolution On Memorial day, (May 30,) Col. P. Metham and John Frew of Perry Tp., located the grave of Col. William Simmons, a revolutionary soldier. The place of his burial is on th land belonging to the James Foster estate, west of this village, on the hill north of the barn. In 1800, William Simmons recieved a patent from John Adams, as President of the United States, for 4000 acres of land. It covered the South-east one fourth of Jefferson township. William Simmons had been a Colonel in the war of independence, (at least, that is the traditionary account) and had received this patent as part, or full compensation for his services. There is no very authentic account of either his arrival in this locality, nor of his death. The County records show that he conveyed a part of this 4000 acres in 1823, that in 1826 his heirs conveyed a part of said 4000 acres, reciting in the deed that they were the heirs of William Simmons. So it is evident that he died between 1823 and 1826. Warsaw is located upon a part of the Simmons section. There is nothing to mark the last resting place of this old hero. This should not be. Both because he was a Soldier of the Revolution, and because he was the pioneer on the lands where our town now stands. Some sort of a monument should be raised to his memory. Before that can be done, however, we should gather all the information possible in regard to him. THE NEUTRAL has agreed to undertake this work. There are none of the descendents of William Simmons in this State, so far as known. Mrs. Josephine Carhart, a daughter of William Simmons, resided in the brick house, first west of Warsaw, on the land of James Foster estate, but about 1853 she, with her husband, removed to Iowa. If this short article falls under the eye of any one who can give any information in regard to any of the descendants of William Simmons, will they be kind enough to write to this paper? Please note: This was an article in one of our scrapbooks. I am almost sure this was written before the History of Coshocton County, 1881 was published.