Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSimon HADLEY 
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689Birth Date1 Mar 1760
Birth PlaceCumberland County, North Carolina
Death Date14 May 1835 Age: 75
Death PlaceThomas County, Georgia
Burial PlaceGrady County, Georgia, Hadley-Brown Cemetery
OccupationRevolutionary War Soldier
FatherThomas HADLEY (1728-1781)
MotherMary THOMPSON (1728-1795)
Notes for Simon HADLEY
Simon Hadley b. 1 March 1760 Newfields, Orange Co., N.C.-d. 14 May 1835 Thomas Co., Ga. was the son of Thomas Hadley and Mary Thompson. There were five sons and three daughters in his immediate family. His ancestors were of Irish descent and his own family was Quaker. He m. abt. 1783 Jane Lafayette Wilkinson b. 29 June 1767 N.C.-d. 27 November 1829 Thomas Co., Ga. Her parents are unknown. Their children were:
I. Thomas J. b. 1784 N.C. -d. 1813 Jasper Co., Ga. m. 1803 Mary Caroline Slappey b. 1785 Jasper, Ga.-d. ? She was the daughter of Jacob and Margaret Slappey. After the death of Thomas, she m. 1820 Jasper Co., Ga. John W. Compton. Their children were:
1 Simon Peter b. 1805 Oglethorpe Co., Ga.-d. abt. 1868 Leon Co. Tex. m. 19 December 1848 Grimes Co., Tex. Sarah Benton Davis b. 1826 Middleton, Tenn.-d. 1888 Limestone Co., Tex. She was the daughter of Christopher Davis.
2 Thomas T. b. 1807 Ga.-d. 11 October 1834 Monticello, Jefferson Co., Fla. m. 15 December 1831 Jefferson Co., Fla. Sarah Ann Baugh b. 1812 Edgefield Co., S.C.-d. 4 April 1860 Jefferson Co., Fla. She was the daughter of John Baugh and Nancy Blackburn. She m. 2) 29 April 1841 Jefferson Co., Fla. Bernard Loeb b. 1812 Prussia-d. ?
3 Henry D. b. 1809 Ga.-d. ?
4 Lewis Lee b. 1812 Ga.-d. 1866 Thomas Co., Ga. m. 29 October 1837 Thomas Co., Ga. Mary Atkinson b. 1810 S.C.-d. 1873 Thomas Co., Ga.
II. Benjamin b. 178? N.C. -d. 1815 Ms. Territory m. ? Their children were:
1 Jesse
2 Jane
3 Timothy
Ill. Simon D. b. 1791 N.C. -d. 1867 Thomas Co., Ga. He remained unmarried. He, however, fathered twenty-eight children with three slaves. Those documented by the Hadley Society are Charlotte Moore whom he fathered two and also one child with an unnamed second slave. The others are undocumented. The African-American Hadleys in Thomas Co., Ga. can trace their ancestry to these two women.
IV. Samuel Holmes b. 1 August 1794 N.C. -d. 2 July 1850 Thomas Co., Ga. m. 12 February 1846 Thomas Co., Ga. Mary Akins b. 1825-d. ? After Samuel's death, she m. 18 October 1859 Thomas Co., Ga. Richard S. Wright. The children of the first marriage were:
1 Jane Lafayette b. 10 December 1846 Thomas Co., Ga.-d. 29 January 1922 Grady Co., Ga. m. 1865 Fla. William Ponder Brown b. 19 January 1841 Ga.-d. 13 November 1896 Grady Co., Ga. He was the son of George Washington Brown and Eliza Hadley Copeland.
2 Mary M. b. March 1848 Thomas Co., Ga.-d. aft. 1910 Grady Co., Ga. m. 25 July 1866 Thomas Co., Ga. James T. Hayes, Jr. b. 10 February 1845 Thomas Co., Ga.-d. 1869 Thomas Co., Ga. He was the son of James Thweatt Hayes, Sr. and Julia Ann Hadley.
3 Martha Holmes b. 21 October 1854 Thomas Co., Ga.-d. 9 December 1901 Thomas Co., Ga. m. 9 January 1873 Thomas Co., Ga. Jesse Dellemar Slater b. 1845 Thomas Co., Ga.-d. bet. 1900-1901. He was the son of John Beale Slater and Virginia Henderson Everette.
V. Mary S. b. 1796 N.C.-d. 1871 Thomas Co., Ga. m. 1) 7 July 1818 Montgomery Co., Ga. Mark Harden b. 8 March 1879 Johnston Co., N.C.-d. 10 October 1821 Twiggs Co., Ga. Their children were:
1 James A. b. 1820 Ga.-d. ? m. 30 November 1839 Thomas Co., Ga. Jane E. Vickers b. 1823 Ga.-d. ?
2 Jane Sarah b. 1 May 1819 Ga.-d. 7 December 1906 Grady Co., Ga. m. 21 December 1836 Thomas Co., Ga. William Everette Hayes b. 1815 Ga.-d. 2 December 1883 Beachton, Thomas Co., Ga. He was the son of George Hayes and Mary Hamilton. She is buried in Tired Creek Cemetery, Grady Co., Ga.
Mary m. 2) Duncan Ray, Sr. b. 1786 S.C.-d. 2 July 1850 Thomas Co., Ga. He is buried at Pebble Hill Plantation, Thomas Co., Ga.
VI. Jane Wilkinson b. 15 November 1798 Ga.-d. 22 September 1830 Thomas Co., Ga. m. 8 March 1827 Thomas Co., Ga. Thomas Jefferson Johnson b. 17 January 1793 Va.-d. 6 November 1847 Thomas Co., Ga. He was the son of James Johnson and Martha Colson Summerlin. They are buried at Pebble Hill Plantation Thomas Co., Ga.
VII. Elizabeth b. 20 January 1800 Montgomery Co., Ga.-d. 9 April 1871 Leon Co., Fla. m. 1) 2 January 1820 Montgomery Co., Ga. Robert Copeland, Sr. b. 1786-d. 16 August 1828 Leon Co., Fla. She m. 2) 5 November 1829 Leon Co., Fla. William Graham Ponder b. 23 October 1803 Camden Co., Ga.-d. 25 December 1867 Leon Co., Fla. He was the son of Hezekial Ponder and Mary Ann Graham. Elizabeth and William are buried in the Brown-Ponder Cemetery, Sunny Hill, Leon Co., Fla.
VIII. Julia Ann b. 18 September 1802 Ga.-d. 3 February 1863 Thomas Co., Ga. m. 1) 7 August 1832 Thomas Co., Ga. James Thweatt Hayes b. 25 March 1811 Clarke Co., Ga.-d. 29 January 1876 Thomas Co., Ga. He was the son of George White Hayes and Mary Ann Tabitha Hamilton.
IX. Anne b. 22 September 1809 Ga.-d. 16 September 1824 Thomas Co., Ga. She is buried in the Hadley-Brown Cemetery, Thomas Co. (now Grady Co.), Ga.
As a Revolutionary Soldier Simon served four enlistments. During the Revolution, he served as a scout, spy and procurer of beef cattle for the army. He came to Ga. from near Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., N.C. to Burke Co., then Montgomery Co., Ga. about 1798. While in Montgomery Co., Ga. he represented that county in the 1824 General Assembly and in the special session in 1825. It was in this special assembly that the bill was introduced to create Thomas Co., Ga. The governor appointed him along with Duncan Ray, William J. Forson, Michael Horn and John Hill Bryan to select the site for the Thomas Co., Ga. Courthouse. He was the first representative from Thomas Co. in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1826 and 1827.
While living in Cane Creek, N.C. he was a member of the Quaker Cane Creek Monthly Meeting and was disowned by them on 5 June 1799 probably because of his military activities.
By 1830 Simon Hadley was the second largest slave owner in Thomas Co., Ga.
Simon and his wife, Jane, are buried in the Hadley-Brown Cemetery, Grady Co., Ga.
Sources: Antebellum Thomas Co. 1825-1861 by William Warren Rogers, Thomas Co. Ga. Marriages 1826-1925 by Joe E. Craigmiles III, A Survey of Thomas Co., Ga. Cemeteries by Joe E. Craigmiles III, Research done by Charlotte Marshall, Ann Jordan, Anne R. Futch, and Joan Case, Thomas Co., Ga. Federal Censuses 1820-1930, 1850-1930 Fla. Federal Censuses, Funeral Homes Record of Whiddon-Shiver Thomasville, Ga., Ga. and Fla. Death Indexes, Social Security Death Index, Revolutionary Pension Record of Simon Hadley, and Obituaries in the Thomasville Times Enterprise.
Submitted by Charlotte Marshall of Athens, Sara Belle Pipkin of Waycross, Ga. and Ann Jordan of Folkston, Ga. Additions were made by Doris Davies and Diana Neel of Thomasville, Ga.
Pine Barrens: Thomas County, Georgia Families 1826~1925. South Georgia Genealogical Society, 2014, pp. 204-205.
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I. Thomas J. b. 1784 N.C. -d. 1813 Jasper Co., Ga. m. 1803 Mary Caroline Slappey b. 1785 Jasper, Ga.-d. ? She was the daughter of Jacob and Margaret Slappey. After the death of Thomas, she m. 1820 Jasper Co., Ga. John W. Compton. Their children were:
1 Simon Peter b. 1805 Oglethorpe Co., Ga.-d. abt. 1868 Leon Co. Tex. m. 19 December 1848 Grimes Co., Tex. Sarah Benton Davis b. 1826 Middleton, Tenn.-d. 1888 Limestone Co., Tex. She was the daughter of Christopher Davis.
2 Thomas T. b. 1807 Ga.-d. 11 October 1834 Monticello, Jefferson Co., Fla. m. 15 December 1831 Jefferson Co., Fla. Sarah Ann Baugh b. 1812 Edgefield Co., S.C.-d. 4 April 1860 Jefferson Co., Fla. She was the daughter of John Baugh and Nancy Blackburn. She m. 2) 29 April 1841 Jefferson Co., Fla. Bernard Loeb b. 1812 Prussia-d. ?
3 Henry D. b. 1809 Ga.-d. ?
4 Lewis Lee b. 1812 Ga.-d. 1866 Thomas Co., Ga. m. 29 October 1837 Thomas Co., Ga. Mary Atkinson b. 1810 S.C.-d. 1873 Thomas Co., Ga.
II. Benjamin b. 178? N.C. -d. 1815 Ms. Territory m. ? Their children were:
1 Jesse
2 Jane
3 Timothy
Ill. Simon D. b. 1791 N.C. -d. 1867 Thomas Co., Ga. He remained unmarried. He, however, fathered twenty-eight children with three slaves. Those documented by the Hadley Society are Charlotte Moore whom he fathered two and also one child with an unnamed second slave. The others are undocumented. The African-American Hadleys in Thomas Co., Ga. can trace their ancestry to these two women.
IV. Samuel Holmes b. 1 August 1794 N.C. -d. 2 July 1850 Thomas Co., Ga. m. 12 February 1846 Thomas Co., Ga. Mary Akins b. 1825-d. ? After Samuel's death, she m. 18 October 1859 Thomas Co., Ga. Richard S. Wright. The children of the first marriage were:
1 Jane Lafayette b. 10 December 1846 Thomas Co., Ga.-d. 29 January 1922 Grady Co., Ga. m. 1865 Fla. William Ponder Brown b. 19 January 1841 Ga.-d. 13 November 1896 Grady Co., Ga. He was the son of George Washington Brown and Eliza Hadley Copeland.
2 Mary M. b. March 1848 Thomas Co., Ga.-d. aft. 1910 Grady Co., Ga. m. 25 July 1866 Thomas Co., Ga. James T. Hayes, Jr. b. 10 February 1845 Thomas Co., Ga.-d. 1869 Thomas Co., Ga. He was the son of James Thweatt Hayes, Sr. and Julia Ann Hadley.
3 Martha Holmes b. 21 October 1854 Thomas Co., Ga.-d. 9 December 1901 Thomas Co., Ga. m. 9 January 1873 Thomas Co., Ga. Jesse Dellemar Slater b. 1845 Thomas Co., Ga.-d. bet. 1900-1901. He was the son of John Beale Slater and Virginia Henderson Everette.
V. Mary S. b. 1796 N.C.-d. 1871 Thomas Co., Ga. m. 1) 7 July 1818 Montgomery Co., Ga. Mark Harden b. 8 March 1879 Johnston Co., N.C.-d. 10 October 1821 Twiggs Co., Ga. Their children were:
1 James A. b. 1820 Ga.-d. ? m. 30 November 1839 Thomas Co., Ga. Jane E. Vickers b. 1823 Ga.-d. ?
2 Jane Sarah b. 1 May 1819 Ga.-d. 7 December 1906 Grady Co., Ga. m. 21 December 1836 Thomas Co., Ga. William Everette Hayes b. 1815 Ga.-d. 2 December 1883 Beachton, Thomas Co., Ga. He was the son of George Hayes and Mary Hamilton. She is buried in Tired Creek Cemetery, Grady Co., Ga.
Mary m. 2) Duncan Ray, Sr. b. 1786 S.C.-d. 2 July 1850 Thomas Co., Ga. He is buried at Pebble Hill Plantation, Thomas Co., Ga.
VI. Jane Wilkinson b. 15 November 1798 Ga.-d. 22 September 1830 Thomas Co., Ga. m. 8 March 1827 Thomas Co., Ga. Thomas Jefferson Johnson b. 17 January 1793 Va.-d. 6 November 1847 Thomas Co., Ga. He was the son of James Johnson and Martha Colson Summerlin. They are buried at Pebble Hill Plantation Thomas Co., Ga.
VII. Elizabeth b. 20 January 1800 Montgomery Co., Ga.-d. 9 April 1871 Leon Co., Fla. m. 1) 2 January 1820 Montgomery Co., Ga. Robert Copeland, Sr. b. 1786-d. 16 August 1828 Leon Co., Fla. She m. 2) 5 November 1829 Leon Co., Fla. William Graham Ponder b. 23 October 1803 Camden Co., Ga.-d. 25 December 1867 Leon Co., Fla. He was the son of Hezekial Ponder and Mary Ann Graham. Elizabeth and William are buried in the Brown-Ponder Cemetery, Sunny Hill, Leon Co., Fla.
VIII. Julia Ann b. 18 September 1802 Ga.-d. 3 February 1863 Thomas Co., Ga. m. 1) 7 August 1832 Thomas Co., Ga. James Thweatt Hayes b. 25 March 1811 Clarke Co., Ga.-d. 29 January 1876 Thomas Co., Ga. He was the son of George White Hayes and Mary Ann Tabitha Hamilton.
IX. Anne b. 22 September 1809 Ga.-d. 16 September 1824 Thomas Co., Ga. She is buried in the Hadley-Brown Cemetery, Thomas Co. (now Grady Co.), Ga.
As a Revolutionary Soldier Simon served four enlistments. During the Revolution, he served as a scout, spy and procurer of beef cattle for the army. He came to Ga. from near Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., N.C. to Burke Co., then Montgomery Co., Ga. about 1798. While in Montgomery Co., Ga. he represented that county in the 1824 General Assembly and in the special session in 1825. It was in this special assembly that the bill was introduced to create Thomas Co., Ga. The governor appointed him along with Duncan Ray, William J. Forson, Michael Horn and John Hill Bryan to select the site for the Thomas Co., Ga. Courthouse. He was the first representative from Thomas Co. in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1826 and 1827.
While living in Cane Creek, N.C. he was a member of the Quaker Cane Creek Monthly Meeting and was disowned by them on 5 June 1799 probably because of his military activities.
By 1830 Simon Hadley was the second largest slave owner in Thomas Co., Ga.
Simon and his wife, Jane, are buried in the Hadley-Brown Cemetery, Grady Co., Ga.
Sources: Antebellum Thomas Co. 1825-1861 by William Warren Rogers, Thomas Co. Ga. Marriages 1826-1925 by Joe E. Craigmiles III, A Survey of Thomas Co., Ga. Cemeteries by Joe E. Craigmiles III, Research done by Charlotte Marshall, Ann Jordan, Anne R. Futch, and Joan Case, Thomas Co., Ga. Federal Censuses 1820-1930, 1850-1930 Fla. Federal Censuses, Funeral Homes Record of Whiddon-Shiver Thomasville, Ga., Ga. and Fla. Death Indexes, Social Security Death Index, Revolutionary Pension Record of Simon Hadley, and Obituaries in the Thomasville Times Enterprise.
Submitted by Charlotte Marshall of Athens, Sara Belle Pipkin of Waycross, Ga. and Ann Jordan of Folkston, Ga. Additions were made by Doris Davies and Diana Neel of Thomasville, Ga.
Pine Barrens: Thomas County, Georgia Families 1826~1925. South Georgia Genealogical Society, 2014, pp. 204-205.
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If you are a direct descendant of Simon Hadley, you are eligible to join the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR Ancestor #: A049017) or the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR).
On Find A Grave.
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