Son of Alexander and Sebitha Cummins.
From Fauquier County, Virginia.
In 1814-15, Simon served in Capt. Thomas Brooks' Fauquier County militia company, assigned to Lt. Col. Thomas Ballowe's 2nd Virginia militia regiment during the British invasion of Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. in the War of 1812.
Capt. Brooks' company rendezvoused at Elk Run Church in Fauquier County and were assigned to service in the Richmond area in the 2nd Virginia regiment.
Ballowe's regiment served and trained at Camp Holly Springs near Richmond to defend the state capitol against any British attacks.
Simon served for six months, from July 1814 to Feb. 1815, when the War of 1812 was declared officially ended by Virginia's governor.
On 22 Nov., 1814 the Virginia General Assembly passed an act returning a militia fine of $80 wrongfully levied against Simon for not serving in the Prince William County militia as he was a Fauquier County resident.
Simon and his family left Virginia about 1817, first moving to North Middletown, Bourbon County, KY.
Simon was a pioneer settler of the Friendship community in what is now Lyon County, KY., buying and farming over 70 acres on Eddy Creek in Feb. 1825.
He and wife Elizabeth were buried on land they owned near the present-day Friendship Methodist Church, exact grave locations now unknown.
From Fauquier County, Virginia.
In 1814-15, Simon served in Capt. Thomas Brooks' Fauquier County militia company, assigned to Lt. Col. Thomas Ballowe's 2nd Virginia militia regiment during the British invasion of Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. in the War of 1812.
Capt. Brooks' company rendezvoused at Elk Run Church in Fauquier County and were assigned to service in the Richmond area in the 2nd Virginia regiment.
Ballowe's regiment served and trained at Camp Holly Springs near Richmond to defend the state capitol against any British attacks.
Simon served for six months, from July 1814 to Feb. 1815, when the War of 1812 was declared officially ended by Virginia's governor.
On 22 Nov., 1814 the Virginia General Assembly passed an act returning a militia fine of $80 wrongfully levied against Simon for not serving in the Prince William County militia as he was a Fauquier County resident.
Simon and his family left Virginia about 1817, first moving to North Middletown, Bourbon County, KY.
Simon was a pioneer settler of the Friendship community in what is now Lyon County, KY., buying and farming over 70 acres on Eddy Creek in Feb. 1825.
He and wife Elizabeth were buried on land they owned near the present-day Friendship Methodist Church, exact grave locations now unknown.
Son of Alexander and Sebitha Cummins.
From Fauquier County, Virginia.
In 1814-15, Simon served in Capt. Thomas Brooks' Fauquier County militia company, assigned to Lt. Col. Thomas Ballowe's 2nd Virginia militia regiment during the British invasion of Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. in the War of 1812.
Capt. Brooks' company rendezvoused at Elk Run Church in Fauquier County and were assigned to service in the Richmond area in the 2nd Virginia regiment.
Ballowe's regiment served and trained at Camp Holly Springs near Richmond to defend the state capitol against any British attacks.
Simon served for six months, from July 1814 to Feb. 1815, when the War of 1812 was declared officially ended by Virginia's governor.
On 22 Nov., 1814 the Virginia General Assembly passed an act returning a militia fine of $80 wrongfully levied against Simon for not serving in the Prince William County militia as he was a Fauquier County resident.
Simon and his family left Virginia about 1817, first moving to North Middletown, Bourbon County, KY.
Simon was a pioneer settler of the Friendship community in what is now Lyon County, KY., buying and farming over 70 acres on Eddy Creek in Feb. 1825.
He and wife Elizabeth were buried on land they owned near the present-day Friendship Methodist Church, exact grave locations now unknown.
From Fauquier County, Virginia.
In 1814-15, Simon served in Capt. Thomas Brooks' Fauquier County militia company, assigned to Lt. Col. Thomas Ballowe's 2nd Virginia militia regiment during the British invasion of Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. in the War of 1812.
Capt. Brooks' company rendezvoused at Elk Run Church in Fauquier County and were assigned to service in the Richmond area in the 2nd Virginia regiment.
Ballowe's regiment served and trained at Camp Holly Springs near Richmond to defend the state capitol against any British attacks.
Simon served for six months, from July 1814 to Feb. 1815, when the War of 1812 was declared officially ended by Virginia's governor.
On 22 Nov., 1814 the Virginia General Assembly passed an act returning a militia fine of $80 wrongfully levied against Simon for not serving in the Prince William County militia as he was a Fauquier County resident.
Simon and his family left Virginia about 1817, first moving to North Middletown, Bourbon County, KY.
Simon was a pioneer settler of the Friendship community in what is now Lyon County, KY., buying and farming over 70 acres on Eddy Creek in Feb. 1825.
He and wife Elizabeth were buried on land they owned near the present-day Friendship Methodist Church, exact grave locations now unknown.
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