Hi All, I have Simmons on both sides of my family. My father's paternal grandmother was Pearsie Susan Simmons and my mother's maternal grandmother was her sister, Sarah Luria Ann Simmons. Thier father was James C. Simmons, born in Dooley Co., Georgia 2 Mar 1840, his mother, a native american woman died at his birth. J.C.'s father was Lacy James Simmons, born in Georgia, probably Wilkinson Co., L.J.'s father was John Frederick Simmons b. in Halifax Co., North Carolina, John's father was Zadock Simmons b. 1755 in North Carolina, and died in Wilkinson Co., Ga in 1821. Zadock was married to Sarah Claiborne Carter. Zadock's father was Lacy Simmons b. @ 1735 probably in Halifax Co., N. Carolina. Lacy's father was either John Simmons or Edward Simmons. Edward died Beech Swamp, Halifax Co., N. Carolina in 1735 on property right next to where Lacy lived when he died in 1789. Anyone researching this family line or any of the siblings, aunts or uncles, would love to hear from you. Thanks, Lillian