Notes for Benjamin SIMONS, II.
He became the owner of Middleburg Plantation. He was a factor in Charleston, S. C. with a countinghouse on Motte's Whalf at the end of Tradd Street. He was also an extensive and prosperious rice planter. He served as Commissary General (1766-1771), a member of the Commons House of Assembly (1760-1769), and Justice of the Peace 1761.
(from web site, "Early Families of South Carolina," edited by John J. Simons III, URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=syf&id=I1011)
Children records from Family Bible now in SC Historical Society as printed in So. Ca. Historical and Genealogical Magazine
V. 37, 1936 page 144.
He became the owner of Middleburg at the age of 4. He increased the size from 350 to over 3,000 acres. (Macky Hill).
"South Carolina as a Royal Province 1719-1776" by W. Roy Smith, page 412 lists Benjamin SIMONS as Commissary General from 1766-1771. This is Benjamin
SIMONS II. Also, the South Carolina Gazzette, Monday 8 Dec 1766, "Tis said, Benjamin SIMONS, Esq., will be appointed to suceed Mr. Pinkney as Commisary General."
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