292. Caroline Sims-7962
Children referred to in father's 1844 will.
At the time of birth, the family was living in either Newberry County or Lexington County. The boundary shifted several times.
862. Col. John Sims Scott-5176
The family cemetery for John S. Sims and descendants is listed as the Sims 1 Cemetery.
Information on marriage from old Sims descendancy chart in possession of D. S. Hinds.
309. Harriet Sims-5164
At the time of her birth, the family lived with one set of her grandparents in either Newberry County or Lexington County, SC. The county boundary shifted several times. Birth date from Sims family descendancy chart.
Death reported in Woodville Republican newspaper. Age given as 63.
869. Lt. Col. John Hampton Sims-5189
Birth date estimated from 1850 Census
870. Captain Robert Gill Sims-5174
Death reported in Greenville (MS) Times 7 Feb, 1886. "Age about 45"
313. Charles Sims-5169
Birth year from Sims family descendancy chart. Death date from minutes of Probate Court. Census of 1850 says birth state was Mississippi, but this is several years sooner than other evidence has family in Mississippi.
[WHT: Dudley Hinds provided the following information.]RE: birth. Mary's father, John Sims, purchased land in Mississippi by deed dated 16 May, 1817 (Book B, Page 104, Wilkinson Co., MS). The property was conveyed by "Wade Hampton now of the State of Louisiana...unto John Sims, also of the same State."
FHC: Batch # M520416, Call # 877599
315. Dr. William Rice Sims-5144
[WHT: Dudley Hinds shared the following information:]Census of 1860 gives birth place as Mississippi and age as 41.
Sims family descendancy chart lists a child named Benjamin between the births of Mary Margaret and William Rice, but with no date. He probably died soon after birth.
Minutes of the Probate Court indicate that he was alive in Nov, 1865 but dead in early Jan, 1866.
[WHT: Dudley Hinds shared the following information:]
Elizabeth became an orphan at age seven. Over the next ten years she had at least three guardians. The first was L.D. Brown (possibly the same person as a man in Woodville named Loronzo Brown). L.D. was likely a brother of Sarah Brown, the maiden name of Elizabeth's mother.Another guardian was John. B. Therrell, whose mother was Edith Brown, probably an older sister of Sarah.
The final guardian was John H. Sims, whose wife was Mary Brown, probably another sister of Sarah Brown. John Sims was an older brother of William R. Sims, the future husband of Elizabeth L. Bruce.
Buried in Old Greenville Cemetery, lot #220. Death date taken from inscription on tombstone. The day of the month was not legible but appeared to be a single digit.
For news of date, see: WOODVILLE REPUBLICAN and GREENVILLE TIMES, issues of 25 August, 1883. He was killed at Kinstra's store above Fort Adams.
Death info from official Death Certificate
[WHT: Dudley Hinds shared the following information:]
Death: Robt. B. Sims related in his lifetime that, as a boy in New Orleans, he and two brothers had yellow fever. One brother died. On 5 Oct 1878, the WOODVILLE REPUBLICAN, Woodville, Mississippi, reported that "John Hampton Sims, son of Mrs. Lizzie Sims, died in New Orleans last week from yellow fever." Lizzie was the nickname for Elizabeth Bruce Sims.
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