sorry to intrude on this, but is there any mention of a Reddick Sims in any of your references? Reddick was in the Dallas AL area at about that time. Ann Blakely Ginger Murphy wrote: > > ok i have a question on this Institute.....how would one find out if > their relative had been in this school in say 1850??? My one Grandfather > William L. (Leonard) Sims and his brother H.F. Sims were boarding with a > Minister possibly Baptist...in Selma when the 1850 Census was > taken....attending a school in the area.....Later William was a Captain > for Arkansas in the CSA.....William married a Matilda Louise Hardy, also > known as M.L. Hardy.....possibly the sister to Amelia A. Hardy they were > possibly the daughters of James and Eliza Hardy > > it is believed that James Hardy was born in S.C. around 1814 and that > their children were born either in AL or MS > > William is believed to have been born in GA or AL > his children were born in AR the first being Mariah born in 1851, in the > 1860 census they all show up in AR... > > now if someone has the 1850 census for Dallas county on page 305 would > show William ( or WL Sims) and HF Sims in a baptist ministers > house...tho i dont know the name....in Selma...so if someone could do a > lookup for me i would highly appreciate it..... > > this has been a brick wall for 30+ years for my one cousin....so i am > putting this out to you all so you can possibly tell me or help me find > the right family and the siblings and parents of William and HF > > -- > > HUGS..... > > Ginger > > ICQ #1487139 > http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/6969 > http://nisland.signwave.com > telnet://nisland.signwave.com:6969 > http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Resort/1577