Dear Billy and Gary, (I'm sending this to the Bottoms list and to a few other (my message below) Bottoms searchers that have recently emailed to me, just in case there is anything here of value to them so they might share) Regards, Cindy K. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Cindy, > >Are you aware of the book "Bottoms Families in America"? It >is a genealogical book written by Almira Bottoms Butler, a descendant >of Miles Bottoms. I found a copy in the Huntsville, Ala. public library. > I only copied the parts which pretain to my family; however >this book indicates that all the Bottoms are descedants from >Miles Thomas Bottoms who migrated from Wales to Scotland and from >there to America in the late 1600's. This book indicates that this >Miles had a least six children >1.Miles b 1751 in Amelia County, Va. d Sept 12, 1841 in Sumner Co. Tn. > Married Clary Callicote Oct 24, 1780 in Amelia Co. VA >2.James Bottom M Mary Rives Nov 8, 1808 >3. Nancy Bottom M James Powell Feb 8, 1803 >4. Rhoda Bottom M Asa Fulks March 01, 1809 >5. Armistead Bottom M Jane ? (Could be Jane Callicote, sister of Clary) >6. Charles Bottom >I know the info on Miles is correct because this info in listed in >a book "Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution >burined in Tennessee". From this I do not see how these six could be >the children of Miles Thomas Bottoms who imigrated to American in the >late 1600's since Miles was born in 1751, just doesn't seem fesiable. >Either the author of this book has the date wrong or there is another >Bottoms who was the father of these six. I also found some other >discrepancies in the book after doing some of my research so I don't >rely to heavily on this book. That being said this is what I have >come across though my research. > >In the 1830 Tennessee census there are two Bottom listed. >Arrmsted Bottom in Warren Co, Tenn and >Thomas Bottom in Lincoln Co., Tenn. Thomas is my GGG Grandfather. >He was known as Thomas 'Bee' and was born circa 1791 in Virginia, which >leads me to believe he was a son of Miles Thomas and Clary Callicott. >He was married to Jane and he had at least four children with Jane. >Clara (Lizzie) >Miles Thomas-July 13, 1847-Mar 29, 1927 >Steve -August 28, 1849-March 23, 1939 >Gaius Benjamin -Jan 20, 1852-Mar 26, 1932 >Jane was either a Johnson or Stephens/Stephenson (haven't determined >which yet) and was born Sept 30, 1827 and died May 8, 1913. She >remarried Jacob Van Hoozer after Thomas 'Bee" died and had several >more children. Her tombstone reads Missinah Bottom wife of Jacob Van >Hoozer. > >Miles Thomas is my GG Grandfather and he married Elizabeth Arnett >14 Dec 1870 in Giles Co. Tenn. They had a least four children: >Thomas Benjamin - July 15, 1877-June 12, 1949 >Ida b: Abt 1870 >Dozie b: Abt 1872 >Zela b: Abt 1875 > >Thomas Benjamin is my Great Grandfather and he married Trudell Elliott >and they had the following children: >Floyd 1898-1986 >Willina 1900-02 >Mary Elizabeth 1903-1970 >Mildred 1906 (still alive in California) >Elliott 1908-? >Pierre 1911-1934 >Terry 1913 (still alive in Athens, Ala) >Robert 1915 (still alive in California) >Trudell died in childbirth in 1916 and Thomas remarried Madge Odella >Franks and they had five children: >Thomas Benjamin (Buddy) >Nadine >Daphine >Pauline >Willow Dean 1922-1924 >This side lives in Lawrenceburg, Tenn and I don't know anything about >them; however, my mother has visited them and has gone to family >reunions over there. > >Mary Elizabeth Bottom is my grandmother and she married Everett Fowler >and there daughter Evangline is my mother. > >Up in the first paragraph I mentioned Armstead Bottom of Warren Co. >This is what info I have on him: >1850 Warren Co. Census: >Armsted 64 VA >Jane 54 VA >Elizabeth 22 >James A. 19 > > >Also listed is Miles 30 VA > Malinda 25 > Monroe 5 > Arthaless T. 2 > Leonadis 4/12 > >I would assume this Miles is the son of Armsted. > >The 1870 Warren Co. census: >James 39 >Miranda 32 >Chetham 12 >Charles 10 >Polk >Lou A 5 >James 1 >Armstead 80 > >In Jan. I received an e-mail from a Tricia Lynch who is a descendant >of Allen Bottoms. I will e-mail you that info to see if any of >it is of use to you. > >Another source of info has Miles Thomas Bottoms born circa 1730 in >Virginia and he had four children: >Betty Bottoms >Miles Bottoms, b 1751 Amelia, Co. Virginia >Burrell Bottoms, b abt 1758 >James Armsted Bottoms, b abt 1786 in VA. > >The info on Miles and Armsted from this source is basically the same >as above. Burrell married Sarah Hartsfield and they had five children: >Davis Bottoms, b Abt 1796 S.C., d. 1845 >James Madison Bottoms, b Feb 11, 1798 S.C., died Nov 7, 1866 Faytteville, >Fayette Co. Georgia >Richard Bottoms b Abt 1800 S.C. d Abt 1845 Henry Co. Georgia >Noel Bottoms 1806 S.C. or VA died Fulton Co., GA. m Metildah Richey >John B. Bottoms b Abt 1818 S.C. or VA, d 1889 Cummings, Forsythe Co. GA. >I believe the info on Burrell came from the above mentioned book >on the Bottoms family. > >If you are related to either the Thomas 'Bee' or Armstead above and >have any info which can claify or dispute what I have please let me >know and if I can be of further assistance please don't hesitate >to contact me at any time. I have only been doing genealogical research >for about a year and hope to do more on the Bottoms side and try and >clear up some of the discrepancies. > >Billy Franklin >Fayetteville, Tenn. >gary@cora.net > >Gary W. Treidel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Billy and Gary, (I'm sending this to the Bottoms list and to a few other Bottoms searchers that have recently emailed to me, just in case there is anything here of value to them so they might share) My Frances "Fanny" Bottoms was born in SC in 1824. At some time she and her family migrated to GA, because she married Malachi Reaves Sims, better known as M. R. Sims, in Pike Co. GA on Dec, 22, 1842, at the age of 18. The simple story of their life, as I know it, is that they had their first child, James Monroe, my great grandfather on 7-2-1844 in Pike CO. GA. Within a year or two they migrated to Barbour Co. AL where their second child, Mark Washington Sims was born on 4-31-1846. They had three more children in Barbour CO., Mary Ann, born 8-18-1847, John Martin born 2-1-1850 and finally little Sarah Frances, born in 1853. Frances Bottoms died on 7-13-1853, very shortly after the birth of Sarah Frances, who followed her mother in death just a month later. Malachi moved to Dale Co. Al after Frances' death and remarried Elizabeth Carter, the Widow West, and had two more children by her. Now, the only paper records I have been able to find at all on family of Frances Bottoms and Malachi R. Sims, before her death, are their marriage record in Pike Co. GA, a few Barbour Co. census records, and a very poorly written, one column biography of their sons, that was loaded with errors. However, I did some further looking around in the areas in which they lived, and have been able to do some interesting piecing together. I am pretty sure that I have found the families to which they are connected, but have not found that one piece of proof that binds them securely. There are some very interesting points of circumstantial interest. I believe, at the time of their marriage, they lived in Zebulon, the county seat of Pike Co. GA. Also living in the area were two Sims brothers, Mark and Martin, sons of Mark Sims of Oglethorpe Co. GA. This Mark Sims also had among other sons, an Allen Sims. Mark and Martin Sims of Pike Co. owned quite a lot of property. At one point Mark Sims the Younger, donated land to James H. Hartsfield for Hartsfield's Baptist Church. This same James H. Hartsfield officiated at the marriage ceremony of Frances Bottoms and Malachi Reaves Sims. Also some close female relations of James Hartsfield, Sarah and Elizabeth Hartsfield married Bottoms men in the area, Burrell and James, mentioned above in your message. Several Sims and Hartsfields of both lines have intermarried as well. So here we have tied the Sims, Hartsfield, and Bottoms families of Pike Co. GA together. Quite closely knit, it seems. In the 1850 Barbour Co. census a Mary Ann, aged about 31 or 32, also born in SC as Frances Bottoms was, is living in the Malachi Sims household. If you will recall, Frances and Malachi's eldest daughter is named Mary Ann. I believe this woman is Frances Bottoms sister and young Mary Ann's namesake. Then to compound the issue, Malachi and Frances migrate to Barbour Co. AL between the latter half of 1844 and mid 1846, just in time for their second son, Mark W. to be born, exactly within the vicinity of the residence of Allen Sims, brother to Mark and Martin, as well as a Burrell Bottoms and his family. It's interesting that their second son is named Mark, the same as Mark Sims Jr. and Sr. I have copies of a court document drawn up in 1861 by John W. Bottoms, who was to vacate the state of AL on business to Texas, to leave his farming wagons, tools, cattle, hogs and fodder to his brother Burrell Bottoms to use in his absence., The document state that Burrell and his family were quite destitute at the time and were very needy for it. Lastly, after Frances death, Malachi migrated to Dale Co. AL. Coincidentally there also lived a, Dr. James Bottoms, doctor and pharmacist and very early settler to Dale Co. with his three sons. In a book by Mary Ellen Garner, 22, she says of early Dale Co. history, Dr. Bottoms was the gg grandfather of Mrs. John Henry Andrews of Ozark and was one of Ozarks earliest doctors. In another (hand typed manual), "A List of Early Settlers in Dale and Henry Cos. AL", call number 929.3 LIST in the Alabama Archives, it lists three Bottoms groups as early migrants to the area. All three groups followed the exact migration path, from SC to Pike Co. GA, to AL in 1839, the same path followed by Frances and Malachi Sims. The first group was Burrell Bottoms and his three sons, John J., William H. and Christopher Bottoms. The second was Dr. James Bottoms and his three sons, Jefferson, William and Ainy Bottoms. The third was J. W. Bottoms and his three sons, John L., James M. and William M. Bottoms. I believe that Burrell, J. W. "John" and Dr. James Bottoms were all brothers. I also believe that Frances Bottoms was either a sister or daughter of one of these Bottoms brothers and that after Frances' death, Malachi moved to Dale Co. to be near his in-laws, having no other family in AL. So, Billy and Gary, I think that this Barbour Co. and Dale Co. AL group of Bottoms men are most probably related to the Bottoms people you mention in GA in your second to last paragraph of you above message. Since these three Bottoms brothers and their sons traveled to AL in 1839, I think they were grandsons of Burrell Bottoms and Sarah Hartsfield and the sons of one of Burrell and Sarah's five sons. The dates of the five sons seems about right to support grown sons old enough to travel in 1839. If my Frances was born in 1824, and her eldest son was named James M. (Monroe), I'm going to take a very wild guess that the above, James M. Bottoms is her father and that her son James M. is named after him (though the M. stands for different middle names) and her second son was named after Mark Sims. These are very "WILD" guesses that I have not dared taken in the 20 years I have tried to find her family, but now that I say it. It all seems to fit. Now I just have to prove it. Does anyone out there have more data on Burrell Bottoms and Sarah Hartsfield and the families of their five sons? I would really appreciate any thoughts on this and if anyone has anything to either support or refute my theories (and that's all they are at this point) I want to hear it. If there is something out there that truly disproves any of my guesses I need to know so I don't spend time barking up the wrong tree. I've been barking up trees now for 20 years and there seems to be no end to the forest. Sincerely, Cynthia SIMS Kirkland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Researching these Genealogy lines: Sims (line 1)....(includes: Vinson, Wright, Bottoms, Hartsfield, Wilmot, Nichols, Hamlin) SC>GA>AL Sims (line 2)....(includes: Hilson, Odom, Austin, Hill, Ashburn, Forsyth, Falconer, Symes) VA>NC>SC>GA>AL SIMS line 2 possibly originating in Great Britain:Dorset, Somerset, Devon. Bradberry line. (includes: O'Neal/O'Neill, Cogdell, Gilmore, Barksdale, Harvey, Burnley, Terrell, Randolph) GA>AL O'Neal/O'Neill (includes: Bradberry, Sellers, Smilie, Raiford, McMillen/McMillin, Frizzell, Ellis, Edwards) GA>AL Kirkland....... (includes: Singleton, Kellum, Tabor, Kuykendall,Hartfield) SC>TN>GA>AL>MS>LA>TX Singleton...... (includes: Kirkland, Major) MO>TX