This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------F279253D08589A5C46B66F0F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The children and wife of Shadrack Mims (c 1754?NC-1807 Lincoln Co GA) lived in Twiggs c. 1817. Shadrack Mims-born Lincoln Co GA 1804-died Alabama 1885. Buried at Prattville AL. in Oak Hill Cemetery. Have any of you ever heard that Shadrack Mims (c. 1754 NC-1807 Lincoln Co GA) father was from Wales and came to NC where this second Shadrack was born? Could this be the reason why he is so elusive and we cannot tie him securely to any of the other Mims families? If any of you choose to put this information on a web page, please, please do not put it as FACT. I have found so much misinformation in family files on the Internet that has confused my search but the good side is that I have met so many other nice people who are searching for the same information. My husband and I rode by the Heritage Center in Prattville AL this week. They were closed for the 4th of July week. It is a beautiful house from the outside.I want to go back to see what primary information they have. Below is some recent information that I acquired. I do not vouch for the authenticity of the information in this book. Do any of you have this book? A nice man sent me this information: betty in ga ++++++++++++++++++++ Betty, I copied the following from my book, Old Autauga: Portrait of A Deep South County: (Incidentially, there is much more about Shadrach in the book. Should you want to buy a copy of it send a check in the amount of $34.00 payable to ACHA, 102 E. Main Street, Prattville, AL 36067.) Shadrach Mims. Shadrach Mims was born July 26, 1804, in Lincoln County, Georgia. His father and grandfather were also named Shadrach. The first Shadrach came from Wales to North Carolina around the middle of the eighteenth century. Later the family moved to Lincoln County, Georgia, thence to Twiggs County. The second Shadrach died soon afterwards, when the third Shadrach was five years of age. His mother died when he was age 10, and his older brother, Seaborn Mims, assumed guardianship of the young Shadrach. When the second Shadrach died, he left an estate of $30,000. The second Shadrach was a Bap-tist. The mother of the third Shadrach was named either Kirkham or Kirkhorn. Her father was a weaver from Scotland. After her first husband, a Mr. Ayers, was shot down by mistake by Tories, she married the second Shadrach Mims. They had ten children, the ninth of which was named Shadrach. In 1820 at the age of 17 years, the third Shadrach came to Autauga County with his brother, Marshall Mims. They settled at the town of Vernon, which had been founded a year earlier by their guardian brother, Seaborn Mims. Shadrach spent two years completing his education under the tutelage of Daniel McLeod, under whom he had gone to school before leaving Georgia. Afterwards he engaged in the mercantile busi-ness from 1825 until 1835. In 1837 he engaged in farming, warehousing and ferrying on the Alabama River at Vernon. It was during those years at Vernon when Shadrach Mims was introduced to the Methodist denomination. He followed that faith fervently to his death. He was a Class Leader at the Methodist Church in Prattville for many years, setting an outstanding example of Christian brotherhood in his community. Active in community and church affairs, he prided himself in being an "intimate confidant" of Daniel Pratt, the foun-der of Prattville. Mims was married on March 13, 1833, to Elizabeth Dowsing, of Columbus, Mississippi. She was a sister to the wife of Dr. Charles M. Howard, who was also of Autauga County. Elizabeth was the daughter of Wil-liam and Catherine Lewis Dowsing. William was born in the State of Virginia in Lunenburg County on June 15, 1784, and Catherine was from Jefferson County, Georgia. Her date of birth was January 20, 1792. Elizabeth, Shadrachs wife, was born in Jefferson County, Georgia, on January 28, 1809. The Mims family moved to Prattville in 1846, where he was employed for 15 years as Agent for Prattville Cotton Mill, an enterprise owned by Daniel Pratt. They were the parents of four sons and two daughters. After the Civil War, he returned to the employ of Pratt, keeping books for two years at the Pratt Company Store--Prattville Mercantile. In 1873 he bought out Pratt's interest in the store. Mims was of light complexion and had gray hair in his later years. He had blue eyes, and was six feet tall. He spent his later years on his plantation, which is now in the city limits of Prattville, being located on Lo-der Street. The old home place, now known as Plantation House, is a bed and breakfast facility. Shadrach Mims favored secession, and he publically advocated the same, favoring Breckinridge. However, his philosophy was, "Think and let think." He wrote extensively--mostly in the form of letters to the editors of various newspapers and religious periodicals. His most notable work, however, was his history of Autauga County. This little history earned him the distinction of being Autauga County's most illustrious historian. He died on October 21, 1885, and Elizabeth passed on the same date in 1895. They are buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Prattville. Their nine children were: 1. Catharine Matilda Mims. She married Thomas William Sadler. 2. William McPherson Mims. 3. Wilbur Fisk Mims. He married Orlene Graham McLemore. 4. Shadrach Mims, Jr. Hemarried Mary Jane Paxton. 5. Alexander Dowsing Mims. He married Mary Frances Morgan. 6. James Millard Mims. He married Roxane Margaret McPherson. 7. Margaret Elizabeth Mims. She married Maj. E. M. Davis. 8. Amanda Jane Mims. 9. Maria Cook Mims. She married J. H. Jernigan. Seaborn Mims. Seaborn Mims was an older brother of the historian, Shadrach Mims. He came to Autauga County in 1819 and made his home just around the point on the Alabama River where Dutch Bend begins, and just far enough around the point to be on the west bank of the river. It was there he laid out a town and named it Vernon. That town attained sufficient importance to be incorporated by an act of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly on December 8, 1821 According to Anson West, Mims was "one of the grandest workers in the Methodist ranks who ever lived in the State of Alabama." Many references to Vernon or Vernon Landing as it was sometimes called are found in this history. Seaborn Mims was usually involved in some way with everything that took place in the town, thus he plays heavily in the early history of the county. But, alas, both Mims and Vernon disap-peared. When the town of Autaugaville was established Vernon was abandoned and Mims left the county never to return. The Internet address for the Autauga County info is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~alautaug/ The portraits of Shadrach and Elizabeth hang in the Mims Room at the Museum. The best way to locate the Mims graves at Oak Hill is to enter from Wetumpka Street, near the railroad crossing. Upon entering the road immediately takes a sharp left turn. After about 1/2 block a street turns right. Pass it by and continue on to the top of the hill. A second street turn right at the top of the hill. Take it. Approximately 125 feet will put you very near the Mims lot. You will recognize it by the white monu-ments. Note that Wetumpka Street run parallel to Main Street. The cemetery is bordered on the north by Wetumpka and Main, where the funeral home is located, is a block south of the south border of the ceme-tery. I probably have you throughly confused now. 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