John, Thanks for the kind offer, please do send me tax list attachment. R. Cole rnccole@etgs.com

Please send me the Tax list and David Mimms attachment. Thanks Joe Street Billie Brem <bbrem@hot.rr.com> wrote: Yes I would love to have that attachment re estate of David Mims. bbrem@hot.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 11:57 AM Subject: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] David and Agnes Mims > I've got an attachment for email - a tax list for 1789, Goochland County, including a listing for the estate of David Mims. If you'd like this attachment, let me know. > > John Van Zandt > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== Ann Mims-Neff List Moderator

Currently researching the two Mims lines that married Clopton Family members. One is for Livingston Mims' wife, Martha Perrin. Her father, William Perrin married Mary Clopton, born Nov. 13, 1737, dau. of William and Cassandra Clopton. Mary Clopton is the fourth generation from William and Ann Booth Clopton. This William was a Clerk of St. Peter's Church, New Kent Co., Virginia. The second is for David Mims, Jr. married to Martha Duiguid, dau. of Ann Moss and William Duiguid. This Martha Duiguid, the fourth generation from William Clopton, Clerk of St. Peter's Church, New Kent Co., Virginia. Especially interested in corresponding with descendants of David Mims, Jr. and Martha Duiguid. My line is through Livingston and Martha 'Patsy' Perrin Mims. John Van Zandt

John, I would very much like to have that Tax List for 1789, Goochland Cunty. Jeannine in GA ----- Original Message ----- From: <JVanZandt@Aol.com> To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 12:57 PM Subject: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] David and Agnes Mims > I've got an attachment for email - a tax list for 1789, Goochland County, including a listing for the estate of David Mims. If you'd like this attachment, let me know. > > John Van Zandt > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator >

I've got an attachment for email - a tax list for 1789, Goochland County, including a listing for the estate of David Mims. If you'd like this attachment, let me know. John Van Zandt

Yes I would love to have that attachment re estate of David Mims. bbrem@hot.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <JVanZandt@aol.com> To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 11:57 AM Subject: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] David and Agnes Mims > I've got an attachment for email - a tax list for 1789, Goochland County, including a listing for the estate of David Mims. If you'd like this attachment, let me know. > > John Van Zandt > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator >

I would like a copy of the tax list. My email address is: drigen@att.net Thanks, John

From: Dannymims@aol.com To: eaneff@juno.com List Can some one help Danny with some sources for this line PLEASE... Ann -==================================================== It appears that my Henry Mims b1797 Jones Co. GA father's name is John Mims (Jones Co Inventories Records show the "Estate of John Mims, decs."), mother Anna (Edwards, family Bible), 3 other heirs of the estate, Needham, Henry, and Sally(could be Sarah)...... It appears that John's father is Linah Mims, and his father would be Thomas. Question is.....how can I prove (reasonably) that John's father is Joseph, and his father is Linah? Does anyone have any documentation? If what I think is true, then this is what I plan to put on tee-shirts for each of us (change the top name as appropriate).... for our family reunion at Mims Chapel in Marion Co. TX this spring....... I am DANNY MIMS m. Barbara Clark son of HARRY PAGE MIMS 1913-1974 m. Sibyl Harris Carol, Glenn, Danny, John son of BENJAMIN HILL MIMS 1881-1950 m. Mabel McCellend Harry, John son of JOHN WESLEY MIMS 1829-1907 m. Georgana Smisson Sallie, Maggie, Charles, Lizzie, Alice, Anna, Ora Lee, Benjamin son of HENRY AUGUSTUS MIMS 1797-1864 m. Sarah Wimberly A.A., Sarah, David, John, Lewis, Lucinda, Henry son of JOHN MIMS 1756-1814 m. Anna Edwards Sarah, William, Matthew, John, Williamson, Needham, Henry, Sally son of JOSEPH MIMS 1712-1780 m. Susanna David, Drury, Martin, John, William, Elizabeth, Joseph son of LINAH MIMS 1685-1733 m. Mary Anne Martin Thomas, Anne, Robert, Joseph, David son of THOMAS MIMS 1632 of England, m. Anne Elizabeth, Thomas, Linah and was the first MIMS in the New World, 1657 What do you think?.........Danny P S......do you know of a web site in England for South Mymmes?

Hi All, Here's a reference to David Mims' will: Mims, David (W), D. B. 13, p. 142, ....Oct. 1781. The next line lists the following: Mims, David (W) D. B. 14, p. 324, 16 Octo., 1786. Source: Virginia Will Records, 1982, Indexed by Judith McGhan, Goochland County, p. 135. I'll be seeking cemetery records for this couple and a copy of will(s). John Van Zandt

Hello, There is no evidence that David Mims (wife Agnes Weldy) lived in SC. David left many records in Goochland Co VA from 1726 through 1755. This covered all the years their children were born. They were still there 1777 through 1781. I haven't been able to check Goochland Co records for 1755 through 1777. My narrative about this family can be seen at Rootsweb.com or Ancestry.com: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ann_blomquist&id= I15053 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lilly" <malik@scs-net.org> To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:38 AM Subject: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] SC Mimms > Billie, > When you mention SC as a birth place, I see my notes for Shadrach Mimms b. about 1729 Edgefield, SC. > > If this is true as a birthplace, then it would appear that David Mims and Agnes Weldy, the parents of Shadrach, were in South Carolina around 1729. > > I would think you should go back to David and Agnes's family list (at www.familysearch.org or other sources) and look up their sons, and see if some of them stayed in SC. > > Shadrach died in 11-17-1777 in Goochland Co, VA so he eventually left SC. > > I hope we could find some connections and identify them. > Best regards, > Lillian Kathleen Martin

Hello, List, I can't let an earlier message go by without some comment. Some of the statements are made very sweet and faithful to earlier researchers. But, if you really want to be a genealogist, you should look at the records yourself and judge, especially if the research was done many years ago. Don't just accept work done 50 years ago. Many new records are now available that were difficult to obtain or which were not in print at that time. Here are some comments: > > >The Mims' supported the Stuart line in England and their name disappeared with Sir John in England, and on or about this time we have the record of their appearance in America. >>> AKB: What reference or source supports this statement?? >>>Thomas Mims, born before 1623 in England, died Feb.1693-4 in Virginia, Middlesex County. His known children were Elizabeth, Thomas Jr., Sarah, Lionel, and wife, Melly Ann Martin." (From a paper read by Miss Anne Mae Mims of Augusta, Georgia, before the Edgefield (S.C.) Historical Society at the annual meeting June, 29, 1951; as quoted from the chapter, Mims, The Family in Virginia, Family Record, written by Clara Mims Wright Forrest and her mother, Anne Mims Wright, of Jackson Mississippi).>>> AKB: Without references and sources, a talk that someone made at a Society meeting 50 years ago is NOT sufficient evidence. AKB: The Thomas "Mims" of Middlesex Co VA is actually Thomas Minns. EVERY record that he left in Middlesex for over 20 years gives his name as MINNS. Different clerks of the court recorded his name consistently as Minns. The Middlesex Court records even clearly identify his surviving children as John, Elizabeth (died young), another Elizabeth (who lived to marry), and Thomas. See the following for a narrative with references and sources: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ann_blomquist&id= I15044 > > >"The earliest appearance of the name in any of it's variants on the extant record of Virginia is in 1623, when it appears that Thomas Mimes was living in Flower de Hundred, a settlement on the south side of the James River which...>>> (From Family Record, written by Clara Mims Wright Forrest and her mother, Anne Mims Wright, of Jackson Mississippi). > > > >List of the Living and the Dead in Virginia, 1623; and Register of Land Office, Patent Book No. 5, p. 124; all of the items in this email were listed - including the references cited in Family Record, written by Clara Mims Wright Forrest and her mother, Anne Mims Wright, of Jackson Mississippi).>>> AKB: There is NO Thomas Mims, Mins, or any other spelling in the 1624/1625 Muster taken after the Indian massacre of 1622. Flowerdieu Hundred is NOT named in that muster. Flowerdieu was called Peirsey's Hundred (various spellings). Reference: Virginia Meyer and John F. Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 1987. The entire muster is listed on pages 7-71. I checked every Thomas in the list (there are lots!), but no surname comes close to Mims. > > >"On February 3, 1662, Thomas Mimes was granted 800 acres of land in James City County, Virginia, on the branches of the Chickahominy, adjoining Thomas Meredith, and George Smith, Richmond Terrell, and Edmund Price..." (From Senate Document - extra- Colonial Records of Virginia, Richmond, 1874, p. 40. AKB: This is correct with the following references: Nugent, Vol 1, 465; Patent Bk 5, 218. > > >As you may know, Anne Mims Wright was an exhaustive researcher who did most of her early research in churches, court houses and state buildings around 1900-1910. Col. Merritt in his address to the Edgefield Historical Society refers to a Mims Book that she wrote and was not published. > > > AKB: This is very nice and complimentary, but much sincere genealogy work done in the early 1900s was romanticized and does not stand up to modern examination. If it is good quality work, then modern double-checked sources will support it. But early work should not be accepted on face value. > > >Anyone that does not have a copy of Col. Merritt's address should obtain a copy, it's very detailed and interesting. AKB: Where is this document and how can it be obtained? Here is my narrative of Thomas Mims: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ann_blomquist&id= I32686 I would appreciate any corrections. Ann Blomquist Orlando, FL

Billie, When you mention SC as a birth place, I see my notes for Shadrach Mimms b. about 1729 Edgefield, SC. If this is true as a birthplace, then it would appear that David Mims and Agnes Weldy, the parents of Shadrach, were in South Carolina around 1729. I would think you should go back to David and Agnes's family list (at www.familysearch.org or other sources) and look up their sons, and see if some of them stayed in SC. Shadrach died in 11-17-1777 in Goochland Co, VA so he eventually left SC. I hope we could find some connections and identify them. Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billie Brem" <bbrem@hot.rr.com> To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms > Does anyone know if these Mims are kin to my William Riley Mims born in > Georgia in 1835. > His father was William Mims born in 1805 in SC. > Billie Brem > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Betty Bivins" <halbet@angus1841.com> > To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 5:39 AM > Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms > > > > Woddy, > > Can you tell me what you know about Matthew Mims of Twiggs Co GA? > > My family is from there and I will look out for your Matthew when I am > > searching. > > Please send me your info to my email address if you don't want to put it > on > > the list. > > Are you sure your Matthew is not related to Shadrack Mims who died in > > Lincoln Co GA in 1807?Some of his children were in Twiggs by 1813. > > betty in ga > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Woody Mims" <staleym@efn.org> > > To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:30 AM > > Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms > > > > > > > Hi all > > > > > > I believe that I too am from this line. My son (Eric Wood Mims), I > > > (Staley Wood Mims, III), my father (Staley Wood Mims, Jr.) and > > > grandfather (Staley Wood Mims) all derive our middle names from the > > > Woodson family. We are descended from Col. Matthew Mims of Twiggs Co. GA > > > born October, 1813. > > > I and several others descended from Matthew have hit a blank wall going > > > further than Matthew, a condition that has persisted for 40 years that I > > > know of. > > > > > > Has anyone uncovered any links to this family line? > > > > > > Woody Mims > > > Eugene, OR > > > > > > PS - Should anyone wish to know, my father passed away September 7, 2003 > > > in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas and is buried at Restland Memorial Park > > > in Dallas. > > > > > > PPS - My granddaughter, Ruby Ember Mims was born May 26, 2003 in > > > Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon born to Eric Wood Mims and Mercedes > > > Munden. > > > > > > Lilly wrote: > > > > > > >Thank you Billie. This is my family line. This Elizabeth Woodson > Mimms, > > > >who married Robert Poor is the great grandmother of Jesse James the > bank > > > >robber. > > > >Elizabeth's daughter Mary Poor married the Reverend John M. James, and > > their > > > >son was Reverend Robert Sallee James, the father of Jesse. > > > > > > > >It took me a very long time to understand all the ways that my family > was > > > >related to Jesse James, because I was taught we were only related thru > > the > > > >marriage of Jesse and Zeralda Amanda Mimms. > > > > > > > >But in fact, we are related to Jesse James himself, in that we share > the > > > >same WOODSON ancestors, and the same POOR ancestors. So we have 3 ways > > in > > > >which we are related to him. > > > > > > > >Best regards, > > > >Lillian Kathleen Martin > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Billie Brem" <bbrem@hot.rr.com> > > > >To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> > > > >Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:50 PM > > > >Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>I have a Robert Poor who married Elizabeth Woodson Mims, she was born > 3 > > > >> > > > >> > > > >Apr. > > > > > > > > > > > >>1769, daughter of Shadrack Mims b. 1724 and Elizabeth Woodson b. 1728. > > > >>among the other children is a Robert Mims. This from Shadrack Mims > will > > > >> > > > >> > > > >Apr > > > > > > > > > > > >>1777 Goochland Co. Va. Billie Brem > > > >> > > > >>----- Original Message ----- > > > >>From: "Lilly" <malik@scs-net.org> > > > >>To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> > > > >>Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 3:58 AM > > > >>Subject: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>I am researching: > > > >>>Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms b. 1802 VA, s/o Robert Mimms and Lucy > > Poor. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>We guess he died about summer of 1857. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>Drury Mimms settled on the Red River in Robertson Co, TN near the > Logan > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >Co > > > > > > > > > > > >>KY border. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>He married Elisabeth Mason Rose, d/o Rueben Rose. They had 2 kids: > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >Gideon > > > > > > > > > > > >>Mimms and Virginia Mimms. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>Gideon Mimms settled in Russellville, Logan Co KY and I am from his > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>family. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>I have never found Virginia, who she married, when she died, she is a > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>mystery to me. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>I recently found an interesting name: > > > >>>1860 census: Shoalford P.O., Limestone Co, AL. > > > >>>Drury M. Mims b. 1836 TN > > > >>>Martha 1835 TN > > > >>>Elizabeth 1859 AL > > > >>> > > > >>>I am wondering if this man might be the son of Drury Shadrach Woodson > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>Mimms, and a first wife who is unknown to me?? The date and birth > place > > > >> > > > >> > > > >are > > > > > > > > > > > >>right, and the name. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>Any ideas out there? > > > >>> > > > >>>Best regards, > > > >>>Lillian Kathleen Martin > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > > > >>>Ann Mims-Neff > > > >>>List Moderator > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > > > >>Ann Mims-Neff > > > >>List Moderator > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > > > >Ann Mims-Neff > > > >List Moderator > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > > > Ann Mims-Neff > > > List Moderator > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > > Ann Mims-Neff > > List Moderator > > > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator >

Hi List, I have a newspaper clipping that reads MIMS FAMILY FINDS HISTORY IN BIBLE (The Associated Press) Baton Rouge, La., Jan 14 --The war--and "hands across the sea" have given to one Louisiana seaman a 400 year old family Bible he never expected to see. When Brooks Mims Talton, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Talton of Minden, La., was in England recently he found the Bible while digging around in the "old documents" section of His Majesty's Library. History of the Mims family, who lived on the Mims river in Mims, Middlesex, England was written on the fly leaves. Talton, a radio operator in the merchant marine, was presented the family document by the library. Does anyone know of the whereabouts of this "family document"? There is no date other than Jan 14 and the clipping is glued onto an old scrapbook page with other clipping on the back side. I have not tried to remove the clipping to see what is on the back side for fear of damaging the clipping. I am not even sure of which newspaper this written. This "family document" may provide some answers to our questions or at least possibly give clues as to who came over to the U.S. and when. Anyone going to England anytime soon may want to ask around about this. Unfortunately I haven't the time nor resources to go myself. Jim Mims Houston, TX

Hello, List, I can't let an earlier message go by without some comment. Some of the statements are made very sweet and faithful to earlier researchers. But, if you really want to be a genealogist, you should look at the records yourself and judge, especially if the research was done many years ago. Don't just accept work done 50 years ago. Many new records are now available that were difficult to obtain or which were not in print at that time. Here are some comments: > > >The Mims' supported the Stuart line in England and their name disappeared with Sir John in England, and on or about this tiime we have the record of their appearance in America. >>> AKB: What reference or source supports this statement?? >>>Thomas Mims, born before 1623 in England, died Feb.1693-4 in Virginia, Middlesex County. His known children were Elizabeth, Thomas Jr., Sarah, Lionel, and wife, Melly Ann Martin." (From a paper read by Miss Anne Mae Mims of Augusta, Georgia, before the Edgefield (S.C.) Historical Society at the annual meeting June, 29, 1951; as quoted from the chapter, Mims, The Family in Virginia, Family Record, written by Clara Mims Wright Forrest and her mother, Anne Mims Wright, of Jackson Mississippi).>>> AKB: Without references and sources, a talk that someone made at a Society meeting 50 years ago is NOT sufficient evidence. AKB: The Thomas "Mims" of Middlesex Co VA is actually Thomas Minns. EVERY record that he left in Middlesex for over 20 years gives his name as MINNS. Different clerks of the court recorded his name consistently as Minns. The Middlesex Court records even clearly indentify his surviving children as John, Elizabeth (died young), another Elizabeth (who lived to marry), and Thomas. See the following for a narrative with references and sources: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ann_blomquist&id= I15044 > > >"The earliest appearance of the name in any of it's variants on the extant record of Virginia is in 1623, when it appears that Thomas Mimes was living in Flower de Hundred, a settlement on the south side of the James River which...>>> (From Family Record, written by Clara Mims Wright Forrest and her mother, Anne Mims Wright, of Jackson Mississippi). > > > >List of the Living and the Dead in Virginia, 1623; and Register of Land Office, Patent Book No. 5, p. 124; all of the items in this email were listed - including the references cited in Family Record, written by Clara Mims Wright Forrest and her mother, Anne Mims Wright, of Jackson Mississippi).>>> AKB: There is NO Thomas Mims, Mins, or any other spelling in the 1624/1625 Muster taken after the Indian massacre of 1622. Flowerdieu Hundred is NOT named in that muster. Flowerdieu was called Peirsey's Hundred (various spellings). Reference: Virginia Meyer and John F. Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 1987. The entire muster is listed on pages 7-71. I checked every Thomas in the list (there are lots!), but no surname comes close to Mims. > > >"On February 3, 1662, Thomas Mimes was granted 800 acres of land in James City County, Virginia, on the branches of the Chickahominy, adjoining Thomas Meredith, and George Smith, Richmond Terrell, and Edmund Price..." (From Senate Document - extra- Colonial Records of Virginia, Richmond, 1874, p. 40. AKB: This is correct with the following references: Nugent, Vol 1, 465; Patent Bk 5, 218. > > >As you may know, Anne Mims Wright was an exhaustive researcher who did most of her early research in churches, court houses and state buildings around 1900-1910. Col. Merritt in his address to the Edgefield Historical Society refers to a Mims Book that she wrote and was not published. > > > AKB: This is very nice and complimentary, but much sincere genealogy work done in the early 1900s was romanticized and does not stand up to modern examination. If it is good quality work, then modern double-checked sources will support it. But early work should not be accepted on face value. > > >Anyone that does not have a copy of Col. Merritt's address should obtain a copy, it's very detailed and interesting. AKB: Where is this document and how can it be obtained? Here is my narrative of Thomas Mims: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ann_blomquist&id= I32686 I would appreciate any corrections. Ann Blomquist Orlando, FL

If you believe that the WOOD name in your family line is in honor of some WOODSON ancestry, tied back to Dr. John Woodson, then perhaps it would be through: Shadrach Mimms born about 1724-29 maybe Edgefield SC or Virginia? Died: 11-17-1777 Goochland Co VA. he married Elizabeth Woodson, a descendant of Dr. John Woodson. Only trouble with this reasoning is he appears to have only had one son, Robert Mimms who married Lucy Poor. The rest of his kids were girls. Robert Mimms was having children in the 1813 time frame, but I don't see a Matthew recorded. Robert's sons were: William, Drury, David and John. It looks like a tough case to crack, but don't give up, somewhere there must be a clue. Since he is a military man that would be were I would look first, at military records. Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin

I am sorry I don't know about Col. Matthew Mims b. 1813. But I can tell you the early settlers in KY which started the Mimms, Mims name in KY. 1. Shadrach Mimms arrived in Logan Co. KY as of 1811. 2. Robert Mimms, s/o Shadrach, s/o David, arrived in Logan Co., KY as of 1813. (this is my line). 3. Linah Mimms arrived in Christian Co, KY as of 1817. 4. Gideon Mimms arrived in Christian and Todd Counties about 1817. #1 and #4 above are brothers. I would love to make a note about the father and grandfather of each of these men above. Does anyone have that information to share? Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin

Hi Woody! The names listed below may not be in your line, however, the names are similar, so here goes. What I found on Mims' on the Confederate side includes: ------ Elliot E. Mims, GA, 47th Infantry, Co. G. Elliot E. Mims, GA, 5th Infantry, Co. A. John Mims, GA, 10th Bn., Co. A. John Mims, Inf. Bailey's Cons. Regt., Co. B. John R. Mims, MS, 11th Inf., Co. E. J.R. Mims, GA, 36th (Villepigue's) Inf. Co. K, 1st Lt. J.R. Mims, 1st Conf. Inf., 1st Co. K, 1st Lt. George P., GA, 12th Inf. Co. A George T., GA, 63rd Inf. Co. A P. Mims, GA, 8th Cav., New Co. D. ------ Source: The Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, Volume XV, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1996, p. 160. If you haven't already, why don't you check all the conf. units that fought at Gettysburg for comparison with the units above, or possibly find casualty lists for Gettysburg. John

Hi Betty Thanks for your reply and offer. It's tough researching in the South from Oregon! Here is my info on Matthew and his family that I got from my grandparents Staley and Oralie who did extensive research in many visits to family and record sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina. I have posted this previously on the Mims Family Forum at Geneology.com and believe that repetition at respectful intervals may spur the uncovering of further info from unexpected sources. Matthew Mims - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Czarina Robinson b. 10-8-1813/GA d. 11-18-1896/Starkville, MS m. 11-20-1834 b. ? d. circa 1848/(Artesia), MS Children: 1. Peter G. Thompson Mims,b. 1835/GA, d. ? /Battle of Gettysburg 2. Ellis B. Mims b. 1837/GA m. Ann Garriot Olivia Staley (widdow of Frank Archibald) 1868 Morehouse, LA d. +/- 1881 Bonne Idee Bayou (Mer Rouge), LA 3. John R. (Robinson) Mims b. 1839/GA d. ? /Battle of Gettysburg 4. Mary Isabell Mims b. 1841/MS 5. Eliza Y (Lila) b. 1843/MS 6. Martha Shaver b. 1845/MS 7. Zerina Eunice b 1848/MS Matthew Mims - - - - - - - - - - Susan Dearing Carr 2nd m. 2-26-1849 b. 6-12-1830 d. 5-30-1894 Children: 8. Matthew Fendle Mims b. 1849/MS 9. Lina Hunter Mims b. 3-27-1852/MS 10. Lamach W. Mims b. 12-4-1853/MS 11. Twin of Lamach b/d. 12-4-1853/MS 12. David Sutton Mims b. 1856/MS 13. Margaret Mims b. 2-28-1865/MS - Twin of Willie W. 14. Willie W. Mims b. 2-28-1865/MS - Twin of Margaret 15. Rosa Maude Mims b. 6-12-1868/MS - Twin of Robert Claude 16. Robert Claude Mims b. 6-12-1868/MS - Twin of Rosa Maude 17. John Carr Mims b. 2-1-1871/MS Ellis B. Mims by Staley Wood Mims and Oralie Byrne Mims {Edited by Staley Wood Mims, III} Ellis B. Mims was the second child of Matthew and Czarina E. Robinson Mims born in Twiggs Co. Georgia +/- 1837. He had two brothers and four sisters of full blood relationship and there were a large number of half brothers and sisters. At this writting {Editor's Note - 1970}, the earliest record is a tax digest of Twiggs County 1833 showing Matthew Mims with one poll and other very small tax items. The 1840 Census of Twiggs County (page 379, line 12) shows Matthew Mims, wife and three sons, all of ages to agree withother evidences of record. This with other very strong correlative data, leads to the nearly indisputable indication that Ellis was born in Twiggs County, Georgia. The same applies to his brothers, Peter G. Thompson Mims, born 1835, and John R. Mims, born 1839. A record of Ellis' father, Matthew, for a small tax is found on the Lowndes County, Mississippi tax roll in 1841. Ellis' family was at Artesia, Mississippi which was a railway crossing point for the M&O Railway and another railway (E-W) Line, from 1841 through 1848or 1850 as his sisters, Mary Isabell born 1841, Eliza Y. born 1843, Martha Shaver born 1845, and Zerina Eunice born 1848 are shown in later census records as native to the state of Mississippi. Ellis' mother Czarina died +/- 1848 probably when Zerina Eunice was born or soon thereafter, which meant that Ellis was about 11 years old. His father Matthew married Susan Dearing Carr on February 26, 1849 and those who knew her say that she raised Czarina's and her own children in an amazing and wonderful environment of equal love and affection and no favoritism. In 1851, his father Matthew was appointed guardian for Ellis, his brothers and sisters for administration of an estate left to these children by Mary Robinson, their grandmother and mother of Czarina Robinson Mims. His portion was paid on Aprol 2, 1858. Ellis was in the C.S.A. and was wounded according to the recollection of his son, Joel Matthew {Ed. Note - Mims, Staley's father and my great grandfather} but searches in three or four southern state libraries and archives have not developed his Confederate States Service Record. After the war and during reconstruction, Ellis was on a lake or a river on a raft with a black man. They engaged in a tussel and the black man fell into the water and Ellis thought he had drowned. To escape the harsh and unreasoning judgement of the provisional authorities, Ellis left hurriedly, changed his first name and remained away from his family, out of communication and incognito. He used the name Edward B. Mims for this purpose. The location of the event and time were not known by Joel Matthew but were told of it at a time when his clarity of mind and accuracy of recollection were good, sound and vivid. It was only in the last year of his life that Ellis learned that the man had not drowned and that his flight from carpetbagger justice was needless. His new location had been in Northeastern Louisiana and this probably happened about 1866 or 7 for he met and married Ann Garriot Olivia Staley Archibald who was the widow of a Mr. {Ed. Note - A family tree prepared separately shows his first name as Frank} Archibald who had been killed in the Civil War. She had one son Frank Archibaldfrom this first marriage. To this couple {Ellis and Ann} were born Edward Wellington Mims {born} on April 15, 1869 and Joel Matthew Mims {born} on March 8, 1871. There is some question as to whether this took place in Carroll or Morehouse Parrish {Louisiana}. His passing was probably about 1881 at age 56. His body was placed in a small cemetary near a little schoolhouse on th Bonne Idee Bayou in Morehouse Parrish close to the Daniels' and the Lilly's farms. Thanks again Woody Mims Eugene, OR Betty Bivins wrote: >Woddy, >Can you tell me what you know about Matthew Mims of Twiggs Co GA? >My family is from there and I will look out for your Matthew when I am >searching. >Please send me your info to my email address if you don't want to put it on >the list. >Are you sure your Matthew is not related to Shadrack Mims who died in >Lincoln Co GA in 1807?Some of his children were in Twiggs by 1813. >betty in ga >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Woody Mims" <staleym@efn.org> >To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:30 AM >Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms > > > > >>Hi all >> >>I believe that I too am from this line. My son (Eric Wood Mims), I >>(Staley Wood Mims, III), my father (Staley Wood Mims, Jr.) and >>grandfather (Staley Wood Mims) all derive our middle names from the >>Woodson family. We are descended from Col. Matthew Mims of Twiggs Co. GA >>born October, 1813. >>I and several others descended from Matthew have hit a blank wall going >>further than Matthew, a condition that has persisted for 40 years that I >>know of. >> >>Has anyone uncovered any links to this family line? >> >>Woody Mims >>Eugene, OR >> >>PS - Should anyone wish to know, my father passed away September 7, 2003 >>in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas and is buried at Restland Memorial Park >>in Dallas. >> >>PPS - My granddaughter, Ruby Ember Mims was born May 26, 2003 in >>Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon born to Eric Wood Mims and Mercedes >>Munden. >> >>

Thank you Billie. This is my family line. This Elizabeth Woodson Mimms, who married Robert Poor is the great grandmother of Jesse James the bank robber. Elizabeth's daughter Mary Poor married the Reverend John M. James, and their son was Reverend Robert Sallee James, the father of Jesse. It took me a very long time to understand all the ways that my family was related to Jesse James, because I was taught we were only related thru the marriage of Jesse and Zeralda Amanda Mimms. But in fact, we are related to Jesse James himself, in that we share the same WOODSON ancestors, and the same POOR ancestors. So we have 3 ways in which we are related to him. Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billie Brem" <bbrem@hot.rr.com> To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms > I have a Robert Poor who married Elizabeth Woodson Mims, she was born 3 Apr. > 1769, daughter of Shadrack Mims b. 1724 and Elizabeth Woodson b. 1728. > among the other children is a Robert Mims. This from Shadrack Mims will Apr > 1777 Goochland Co. Va. Billie Brem > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lilly" <malik@scs-net.org> > To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 3:58 AM > Subject: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms > > > > I am researching: > > Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms b. 1802 VA, s/o Robert Mimms and Lucy Poor. > We guess he died about summer of 1857. > > > > Drury Mimms settled on the Red River in Robertson Co, TN near the Logan Co > KY border. > > > > He married Elisabeth Mason Rose, d/o Rueben Rose. They had 2 kids: Gideon > Mimms and Virginia Mimms. > > > > Gideon Mimms settled in Russellville, Logan Co KY and I am from his > family. > > > > I have never found Virginia, who she married, when she died, she is a > mystery to me. > > > > I recently found an interesting name: > > 1860 census: Shoalford P.O., Limestone Co, AL. > > Drury M. Mims b. 1836 TN > > Martha 1835 TN > > Elizabeth 1859 AL > > > > I am wondering if this man might be the son of Drury Shadrach Woodson > Mimms, and a first wife who is unknown to me?? The date and birth place are > right, and the name. > > > > Any ideas out there? > > > > Best regards, > > Lillian Kathleen Martin > > > > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > > Ann Mims-Neff > > List Moderator > > > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator > >

Does anyone know if these Mims are kin to my William Riley Mims born in Georgia in 1835. His father was William Mims born in 1805 in SC. Billie Brem ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Bivins" <halbet@angus1841.com> To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 5:39 AM Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms > Woddy, > Can you tell me what you know about Matthew Mims of Twiggs Co GA? > My family is from there and I will look out for your Matthew when I am > searching. > Please send me your info to my email address if you don't want to put it on > the list. > Are you sure your Matthew is not related to Shadrack Mims who died in > Lincoln Co GA in 1807?Some of his children were in Twiggs by 1813. > betty in ga > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Woody Mims" <staleym@efn.org> > To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:30 AM > Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms > > > > Hi all > > > > I believe that I too am from this line. My son (Eric Wood Mims), I > > (Staley Wood Mims, III), my father (Staley Wood Mims, Jr.) and > > grandfather (Staley Wood Mims) all derive our middle names from the > > Woodson family. We are descended from Col. Matthew Mims of Twiggs Co. GA > > born October, 1813. > > I and several others descended from Matthew have hit a blank wall going > > further than Matthew, a condition that has persisted for 40 years that I > > know of. > > > > Has anyone uncovered any links to this family line? > > > > Woody Mims > > Eugene, OR > > > > PS - Should anyone wish to know, my father passed away September 7, 2003 > > in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas and is buried at Restland Memorial Park > > in Dallas. > > > > PPS - My granddaughter, Ruby Ember Mims was born May 26, 2003 in > > Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon born to Eric Wood Mims and Mercedes > > Munden. > > > > Lilly wrote: > > > > >Thank you Billie. This is my family line. This Elizabeth Woodson Mimms, > > >who married Robert Poor is the great grandmother of Jesse James the bank > > >robber. > > >Elizabeth's daughter Mary Poor married the Reverend John M. James, and > their > > >son was Reverend Robert Sallee James, the father of Jesse. > > > > > >It took me a very long time to understand all the ways that my family was > > >related to Jesse James, because I was taught we were only related thru > the > > >marriage of Jesse and Zeralda Amanda Mimms. > > > > > >But in fact, we are related to Jesse James himself, in that we share the > > >same WOODSON ancestors, and the same POOR ancestors. So we have 3 ways > in > > >which we are related to him. > > > > > >Best regards, > > >Lillian Kathleen Martin > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Billie Brem" <bbrem@hot.rr.com> > > >To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:50 PM > > >Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>I have a Robert Poor who married Elizabeth Woodson Mims, she was born 3 > > >> > > >> > > >Apr. > > > > > > > > >>1769, daughter of Shadrack Mims b. 1724 and Elizabeth Woodson b. 1728. > > >>among the other children is a Robert Mims. This from Shadrack Mims will > > >> > > >> > > >Apr > > > > > > > > >>1777 Goochland Co. Va. Billie Brem > > >> > > >>----- Original Message ----- > > >>From: "Lilly" <malik@scs-net.org> > > >>To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> > > >>Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 3:58 AM > > >>Subject: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>I am researching: > > >>>Drury Shadrach Woodson Mimms b. 1802 VA, s/o Robert Mimms and Lucy > Poor. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>We guess he died about summer of 1857. > > >> > > >> > > >>>Drury Mimms settled on the Red River in Robertson Co, TN near the Logan > > >>> > > >>> > > >Co > > > > > > > > >>KY border. > > >> > > >> > > >>>He married Elisabeth Mason Rose, d/o Rueben Rose. They had 2 kids: > > >>> > > >>> > > >Gideon > > > > > > > > >>Mimms and Virginia Mimms. > > >> > > >> > > >>>Gideon Mimms settled in Russellville, Logan Co KY and I am from his > > >>> > > >>> > > >>family. > > >> > > >> > > >>>I have never found Virginia, who she married, when she died, she is a > > >>> > > >>> > > >>mystery to me. > > >> > > >> > > >>>I recently found an interesting name: > > >>>1860 census: Shoalford P.O., Limestone Co, AL. > > >>>Drury M. Mims b. 1836 TN > > >>>Martha 1835 TN > > >>>Elizabeth 1859 AL > > >>> > > >>>I am wondering if this man might be the son of Drury Shadrach Woodson > > >>> > > >>> > > >>Mimms, and a first wife who is unknown to me?? The date and birth place > > >> > > >> > > >are > > > > > > > > >>right, and the name. > > >> > > >> > > >>>Any ideas out there? > > >>> > > >>>Best regards, > > >>>Lillian Kathleen Martin > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > > >>>Ann Mims-Neff > > >>>List Moderator > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > > >>Ann Mims-Neff > > >>List Moderator > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > > >Ann Mims-Neff > > >List Moderator > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > > Ann Mims-Neff > > List Moderator > > > > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator >