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 >

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 > > > >

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 obtai n 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

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 >

Were you able to open the info I sent to you. I have collected this from many places so I sent notes and all so you could figure for yourself what is fact and what is fiction. I don't just send that to everyone but I know that you have been out there for a long time and will not take what I sent as gospel. Maybe my information will give you some leads on other places to look. Billie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted and Freda Noble" <tnoble@mcn.org> To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] T. S. Mims > Dear Billie, > thank you so much for posting the obituary of T. S. Mims. The > names are all very familiar. Do know if Thomas's family was ever in > southern Alabama...Butler, Monroe or Baldwin Counties? I even have > Pharrs that married into the Cone family which I have connected to > the Mims line that I research. > They are way out on a limb for me, but I knew so many of them in > Monroeville, Alabama, that I am very interested in the family. > The earliest Mims I have is also a Thomas Mims, born in April > 1681. I have the info below that was on this List at one time. > Any info will be appreciated. Freda > > >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. 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). > > > >"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, in 1634, at the division of the colony into shires or counties, fell > >within the present county of Charles City, and from then on the subdivision > >fell within the present county of Prince George." (From Family Record, > >written by Clara Mims Wright Forrest and her mother, Anne Mims Wright, of > >Jackson Mississippi). > > > >"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; > >List of the Living and the Dead in Virginia, 1623; and Register of Land Offic > >e, 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). > > > >There are other items included in Family Record, including references to The > >Joyce Manuscript; the Vestry Book of St. Peter's Parish, Virginia. > > > >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. > > > >Anyone that does not have a copy of Col. Merritt's address should obtain a > >copy, it's very detailed and interesting. > > > > > > >T. S. Mims passed away Nov. 9, 2003 in San Antonio, Texas. Funeral > >Nov. 13 at Mission Park Funeral Chapels North. Burial will follow at > >Mission Burial Park North. Visitation will begin at 5 pm. > >Wednesday, Nov. 12 at the funeral home. > > T.S. was born Oct 8, 1924, in Cego, Texas. He was a resident of > >Waco, Texas for many years. > > He was preceded in death by his wife, Faye Mims in 2000; sisters, > >Ocie Ann Jacks and Marie Ledbetter; and brothers Roy and Leo > >Ledbetter. > > Survivors include his mother Ocie Ledbetter; daughters, Virgie > >Ann Maxwell, Deborah L. Dixon and husband, Lee; sons, Tommy E. Mims > >and wife Jackie, Bill Hall and wife, Clara; sisters; Sylvia Kirton > >and Linda Wallis; brothers, Guy Mims, Rodney Mims, G. L. Ledbetter > >and Melvin Ledgetter. Other survivors include numerous > >grandchildren, greaat-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends. > > > >Thomas S. Mims is a descendent of William Riley Mims and Martha Ann > >Pharr. Martha Pharr Mims came to Texas with her daughter Joseph Ann > >Mims Watson and son-in-law Andrew Jackson Watson in approximately > >1890. Thomas Mims and his family also came about this time. He and > >Joseph Ann Mims were brother and sister. > > > >I descend from Andrew Jackson Watson and Joseph Ann Mims Watson. I > >will be happy to help anyone on this family line of Mims. > >Billie Watson Brem > > > > > >==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > >Ann Mims-Neff > >List Moderator > > > -- > Researching my Southern Families: Roberson/Robertson/Robinson,Bonner, > Blakely,Wright, Sills, Thornton, Canterbury, Godbold, Solomon, Pate, > Grice, Herron, Regan, Sims, Boles, Jones. > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator >

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

Dear Billie, thank you so much for posting the obituary of T. S. Mims. The names are all very familiar. Do know if Thomas's family was ever in southern Alabama...Butler, Monroe or Baldwin Counties? I even have Pharrs that married into the Cone family which I have connected to the Mims line that I research. They are way out on a limb for me, but I knew so many of them in Monroeville, Alabama, that I am very interested in the family. The earliest Mims I have is also a Thomas Mims, born in April 1681. I have the info below that was on this List at one time. Any info will be appreciated. Freda >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. 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). > >"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, in 1634, at the division of the colony into shires or counties, fell >within the present county of Charles City, and from then on the subdivision >fell within the present county of Prince George." (From Family Record, >written by Clara Mims Wright Forrest and her mother, Anne Mims Wright, of >Jackson Mississippi). > >"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; >List of the Living and the Dead in Virginia, 1623; and Register of Land Offic >e, 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). > >There are other items included in Family Record, including references to The >Joyce Manuscript; the Vestry Book of St. Peter's Parish, Virginia. > >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. > >Anyone that does not have a copy of Col. Merritt's address should obtain a >copy, it's very detailed and interesting. >T. S. Mims passed away Nov. 9, 2003 in San Antonio, Texas. Funeral >Nov. 13 at Mission Park Funeral Chapels North. Burial will follow at >Mission Burial Park North. Visitation will begin at 5 pm. >Wednesday, Nov. 12 at the funeral home. > T.S. was born Oct 8, 1924, in Cego, Texas. He was a resident of >Waco, Texas for many years. > He was preceded in death by his wife, Faye Mims in 2000; sisters, >Ocie Ann Jacks and Marie Ledbetter; and brothers Roy and Leo >Ledbetter. > Survivors include his mother Ocie Ledbetter; daughters, Virgie >Ann Maxwell, Deborah L. Dixon and husband, Lee; sons, Tommy E. Mims >and wife Jackie, Bill Hall and wife, Clara; sisters; Sylvia Kirton >and Linda Wallis; brothers, Guy Mims, Rodney Mims, G. L. Ledbetter >and Melvin Ledgetter. Other survivors include numerous >grandchildren, greaat-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends. > >Thomas S. Mims is a descendent of William Riley Mims and Martha Ann >Pharr. Martha Pharr Mims came to Texas with her daughter Joseph Ann >Mims Watson and son-in-law Andrew Jackson Watson in approximately >1890. Thomas Mims and his family also came about this time. He and >Joseph Ann Mims were brother and sister. > >I descend from Andrew Jackson Watson and Joseph Ann Mims Watson. I >will be happy to help anyone on this family line of Mims. >Billie Watson Brem > > >==== MIMS Mailing List ==== >Ann Mims-Neff >List Moderator -- Researching my Southern Families: Roberson/Robertson/Robinson,Bonner, Blakely,Wright, Sills, Thornton, Canterbury, Godbold, Solomon, Pate, Grice, Herron, Regan, Sims, Boles, Jones.

T. S. Mims passed away Nov. 9, 2003 in San Antonio, Texas. Funeral Nov. 13 at Mission Park Funeral Chapels North. Burial will follow at Mission Burial Park North. Visitation will begin at 5 pm. Wednesday, Nov. 12 at the funeral home. T.S. was born Oct 8, 1924, in Cego, Texas. He was a resident of Waco, Texas for many years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Faye Mims in 2000; sisters, Ocie Ann Jacks and Marie Ledbetter; and brothers Roy and Leo Ledbetter. Survivors include his mother Ocie Ledbetter; daughters, Virgie Ann Maxwell, Deborah L. Dixon and husband, Lee; sons, Tommy E. Mims and wife Jackie, Bill Hall and wife, Clara; sisters; Sylvia Kirton and Linda Wallis; brothers, Guy Mims, Rodney Mims, G. L. Ledbetter and Melvin Ledgetter. Other survivors include numerous grandchildren, greaat-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends. Thomas S. Mims is a descendent of William Riley Mims and Martha Ann Pharr. Martha Pharr Mims came to Texas with her daughter Joseph Ann Mims Watson and son-in-law Andrew Jackson Watson in approximately 1890. Thomas Mims and his family also came about this time. He and Joseph Ann Mims were brother and sister. I descend from Andrew Jackson Watson and Joseph Ann Mims Watson. I will be happy to help anyone on this family line of Mims. Billie Watson Brem

I am trying to flesh out my husband's Mims line. >From notes of his grandmother (who had an old family Bible) I find that he is descended from William Albert Mims Jr, who was born about 1835 in Greene County, Tenn. In 1859 he married Jaly Elizabeth Gilette, born in Cocke County, Tenn. They moved to Erath County, Texas, sometime after 1865. Can anyone shed any light on this Mims? love joan For this is the day that the Lord hath made Join me in rejoicing in it, and let us be glad!

Is it too to order a copy of the pictures of Drury Sr. and Jr.? Please and thank you love joan For this is the day that the Lord hath made Join me in rejoicing in it, and let us be glad!

Can you send me one to. ----- Original Message ----- From: <RMims76484@aol.com> To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 7:19 PM Subject: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Drury Pics > Has every one that ask for the pics of Drury jr. and of the grave site > received them? I have gotten so many requests that I am not sure I have answered > them all. I'm sorry if I have missed any one, I was gone for a week and could'nt > send any, so please ask again. > > Roy Mims > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator >

Roy, I couldn't open attachments, either. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: randy cole Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:41 AM To: MIMS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Drury Pics Roy, I received the pictures of Drury and Drury Sr. was not able to open the attachments!! Could you please send again in Jpeg. THANKS Randy rnccole@etgs.com ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== Ann Mims-Neff List Moderator

Roy, I received the pictures of Drury and Drury Sr. was not able to open the attachments!! Could you please send again in Jpeg. THANKS Randy rnccole@etgs.com

Roy - Would you please send me a copy of the grave site... Thanks.. Willis Patterson

Hi Roy! Yes, I certainly did receive those photos of the grave and of Drury Mims, Jr. posing for a photo. Thanks, again! John Van Zandt

Has every one that ask for the pics of Drury jr. and of the grave site received them? I have gotten so many requests that I am not sure I have answered them all. I'm sorry if I have missed any one, I was gone for a week and could'nt send any, so please ask again. Roy Mims

I think those that are planning a reunion in Edgefield will find this of great interest. If memory serves me Connie is the president of the local historical assn. and a great help in that area. Bob Campbell Birmingham, AL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr Constance T McNeill" <connie@wctel.net> To: <SCEDGEFI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 5:55 AM Subject: Re: Documents found in Edgefield > --=======2D6E1E57======= > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-7D8129BE; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > We are still unfolding documents to catalogue the items that have > been found. There are about 75 or more boxes of envelopes. > Guardianship papers, equity settlements, arrest warrants, Equity bonds, etc. > Every time I go over and begin to help I am amazed at what we have. > When we have all the papers opened, catalogued and make a final assessment, > we have to decide how to preserve the documents and make them available to > everyone. > > That will involve microfilming and then they will be available. Each box > contains about 100 or more envelopes. So this is truly a monumental task. > And we only have volunteers. > > But it will get done, somehow someway And the documents and the microfilm > will > then be available at the D A Tompkins library and the Archives in Edgefield. > > I will try to keep all informed as to the progress. We hope to apply for > grants to help with this task. But for now, are being especially careful of > who works with the documents. As all can understand. > > Connie > > > --=======2D6E1E57======= > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-7D8129BE > Content-Disposition: inline > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.534 / Virus Database: 329 - Release Date: 10/31/03 > > --=======2D6E1E57=======-- > > > ==== SCEDGEFI Mailing List ==== > > Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - http://istg.rootsweb.com >

This sounds exciting. I can't wait to find out what is in all those boxes. Vanessa Robert Campbell <popbob@charter.net> wrote: I think those that are planning a reunion in Edgefield will find this of great interest. If memory serves me Connie is the president of the local historical assn. and a great help in that area. Bob Campbell Birmingham, AL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr Constance T McNeill" To: Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 5:55 AM Subject: Re: Documents found in Edgefield > --=======2D6E1E57======= > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-7D8129BE; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > We are still unfolding documents to catalogue the items that have > been found. There are about 75 or more boxes of envelopes. > Guardianship papers, equity settlements, arrest warrants, Equity bonds, etc. > Every time I go over and begin to help I am amazed at what we have. > When we have all the papers opened, catalogued and make a final assessment, > we have to decide how to preserve the documents and make them available to > everyone. > > That will involve microfilming and then they will be available. Each box > contains about 100 or more envelopes. So this is truly a monumental task. > And we only have volunteers. > > But it will get done, somehow someway And the documents and the microfilm > will > then be available at the D A Tompkins library and the Archives in Edgefield. > > I will try to keep all informed as to the progress. We hope to apply for > grants to help with this task. But for now, are being especially careful of > who works with the documents. As all can understand. > > Connie > > > --=======2D6E1E57======= > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-7D8129BE > Content-Disposition: inline > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.534 / Virus Database: 329 - Release Date: 10/31/03 > > --=======2D6E1E57=======-- > > > ==== SCEDGEFI Mailing List ==== > > Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - http://istg.rootsweb.com > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== Ann Mims-Neff List Moderator

I am interested in the Mims reunion. My line is David James Mims, born 1813 in Darligton District, SC, of his daughter Drucilla Mims, born 1847. This Mims line migrated to Webster Parish, LA . Randy Cole Tyler, TX

I am very interested in this reunion. My Mims line is from the Darlington, SC area. Tommie Mims, Birmingham, AL -----Original Message----- From: RMims76484@aol.com [mailto:RMims76484@aol.com] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 10:51 PM To: MIMS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Mims Family Reunion How many on this list would want to have a family reunion in Edgefield, South Carolina in the month of May 2004? Some of us are trying to set one up if we can get enough to come. Roy Mims, San Diego, Ca. ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== Ann Mims-Neff List Moderator