I'm looking for connections for Linah Mims, born about 1770-1775, who appears in Greenbrier Co. VA in 1800, gets elected to the Virginia Assembly in 1806, then to the Council of State in 1811, then suddenly in 1818 chucks it all and moved to central Kentucky. I'd suppose he was connected to he Virginia Mims, who largely moved to the Carolinas before heading westward, but have found no trace of that. I'm wondering if there is a clue in the names of his children. His sons, in order best I can tell, were: Addison John Harrison Davis N. Rufus K. The mother's father was John Davis, which would explain those two names. But where did Addison, Harrison, and Rufus come from? A search on Rootsweb WorldConnect shows Edward Jones Mims and Emeline Sarah Addison were having children in SC in the 1840-1850s period. Likewise Benjamin Tarlton Mims and Susan Ann Addison, in the same period in SC. And David Mims and Sophia Moles Addison, in AL with children in 1830s. They are all too late to be Linah's parents. Anyone know of Mims connections to these names early enough to be in Linah's ancestry? Or any other ideas? Terry Reigel

In reply to Terry -- Not much help -- but for what it's worth - Rufus is a name used in my Mims family about the time of the Civil War. His father was Jefferson Augustus and Jefferson's father was David Spivey - whose father was Martin -- whose father I believe to be A Linah? Martin was from North Carolina; David was born in NC -- Martin served in the Revolution - from GA. My line (Jefferson's) moved to Gordon County, GA about 1850. Jefferson took his family to Terrell Co. (SW GA) for safety during the Civil War and two of the children - one of them being my Rufus - married Lees of that county in the early 1880's. After the war Jefferson went back to Gordon County. Jeannine in GA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Reigel" <terry@reigelridge.com> To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 11:34 PM Subject: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Mims & Addison or Harrison? > I'm looking for connections for Linah Mims, born about 1770-1775, who > appears in Greenbrier Co. VA in 1800, gets elected to the Virginia > Assembly in 1806, then to the Council of State in 1811, then suddenly > in 1818 chucks it all and moved to central Kentucky. I'd suppose he > was connected to he Virginia Mims, who largely moved to the Carolinas > before heading westward, but have found no trace of that. > > I'm wondering if there is a clue in the names of his children. His > sons, in order best I can tell, were: > > Addison > John Harrison > Davis N. > Rufus K. > > The mother's father was John Davis, which would explain those two > names. But where did Addison, Harrison, and Rufus come from? > > A search on Rootsweb WorldConnect shows Edward Jones Mims and Emeline > Sarah Addison were having children in SC in the 1840-1850s period. > Likewise Benjamin Tarlton Mims and Susan Ann Addison, in the same > period in SC. And David Mims and Sophia Moles Addison, in AL with > children in 1830s. They are all too late to be Linah's parents. > > Anyone know of Mims connections to these names early enough to be in > Linah's ancestry? Or any other ideas? > > Terry Reigel > > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator > >