Hello Group! Going to start a (hopefully) short list of an so-called errors in the "Mims Leaves" transcription on this end for my line of ancestry. Would anyone else be interesting in sharing any errors found with the group? Has anyone listed Drury, Sr. recently for membership in the DAR/ or SAR? Now, what did I do with the CD-Rom containing that transcription... Descended from: Drury, Sr. and Lydia Livingston and Martha 'Patsy' Henry and 3rd wife, Augusta Julia etc. John Van Zandt

On Jan 10, 2004, at 10:56 AM, JVanZandt@aol.com wrote: Hi! I submitted my papers for the DAR several months ago for relative Drury Mims, Sr. and am waiting for my official DAR number. I was told it would take a few months to be processed. Brenda Burkett Palm Bay, FL > Hello Group! > > Going to start a (hopefully) short list of an so-called errors in the > "Mims > Leaves" transcription on this end for my line of ancestry. Would > anyone else be > interesting in sharing any errors found with the group? > > Has anyone listed Drury, Sr. recently for membership in the DAR/ or > SAR? > > Now, what did I do with the CD-Rom containing that transcription... > > Descended from: > > Drury, Sr. and Lydia > Livingston and Martha 'Patsy' > Henry and 3rd wife, Augusta Julia > etc. > > John Van Zandt > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator > >

On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:56:39 EST, JVanZandt@aol.com wrote: > > Going to start a (hopefully) short list of an so-called > errors in the "Mims Leaves" transcription on this end for > my line of ancestry. Would anyone else be interesting in > sharing any errors found with the group? I would. For starters, I'll mention the notes Kate left in the copy I have: 1. In reference to "Elizabeth Mims, daughter of Thomas and Anne Mims, born 29th March and baptised 11th of May 1679," followed by "Elizabeth Mims, daughter of Thomas and Anne Mims, departed this life 19th October and was buried 20th ditto 1678," and Sam's comment "Obviously the child could not have been buried five months before she was born," Kate notes "They could have been two different children, the second named in memory of her dead sister." 2. In reference to the comment that Drury-4-a married Lydia Jones and they moved, first to North Carolina, then on to Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, Kate says: I think Lydia was from NC and he married her there. 3.In reference to the will of THOMAS-4-f, Sam says the will discloses that on January 10, 1809, three of his daughters were widows, then names their husbands, and says two of them were named as executors in the will. Kate asked how he could name the husbands of widows as executors. (Had they remarried and those were the new husbands? I haven't seen the will, so I don't know.) Janet correctly points out that there is very little documentation in the paper. He says "countless hours were spent in the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the Bureau of Land Management in the Department of Interior, and other departments and agencies at our Nation's capital, digging into original sources." But he refers to few of those documents specifically. Further, he says he is not a genealogist, leaving room to wonder about his experience in interpreting such records. Hence my original question as to thoughts on the accuracy of both his "facts" and his conclusions. Terry Reigel

MANY THANKS to Terry Reigel and John VanZandt for copies of Sam Mims' booklet!! I have studied the pages that were new to me and have some comments. Sam Mims thought his Mims line was: Thomas Mims and Mellyanne Martin Thomas Mims and Grace Britton David Mims and Sabra Joyner David Mims and unknown Jacob Mims (c1782-1851) and Esther Reynolds David James Mims (1813-1888) and E. J. Son Mims Sam Mims I have carefully studied the Mims of Darlington Co SC, and I believe that Sam Mims' line is actually: Thomas Mims (c1674-aft 1721) and Mellyanne Martin Benjamin Mims (1710-c1787) and Judith Richard Mims (c1752-aft1807) and Elizabeth Jacob Mims (c1783-1851) and Esther Reynolds (last 3 lines the same as above) Many people working on the early Mims line have used Sam Mims' booklet as "evidence" that the Thomas "Mims" of Middlesex County VA is an early ancestor. THIS IS NOT CORRECT. The Thomas of that county was MINNS. He left records in the county for over 20 years and every record says MINNS, not one is MIMS. That Thomas Minns and his wife Anne did have TWO daughters named Elizabeth. The first one died young, but the second one lived to marry and leave court documents. Even his son John is recorded as Minns. A detailed referenced narrative can be found at: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ann_blomquist&id= I15044 For our earliest Thomas Mims, please see: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ann_blomquist&id= I32686 As the comments below indicate, Sam Mims did not provide sources and references. Examine the original documents, and prove to yourself what the evidence really shows. Ann Blomquist Orlando, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Reigel" <terry@reigelridge.com> To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Mims Leaves > On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:56:39 EST, JVanZandt@aol.com wrote: > > > > Going to start a (hopefully) short list of an so-called errors in the "Mims Leaves" transcription on this end for my line of ancestry. Would anyone else be interesting in sharing any errors found with the group? I would. For starters, I'll mention the notes Kate left in the copy I have: > > 1. In reference to "Elizabeth Mims, daughter of Thomas and Anne Mims, born 29th March and baptised 11th of May 1679," followed by "Elizabeth Mims, daughter of Thomas and Anne Mims, departed this life 19th October and was buried 20th ditto 1678," and Sam's comment "Obviously the child could not have been buried five months before she was born," > Kate notes "They could have been two different children, the second named in memory of her dead sister." > > 2. In reference to the comment that Drury-4-a married Lydia Jones and they moved, first to North Carolina, then on to Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, Kate says: I think Lydia was from NC and he married her there. > > 3.In reference to the will of THOMAS-4-f, Sam says the will discloses that on January 10, 1809, three of his daughters were widows, then names their husbands, and says two of them were named as executors in the will. Kate asked how he could name the husbands of widows as executors. (Had they remarried and those were the new husbands? I haven't seen the will, so I don't know.) > > Janet correctly points out that there is very little documentation in the paper. He says "countless hours were spent in the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the Bureau of Land Management in the Department of Interior, and other departments and agencies at our Nation's capital, digging into original sources." But he refers to few of those documents specifically. Further, he says he is not a genealogist, leaving room to wonder about his experience in interpreting such records. Hence my original question as to thoughts on the accuracy of both his "facts" and his conclusions. > > Terry Reigel >

Ann, Have briefly looked at you listing of the Mims family and noticed that you have a David Mims as son of David and Elizabeth[Cullen] b. c. 1800 in Chatham County. This David married Ester Norris, 1819 Wake Co; Millney Johnson 1824 and Bethany Mann 1866. The David who married Sarah Kemp 1815 in Tattanal Co., GA was the son of Drury Mims (Joseph, Lionel, Thomas) Janet Sims ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Blomquist" <akblomquist@cfl.rr.com> To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Mims Leaves > MANY THANKS to Terry Reigel and John VanZandt for copies of Sam Mims' > booklet!! > > I have studied the pages that were new to me and have some comments. > > Sam Mims thought his Mims line was: > Thomas Mims and Mellyanne Martin > Thomas Mims and Grace Britton > David Mims and Sabra Joyner > David Mims and unknown > Jacob Mims (c1782-1851) and Esther Reynolds > David James Mims (1813-1888) and E. J. > Son Mims > Sam Mims > > I have carefully studied the Mims of Darlington Co SC, and I believe that > Sam Mims' line is actually: > Thomas Mims (c1674-aft 1721) and Mellyanne Martin > Benjamin Mims (1710-c1787) and Judith > Richard Mims (c1752-aft1807) and Elizabeth > Jacob Mims (c1783-1851) and Esther Reynolds > (last 3 lines the same as above) > > Many people working on the early Mims line have used Sam Mims' booklet as > "evidence" that the Thomas "Mims" of Middlesex County VA is an early > ancestor. THIS IS NOT CORRECT. The Thomas of that county was MINNS. He left > records in the county for over 20 years and every record says MINNS, not one > is MIMS. > > That Thomas Minns and his wife Anne did have TWO daughters named Elizabeth. > The first one died young, but the second one lived to marry and leave court > documents. Even his son John is recorded as Minns. A detailed referenced > narrative can be found at: > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ann_blomquist&id= > I15044 > > For our earliest Thomas Mims, please see: > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ann_blomquist&id= > I32686 > > As the comments below indicate, Sam Mims did not provide sources and > references. Examine the original documents, and prove to yourself what the > evidence really shows. > > Ann Blomquist > Orlando, FL > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Reigel" <terry@reigelridge.com> > To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 6:08 PM > Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Mims Leaves > > > > On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:56:39 EST, JVanZandt@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > Going to start a (hopefully) short list of an so-called errors in the > "Mims Leaves" transcription on this end for my line of ancestry. Would > anyone else be interesting in sharing any errors found with the group? I > would. For starters, I'll mention the notes Kate left in the copy I have: > > > > 1. In reference to "Elizabeth Mims, daughter of Thomas and Anne Mims, born > 29th March and baptised 11th of May 1679," followed by "Elizabeth Mims, > daughter of Thomas and Anne Mims, departed this life 19th October and was > buried 20th ditto 1678," and Sam's comment "Obviously the child could not > have been buried five months before she was born," > > Kate notes "They could have been two different children, the second named > in memory of her dead sister." > > > > 2. In reference to the comment that Drury-4-a married Lydia Jones and they > moved, first to North Carolina, then on to Ninety-Six District, South > Carolina, Kate says: I think Lydia was from NC and he married her there. > > > > 3.In reference to the will of THOMAS-4-f, Sam says the will discloses that > on January 10, 1809, three of his daughters were widows, then names their > husbands, and says two of them were named as executors in the will. Kate > asked how he could name the husbands of widows as executors. (Had they > remarried and those were the new husbands? I haven't seen the will, so I > don't know.) > > > > Janet correctly points out that there is very little documentation in the > paper. He says "countless hours were spent in the Library of Congress, the > National Archives, the Bureau of Land Management in the Department of > Interior, and other departments and agencies at our Nation's capital, > digging into original sources." But he refers to few of those documents > specifically. Further, he says he is not a genealogist, leaving room to > wonder about his experience in interpreting such records. Hence my original > question as to thoughts on the accuracy of both his "facts" and his > conclusions. > > > > Terry Reigel > > > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator >