Hi Bert and A.L. Anderson, I can trace my line back to Jesse Sims born 1798 in NC. He married Jemima D. Hutchinson?. There children were Ann Sims John Sims William Sims James Sims Benjamin A. Sims Lydia Sims Harvey Sims George W. Sims Nancy Jane Sims (b. March 6, 1840 in Lewis Co.) Hulda Sims Andrew Sims Nancy Jane Sims was my gg grandmother. She married John Gardner Sharp. To A.L. Anderson - I can't find any Augusta Charles Sims. Do you see a connection? Thanks, Diana Sharp Clark Atascadero, CA