This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/755.2 Message Board Post: Elisha Sims did have a son names John Sims, but he was not married to Mariah Ann Jane McGee. There never was anyone by the name of John Hiram Newton Sims. There was a Hiram Sims who married Mary Abercrombie about 1808 in Laurens Co., SC. The proven parents of Hiram Sims were Clayborn Sims and wife Martha [maiden name unknown to me]. Clayborn Sims was born about 1760 in Halifax Co., VA. and died about 1812 in Laurens Co., SC. I've a well documented history about Clayborn Sims and wife Martha and their children. Also a well documented history about Hiram Sims and wife Mary Abercrombie and their children. Also have quite a bit about Elisha Sims and his descendants who were from another branch of our Sims ancestry.