Cathy Thanks for this info.....now if i can find out anymore about the John Sims listed as son of James Sims.I am seeking Any info on John E. Sims-b-1818..lived Sewell and then Lansing WV.Married Hannah Keeney carol in Va -----Original Message----- From: Cathy Meder-Dempsey <cathy.meder@pt.lu> To: WVFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com <WVFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, July 05, 2001 9:36 AM Subject: [WVFAYETT] James Sims f/o Elizabeth Johnson, Nancy Ann Johnson, and Mildred Settle >Hi List, > >The following I received from a lovely lady named Eve, who wrote "I haven't >been actively participating in the discussion on the Fayette list because I >have nothing concrete to connect me with William Johnson and Amy Nelson, but >if you want to share the following with the list, feel free." The >information was found in a file for Virginia Bondurant Johnson's application >in the DAR and forwarded to Eve by her (Eve's) cousin. I believe this will >interest many of you on the list. > > > ************************* >(Excerpts from [typewritten] letter of Willard E. Simms of Cozaddale, O., >R.F.D. 1, to John T. Simms, Charleston, W.Va.--June 8, 1947) > >"Atty John Reynolds filed suit in 1848 in the circuit supreme court of law >and chancery for Nicholas County, Geo. H. Lee being judge; seeking to have >the court provide for the sale of the 125 acre farm near Beech Glen, I >believe, which was left by James Sims when he died in 1836. The bill of >complaint represented that William, Martin, John, James, Dryden, Charles, >Washington Sims; Joseph Darlington and Jane (Sims) Darlington, his wife; >Joel >Settle and Mildred (Sims) Settle, his wife; and Nancy (Sims) Johnson >respectfully represent that James Sims, the father of your orators and >oratresses departed this life on the ___day of ___1836 intestate and leaving >no widow and leaving besides your orators and oratresses to survive him the >following heirs at law to-wit: the children of Jeremiah Sims, dec'd (he >having died 1824 near Springfield O.) who live in the western country, the >names of whom are unknown; also the children of Elizabeth Johnson, dec'd, >formerly Elizabeth Sims: to-wit, John Johnson, Wm. Johnson, Harrison >Johnson, >James Johnson, James Settle and Rachel his wife; William H(?)ale and Amy his >wife, John Backhouse and Phoebe his wife; ______Montgomery and Elizabeth his >wife; Sarah Hyphy, John Kincaid and Mary his wife; also the children of Mary >Hughes, formerly Mary Sims, to-wit, Tazewell Hughes, Andrew Hughes, Nelson >Johnson and Elizabeth his wife; Johnson Foster and Mary his wife; also the >children of Margaret Hughes, formerly Margaret Sims, to-wit, Matthew >Kincaid >and Susan his wife; Ann Hughes, Robert Hughes, John Hughes, the last three >are infants; also the children of Sarah Foster, formerly Sarah Sims, to-wit, >Jordan Hickson and Mariah his wife; James Foster, Peyton Foster, Charles >Foster, and Milton Sims, the last three but one are infants, and the same >James Sims, the father of your orators and oratresses died seized of a tract >of land containing 125 acres in Nicholas county, on the Gauley river, etc., >etc. >"The matter was finally settled in the spring term of court 1853. It sold >for $183 and the costs approximated $160, thus leaving about $22.50 to be >distributed." > >(Notes by W.H. Maginnis): As several persons named James Sims were recorded >in Culpeper County, Va., between 1768 and 1808, I took note of the names of >their wives and after some study came to the conclusion that the James Sims >whose wife was named Phoebe was the one who moved to Bath County and later, >after Phoebe was drowned, to Gauley river in what is now Nicholas county, >W.Va. because the James Sims who married Jane Towles was still in Culpeper >in >1803, and James Sims, Jr., and his wife Ann were there still later. James >Sims, son of Thomas, Sr., died in Culpeper. James Sims, son of William and >grandson of Thomas, Sr., has been traced to Kentucky. He was an orphan >infant in 1769) >In Deed Book H, page 475, Culpeper, Va., in deed dated Dec. 17, 1779, 11 >years after the date of Jeremiah Sims's will, James Sims and his wife >Phoebe, >conveyed to Martin Nalle 118 acres of land in Bromfield parish, in the Great >Fork of the Rappahannock river. The land had been left to James Sims "by my >father." >The wife of Jeremiah Sims (will 1768) was Agatha, daughter of John Nalle of >Culpeper county. She later married Russell Hill. > >(Footnote) Willard Sims in copying record from Nicholas county wrote Joel >and >Mildred Suttle, instead of Settle. I do not know if that were his mistake >or >the court's. (Signed) W.H. Maginnis > >Now List I know that you will be asking who is Phoebe and what about >Elizabeth Sims. I received the following from a Sims researcher who claims >to have a copy of the Coroner's Inquest Report dated 1794. He wrote: > >"First, James never married his cousin Elizabeth. This has been family lore >forever, but is not correct. He married first, Phoebe Nalle, who DID fall >off her horse and drown in the Jackson River after tending a sick friend all >night. I have the Coroner's Inquest Report dated 1794. There was some >controversy about this, as her son was accused of causing the accident, but >was not charged." > >I have asked him about this document and how he found it but he has not >answered my questions. He is working on his database and plans to put the >updated information online so I believe that he does not want to share until >he has his data online. > >Note: I have seen on several sites that Nancy Cotton, the second wife, has >been referred to as Elizabeth "Nancy" Cotton which may explain why we have >seen Elizabeth Sims listed as the mother of Mildred Sims Settle. > >Note to Terry W. Johnson: The above document shows that Nancy (Sims) Johnson >was still living in 1848 which disproves that she died during the 1845 >epidemic as did her husband William Johnson Jr. > >Cathy > > >==== WVFAYETT Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >