SIMS James

- Abt 1843

• Name	SIMS James
  Born	Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1843
  Person ID	I1346	Combo
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2009

  
  

  Family	NANCY,   b. SC ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Children	1. SIMS Henry G.,   b. Abt 1814, SC ,   d. UNKNOWN   2. SIMS Garrison,   b. Abt 1817, SC ,   d. Aft 1860  (Age ~ 44 years)   3. SIMS George L.,   d. UNKNOWN   4. SIMS Beverly Hutson,   b. 24 Sep 1824, SC ,   d. 19 May 1884, Blount Co, AL  (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F0550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  1843 Estate inventory for James Sims (D: 1843) I have copies of other court documents, including sale of property, orphans court, and final settlement (including typed transcriptions of each document).

  
  

• Notes

  According to Kenneth Smith (5/2005) James' estate is mentioned in the estate records of Benton County, AL on March 10, 1843 and on April 12, 1843. Census 1820 Not confirmed, but found what looks like James, Nancy, and two sons SC/Greenville County Census 1830 Could not identify James and Nancy. Looked at all soundex SIMS in SC, GA, and AL. Census 1840 Could not identify James and Nancy. Looked at every page in AL/Benton County where he died in 1843. ********************** From: K. Sims Dec 2006 There is no will that I know of. I think that he died intestate. I have a copy of the estate package which is basically nothing but an inventory and results of the estate sale. Hutson's name is on it (as Hudson) as well as his brother Henry and Garrison Sims who went to Cherokee County Ga. and who might have been a brother. I have speculated that perhaps the Sims' came from Cherokee County, Ga. before 1843. It's almost like Garrison "returned home". Someone evidently tried to file a suit (which was evidently never brought) at some point ( perhaps around 1843) to which the county sheriff R.S. Porter was made a part as administrator. R.S. Porter was ordered by the court s in 1849 to file a final accounting . R.S. Porter responded in a statement to the court. I have a copy of this statement stating that the estate was basically worthless. This is also in the estate package. There also, oddly enough, is an estate settlement in Cherokee County, AL. (Cherokee is only about one or two miles from where the Sims' lived in Benton) around 1850 for a James Sims whose wife is also Nancy. Does not appear to have any other relationship to ours. **********************