William Sims II (1757 - 1814)

Born 7 May 1757 in Hanover County, VA

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Died 14 Mar 1814 at age 56 in Mt. Pleasant, Maury County, TN

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William Sims was born 7 May 1757[127] in St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, died testate near Mt. Pleasant, Maury County, Tennessee. He made his will, 14 March 1812, with a codicil made 3 February 1813,[128] and died in 1814. He married 9 August 1773 in Hanover County, Virginia (date of bond) to Judith Cross,[129] born 1756,[130] Caroline County, Virginia, died 10 June 1841, Maury County, Tennessee.[131]

Judith Cross was the daughter of Joseph Cross and Elizabeth Burke.[132] Joseph Cross made his will, 4 November 1796, proved 17 April 1797, Hanover County, Virginia. He willed to his daughter, Judith Sims, half of a tract on Stony Run which John Crenshaw has, that part joining Shurley, and £20 current money. Judith Sims was also to share equally with her siblings in the remainder of the estate. The accounting for the estate of Joseph Cross named William Sims as an heir.[133]

From the will of James Sims, (abt1696 - abt1774) William's Grand Uncle, "I give to Mickings Green William Sims, son of Bruster Sims and Mary Green the sum of Twenty five pounds each."

William Sims was eight years old when his father, Bruster Sims, died in Hanover County, in 1765. It isn’t known when his mother, Mary Green Sims, died. The Sims family records kept by William’s grandson, Nicholas P. Sims, of Ellis County, Texas, state that William was the son of Bruster Sims.[134] Most of the early Hanover County, Virginia, records haven’t survived, but the evidence that remains confirms this fact.

A copy of the marriage bond for William Sims and Judith Cross is preserved in the Revolutionary War Pension File for William Sims. Bond: William Sims and Joseph Cross, for £50, 9 August 1773. The conditions of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be had and solemized between the above William Sims, bachelor, and Judith Cross, spinster. Witness: Ro. Tompkins. Hanover County, Virginia: William O. Winston, clerk of the county court of Hanover County, certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the marriage license bond of William Sims and Judith Cross now on file in my office, 28 August 1856. /s/ Wm. O. Winston.[135]

William Sims was sixteen years old when he married Judith Cross. She was seventeen when they married. They lived thirteen miles from Richmond. William Sims was twenty-one years old in 1778.

14 December 1778, William Lipscomb and Elizabeth, his wife, of Trinity Parish, Louisa County, sold to William Sims of Hanover County, for £675, 400 acres on both sides of Rocky Creek, William Lipscomb’s corner on the upper side of Rocky Creek, John Ragland’s line, Tisdale’s line.[136]

At the St. Paul’s Parish Vestry in Hanover County, 12 November 1779, David Gentry and William Sims performed the procession for District 15, for lands of John Thompson, decd., Nelson Anderson, Senr., Geddes Winston, Nathaniel Thompson, Bowler Cocke, Junr., decd., John Jones, John Tinsley, William Tinsley, Bartelott Tyler, and Benjamin Toler. David Gentry and Wm. Symes were ordered to procession the lands in District No. 15, 26 January 1784.[137]

William Sims supplied Samuel Tinsley’s division with 75 lbs. of beef during the Revolutionary War. A return of certificates of overplus of division beef was received by Edward Butler, Commiser in Hanover County, in 1781.[138] William Sims was a patriot of the American Revolution.

On 10 March 1785 in Hanover County, Virginia, William Sims’s sister and brother-in-law, John and Nancy Gentry of Hanover County, confirmed the sale of land to Benjamin Timberlake. This deed confirmed that Bruster Sims of St. Paul’s Parish, Hanover County, decd., in his lifetime purchased from Richard Foster and Sarah, his wife, a tract in Hanover County, on branches of Totopotomy Creek and he died seized of same, having made his last will and testament and bequeathed to his daughter, Nancy Sims (now Nancy, wife of John Gentry), said tract. She married first to Parke Smith, which said land Parke Smith sold to George Parke who sold it to Joseph Brand who transferred his right to William Sims who also transferred his right to John Timberlake, decd., which right was inherited by his son and heir at law, Benjamin Timberlake, adjoining Archer, Tyler, and Gentry.[139]

In Hanover County, Virginia, 29 December 1785, James Armstrong of Louisa County, and William Armstrong and Rebecca Armstrong, widow and relict of Ellis Armstrong, decd., of Hanover County, sold to William Sims of Hanover County. Ellis Armstrong was seized of a tract of land in Hanover County, and in his last will and testament desired the tract to be divided by a line beginning in John Timberlake’s and said Sims’s line, and gave the northmost part to his son James and lent to his wife, Rebecca, the other part of the tract, the southmost, and after the death of his wife did give that part of land to his son William Armstrong and said James Armstrong. William Armstrong and Rebecca Armstrong sold the tract to the highest bidder, William Sims, for £335, 179 ½ acres, corner near the upper southern branch of Crumps Creek, Pollard’s corner, Sims’s line, Ivy Branch. Witnesses: Joseph Pollard, Benj. Head, John Timberlake.[140]

5 October 1786 in Hanover County, Virginia, William Sims and Judith, his wife, sold to Meaken Green, all of St. Paul’s Parish, Hanover County, for £280, 150 acres in said parish, adjoining road leading from the Clerk’s Office to the Courthouse where the line between the land of the Estate of John Timberlake, decd., and said Sims crosses said road to the line that intersects with the line of the tract of said Sims purchased from William Armstrong and others near a branch called Ivy Branch, southern fork of Crumps Creek, Pollard’s corner. /s/ Wm. Sims, Judith Sims. No witnesses. 3 July 1788 acknowledged by William Sims and Judith, his wife.[141]

William Sims paid personal property taxes in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1787: William Simes, paid taxes for self. He had no white males over 16 years of age and under 21 years of age, 5 blacks above 16 years of age, 12 blacks under 16 years of age, 7 horses, mares, colts, & mules, and 12 cattle.[142]

Gideon Ragland, John Crenshaw, and William Sims witnessed a deed, 5 June 1788, from Finch Ragland to Joseph Cross, Senr., both planters of St. Paul’s Parish, Hanover County, for 173 ¼ acres in St. Paul’s Parish, adjoining corner on the mill pond, down the pond to the dam.[143]

Joseph Cross, Senr. of Hanover County, made his will 4 November 1796. It was proved 17 April 1797. He willed to his daughter, Judith Sims, half of tract on Stony Run which John Crenshaw has, that part joining Shurley, and £20 current money. Judith was also to have an equal share of the remainder of his estate. The executor’s accounts against the legatees of Joseph Cross include William Sims.[144]

In 1800, William Sims paid taxes in Hanover County, Virginia. He lived in the District of Edmund James: William Sims, Senr., 2 white male tithes, 6 horses, 8 slaves over 16 years of age, and 3 slaves between 12 and 16 years of age.[145]

In 1807, William and Judith Sims and their children moved from Hanover County,Virginia, to East Tennessee. They lived for about a year near Limestone, Tennessee, and the Nolichucky River, near the line of Greene and Washington Counties, Tennessee. State Road 34 and roads 321 and 11 E cross over the Greene-Washington County line in this neighborhood. Two of William and Judith’s daughters married in East Tennessee and remained there. Susannah Sims married James McAlister and Sarah Sims married Allen Gillespie. In 1808, William and Judith Sims and most of their children moved to Maury County, Tennessee, near Mount Pleasant.

Susan McAlister lived in Broylesville, Tennessee, in 1860. William Sims’s Gillespie and McAlister granchildren remained in this area for many years, at West’s Store, Brownsboro, Rhea Town, Jonesboro, Broylesville, and Millwood, in Greene and Washington Counties, Tennessee. This neighborhood is where Davy Crockett was born and where Gov. John Sevier lived in early life.

Viola Winn Hunt had in her possession a letter written in 1808 by William Sims. He was in Virginia on business. William Sims, at Hanover Courthouse, Virginia, to his wife and children in Tennessee. The letter was dated, Sunday, 25 December 1808, and addressed to William Sims, Hickueay County, Tennessee, Lick Creek near Duck River. It was to be left at Franklin Post Office and to be hastened on to Lick Creek by some friend. The paper was folded to form an envelope.[146]

Will of Williams Sims, made 14 March 1812. Will Book A, page 86, Maury County, Tennessee. In the name of God Amen. I, William Sims of the County of Maury and State of Tennessee being of sound mind and memory do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following: Imprimis: It is my will and desire that all my just debts be paid out of the money arising from the sale of all my lands in Hanover County and State of Virginia and also the money arising from the sale of one negroe man George now living in the said County of Hanover & State aforesaid, and after my debts are paid, it is my desire that the balance of said money be converted to uses hereafter mentioned.

Item, I do lend unto my wife Judith for her and my children's support or maintenance during her life or widowhood the following slaves (to wit) Jack, Ned, Salley, Lucy, Ben, Chaner and their increase.

Item, I do lend unto my daughter, Jenny Winn, a negroe woman named Cate also Dilsy and Dabney and at her death, I give them to her issue with their increase.

Item, I do lend unto my son John Sims, A negroe man named Edmund and at my said son John's death, I do give the said negroe to the lawful issue of my said son. I having given him previous to this a full proportionable share of my estate consequently he can expect no more until the death of his mother or her marriage after my death.

Item, I do lend unto my daughter, Elizabeth Harlin, one negroe woman named Alla, and her children, Vina, Suck, Billy, Tamor, Abram & Phillis, and at her death I do give the said negroes and their increase to the lawful issue of my said daughter to be equally divided among such issue.

Item, I do lend unto my daughter Polly Sims, Charlotte, Anderson and Cintha and at her death I go give them & their increase to the lawful issue of my said daughter. Also I give her a colt saddle & bridle & bureau.

Item, I do lend unto my son William Sims Junr. one negroe man named David, and Aggy. Also five hundred dollars in cash which he is to receive so soon as it can be raised from the sale of my lands, already mentioned lying in the State of Virginia. Also one sorrel mare now in the possession of my said son, and my shot gun & at his death I give sd. negroes to his lawful issue with their increase.

Item, I do lend unto my daughter Milly Crenshaw, two negroes Temse and Martin, and also the first child that shall be born of the negroe women lent unto my wife, and at my said daughter's death, I do give the said negroes & their increase to the lawful issue of my said daughter.

Item, I do lend unto my daughter Nancy Sims, three negroes Pats, Ciller & Toney. Also one yearling colt, saddle bridle and bureau, and at the death of my said daughter Nancy I do give the said negroes and their increase to the lawful issue of my said daughter.

Item, I do lend unto my daughter Patsy Sims, three negroes Moll, Sopha & Lucy. Also a colt saddle & bridle & walnut chest, and at the said death of my said daughter, I give the said negroes to the lawful issue of my said daughter.

Item, I do lend unto my daughter Suckey McCollister, three negroes Amy, Sarah and Jessie and at her death I give the said negroes and their increase to the lawful issue of my said daughter.

Item, I do lend unto my son Thomas Sims, two negroes, Absolom and Betsy. A sorrel mare saddle & bridle, a dark brindle cow & her increase (the mare and cow is now called his) also a walnut chest & rifle gun, which are called his - And I do further give unto my said son Thomas, five hundred dollars in cash so soon as it can be raised from the sale of my lands already mentioned in the State of Virginia, and at the death of my sd. son I give said negroes to his lawful issue with her increases.

Item, I do lend unto my daughter Sarah Gilasby two likely negroe boys James and Nelson, and at the death of my said daughter I give said negroes to her lawful issue with their increase.

Item, I do lend unto my daughter Frances Sims, three negroes, Kitty, Rose & Frank also a colt saddle & bridle also a walnut chest, and at my daughter's death I give said negroes & their increase to her lawful issue.

Item, I do in addition to what I have lent and given to my daughters Polley, Nancy, Patsy & Frances give each of them the respective beds and furniture by each of them claimed. Also to each of them a cow, by each of them now respectively claimed and the increase of said cows for ever.

Should any of my children lose their negroes or any of them before they marry then it is my desire that each loss shall be made up to them out of the increase of the negro woman lent my wife, the first loss to be supplied with the first child that may be born and so on as such losses may happen & children may be born, but should there not be a sufficient increase of negroes to supply losses, then in that case, it is my will & desire, that whichever of my children that may be unsupplied shall have their loss made up before any division of the residue of my negroes take place either in money or a negroe as near to the value of such loss as possible - Negroes given to supply losses are to be in the same situation as those were whose loss they supply that is they are to go to the lawful issue of such child or children that they may belong to.

It is further my will and desire that all my property that I have not given here to my children shall remain with my wife for her use and the use of such of my children (if any there be) which may not get married during her life or widowhood and that when my wife die or marry there be an equal division made of all the property which I have here lent her among my children and that there be no appraisement or Inventory made at my death and that after my just debts be paid all money that may remain not here given away be by my Executors appropriated to the purchasing of land and that my wife together with such of my children as may not be married have quiet & peaceable possession of said land to live on during the life or widowhood of my wife.

And it is my will & desire that if any of my children remain unmarried at the death or marriage of my wife then & in that case I wish my Executors to lay off for such unmarried child so much land as they my Executors may think necessary for the support of such unmarried child, and then divide the balance of the land among my children that are married, equally.

And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons John Sims, William Sims, & Thomas Sims, executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 14th day of March One Thousand eight Hundred and twelve. /s/ Wm. Sims. Witnesses: Harrison Blagreave, John Wilson, Oliver Crenshaw

Codicil to William Sims's will. Wife Judith and unmarried children to have all my right in 150 acres, part of a tract of 250 acres conveyed to myself, John Sims, and John P. Elliott by Alexander Rogers, 20 July 1812, part of 2000 acres granted to Alexander Martin, Esq. by N.C. (reserving one acre forever for graveyard). If they marry they must give up their interest in said land. William Sims, Junr. now lives on the said land. 3 Feb. 1813. Witness: Harrison Blagreave, Thomas J. Greenfield, John Sims.[147]

William Sims, nor his wife, Judith Sims, applied for a Revolutionary War pension. In 1856, their daughter, Susannah McAlister of Washington County, Tennesse, applied for bounty land based on her father’s service in the Revolutionary War. She stated that she was the only living heir of William Sims. This wasn’t true. Her sister, Nancy Harlan, was living in Dallas County, Texas, in 1856.

Bounty Land Application: Susannah McAlister of Washington County, State of Tennessee testified, 4 February 1856 that she was the daughter and only living heir of William Simms, who was in the Virginia Continental line. Her father enlisted in Hanover County, Virginia, and served honorably for 3 years and was discharged in 1782. He married in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1773. She applied for bounty land under children of soldiers rights of Act of Congress 1851 and the act of 4 March 1836. Susannah testified that her father, William Sims, died in Maury County, Tennessee, in 1815 and that Judith Sims died in the same county, 1843. Her request for bounty land was rejected.[148] [William Sims died in 1814. Judith Sims died in 1841].

Affidavit: State of Tennessee, Maury County, 18 April 1857, before Henry Miller, acting justice of the peace for said county, personally came Augustus Sims, who is a resident of said county. He was personally acquainted with Judith Sims deceased relict of Wm. Sims decd. He knew Judith many years as a resident in his immediate neighborhood and acquainted with her family which he frequently visited. Judith Sims died in said county, 10 June 1841. Judith and her husband William came from Hanover County, Virginia. Her family name was Cross.[149]

When William Sims died in Maury County, Tennessee, in 1814, he owned land and a slave named George in Hanover County, Virginia.

William Sims was fifty-four years old when he made his will, 14 March 1812, and fifty-seven years old when he died in Maury County, Tennessee, in 1814. He named all twelve of his children in his will: Jenny Winn, John Sims, Elizabeth Harlin, Polly Sims, William Sims, Jr., Milly Crenshaw, Nancy Sims, Patsy Sims, Suckey McCollister, Thomas Sims, Sarah Gilasby, and Frances Sims.

Four of William Sims’s children were unmarried when he made his 14 March 1812 will. Mary “Polly” Sims was thirty-three, Nancy Sims was twenty-seven, Patsy Sims was twenty-four, and Frances Sims was sixteen.

Mary Sims married in 1815 to John Griffith and Frances Sims married in 1816 to John M. Daniel. It isn’t known when Nancy Sims married Jerry Harlan or when Patsy Sims married —— Tuckness.

William’s widow, Judith Sims, died 10 June 1841 at the age of eighty-five. She was included in the Maury County, census in 1820, 1830, and 1840.

In 1820, Judy Sims was the head of her household. She was over 45 years old (born before 1775). Living with her was one male between 16 and 26 (born between 1794 and 1804), and one female, between 26 and 45 (born between 1775 and 1794).[150]

In 1823, Judith Sims paid taxes in Capt. Hart’s District in Maury County, on 200 acres on West Fork, no white polls, and seven black polls.

In 1840, Judith Sims lived in Maury County, Tennessee. She was between 80 and 90 years old (born between 1750 and 1760).

Children of William Sims and Judith Cross:[151]

Jane “Jenny” Sims, born 24 May 1774, Hanover County, Virginia, died 1815, Maury County, Tennessee, married 16 January 1807, Hanover County, Virginia, to Philip P. Winn.[152]

John Sims, born 2 December 1775, Hanover County, Virginia, died 27 June 1827, will made 5 August 1826, inventory 1828, Maury County, Tennessee,[153] married 22 April 1800, Hanover County, Virginia, to Sarah “Sally” Priddy.[154] John had no middle name or initial.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Sims, born 25 March 1777, Hanover County, Virginia, died 25 August 1839, Maury County, Tennessee,[155] married first, circa 1800, Hanover County, Virginia, to William Tinsley.[156] She married second, 23 August 1811 (date of bond), Maury County, Tennessee, to Elijah Harlan.[157]

Mary “Polly” Sims, born 24 November 1778, Hanover County, Virginia, married 28 November 1815, Maury County, Tennessee, to John Griffith.[158] Mary was thirty-seven years old when she married.

Mildred “Milly” Sims, born 15 September 1780, Hanover County, Virginia, will made 9 July 1849, died circa 1850, Yalobusha County, Mississippi,[159] married circa 1796, Hanover County, Virginia, to Joseph Crenshaw.[160]

William Sims, born 29 April 1783, Hanover County, Virginia, will made 1850, died 1851, Lafayette County, Mississippi,[161] married circa 1807, Maury County, Tennessee, to Elizabeth ——.

Nancy Sims, born 22 January 1785, Hanover County, Virginia, died after 1860, Dallas County, Texas,[162] married Jehu “Jerry” Harlan.[163] It is tradition that Nancy married Jehu Harlan. She was Nancy Harlan in later life, but no documentation has been found to prove her husband’s first name.

Patsy Sims, born 16 July 1787, Hanover County, Virginia, died Missouri, married after her father’s 14 March 1812 will, to —— Tuckness. It is tradition that Patsy married Tuckness. No documentation has been found to prove this.

Susannah “Suckey” Sims, born 4 March 1789, Hanover County, Virginia, died between 1860 and 1870, Washington County, Tennessee, married circa 1808, Washington County, Tennessee, to James McAlister.

Thomas Sims, born 16 February 1791, Hanover County, Virginia, died 24 December 1838, Maury County, Tennessee,[164] married circa 1810, Maury County, Tennessee, to Mary Winn.[165]

Sarah Sims, born 6 January 1793, Hanover County, Virginia, will made 3 September 1844, proved 1 June 1846, Greene County, Tennessee,[166] married circa 1808, Greene County, Tennessee, to Allen Gillespie.

Frances “Fanny” Sims, born 19 January 1796, Hanover County, Virginia, died 29 October 1853, Dallas County, Texas, buried Daniel Cemetery, Airline at Milton, University Park (Dallas), Texas,[167] married 11 July 1816, Maury County, Tennessee, to John M. Daniel.

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• File O220 File: Format: htm. story MTYPE story. STYPE x-inline. SIZE 9427. My Notes and Research on William Sims. RIN a83e2fd8-4599-47cd-ba26-18872d6308f4 META <metadataxml><content><line>Source: Pamela Hale tompam@@@@sbeglobal.net<br>William Sims was left an orphan early in life. He was married before his seventeenth birthday, as the record show, to Judith Cross, who was one year older than he. They both owned negroes. William owned fifteen; and from the increase he gave to each of his children as they married and left the paternal roof.<br>He was a tall, fine-looking man, a soldier and Colonel in the American Army during the Revolutionary War. At one time he and Kit, his negro servant, were captured by the Red Coats; and for the especial amusement of the British soldiers, they were compelled to march around and around the camp-fire. Kit followed his master, beating a drum, which was much to the mortification and chagrin of the prisoners.<br>He lived at the old homestead in Hanover, Co., Virginia, thirteen miles from Richmond, until their twelve children reached maturity or thereabout. He and his entire family (except Mildred, who was the favorite.... the Crenshaw House, a brick house, is now an annex to the Jefferson Hotel at Richmond, Va.) moved westward in 1807, stopping one year in East Tennessee, where two daughters married; thence to Maury Co., near Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, at which he settled and lived until his death in 1814.<br>The nine daughters of William lived in the days of the &quot;Spindle and distaff&quot;. They spun, wove, and made by hand all clothing for the family and for the Negroes, the house linen, and linen underwear for their wedding outfits. So also did they make cloth with the help of the Negro house-maids, to exchange for silk dress-goods. It seemed a family pride, or perhaps it was the custom of the time....that each one was married in white satin, white stockings, and white slippers, unless it was Mildred who took the horseback ride to Maryland. Horseback riding was the mode of travel in those days.<br><br><br>--Other Fields<br>William Sims was one of our Revolutionary War ancestors. He was born May 7, 1751 in Hanover County, Virginia. He married Judith Cross on August 16, 1773. The Marriage Bond of William Sims &amp; Judith Cross is on file with the Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C., in the William Sims Folio. His pension record is No. R9611, and in Hanover County, Virginia. The following is a copy of their marriage bond:<br>Know all men by these presents that we WILLIAM SIM and JOSEPH CROSS are held and firmly bound to our Sovereign King George the third his heirs and successors in the sum of fifty Pounds Current Money of Virginia to the payment whereof will and truly to be made to our said Lord the King we bind ourselves and heirs, Executor and Administrators jointly and sevearly firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated the 9th of August 1773.<br>The Conditions of the Above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be had solemnized between the above WILLIAM SIMS, Bachelor and JUDITH CROSS, Spinster.<br>Now if there shall be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void else to remain in full force and virtue.<br>Williams Sims (Seal) Joseph Cross (Seal)<br>Sealed and delivered in presence of ??? Thompson<br><br>William Sims was a signer of the Hanover Petitions. His name is the last one on the Petition of May 24, 1782:&quot; by the Honorable House of Delegates of the State of Virginia. The Petition of the Officers and Privates of the militia of Hanover showeth. . . .&quot; A long petition follows and then the signatures. This petition can be found in the archives of the Virginia State Library in Richmond.<br><br>There seems to be some disagreement as to his rank in the service. The DAR Index 1966 states that his rank in service was in the militia of Virginia as a private. The Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution 1938 puts William Sims as a signer of the Hanover Petition and as a sergeant of several Virginia regiments of the Continental Line. His pension record (No. R9611) states that he served for a period of three years. <br><br>Hennigs Statues, Volume 10, page 462, shows a settlement was made February ?, 1783 with William Sims. He was paid 48 pounds,7 shillings, 7 pence specie. Even though we have discrepancy regarding his rank in service, we do know that he served in the Revolutionary War.<br><br>Source: Dennis Watkins dennisw445@@@@aol.com<br>Will of Williams Sims<br>The will is recorded in Will Book A, Vol 1, Page 86 Maury Co., TN.<br>&quot; Will: 14 Mar 1812 2 <br>Per McAlister, Harper, and Turner Families by Albert Kitchel Allen, Williams will was dated March 14, 1812 and uses the word lend for devise. In brief:<br>He lends to wife, Judith, &quot;for her and my children&#39;s support of maintenance during her life or widowhood&quot; six slaves and their increase. The negroes are mentioned by name, as in the other bequests. Only numbers are shown here.<br>To daughter, Jenny Winn, 4; to son John, 1. (had already given him a proportional share of estate); daughter Elizabeth Harlin, 7; daughter Polly, 3; son William S., Jr., 2 plus mare and shot gun, and 0 in cash from sale of land in Virginia, daughter, Milly Crenshaw, 2, (plus other property), daughter Nancy 3, (plus colt, saddle and bridle); daughter Patsy, 3, (plus colt, saddle and bridle. I do lend unto my daughter Sucky McCollister, three negroes, Amy, Sarah, and Jessie, and at her death I give the said negroes and their increase to the lawful issue of my said daughter&quot; To son, Thomas, 2 plus sorrell mare and 0 from sale of land in Virginia, to daughter Sara Gilasby, two likely Negro boys, James and Nelson daughter Frances, 3 plus colt, bridle and saddle and walnut chest. Also to Polly, Nancy, Patsy and Frances, beds, furniture and a cow each. <br><br>He apparently wrote two wills (one dated Feb 3, 1813 and the one , March 14, 1812), both of which were recorded in Maury County. Although no date of probate was given, he must have died shortly after executing the wills. In his will Sims mentioned &quot;Land in Hanover County, Virginia.&quot; He also owned part of a 150 acre tract in Maury County, of which he reserved &quot;one acre forever for a graveyard.&quot; In 1811 William Sims, Senior, paid taxes on thirteen slaves. According to his grandson, Sims was &quot;six feet, two inches tall, very erect and was regarded as a handsome man.&quot; He and his wife were the parents of eleven children, eight daughters and three sons. Jane(Jenny) Sims, the oldest child, married Phillip P. Winn; Elizabeth Sims was born in Hanover County, Virginia, March 25, 1777. Her first husband was a Mr. Tinsley. After his death she married Elijah Harlan in Maury County about August 23, 1811. She died August 25, 1837 and was buried in the family graveyard mentioned in her father&#39;s will; Susannah married a Mr. McAlister in East Tennessee and remained there; Nancy, who married Jerry(Jehu?) Harlan; Mary (Polly P, who married John Griffith in Maury County, November 23, 1815, and was living in Hickman County, Tennessee in 1822; Patsy married Jordan Tuckness; Sarah married Henry Tuckness; Frances (Fanny) married John Daniel; Mildred married Joseph Crenshaw; and sons John, William and Thomas (who married Mary Winn, daughter of Richard Winn). Judith Cross Sims was still living in Maury County in 1840, at which time her age, according to the census records, was between eighty and eighty-nine. (This was all taken from a copy of a letter from Mrs. Viola Hunt, Waxahachie, TX. Mrs. Hunt was the grand-daughter of Jenny Sims (Daughter of William and Judith Cross Sims) and Philip Winn (brother of Richard Winn).<br><br>(From Frank H. Smith&#39;s History of Maury County, Tennessee pp178,264-65,348; DAR Patriot Index,p.618; Maury County Will Book A, Vol 1, Page 86 Maury Co., TN.; Lightfoot, &quot;1811 Tax List&quot; (April 1964), Maury County Cousin, p.689, contains Bible record written by Jehu Harlan, son of Elizabeth Sims Harlan; Lightfoot and Schackelford, They Passed This Way, A-122 1840 Census of Maury County p.81.<br><br>The following was taken from &quot;Let The Drums Roll&quot; Veterans &amp; Patriots of the Revolutionary War Who Settled in Maury Co. Tennessee by Manse Parrish Lightfoot USCAN 976 859 pg 167/168 Bicentennial Publication of the Maury County Historical Society.<br><br>&quot;William Sims was born in Hanover County, Virginia, May 7, 1751. He married Judith Cross, August 16, 1773. He served as a private of Virginia Troops during the Revolution. (His grandson stated that William Sims was a colonel in the Revolutionary War; however, no proof of his having held this rank has been found) He was captured by the British and forced to march up and down followed by his Negro servant, Kit, who was forced to beat a drum. After the war Sims continued to live at his family home, about thirteen miles from Richmond, Virginia, until about 1807-1809, when he moved to East Tennessee. After staying there a year or two, he moved to Maury County between 1808 and 1811, and settled about four miles from Mt. Pleasant. </line></content><metadataxml> CREA 2012-05-31 03:49:32.250 CLON TID 19485761. PID 845354533. OID befa5e5f-cf46-424d-99a2-08143ce708fc. Origin: u

• File O233 File: Format: jpg. photo MTYPE portrait. STYPE jpeg. SIZE 890164. WDTH 1275. HGHT 1650. William Sims' will, p. 2. RIN b219b57c-20e5-4115-8761-343ed558c81a 14 Mar 1812 Maury Co., Tennessee Physical Description: Will recorded in Will Book !, Vol A, page 86, Maury County Tennessee.

Obtained fromSims (Symes) Lineage, Ref. Gen. 929.2 Sim, Waxahachie, TX Library. META <metadataxml><cemetery ><transcription /><metadataxml> CREA 2010-04-19 03:50:38.440 CLON TID 7086459. PID 453677000. OID 49e39cd7-f19b-4681-8b87-00faa661bf5e. Origin: u

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• File O252 File: Format: htm. story MTYPE story. STYPE x-inline. SIZE 862. More History of William Sims II. RIN c31ba2d5-8363-4240-926c-bdaf3bfd0eca 1757-1814 Virginia & Tennessee Physical Description: take from information written by Viola Winn Hunt on April 11, 1913 from information she gained from Nicholas P Sims in March 1883. Found in "Sims (Symes) Lineage", Ref Gen 929.2 Sim, in Waxahachie TX Nicholar P Sims Library. META <metadataxml><content><line><p>William Sims was left an orphan early in life.&nbsp; He was married before his 17th birthday to Judith Cross, one year older than him.&nbsp; They both owned slaves.&nbsp; William owned 15 and gave their children to his children in his will.&nbsp; William and Judith lived at the old homestead in Hanover Co., VA, 13 miles from Richmond until their 12 children were grown or nearly grown.&nbsp; Then most of the family moved to Tennessee, as stated in previous notes.&nbsp; Daughter Mildred, stated to be the favorite of 9 daughters, did not make the move.&nbsp; She and Joseph ran away to Maryland where they were married when she was 16, she riding behind him on horseback.&nbsp; Mildred and Joseph lived in Richmond.&nbsp; The Crenshaw house was a brick house, and as of 1913, was an annex to the Jefferson Hotel at Richmond, Virginia. <p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p></line></content><metadataxml> CREA 2010-04-19 03:49:19.220 CLON TID 7086459. PID -1144983923. OID fb3225dc-2b1c-4bd6-8e9f-e0508bb4fbe4. Origin: u

• File O257 File: Format: htm. story MTYPE story. STYPE x-inline. SIZE 5062. Marriage License Bond. RIN c6120427-fe11-466c-a2eb-7b7b052c4bf0 9 Aug. 1773 Hanover, VA META <metadataxml><content><line><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;<font face="book antiqua,palatino">Know all men by these presents that we <font face="terminal,monaco"><u>WILLIAM SIMS<u></font> and<font face="terminal,monaco"><u> JOSEPH CROSS</u> <font face="book antiqua,palatino">are held and firmly bound to our Sovereign Lord King George the third his heirs and successors in the sum of fifty Pounds Current Money of Virginia to the payment whereof will and truly to be made to our said Lord the King we bind ourselves and heirs, Executor and Administrators jointly and severeally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated the 9th day of August 1773.</font></font></font></p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <font face="book antiqua,palatino">The Conditions of the Above obligation is such that shereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be had and solemnized between the above <u>WILLIAM SIMS</u>, Bachelor and <u>JUDITH CROSS</u>, Spinster.</font> </p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Now if there shall be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void else to remain in full force of virtus.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <font face="terminal,monaco">William Sims</font> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Seal)</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<font face="terminal,monaco"> Joseph Cross &nbsp;</font> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Seal) </p><p>&nbsp;<font face="book antiqua,palatino">Sealed and delivered</font> in presence of RO Thompson</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ****************</p><p>VIRGINIA</p><p>&nbsp;Hanover Co. to wit: -&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I, Wm. O. Winston, clerk of the cvounty court of Hanover is State of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the marriage license bond of WILLIAM SIMS and JUDITH CROSS now on file in my office.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and applied the seal of said county the 28th day of August 1856.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (signed) &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Wm. O. Winston</p><p>S E A L </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p></line></content><metadataxml> CREA 2010-04-19 03:47:59.133 CLON TID 7086459. PID -1144983923. OID d3d8ccd7-d203-496b-b41d-47081c767882. Origin: u

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1. ↑ Source: S-2045643405 Death date: 14 March 1812 Death place: Maury, TN, USA</line><line /> Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoold&h=2395753&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Ancestry Record 5771 #2395753
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: S-1344365566 Birth date: 7 May 1751 Birth place: Hanover, Virginia Death date: 1814 Death place: Maury, Tennessee Residence date: Residence place: United States</line><line /> Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=sarmemberapps&h=660976&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Ancestry Record 2204 #660976

• Revolutionary War Pension File of William Simms or Judith Sims, #R9611

• Will of William Sims, made 14 March 1812, Maury County, Tennessee, Will Book A, page 86, named children: Jenny Winn, John Sims, Elizabeth Harlin, Polly Sims, William Sims, Junr., Milly Crenshaw, Nancy Sims, Patsy Sims, Suckey McCollister, Thomas Sims, Sarah Gilasby, and Frances Sims. Also, Viola Winn Hunt, Sims Family History, 11 April 1913, gives birth dates for all twelve children.

• Family Data Collection - Birth

Name William Sims Father Bruster Sims Mother Mary Green Birth Date 7 May 1757 City Hanover State VA

• Family Data Collection - Deaths

Name William Sims Death Date 14 March 1812 City Maury State TN Country USA

• Maury County, Tennessee wills and settlements, 1807-1824 and 1820 census

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

Name William Simms

• Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900

Name William Sims Application State Virginia Second Applicant Name Judith Sims Archive Publication Number M804 Archive Roll Number 2191 Total Pages in Packet 1

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Name William Sims State TN County Grainger County Township No Township Listed Year 1805 Record Type Tax list Database TN Early Census Index

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Name William Sims Gender Male Military Date 3 Apr 1779 Military Place Virginia, USA State or Army Served Virginia Regiment 5th Regiment Rank Private

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

Name William Sims Birth Date 7 May 1751 Birth Place Hanover, Virginia Death Date 1814 Death Place Maury, Tennessee SAR Membership 66829 Role Ancestor Application Date 22 Apr 1946 Spouse Judith Cross Children Jennie Sims

[127] Sims Family History, (5 pages) Rebecca Boyce Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Genealogical Records, Volume XXI, p. 194-198. History compiled by Mrs. Viola Winn Hunt, 11 April 1913. Mrs. Hunt, of Dallas, Texas, copied the records kept by Nicholas P. Sims of Ellis County, Texas, in March of 1883. He was a grandson of William Sims. Nicholas P. Sims, born 15 August 1806, Hanover County, Virginia, died 25 May 1902, Ellis County, Texas. Hereafter cited as Viola Winn Hunt, Sims Family History, 11 April 1913. [128] Maury County, Tennessee, Will Book A, p. 86. [129] William Simms or Judith Sims, Revolutionary War Pension File, #R9611. Copy of Marriage bond, Hanover County, Virginia, made by William Sims and Joseph Cross, for £50, 9 August 1773. A marriage is shortly intended to be had and solemized between the above William Sims, bachelor, and Judith Cross, spinster. Certified 28 August 1856 by William O. Winston, clerk of the county court of Hanover, Virginia. [130] Viola Winn Hunt, Sims Family History, 11 April 1913. [131] William Simms or Judith Sims, Revolutionary War Pension File, #R9611. Affidavit made by Augustus Sims, 18 April 1857, Maury County, Tennessee. He stated that Judith Sims died in Maury County, 10 June 1841. Augustus Sims was a grandson of William and Judith Sims. [132] Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler’s Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume IV (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981), p. 824-825. Will of Henry Burke, made 5 April 1777, proved 10 July 1777, Caroline County, Virginia. The will gave daughter, Elizabeth Cross, four negroes. Executors: son, John Burk and son-in-law, Joseph Cross. [133] Library of Virginia, Brock Collection. Will of Joseph Cross [134] Viola Winn Hunt, Sims Family History, 11 April 1913. And, Memorial & Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas. Biography of Nicholas P. Sims. [135] Revolutionary War Pension File, William Simms, Judith Sims, #R9611. [136] Davis, Louisa County, Virginia, Deed Books E & F, 1774-1790, p. 39. Louisa County, Deed Book E, p. 335-337. No witnesses. Acknowledged 14 December 1778 by William and Elizabeth Lipscomb. [137] Chamberlayne, The Vestry Book of St. Paul’s Parish, Hanover County, Virginia,1706-1786, p. 547, 556, 573. [138] Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten, Virginia Revolutionary Publick Claims, Volume II (Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Company, 1992), p. 495. Hanover County claims. [139] Hanover County, Virginia, Deeds 1783-1792, p. 118. [140] Hanover County, Virginia, Deeds 1783-1792, p. 282-283. 6 July 1786, proved by oath of Joseph Pollard. 5 June 1788, proved by oath of Benjamin Head who said he saw John Timberlake (now deceased) sign his name as witness. [141] Hanover County, Virginia, Deeds 1783-1792, p. 292-293. [142] Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love, The 1787 Census of Virginia, The Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1787 for Hanover County, Virginia (Springfield, Virginia: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987), p. 984. [143] Hanover County, Virginia, Deeds 1783-1792, p. 287. [144] Library of Virginia, Brock Collection. Will of Joseph Cross [145] John Frederick Dorman, “Hanover County, Virginia, 1800 Tax List,” The Virginia Genealogist, Volume 29, Number 2 (April-June 1985), p. 107. [146] Viola Winn Hunt, Sims Family History, 11 April 1913. [147] Maury County, Tennessee, Will Book A, p. 86. Will and Codicil of William Sims. [148] Revolutionary War Pension File of William Simms or Judith Sims, #R9611. [149] Revolutionary War Pension File of William Simms or Judith Sims, #R9611. [150] 1820 U.S. Census, Maury County, Tennessee, p. 44. Judy Sims.

[151] Will of William Sims, made 14 March 1812, Maury County, Tennessee, (transcribed above) named children: Jenny Winn, John Sims, Elizabeth Harlin, Polly Sims, William Sims, Junr., Milly Crenshaw, Nancy Sims, Patsy Sims, Suckey McCollister, Thomas Sims, Sarah Gilasby, and Frances Sims. Also, Viola Winn Hunt, Sims Family History, 11 April 1913, gives birth dates for all twelve children. [152] Viola Winn Hunt, Sims Family History, 11 April 1913. Granddaughter [153] Maury County, Tennessee, Will Book D, p. 329, 381. Will Book E, p. 277-278. Will, inventory, and settlement of the estate of John Sims. [154] Viola Winn Hunt, Sims Family History, 11 April 1913. John Sims married Miss Sallie Priddy, 22 April 1800. [155] Tombstone photograph, Cross Cemetery, Downey Farm, Cross Bridges Road, north of Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee: Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Harlan who was born March the 25th 1777 and departed this life the 25th August 1839. [156] William Ronald Cocke, III, Hanover County Chancery Wills and Notes (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1978), p. 148. [157] Edythe Rucker Whitley, Maury County, Tennessee, Marriages 1808-1852, p. 178. Elijah Harlan to Elizabeth Tinsely, 23 August 1811. Bondsman: Thomas Sims. [158] Whitley, Maury County, Tennessee, Marriages 1808-1852, p. 3. John Griffith to Mary Sims, bond 18 November 1815. Date of marriage, 28 November 1815. [159] Yalobusha County, Mississippi, Will Book A, Will of Mildred Crenshaw. [160] Viola Winn Hunt, Sims Family History, 11 April 1913. [161] Lafayette County, Mississippi, probate packet of William Sims. [162] 1860 U.S. Census, Dallas County, Texas, p. 336, #533/533, P. O. Farmers Branch. Head of household, F. A. Winn, age 45. Nancy Harlan, age 74, female, born Va. [163] Viola Winn Hunt, Sims Family History, 11 April 1913. [164] Tombstone, Maury County, Tennessee, Thomas Sims, died 24 December 1838. [165] Maury County, Tennessee, Will Book C, p. 476. Petition of the heirs of Richard Winn, decd. [166] Greene County, Tennessee, Will Book 1, 1828-1873, p. 302. Will of Sarah Gillespie, made 3 September 1844, proved 1 June 1846. [167] Tombstone photograph, Daniel Cemetery, Airline at Milton, University Park (Dallas), Texas. “Our mother, Frances Daniel, wife of Rev. John M. Daniel, was born 19 January 1796, departed this life 29 October 1853, aged 57 yrs., 9 mos., 10 days.

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