Hall Sims (1795 - 1887)

Born 25 Apr 1795 in North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Annie (Jones) Sims — married 27 Jun 1813 in Edgar Co, IL

Descendants

Died 1 Mar 1887 at age 91 in Edgar, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Hall was born in 1795 and died in 1887.

Burial

Place: Sims Cemetery, Edgar County, Illinois, USA^[1]

Research Notes

*1820 United States Federal Census

Name Hall Symmes Home in 1820 (City, County, State) Crawford, Illinois Enumeration Date August 7, 1820 Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 1 Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 3 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture 1 Free White Persons - Under 16 4 Free White Persons - Over 25 1 Total Free White Persons 6 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other 6 Page: 39; NARA Roll: M33_12; Image: 40

• 1830 United States Federal Census

Name Hall Sims Home in 1830 (City, County, State) Edgar, Illinois Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9 1 Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14 1 Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19 1 Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 5 2 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 2 Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19 1 Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39 1 Free White Persons - Under 20 8 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 2 Total Free White Persons 10 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored) 10 1830; Census Place: Edgar, Illinois; Series: M19; Roll: 23; Page: 34; Family History Library Film: 0007648

• 1840 United States Federal Census

Name Hall Sunnes Home in 1840 (City, County, State) Edgar, Illinois Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9 2 Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14 1 Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19 1 Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29 3 Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49 1 Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 1 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 2 Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49 1 Free White Persons - Under 20 7 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 5 Total Free White Persons 12 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves 12

• 1850 United States Federal Census

Name Hall Simms Gender Male Race White Age 55 Birth Year 1795 Birthplace North Carolina Home in 1850 District 19, Edgar, Illinois, USA Occupation Farmer Industry Agriculture Real Estate 2000 Line Number 1 Dwelling Number 1435 Family Number 1477 Hall Simms 55 Jane Simms 50 Franklin A Simms 20 George W Simms 18 Mary Simms 16

• 1860 United States Federal Census

Name Hall Sims Age 65 Birth Year 1795 Gender Male Race White Birth Place Kentucky Home in 1860 Simms, Edgar, Illinois Post Office Paris Dwelling Number 758 Family Number 731 Occupation Farmer Real Estate Value 6000 Personal Estate Value 3000 Hall Sims 65 Jane Sims 58 Charles Fairgrief 13

• 1870 United States Federal Census

Name Hall Sims Age in 1870 75 Birth Date 1795 Birthplace North Carolina Dwelling Number 28 Home in 1870 Symmes, Edgar, Illinois Race White Gender Male Post Office Paris Occupation Retired Farmer Male Citizen Over 21 Yes Personal Estate Value 1000 Real Estate Value 6000 Inferred Spouse Jane Sims Hall Sims 75 Jane Sims 68 Mary Kimbrough 22 Charles Shields 11

• 1880 United States Federal Census

Name Hall Sims Age 85 Birth Date Abt 1795 Birthplace South Carolina Home in 1880 Elbridge, Edgar, Illinois, USA Dwelling Number 62 Race White Gender Male Relation to Head of House Father Marital Status Married Father's Birthplace Virginia Mother's Birthplace Virginia Neighbors View others on page Household membersName Age Hall Sims 85 Mary Sims 63 James Sims 60 Ella Sims 22

• Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940

Name Hall Sims Gender Male Spouse Anna Jones Child Wm. T. Sims Film Number 001301881

• Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920

Name Hall Sims Gender Male Marriage Date 20 Mar 1847 Marriage Place Edgar, Illinois, USA Spouse Name Jane Kimbrough (Kimbrough from her first marriage, maiden name Morrison)

• U.S., Indexed Early Land Ownership and Township Plats, 1785-1898

Name Hall Sims Year Earliest Township and Range Public Land Survey State Illinois Principal Meridian 2nd Principal Meridian

• U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880

Name Hall Simms Enumeration Date 6 Dec 1850 Place District 19, Edgar, Illinois, USA Schedule Type Agriculture OS Page 957 Line Number 14

• The History of Edgar County, Illinois

• Marriage date stated in this biographical sketch--Edgar County History, p655. Also states they came to IL in 1815.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 20 March 2021), memorial page for Hall Sims (25 Apr 1795–1 Mar 1887), Find A Grave: Memorial #21752392, citing Sims Cemetery, Edgar County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by a2 (contributor 46812011) .

• Census Records:
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M855-SY1 : 4 April 2020), Hall Simms, Edgar, Edgar, Illinois, United States; citing family 1477, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHS-35L : 11 November 2020), Hall Sims, 1860.
  • "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67R-FVQ : 19 March 2020), Hall Sims, 1870.
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJ6-SMP : 12 November 2020), Hall Sims in household of James Sims, Edgar, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 93, sheet 48C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,204.
• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFK6-TK1 : 17 November 2020), Hall Sims and Jane Kimbrough, 20 Mar 1847; citing Edgar, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,301,880.
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 December 2020), memorial page for Hall Sims (25 Apr 1795–1 Mar 1887), Find A Grave: Memorial #21752392, citing Sims Cemetery, Edgar County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by a2 (contributor 46812011) .
• FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/K2VL-QTJ

Acknowledgements

• Information through the import of indygrandma.ged on 02 January 2011. Prior to import, this record was last changed 8 AUG 2009.