Charles Sims (1737 - abt. 1827)

Born 18 Nov 1737 in Hanover County, Virginia

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Died about 1827 at about age 89 in Lockhart Shoals, Broad River, South Carolina

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• Alton Rogers Ancestry.com file

Capt. Charles Sims was perhaps the oldest son of Mat Sims and his wife Mary Pears.[1] He came to Carolina from Albemarle, Va. in 1774 or '75 and was engaged in surveying. He came as a pioneer for the family. When the war was declared with England he returned to Virginia and raised a company, was mustered into service at Albemarle C. H. and has his commission from Patrick Henry, dated 1777. He was sent back to Carolina to engage in partisan warfare, then raging along this part of the country. His home was on Tinker Creek, in the neighborhood of the Jollys, McJunkens, Thomases and other Whig families. I think Charles must have been the oldest of the family as he had a married daughter at that time, Nancy, Mrs. McDonald, now called McDaniel. From her oldest daughter, Mrs. Sally Sims Gist, the widow of Col. Joseph Gist of Pinckney, I learned much of the early history of this county and particularly the Sims Family. She was born just at the commencement of the Revolutionary War, and died at the beginning of the Confederate War.

Charles Sims lived to ninety or more years, retained his eyesight to the last, killed a fine buck at a distance of a hundred yards not six months before his death, and died with every tooth perfectly sound in his head. He was of the most temperate habits in everything; took his drams a-day-a-morning tonic and a noonday drink, and had Broad River flowed with the best of liquor, nothing could have induced him to take another. "I have never seen my father disguised in liquor in my life," said his son, "but once, when the survivors of the Revolution met at Union C. H., and he was with many of his old comrades, then I thought his tongue ran a little free." After the war he held the place of tobacco inspector for the state for years, and would spend six months of the year in Charleston. In that way he kept up his church connection. He enjoyed to the last all the sports of the frontiersman, and lies buried by his wife and daughter in a graveyard at his old home, a God's acre bequeathed by him as a last resting place to his descendants.

The Gee Family of Union County, South Carolina BY WILSON GEE June, 1935

[1]Many records indicate that the Mother of Charles, and the Wife of Matthews Sims to be Jemima Glenn (1716 - 1809)

1790 United States Federal Census Charles Sims Home in 1790 (City, County, State) Union, South Carolina Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 1 Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 2 Free White Persons - Females 3 Number of Slaves 22 Number of Household Members 28

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Name Charles Sims Birth Date 1740 Birthplace Virginia, Volume 159 Page number 483 Biographical Info officer Reference Historical reg. Of Virginians in the Rev., soldiers, saliors and marines, 1775-1783. Ed. By John H. Gwathmey. Richmond, Va. 1938. (13, 872p.):714

Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly. Vol. IV. Neville-Terrill

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Charles Sims Gender Male Age 90 Birth Date 1737 Birth Place Somerset, England First Marriage Date 1764 Death Date 1827 Death Place South Carolina Spouse Sabilla Bowles Child William Sims

The Gee family of Union County, South Carolina

U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 View Record Charles Sims State South Carolina County Ninety Six District Residence Year 1780 Household Remarks He is on the Grand Jury list for Ninety Six district.

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Captain Charles Sims Birth Date 1737 Birth Place Somerset, England Death Date 1827 Death Place Union, South Carolina SAR Membership 57022 Role Ancestor Application Date 3 Aug 1939 Father Matthew Sims Mother Jemina Glenn Spouse Isabella Bowles Children William Sims Household Members

NameWilson Gee NameGertrude Gist NameReuben Thompson Gee NameMary McDaniel NameNathaniel Gist NameElizabeth Sims NameRobert McDaniel NameElizabeth Shelton NameWilliam Sims NameIsabella Bowles NameCaptain Charles Sims NameJemina Glenn NameMatthew Sims

Source Citation for Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War Citation Information

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Title Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War Publisher The National Archives Publisher Date 1775-1785 Publisher Location Virginia

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