Born in Hiawassee, Towns, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Hampton Sims Jr.
and Mary Ellen (Gettys) Sims
Sister of
James Daniel Simms [half], Johnathan Rudical Sims [half], Julius Lafayette Sims [half] and Luther Hannibal Sims
Wife of
Columbus Calhoun Burch
— married
27 Aug 1886 in Towns, Georgia
Descendants 
Mother of
Ira Frank Burch, James Clifton Burch, William Thurston Burch and Carlie Wilma (Burch) Devlin
Died
at age 88
in Swannanoa, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Nov 2017
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Biography
Georgia was born in 1871. She passed away in 1959. [1] [2]
Her parents were James Hampton Sims and Mary Gaddis/Gettis.[3]
She married C.C. Burch in Towns, Georgia in 1886. [4]
Children:
- James Clifton Burch 1893–1963
- William Thurston Burch 1896–1986
Her husband C.C. Burch died in 1936 and she is living with another family in the 1940 Census. [5]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15756030/Georgia-Elizabeth-Burch
- ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPLY-ZBS : 17 July 2017), Hampton Sims in entry for Georgia Elizabeth Burch, 07 Jul 1959; citing Swannanoa, Buncombe, N.C., 17742, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,953,001.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8P9-YMV : 11 August 2017), Georgia E Sims in household of James H Sims, Towns, Towns, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 174, sheet 470C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0167; FHL microfilm 1,254,167.
- ↑ "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWCP-C28 : 24 December 2014), C. C. Burch and Georgia Sims, 27 Aug 1886; citing , Towns, Georgia; FHL microfilm 1,036,797.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K72T-CMZ : accessed 2 May 2018), Georgia Sims in household of Walter Parks, Militia District 729, Carroll, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22-21, sheet 2A, line 22, family 23, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 647.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Georgia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Georgia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Georgia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Georgia:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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