Slaves of Sarah Banks Sims, Alabama

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: slavery Alabama

This page enumerates the slavery history of Sally (Banks) Sims (1793-1874)

Contents 1 Inheritance from Father and Husband, 1823 and 1838, Tuscaloosa, AL 2 1850 Slave Schedule Tuscaloosa County, AL 3 1855 Census Tuscaloosa County, AL 4 1860 Slave Schedule Tuscaloosa County, AL 5 Sources

Inheritance from Father and Husband, 1823 and 1838, Tuscaloosa, AL

Sally may have inherited property when her father died in 1823. She inherited property from her husband Edward Sims (1783-1840) when he died. She inherited all of his slaves (who were not named or enumerated in his Will) with the exception of two grown slaves (man and a woman) to be given to each child when they came of age or married.

1850 Slave Schedule Tuscaloosa County, AL

Gender Race Age Birthdate

• Female Black 60 1790
• Male Black 60 1790
• Female Black 44 1806
• Female Black 14 1836
• Female Black 12 1838
• Female Black 10 1840
• Male Black 10 1840
• Male Black 8 1842
• Male Black 6 1844
• Male Black 5 1845
• Male Black 4 1846
• Male Black 2 1848
• Male Black 40 1810
• Female Black 34 1816
• Male Black 10 1840
• Male Black 8 1842
• Male Black 6 1844
• Female Black 4 1846
• Female Black 2 1848
• Male Black 1 1849
• Male Black 9/12 1850
• Female Black 40 1810
• Female Black 8 1842
• Female Black 6 1844
• Male Black 16 1834
• Female Black 15 1835
• Female Black 8 1842
• Female Black 7 1843
• Female Black 2 1848
• Female Black 22 1828
• Male Black 21 1829

31 total

1855 Census Tuscaloosa County, AL

31 slaves--not enumerated individually

1860 Slave Schedule Tuscaloosa County, AL

Age Birthdate Gender Race

• 70 1790 Female Black
• 60 1800 Male Black
• 50 1810 Female Black
• 48 1812 Male Black
• 75 1785 Male Black
• 24 1836 Male Black
• 25 1835 Male Black
• 23 1837 Female Black
• 22 1838 Female Black
• 22 1838 Female Black
• 20 1840 Female Black
• 20 1840 Male Black
• 14 1846 Male Black
• 12 1848 Male Black
• 10 1850 Male Black
• 8 1852 Male Black
• 7 1853 Male Black
• 7 1853 Male Black
• 7 1853 Female Black
• 3 1857 Male Black

20 Total

Sources

• 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules:
  The National Archive in Washington Dc; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #90625231
  Sarah Sims in District 1, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.

• 1855 Census: "Alabama, U.S., State Census, 1820-1866"
  Original data: Alabama State Census, 1820, 1850, 1855 and 1866. Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives & History. Rolls M2004.0008-M2004.0012, M2004.0036-M2004.0050, and M2008.0124
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1576 #257309
  Sarah Sims in Tuscaloosa.

• 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules:
  The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #91674515
  Sarah Sims in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.

• Last Will 1838: "Alabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999"
  Tuscaloosa > Wills, 1821-1855 > image 79 of 400
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image