101. Sims 1965 Chapter 19
18061870, was born in Charleston, SC, April 17, 1806. His father, William GilmoreSimms (I), came to America from North Ireland with three brothers,
http://kinnexions.com/kinnexions/sims/sims19.htm |
Sims - 1965 edition Sims Books Prior Chapter Pictures Chapter Nineteen
Related Sims Families Several Sims families, believed to be related to Pariss Sims and his brothers, came to America from North Ireland about the same time. Some came earlier. Some came direct from England and Scotland. As stated in Chapter One , there were more than a hundred Sims families in Virginia, North and South Carolina when the first census of the United States was taken in 1790 Tennessee was a part of North Carolina at the time. Knowing that Pariss Sims and his brothers were of Scotch-Irish ancestry, we have made every effort to confine this history to their family lines and those of Sims families believed to be related to them, as stated in the Foreword In our search, we found a number of Sims families which appeared to be related to Pariss Sims and his brothers, prior to their settlement in America. They followed the same general pattern in their movements and settlements and there are many threads of evidence of kinship, as will be noted in the family sketches that follow. The James Sims Family of Blount County James Sims (I), born in North Ireland about 1750, died in Blount County, Tenn., in 1849 in his 99th year. He was a sergeant in the Battle of King's Mountain during the American Revolution and it is said that a cannon ball passed so close under his chin, searing the skin to the extent that no hair would grow on it thereafter. | |
|
