James Sims owned land in Ashley County: 1855: 63.21 acres in Section 5, Township 18 South, Range 8 West; 1856: 32.41 acres in Section 5, Township 18 South, Range 8 West; 1858: 40 acres in Section 9, Township 17 South, Range 6 West; 1859: 40 acres in Section 9, Township 17 South, Range 6 West; 1859: 80 acres in Section 32, Township 17 South, Range 8 West; 1860: 39.96 acres in Section 4, Township 16 South, Range 7 West; 1861: 31.8 acres in Section 4, Township 18 South, Range 8 West; and 1861: 80 acres in Section 4, Township 18 South, Range 8 West. Children of James Sims and Sarah M. ——: +129. i. Annie B. Sims, born circa 1845, Lafayette County , Mississippi, married 18 April 1871, Ashley County, Arkansas, to John F. Gomellon. 130. ii. Clara Beatrice Sims, born circa 1847, Lafayette County, Mississippi, died before 1880, Ashley County, Arkansas. She married 23 July 1868, Ashley County, Arkansas, to Francis Marion Gray. They had three children who lived with their aunt, Minnie Sims Andrews, in 1880, Ashley County: James Gray, born circa 1870; Walter Gray, born circa 1872; and Lottie Gray, born circa 1874. +131. iii. Leroy “Lee N.” Sims, born circa 1849, Ashley County, Arkansas, died circa 1886, Ashley County. He married 31 March 1876, Ashley County, Arkansas, to Mary B. Johnson. 132. iv. Leonidas Sims, born circa 1851, Ashley County, Arkansas. 133. v. Minnie Sims, born circa 1859, Ashley County, Arkansas, married 13 March 1878, Ashley County, to L. V. Andrews, born circa 1850, died before 1880. L. V. Andrews was a Missionary Baptist minister from Meridian, Union Parish, Louisiana. |