TX Family Groupsheet for Henry Mims Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Patricia Toliver Email address: patolliver@msn.com HUSBAND: Henry MIMS Birthdate: Abt. 1797 - Jones County, Georgia date and place of marriage: April 07, 1818, Jones County, Georgia Death date: June 16, 1864 - Marion County, Texas father: John Mims mother: Anna Edwards ...................................................................... WIFE: Sarah WIMBERLY Birthdate: Abt. 1798 date and place of marriage: April 07, 1818, Jones County, Georgia Death date: Bet. 1850 – 1860 - Marion County, Texas father: Probably John Wimberly mother: Probably Sarah (Sally) Perry ...................................................................... CHILD 1: Anna Mims Birthdate: Abt. 1819, Talbot County, Georgia married: Hamilton Duke date and place of marriage: Talbot, Georgia Death date: August 18, 1841, Macon County, Alabama, near Auburn ...................................................................... CHILD 2: Emily Mims Birthdate: Abt. 1820, Georgia married: Andrew Jackson Raines date and place of marriage: January 18, 1840, Macon County, Alabama Death date: Bef. 1850, Macon County, Alabama ...................................................................... CHILD 3: Mary Elizabeth Mims Birthdate: March 24, 1823, Georgia married: Jethro Walker date and place of marriage: December 22, 1844, Macon County, Alabama Death date: February 21, 1846, Auburn, Alabama ...................................................................... CHILD 4: Robert Mims Birthdate: Abt. 1824 date and place of marriage: ...................................................................... CHILD 5: David W. Mims Birthdate: Abt. 1828 Death date: December 01, 1912, Jefferson, Marion County, Texas ...................................................................... CHILD 6: John Wesley (Squire) Mims Birthdate: August 12, 1829, Macon Georgia married: Elizabeth Georgiana Smisson date and place of marriage: May 23, 1858, Cass County, Texas Death date: February 20, 1907, Marion County, Texas ...................................................................... CHILD 7: Sarah J Mims Birthdate: Abt. 1832, Georgia married: James Cheatham date and place of marriage: May 16, 1848, Texas Death date: August 28, 1854, Newton County, Texas ...................................................................... CHILD 8: Lucinda A Mims Birthdate: Abt. 1833 ...................................................................... CHILD 9: Lewis Davis Wimberly Mims Birthdate: February 25, 1834, Alabama married: Celuda Frances Pattillo date and place of marriage: Abt. 1864, Cass County, Texas Death date: December 01, 1876, Cass County, Texas ...................................................................... CHILD 10: Henry Augustus Mims Birthdate: February 26, 1840, Marian County, Alabama married: Susie F Allen date and place of marriage: Abt. 1884, Texas other marriages: Emma Clay Webb, Delia Grogan Sutton Death date: April 05, 1915, Avinger, Cass County, Texas ...................................................................... SOURCES: Birth/marriage/death records, census records, and family interviews. 1820: Georgia 1830: Talbot County, Edwards Township, Georgia 1840: Macon, Alabama 1850: Cass County, Texas, 2nd Precinct 1860: Marion County, Texas, Beat 1 ...................................................................... NOTES: MIMS CHAPEL Mims Chapel Cemetery adjoins the property of the Methodist church and both are on land in Avinger Texas donated before the Civil War for that purpose. A State Historical Marker for Mims Chapel was obtained in the spring of 1983 and reads as follows: "This church was organized by pioneer area settlers before the Civil War. The first building here was a log structure known as The Rock Church because of a large nearby rock where early meetings were held. The church was later named Mims Chapel Methodist Church in honor of brothers John W Mims (1829-1907) and Henry Mims (1839-1915) who were instrumental in securing this site for the congregation. Graves in the cemetery date from the 1870s and include prominent early community leaders. A school house here was in use until about 1906". CIVIL WAR SERVICE Henry Augustus Mims was in the CSA, PVT, Co D, 32nd Regiment, Texas Calvary, CSA (Crump's Battalion, Mounted Volunteers). He enlisted 11/4/1861, was captured 4/8/1865, at Spanish Fort, Alabama, and exchanged at Camp Townsend 5/6/1865; also that he surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama, 5/11/1865 and was paroled out of the CSA in Meridian, Mississippi on the same day. REF. War Department note to Commissioner of Pensions, State of Texas, Austin, dated 12/23/1910. BURIALS Henry Augustus and John Wesley Mims along with other Mims family members are buried in Mims Chapel Cemetery, Avinger, Cass County, Texas