Person:John Sims (26)

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John Sims
b.12 Feb 1755 Culpeper County, Virginia
d.Bef 12 Mar 1851
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m. Abt 1754
  1. John Sims1755 - Bef 1851
  2. Jeremiah Sims1760 - 1846
  3. William SimsEst 1765 -
  4. Caleb Sims1769 - 1854
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m. Abt 1791
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Name John Sims
Gender Male
Birth[1] 12 Feb 1755 Culpeper County, Virginia
Marriage Abt 1791 Augusta County, Virginiato Margaret Baxter
Death[1] Bef 12 Mar 1851
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Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 5, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :


  • Sims, John - born 2/12/1755 in Culpeper County, Virginia; moved in 1769 to Augusta County, Virginia, where entered service 1777 in Virginia militia as indian spy; received Pension 1833 in Lewis County, Virginia, where he resided since 1819; William Bennett & Job Houghton made affidavit there then, per County Justice of the Peace William Peterson & County Clerk of Court John Talbott; soldier's name dropped from Pension rolls when Pension Office decided soldier was too young to have rendered alleged service; soldier's wife (mentioned but not named) made affidavit that, as result of a fall from horse, soldier's mind was impaired & he was duped by others into making application for pension. F-S7518, R2191.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).
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