Mary Virginia Simms1

Female, #44445, (1 May 1846 - )

Parent*Wiley H. Sims (4 Nov 1811 - 3 Dec 1871)
Parent*Virginia Jefferson Sterling (6 Feb 1825 - a 1900)
Mary Virginia Simms|b. 1 May 1846|p44445.htm|Wiley H. Sims|b. 4 Nov 1811\nd. 3 Dec 1871|p9807.htm|Virginia Jefferson Sterling|b. 6 Feb 1825\nd. after 1900|p9808.htm|Martin Sims|b. say 1785|p45971.htm|Elizabeth Hartsfield|b. 19 Sep 1788\nd. 6 Jan 1831|p45970.htm|Wiley J. Sterling|b. 1 Jul 1796\nd. 7 Nov 1851|p45919.htm|Bethena Bonner|b. 20 Dec 1802\nd. 27 Jun 1881|p45920.htm|

Name Variation  Mary Virginia Simms was also known as Sims. 
Name Variation  Mary Virginia Simms was also known as Mae. 
Birth*1 May 1846 Mary was born at Troup Co., Georgia, on 1 May 1846.2,3 
 She was the daughter of Wiley H. Sims and Virginia Jefferson Sterling. 
1850 Census1 Jun 1850 Virginia, Robert, Mary and Charles was listed as a household member(Mary Virginia SIms, 4, F, GA) living with Wiley H. Sims on the 1850 Census at LaGrange, Troup Co., Georgia.4 
1860 Census1 Jun 1860 Virginia, Robert, Mary, Charles, Wiley, Adelle and Jefferson was listed as a household member (Mary V. Sims, 14, F, GA) living with Wiley H. Sims in the 1860 Census at East Vernon, Troup Co., Georgia.5 
Married Name18 Oct 1863  As of 18 Oct 1863, her married name was Roberts.6 
Marriage*18 Oct 1863 She married Alexander J. Roberts at Troup Co., Georgia, on 18 Oct 1863.6 
1920 Census1 Jan 1920 Adelle and Mary was listed as a sister (May Roberts, F, W, 73, Wd, GA, GA, GA) in Clara Belle Simms's household on the 1920 Census at Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia.. Listed with May was "Emily Roberts, F, W, 29, S, TX, GA, GA" who was probably May's daughter.7 

Family

Alexander J. Roberts (circa 1830 - )
Children

Charts Andrew Hartsfield Descendants
Last Edited 21 Sep 2004

Citations

  1. Harry Stuart Culpepper and Alma Elaine Payne Ancestors, Culpepper/Payne Family Bible, Steven Edward Culpepper, owner, Sandy Springs, GA, (2005).
  2. 1850 Federal Census, United States.
  3. Jean J. Boicourt, compiler, Boicourt Genealogy, Rootsweb: WorldConnect (online family tree).
  4. 1850 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 113, Family 14, LaGrange, Troup Co., GA, Ancestry.com image #106
    Wiley H. Sims, 39, M, Merchant, RE=$53,400, TN
    Virginia J. Sims, 24, F, GA
    Robert D. Sims, 6, M, GA
    Mary Virginia Sims, 4, F, GA
    James Sims, 2, M, GA (Mot likely this was Charles Lawrence Simms).
  5. 1860 Federal Census, United States.
    Unk Twnshp, page 236, Troup Co., GA, Ancestry.com image 64
    W. H. Sims, 49, M, Insurance Agent, RE=$15,000, PE=$21,000, GA
    V. J. Sims, 35, F, GA
    Robert D. Sims, 16, M, GA
    Mary V. Sims, 14, F, GA
    Charles L. Sims, 11, M, GA
    John W. Sims, 8, M, GA
    Adel Corin Sims, 4, F, GA
    ? Sims, 2, M, GA.
  6. Merle Massengale Bruce, compiler, Early marriages Troup County, Georgia, 1828-1900, Roswell, GA: WH Wolfe Assoc., 1982, Repository: Georgia Department of Archives & History in Atlanta.
    Mary V. Sims and Alexander J. Robert on 18 Oct 1863 by E. B. Teague, M.G. in Troup Co., GA, Book D-249.
  7. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    GA, Fulton Co., Atlanta, ED 134, page 7A; Ancestry.com image 13 of 32; Transcribed by Warren Culpepper.