Rufus K. Mims1,2,3

M, ID# 13347, (abt 1821 - )
Rufus K. Mims|b. abt 1821|p13347.htm|Linah Mims|b. 14 Nov 1772\nd. bt 1847 - 1850|p475.htm|Rebeccah Davis|b. abt 1786\nd. bt Jul 1824 - Jun 1830|p2186.htm|John Mims|b. 1731||Sarah Horn|||John Davis|b. abt 1754\nd. 1800|p13682.htm|Jane Clendenin|b. Jan 1758 or Feb 1758\nd. abt Aug 1824|p13683.htm|

Father Linah Mims3 (1772-bt 1847 - 1850)

Mother Rebeccah Davis3 (abt 1786-bt 1824 - 1830)

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Descendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims

Family Background – see:

The Linah Mims - Rebecca Davis Family
     Rufus K. Mims was born about 1821 in Christian Co., Kentucky.4,5 He married Geroldine L. Jacob on 20 Dec 1847 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.6,7,8
     He was named an heir in the will of his grandmother Jane Clendenin dated 10 Jul 1824, to receive a child of a young slave given to his brother Davis.9
     Rufus appears on the tax rolls in Caldwell Co., Kentucky in 1844 through 1848, reporting owning a horse valued at $50 in most of those years, but no acreage.10
     He and Geroldine L. Jacob appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of District No. 1, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, enumerated 14 Sep 1850, reporting real estate of $3100. Their daughter Luella was listed as living with them.2 He and Geroldine L. Jacob appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky, enumerated 23 Jul 1860, with her reporting real estate valued at $3000, personal estate valued at $2500, and two slaves, a male age 21 and a female age 20, in one slave house. Their children Luella and Lilian were listed as living with them.11,12
     Rufus was a merchant.2

Children of Rufus K. Mims and Geroldine L. Jacob

  • Luella A. Mims13,14 b. abt 1849
  • Lilian E. Mims14 b. abt 1851

Citations

  1. [S727] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book B, no. 107, Rufus K. Mims to Gereloine L. Jacob, 18 Dec 1847.
  2. [S1819] Rufus K. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  3. [S2021] Davis will, Christian Co. Wills D:181-3, names a grandchild Rufus Mims as heir.
  4. [S1819] Rufus K. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 29, county, and state.
  5. [S843] R. K. Mims household, 1860 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows age 38 and state.
  6. [S727] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book B, no. 107, Rufus K. Mims to Gereloine L. Jacob, 18 Dec 1847, shows solemnized on 20th.
  7. [S1819] Rufus K. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows both in household, apparently as husband and wife.
  8. [S843] R. K. Mims household, 1860 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  9. [S2021] Davis will, Christian Co. Wills D:181-3.
  10. [S587] The Caldwell County Kentucky Genealogy Home Page, online, "Mims Tax Records," an extract of Caldwell Co. tax records by Willis P. (Pat) Oliver, webmaster of the site.
  11. [S843] R. K. Mims household, 1860 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky.
  12. [S844] G. L. Mima, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  13. [S1819] Rufus K. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  14. [S843] R. K. Mims household, 1860 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.

 

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