Georgina J. Mims1,2,3

F, ID# 2488, (1832 - 1911)
Georgina J. Mims|b. 26 Aug 1832\nd. 22 Oct 1911|p2488.htm|John H. Mims|b. 6 Jun 1806\nd. 11 Apr 1850|p1148.htm|Caroline Hanson Cresap|b. 6 Jul 1811\nd. 25 Feb 1904|p1149.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|Edward O. Cresap|b. 24 Nov 1782\nd. 2 Jan 1817|p607.htm|Sarah S. Briscoe|b. 17 Aug 1787\nd. 30 Nov 1843|p1524.htm|

Father John H. Mims4,5,6 (1806-1850)

Mother Caroline Hanson Cresap4,5,7 (1811-1904)

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Descendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims

Family Background – see:

The Linah Mims - Rebecca Davis Family
     Georgina J. Mims was born on 26 Aug 1832 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.8,9,10 She married William Wallace Smith, son of Strother J Smith, on 29 Jan 1850 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.11,12,13 She died on 22 Oct 1911 in Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, at age 79.5 She was buried on 24 Oct 1911 in Eddyville, Kentucky.5
     She is probably one of the two females age 5 to 10 listed in the household of his father, John H. Mims, in the 1840 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., Kentucky.14 She appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of 2nd District, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, in the household of her mother, Caroline Hanson Cresap.15,16
     Georgina and William Wallace Smith appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, enumerated 11 Aug 1860, reporting real estate of $100 and personal estate of $300. Their children William, Hanson, James and Effie were listed as living with them, as were Samual A. Smith, age 24 and a laborer, Anna E. Gregory, age 24 and a domestic, and two year old Sue A. Gregory.17 She and William appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of District No. 1, Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, enumerated 27 Jun 1870, reporting personal estate of $200. Their children Hanson, James, Effie, Guy, Robbison and Hugh were listed as living with them.18

Children of Georgina J. Mims and William Wallace Smith

  • John Mims Smith4,19 b. 3 Jan 1851, d. 1 Sep 1852
  • William Clark Smith4,20 b. 4 Aug 1853, d. 2 Feb 1861
  • Hanson Mims Smith21,4,20 b. 26 Aug 1855
  • James Strother Smith4,20,22 b. 7 Aug 1857
  • Effie Anna Smith4,23,20 b. 18 Oct 1859
  • Minnie Machen Smith4 b. 23 Nov 1860, d. bef 1870
  • Guy Smith4,22 b. 15 Sep 1861
  • Robbison C. Smith4,22 b. 11 May 1863
  • Hugh Arney Smith4,22 b. 4 Aug 1869

Citations

  1. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows name as Georgina J Mims.
  2. [S727] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book B, no. 208, W. W. Smith to Miss Georginia Mims, 28 Jan 1850.
  3. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 321, shows name as Georgia J. Mims.
  4. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible.
  5. [S1287] Georgia Mimms Smith, Certificate of Death.
  6. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 321.
  7. [S568] Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them in same household, apparently as mother and child.
  8. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows date, as 24th.
  9. [S1287] Georgia Mimms Smith, Certificate of Death, shows date, as 26th, county, and state.
  10. [S49] Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998, shows date, as 24th, town, county as Lyon, and state. However, Lyon county was not formed out of Caldwell Co. until 1854.
  11. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows date.
  12. [S727] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book B, no. 208, W. W. Smith to Miss Georginia Mims, 28 Jan 1850, no return is posted.
  13. [S1809] William W. Smith household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows both in same household, apparently as husband and wife.
  14. [S1798] Jns. H. Mims household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  15. [S568] Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  16. [S647] Caroline H. Mims, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  17. [S1809] William W. Smith household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  18. [S1804] Wallace W. Smith household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  19. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 360.
  20. [S1809] William W. Smith household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows them in the same household, apparently as parent and child.
  21. [S1307] H. Smith, birth register.
  22. [S1804] Wallace W. Smith household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows them in the household, apparently as parent and child.
  23. [S1306] Effy A. Smith, birth register.

 

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