Henry Mims submitter: Patricia Tolliver email: patolliver@msn.com HUSBAND: Henry Mims date and place of birth: Abt. 1797, Jones County, Georgia date and place of marriage: April 07, 1818, Jones County, Georgia date and place of death: June 16, 1864, Marion County, Texas father: John Mims mother: Anna Edwards WIFE: Sarah Wimberly date and place of birth: Abt. 1798 date and place of marriage: April 07, 1818, Jones County, Georgia date and place of death: Bet. 1850 – 1860, Marion County, Texas father: Probably John Wimberly mother: Probably Sarah (Sally) Perry CHILD 1: Anna Mims date and place of birth: Abt. 1819, Talbot County, Georgia married: Hamilton Duke date and place of marriage: Talbot, Georgia date and place of death: August 18, 1841, Macon County, Alabama, near Auburn CHILD 2: Emily Mims date and place of birth: Abt. 1820, Georgia married: Andrew Jackson Raines date and place of marriage: January 18, 1840, Macon County, Alabama date and place of death: Bef. 1850, Macon County, Alabama CHILD 3: Mary Elizabeth Mims date and place of birth: March 24, 1823, Georgia married: Jethro Walker date and place of marriage: December 22, 1844, Macon County, Alabama date and place of death: February 21, 1846, Auburn, Alabama CHILD 4: Robert Mims date and place of birth: Abt. 1824 date and place of marriage: CHILD 5: David W. Mims date and place of birth: Abt. 1828 date and place of death: December 01, 1912, Jefferson, Marion County, Texas CHILD 6: John Wesley (Squire) Mims date and place of birth: August 12, 1829, Macon Georgia married: Elizabeth Georgiana Smisson date and place of marriage: May 23, 1858, Cass County, Texas date and place of death: February 20, 1907, Marion County, Texas CHILD 7: Sarah J Mims date and place of birth: Abt. 1832, Georgia married: James Cheatham date and place of marriage: May 16, 1848, Texas date and place of death: August 28, 1854, Newton County, Texas CHILD 8: Lucinda A Mims date and place of birth: Abt. 1833 CHILD 9: Lewis Davis Wimberly Mims date and place of birth: February 25, 1834, Alabama married: Celuda Frances Pattillo date and place of marriage: Abt. 1864, Cass County, Texas date and place of death: December 01, 1876, Cass County, Texas CHILD 10: Henry Augustus Mims date and place of birth: 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 date and place of death: 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