Andrew Hampton SIMS / Nancy QUEEN
Husband: Andrew Hampton SIMS (Ancestor Chart, Descendant Chart)
Born: ABT 1804 in:
Married: 1 MAR 1831 in: Rutherford County, NC
Died: 4 JUL 1879 in:
Buried: Sims Family Cemetery, Golden Valley, Rutherford County, NC
Father: Littleton SIMS
Mother: Hannah MITCHELL
Wife: Nancy QUEEN (Descendant Chart)
Born: in:
Died: 18 AUG 1889 in:
Buried: Sims Family Cemetery, Golden Valley, Rutherford County, NC
Father:
Mother:
Children:
1 Name: Susannah C. SIMS
F Born: 17 JUL 1842 in:
Died: 12 APR 1923 in:
Married: 2 JAN 1862 in: Rutherford County, NC
Spouse: William L. LONG
Andrew Hampton Sims
Census Records
- The 1850 census of Rutherford County, NC lists an A. [? M.] Sims (age 46, farmer) as head of household
number 868 in the Whiteside Settlement section of the county.
Also listed in the same household are Nancy (age 43), Rachal (age 18), James (age 18),
Littleton (age 16), Sarah (age 14), Joseph (age 12), Letitia (age 10, Susan (age 6),
Minurvia (age 4), and Mary (age 2).
All are listed as born in "N.C.".
- The 1860 census of Rutherford County, NC lists a Hampton Sims (age 55, farmer) as head of household
550 in the Whiteside Settlement section of the county (post office is Golden Valley).
Also listed in the same household are Nancy (age 52), Doctor (age 27), Joseph (age 22),
Letty (age 20), Susan (age 17), Eliza (age 15), and Catharine (age 11).
All are listed as born in "NC".
- The 1870 census of Rutherford County, NC lists an A. H. Sims (age 64, farmer) as head of household
number 126 in the Golden Valley township.
Also listed in the same household are Nancy (age 61), Letty J. (age 23), and Mary C. (age 18).
All are listed as born in "NC".
- The 1880 census of Rutherford County, NC lists a Nancy Sims (age 70, widow) as head of household
number 29 in Golden Valley township.
Also listed in the same household is Letty J. (age 39, daughter, single).
Both are listed as born in "N. Carolina".
Notes
- Andrew Hampton Sims and his wife Nancy are buried in a small family cemetery in
the Golden Valley area of northeastern Rutherford County, NC.
Click here for
a listing of the graves in a number of small cemeteries in Rutherford County including the
Sims Family Cemetery.
- A. H. Sims is named as the son of Littleton Sims in Littleton Sims' will.
The will was dated 18 Jan 1844 and was
recorded in Rutherford County, NC court in February 1845.
Sources:
- Holcomb, Brent H. Marriages of Rutherford County, North Carolina, 1779-1868. Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986. ISBN 0-8063-1144-4. [ p.135: Andrew H. Sims married Mrs. Nancy Queen on 1 Mar 1831, Josiah Jones, bondsman. ]
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