John Wright Mims

1822 - 1901  (79 years)

• Name	John Wright Mims
  Born	5 Jan 1822	Caswell County, North Carolina
  	John Wright Mims states that he was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina on the 1850 census.
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Jan 1901	Reidsville, Rockingham, North Carolina
  Buried	Greenview Cemetery, Reidsville, Rockingham, North Carolina
  Notes	John Wright Mims, newly married, is living next door to his sisters, Mary Margaret "Molly" Mims and Sarah Frances "Sally" Mims, on the 1850 Caswell County, North Carolina census.
  Person ID	I6732	The Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Martin M. Mims,   b. 1805, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. Dec 1839, Caswell County, North Carolina  (Age 34 years)
  Mother	Susannah W. "Sookie" Brooks,   b. 1803, North Carolina ,   d. Between Mar and Jun 1840, Caswell County, North Carolina
  Married	29 Jan 1824	Caswell County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F2235	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Martha Neal Hachett,   b. 1828, Virginia ,   d. 6 Jun 1851, Caswell County, North Carolina  (Age 23 years)
  Married	26 Mar 1850	Caswell County, North Carolina
  Children	1. Susan "Sue" Mims,   b. 1851, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. After 1901, Virginia  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F2241	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Ann Burns,   b. 23 Sep 1832, Virginia ,   d. 21 Mar 1898, North Carolina  (Age 65 years)
  Married	11 Jun 1852	Caswell County, North Carolina
  Children	1. Mary I. Mims,   b. 1852, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. Between 1880 and 1898, Caswell County, North Carolina  (Age 28 years)   2. Sarah Emma Mims,   b. 1854, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. Before 1880, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 26 years)   3. Henry Brooks Mims,   b. 19 Feb 1857, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. 26 Dec 1922, Luray, Page, Virginia  (Age 65 years)   4. John Jasper Mims,   b. 22 Mar 1860, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. 28 Jul 1944, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina  (Age 84 years)   5. Florence Mims,   b. 23 Sep 1864, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. 17 Jan 1942, Reidsville, Rockingham, North Carolina  (Age 77 years)   6. Walter Wallace Mims,   b. 22 May 1870, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. 2 Feb 1945, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2018
  Family ID	F2240	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents		Petition of John Wright Mims Jr. in settling the estates of both his father, John Wright Mims Sr., and his brother, Thomas Bannister Mims. The petition tells when John Wright Mims Sr. died; tells about the death of Thomas Bannister Mims, and the debts that he had at the time of his death; and the death of Martin M. Mims, and that his children have been turned over to their guardian, Richard Jones. John Wright Mims Jr. has sold lands originally belonging to his father along with 23 slaves that belonged to his father to pay for his father's debts, his brother's debt, and to divide among John Wright Mims Sr.'s heirs. 4 This portion of the document lists the living children of John Wright Mims Sr. and the children of his son, Martin M. Mims. John Wright Mims Sr. children that are listed: John Wright Mims Jr., Drury Alexander Mims, Eleanor Mims Hooper, Mary Ann Mims Watlington, Matilda Brooks Mims Mullins, Margaret W. Mims, Martha Mims, and Frances Mims. The children of Martin M. Mims, along with their court appointed guardian, Richard Jones, that are listed: John Wright Mims, Marcellus Henry R. "Marlow" Mims, Mary Jane "Molly" Mims, Sarah Frances "Sally" Mims, George W. Mims, and Thomas Martin Mims.
  		John Wright Mims Obituary