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Bennett Sims 1798–1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Nov 1798

Birth Location: Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia, USA

Death Date: May 1880

Death Location: Madison, Morgan, Georgia, USA

Father: Wiley Owner

Mother: Mary Hartsfield

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Bennett Sims was born in 1798 in Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia, USA, the child of Wiley Henry Sims Slave Owner And Mary Hartsfield. Bennett Sims passed away in 1880 in Madison, Morgan, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • Bennett Sims was born in 1798 in Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia, USA, the child of Wiley Henry Sims Slave Owner And Mary Hartsfield.
  • Bennett Sims passed away in 1880 in Madison, Morgan, Georgia, USA.

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Bennett Sims's Ancestors

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Bennett Sims
1798–1880
Birth Place: Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia, USA
Parents
Wiley Henry Sims Slave Owner
1769–1828
Mary Hartsfield
1774–1835
Grandparents
Lt. (Col. Charles Sims Sr Revolutionary) War
1717–1805
Surry, Virginia
Esther Murray
1742–1762
Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Adam Sr
1689–1734
Mary Isham
1689–1744
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Symes
1672–1726
Elizabeth Sherwood
1668–1726

Bennett Sims's Timeline

2 Records

1798
17 Nov 1798
Birth of Bennett Sims in Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia, USA
Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia, USA
1880
May 1880
Age 82
Death of Bennett Sims in Madison, Morgan, Georgia, USA
Madison, Morgan, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Nov 1798
    Event Place: Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1880
    Event Place: Madison, Morgan, Georgia, USA

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