Sarah Jane Mims1,2,3

ID# 13343, (abt 1819 - )
Sarah Jane Mims|b. abt 1819|p13343.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|John Mims|b. 1731||Sarah Horn|||John Davis|b. abt 1754\nd. 1800|p13682.htm|Jane Clendenin|b. Jan 1758 or Feb 1758\nd. abt Aug 1824|p13683.htm|

Father Linah Mims4,3 (1772-bt 1847 - 1850)

Mother Rebeccah Davis5,6 (abt 1786-bt 1824 - 1830)

Family Background
The Linah Mims - Rebeccah Davis Family
Charts
Descendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims
     Sarah Jane Mims was born about 1819 in Kentucky.7,8,9 She married Marcus Marcellus Tyler on 25 May 1842 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.10,11,12
     She was named an heir in the will of her grandmother Jane Clendenin dated 10 Jul 1824, to receive a the first male child of a young slave to be given to her brother Davis.13
     Sarah and Marcus Marcellus Tyler appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of 1st District, Trigg Co., Kentucky, enumerated 2 Aug 1850, with six of her nieces and nephews listed as living with them. They were Irene Cobb, daughter of her sister Julia; Linah Mims Cobb and Robertson H. Cobb, sons of her sister Cornelia; and Byron O. Mims, Linah C. Mims and John M. Mims, sons of her brother Davis.14
     Sarah Jane appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, in the household of Robert Livingston Cobb and Cornelia Rebecca Mims, her sister and her husband.15,16 She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky, in the household of Robert and Cornelia.17

Citations

  1. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, License for Marcus Marcellus Tyler and Miss Sarah Jane Mims, 25 May 1842.
  2. [S569] M. M. Tyler household, 1850 U.S. Census, Trigg Co., Kentucky, shows name as Sarah J. Tyler.
  3. [S2021] Jane Davis will, Christian Co. Wills D:181-3, names a granddaughter Sarah Jane Mims as heir.
  4. [S374] Deborah (Cobb) Manley, "RE: The Logan Material," e-mail to Terrence W. Reigel, 20 Feb 2000, citing 10 July 1860 census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, Robert L. Cobb household listing Sarah P. Tyler; Scott Haun, email 12 Jul 1998, citing Ila Earle Fowler, compiler, Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants (Kentucky Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars, 1998) listing the marriage of Sarah Jane Mims to Marcus M. Tyler; and E. Dean Savoini, email3 Feb 2000, reporting the 1850 census of Trigg Co., Kentucky, pg 130 shows household of M.M. and Sarah J. Tyler and includes several children with surnames Mimms and Cobb; concluding that the three reports of Sarah are the same person and that she was the daughter of Col. Linah Mins.
  5. [S374] Deborah (Cobb) Manley, "RE: The Logan Material," e-mail to Terrence W. Reigel, 20 Feb 2000.
  6. [S572] Jane Davis will, names a granddaughter Sarah Jane Mimes as heir.
  7. [S569] M. M. Tyler household, 1850 U.S. Census, Trigg Co., Kentucky, shows age 31, and state, as Kentucky.
  8. [S1811] Robert L. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows age 40, and state.
  9. [S225] The two census reports are conflicting, and the other known children are reported as born in Virginia, but the family is reported living in Kentucky in the 1820 census, so I assume Sarah was born in Kentucky.
  10. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, License for Marcus Marcellus Tyler and Miss Sarah Jane Mims, 25 May 1842, shows date on return.
  11. [S727] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book B, no. 34, Marcus M. Tyler to Sarah Jane Mims, 25 May 1842, shows date.
  12. [S569] M. M. Tyler household, 1850 U.S. Census, Trigg Co., Kentucky, shows both, apparently as husband and wife.
  13. [S2021] Jane Davis will, Christian Co. Wills D:181-3.
  14. [S569] M. M. Tyler household, 1850 U.S. Census, Trigg Co., Kentucky.
  15. [S1811] Robert L. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  16. [S1675] Robert L. Cobb, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, slave schedule, sheet 12, lines 3- 16 right.
  17. [S628] Robert L. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky.

 

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