ÿþ<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="Elizabeth%20Graves%20and%20Zachariah%20Sims_files/filelist.xml"> <title>Elizabeth Graves and Zachariah Sims</title> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="date"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Author>default</o:Author> <o:Template>Normal</o:Template> <o:LastAuthor>Thomas Dicken</o:LastAuthor> <o:Revision>13</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>114</o:TotalTime> <o:Created>2004-07-25T20:30:00Z</o:Created> <o:LastSaved>2009-04-05T06:34:00Z</o:LastSaved> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>420</o:Words> <o:Characters>2400</o:Characters> <o:Lines>20</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>5</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>2815</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>10.6845</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:SpellingState>Clean</w:SpellingState> <w:GrammarState>Clean</w:GrammarState> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; 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mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Culpeper</span></st1:City><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> to Thomas Graves and <span class=GramE>Elizabeth ?.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She married Zachariah Sims in Culpeper before 1774.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Before September of 1785, they moved to </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Laurens</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>South Carolina</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> with her brother Lewis, his family, and the families of her sisters Anne and Frances.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>After Zachariah Sims died in 1789, she married Dr. John <span class=SpellE>Creecy</span> around 1810.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She died after the 1820 Census and before </span><st1:date Year="1831" Day="4" Month="11"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>November <span class=GramE>4<sup>th</sup> ,</span> 1831</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> when her estate is appraised.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Zachariah Sims</span></u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> was born about 1738 in Prince William Co., Virginia to Thomas Sims and Rebecca Petty.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He died after August of 1789 in Laurens, South Carolina.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>The children of Elizabeth and Zachariah were:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Rebecca</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>     </span>Born about 1772 in </span></span><st1:place><st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Culpeper</span></span></st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span></span><st1:State><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>VA.</span></span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She married Lewis Pugh.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>John</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count: 2'>           </span>Born about 1775 in </span></span><st1:place><st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Culpeper</span></span></st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span></span><st1:State><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>VA.</span></span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><st1:country-region><st1:place><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Lydia</span></b></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>          </span>Born about 1777 in </span></span><st1:place><st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Culpeper</span></span></st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span></span><st1:State><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>VA.</span></span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She married Jesse Pugh.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Jesse and his brother Lewis were sons of Willoughby Pugh and Sarah Bobo.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Sarah Bobo was a sister to Absalom Bobo who married Amy Sims, sister to Zachariah Sims.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Joel</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>            </span>Born about 1779 in </span></span><st1:place><st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Culpeper</span></span></st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span></span><st1:State><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>VA.</span></span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He married an Elizabeth <span class=SpellE>McGlathery</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><st1:country-region><st1:place><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Frances</span></b></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>      </span>Born about 1780 in </span></span><st1:place><st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Culpeper</span></span></st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span></span><st1:State><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>VA.</span></span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She married a Mr. Simpson with whom she had a son, Zachariah Sims Simpson and then she married Jacob Clements before 1801 in Laurens.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Thomas</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count: 1'>      </span>Born about 1782 in Culpeper, VA.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="../Waite/Richard%20Waite%20and%20Anne%20Graves.htm"><span class=GramE>Sarah</span></a></span></u></b><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>         </span>Born about 1784 in </span></span><st1:place><st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Culpeper</span></span></st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span></span><st1:State><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>VA.</span></span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She married </span><st1:PersonName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>James</span></st1:PersonName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> Waite before 1800 in Laurens.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="../Waite/John%20Wait%20and%20Frances%20Graves.htm"><span class=GramE>James</span></a></span></b><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>         </span>Born about 1786 in </span></span><st1:place><st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Laurens</span></span></st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span></span><st1:State><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>SC.</span></span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He married Mariah Parks Wait, daughter of John Wait and Frances Graves.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>They had two children, John James and Rhoda. Rhoda married Thomas Wait, son of Sarah Sims &amp; </span><st1:PersonName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>James</span></st1:PersonName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'> Wait. Mariah Parks Wait Sims died in 1815 and </span><st1:PersonName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>James</span></st1:PersonName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> may have remarried to a Nancy <span class=SpellE>Rasor</span> by 1823.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=SpellE>Rasor</span> family documents support this theory, as do the estate records for Elizabeth Graves Sims <span class=SpellE>Creecy</span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>If this is true, then </span><st1:PersonName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>James</span></st1:PersonName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> died before October of 1839 when his siblings, and his children John </span><st1:PersonName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>James</span></st1:PersonName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> Sims and <span class=SpellE>Rhodas</span> husband Thomas Wait, sign a document on the agreement of her estate.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>In 1837, Ezekiel <span class=SpellE>Rasor</span> was made guardian of Mariah P. Sims who was a minor over 14 years and then in 1841, Ezekiel <span class=SpellE>Rasor</span> signs for M.S. Young and Isaac Young as their guardian on </span><st1:City><st1:place><span class=SpellE><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Elizabeths</span></span></st1:place></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> estate papers. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Researchers - </span><st1:PersonName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>William Lindsey</span></st1:PersonName><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'>, Jane Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Bobo Family information can be found at <a href="http://www.familybobo.org/">www.familybobo.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>If you have any information to share about this family, please contact Amanda Dicken at <a href="mailto:tdicken@cswnet.com">tdicken@cswnet.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>This page was last updated on </span><st1:date Year="2005" Day="30" Month="10"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>October 30, 2005</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="Thomas%20Graves%20and%20Elizabeth.htm">Thomas Graves and Elizabeth</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>