Mary Hartsfield

Female, #45211, (17 Apr 1774 - circa 1855)

Father*Richard Hartsfield (17 Feb 1747/48 - bt 1830 - 1835)
Mother*Anna Temple McElroy (1751 - )
Mary Hartsfield|b. 17 Apr 1774\nd. circa 1855|p45211.htm|Richard Hartsfield|b. 17 Feb 1747/48\nd. between 1830 and 1835|p45212.htm|Anna Temple McElroy|b. 1751|p45213.htm|Andrew Hartsfield|b. 3 Jan 1713/14\nd. 1761|p45960.htm|Sarah Lynn|b. 1717|p45985.htm|William McElroy|b. 23 Dec 1717\nd. after 1803|p45876.htm|Ghaskey Snickers|b. circa 1720|p45877.htm|

Birth*17 Apr 1774 Mary was born at Wake Co., North Carolina, on 17 Apr 1774.1,2 
 She was the daughter of Richard Hartsfield and Anna Temple McElroy. 
Marriage*24 May 1796 She married Wiley Henry Sims at Oglethorpe Co., Georgia, on 24 May 1796.3 
Married Name24 May 1796  As of 24 May 1796, her married name was Sims. 
Married Name24 May 1796  As of 24 May 1796, her married name was Simms. 
Deed2 Jan 1797 Wiley Henry Sims and Mary Hartsfield granted a deed to Charles Sims witnessed by John Hartsfield, Richard Hartsfield and William McElroy on 2 Jan 1797 at Oglethorpe Co., Georgia, (Wiley Sims & Polley, his wife, to Charles Sims, all of Oglethorpe Co., for $100, on N. side of Grove Creek in said co... 100 acres. /s/ Wiley Sims, Polley (x) Sims. Wit: William McElroy, John Hartsfield. Proved before Richard Hartsfield, J.P. (Oglethorpe Co., GA, Deed Book B, p. 325)).4 
1800 Census4 Aug 1800 Mary was probably a free white female, age 16 and under 26, in Wiley Henry Sims's household on the 1800 Census at Oglethorpe Co., Georgia.5 
Deed10 Dec 1805 Wiley Sims & Mary, his wife, to Anthony Garnett Smith, all of Oglethorpe Co., for $900, all tract where Wiley Sims now lives on Golden Grove Creek in said co., 300 acres, 200 acres granted to James McElroy, 24 Feb 1775, vacant on all sides when orig. surveyed in Wilkes Co., … on Saml. Brightwell's line… Also, 100 acres, part of tract grant to Reuben McLeroy, 7 Mar 1794, adj. above tract… on Saml. Brightwell's line… on Joseph Embree's line… /s/ Wiley Sims, Mary (x) Sims. Wit: Joel Barnett, Garnett Andrews, William Andrews, James Noell. Oglethorpe Co.: proved by William Andrews, 20 Jan 1806, Alexr. McEwen, J.P. Recorded 27 Feb 1806. (Oglethorpe Co., GA, Deed Book E, p. 17). 
1820 Census7 Aug 1820 Mary was probably a free white female, age 45 or over, in Wiley Henry Sims's household, on the 1820 Census at Oglethorpe Co., Georgia.6 
1830 Census1 Jun 1830 Mary was probably a free white female, age 50 and under 60, in Bennett Sims's household, on the 1830 Census at Oglethorpe Co., Georgia.7 
1840 Census*1 Jun 1840 Mary was listed as the head of a family (F60-69) on the 1840 Census at Oglethorpe Co., Georgia.8 
Death*circa 1855 She died at Oglethorpe Co., Georgia, circa 1855.1 

Family

Wiley Henry Sims (say 1769 - 5 Oct 1828)
Children

Charts Andrew Hartsfield Descendants
Charles Sims Descendants
Last Edited 13 Dec 2003

Citations

  1. E-mail from deceased) Corine Simms Reynolds (#45262 to Warren L. Culpepper, 2001 - 2004.
  2. Hartsfield Web Site.
    http://members.aol.com/Hartsfeld/Hartsfield1.html
    http://members.aol.com/Hartsfeld//Richard4Andrew3Godfrey2.htm
  3. Frances Terry Ingmire, Oglethorpe County. Georgia Marriages Records, 1795-1852, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 975.8175 V2i.
    Page 50, "Wiley Sims and Mary Hartsfield 05/24/1796."
  4. Michael Martin Farmer, Oglethorpe Co., GA Deed Books A-E, 1794-1809 Farmer.
  5. Florrie Carter Smith, History of Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Washington, GA: Wilkes Pub. Co., 1972, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 975.8175 H2s supp..
    Page 241, "1800 Census from Misc Records Book in office of Clerk of Superior Court"
    Captain Lee's District, Oglethorpe Co., GA
    Wylie Sims, 2 M0-10, 1 M26-45, 1 M45+, 1 F0-10, 1 F16-26.
  6. 1820 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 181, Oglethorpe Co., GA, Ancestry.com image 12 of 28
    1 M0-10, 1 M16-18, 4 M16-26, 1M45+, 2 F0-10, 3 F10-16, 1 F16-25, 1 F45+, 4 agr, 7 slaves.
  7. 1830 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 75, Oglethorpe Co., GA, Ancestry.com image 27
    Bennet Sims, 1 M10-15, 1 M30-40, 1 F5-10, 1 F15-20, 2 F20-30, 1 F50-60 (Mary Hartsfield Sims)
    Next to brother Murry in census.
  8. 1840 Federal Census, United States.
    Oglethorpe Co., 235th District, page 86, Ancestry.com image 3
    Mary Sims, 1 M20-30, 1 F20-30, 1 F30-40, 1 F60-70.