Orange County Indexed
The Simms surname
The Simms name in Orange County Indexed: 15 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1808 to 1900
most named in the 1810s
- Court minutes 1808–1818
- Marriages 1878–1900
- In the chronology
- 1791 to 1817 1 person in 2 entries, most in the 1790s
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1806
- Married into
- Birdsong 1, Scarlett 1, Watson 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Whithed 3, Campbell 2, Parker 2, Holt 2
- People with a page here
- William Gilmore Simms
- Spellings to try
- Sims
- Search beyond these records
- Simms in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Simms there)
- Simms in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 1 person
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
In books and archives 1 heading
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
In the historical records 15 records
3 marriages and 12 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Simms marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1800s
1810s
- 1810Court minutesThe court convened with justices Ca Campbell, Thomas Whithed and Herbert Simms present.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Herbert Simms as road overseer.
- 1818Court minutesThe court convened with justices Thomas Clancy, Aaron Walker, Willie Shaw and 49 others present.
- 1818Court minutesHerbert Simms became guardian of Cynthia Mangum and Durell Mangum and Willie Mangum and Clara Mangum and William Mangum and Arthur Mangum.
1870s
- 1878MarriagesMarriage license: Wiley P Watson and Nancy E Simms
1890s
- 1897MarriagesMarriage license: William Simms and Della Scarlett
1900s
Undated
- Court minutesThe court convened with justices James Webb, Ca Campbell and Herbert Simms present.
- Court minutesThe court convened with justices Samuel Benton, Henry Thompson and Herbert Simms present.
- Court minutesThe record listed the attending justices.
- Court minutesThe court determined that George Simms was free; after he took the insolvency oath, he was released from detention as a suspected runaway.
- Court minutesThe court convened with justices Thomas Whithed, Herbert Simms and Michael Holt present.
- Court minutesThe court convened with justices Michael Holt, Herbert Simms and Dennis Hargiss present.
- Court minutesThe court convened with justices Thomas Whithed, Herbert Simms and William Barbee present.
