Individual Details

Joseph moved with his family to Bertie County (later Edgecombe) as a young man. In Sep 1748, Joseph sold 150 acres on the meadow of Burnt Coat to Joshua Perry for L32. In May 1749, Joseph Mims' land on the south side of Beaverdam Swamp was mentioned in a deed between John Lee and Harmon Reed. In Sep 1752, Joshua Perry sold the land he bought from Joseph Mims, stating that it had been granted to Mims.


1772... Chatham County militia roll for Captain CHARLES MATTHIS' Company: , . . .(3). Captain ELISHA CAIN's Company: BURWELL WILLIAMS, Lieutenant; DUNCAN BOHANNON, Ensign; DAVID MIMS, Sargent;
Corpril ISOM WEAVER's platoon: VOLLENTINE BRASWELL Junr, JOSEPH MIMS Junr, WILLIAM MIMS, JOSEPH CROMP, WILLIAM COPELAND Junr, (1) JAMES DUNNING (10 JAMES DAVIS, MATTHEW DAVIS (4) MARTAIN MIMS


There is a database online that shows Drury Mims, later of Edgefield, SC who married Lydia Jones as being a son of Joseph. This seems highly unlikely. Too many other records and remembraces state that David was the father of Drury of Edgefield.
Deeds in Chatham Co were cited as "proof" but they only proved that Joseph gave to his son Joseph Jr a tract of land on the Cape Fear River ...and that Drury and wife Lidda also sold a tract on the Cape Fear. I believe this was a case of reading between the lines, but reading the wrong words.
Pg. 86, April 3, 1770 Chatham County, North Carolina - Cape Fear area –Joseph Minns (Mims) of Orange Co., to Joseph Mims of same for ... and more especially for the Love...etc. that I Joseph Mims Planter of Orange Co., hold and bear to my son Joseph Mims of the same. 100 acres, land was an original grant from the Lord Proprietors, in the county of Craven on the N. fork of Cape Fare/Fear River. signed by Joseph Mims and Susannah Mims, both signed using an x.
Sept. 28, 1772 Drury Mims and Lidda his wife of JOHNSTON Co., NC, sell to John Avent of Chatham Co., 95 acres, for 60 pds., in the county of ORANGE on the N. side of Cape Fear River, joining Cheeks line. Drury Mims signs and Lydia Mims signs with an "x". The witnesses were Joseph Avent and Robert Mims.

Birth	1708	New Kent County, Virginia
Death	1780	Chatham County, North Carolina
Marriage		Living

Spouse	Living
Child	Joseph Mims Jr (1728 - )
Child	David Mims (1734 - )
Child	John Mims (1738 - )
Child	Martin Nix Mims (1740 - 1787)
Child	William Britton Mims (1742 - )
Child	Elizabeth Mims (1744 - )

Father	Lionel "Linah" Mims (1684 - 1732)
Mother	Living
Sibling	Thomas Mims (1707 - 1764)
Sibling	Anne Mims ( - )
Sibling	Robert Mims (1712 - )
Sibling	Lionel Mims (1714 - )
Sibling	David Mims (1716 - )
Sibling	Frederick Mims (1718 - )