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Son David is proved by a deed of gift, Jul 1758 in Anson Co NC, when Benjamin gave him goods and chattels, a pewter dish, a feather bed, a horse. Perhaps David was marrying.


David and his brother Samuel are said to have died at the massacre of Fort Mims, Baldwin Co, AL
Wikipedia:
The Fort Mims massacre occurred on 30 August 1813, when a force of Creek people, belonging to the "Red Sticks" faction under the command of Peter McQueen and William Weatherford "Red Eagle", his cousin by marriage, killed hundreds of settlers, mixed-blood Creeks, and militia at Fort Mims, Alabama.
At the start of the Creek Civil War, settlers north of Mobile, Alabama, particularly mixed-blood Creeks from the lower towns, began to take refuge with the American settlers in the stockades of Fort Mims. About 517 settlers, including 265 armed militia, were gathered at Fort Mims, which was located about 35 to 45 miles (50–70 km) north of Mobile on the eastern side of the Alabama River.
Although Major Beasley, the commander, stated that he could "maintain the post against any number of Indians", the stockade was poorly defended. At the time of the attack, the East gate was partially blocked open by drifting sand. According to anecdotal evidence, the gate was open "...when the officers all got drunk and were playing cards and left the gate open, and it rained and washed the sand in the gate so it could not be shut and Father left with Mother and the children, and the Indians killed all that stayed."
The attack occurred the next day during the mid-day meal, when no American scouts were out. The "Red Sticks" rushed the fort and tomahawked Beasley, who was trying to close the blocked gate.
The Indians seized the loopholes and the outer enclosure. The settlers, under Captain Bailey, held the inner enclosure, and fought on for a time. However, the Red Sticks set fire to a house in the center, which spread to the rest of the stockade.
The warriors forced their way into the inner enclosure and, despite the attempts of William Weatherford, massacred most of the mixed-blood Creeks and white settlers. Five hundred people died, and the "Red Sticks" took 250 scalps. They spared the lives of most of the enslaved African Americans, to take them as their own slaves. About 36 people escaped, including Bailey, who was mortally wounded.

http://www.canerossi.us/ftmims/massacre.htm
Ft. Mims Massacre
Baldwin County, Alabama
August 30, 1813
A Short History of the Ft. Mims Massacre of 1813
during the Creek Indian War
...Situated on relatively high ground on the east bank of Tensaw Lake, Fort Mims began as the fortified home and outbuildings of Samuel Mims. The lake was formed from an old channel of the Alabama River and was connected to the river by a navigable passage. The fort consisted of 17 buildings, including one blockhouse and a log palisade. By early August 1813, about 550 settlers and slaves from the surrounding area had crowded into to tiny stockade. A number of friendly Indians and half-breeds had also sought protection within the fort. Before the massacre, the Creek nation had generally peaceful relations with the white settlers, and intermarriage was not uncommon. In fact, many of the settlers who died at Fort Mims were of mixed blood.
....A slave who escaped told authorities he and others including Dixon Bailey's sister were in Mims’ house when the hostile Creeks entered. A warrior asked the woman if she was related to anyone in the fort. The woman pointed to the body of her brother and said I am the sister of that great man you have murdered there, whereupon the warrior knocked her down and mutilated her.
...In the charred remains of Mims' house, the soldiers found the bones of many victims. In the woods nearby, the militiamen found the graves of about one hundred Red Sticks. In a letter of September 4 to Territory Governor David Holmes, General Claiborne wrote that about 200 Creeks were believed to have been killed in the attack. Some historians believe the Creeks may have lost 300 to 400 warriors in the fight.

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cmamcrk4/pkt37.html
Albert James Pickett: HISTORY OF ALABAMA.
(Kindly contributed by William C. Bell)
....James and Daniel Bailey, the brothers of the gallant Captain, with other men, ascended to the roof of Mims' dwelling, knocked off some shingles for port-holes, where they continued to shoot the lusty warriors on the outside of the picketing. But the superior force of the assailants enabled them constantly to bring fresh warriors into the action. They now set fire to the main building, and many of the out-houses. The shrieks of the women and children went up to high heaven.
To Patrick 's loom-house had been attached some extra picketing, forming what was improperly termed a bastion. Hither Captain Bailey, and those of his command who survived, entered and continued to pour upon the savages a most deadly fire. Many citizens attempted to reach that spot, now the only one of the least security. The venerable David Mims, attempting to pass to the bastion, received a large ball in the neck; the blood gushed out; he exclaimed: "Oh, God, I am a dead man!" and fell upon his face. A cruel warrior cut around his head, and waved his hoary scalp exultingly in the air.

The following are said to have survived:
Mrs. David Mims, Sr.
David Mims, Jr.
Alexander Mims
Joseph Mims

Twenty years after the massacre Albert James Pickett, also from Anson County, North Carolina, came to Fort Mims to gather material for his HISTORY OF ALABAMA.
Of David Mims and the massacre, Pickett wrote:
"The venerable David Mims, attempting to pass to the half-finished bastion, received a large ball in the neck. A cruel warrior cut around his head and then waved his hoary scalp exultantly."

Death

30 Aug 1813

Fort Mims, Alabama

Father	Benjamin Mims ( - 1788)
Mother	Judith ?Woodson ( - )
Sibling	John Mims (1739 - 1804)
Sibling	Thomas Mims (1750 - 1809)
Sibling	Samuel Mims ( - 1813)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Richard Mims (1757 - 1800)