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Samuel Mims's home and outbuildings were the foundation for Fort Mims, Baldwin Co, AL. He and his brother David were killed during the Creek massacre there at the Fort. [See David's notes] The Site is now a National Historic Site - a Military Park of the State of Alabama.

An article from Harper's, Vol. 28, which can be found on Google Books, says this about Fort Mims. ...constructing a strong stockade around the house of Samuel Mims, an old and wealthy inhabitant of that region, situated a short distance from the Boat Yard on Tensaw Lake, a mile east from the Alabama River.

A son Samuel apparently survived and later moved to Texas.
There is a marker in Montgomery Hill Cemetery, Baldwin Co, AL:
David Mims
Born July 20th 1804
Died September 13th 1843
Added: Son of Samuel Mims & Hannah Bready.

Death

30 Aug 1813

Fort Mims, Alabama

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