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His Alabama death record lists parents as Jim Mims and Dicie Weldon, both born in South Carolina; Spouse was Charlotte Mims. I have not yet placed his father James in the Mims family.

On Ancestry.com there is found a roster list for the 4th Regt, Alabama Militia in the Civil War. The Capt was Wm H. Northington and the group was called the Autauga Rangers, in service for the State of Alabama for 90 days. Probably Company C. Dated 24 Mar 1862. Some of rolls of other companies have dates in March and April of 1862. Notes accompanying seem to indicate that the 4th Regt was sent to Mobile primarily as a police force. They were then ordered to Ft. Gaines, AL, on April 5th - they were sent back to Mobile until the expiration of their ninety day term on 12 Jun 1862.
W. G. Mims was age 18, A. Mims was age 23, R. Mims was 30. All joined in Autauga County.
George would have been 18 in 1863. His brother Alexander would have been about 23. Richard Mims, son of Abraham Mims would have been about age 30. It's difficult to say that these were the same men except for the ages - no W. G. Mims of this age is known.

On Fold3 I found a Civil War record for George W. Mimms. The enlistment dates would seem to suggest he cannot be the same as this George, born in 1845. I have not been able to conclusively determine if it is this young George or the older George Washington "Dock"Mims. One of the reasons it could be the younger George is that Henry Mims, apparently his older brother served in Co E of the 44th. The Muster cards for George W. Mimm indicate that he enlisted in Autauga County on 25 April 1862, for three years, as a Private in Co E, 44th Regt of Alabama Infantry, which was marched to Richmond VA, almost as soon as the unit was formed. On the card dated April - June, 1862, he is marked as "Sick in Richmond". There is a card listing Geo. Mims on the Register of Chimborazo Hospital, No. 1, in Richmond, VA. Admitted suffering from Debility on 28 Aug 1862. He was furloughed for 40 days from Sept 12, 1862. Subsequent muster cards list him as "absent without leave" and "Deserted at home in Alabama through October of 1863, the last of the Muster cards. However, when the Confederate soldiers were paroled at Headquarters, 16th Army Corps, Montgomery, AL in May of 1865, Geo. Mims of Co E, 44th Regt, AL Infantry is listed. On 26 May 1865, Geo. Mims signed his parole that he would not again take up arms against the United States. He was described as 5'3" tall, dark hair and eyes with dark complexion.

Birth	12 Jun 1845	Alabama
Marriage	Abt 1868	Charlotte Headley
Death	8 Jul 1933	Thorsby, Chilton County, Alabama
Burial		Cedar Grove, Chilton County, Alabama

Spouse

Charlotte Headley (1850 - 1937)

Father	James P. Mims (1810 - )
Mother	Dicey Weldon (1812 - )
Sibling	Henry Mims (1833 - 1864)
Sibling	Alexander Mims (1841 - )
Sibling	Martha Mims (1843 - )
Sibling	William Mims (1848 - )
Sibling	James Taylor Mims (1852 - )