Elizabeth Sims *
Birth: EST 1760, Virginia, USA
Death: AFT 12 Jun 1809
- Married (1) William Hurst *
- Child 1: John Hurst <1786> - 1864 m. Winny Smoot
- Child 2: Katherine Hurst - m. John Shall
- Child 3: Nancy Hurst ABT 1790 - 1855 m. Elijah King
- Child 4: Margaret Hurst * 28 Feb 1791 - 25 Dec 1853 m. Walter Fields McWhorter *
- Child 5: Samuel Hurst <1794> - 1881 m. Romine
- Child 6: Sarah Celeste "Sallie" Hurst 1794 - 1862 m. John West
- Child 7: Daniel Hurst 6 Feb 1796 - 7 Oct 1872 m. Eleanor Davidson
- Child 8: William Hurst - m. Sigler
- Married (2) Benjamin Gibbs on 1 Mar 1803 at Harrison Co., West Virginia, USA
- Married (3) Isaac Winans on 12 Jun 1809 at Harrison Co., West Virginia, USA
Notes: Another source says her name was Gibbs. http://www.angelfire.com/ny/chickened/mcwhorterfamil y.html
Another source says Catherine Sims.
Yet another says Margaret Elizabeth.
Biography: The savages likewise visited Cheat river, during the spring [1779?], and coming t o the house of John Sims, were discovered by a Negro woman, who ran immediately to the door a nd alarmed the family. Bernard Sims (just recovering from the smallpox) taking down his gun , and going to the door, was shot. The Indians, perceiving that he was affected with a diseas e, of all others the most terrifying to them, not only did not perform the accustomed operati on of scalping, but retreated with as much rapidity, as if they had been pursued by an overwh elming force of armed men, -- exclaiming as they ran, "small pox, small pox." Border Warfar e Chapter 12
"Some time after the murder of Mack's family, John Sims, living on a branch of Gnatty creek , seeing his horses come running up much affrighted, was led to believe that the Indians ha d been trying to catch them. In a few minutes, the dogs began to park furiously in the cornfi eld adjoining, and he became satisfied the savages were approaching. Knowing that he could of fer on effectual resistance, if they should attack his house, he contrived an artifice to det er them from approaching. Taking down his gun, he walked around the house backward and forwar d, and as if speaking to men in it, called out, "Be watchful. They will soon be here, and a s soon as you see them, draw a find bead;" Mrs.Sims in a coarse tone of voice and with feigne d resolution, answering as she had been advised, "Never fear! Let them once shew their yello w hides,and we'll pepper them." He would then retire into the house, change his garments, th e better to support the deception, and again go forth to watch and give directions to those w ithin, He pursued this plan until night, when he withdrew with his family to a place of safet y. The Indians had actually been in the cornfield, and near enough to have shot Sims,--the pl ace where they had been sitting being plainly discernible next morning. Sims' artifice no dou bt drove them off, and as they were retreating they fired the house of Jethro Thompson on Los t Creek." Border Chapter 16
Sources: docjones@bellsouth.net
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