Lawrence B. Sims

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1821-10-24

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1896-02-23

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"Lawrence B. Sims" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00015100, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Garland Sims and Sarah Sims. Married to Sarah Sims. Father of Richard Sims, Lawrence Sims, and William H. Sims. Farmer in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned three enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. Farmer in Burnesville in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Burnesville in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 295A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Burnesville, p. 20.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Burnesville, p. 208B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Tennessee, p. 534A.
"Lawrence Bryant Sims (1821-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial #18511662, accessed July 20, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18511662.

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