He is buried in TN, but a tombstone was placed in his memory at Enon Cemetery next to his wife's grave.
Jacob Leonard was the son of Jacob Sims and an unknown mother. [His father Jacob would later marry a widow, Christian (nee Holder) McMillan, in Jasper County, MS, and many family trees erroneously show her as Jacob Leonard's mother.] He married Jane Ann Elizabeth Folmar, daughter of Jacob Folmar and Sarah Edwards, on 12 Jan 1854 in Pike County, AL.
Jacob Leonard Sims served as the Administrator for his father-in-law (Jacob Folmar's) estate, according to Troy Independent American newspaper articles of 1860.
On Aug. 8, 1862, Jacob Leonard Sims enlisted as a private in Co. D, 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion at Troy, AL. At the time of his enlistment, 30-year-old Jacob was married to Jane Ann Elizabeth Folmar and they had three small children and were expecting a fourth. His family would
never see Jacob again.
Hilliard's Legion was part of the force that besieged the Cumberland Gap in TN, then held by Union forces under General G. W. Morgan. With the advance of Confederate General Braxton Bragg into Kentucky, Morgan's supply line was severed, forcing him to abandon his position and flee north. On Sept. 17th the Legion entered the Gap, where they would remain for two weeks. On Sept. 23, 1862, Jacob Leonard Sims wrote the following letter home. (Note: Jacob's letters were transcribed as written including spelling, grammar, & punctuation. Notations in brackets [ ] have been used to insert words or explanations where needed to clarify meaning.)
Dear Beloved Wife,
Ever more in lifes embrace with the opportunity of writing you a few lines to let you know I am well at this time, hoping the few lines will find you and the children all well and doing well. I know of nothing to write to you. There is a gabble of sickness in camps. John N. Folmar [Jane Ann Elizabeth's first cousin] he is sick at this time. He has been complaining for several days, I think he is taking the misery [measles]. He has been up all day today. James Tiner he is sick and Captain Small is very low at this time.
I have seen a heap since I have left home. We have about four hundred Yankees here. All of them is agoing to leave this morning that is able to go. They say that they are tired of this war. I have seen some Indians. I was at their camps last night. They said that [if] they would hire them to guard the Yankees that they would kill the Yanks before a week. I have a fine time with the Indians afar to them talking. There is one hundred here. They said that they could walk forty miles a day and can keep up with any horse.
I want to leave here for this is the last place in the world. It is the hilliest country I ever saw in my life. We can't hardly get any wood to burn here and if we have to stay here all winter I don't know how we will live here. I think if we stay here we will freeze to death. Hilliard had gone to Richmond to try to get mobile [moved] or ___ [illegible word]. I don't know whether he will get off or not. It is very cold here every night.
I want you to write every week if you can get anybody to write for you and write all themselves, write something about G.S. Folmar [George Samuel Folmar, Jane Ann Elizabeth's uncle]. I want to know if he has got out from the conscript or not. I want to know how John [Jacob & Jane Ann Elizabeth's son] is getting along alearning. I want you to send him [to school] all the time and when I get home I will send him and sister [daughter Georgia] all the time when I get the chance. Tell our friends and relations to write every chance. So nothing more at present, I remain your loving husband until death.
In October, the Legion advanced about 150 miles into Kentucky, bringing up the rear of Bragg's forces. When the Confederates withdrew south after the battle of Perryville, the Legion was again in the rear, arriving once more at Cumberland Gap in late October, 1862. On the 4th of November, the command was moved through Knoxville to Loudon, TN, where the second letter from Jacob to his wife was written on Nov. 18, 1862. (This letter was not in the same handwriting as the first, so he may have been too sick to write it himself.)
Dear Wife,
I have the opportunity of dropping a few lines which leaves [me] not very well. But I am in hopes I will soon be well again. I am in hopes this may reach you enjoying good health. I have got with the company once more and all the boys is well.
Dear wife I have nothing of importance to write at this time only we have drawed some money at last and I am going to send you fifty two dollars by Samuel Jefcoat. He will carry it to you soon as he gets home in this letter and you must write to me when you get it and you must write about how you are getting along about salt. I am afraid you will suffer for the want of it and you must give me
all the news.
Tell the children howdy for me and kiss them also. So I will have to close for the want of time. Mr. Jefcoat in a hurry. So nothing more at the present only I remain your affectionate husband until death. [Note: the Samuel Jeffcoat mentioned in this letter was the husband of Jacob's cousin, D'Avis Sims Jeffcoat. Mr. Jeffcoat was visiting a sick son who served in the same company as Jacob. Jacob gave the father some money to carry to Jane Ann Elizabeth on his trip home.]
According to information in Jane Ann Elizabeth's widow's pension application, Jacob Leonard Sims died near Chattanooga, TN, only six days after the second letter was written. Their last child, a girl, was born less than a month after her father's death.
Jacob is buried in TN (location unknown), but a tombstone was placed in his memory at Enon Cemetery next to his wife's grave.
On February 7, 1998 at Enon Baptist Church in Jasper County, Mississippi, a dedication and memorial service was held in memory of Jacob Leonard Sims. A tombstone in his memory was placed next to the grave of his wife. The service consisted of a welcoming address, salute to the American and Confederate flags, a short talk regarding the life of Jacob Leonard and his wife, dedication and closing prayer. Taking part on the program were Bobby, Paul, and Mitchell Sims, all descendants of Jacob Leonard. Earl Faggert and his two sons representing the Jasper County Grays Sons of Confederate Camp and Argie Windham, pastor of Enon Baptist Church were also a part of the program. A good crowd was on hand, most of them descendants of Jacob Leonard Sims.
Contributor: Nancy (Folmar) Reykdal (46833792) • [email protected]
Jacob Leonard was the son of Jacob Sims and an unknown mother. [His father Jacob would later marry a widow, Christian (nee Holder) McMillan, in Jasper County, MS, and many family trees erroneously show her as Jacob Leonard's mother.] He married Jane Ann Elizabeth Folmar, daughter of Jacob Folmar and Sarah Edwards, on 12 Jan 1854 in Pike County, AL.
Jacob Leonard Sims served as the Administrator for his father-in-law (Jacob Folmar's) estate, according to Troy Independent American newspaper articles of 1860.
On Aug. 8, 1862, Jacob Leonard Sims enlisted as a private in Co. D, 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion at Troy, AL. At the time of his enlistment, 30-year-old Jacob was married to Jane Ann Elizabeth Folmar and they had three small children and were expecting a fourth. His family would
never see Jacob again.
Hilliard's Legion was part of the force that besieged the Cumberland Gap in TN, then held by Union forces under General G. W. Morgan. With the advance of Confederate General Braxton Bragg into Kentucky, Morgan's supply line was severed, forcing him to abandon his position and flee north. On Sept. 17th the Legion entered the Gap, where they would remain for two weeks. On Sept. 23, 1862, Jacob Leonard Sims wrote the following letter home. (Note: Jacob's letters were transcribed as written including spelling, grammar, & punctuation. Notations in brackets [ ] have been used to insert words or explanations where needed to clarify meaning.)
Dear Beloved Wife,
Ever more in lifes embrace with the opportunity of writing you a few lines to let you know I am well at this time, hoping the few lines will find you and the children all well and doing well. I know of nothing to write to you. There is a gabble of sickness in camps. John N. Folmar [Jane Ann Elizabeth's first cousin] he is sick at this time. He has been complaining for several days, I think he is taking the misery [measles]. He has been up all day today. James Tiner he is sick and Captain Small is very low at this time.
I have seen a heap since I have left home. We have about four hundred Yankees here. All of them is agoing to leave this morning that is able to go. They say that they are tired of this war. I have seen some Indians. I was at their camps last night. They said that [if] they would hire them to guard the Yankees that they would kill the Yanks before a week. I have a fine time with the Indians afar to them talking. There is one hundred here. They said that they could walk forty miles a day and can keep up with any horse.
I want to leave here for this is the last place in the world. It is the hilliest country I ever saw in my life. We can't hardly get any wood to burn here and if we have to stay here all winter I don't know how we will live here. I think if we stay here we will freeze to death. Hilliard had gone to Richmond to try to get mobile [moved] or ___ [illegible word]. I don't know whether he will get off or not. It is very cold here every night.
I want you to write every week if you can get anybody to write for you and write all themselves, write something about G.S. Folmar [George Samuel Folmar, Jane Ann Elizabeth's uncle]. I want to know if he has got out from the conscript or not. I want to know how John [Jacob & Jane Ann Elizabeth's son] is getting along alearning. I want you to send him [to school] all the time and when I get home I will send him and sister [daughter Georgia] all the time when I get the chance. Tell our friends and relations to write every chance. So nothing more at present, I remain your loving husband until death.
In October, the Legion advanced about 150 miles into Kentucky, bringing up the rear of Bragg's forces. When the Confederates withdrew south after the battle of Perryville, the Legion was again in the rear, arriving once more at Cumberland Gap in late October, 1862. On the 4th of November, the command was moved through Knoxville to Loudon, TN, where the second letter from Jacob to his wife was written on Nov. 18, 1862. (This letter was not in the same handwriting as the first, so he may have been too sick to write it himself.)
Dear Wife,
I have the opportunity of dropping a few lines which leaves [me] not very well. But I am in hopes I will soon be well again. I am in hopes this may reach you enjoying good health. I have got with the company once more and all the boys is well.
Dear wife I have nothing of importance to write at this time only we have drawed some money at last and I am going to send you fifty two dollars by Samuel Jefcoat. He will carry it to you soon as he gets home in this letter and you must write to me when you get it and you must write about how you are getting along about salt. I am afraid you will suffer for the want of it and you must give me
all the news.
Tell the children howdy for me and kiss them also. So I will have to close for the want of time. Mr. Jefcoat in a hurry. So nothing more at the present only I remain your affectionate husband until death. [Note: the Samuel Jeffcoat mentioned in this letter was the husband of Jacob's cousin, D'Avis Sims Jeffcoat. Mr. Jeffcoat was visiting a sick son who served in the same company as Jacob. Jacob gave the father some money to carry to Jane Ann Elizabeth on his trip home.]
According to information in Jane Ann Elizabeth's widow's pension application, Jacob Leonard Sims died near Chattanooga, TN, only six days after the second letter was written. Their last child, a girl, was born less than a month after her father's death.
Jacob is buried in TN (location unknown), but a tombstone was placed in his memory at Enon Cemetery next to his wife's grave.
On February 7, 1998 at Enon Baptist Church in Jasper County, Mississippi, a dedication and memorial service was held in memory of Jacob Leonard Sims. A tombstone in his memory was placed next to the grave of his wife. The service consisted of a welcoming address, salute to the American and Confederate flags, a short talk regarding the life of Jacob Leonard and his wife, dedication and closing prayer. Taking part on the program were Bobby, Paul, and Mitchell Sims, all descendants of Jacob Leonard. Earl Faggert and his two sons representing the Jasper County Grays Sons of Confederate Camp and Argie Windham, pastor of Enon Baptist Church were also a part of the program. A good crowd was on hand, most of them descendants of Jacob Leonard Sims.
Contributor: Nancy (Folmar) Reykdal (46833792) • [email protected]
He is buried in TN, but a tombstone was placed in his memory at Enon Cemetery next to his wife's grave.
Jacob Leonard was the son of Jacob Sims and an unknown mother. [His father Jacob would later marry a widow, Christian (nee Holder) McMillan, in Jasper County, MS, and many family trees erroneously show her as Jacob Leonard's mother.] He married Jane Ann Elizabeth Folmar, daughter of Jacob Folmar and Sarah Edwards, on 12 Jan 1854 in Pike County, AL.
Jacob Leonard Sims served as the Administrator for his father-in-law (Jacob Folmar's) estate, according to Troy Independent American newspaper articles of 1860.
On Aug. 8, 1862, Jacob Leonard Sims enlisted as a private in Co. D, 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion at Troy, AL. At the time of his enlistment, 30-year-old Jacob was married to Jane Ann Elizabeth Folmar and they had three small children and were expecting a fourth. His family would
never see Jacob again.
Hilliard's Legion was part of the force that besieged the Cumberland Gap in TN, then held by Union forces under General G. W. Morgan. With the advance of Confederate General Braxton Bragg into Kentucky, Morgan's supply line was severed, forcing him to abandon his position and flee north. On Sept. 17th the Legion entered the Gap, where they would remain for two weeks. On Sept. 23, 1862, Jacob Leonard Sims wrote the following letter home. (Note: Jacob's letters were transcribed as written including spelling, grammar, & punctuation. Notations in brackets [ ] have been used to insert words or explanations where needed to clarify meaning.)
Dear Beloved Wife,
Ever more in lifes embrace with the opportunity of writing you a few lines to let you know I am well at this time, hoping the few lines will find you and the children all well and doing well. I know of nothing to write to you. There is a gabble of sickness in camps. John N. Folmar [Jane Ann Elizabeth's first cousin] he is sick at this time. He has been complaining for several days, I think he is taking the misery [measles]. He has been up all day today. James Tiner he is sick and Captain Small is very low at this time.
I have seen a heap since I have left home. We have about four hundred Yankees here. All of them is agoing to leave this morning that is able to go. They say that they are tired of this war. I have seen some Indians. I was at their camps last night. They said that [if] they would hire them to guard the Yankees that they would kill the Yanks before a week. I have a fine time with the Indians afar to them talking. There is one hundred here. They said that they could walk forty miles a day and can keep up with any horse.
I want to leave here for this is the last place in the world. It is the hilliest country I ever saw in my life. We can't hardly get any wood to burn here and if we have to stay here all winter I don't know how we will live here. I think if we stay here we will freeze to death. Hilliard had gone to Richmond to try to get mobile [moved] or ___ [illegible word]. I don't know whether he will get off or not. It is very cold here every night.
I want you to write every week if you can get anybody to write for you and write all themselves, write something about G.S. Folmar [George Samuel Folmar, Jane Ann Elizabeth's uncle]. I want to know if he has got out from the conscript or not. I want to know how John [Jacob & Jane Ann Elizabeth's son] is getting along alearning. I want you to send him [to school] all the time and when I get home I will send him and sister [daughter Georgia] all the time when I get the chance. Tell our friends and relations to write every chance. So nothing more at present, I remain your loving husband until death.
In October, the Legion advanced about 150 miles into Kentucky, bringing up the rear of Bragg's forces. When the Confederates withdrew south after the battle of Perryville, the Legion was again in the rear, arriving once more at Cumberland Gap in late October, 1862. On the 4th of November, the command was moved through Knoxville to Loudon, TN, where the second letter from Jacob to his wife was written on Nov. 18, 1862. (This letter was not in the same handwriting as the first, so he may have been too sick to write it himself.)
Dear Wife,
I have the opportunity of dropping a few lines which leaves [me] not very well. But I am in hopes I will soon be well again. I am in hopes this may reach you enjoying good health. I have got with the company once more and all the boys is well.
Dear wife I have nothing of importance to write at this time only we have drawed some money at last and I am going to send you fifty two dollars by Samuel Jefcoat. He will carry it to you soon as he gets home in this letter and you must write to me when you get it and you must write about how you are getting along about salt. I am afraid you will suffer for the want of it and you must give me
all the news.
Tell the children howdy for me and kiss them also. So I will have to close for the want of time. Mr. Jefcoat in a hurry. So nothing more at the present only I remain your affectionate husband until death. [Note: the Samuel Jeffcoat mentioned in this letter was the husband of Jacob's cousin, D'Avis Sims Jeffcoat. Mr. Jeffcoat was visiting a sick son who served in the same company as Jacob. Jacob gave the father some money to carry to Jane Ann Elizabeth on his trip home.]
According to information in Jane Ann Elizabeth's widow's pension application, Jacob Leonard Sims died near Chattanooga, TN, only six days after the second letter was written. Their last child, a girl, was born less than a month after her father's death.
Jacob is buried in TN (location unknown), but a tombstone was placed in his memory at Enon Cemetery next to his wife's grave.
On February 7, 1998 at Enon Baptist Church in Jasper County, Mississippi, a dedication and memorial service was held in memory of Jacob Leonard Sims. A tombstone in his memory was placed next to the grave of his wife. The service consisted of a welcoming address, salute to the American and Confederate flags, a short talk regarding the life of Jacob Leonard and his wife, dedication and closing prayer. Taking part on the program were Bobby, Paul, and Mitchell Sims, all descendants of Jacob Leonard. Earl Faggert and his two sons representing the Jasper County Grays Sons of Confederate Camp and Argie Windham, pastor of Enon Baptist Church were also a part of the program. A good crowd was on hand, most of them descendants of Jacob Leonard Sims.
Contributor: Nancy (Folmar) Reykdal (46833792) • [email protected]
Jacob Leonard was the son of Jacob Sims and an unknown mother. [His father Jacob would later marry a widow, Christian (nee Holder) McMillan, in Jasper County, MS, and many family trees erroneously show her as Jacob Leonard's mother.] He married Jane Ann Elizabeth Folmar, daughter of Jacob Folmar and Sarah Edwards, on 12 Jan 1854 in Pike County, AL.
Jacob Leonard Sims served as the Administrator for his father-in-law (Jacob Folmar's) estate, according to Troy Independent American newspaper articles of 1860.
On Aug. 8, 1862, Jacob Leonard Sims enlisted as a private in Co. D, 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion at Troy, AL. At the time of his enlistment, 30-year-old Jacob was married to Jane Ann Elizabeth Folmar and they had three small children and were expecting a fourth. His family would
never see Jacob again.
Hilliard's Legion was part of the force that besieged the Cumberland Gap in TN, then held by Union forces under General G. W. Morgan. With the advance of Confederate General Braxton Bragg into Kentucky, Morgan's supply line was severed, forcing him to abandon his position and flee north. On Sept. 17th the Legion entered the Gap, where they would remain for two weeks. On Sept. 23, 1862, Jacob Leonard Sims wrote the following letter home. (Note: Jacob's letters were transcribed as written including spelling, grammar, & punctuation. Notations in brackets [ ] have been used to insert words or explanations where needed to clarify meaning.)
Dear Beloved Wife,
Ever more in lifes embrace with the opportunity of writing you a few lines to let you know I am well at this time, hoping the few lines will find you and the children all well and doing well. I know of nothing to write to you. There is a gabble of sickness in camps. John N. Folmar [Jane Ann Elizabeth's first cousin] he is sick at this time. He has been complaining for several days, I think he is taking the misery [measles]. He has been up all day today. James Tiner he is sick and Captain Small is very low at this time.
I have seen a heap since I have left home. We have about four hundred Yankees here. All of them is agoing to leave this morning that is able to go. They say that they are tired of this war. I have seen some Indians. I was at their camps last night. They said that [if] they would hire them to guard the Yankees that they would kill the Yanks before a week. I have a fine time with the Indians afar to them talking. There is one hundred here. They said that they could walk forty miles a day and can keep up with any horse.
I want to leave here for this is the last place in the world. It is the hilliest country I ever saw in my life. We can't hardly get any wood to burn here and if we have to stay here all winter I don't know how we will live here. I think if we stay here we will freeze to death. Hilliard had gone to Richmond to try to get mobile [moved] or ___ [illegible word]. I don't know whether he will get off or not. It is very cold here every night.
I want you to write every week if you can get anybody to write for you and write all themselves, write something about G.S. Folmar [George Samuel Folmar, Jane Ann Elizabeth's uncle]. I want to know if he has got out from the conscript or not. I want to know how John [Jacob & Jane Ann Elizabeth's son] is getting along alearning. I want you to send him [to school] all the time and when I get home I will send him and sister [daughter Georgia] all the time when I get the chance. Tell our friends and relations to write every chance. So nothing more at present, I remain your loving husband until death.
In October, the Legion advanced about 150 miles into Kentucky, bringing up the rear of Bragg's forces. When the Confederates withdrew south after the battle of Perryville, the Legion was again in the rear, arriving once more at Cumberland Gap in late October, 1862. On the 4th of November, the command was moved through Knoxville to Loudon, TN, where the second letter from Jacob to his wife was written on Nov. 18, 1862. (This letter was not in the same handwriting as the first, so he may have been too sick to write it himself.)
Dear Wife,
I have the opportunity of dropping a few lines which leaves [me] not very well. But I am in hopes I will soon be well again. I am in hopes this may reach you enjoying good health. I have got with the company once more and all the boys is well.
Dear wife I have nothing of importance to write at this time only we have drawed some money at last and I am going to send you fifty two dollars by Samuel Jefcoat. He will carry it to you soon as he gets home in this letter and you must write to me when you get it and you must write about how you are getting along about salt. I am afraid you will suffer for the want of it and you must give me
all the news.
Tell the children howdy for me and kiss them also. So I will have to close for the want of time. Mr. Jefcoat in a hurry. So nothing more at the present only I remain your affectionate husband until death. [Note: the Samuel Jeffcoat mentioned in this letter was the husband of Jacob's cousin, D'Avis Sims Jeffcoat. Mr. Jeffcoat was visiting a sick son who served in the same company as Jacob. Jacob gave the father some money to carry to Jane Ann Elizabeth on his trip home.]
According to information in Jane Ann Elizabeth's widow's pension application, Jacob Leonard Sims died near Chattanooga, TN, only six days after the second letter was written. Their last child, a girl, was born less than a month after her father's death.
Jacob is buried in TN (location unknown), but a tombstone was placed in his memory at Enon Cemetery next to his wife's grave.
On February 7, 1998 at Enon Baptist Church in Jasper County, Mississippi, a dedication and memorial service was held in memory of Jacob Leonard Sims. A tombstone in his memory was placed next to the grave of his wife. The service consisted of a welcoming address, salute to the American and Confederate flags, a short talk regarding the life of Jacob Leonard and his wife, dedication and closing prayer. Taking part on the program were Bobby, Paul, and Mitchell Sims, all descendants of Jacob Leonard. Earl Faggert and his two sons representing the Jasper County Grays Sons of Confederate Camp and Argie Windham, pastor of Enon Baptist Church were also a part of the program. A good crowd was on hand, most of them descendants of Jacob Leonard Sims.
Contributor: Nancy (Folmar) Reykdal (46833792) • [email protected]
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