"[3] In September 1810, Minis was elected as an alderman to the 21st Administration of the Savannah city council, headed by mayor William Bulloch.

[5] He served as a private in the War of 1812, in Captain William Bulloch's company of artillery, first regiment of Georgia militia, which was commanded by General Joseph E.

[7] On March 18, 1825, Minis was present at a reception for General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in Savannah.

[9] The family hosted Confederate general Robert E. Lee on several occasions, including around 1861 (five years after Minis' death), when he was in Savannah to arrange for its defense in the American Civil War.

On an earlier visit to the Minis home, he gave Sarah a pen-and-ink drawing of an alligator and a terrapin he had made while building Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island.