Robert Moorman Sims

Robert Moorman Sims (December 8, 1836 - December 9, 1898) was an officer in the Confederate army during the American Civil War; a planter, state legislator in South Carolina as well as the South Carolina Secretary of State.

He served as the principal of Rock Hill Mape Academy.

Born and raised in Lancaster County, South Carolina, Sims graduated from the South Carolina Military Academy in 1856.

[1] He represented Lancaster County in the South Carolina Senate from 1868-1870.

[4] A historical marker commemorates his Rock Hill homesite.