DIRECT LINE OF: Onda Cain; Bob Thompson
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-OCCUPATION: Bob Thompson to Terry
McLean; ; gedcom file, May 1998; ; ;
BURIAL: Pontotoc Cem.
OCCUPATION: PlanterUPDATE: 1998-05-13
!BIRTH-PARENTS-SPOUSE-DEATH: Lois K. Nix and Mary Kay Snell, THOMAS BOONE
PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS; ; Wolfe City Texas, Hemington Publishing Company,
1989; p. 53; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.=============================================================================
From Bob Thompson:
- Pioneer settler in the Bankhead Community of Pontotoc County
- See PASSPORTS OF SOUTHERN PIONEERS, 1770-1823, p. 44, which quotes 22 Sep
1796 letter from Andrew PICKENS to James ROBERTSON, thanking ROBERTSON "for
your friendly attention" to "my nephew Ebenezer MILLER" "who went by way of
your house this summer, to and from the Natches on the Mississippi..." The
letter can be found in "Correspondence of ROBERTSON," American Historical
Magazine, vol. IV, No. 4 (Oct. 1899) pp. 336-337. I have copy of this letter,
which is in the Tennessee Archives.
- See headstone in Pontotoc Cemetery
- Diary of Hugh Reid MILLER for 1856 states in entry for Thursday October 23,
1856: "Remains of Ebenezer MILLER my father removed from Harmony Church and
deposited in graveyard at Pontotoc" N.B.
Death date on gravestone is 5 Oct. 1848.
- See will of Ebenezer MILLER in file, report of Executor of estate of
Ebenezer MILLER in file and Letter of George MILLER to W.C. NORWOOD dated 12
Dec 1866 which discusses final settlement of Ebenzer's estate.PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (priv. pub. 1963).
p. 31. "[Andrew MILLER] appears to have died in Abbeville Dist. SC in 1802
where his estate was administered by Ebenezer MILLER his brother, and Joseph
MILLER, a brother, and by Andrew BOWIE. Administration made Oct. 6, 1802.
Final settlement on Oct. 6, 1818..."
DIRECT LINE OF: Bob Thompson;
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom file, May
1998; ; ;UPDATE: 1998-05-13
!PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILD: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author,
Memhis TN 1963; p. 31; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
CHILD: Andrew is assumed to be the child of Ebenezer and Elizabeth from
circumstantial evidence.=============================================================================
From Bob Thompson:
- FROM UNKNOWN SOURCE (probably DAR application of Anne Scabery Anderson,
DAR National No.651.950)
"3. Proof of the marriage & place of marriage of Ebenezer MILLER and Margery
REID.
See Plats of Robert MILLER, Ebenezer MILLER and Hugh REID and the 1820 Mills
Atlas map of Abbeville Co. SC. You will find that Hugh REID & the MILLER
family moved slightly northwest into the Parks Creek area of the Little River.
In fact the map has marked land marks which correspond with the Census records
and Probate records of neighbors. The History of the Presbyterian Church by
Howe, document these families in the same church since the beginning of Long
Cane Church. That Ebenezer MILLER and Margery REID lived in the same
neighborhood, attended the same church, were specifically named as man and
wife in Hugh REID will in 1829, have documented proof of children and their
birthdates and the fact that Margery REID MILLER is still living in the 1850
Pontotoc County MS Census should be substantial proof that Ebenezer MILLER had
only one wife, Margery REID, during his life time, and that she was the mother
of all his children.
- Hugh Reid MILLER Diary 1856 states (under Tuesday October 21, 1856) "11
O'clock last night my mother died. Buried today in the graveyard in Pontotoc."
- Letter to "DESCENDANTS OF EBENEZER AND MARGARET (MARGERY) REID MILLER AND
DR. JOHN HENRY AND JANE PICKENS MILLER" from Margaret Ray Holt deals with
restoration of MILLER plot at Pontotoc Cemetery. In P.S. to CCT she said "Do
you have any record of when Ebenezer's wife was transferred? The dates we have
for Margery are born Sept 15, 1778 - died Oct. 20, 1856 and would like to know
if you think these are correct since we are having a marker put there... Court
House records concerning Ebenezer MILLER includes this funeral expense for Mrs.
Margaret (Margery) MILLER who died in 1856.
"Oct 21
Coffin and box $15.00
5 yds. velvet 3.75
5 yds bleach domestic 1.25
2 bolts ribbon 1.50
-------------- [end this source] ------------------PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (priv. pub. 1963).
p. 31. "Ebenezer MILLER ... m. Elizabeth REID, daughter of Hugh and
Margaret REID..."
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
===============================================================================
From Bob Thompson:
In 1860, Susan was living with her brother Robert A. MILLER, and his family.
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
--------------------------
From Bob Thompson:
Died in Louisiana. Studied medicine in Philadelphia, then moved to Asylum
Louisiana near Lafayette--see letters to Susan Gray MILLER in file. Death was
reported in letter dated 8 Apr 1849 from James W. DRAKE in New Orleans.
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
==============================================================================
From Bob Thompson:
Killed another student with his pocket knife in 183?; HRM and Andrew MILLER
rode to Ga. to assist in his trial. He was eventually pardoned? and then
drifted to Lousiana. "Lost to the family."
NOTE: "FILE: Enc #___" refers to personal record system of Terry McLean.
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom
file, May 1998;
BURIAL: Old Harmony Ridge Pres. Church Cem.UPDATE: 1998-05-13
BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-OCCUPATION: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 32; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
OCCUPATION: Teacher.MARRIAGE: Lois K. Nix and Mary Kay Snell, THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS; Wolfe City Texas, Hemington Publishing Company, 1989; p. 53; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
---------------------------
From Bob Thompson:
From J. F. Claiborne, "Mississippi, as a Province, Territory and State"
p. 225--Felix Hughes named master in Chancery of Justices for Jefferson County.
p. 210--serving on Territorial Committee, Natchez, Oct. 2, 1799
p. 209--led fight against code (under Pres. Adams) and fees ------
Goodspeeds "Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Mississippi" (1891)
p. 291 says Felix Hughes born about 1770 in County Armagh Ireland. m.
Margaret Miller. Emigrated to N.S. latter part of 18th cent, married in S.C. and soon afterwards settled near Fayette MS. children listed at pages 291 and 292
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Sharpe gives information recorded herein for birth and death. Also states:
"Felix Hughes was a teacher at Franklin Academy founded 1806 in Jefferson Co. Miss. Trained for Episcopal priesthood in Ireland, became Presbyterian in America. Lived at Cedar Hill Plantation, Fayette Co. Miss. Established a church on their own plantation called "Old Harmony"
Felix and Margaret Hughes built "Cedar Hill" on land granted by the Spanish
Government. Located 3 and one half miles south of Fayette, MS and a quarter of a mile from Highway 61.
---------
McBee Natchez court Records, states at p. 355 (National Archives, Washington, D.C., Private Grants, Written Evidences of Claims West of Pearl River, Book A, p. 8) James Cole of Natchez District for $100 and six months schooling of five children, sold 6 Sep 1798 tract where Cole now lives to Felix Hughes. In August 1798 Hughes was listed as witness to a deed (McBee p. 379). On 7 Jan.1806 Hughes witnessed deed from Robert Simmons (perhaps husband of Ann Miller) to William Kennedy (McBee p. 568). Note: James Cole was father-in-law of Robert
Miller.
----------
Mary Glowers Hendrix, "Mississippi Court Records from the files of the High
Court of Errors and Appeals" contains (p. 278) will dated 11 April 1821 of
Thomas Calvit of Jefferson County in which he states his desire that his
daughter "shall live with the family of Felix Hughes until she be old enough to be sent to boarding school..."
----------
Betty Couch Wiltshire, "Mississippi Index of Wills 1800-1900," p. 100 states that Felix Hughes Will is recorded in Jefferson County Book A-81 (1824) and the Margaret Hughes will is recorded in Jefferson County Book P.E-523 (1853).
----------
Note letter to HRM from Hibernia Margeret Hughes (daughter of Felix) dated May 1833 lists writers address as "Irishman's Retreat" [name of earlier home?]
----------
Miss. Cemetery and Bible Records, vol. 3, p. 63, lists Felix Hughes as buried at Old Hominy Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 2 miles southwest of Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi. His birth year is listed as 1752. His death date is listed as 23 Jan. 1824.PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp:
p. 32. "Margaret MILLER ... m. Felix HUGHES on July 1, 1791 in Abbeville Dist. SC. b. Feb 14, 1751 in Co. Armagh, North Ireland, d. Jan 26, 1824, Fayetter Co. [MS], Felix HUGHES was a teacher at Franklin Academy founded 1806 in Jefferson Co., Miss. Trained for Episcopal priesthood in Ireland, became Presbyterian in America. Lived at Cedar Hill Plantation, Fayette Co., Miss. Established a church on their own plantation called 'Old Harmony'...
Felix and Margaret HUGHES build 'Cedar Hill' on land granted by the Spanish
Government. Located 3 and one half miles south of Fayette, MS and a quarter of a mile from Highway 61."
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ;
gedcom file, May 1998; ; ;
BURIAL: Old Harmony Ridge Pres. Church Cem.UPDATE: 1998-05-13
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE
SOUTH; ; author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 32; copy in possession of Terry McLean,
Anaheim CA.===========================================================================
From Bob Thompson:
Birthdate from original bible of Rev. Robert MILLER, as reported in
"Mississippi Cemetery and Bible Records," v. 3, p. 63 states that Margaret
born 1770, death date as shown, age 84. buried at Old Hominy Ridge
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 2 miles southwest of Fayette.
Jefferson County Mississippi Cemeteries, Etc. Vol. 1, p. 194 shows death
date as 18 Aug 1853. Location of Harmony Ridge Presbyterian Church: located on
the right side of the Geoghegan Road about one-half mile from the Hwy 61
intersection. It is in a wooded area about 500 yards from the road. It is in
poor condition and some stones are broken. There are sunken areas indicating
other burials.
UPDATE: 1998-05-13
!PARENTS-BIRTH-BURIAL: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author,
Memphis TN, 1963; p. 32; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
CONFLICT: states she is buried at Cedar Hill.UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ;
gedcom file, May 1998; ; ;
CONFLICT: states she is buried at Old Hominy Ridge Pres. Church Cemetery.
UPDATE: 1998-05-13
=============================================================================
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom file, May 1998; ;
;UPDATE: 1998-05-13
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author,
Memphis TN, 1963; p. 32; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.=============================================================================
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom file, May 1998; ;
;UPDATE: 1998-05-13
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author,
Memphis TN, 1963; p. 32; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.=============================================================================
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom file, May 1998; ;
;
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom file, May 1998; ;
;UPDATE: 1998-05-13
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author,
Memphis TN, 1963; p. 32; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.========================================================================
From Bob Thompson:
A J. J. Hughes listed in Yazoo County Census as Planter with $55,000 in
value of real estate (altho age appears as 40 in the census.
UPDATE: 1995-10-09
!BIRTH: Joseph Fleming, Atlanta GA, to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; ; PAF GEDCOM; ;
;
William Taylor James MIDDLETON
From Peggy Koenig:
!BIRTH/MARRIAGE/DEATH: MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA, 1850, CENSUS, LISTS JAMES
MIDDLETON, BORN ABOUT 1843, WITH FAMILY OF JOHN AND ISABELLA (CLICK)
MIDDLETON; JAMES MIDDLETON MUST BE THE SAME PERSON AS THIS WILLIAM TAYLOR
MIDDLETON WHO IS INCLUDED IN THE 1860 CENSUS WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS;
INCLUDED IN THE CENSUS ARE THE SAME BROTHERS, SISTERS, AND MOTHER IN TEXAS
(THE FATHER HAD DIED BY 1860); HIS MOTHER, ISABELLA (CLICK) MIDDLETON, 92
YEARS, IS BURIED CLOSE TO HIS GRAVE AT INDIAN CREEK CEMETERY, INDIAN CREEK,
BROWN COUNTY, TX; BIRTH AND DEATH DATES ARE THE TOMBSTONE INSCRIBED DATES AT
INDIAN CREEK CEMETERY, INDIAN CREEK, BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS, ALSO HAVE TEXAS
DEATH CERTIFICATE 14751; WILLIAM TAYLOR MIDDLETON WAS MARRIED FIRST, 27 AUG,
1869 TO AMANDA MILLER, WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS; MARRIED SECOND MRS. ELIZABETH
SHULTZE 6 APR 1902, BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS; MARRIED THIRD MRS. E. E. MIDDLETON 28
OCT 1904, BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS, MARRIAGE RECORDS (SAME PERSON AS MRS. ELIZABETH
SHULTZE AS THEY WERE DIVORCED)--BUT HE MARRIED FOURTH MRS. MARY MCNEALY 28 NOV
1908; SINCE MRS. ELIZABETH ELVIRA MIDDLETON DIED 2 FEB 1912, BROWN COUNTY,
TEXAS, DEATH RECORDS, HE MUST HAVE DIVORCED HER A SECOND TIME; IN 1880 T OR J
MIDDLETON IS IN BOWIE COUNTY, TEXAS, CENSUS, WITH WIFE AMANDA, DAU CLAUDIA 9,
ADDIE 8, ROBT. 5 (MY GRANDFATHER ROBERT MONROE MIDDLETON), THOMAS 2,
CLEMENTINE 2/12 B. MAR; 1990, MOST OF THE FAMILY IS FOUND, SOME BY HUSBANDS'
NAMES IN INDIAN CREEK, BROWN COUNTY, TX BURIAL: Indian Creek Cem.
From Peggy Koenig:
!BIRTH/MARRIAGE/DEATH: BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS, MARRIAGE RECORDS; BIRTH APPROXIMATE
From Peggy Koenig:
!BIRTH/MARRIAGE/DEATH: BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS, MARRIAGE RECORDS; BIRTH APPROXIMATE
William Taylor James MIDDLETON
From Peggy Koenig:
!BIRTH/MARRIAGE/DEATH: MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA, 1850, CENSUS, LISTS JAMES
MIDDLETON, BORN ABOUT 1843, WITH FAMILY OF JOHN AND ISABELLA (CLICK)
MIDDLETON; JAMES MIDDLETON MUST BE THE SAME PERSON AS THIS WILLIAM TAYLOR
MIDDLETON WHO IS INCLUDED IN THE 1860 CENSUS WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS;
INCLUDED IN THE CENSUS ARE THE SAME BROTHERS, SISTERS, AND MOTHER IN TEXAS
(THE FATHER HAD DIED BY 1860); HIS MOTHER, ISABELLA (CLICK) MIDDLETON, 92
YEARS, IS BURIED CLOSE TO HIS GRAVE AT INDIAN CREEK CEMETERY, INDIAN CREEK,
BROWN COUNTY, TX; BIRTH AND DEATH DATES ARE THE TOMBSTONE INSCRIBED DATES AT
INDIAN CREEK CEMETERY, INDIAN CREEK, BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS, ALSO HAVE TEXAS
DEATH CERTIFICATE 14751; WILLIAM TAYLOR MIDDLETON WAS MARRIED FIRST, 27 AUG,
1869 TO AMANDA MILLER, WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS; MARRIED SECOND MRS. ELIZABETH
SHULTZE 6 APR 1902, BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS; MARRIED THIRD MRS. E. E. MIDDLETON 28
OCT 1904, BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS, MARRIAGE RECORDS (SAME PERSON AS MRS. ELIZABETH
SHULTZE AS THEY WERE DIVORCED)--BUT HE MARRIED FOURTH MRS. MARY MCNEALY 28 NOV
1908; SINCE MRS. ELIZABETH ELVIRA MIDDLETON DIED 2 FEB 1912, BROWN COUNTY,
TEXAS, DEATH RECORDS, HE MUST HAVE DIVORCED HER A SECOND TIME; IN 1880 T OR J
MIDDLETON IS IN BOWIE COUNTY, TEXAS, CENSUS, WITH WIFE AMANDA, DAU CLAUDIA 9,
ADDIE 8, ROBT. 5 (MY GRANDFATHER ROBERT MONROE MIDDLETON), THOMAS 2,
CLEMENTINE 2/12 B. MAR; 1990, MOST OF THE FAMILY IS FOUND, SOME BY HUSBANDS'
NAMES IN INDIAN CREEK, BROWN COUNTY, TX BURIAL: Indian Creek Cem.
From Peggy Koenig:
!BIRTH/MARRIAGE/DEATH: BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS MARRIAGE RECORDS; BIRTH APPROXIMATE.
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom
file, May 1998; ; ;
OCCUPATION: PlanterUPDATE: 1998-05-13
!PARENTS-BIRTH: Joseph Fleming, Atlanta GA, to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; ; PAF
GEDCOM; ; ;--------------------------------
From Bob Thompson:
Robert MILLER was the oldest child of Robert and Jane Pickens MILLER. During
the Revolutionary War, he was a leader of a band of Tory symphathizers who
fought the Whigs in the Sourth Carolina backcountry during the 1781-1782 time
period. As the Revolutionary War ended, he left South Carolina for the Spanish
Territory on the Mississippi River near Natchez.
He first appears in the Natchez court records in 1788. In 1789 Robert MILLER
purchased part of a tract of 200 acres on Wells Creek from the estate of
Francesco BAZO. In 1790 he married Sarah COLE, daughter of James COLE, a
Delaware native who settled in the Natchez territory in the 1770s for whom Coles
Creek was named. In 1793, he purchased property adjacent to that of his father
in law on Coles Creek, but did so in the name of his (recently born) son Stephen
MILLER (perhaps to keep the property from creditors). He and his brother Joseph
were both listed as inhabitants of the Natchez District in the Spanish Census of
1792 in the Homochitto District. By 1796, he is described in the Natchez Court
Records as residing on a plantation on Coles Creek about 24 miles from Natchez;
in that year he was forced to seek relief from his creditors and surrendered
most of his property to them to pay debts. In 1798, his father-in-law and
neighbor James COLE sold his property to Robert's brother-in-law Felix HUGHES,
who had married Margaret MILLER in 1791 and moved to Mississippi as a
schoolteacher.
In approximately 1808, Robert MILLER moved his family to Concordia Parish,
Lousisiana. By the time of the 1810 census, Robert MILLER had in his household,
seven male and four female children, including the four children (Robert, John
Sample, Margaret and Jane) of his brother, Andrew MILLER, who had died
approximately 1800. Robert's eldest son, Stephen, was born around 1791-2,
followed by James in 1796 and Ebenezer around 1800. By 1818, he wrote his
brother John Henry MILLER seeking slaves for his Louisiana plantation, remarking
that Stephen was an overseer at the time.
Robert MILLER died intestate on 20 Sep 1822 in Concordia Parish. His residence
was described in the estate papers as about 24 miles above the town of Vidalia
on the Missisippi River. The estate inventory mentions five slaves, 60 head of
cattle, 20 head hogs, one yoke of oxen, 10 horses, two colts and various farm
implements.
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- letter from Jessie Thomas to Bft 1/31/97:
"I've forgotten to mention my research from Natchez Miss. Court House when
Robert (eldest son of Robert and Jane PICKENS) were there along with his cousin
John PICKENS in the very early days. Robert married Sarah COLE and John PICKENS
married an Indian, had several children and went to Oklahoma in the Trail of
Tears. His PICKENS family disowned him for marrying an Indian. Early Court
records mention John PICKENS and Robert MILLER. His marriage contract with Sarah
Cole is in those court records."
--------------
- A Most interesting letter, found at
http://members.aol.com/levans3352/public/srevans.html) dated 4/30/1850 Written
by Samuel R. Evans, it describes his father's experience in the Revolutionary
War. It states, inter alia,
'that as soon as Charleston fell in the hands of the British the Tories Broke
loose plundering the whole country as far as was in their power. This was the
darkest hour for South Carolina. Those Tories were headed by three principal
men: Robert MILLER of Abbeville district, Uncle to the same Judge MILLER of
Pontotoc, William CUNNINGHAM of Lawrence District S. C. and Ezekiel POLK,
grandfather to President POLK. It is evident their principal object was
plundering, rape, and murder. No man, woman or child was safe in their hands for
they destroyed property, burned houses, drove helpless women, and children to
the woods while their husbands and fathers were with the army or out on scouting
expeditions.....
Bob MILLER was at the head of all this and as he figured much at these times I
think will not be amiss to give you a bit of his history. He was General
PICKENS' nephew [his?] sister's son. His father was a cecoder preacher but had
been silenced, but as soon as the war came off both he and his son fought for
the King. The older man went off with the British and on the retreat of the
British from Ninety Six to Charleston, he was taken by some of the Whigs and
hung up to a tree without judge or jury. I have often heard Father say he helped
to hang him. Bob MILLER stayed in the country at the head of a company of
bandits, plundering everything they could lay their hands on, committing a great
many murders. He at last had to run away with the British. He went to the
Spanish in what is now Louisiana and there raised a family. About two years
after the war was over he came back, but had to be concealed three months on the
beams of his mother's house to keep from being murdered. Gen. PICKENS frequently
sent out scouts to drive his sister and her family out of the country. They
always took pity on her and let her stay. She died on the same place."
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- Letter from Robert MILLER, Concordia Parish,La. to Doctor John MILLER,
Abbeville, S. C. , Jan. 7, 1818 (in material furnished BFT by Cal Welles):
"My family are all living with me only my oldest son Stephen who has been in
the Business of overseeing for several years past I live on the west bank of the
Mississippi where I have been near ten years the Land is of the best quality and
produces well very convenient to market " --------------
- Zilpah MCGINTY to Susan MILLER, 18 June 1843:
"The friends and relations are all very well in this section at present,
mothers health has been very good for two or three months past, much better than
it was during the winter. Phillip [109]
- Zilpah MCGINTY to Susan MILLER, 18 June 1843:
"The friends and relations are all very well in this section at present, [?]
appears to be entirely recovering from that strange afflication of his head, he
and Eliza were over at Cousin James and Ebenezers a short time since, they were
all very well, Cousin James has two children and is talking of sending the
oldest one over to the female Academy at Fayette, but I expect it is all talk
for a year or two any how, Cousin Stephen's two daughters have just got home
from school. Eliza says they are splendid looking girls and the oldest
quite accomplished, but she is a Campbellite. Cousin Eb has but one child, I
think his wife a very fine woman indeed, they are to be over the first July to
stay a month or two here and in Copiah."
---------------
- McBee P. 56. Aug 7, 1788. listed as indebted to Richard CARPENTER.
p.67. 25 Apr 1789. Purchased part of tract of 200 acres from estate of
Francesco BAZO.
p.70 20 Sep 1789. Purchased negro wench for $536 in mexican silver
payable in 1790.
p. 83. 20 May 1791. purchased slave for $536.
p. 85. 9 Aug 1791. Mortgages 250 arpents on Wells Creek to Baptist STILLEY
16 May 1798 -- by agreement of the parties forgoing mortgage
cancelled. Robert MILLER gave to STILLY's atty. the tract mortgaged (land
purchased by MILLER from Hezekiah WILLIAMS) and note for balance.
May 16, 1806. STILLY's attorney states that the mortgage has been
cancelled.
p.88. 11 Oct 1791. listed as indebted to Eliphalet RICHARDS
p. 93 Sept 1792. listed as having given his note to Daniel MYGATT..
p. 140 14 Jun 1788 witnesses decree of appraisal of James WOOD
p. 141 12 Dec 1788 listed as buyer of horses belonging to John PICKENS and
Richard KING. John PICKENS listed as his security. Robert listed as security for
John FORD.
p. 143 14 May 1789 listed as security for Thomas NASH
p. 144 listed as indebted to Thomas WILKINS for $500.
p. 145 listed as indebted to Thomas WILKINS & Co. for $680. mortgages 15
cows and calves.
p. 196 listed as indebted to William HENDERSON deceased (one note joint
with John FORD)
p. 218 (Natchez Court Records, Book E, Page 541) Daniel RANIER versus
Robert MILLER
--Aug 24, 1796 -- Daniel RANIER has Robert MILLER note; MILLER denies
note to be just and refuses to pay. Notified Robert MILLER on his plantation on
Coles Creek, 24 miles distant from Natchez. MILLER later appears in court and
acknowleges note, and said he would pay if he had not given up his property to
his creditors.
p. 229 (Natchez Court Records, Book E, Page 630--Robert MILLER v. his
creditors. discusses appointment of agents for his creditors, fact that his
cattle broke out of pasture, and when driven back to plantation, some were lost
and they were so wild he can never recover them. 49 head total paid to various
creditiors; 4 horses transferred (including one to James IRWIN for boarding
before he [RM] was married. There remain 3 horses on hand--11 Oct 1796. Wife
willing to give some of her property in payment of RM's debts "on condition that
his creditors give him a general release so that he may without interruption
endeavvor to find means of supplying his family, but unless this release is
granted she wishes to retain the privileges granted her by the laws of Her
Sovereign to save herself and children from becoming objects of misery and a
charge to society."
p. 392 Land Claims, Book B p. 370. 27 May 1793. Patrick SULLIVAN sells to
Stephen MILLER 400 acres. Spanish grant to Patrick SULLIVAN for 400 acres on
Coles Creek, 24 miles from Fort, b. John COLE and Charles COLLINS N.O. 5 Feb
1793 by Carondolet. Stephen MILLER Claimant, 7 Mch. 1804. 1 Aug. 1804 cetificate
A-113 issued to cl. Miss. Terr. Claiborne Co. Robert MILLER, as natural guardian
and next friend to his son, Stephen MILLER, claims 400 acres, as above.
p. 393 250 aacres granted by Spain to Hezekiah WILLIAMS fronting on north
side of Wells Creek, a br. of Homochitto 24 miles from fort. 7 Dec. 1797;
23 Aug 1799 Hez. WILLIAMS sold 250 acres on Wells Creek to Robert
MILLER; MILLER filed claim 1804 for 250 acres; certificate issued 4 Feb 1807,
Miss. Terr. Adams County.
p. 517 Robert MILLER's lands listed on plat as adjacent to John BOLLS and
John SEARCY (on south fork Coles Creek)
p. 95 17 March 1793 Patrick SULLIVAN to Stephen MILLER. 400 Arpents in the
district of Villa Gayoso bounded by John BOLLS and lands of his Majesty, for
$230. (see above)
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- Concordia Parish Census Records lists a Robert MILLER in 1810 with family
breakdown as follows: 1 male child less than 10 yrs old; 2 male children between
10 and 16 years; 4 males between 16 and 26 years, 1 male over 45; 1 female under
10; 3 females betweeen 10 and 16; one female between 26 and 45. Total children
11. Four of these are probably Andrew MILLER's children.
- 1820 Census of concordia parish lists Robert Jr. and Robert Sr.
- 1830 Census lists just a Robert (Robert son of Andrew)
--------------------------
- birth record from the original bible of Rev. Robert MILLER, owned by the
family of David Minyard Ballard, Edwards, Mississippi --------------------------
- EARLY INHABITANTS OF THE NATCHEZ DISTRICT by Norman E. Gillis lists (p. 21)
Joseph MILLER and Robert MILLER as inhabitants of the Natchez District in the
Spanish Census of 1792 and living in the Homochitto District.
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- COLE FOOTPRINTS, by Camellia T. Denys, p. 47, [Jackson Miss. Public Library]
cites 25 July matrimonial contract to be celebrated between Robert MILLER and
Miss Sarah COLE. She is desirous to ascertain in the property she possesses in
case of need at a future day. this is an inventory thereof: two good mares, 4
cows and calves, 3 three-year old heifers, 1 four year old steer, 5 hogs; a good
bed and furniture, some household furniture and one good side saddle. (Book D.
p. 83)
- Robert MILLER was listed as a Trustee of the Bethel Congregation in a deed by
Alexander Collender of the Bethel Meeting House to the trustees, on 4 June 1803
in Jefferson County (book B. p. 368)
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- Probate Book A, page 439:
To the Honble Eward Broughton, Judge of the Court of Probates sitting in and
for the Parish of Concordia.
The petition of James MILLER and Ebenezer MILLER Citizens of the Parish
aforesaid respectfully represents, that on or about the twentieth day of
September last past, their Father Robert MILLER departed this life intestate,
and seized and possessed of considerable property within said Parish, and your
pettioners further represent, that said property remains unadministered to the
damage and injury of the Estate of the deceased, and of the heirs thereof, your
petitioners therefore pray that your Honor grant to them joint Letters of
Curatorship, on said Estate upon their giving...
-------------[ end this source] ----------------------------------------------PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (author, Memphis TN, 1963).
p. 31. "The MILLER family seems not to know what became of Robert. When John
PICKENS, the Tory, went to the Natchez country of Mississippi after the
Revolution, he died near Natchez in 1789 leaving a will. He named Robert MILLER,
with Charles COLLINS as executor. In settling the estate Robert MILLER and
Richard MILLER are mentioned. Since other children of the MILLER family came to
Jefferson and Claiborne Co., MS as early as 1792, it may be assumed that this is
their brother."Lois K. Nix and Mary Kay Snell, THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS; ; Wolfe
City Texas, Hemington Publishing Company, 1989.
p. 53. "John PICKENS married...about 1787 to a Chickasaw woman named Mary,
probably Mary ADAMS, daughter of Richard ADAMS in whose home she and John
PICKENS lived. Apparently they had not been married long when John became ill
and died. He left a will recorded 22 Jan 1789 in Natchez. The circumstances of
John's death are recorded with the will as follows:
"Richard MILLER appeared to inform of the death of John PICKENS who died the
18th of the present month at the house of Justus KING, to which he had removed
by reason of sickness, intending to make a journey to the Choctaw towns, and the
said Richard delivered the sealed will of said PICKENS to the Governor, Don
Carlos de Grand Pre. The Governor opened the will in their presence. De Grand
Pre and his assistants then reparied to the house of Richard ADAMS in which the
widow of said deceased John PICKENS lived, to take inventory."
John's will requested that 'all debts be paid and the remainder of his estate
be divided into three equal parts. One part to my beloved wife, Mary. One third
to the child that is now in my pregnant wife. The remaining third to my brother,
David PICKENS. Executors to be my friends Robert MILLER and Charles COLLINS"
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
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From Bob Thompson:
(Hibernia Hughes Letter to Sarah Miller 1/23/1833)
Susan and I have been on the other side of the Mississippi river since we
came home, and stay'd two or three days with old Aunt Sarah, and pleasured
about in a skift part of the time, we went out to two islands just opposite
Aunt Sarah's house and got out and walke'd about for some time, we had a young
man with us that understood how to manage a skift, he was an easy good natured
kind of a soul, that would do just what we told him. I made him believe I was
very fond of riding fast and made him pull until he was half dead.
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See First Families of Mississippi, Vol. 2: James COLE, Sr.; resided in
Mississippi in 1772. He was born in New Castle, Delaware ca. 1730 and died in
Natchez District MS on 19 May 1794. Married to Maru RENTFROE (died Natchez
Dist. between 1806 and 1810). Daughter Sarah b. ca 1768 m. Robert MILLER. This
James COLE is probably the namesake of Coles Creek, mentioned in deeds to
Robert MILLER, and is the same person who sold land to Felix HUGHES.
Sarah Cole's estate property sold for $8999 on 15 Feb 1939.
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom
file, May 1998; ; ;UPDATE: 1995-10-09
!BIRTH: Joseph Fleming, Atlanta GA, to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; ; PAF GEDCOM;
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From Bob Thompson:
As a boy John Simmons accompanied his parents to what is now Franklinton, LA.
His sister Jane maried Colonel James Raulston and remained in Tenn. When
British invasion of Louisiana appeared imenent young Simmons joined the 13th
La. Militia. In the engagements near the city the British were defeated with
great losses.
When the emergency was over, John Simmons contacted Colonel Raulston and
accompanied him back to Nashville, Tenn. There he met and married Colonel
Raulston's niece, Naomi Jared. They later moved to Missouri when the Civil War
began. He was a Southern sympathizer and it nearly cost him his life.
Threatened with arrest for having served Confederate cavalry in his shop, he
refused to be taken. His daughter Elizabeth seized a hoe and, holding its
sharp point over the head of the Union soldier whose pistol was leveled at her
father, shouted, "Shoot and I will sink this hoe in you brain!" This display
of courage and devotion struck at the heart of the Union commander. He ordered
his men out, congratulated Elizabeth, saluted and left.
John Simmons died 1 Oct 1868 and was first buried near Thomasville, Mo. His
wife Naomi Jared died in Mountain Grove, Mo., 24 Dec. 1876 and was buried in
the Old Cemetery. John's remains were later moved and reburied beside her.
See Letter to CCT from Brig. Gen. P. M. Robinette dated 23 April 1966:
"John Simmons, son of Robert Simmons, and his wife Naomi (Jared) Simmons are
buried here in the Old Cemetery. He was living with his father in Louisiana
during the War of 1812 and enlisted in the 13th. La. Militia. After the
Battle of New Orleans he returned to Tennessee with his brother in law,
Colonel James Raulston, commander of the 3d Tennessee regiment of Militia,
married and came west."
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!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom
file, May 1998; ; ;
BURIAL: Old Cem.UPDATE: 1995-10-09
!BIRTH: Joseph Fleming, Atlanta GA, to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; ; PAF GEDCOM;
; ;
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!PARENTS-BIRTH: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom file, May 1998; ; ;
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!PARENTS-BIRTH: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom file, May 1998; ; ;
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!PARENTS-BIRTH: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom file, May 1998; ; ;
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!PARENTS-BIRTH: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom file, May 1998; ; ;
UPDATE: 1996-10-05