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From Bob Thompson:
Leaves widow and six children (According to Pontotoc Democrat obit in CCT
files.)
Saw service in civil war "in the cavalry commanded by the late Capt. Samuel M.
BARR." After the war "broken in health and fortune, Mr. MILLER returned to his
plantation and resumed his occupation as farmer."
Unable to verify reference to service under BARR. However, Robert MILLER
served in the First Mississippi Cavalry in 1861 under the command of his cousin,
John Henry MILLER Jr. He "was allowed to furnish a substitute and take a
discharge" in October or November 1861 (see his letter to HRM dated 16 Dec
1861, which indicates he was not present during the battle at Columbus KY which
took place in November 1861). However, a R. A. MILLER was a captain in the
Pontotoc County Militia on Feb. 20, 1863 muster roll, according to FTH, p. 124,
which indicates he may have joined state troops upon his return to Pontotoc.
Existence based on tombstone in Pontotoc City Cemetery of Jane Pickens Miller,
infant daughter of Robert A. and
Caroline S. Miller 15 Oct 1846-27 Feb 1847.Line 17092 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
CHANLine 17093 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
CHAN DATE 25 SEP 1997
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! PARENTS-BIRTH: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; gedcom file May 1998;UPDATE: 1998-05-12
! PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; gedcom file, May 1998;
Tombstone in Pontotoc City Cemetery of Jane Pickens Miller, infant daughter of Robert A. and Caroline S. Miller 15 Oct 1846-27 Feb 1847.
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From Bob Thompson:
- Was ruling elder of Harmony Church.
- Lived on plantation five miles east of Pontotoc; mother lived next door in
her widowhood, so probably father did too
- 1850 slave census shows E. ERSKINE with 26 slaves; 1860 census with 32
slaves and with land valued at $9000. 1860 census showed six nonfamily members
boarding, at least one of whom was wealthy.
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!BIRTH-DEATH: Flo Stevens to Terry McLean; ; family group sheet for Thomas
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!BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom file, May
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From Bob Thompson:
- Known as "Aunt Clem"
- See her obituary in CCT files. (altho she had passed her three score and ten)
- Age shown as 50 in 1870 census (birth year either 1819 or 1820); shown as 32
in 1850 census dated 25 Sept 1850
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From Bob Thoompson:
From "Source Material for Mississippi History--Pontotoc County, Part I" comp.
by WPA State-Wide Historical Research Project, Susie V. Powell, Supervisor:
"Samuel MILLER, too young to go to war, tried to run away on several occasions.
He was finally permitted to go a year before the conflict ended. After a
battle at Pontotoc, with General Forrest in charge of the Confederate forces,
a hospital was made in the MILLER home and some Union soldiers left there. "
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!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Flo Stevens to Terry McLean; ;
family group sheet for Thomas BRAMLETTE family; ; ; FILE: Enc #P-469.
BURIAL: Grace Hill Cemetery.UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom file, May 1998; ; ;
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!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Flo Stevens to Terry McLean; ;
family group sheet for Thomas BRAMLETTE family; ; ; FILE: Enc #P-469.
BURIAL: Grace Hill Cemetery.
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!PARENTS-BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ; gedcom file,
May 1998; ; ;
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From Bob Thompson:
- O. C. CARR, the son of I. P. CARR, a native of Pontotoc and lifelong
resident of the town, was a lawyer of local ability from the Reconstrution
Period until his death in 1911. Mr. CARR's chief interest in law was for the
conduct of his own business affairs as merchant and planter. He married Miss
Josephine MILLER, daughter of Erskine and Clementine MILLER, and to them were
born seven children: Robert, Lawrence, Charlotte, Frank, Erskine, Isaac and
Richard.
Mr. CARR was active in the Pontotoc Presbyterian Church and for many years
president of the board of trustees of the Chickasaw Female College. During the
1870s, John CARR, another son of I. P. CARR, was associcated with O. C. CARR
as attorney. The latter's removal to Gainesville, Texas, in the 1880s
dissolved this partnership and the law office of the firm was discontinued.
Margaret Clementine Josephine MILLER
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- Named Clementine in 1850 census, Clementine A. in 1860 census and Josephine
in the 1870 census.
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From Bob Thompson:
- from wifes obituary in CCT files:" Dr. MILLER served during the last three
years of the Civil War in Company K, First Mississippi Cavalry, which was in
Armstrong's Brigade. He went through many notable engagements, among them
being Franklin, Tenn., Dallas, Ga., and Murfreesboro, Tenn. where he rode side
by side with General FORREST in a charge against the Yankee lines. Throughout
the war he was under FORREST's command and was captured at Salem, Ala. a few
days
before Lee's surrender."
- Shown as 4 years old in 1850 census--hence birth year 1845/1846.
- He was a physician and practiced in Okolona for about fifty years and died
there at nearly 80 years of age.
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From Bob Thompson:
- Prior to war worked with father as overseer of his plantation
- Age 28 in 1870 Census-thus 1842 birth date
- Unmarried in 1870 and still at home
'Lawrence MILLER, the oldest of the children of EE Miller, and an officer in
the Confederate Army, was wounded in battle and died a few years after the war.
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From Bob Thompson:
- Booklet, "Some Cemetery Records of Abbeville County South Carolina," p. 39
lists under Long Cane Cemetery "Wesly C. NORWOOD, M.D. b 1806 d 1884 Erected
by Members S.C. Medical Assoc. 1917"
next grave marked "Mrs. J.P. NORWOOD w Dr. W. C. NORWOOD d 4-5-1867 in 62nd
year. [This HAS to be Jane PICKENS MILLER Miller]
Also listed are:
Louisa H. M. PATTERSON dau Dr. W.C. & J.P. NORWOOD b 2-18-1835 d 12-11-1857
W. R. NORWOOD d 5-24-1863 in 23rd Year confederate Soldier
W. T. NORWOOD d 3-25-1865 in 27th Year Confederate Soldier
Sallie M. NORWOOD d 10-29-1869 in 23rd year
Fannie N. TOWNSEND dau Dr. W. C. NORWOOD d 5-29-1871 38 Years Old
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From Bob Thompson:
- Letter from Fanny H. Norwood to HRM, April 10, 1863:
"Tully is at home on sick furlough, says he would have written you after
Maj. ZEIGLER returned to camp, but he (Maj. Z.) did not remember whether you
were in N.C. or Va. Wesly is now sick in Staunton Va. but writes he is
improving had
no fever when he wrote last. Pa's health is better. Ma is feeble but is always
moving about attending to her house-hold duties. Sally is going to school, has
had no teacher of any consequence for the two past years, consequently she is
much behind. Little Louise is with us & grows rapidly. I think if George were
to see her now he would think her pretty.
- Letter from Fanny H. Norwood to SGM, August 10, 1863:
"The death angel has entered our little circle again, dear Wesley died of
typhoid fever in Staunton on 24th May we all feel the loss of our dear
affectionate brave & gallant brother, we cannot forget his bright & joyous
face. ..My poor dear father brought dear Wesley home (at his request) & he
sleeps by our loved sister in old long Cane graveyard.... Tully's Reg. was
ordered to Jackson in the Spring, he is now sick at Enterprise, Miss., he will
die I fear if he trys holding out much longer. Pa has lost all he had at the
North $16,000 in cash & $10,000 in property... he thinks so much of Sallie,
little Loudie & I being left without a protection."
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!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-SPOUSE-CHILD: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ;
gedcom file, May 1998; ; ;UPDATE: 1998-05-13
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE
SOUTH; ; author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 31; copy in possession of Terry McLean,
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From Bob Thompson:
According to WPA HIstory (see Samuel"Young" Miller for cite) Andrew died in
Georgia during the War between the states.PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (priv. pub. 1963).
p. 31. "Ebenezer MILLER... m. Elizabeth REID. A complete lislt of this
family is not known. From tombstones on the MILLER lot in Pontotoc, we deduce
the following:
Andrew MILLER, son of Ebenezer MILLER, b. Dec 6, 1801, d. Aug 1864.
m. Sarah W. b. Oct 2, 1803, d. Apr 18, 1852.
They had...
1) Hugh MILLER m. Irene BESSINGER (b. 15 May 1871, d. Jun 26, 1900)
2) John Henry MILLER, m. Caroline Rebecca VASSER (b. 28 Mar 1833, d. 20 Jul
1885.
3) Annie Hunter MILLER b. 19 May 1857, d. 29 Oct 1916 m. Benjamin D.
ANDERSON (b. 17 Jan 1845, d. 27 Dec 1932)."
COMMENT: I don't think these dates are very consistent with what I would
expect of children of Andrew and Sarah - tmc.
The 1850 census of Pontotoc County gives several families of MILLERs whose
origin is not known. Further research might reconstruct this family."
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!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-SPOUSE-CHILD: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ;
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!BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ;
author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 31; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim
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PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (priv. pub. 1963).
p. 31. "...From tombstones on the MILLER lot in Pontotoc, we deduce the
following:
Andrew MILLER, son of Ebenezer MILLER, b. Dec 6, 1801, d. Aug 1864.
m. Sarah W. b. Oct 2, 1803, d. Apr 18, 1852.
They had... (3 children named with spouses)
The 1850 census of Pontotoc County gives several families of MILLERs whose
origin is not known. Further research might reconstruct this family."