Screven-Early-Thomas County GaArchives History .....Stephen And Jane Burney Gordon Mills Family Records 1765 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon Lee sdlee1@cox.net and Sharon Lee sdlee1@cox.net August 31, 2007, 6:23 am Stephen and Jane Burney Gordon Mills of Screven Co, GA A Family that Disappeared for One Hundred and Seventy-Seven Years A Timeline of Associated Documents that Returns the Family to History (Family trees posted at the end) Introduction: The Thomas Mills family of Screven Co, GA, has long been a puzzle to researchers. Clyde Hollingsworth collected data and speculated about who begat whom. Stephen Mills, the son of Thomas and Lucy, was born in 1765. He married the widow Jane (Burney) Gordon in the 1790’s or early 1800’s and died in 1825. What no one has known about his family is that after his death, Stephen’s widow and children moved to Florida, where Jane remarried and died, and after which the children then moved on to Early County, GA. Beginning in 1840, epidemics, migration, and the Civil War removed this family from the memory of all who remained in Screven County. The following is a timeline of documents. Breaking these documents into small pieces to load under separate categories would continue the chaos of the past 177 years as it relates to Stephen and Jane’s descendants. Putting the documents together chronologically is the only means of restoring Stephen and Jane Burney Gordon Mills’ line to its place in history. Jane Gordon was the daughter of Richard Burney of NC. Jane Burney first married a Gordon then she married Stephen Mills. Her sister Lucy Burney married Wesley Forbes. Jane and Lucy’s sister Catherine Burney married first Enoch Forbes, brother of Wesley, then Lemuel B. Skaggs. Their sister Mary married John Robinson. The Burney sisters’ brothers Ellis, Willis, and Harris all moved to Florida with Jane Mills and her family, with the Forbes, and with the Skaggs. At the end of the chronology as a means of reference are family trees for the Mills, Burney, Forbes, and Bryan/Bonnell descendants. • 1740-1780 Thomas Mills, father of Stephen, is born, marries, has children, and serves as a Lieutenant in the Georgia Militia. He is a pioneer of Screven County (then St. Matthews Parish), GA. Richard Burney, father of Jane, lives in St. George’s Parish and in St. Matthew’s Parish [later in Burke County before moving to Washington Co, GA]. Compiled by Mrs. Howard H. McCall, Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia Vol I. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing for the GSDAR, 1968, Rpt Clearfield Publishing, 1996, 2004. Ancestry.com. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 127 Thomas Mills, b. Rowan Co., N.C., 1740; d. Screven Co., GA. Served as 2nd Lieut. 1st Regiment, 2nd Batt., Ga. Militia, 1776. Marc. 1760, Lucy-. Children: 1. Hannah, mar. 1792, John Lewis Lanier (1762-1812). Abstracted and compiled by Elizabeth Kilbourne. Savannah, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings Georgia Gazette Vol I 1763-1770 p. 182, Published by Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne, October, 2000, Savannah, GA. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Wednesday, November 12, 1766 Notices Richard Burney informs of a black yearling colt and a dark bay mare. The owner must prove his property before Davis Lewis, T. M. St. George’s Parish. Abstracted and compiled by Elizabeth Kilbourne, Savannah, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings Georgia Gazette Vol II 1774-1785 p 50. Published by Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne, October, 2000, Savannah, GA. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Wednesday, June 15, 1774 NOTICES To be sold by the subscriber, 2000 acres in the parish of St. Matthew, 25 or 30 miles from Savannah, bounded on the northwest by land of Lieutenant Harry Munro on the southeast by land of Joseph Barnes; 850 acres on Grant’s Creek. 3 or 4 miles above the Irish settlement, bounded by lands of John Bowman, Esquire, Mrs. Hugh Ross and Mr. James Lambeth; 650 acres whereon Richard Burney has a mill: 300 acres between Richard Burney’s and Reason Whitehead’s on a branch of Lambeth’s Big Creek. (Signed) Anthony Stokes. Davis, Robert S., Jr, Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution.1979: Georgia Historical Press, Easley, SC., NSDAR Library # 70079, GA Military 1775-1783 DAV. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 65 [NOTE: 'When the British retook Georgia in 1780, all of the old colonial institutions were reestablished, including the courts, colonial militia, and royal governor and counsel. The following are two petitions by the people of the restored St. George Parish and a list of the officers of one of the restored royal militia regiments. The petitions are from the Telamon Cuyler Collection, Special Collections, courtesy of the University of Georgia Libraries. The militia officers list is reproduced from Collections of the Georgia Historical Society, Vol. X., and is used here through the courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society.”] Officers of Lieutenant Colonel Mathew Lyle’s Loyalist Militia, St. George Parish, 4th Regiment, Colonial Georgia Militia, 1780. . . . John Morrison, Capt. John Ervine, Lieut. and James Archer, Ens. in the 2nd Company or District from Livingston's Fording to the Head of Buckhead and in a direct Line from that to Richard Burney's on Lambert Big Creek . . . • 1783-1785 Stephen serves in the militia and in the local government. Richard Burney lives in Burke County. Hollingsworth, Dixon, Clyde and Essie, The Hollingsworth Surname Card Collection. 3x5 cards contain names and information about families in Screven County, GA, Cards accessed on the Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System.<http://www.sjrls.org/gene.htm>Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Card 50 Mills, Stephen. Card Indexes, Archives, Atlanta James Williams a private in Captain Stephen Mills Company, Effingham County, 1783. Hollingsworth, Clyde, Pioneer Days, a History of the Early Years of Screven County, Georgia, Donated by the Brier Creek Chapter DAR, Sylvania, GA. DAR Library # 51949. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 16 14 Dec 1793 Screven created by an act of the Georgia Legislature. 'Among those that were active in the cause of the new county, and who took an active part in the affairs before and after the county's creation were: . . . Stephen Mills . . . Compiled and Published under authority of the Legislature by Allen D. Candler. The Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia Volume II, 1908: The Franklin-Turner Co, Atlanta, GA. NSDAR Library, Washington, DC, # 42558. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Minutes of the Executive Council, from January 14, 1778, to January 6, 1775, and Journal of the Land Court, from April 6 to May 26, 1784. p. 810 Index Burney, Richard, grant for signed by the Governor, 779 p. 779 Burke County Richard Burney 100 acres Compiled by Robert Scott Davis, JR. AND Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., The Families of Burke Co 1755-1855 a Census. GA Counties Burke DAV, 1981: Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC NSDAR Library, Washington, DC, # 70261, Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 96 under ‘Land Owners, St. George Parish, Georgia by William H. Dumont. ‘ Burney, Richard, Jan 1784, granted 100 a. p. 162-163 Under ‘List of State Land Grants in Burke, Jefferson and Screven Counties’ Grantee Location Grant Book Page Acres Year of Grant Granted of Grant Bryant, Henry Screven L. 5 515 600 1817 Bryant, Henry Screven M. 5 457 250 1818 Burney, Richard Burke FFF 341 100 1785 Burney, Richard Burke TTT 826-827 200 1790 NOTE: The above also found in: Lucas, Rev. Emmett, Jr., Ed. Index to The Headright and Bounty Grants of Georgia 1756-1909 Revised Edition 1982: The Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC. NSDAR Library, Washington, DC, # 152640. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. pp. 75-77. • 1790-1799 Thomas Mills dies about 1790 in St. Matthews Parish. Following Thomas Mills’ death, Elizabeth deeds Stephen land. Stephen continues as a civil servant. Richard Burney moves to Washington County. Brightman, Pauline (Burney), The Burneys From North Carolina, Page: pg. 40, Misc Enterprises; December 1992. Stephen Mills of Screven County marries Jane Burney Gordon, widow [likely sometime in the late 1790s or early 1800s]. Screven County, GA, Superior Court Deeds Book A, Box 110 Reel 45 Georgia Archives, Morrow, GA. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 87 Mrs. Elizabeth Mills To Mr. Stephen Mills Deed of Gift for 100 acres of Land State of Georgia Effingham County To all people to whom these presents shall come, I Elizabeth Mills do ____ ____ [?] know ye that I the said Elizabeth Mills of the County of Effingham in the State of Georgia, Widow. For and in consideration of the Loe good will and affection which I have and do bear towards my Loving son Stephen Mills of the said County and State aforesaid have given and granted and by these presents do fully [?] clearly and absolutely give and grant unto the said Stephen Mills his heirs Executors and administrators, all that tract or parcel of land containing one hundred acres Situate lying and being in the County of Effingham in the said State and bounding and butting bounding on all sides by vacant land having Such marks and form as is represented in the plot together with all and Singular the Rights members and appurtenances thereof whatsoever to the said tract or parcel of Land belonging or in every wise appertaining & all the estate right title Interest claim and ____ [?] and of the said Elizabeth Mills her heirs or apigns [?] of in to or out of the Same. To have and to hold all the Said tract or parcel of Land with the appurtenances unto the Said Stephen Mills his heirs Executors administrators apigns [?] from henceforth at his and their proper good forever absolutely without any manner of conslition [?]. In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and Seal that third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one, and in the fifteenth year of the Independence of the United States of America. Signed Sealed and delivered in the presents of Joseph Rodgers Elizabeth Mills {SL} his Jacob X Mindy Mark Registerd in the clks office of the Superior Court of Scriven in Book A By James Caswell CSCSC Recorded this 20 [?] day of Sept 1797 [NOTE: this deed was signed in 1791 but not recorded until 1797.] Payne, Joyce D., Pioneers of Georgia Vol. 1: A Genealogist Research Book. 1992, 1994: Mandy Gray Press, Tampa, FL., NSDAR Library, Washington, DC. # 117673. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 96 Burney, David had 587 acres land surveyed in 1787 Washington Co., GA Burney, James had 450 acres land surveyed in 1789 Washington Co., GA p. 97 Burney, John had 200 acres land surveyed in GA 1790 Washington Co., GA Burney, Randal had 5000 acres land surveyed in 1793 Washington Co., GA Burney, Richard had 1252 acres land surveyed in 1792 Washington Co., GA Book A Deeds, Screven County, GA, p. 8. Georgia Archives Box 110 Reel 45. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Georgia, Scriven County Stephen Mills mark and Brand polar leaf in the right Ear and split in the left ear Branded, S. M. recorded Twentieth of June one Hundred seven hundred and ninety-four. Margaret Thompson on Hollinsworth's notes on Stephen's inheritance. A-107: Elizabeth Mills widow of Thomas died 1797 heirs: Stephen Mills; Mary md Anthony Bonnell; Archibald (w. Elizabeth Bonnell) l; ? md Francis Jones; Betsy md James Jones; Betsy md James Jones; Hannah md John Lanier; Polly md Mathew Jones Index for Screven County Deeds: Book A, p. 106. Box 110, Reel 45. Georgia Archives, Morrow, GA., Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Grantee Grantor Transaction Date Recorded Book Page Mills, Stephen Bonnell, Anthony Bond 1797 Nov 6, 1797 A 107 Hollingsworth, Dixon, Clyde and Essie. The Hollingsworth Surname Card Collection. 3x5 cards contain names and information about families in Screven County, GA, Cards accessed on the Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System.<http://www.sjrls.org/gene.htm>Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Bonnell Book ‘A’ pp. 106-07, Deed records Screven County. 1-3-1797 Conveyance of 450 acre tract of land of Elizabeth Mills, widow, by her and children Elizabeth conveying her dower. The children sign this order. Anthony Bonnell, Archibald Mills, Elizabeth Jones, Betsy Jones, John Lanier, Hannah Lanier, to these add Stephen Mills, the purchaser of the property. Since these grantors were the children of the widow Elizabeth, Anthony Bonnell, Francis Jones and James Jones were signing in right of their wives. Since no wife signed with [end of notation]. Hollingsworth, Clyde, Pioneer Days, a History of the Early Years of Screven County, Georgia, Donated by the Brier Creek Chapter DAR, Sylvania, GA. DAR Library # 51949. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 26 14 Feb 1799 . . .papers were signed at the State House in Louisville, Georgia [by Governor James Jackson]. The first . . . certifies to the election of . . . Stephen Mills . . .[among others] as Justices of the Inferior Court. On May 2nd, 1799, Governor Jackson signs an order which authorizes the Justices, "or any two of them" to administer the Oath of Office to the following Justices of the Peace, namely . . . pp. 23-24 15 Feb 1799 . . . the General Assembly of Georgia passed an Act creating the Town of Jacksonborough as the county seat. Commissioners were appointed to lay out the town, build a courthouse and jail and other public buildings. Those appointed to server were . . . and Stephen Mills. • 1820 Ann Wolf, granddaughter of Benjamin Lanier and future wife of Archibald Mills, lives in Emanuel County. 1820 Emanuel County Georgia Census http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/emanuel/census/1820/cens202.txt File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by James Keene p. 102 John Wolf 1 male under 10, 1 male 45 and over, 3 females under 10, 1 female 26- 45 Lanier and Mills Family Bible Record. rootsweb.com. "Lanier & Mills Family Bible Record Transcribed by: Ida Kirkland Boyce Email: ida@avanam.net Compiled by: Mr. Eustus Howard Hayes, sometime between 1954 - 1956 Obtained from: Microfilm at the Georgia Archives, Drawer 91, Roll 62 <http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bibles/l5600001.txt>" ======================================================= In possession of Mrs. Nina Morgan Smith of 317 Shotwell St., Bainbridge, Georgia Benjamin Lanier son of Bird Thomas Lanier and Mary his wife was born Dec 14th, 1732 Mary Lanier Dau of Benjamin Lanier & Susannah her mother was born Dec 25, 1759 Clement Lanier son of Benjamin Lanier & Susannah his mother was born June 23, 1762 Berraman Lanier son of Benjamin Lanier & Susannah his mother was born March 16, 1766 died Sept 11, 1785 Bird Lanier son of Benjamin Lanier & Susannah his mother was born Nov 20, 1770 John Lanier son of Benjamin Lanier & Susannah his mother was born March 9, 1774 Betse Lanier dau of Benjamin & Susannah his mother was born Sept 13, 1779 Larey or Lucy Lanier dau of Benjamin Lanier & Susannah her mother was born June 12, 1782 Nancy Lanier dau of Benjamin Lanier & Susannah her mother was born May 10, 1783 Benjamin Lanier son of Bird Thomas Lanier & Mary his mother was born Dec 14, 1732 died Aug (blot) 1817 83 yrs of age Mills Record Thomas Mills son of Archibal Mills & Elizabeth his mother was born April 1st Day in the Year 17 (blot) Nancy Lanier Mills, wife of Thomas Mills born May 10, 1783 Susannah Mills dau of Thomas Mills & Nancy born April 30, 1808 died May 5, 1816 Mary Ann Madderson Mills dau of Thomas Mills & Nancy was born Dec 3, 1809 Hannah Dickson dau of Mikal Dickson & Mary his wife was born May 29, 1803 John Lanier Dickson son of Mikal Dickson & Mary his wife was born Dec 14, 1806 died July 10, 1856 Elizabeth Mills was born Jan 23, 1812 William Jasper Mills son of Thomas Mills & Nancy his mother was born Feb. (blot) 1814 Rebecca Mills dau of Thomas Mills & Nancy her mother was born June 12, 1816 Died Jan (blot) 1820 John Lanier Mills son of Thomas Mills & Nancy his mother was born about 1824. Archibald Mills son of Thomas Mills & Nancy his mother born 1820 Robert Dickson was born the 13 of Nov 1777 Hannah Lanier wife of Robert Dickson dau of Benjamin Lanier & Susannah Mills (Lanier) was born Sept 13, 1779 John Lanier Dickson was born March 12, 1799 died Sept 16, 1802 • 1825 Stephen writes deed of conveyance of property, slaves, and goods to Jane and sons. Thomas and Archibald receive slaves that are listed in their estates in Early County, GA., in the 1840s. Stephen Mills dies 8 Nov 1825. Ellis Burney, Jane’s brother, is the first to move to Florida, appearing on the 1825 Leon, FL, Census. Book L Deeds Screven Co, GA, p 154. Box 110 Reel ?. Georgia Archives, Morrow, GA. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. State of Georgia, Screven County Know all men by these presents, that I, Stephen Mills of the State & County aforesaid for & in consideration of the natural love and affection I have & bear unto my beloved wife Jane Mills & also for other good causes & considerations, me the said Stephen Mills hereunto moving have given, granted and confirmed & by these present do give, grant & confirm, unto the said Jane Mills, all my plantation, & possessions whereon I now live, together with all the appurtenances, therein to belonging without any reserve whatever, also my negro man Robbin, my negro woman, Cherry, and a Girl by the name of Rose & a boy called Frank. Also all my stock of Horses, cattle, Sheep, & Hogs to have & to hold the same, for her own proper use & behoof, & for her to dispose of as she may think proper, & that all my children that now lives with me shall be suffered to continue to live & have a support out of said property so long as they may think proper to continue with their property on the said plantation. And for the love & affection I have & do bear unto my son Thomas Mills & for other good causes doth give, grant & confirm unto the said Thomas Mills my negro man Bob & one Bed and furniture. And for the love and affection I have & do Bear until my son Archibald Mills, & for other good causes do give, grant & confirm unto the said Archibald Mills my negro boy Ben and one feather Bed and furniture. And also for the love & affection I have & do bear unto my son John Mills do give, grant & confirm unto the said John Mills my nego woman Doll & a lot of land lying in Early County known in the plan of and County by (No 265) two hundred & Sixty five & twentieth district. And also for the love that I have & do bear unto my son Stephen Mills, do give, grant and confirm unto the said Stephen Mills my negro girl Amy. For them the said Thomas Mills, Archibald Mills, & Stephen Mills to have & to hold the same forever. And for the love I have & do bear unto my step daughter Elizabeth Gordon do give, grant & confirm unto the S [?] Elizabeth Gordon & to the issue of her body my negro Girl called Nance, & one feather Bed & furniture. And also for the love & affection that I have & do bear unto my step daughter Jane Gordon do give, grant & confirm unto the said Jane Gordon & to the issue of her body my negro boy called Will for them the said Elizabeth Gordon & Jane Gordon & the issue of their body to have & to hold the same forever. In Witness whereof I have here until set my hand & seal this twenty- ninth day of July Eighteen hundred & twenty-five. The boy Frank interlined [?] before signed Signed, Sealed In the presence of Stephen Mills {Seal} William Doughtry William H. Wade J. P. Recorded this 8th day of November 1825 Seaborn Goodall C. C. C. [NOTE: 1. Sales and Returns Book B 1839-1849, Early County, GA, p. 58. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee and D. S. Rogers. "Georgia, Early County Appraisement and Inventory of the Goods, Chattles, [etc?] of the Estate of Archibald Mills deceased exhibited to us by Stephen Mills Administrator January 21st 1842. 1 Negro man named Ben . . ." [This is an excerpt. Note: the name of the slave listed on this appraisal matches the name of the slave given to Thomas by his father Stephen in Screven Co, GA, in 1825. I do not list the value of this person nor the names of any of the other individuals out of deference to them and out of abhorrence of the cruel nature of the institution of slavery. It is my intention only to illustrate the connection between the Mills in Early County, GA, with their father Stephen Mills of Screven County, GA. The confusion over who were Stephen’s children has continued from the early Nineteenth century (beginning on DAR applications for another family of Mills in Screven) because all members of the Early County Mills family including their mother Jane Burney Gordon Mills left Screven County, GA, and moved first to Leon County, FL, and then to Early County, GA.]. 2. Sales and Returns Book B 1839-1849, Early County, GA, p. 126. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee and D. S. Rogers. “Inventory & Appraisement of the Esate of Thos. Mills decd cont. One Negro man by the name of Bob . . ." [This is an excerpt. Note: the name of the slave listed on this appraisal matches the name of the slave given to Thomas by his father Stephen in Screven Co, GA, in 1825. I do not list the value of this person nor the names of any of the other individuals out of deference to them and out of abhorrence of the cruel nature of the institution of slavery. It is my intention only to illustrate the connection between the Mills in Early County, GA, with their father Stephen Mills of Screven County, GA. The confusion over who were Stephen’s children has continued from the early Nineteenth century (beginning on DAR applications for another family of Mills in Screven) because all members of the Early County Mills family including their mother Jane Burney Gordon Mills left Screven County, GA, and moved first to Leon County, FL, and then to Early County, GA.]. 1825 Territorial Census of Leon County, Florida. http://www.rootsweb.com/~flleon/1825cens.htm Accessed 12 Sept 2005. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. "The census of Leon County, which James Cameron, receiver of tax returns, filed with the clerk of the county court on 11 Nov 1825, is in the Florida State Library. Although it has been poorly preserved, most of it is decipherable and is given in full below. A Census of Leon County as Taken by the Receiver of Tax Returns, September, 1825 Key to 1825 Census: WM+21 = White Males over 21 [ETC] Burney Ellis 1 WM+21 1 WM-21 1 WF+21 3 Whites Slaves [manuscript torn] Total [Manuscript torn]" [NOTE: Apparently, Ellis Burney was the first to migrate to Florida, although the slot directly above his shows a torn manuscript where the name should be. Wesley Forbes, Harris, Willis, Josiah R Burney, Lemuel B Skaggs, Asa McCoy, and Ellis Burney are on the 1830 Leon, FL, census. Ellis died before the next census.] • 1826 Archibald Mills marries Ann Wolf, and brother Thomas Mills purchases his first land in Florida. Screven County, GA, Marriage Records. From Beverly Bryan Tabor’s files. Mills, Archibald 01 Oct 1826 Ann Wolfe Screven Florida Land: Records of Tallahassee and Newnansville General Land Office 1825- 1892, Heritage Books. NSDAR Library, Washington, D.C. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. SECTION 21 - T2N R3E NE 21 2N 3E MILLS THOMAS 678 C 1826/06/01 W/SE 21 2N 3E MILLS THOMAS 679 C 1826/06/01 • 1827 Jane Gordon Mills and Thomas Mills continue to administer Stephen Mills’ estate. Book A, Annual Returns 1821-1833, Screven County, GA, p. 165 [Folio 191]. GA Archives, Morrow, GA. Box 37, Reel 29., Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. The Estate of Stephen Mills in Acct Current with Jane & Thos. Mills Admin [1827 for 1826] 1826 To Amount paid S. Goodall p. receipt No. 1 $ 6.12 To do do L. H. Smith p. acct ” 2 10.- To do do E. Burney p. note ” 3 23.- To do do M. Marsh p. receipt ” 4 5.- To do do Cleland F Fraser p. receipt ” 5 70.17 To do do & took up note given to James Ponder by E. Mills (notes) ” 6 229.33 To do do & took up note given to Daniel M. Donald by E. Mills (notes) ” 7 210.- To do do Dennis Davis p. acct ” 8 30.- To do do Lucy Woolf p. note ” 9 166.- To do do Noel Buie p. acct ” 10 25.- To do do of commission on $ 1408.50 ” 70.42 To do do F. Jones p. receipt ” 11 31.34 To do do William Murray p. receipt ” 12 19.27 To Commissions on $50.64 2.53 $888.25 To Amount recd from John Tummorrow [?] for a Tract of Land in Walton County $1408.50 Sworn before me This 8th Jan of 1827 Thomas Mills Admn S. Goodall Clk Recorded this 19th day of January 1827 Seaborn Goodall CCOSC [?] [NOTE: the above document is significant in proving the connection of the Mills in Leon County, FL, and later in Early County, GA, to Stephen Mills. 1. E. Burney (Ellis Burney) was Jane Burney Gordon Mills’ brother. He appeared on documents with Enoch and Wesley Forbes in Laurens and Washington Co, GA, and on documents concerning the Forbes in Leon, FL. Ellis Burney was Stephen Mills’ brother-in-law. 2. Lucy Lanier Woolf was Archibald Mills’ mother-in-law. Archibald, son of Stephen and Jane Burney Gordon Mills, married Ann Woolf, daughter of John and Lucy Lanier Wolf, on 1 Oct 1826 in Screven Co, GA. Subsequently, after Archibald purchased land in Leon County at the same time as the Burneys and Forbes, land that was in the same area, the couple moved to Leon County. Archibald’s obituary in the Savannah paper in 1841 stated that he was a native of Screven County, GA. Archibald and Ann Wolf Mills were residents of Early County, GA, when he died. 3. Elizabeth Mills, mentioned as having given notes to two individuals that the estate paid, had earlier bequeathed land to Stephen. 4. James Ponder, one of the individuals to whom Elizabeth Mills gave a note, was the brother of Elizabeth Ponder Brown, who later married widower Wesley Forbes, father-in-law of Thomas Mills. Wesley Forbes’ first wife was Lucy Burney, sister of Jane Burney Gordon Mills. Ephraim G and William G Ponder later moved to Thomasville, GA, where Thomas Mills’ daughter Catherine Elizabeth was born after his death. William G. Ponder served on the board of Fletcher Academy in Thomasville, where all five of the Thomas Mills’ children attended boarding school in 1851. 5. Francis Jones’ son James married Betsy Mills, Stephen Mills’ cousin. Their daughter Lavinia married James Young, who built Greenwood Plantation in Thomasville. The Young children also attended Fletcher Institute.] Minutes of the Ordinary, Screven County, GA, p 128, 9th Jan 1827. GA Archives, Morrow, GA. Box 110, Reel 45. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. The good Current returns to the court by the Adm. Thos. Mills on the Est. of Stephen Mills decd. Examined approved and ordered to be recorded. Minutes of the Ordinary, Screven County, GA, p 129, 5 March 1827. GA Archives, Morrow, GA. Box 110, Reel 45. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. "Order that Jane & Thomas Mills Adm^ors of the Est. of Stephen Mills, decd late of Scriven County have leave to sell a certain tract of land containing four hundred acres situate, lying and being in the County of Bulloch & State of Georgia the same being a part of the real Estate of the said deceased and sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of the said decd upon or which of twelve months after their given the notice required by law it appearing to the Court that a nine months citation has been regularly published." Book A, Annual Returns, 1821-1833, Estate Records, Screven Co, GA. Folio 191. Box 37 Reel 29. Georgia Archives, Morrow, GA. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. [Note: the two entries above this one are recorded by Seaborn Goodall but the recording was in Decatur Co, GA. There is a symbol of some kind before Jane Mills’ name (Drr?)] Jane Mills Admin In a/c Current with the Estate of Stephen Mills decd 1827 To cash recd on John Mincey and James Dixons note a bal due at the death of S [?] deceased . . . . . $ 10.25 To ” cash recd on John Standford’s [Sandford?] note given to deceased in his life time . . . . . . . 40.— Nov 6th To ” amt Sale of 400 Acres of land in Bulloch County by order of court . . . . . . 3.75 [Total] $ 60.10¼ 1827 Jany 8 By cash pd S Goodall p receipt $ 10.25 Nov 6 ” Cash pd ” do p do 30.62 ½ By Com. On $60.10 ¼ recd $41 pd out @ 2 ½ ct [?] 2.53 43.40 ½ Sworn to before me this 6th November 1827 her S. Goodall Clk Jane X Mills Mark • 1828 1826 Administrative Bond for Stephen Mills’ estate is recorded in 1828. Jane becomes administrator of Stephen Mills’ estate. Jane and son Archibald purchase land in Florida. Book A, Screven County, GA, Ordinary Estate Records 1821-1833, p. 67. Georgia Archives, Morrow, GA, Box 37, Reel 30. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. "Georgia, Screven County. Know all men by these presents that we Jane Mills, Thomas Mills, Wm. H. Wade, & George Newton are held & firmly bonded [?] to their Honors the Judges of the Court of Ordinary for the said county& their successors in [?] office, in the sum of Two thousand dollars to be paid to the said Judges or their successors [?] to which payment will & truly to be made & done, we bind ourselves as executors & administrators, in the whole & for the whole jointly & severally, firmly by their presents [?]. Sealed with our seals, & dates this 2nd day of January one thousand eight hundred & twenty- six. The Condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bound Jane Mills & Thomas Mills, administrators of the good & chattels, rights [?] and credits of Stephen Mills late of this county, deceased, do make a true and perfect inventory of all & singular the goods, chattels, & audit, of said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands or possession of the said Jane Mills & Thos. Mills, or in the hands or possession of any other person or persons for them and the same, so made, to exhibit unto the office of the said Court of Ordinary when they shall be thereunto required, & such goods, chattels, & credits, do well & truly administer according to law, & do make a true & just account of their adings and doings, therein which they shall be thereunto required, by the said Court of Ordinary for said county, & all the rest [?] of the goods, chattels, & credits, which shall be found remaining when the account of the said administration, the same being first allowed by the said Court, shall deliver & pay to such person or persons respectively, as are entitled to the same by persons said if it shall hereafter appear that any last will & testament was made by the said deceased, and the same be proved before said Court, and the executors obtain a certificate of the probate thereof, then the said Jane Mills & Thomas Mills in such case, if required, render & deliver up the said letters of administration then their obligation to be void. her Signed, Sealed & Acknowledged Jane X Mills L.S. In open Court mark Seaborn Goodall Clk Thomas Mills L.S. George Newton L.S. William H. Wade L.S. That the said Jane Mills, & Thomas Mills were on the day and date within written duly qualified as administrators of the Estate of the within named Stephen Mills, decd. According to the oath prescribed by law. Certified by S. Goodall CCOSC Recorded this 27th, day of May 1828 Seaborn Goodall CJCSC [?] [NOTE: Wm H. Wade was the administrator of Thomas Mills’ estate in Early Co, GA, in 1845.] Austin, Jeannette Holland, Georgia Intesate Records, Genealogical Pub, Baltimore, 1986. NSDAR Library, Washington, D.C. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Mills, Jane, admx appvd, p. 218, Screven, OM [Minutes of the Ordinary] Florida Land: Records of Tallahassee and Newnansville General Land Office 1825- 1892, Heritage Books. NSDAR Library, Washington, D.C. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 194 2253 Mills, Archibald(of Fla.) Feb 11, 1828, 5 miles NNE Wadesboro Leon Co. E. 1/2 NW 1/4 Sect. 21 1p. 2 p. 195 2319, Mills, Jane (Widow) March 24, 1828, 2 miles E. Copeland, Jefferson Co. W 1/2 NW 1/4 Sect. 35 Tp. 3R. 3, north and east. Hollingsworth, Dixon, Clyde and Essie, The Hollingsworth Surname Card Collection. 3x5 cards contain names and information about families in Screven County, GA, Cards accessed on the Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System.<http://www.sjrls.org/gene.htm>Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Card 2511 Williams, Robert 1. son, Robert 2. son, Theophilus 3. dau, Nancy 4. dau, Penelope 5. dau, Sarah Wit: Patience Mizell, Jinsy Gordon, Jane Mills, John J Triggs Dated Oct. 28, 1827 Proved: July 2, 1832 Screven County Will Book 2 B pp. 52 & 53 • 1829 Stephen Mills’ estate is settled in Screven County, GA. Jane’s daughter Jincy Gordon marries in Leon, FL. Minutes of the Ordinary, Screven County, GA, p 148, 5 Jan 1829. GA Archives, Morrow, GA. Box 110, Reel 45, Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Ordered that letters of dismissory be granted unto Jane & Thomas Mills Administrators of the Estate of Stephen Mills decd. Late of said County it appearing to the Court that a six months citation has been duly published in terms of the law, in such cases made and provided. Marriage Records of Leon Co., FL 1937 by the Florida DAR, original on file Sharon Dean Lee. William M. Ragsdale Gincy Gordon 10 Dec 1829 Leon, FL • 1830 Jane appears for the last time on a Screven County, GA, census. Wesley Forbes, married to Jane’s sister Lucy Burney, purchases land in Leon Co, FL, and moves from Jasper Co, GA. Archibald Mills and various Burney and Forbes family members appear together on the 1830 Florida census. 1830 Screven Co, GA Census. Heritage Quest Online, Fairfax Public Library, http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/dbsRemote/auth/heritageauth.htm. Jane Mills Males 1 15-20, 1 20-30 Females 2 5-10, 1 40-50 [Jane born between 1780-1790] Florida Land: Records of Tallahassee and Newnansville General Land Office 1825- 1892, Heritage Books. NSDAR Library, Washington, D.C. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 90 3293. Forbes, Wesley Feb 12, 1830 5 miles ENE Wadesboro, Jefferson Co E ½ NW ¼ Sect, 29 Tp. 2 R. 3, north and east 3294. Forbes, Wesley Feb 12, 1830 3 miles NE Wadesboro, Leon Co NW ½ NW ¼ Sect, 29 Tp. 2 R. 3, north and east 3488. Forbes, Wesley April 21, 1830 2 ½ miles N by E Wadesboro, Leon Co E ½ NW ¼ Sect, 20 Tp. 2 R. 3, north and east 1830 Leon County, Florida Federal Census Magnolia, Leon, Florida; Roll: 15; Page: 124m Heritage Quest Online, Fairfax Public Library, http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/dbsRemote/auth/heritageauth.htm. Archibald Mills 1 male 20-30; 1 female under 5; 1 female 20-30 [NOTE: also on the same page of the 1830 Leon Census with Archibald are Josiah R Burney, Levi Moore, Lemuel B Skaggs, Ellis Burney, Harris Burney, Asa McCoy (1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female under 5, 1 female 20-30).] Wesley Forbes 1 male (Enoch) 10-15 (in 1850, Enoch reports himself as 30) 1 male (Wesley) 40-50 (42) 1 female (Eliza Jane?) 15-20 [Note: Eliza Jane married the following July in Leon County. (Eliza Jane reported her age as 32 on the 1850 census, yet she would have been at least 35 if this listing is correct).] 1 female 30-40 (Was Wesley’s wife Lucy Burney still alive?) 11 in household; 7 slaves, 6 males and 1 female • 1831 Thomas Mills marries his first cousin Eliza Jane Forbes in Leon, FL. Marriage Records of Leon Co., FL 1937 by the Florida DAR, original on file Sharon Dean Lee. p14 28 July 1831 Thomas Mills to Eliza Jane Forbes Benj Gordon MG • 1832 Jane Burney Gordon Mills joins her children in Florida when she marries a distant cousin Arthur Burney. Florida Marriages, 1822-1850, ancestry.com, Dodd, Jordan R, et. al.. Florida Marriages, 1822-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. Arthur Burney Jane Mills 5 Apr 1832 Jefferson FL • 1836 Upon Jane’s marriage to Arthur Burney, son Thomas Mills takes over as guardian for the minor children Stephen, Catherine Ann, and Jane Ann Mills. Burney and Forbes family members sign as guarantees for the guardianship bond. #248 County Judge's Court Leon County, FL, Estate of Mills--Lenora A., Thos. A., Catherine E., and A. H. Jerkins--minors, Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Filed 1836 [It appears to be the binding for a container that would have held papers. The following is recorded on the spine.] Mills-Stephen, Catherine Ann & Jane Ann, minors Thomas Mills, Gdn Filed 1836 Court of the Ordinary, Leon Co, FL 1836, original on file Sharon Dean Lee. Mills-Stephen, Catherine Ann, and Jane Ann-minors Thomas Mills, GDN [The document is broken away in parts on the right side]: Territory of Florida County of Leon Know all men by these presents that we, Thomas Mills Lemuel B. Skaggs and Guilford Burney are held and firmly bound unto Richard K Call Governor of the Territory of Florida and . . . Successors in office in the trust and full sum . . . dollars good and lawful . . . of the United States, for the true payment of . . . will and truly be made we bind our . . . with our seals and dated this 13the day . . . 1836. The condition of the above obligation Such that whereas the above bounden Thomas . . . has been duly appointed according to law G[uardian] of Stephen Mills Katherine Ann Mills and Jane Ann Mills (Minors) Now if the said Tho[mas] Mills his heirs Executors or administrators shall . . . and truly pay and deliver or cause to be paid and delivered unto the said Stephen Mills Katherine Ann Mills and Jane Ann Mills, all such esta [te] or estates as now are or hereafter shall appear to . . . due to the said Stephen Mills Katherine Ann [Mills] and Jane Ann Mills, when and as soon as they Shall attain to lawful age or when thereto required by legal authority. Then the above obligation to [the] said, otherwise to remain in full forever [?] and virtue [?]. Thomas Mills {Seal} Lemuel B Skaggs {Seal} Guilford Burney [{Seal}]" [NOTE: Lemuel B. Skaggs married Catherine Burney Forbes, who was Jane Burney Gordon Mills’ sister; Guilford Burney was Jane Burney Gordon Mills’ nephew, son of Jane’s brother Willis Burney] • 1837 Lucy Burney Forbes has died and Wesley remarries to Elizabeth Ponder Brown, a widow. Archibald Mills and Benj L Wolf sell land in Emauel Co, GA. Marriage Records of Leon Co., FL 1937 by the Florida DAR, original on file Sharon Dean Lee. p 28 23 Feb 1837 Wesley Forbes married Elizabeth [Ponder] Brown Wm Gassaway, MG [NOTE: Elizabeth Ponder was daughter of Hezekiah Ponder and sister of Wm G and Epraim G Ponder] Emanuel-Bulloch-Jenkins County GaArchives Deed.....et al Johnson - et al Johnson 1827, <http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/emanuel/deeds/dd150johnson.txt>. GRANTEE INDEX TO DEEDS AND REALTY MORTGAGES - EMANUEL COUNTY, GA Deed Index for Johnson 1827-1896 Grantee Grantor Rowan Johnson + Benj. L. Wolf Feb. 8, 1837/1,034 a. Emanuel Co. Littleberry John- Archable Mills Jan. 4, 1825/200 a. in Emanuel Co. Seaborn Johnson Benjamin Wolf Oct. 26, 1835/103 a. Scull's Creek • 1839 Archibald, Thomas, and Stephen Mills have moved to Early Co, GA, sometime after 1836 and prior to the marriages of Stephen and Catherine Ann Mills in 1839. Archibald, Thomas, and Stephen appear along with Thomas Mills’ brother- in-law Hillary Philips [married to Mary Forbes] with Winifred Bryan for the administration of the estate of Thomas Bryan following his death in Randolph Co, GA, and for the guardianship of the minor heirs of Thomas Bryan. Winnifred is the likely sister of Wesley Forbes. Early County, GA, Marriage records rootsweb.com. Stephen Mills to Leonora Phillips 14 Nov 1839 Katherine Ann to Mills John R. Parramore13 Jan1839 1839 Randolph Court of Ordinary, pp. 117-123. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee and D. S. Rogers. NOTE: The estate papers for Thomas Bryan were filed both in Randolph Co, GA, and in Russell Co, AL. [See also: Austin, Jeannette Holland, Georgia Intestate Records, Genealogical Pub, Baltimore, 1986, p. 51. DAR # 83926. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. "Bryan,Thomas, decd, Winifred Bryan and Stephen Mills, admrs. 1/24/ 1839, Randolph”] p. 117 Georgia Randolph County Know all men by these presents that we Winefred Bryan Stephen Mills Thomas Mills Archabal(sic)Mills and Hollary (sic) Philips are held and firmly Bound unto the Honourable Justices of the Inferior Court of said county just and full sum of eight thousand dollars for the payment of such sum to the said justices as aforesaid and their successors in office we bind ourselves our heirs Executors and administrators in the Whole and for the Whole sum Jointly and Severally and firmly by these presents Sealed with our date the twenty fourth day of Janry 1839. The conditions of the above obligation is such that if the above Bound Winifred Bryan and Stephen Mills administrators of the Estate real and personal of Thomas Bryan late of this County Deceased do make a true and perfect Inventory of all the Estate Both real and personal of said deceased which shall or amendto the Hand posesion (sic) or knowledge of the said admirs or unto the hands of possessions of any other person or persons for them, and the said so made do exhibit unto the said Court of Ordinary. When they shall be there unto Required and such Estate do well and truly administrator according to Law and to make a just and true account of all their actings and doings therein when they shall be thereunto required by the Court of Ordinary for said and the rest of the Estate which shall be found remaining upon the account of the said administration the same being first allowed by the Court Shall deliver and pay to such person or persons Respectively as a are written to be the same by Law in and if it shall hereafter appear that any Last will and Testament was made to the deceased and the same be proven before the Court of Ordinary and the Executor obtain a certificate of the probate thereof and the said administrators do in such cases of required under and deliver up the said Letters of administration then this obligation to be void Else to Remain in full force. Signed and Sealed and acknowledged before me the day and date above written by Order of authority of the Court. Attest James Buchanan, Clerk Winefred Bryan {seal} Stephen Mills {seal} Thomas Mills {seal} Archibald Mills {seal} Hillary Phillips {seal} Guardian Bonds Randolph Co, GA. Copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee, Beverly Bryan Tabor, & D. S. Rogers. Georgia Randolph County Page 148 Know all men by these presents that we Winifred Bryan, Brockman W. Henderson and Archabald Mills are held and firmly bound unto the Justice of the Inferior Court Sitting as a Court of Ordinary and their successors in office in the just sum of thirty thousand dollars payable by the same Winifred Bryan, Brockman W. Henderson and Archabald Mills or either of them their heirs executors administrators or assigns jointly and severally to be void on condition that if the said Winifred Bryan shall do and perform all the duties of guardianship of the person and property of Henry B. (R) Bryan, Lenora C. Bryan, Allen W. Bryan, Ann Bryan, Thomas C. (A) Bryan, Daniel L. Bryan, Susan Bryan and Benjamin Franklin Bryan orphans of Thomas Bryan as the law requires of her otherwise to remain in full (page 149) force power and virtue. Witness our hands and seals. This 10th Day of July 1840 Winifred Bryan LS B. W. Henderson LS Archabal Mills LS James Buchanan CCC. • 1840 Wesley Forbes remains in Leon, FL, but Archibald, Thomas, and Stephen Mills are in Early County, GA, where they have moved along with various of the Lanier cousins, sometime between 1836 and the 1839 marriages of Stephen and Catherine Mills. 1840 Leon FL Census, copy on file Sharon Dean Lee, Heritage Quest Online, Fairfax Public Library, http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/dbsRemote/auth/heritageauth.htm. Wesley Forbes (see 1830 and 1850 census) 1 male 20-30 1 male 50-60 1 female 10-15 1 female 30-40 (Note: since Wesley remarried in 1837, and since the female on both the 1830 and 1840 Leon census are listed as in the same age bracket, I feel that the 1830 female may have been Wesley’s first wife Lucy Burney Forbes).Elizabeth Ponder Brown Forbes died before the 1850 census. 1840 Early County Census Capt Barton’s District 863 Series: M704 Roll: 40 Page: 117, copy on file Sharon Dean Lee, Heritage Quest Online, Fairfax Public Library, http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/dbsRemo. Archibald Mills: 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female under 5, 1 female 30-40 NOTE: On the 1840 Early County census, Archibald had a male under five, a male between 1 and 10, a female under five, and a female between 30 and 40. It fits. We found no guardianship papers for his children there in Early, but neither did we find any for Thomas Mills. Archibald’s brother-in-law Benjamin Wolf is between 20-30 in 1840 and is 31 in 1850. He filed guardianship papers for Benj F Mills, son of Archibald, after Ann Wolf Mills Ward died leaving Benj a minor. 1840 Early County, GA, Census, Captain Barton's's District 863, 863 Series: M704 Roll: 40 Page: 125. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee, Heritage Quest Online, Fairfax Public Library. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/dbsRemote/auth/heritageauth.htm. Thomas Mills: 1 male 5-10, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 30-40, 2 females under 5, 1 female 20-30 • 1841 Archibald, who is appointed a commissioner for the poor school in March, dies in Florida in May, very likely one of the earliest casualties of the yellow fever epidemic, while on a business trip. Jane Ann Mills marries John Gillion in Early County in June, a little later than two weeks after her brother Archibald’s death. John appears with the Stephen Mills as an appraiser on Archibald’s estate bond. Samuel Gainer, who also appears with Stephen as an appraiser on Archibald’s estate bond, marries Mary E Phillips, likely sister of Stephen Mills’ wife Leonora Phillips. Superior Court, Early Co, GA, March Term 1841. Copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee and Dianna Scarborough Rogers. Monday 1 March 1841. Ordered that Silas Dill, Sutton H Trulock, Edwin B. Lightfoot, Archibald Mills, and John Phillips be appointed commissioners of the poor school funds for the County of Early. Marriages and Obituaries from Early Georgia Newspapers. Abstracted by the Late Judge Folks Huxford,, FASG 1989. DAR Library, Washington DC# 98469. Southern Historical Press. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 234 From the Southern Christian Advocate: Death of Archibald Mills in Fla. Died 26th of May, ult., Archibald Mills in his 36th year. He was a native Georgian and had lived in Scriven County until grown, then removed to Florida. Was licensed to preach four years ago. Wife and four small children. Signed or reported by R. J. Coward. June 25, 1841. Guardians Bonds A 1834-1881, Early County, GA, copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee and Dianna Scarborough Rogers. p 49. 1 July 1841. Stephen and Thomas Mills signed a $20,000 bond, and Stephen Mills was appointed administrator of the estate of Archibald. Guardians Bonds A 1834-1881, Inferior Court of the Ordinary, Early County, GA., Copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee and D. S. Rogers. p. 52 8 Nov 1841. Stephen Mills, Samuel Gainer, and John Gillion pledge twelve thousand dollars that they will make an accurate inventory of the goods, chattels, and credits of Archibald Mills, decd. The agreement will be canceled if a will is found. Recorded 10 Nov 1841. 1839-1852 Sales and Administrative Bonds Book B, Early County, GA, Copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee and D. S. Rogers. p. 118-119 8 Nov 1841 to 1 Feb 1844. Estate of Archibald Mills, decd, Stephen Mills, administrator. Reference to property in Quincy and Tallahassee, FL, and in Troup, GA. “Remarks” follow and detail that Archibald Mills owed more than his estate had money to pay off (“will fall far short of paying the demands.” Superior Court, Early Co, GA, March Term 1841. Copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee and Dianna Scarborough Rogers. Monday 1 March 1841. Ordered that Silas Dill, Sutton H Trulock, Edwin B. Lightfoot, Archibald Mills, and John Phillips be appointed commissioners of the poor school funds for the County of Early. Early County, GA, Marriage records rootsweb.com. John Gillion to Jane Ann Mills 15 Jun 1841 Gainer, Samuel to Phillips, Mary E. 07 Jan 1841 Guardian Bonds "A" Early Co, GA. 1834- 1881, original on file Dianna Rogers. 194, Ward Ann, Benj. Wolf Prin.& Adm 162 3 Mar 1851 Benj A Lanier minor, guardian Byrd Thomas Lanier, Ben Wolf and Stephen Blocker 166 Isham R. Mills Security Thom Ward 175 Lanier, James orp of John L., guardian B. T. Lanier, Benj Wolf and Luke Bliss Early County, GA, Court of the Ordinary Minutes Book C 1839-1849, p.191. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee and D. Rogers. May Term 1855: Benjamin F Mills, orphan of Ann Ward, deceased, being of the age of fourteen years appeared in court and chose Benjamin L Wolf as his guardian. Bond five hundred dollars. 4 June 1855. • 1842 John R. Parramore bonds as guardian for Asa and Elizabeth McCoy’s orphan Louvenia Jane McCoy in Early Co, GA. Elizabeth McCoy, daughter of Jane Burney Gordon Mills, likely remarries in Leon, FL. Stephen is administrator of Thomas Bryan’s and Archibald Mills’ estates. John Parramore, father of Catherine Ann Mills’ husband John R. Parramore, dies in Early County. Marriage Records of Leon Co., FL 1937 by the Florida DAR, original on file Sharon Dean Lee. P 43 S.W. Brown to Elizabeth McCoy 1842 Guardians Bonds A 1834-1881, Early County, GA. Copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee and Dianna Scarborough Rogers. p. 64 5 Sept 1842. John R Parramore and Stephen Mills sign a twelve hundred dollars bond guaranteeing John R. Parramore as the guardian of Luvenia Jane McCoy, orphan of Asa McCoy, decd. 1839-1852 Sales and Administrative Bonds Book B, Early County, GA., Copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee and Dianna Scarborough Rogers. pp. 58-59 21 Jan 1842. Inventory of the estate of Archibald Mills, Stephen Mills, administrator. Includes “450 acres Land it being the plantation whereon the buildings are at 7.00 per acres 1 Lot of land No 52 28 district Early County no examined 1 Lot of Land No. not known in Lownds County.” A number of notes with individuals, among whom are Augustus H. Lanier and Thomas Mills. Hillery Phillips, James Buchannon, and Thomas Mills sign that the appraisal is accurate. Dave M Jordan J.P. signs the appraisal. 1839-1852 Sales and Administrative Bonds Book B, Early County, GA., Copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee and Dianna Scarborough Rogers. p.59 22 Jan 1842. A List of the Sale of the Estate of Arch Mills deceased. Administration and Guardian Bonds 1840-1851 Randolph County, GA, Abstracted by Flo Merritt Young. <http://www.rootsweb.com/~garandol/miscrecs/bonds.html>. [NOTE from abstractor: While the cover states these are Administrators Bonds there are also Guardian bonds mixed in.] Winefred Bryan, Thomas Muse, Stephen Mills, Thomas Mills, and Henry R. Bryan, $36,000, 8 Feb. 1842, Winefred Bryan, Administrix of estate of Thomas Bryan. 1850-1857 Annual Returns A, Early County, GA. Copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee and Dianna Scarborough Rogers. pp. 57-58 4 Jan 1842. William W. Parramore, John R Parramore, Hillery Phillips, Thomas Mills, and Joshua L. Vann pledge ten thousand dollars that William W. Parramore and John R Parramore, administrators of the estate of John Parramore, deceased, will make an accurate account of the contents of the estate. Recorded 8 Jan 1842. James G Collier, Clerk of the Court. Minutes, Court of the Ordinary, Jan Term 1842, Early County, GA. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Thomas Mills appointed Commissioner of Roads for the Blakely or 866th district along with W. W. Parramore and James Buchannon. Gene Mills Berta on "Uncle Stephen and Uncle Archibald" "Daddy always called them Uncle Stephen and Uncle Archibald" as he had learned from his father. Gene Mills Berta's father Wesley Osborn Mills was the son of Thomas Sidney Mills. Thomas Sidney Mills was born in 1842 in Early County, GA to Thomas and Eliza Jane Forbes Mills.They called Catherine Ann Mills Aunt Kate Perryman" • 1844 Stephen Mills is no longer administrator of Archibald’s estate, which has insufficient funds to reach settlement. Thomas Mills is a member of Magnolia Masonic Lodge. Ann Wolf Mills remarries. 1839-1852 Sales and Administrative Bonds Book B, Early County, GA., Copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee and D. S. Rogers. p.93-94 1 May 1844 Inventory of the personal effects of Archibald Mills, decd. Includes a list of notes owed to Archibald Mills. Augustus H. Mills and the firm of Thompson and Hagner in Florida have notes. Stephen Mills, former administrator, received money and claimed that the land he sold as part of the estate should still be with the estate, but the new administrator James G Collier commented, “no papers for the said land has ever come to my hands”. Early County, GA, Marriage records rootsweb.com. Mills, Ann Ward, James 07 Aug 1844 1839-1852 Sales and Administrative Bonds Book B, Early County, GA, Copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee and D. S. Rogers. p. 118-119 8 Nov 1841 to 1 Feb 1844. Estate of Archibald Mills, decd, Stephen Mills, administrator. Reference to property in Quincy and Tallahassee, FL, and in Troup, GA. “Remarks” follow and detail that Archibald Mills owed more than his estate had money to pay off (“will fall far short of paying the demands.”. Jack Standifer, History of the Magnolia Lodge #86 (information provided by D. S. Rogers.). "History of the Magnolia Lodge #86 by Jack Standifer, was mentioned with a list of some of the members. It is about the early days of the Masonic Lodge in Blakely. I looked in there and one of the earliest names is Thomas Mills. However, it said that ‘nothing is known about this man’. The mention of Thomas Mills was on page 3, at the very beginning of the Lodge. Probably around 1844 or so." • 1845 Thomas Mills dies in Early County. Eliza Jane Forbes Mills, pregnant with their fifth child Catherine Elizabeth (Callie) Mills, leaves the administration to William H. Wade and goes to Thomasville, where Callie is born. Catherine Ann Mills Parramore’s husband John R. dies in Early County. Early County, GA, Court of Ordinary Minutes Book 1820-49 p 227, 13 Jan1845 Original on file D. S. Rogers. Eliza Jane Mills has applied for administrator of the estate of Thomas Mills, deceased, but now refuses; thus, William H. Wade is appointed administrator (Possibly Eliza Jane has left Early County). Guardians Bonds A 1834-1881, Inferior Court of the Ordinary, Early County, GA., Copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee and D. S. Rogers. p. 93 13 Jan 1845. William H. Wade, James Buchannon, and Edwin B. Lightfoot pledge five thousand dollars that William H. Wade, administrator of the estate of Thomas Mills, decd, will make an accurate inventory of the estate. Recorded 14 Jan 1845. Sales and Returns Book B 1839-1849, Early County, GA. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee and D. S. Rogers. p. 126 18 Jan 1845. Inventory and appraisement of the estate of Thos Mills, decd, cont. Has a list of five slaves. Frances M. Reese, Peter Howard, and John R. Parramore, appraisers, and Joseph A Johnson, J.P. 1839-1852 Sales and Administrative Bonds Book B, Early County, GA., Copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee and D. S. Rogers. 30 June 1845 to 1 Jan 1847. Estate of Archibald Mills. Acct Current with James G. Collier, Admin. Sept 1845 includes an amount for expenses in going to Tallahassee and Quincy on business for the estate. Official Copy United Daughters of the Confederacy, Application for Membership Children of the Confederacy Stars and Bars Chapter No. 351, Mobile, AL, Chapter Roll Book No. Catherine Elizabeth Mills born April 9, 1845, Thomasville, Thomas Co, GA Catherine Elizabeth Mills married Allen William Bryan June 11, 1865, Daleville, Dale Co, AL. Marriages of Thomas County, GA. 8 Jan 1852 Wesley Forbes [b, 1807] to Ann H Everitt [NOTE: This Wesley is speculated to have been Eliza Jane's brother. If so and if he was living in Thomasville in 1845, Eliza Jane may have stayed with him to have her baby Catherine Elizabeth Mills in April after the death of Thomas Mills, Eliza Jane's husband, in Early County in Jan 1845.] • 1846 The estate of Thomas Mills is advertised and sold. 1850-1857 Annual Returns A, Early County, GA. Copy on file with Sharon Dean Lee and D. S. Rogers. p. 167 13 Dec 1846. Thomas Mills estate, current account report. Of interest in report: advertisement of estate in the Fort Gaines Whig (newspaper), payment of James G. Collier for coffin, sale of land to be made first Tuesday in Jan 1846. Sales and Returns Book B 1839-1849, Early County, GA. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee and D. S. Rogers. p. 154-156 8 March 1845-1 Jan 1846. The account of the sale of the perishable property of Thomas Mills, decd. [Of interest: Enoch Forbes (E. Forbes) purchased an item from the estate.] • 1847 Archibald Mills’ estate in Early County is advertised and sold. Enoch Forbes is listed with his Burney cousins as part of the estate of Ellis Burney in Leon, FL. Abstracted by Tad Evans., Albany, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings Vol I 1845- 1852, p. 164, 1996: Published by Tad Evans, Savannah, GA. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. August 4, 1847 Georgia, Early County: Will be sold before the Court House door in said county on the first Tuesday in February, next, between the legal hours of sale, all property belonging to the estate of Archibald Mills, late of said county, deceased. Sold for the benefit of heirs and creditors of said estate. (Signed) James G. Collier, Adm. Annual Returns, Early County, GA, 1850-1857, Book A. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 331 1 Jan 1847-1 Jan 1850. The estate of Thomas Mills. Acct current with Wm H Ward, admin. Payments made. Recorded 20 May 1850. Sales and Returns Book B 1834-1881, Early County, GA. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 337 24 June 1845 and 1 Jan 1847. A. H. Lanier vs. Thomas Mills. Wm H. Wade, admin. of Thomas Mills estate ordered to pay in full principle and interest to A. H. Lanier. Letters of Guardianship, Book A, 1856-1887. Copy on file, Sharon Dean Lee and D. S. Rogers. p. 214 5 Jan 1847. The Estate of John R. Parramore, decd. Note on Thomas Mills, Matthew Perryman guardian of James T. McCoy, Joseph P. Hardee. BLACK STUDIES RESEARCH SOURCES. Microfilms from Major Archival and Manuscript Collections, General Editors: John H. Bracey, Jr., and Sharon Harley<http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/guides/Aaas/slavpet0201.pdf>. A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks Series II, Petitions to Southern County Courts, 1775-1867 Part A: Georgia (1796-1867), Florida (1821-1867), Alabama (1821-1867), Mississippi (1822-1867) page152 Reel 6 Florida 1847 0499 (Accession # 20584706). Leon County, Florida. Guilford Burney, executor of the estate of the late Ellis Burney, petitions for assistance in distributing the property. He explains that he established a life estate for Ellis’s widow, Elizabeth Burney. When she died in 1836, Guilford intended to sell the property, pay the debts, and distribute the remainder, as directed in Ellis's will, but Elizabeth's sister, Mary Smith, objected, claiming that the property was Elizabeth's in her own right. The court entered a compromise stating that the portion of the estate bequeathed to Ellis Moore should be distributed. The remainder was to be sold and the proceeds divided: half going to the brothers and sisters of Ellis Burney and half to the heirs of Elizabeth Burney. Guilford distributed the slaves bequeathed to Moore, including a boy named Warner and a woman named Charlotte and her children, and a portion of the money to which he was entitled. Now Moore has died childless, and Guilford has possession of that property, planning to distribute it equally between the brothers and sisters of Ellis Burney and the heirs of Elizabeth Burney as directed. He asks the court to subpoena the various heirs and assist him in settling the estate. [Also associated with the above document as listed in the index:] Burney, Guilford 6: 0499 Burney, Janus A. [James A] 6: 0499 Burney, Richard 6: 0499 Burney, Simon C. 6: 0499 Burney, Willis 6: 0499 Forbes, Enoch 6: 0499 • 1849 Elizabeth Ponder Brown Forbes dies. Marriage and Death Notices Southern Christian Advocate by Holcombe -8/31/1849 Issue, provided by Bob Forbes. Died 25th of July - Mrs. Elizabeth Forbes, consort of Rev. Wesley Forbes and daughter of Hezekiah and Ann Ponder and formerly of Camden Co. Georgia in the 44th year of her age. • 1850 Ann Wolf Mills Ward’s third husband has died. Wesley B. and Lucy F. Mills are in school at Fletcher Institute in Thomasville, GA. Stephen Mills has moved to Panola, MS, where he appears on the 1850 census with John and Jane Ann Mills Gillion. Also on the census with the Gillions is Elizabeth A. McCoy, daughter of Asa and Elizabeth Gordon McCoy and granddaughter of Jane Burney Gordon Mills Burney. Stephen Mills has remarried to Mary A. Jackson, daughter of Abraham G. Jackson. Catherine Ann Mills Parramore Perryman is living in Henry Co, GA, with her 2nd husband Matthew T. Louvenia Jane McCoy, daughter of Asa and Elizabeth Gordon McCoy, is living in the Perryman household. 1850 Early County Census District 25 Series: M432 Roll: 68 Page: 296. 18 Ward, Ann [Wolf] 41 F GA John Mills 16 m home GA Benjamin F 14 m GA Mary C 12 f GA [NOTE: I believe that John Mills was born in FL because he was born abt 1834, at which time Archibald and Ann Wolf Mills were likely still in Florida. Possibly Benjamin was also born in Florida.] 1850 Leon, FL, census p 67a & p 68, copy on file Sharon Dean Lee, Heritage Quest Online, Fairfax Public Library, http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/dbsRemote/auth/heritageauth.htm. 19 406 406 Forbes Wesley 62 M Farmer 4,160 N. C. 20 406 406 Mills Eliza Jane 32 F Geo 21 406 406 Forbes Enoch H. 30 M Farmer S. C. 22 406 406 Mills Wesley 18 M Student Flor X 23 406 406 Mills Lucy 13 Flor X 24 406 406 Mills Leonora 10 F Flor 25 406 406 Mills Thomas 8 M Geo 26 406 406 Mills Catherine 6 F Florida 9 382 382 Jerkins Zecheriah 47 M Farmer Geo [no personal net worth] 1850 Thomas County, GA Census District 81, Thomas, Georgia; Roll: M432_83; Page: 53; Image: 457. pp 52-53 28 Oct 1850 Wesley and Lucy Mills at boarding school: This is assuredly Thomas and Eliza Jane Forbes Mills’ Wesley B and Lucy F Mills, b. FL although Wesley’s age is slightly off. Both children are reported on the Dec 1850 Leon Co, FL census p 68, but since the census was taken in Dec in Leon they could have been at home when it was taken; thus, they appear on two census reports. Wesley is listed as a student on the one in Leon. The time lapse can also explain the difference in Wesley’s age. Lucy in Thomasville is 12 but on the Florida report she is 13. From the Boarding School group by 1860: JOHNSON L C 24 M W FL FL JEFFERSON MONTICELLO P O 1860 10,000 in land 40,000 in personal property BYRD LEONIDAS 26 M W FL FL LEON TALLAHASSEE P O 1860 merchant 2.000 6,000 SMITH PEYTON P 48 M W GA GA DOUGHERTY ALBANY 1860 Smith was a M E Minister (Methodist Episcopal, which are all over Florida) in 1850 with real estate valued at $3500. In 1860 he is also a minister, worth $17,000 in land and $3,000 in personal property." NOTE: This boarding school was called Fletcher Institute, started y the Florida Methodist Episcopal Conference in 1848. Peyton Smith was the minister who provided the enthrusiam that won the Institue for Thomas Co. He was the minister for that region. William G Ponder, Wesley Forbes' brother-in-law was on the board of directors for the school. It was one of the most influential schools in the Southern region. 1850 Panola Co, MS Census Dist 18 Series: M432 Roll: 379 Page: 315, Heritage Quest Online, Fairfax Public Library, http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/dbsRemote/auth/heritageauth.htm. John Gillion 38 farmar 1400 GA Jane A Gillion 28 GA Catherine D.J. Gillion 8 GA Lanora E V Gillion 6 GA Elizabeth A McCoy 16 Stephen Mills 33 M farmer 500 GA Mary A F 22 Charles A M 4 Julian W M 6/12 Abraham G Jackson Family Data Collection-Births, ancestry.com. about Mary A Jackson Name: Mary A Jackson Father: Absalom Jackson Mother: Emma B Hall Birth Date: 1827 City: Meyhew County: Atauga State: AL Country: USA 1856 Will of Abraham G Jackson Abstracted from Arkansas genweb, http://www.rootsweb.com/~arprairi/WILLS/will006.htm. WILLS BOOK "B" Northern District - Des Arc, Arkansas 1852 - 1901 Page 21 3-10-1856 JACKSON, Abraham G. Beloved wife, Else Negroes: Ellic, Sarah, Hadie, Milley, Dick, Manda, Julian Heirs: Eliza A. Oliver, Saborn W. Jackson, James A. Jackson, Mary A. Mills, Edna M. Gibson, Sophronia H. Jackson, L. Angeline Jackson N. B. Eliza A. Oliver, deceased, her bodily heirs, Mary T. Oliver, Eliza J. Oliver, and Ann Oliver. Appoint my son, Seaborn W. Jackson and Stephen Mills, executors. 1850 Henry County AL Census Reel: M432-6 Page: 436A , ancestry.com. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Matthew Perryman M 49 Farmer 5,000 GA Catherine F 30 GA M M M 17 AL Matthew M 18 Farmer AL Martha 16 F AL Jeptha 14 M AL J. R. 12 M AL Richard 11 M AL (sic) Marianne 8 F AL Th. W. 7 M AL (sic) Lovina J H 3 F AL Mason William 40 M SC Millwright Lovina McCoy 20 F FL • 1851 Eliza Jane Forbes Mills files advertisements in the Thomasville paper concerning the guardianship of her minor children, who are in school at Fletcher Institute in Thomasville. Lovina Jane McCoy, daughter of Elizabeth Gordon and Asa McCoy, marries Rufus S Herring, brother of Lucy F Mills Herring’s husband John. Wesley Forbes performs the ceremony. Rufus Herring’s name is on many of the receipts fot the Mills’ children’s expenses in the 1850’s, including the expense of taking Leonora to Texas in 1860. Annual Returns, Early County, GA, 1850-1857, Book A. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 395. 1 March 1850-1 March 1851. The estate of Thomas Mills. Returns account current. Wm H. Wade. Abstracted by Tad Evans, Georgia Newspaper Clippings Thomas County Extracts, 1826-1907, pp. 111, 113, 2005: Published by Tad Evans, Savannah, GA. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 111 Tuesday, July 8, 1851 Georgia, Thomas County: Eliza J. Mills makes application to this court for letters of guardianship on the person and property of the minors of Thomas Mills, deceased. These are therefore to cite all persons interested, to file their objections within the time prescribed by law, otherwise said letters will be issued to the applicant. (Signed) E. Seixas, C. C. O. -(Source: SR) p. 113 Tuesday, September 9, 1851 Georgia, Thomas County: Eliza J. Mills files his (her, their) letters of dismission from the guardianship of W. B., L. F., L. A., T. S., and C. A. Mills, minors. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and others concerned, to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why said application should not be granted. (Signed) E. Seixas, C. C. O.-(Source: SR) Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969, Ancestry.com. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Jane McCoy to Rufus S Herring 4 Jun 1851 Henry, Alabama Performed By Title: MG Wesley Forbes License issued 03 Jun 1851. Rogers, William Warren, Antebellum Thomas County 1825-1861, p. 98, 1963: The Florida State University, Tallahassee. USDAR Library. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 98 with footnotes # 37, 39, and 41-42: Fletcher Institute was a secondary boarding school begun in Thomasville, GA, by the Florida Methodist Episcopal Conference in 1848, and it became one of the era’s most prestigious secondary boarding schools. ". . . By early 1850 there were 132 students, seventy-five males and fifty-seven females, ten of whom came from Florida.37 Two large brick buildings were constructed just outside of Thomasville. The school grounds consisted of about six acres, shaded by native oaks interspersed with pines. The school and residences combined to make the community an attractive one. Because the ground was high, 'Fletcherville,' the settlement where the school was located, enjoyed the reputation of being a healthy locale. The school admitted both male and female students, although they met class in separate buildings and had different teachers.40 From the first, Fletcher Institute assumed an important position in the life of Thomasville. L. C. Bryan, thorugh the pages of his 'Southern Enterprise,' became an indefatigable promoter of the school.41 In 1856 Fletcherville was incorporated and seven residents were made town commissioners.42" William G. Ponder of Leon, FL, and Thomas Co, GA, (and a neighbor and brother-in-law of Wesley Forbes) was on the board of trustees (f. #39). Wesley B and Lucy F were also on the 1850 Thomas County, GA, census taken 28 Oct while they were at boarding school at the Fletcher Institute in Thomasville. Along with several other children from Florida and South Carolina, they were under the listing of the Methodist Episcopal minister Peyton P. Smith. In December of 1850 while they were home from school on vacation. Wesley B. and Lucy F. Mills were listed on the Tallahassee, Leon Co, FL, census with their grandfather Wesley Forbes and their mother Eliza Jane Forbes Mills. In 1851 all five Mills children attended Fletcher Institute, the three girls listed as being from Fletcherville, GA (see the Hopkins' Collection for the list of children attending Fletcher Institute in 1851). Enoch Forbes, the Mills children's uncle, advertised property he owned in Fletcherville for sale in 1865 (see source "In the Shadow of the Pines"). Very likely, Enoch owned the property while the children attended school there. [NOTE: for a list of all children in school in 1851, see the file on Fletcher Institute entered separately.] • 1852 Thomas Mills’ estate is settled in Early County, GA. Annual Returns, Early County, GA, 1850-1857, Book A. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. pp.37-38 1 March 1851-7 Feb 1852. Final current returns of the estate of Thomas Mills, decd, Mrs. Eliza Mills, widow. Two notes on Archibald Mills, one note owed to Augustus H. Lanier. Letter of dismissal 28 Feb 1852. Payment to Wm H. Wade, admin, 1 March 1852. Discharged and recorded 30 Jan 1852. Minor heirs of Thomas Mills: Wesley B. Mills, Lucy F.Mills, Thomas S. Mills, and Catherine E. Mills [Lenora A Mills not listed]. Wit: A T Holmes, Benjamin L Wolf, J J O. Annual Returns, Early County, GA, 1850-1857, Book A. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 37 7 Feb 1852. The Estate of Thomas Mills, decd. Interest and taxes. Notes given to Mrs. Eliza Mills: Richard Caldwell being out of date and insolvent, one noteWilliam Mills both handed over to Mrs. Eliza Mills, guardian for minors. 2 notes on Archibald Mills, payable to Griffin and Fletcher, 7 negroes to be levied as payment for A. H. Lanier. Payments to Wm H Wade, admin for services. • 1853 The estate of Archibald Mills is still not settled. Wesley Forbes dies. Lucy F. Forbes marries in Leon, FL. Eliza Jane Forbes Mills remarries in Leon, FL. Wesley B. Mills is deputy clerk of the court in Newport, FL. Annual Returns, Early County, GA, 1850-1857, Book A. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 53 1 March 1850-1 March 1852. The estate of Archibald Mills, decd. Account current. Recorded 20 Jan 1853. Marriage Records of Leon Co., FL 1937 by the Florida DAR, original on file Sharon Dean Lee. p71 31 May 1853 John W. Herring to Lucy F. Mills R.H. Luckey MG p72 8 Nov 1853 Zachariah Jerkins to Eliza Mills Thos. N. Gardiner MG [NOTE: Wesley Forbes died in Oct and Eliza Jane remarried in Nov. Her children were incensed. Zachariah died in Nov of 1854 and Eliza Jane died in Jan of 1855] [Wesley Forbes dies 7 Oct 1853] Methodist Preachers in Georgia 1783-1900, Lawrence, Harold, ed an compiler, Boyd Publishing, 1984 p. 189. Forbs, Wesley (1787-10-7-1853) d. Leon Co., FL; m/Elizabeth Ponder (1805-1-25- 1849) dau.of Hezekiah & Ann Ponder of Camden Co., GA. *nv Forbes. (L) GEORGIA CONFERENCE: 1836 Recommended elder but not elected." Court of the Ordinary, Wakulla, FL 1841-19-- p 245. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. W. B. Mills Deputy Clerk of The Court on a document 1 Aug 1855. [Wesley B. Mills was son of Thomas Mills and Eliza Jane Forbes] • 1854 Ann Wolf Mills Ward has died in Early County, GA, and her brother Benjamin F. Wolf, assumes guardianship of Benjamin F. Mills, Archibald Mills’ youngest son. No mention is made of the daughter, Mary C. Mills who would be 16 and who was listed on the 1850 census with Ann. No marriage has been reported for an Ann C Mills up to this date. Wesley B. Mills purchases a lot in Newport, FL. Eliza Jane Forbes’ second husband Zachariah Jerkins dies 3 Feb 1855 in Leon, FL. Grand Lodge of Georgia 1854 Magnolia Lodge No. 86, Blakeley, Early County. rootsweb.com. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee, file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Carolyn L. Harper Johnson <clhjohnson@aol.com>. Benj. L. Wolf, Steward General Index to Real Estate Conveyances--Wakullla, FL,--Grantees, original on file Sharon Dean Lee. June 24, 1854; Grantee Mills, Wesley B et al; Grantor Abner H Wilson; kind of instrument Morg; Book A pg 393; & Book A-B pg 251; Part of Lot 23 New Port. Jan 13 ,1856; Grantee Mills, Wesley B; Grantor William G Gardner et ux; Kind of Instrument W D; Book A pg 467; L in Lot 23 New Port. [Wesley B. Mills purchases lot in Newport, FL, now economic seat of middle Florida.] • 1855 Wesley B. Mills is a juror in Newport, FL. Eliza Jane Forbes Mills dies 3 Feb 1855 in Leon, FL, in January, leaving an infant and her other children as orphans. Benjamin F. Mills chooses Benjamin F. Wolf as his guardian in Early County, GA. Callie Mills is in school at Miccosukee Academy in Jefferson Co, FL. Court of the Probate, Leon Co, FL. pp. 362-363, L345. State Archives of Florida, R. A. Gray Building, Tallahassee Florida., Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. 1 Jan 1855 William Laffoon is administrator of Zachariah Jerkins’ estate. Court of the Probate, Leon Co, FL. p. 392, L345. State Archives of Florida, R. A. Gray Building, Tallahassee Florida., Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee 2 Feb 1855 Wesley B. Mills appointed administrator of the estate of Eliza J. Jerkins with Enoch H. Forbes as guarantee. Florida Juror and Witness Certificates-Wakulla County 1855 Term of Court . Original on file Sharon Dean Lee. p. 13 W. B. Mills, Juror. Early County, GA, Court of the Ordinary Minutes Book C 1839-1849, p.191. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee and D. S. Rogers. May Term 1855: Benjamin F Mills, orphan of Ann [Wolf Mills] Ward, deceased, being of the age of fourteen years appeared in court and chose Benjamin L Wolf as his guardian. Bond five hundred dollars. 4 June 1855. • 1856 Wesley B. Mills marries Emily R. D. McMichael in Clay County, GA. Emily is the neice of Wesley’s future brother-in-law and first cousin, Allen William Bryan. Wesley assumes guardianship of his minor brother Thomas Sidney Mills and sisters Leonora A. Mills and Catherine Elizabeth (Callie) Mills. Leonora A Mills enters Andrew College in Cuthbert, GA, in the fall of 1856. Marriage Records of Clay County, GA. 3 Jul 1856 Wesley B Mills Emily R D McMichael Berta, Gene Mills, Family Oral History on How Wesley B Mills met Emily R. McMichael. "One story in the Alabama Mills family oral history is about how Wesley B. Mills met his wife Emily R. McMichael. When Wesley went to visit his sister Leonora, who was in school at Andrew College in Cuthbert, he saw Emily peeking out at him from behind a post and feel in love with her. They married in 1856. Since Andrew College received its charter from the State Legislature in 1854, Leonora and Emily were among the first students. By 1860, Leonora was teaching school in Texas. By 1862, Wesley had been killed at the Battle of Cross Keys in New Hope, VA, where he is buried at New Hope Baptist Church. [Note: "The Charter of Andrew College, granted in 1854 by the Georgia Legislature, is the second oldest charter in the United States giving an educational institution the right to confer degrees upon women." http://www.andrewcollege.edu/history.html"] Jack Butler. "Posted by: Jack Butler (ID *****5261) Date: July 09, 2005 at 13:34:00 I believe that Eliza and Zachariah are buried in the White Church (that is its name) Cemetery in Woodville, Florida. There are no tombstones, but there are several broken ones - tops missing - in the area from the 1850s, and the church records state only that Mr. and Mrs. Jerkins (no first names) were buried there." #248 County Judge's Court Leon County, FL, Filed Sept. 10, 1856. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. #248 County Judge's Court Leon County, FL, Estate of Mills--Lenora A., Thos. A. (sic), Catherine E., and A. H. Jerkins--minors; Wesley B. Mills, Gdn. Filed Sept. 10, 1856. Court of Probate, Leon Co, Fl, p 197, L 76. State Archives of Florida, R. A. Gray Building, Tallahassee Florida., Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. "State of Florida County of Leon Court of Probate In chambers September 10th A. S. 1856. In the matter of the Estate of Lenora A Mills, Thomas S Mills, Catherine E. Mills, Zachariah H. Jerkins, minors, It is ordered that guardianship of said minors be committed to Wesley B. Mills on his filing his bond in the office in the penalty of five thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs with R. S. Herring and E. H. Forbes as his securities. L. W. Guyum [?] Judge of Probate I do certify that the foregoing is a true record duly made in my office this 10th day of September A. D. 1856. [NOTE: Guardianship Bond also included with the pledge of Enoch H. Forbes, R. S. Herring, and W. B. Mills to provide guardianship and their seals.] **See the related document at the end with all of the receipts from 1856 (and some of 1855) through 1861 for the expenses Wesley B. Mills paid for the minors Leonora A, Thomas S, and Eliza Jane Forbes Mills. Enoch H. Forbes was co-guardian of the infant Zachariah Jerkins and also filed expense reports through Wesley Berryan Mills with the Court of Probate in Leon Co, FL. The interest in the receipts is in the story they tell about the whereabouts, education, and purchases of the children as well as the association of a number of individuals involved with their care and of several mercantiles of the area surrounding Clay, Early, and Randolph Counties in Georgia and of Dale County in Alabama. • 1857 Callie is boarding in Blakely, GA, with Catherine Ann Mills Parramore Perryman and attending Blakely Academy. Leonora A. Mills is attending Andrew College in Cuthert, GA. Thomas Sidney Mills is attending school in Daleville, Dale County, AL. [See receipts **] • 1858 Callie is boarding in Blakely, GA, with Catherine Ann Mills Parramore Perryman and attending Blakely Academy. In January, Leonora A. Mills is attending Andrew College in Cuthert, GA. Thomas Sidney Mills is attending school in Daleville, Dale County, AL. Leonora and Callie travel to Tallahassee. [See receipts **] • 1859 Callie is boarding in Blakely, GA, with Catherine Ann Mills Parramore Perryman and attending Blakely Academy. Leonora A. Mills, still a minor, makes purchases and travels to Texas. • 1860 Wesley B. Mills, his wife Emily and children Thomas A. and Mary E. along with brother Thomas Sidney, sister Catherine Elizabeth, and a Henry A Mills are recorded on the 1860 census living in Dale County, AL, where they moved in 1857 prior to his son’s birth. Leonora A. Mills has moved to Texas where she is teaching school in 1860 and marries that year. Callie Mills begins Andrew College. Stephen Mills has moved to Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, where he appears on the 1860 census with Archibald’s son John Mills and his family. Lucy F Mills Herring and family are in Texas on the 1860 census, including her husband John W. Herring’s brother Rufus S. and wife Luvenia Jane McCoy Herring. 1860 U.S. Census Dale County, AL page 5 (M420), original on file. 30 | 35 | 35 | Mills W. B. |26 M | Farmer|4500 7700|Fla|M420| 31 | 35 | 35 | Mills Emily R.|22 F|| | Geo| | M420| 32 | 35 | 35 | Mills Thomas A.[Ashley]|2 M|Ala M420| 33 | 35 | 35 | Mills Mary E.|9/12|Ala||M420 | 34 |35 |35 |Mills Henry A.|23 M|Farm Laborer|Geo|M420 [I don’t know who this Mills is. I assume it is a cousin.] 35|35|35|Mills Thomas S.17 M|Farm Laborer|Geo|M420 | 36 |35 |35|Mills C. E.|15 F| Fla||M420| 1860 Precinct 8, Polk, Texas Census Precinct 8, Polk, Texas; Roll: M653_1303; Page: 53; Image: 106. Jno Herring 45 Lucy Herring 24 Natchel Herring 3 Joshua Herring 18 Leonora Herring 21 [NOTE: this is Leonora A. Mills, not Leonora Herring] Herring's in the census, 1850 FL and 1860 TX. 1850 Division 8, Leon, Florida; Roll: M432_59; Page: 69; Image: 139. Ancestry.com. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee Rufus S Herring 32 M Merchant $550 NC James Herring 24 M Merchant NC 1850 Columbia, Florida; Roll: M432_58; Page: 84; Image: 164. Ancestry.com. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee John W Herring 35 M Farmer $550 NC Mary Herring 65 F NC 1850 Jefferson, Florida; Roll: M432_59; Page: 22; Image: 46. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee John O Herring 29 M $350 NC Elizabeth 24 F GA Eliza J 3 FL 1860 Precinct 8, Polk, Texas; Roll: M653_1303; Page: 53; Image: 106. Ancestry.com. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee Jno Herring 45 M farmer $1440 70500? NC Lucy ” 24 F GA Natchet ” 3 M Texas Joshua 18 M Texas [no ditto mark] Leonora 21 GA [no ditto mark] Look at the age of the Joshua (Lucy F Mills married John Herring 31 May 1853; her mother Eliza Jane married Z. Jerkins 5 Nov 1853. On the 1880 Texas census Joshua T Herring lists being born in 1859. He would not have been Lucy’s child. Perhaps Joshua was a brother or sister of John’s son.) Rufus S. Herring 42 farmer $1448 10,000 NC Cynthia, age 45, (marked out), and in her place is listed Lavina Jane, age 20 b. GA Ann Davis 15 GA Leonora A Mills to Robert Lucius Williams 14 Nov 1860 Polk Co, TX Marjorie A Cain email on Leonora A Mills’ family history. I talked to my 2nd cousin, Helen, last night. She's a great granddaughter of Leonora Mills Williams, and 92 years old with a great memory. She remembers ..... (1) Grandpa Williams (John Wesley, Leonora's son) taking her fishing and telling her lots of family stories, one of which is about Leonora going to Alabama to visit her brother Thomas. As previously told you, I also have this in affidavit from another family member many years ago. I believe Leonora traveled on a "flat boat" made by John F. Carr who was a brother-in-law to Robert Williams, Leonora's husband. (2) A Connection to Lucy Mills Herring ?? Helen (and her two sisters, still living) remember an "Uncle" Ben Herring coming to visit them from Beaumont, Jefferson County, TX. In fact, Leonora's son (John Wesley) named one of his sons Benjamin Briant Williams for this man. They told me this story years ago about Ben Herring and wife Susan bringing Ben Williams a "blowing horn" and his mother was angry with him for not properly thanking the Herrings. They said he imported Bramha cattle to TX and was known as the "cattle king." The Herrings had two children, and I believe they may have been somehow connected to the prosperous McFaddin family in Beaumont (Spindletop oil boom). (I tried checking this connection out years ago and couldn't find one; do you know if Lucy's family migrated to Texas??) (3) Leonora was a teacher at a school at Swartout in Polk County, a town on the Trinity River with lots of shipping trade but nothing now except a historical marker." 1860 Early Co, GA Census, 6 and 28th Districts, Octavia PO, July 1860 Reel: M653-120 Page: 650, contributed by Dianna Scarborough Rogers. "Dwelling - - Family 448 Catherine A. Perryman, 40 yrs, F, W, No occupation, 4000, 9000, - - Family 449 is: Richo Parramour, 20 yrs, M, W, Planter, - - Wm. Thos. Parramour, 17 yrs, M, W, - - Lavinia Perryman, 12 yrs, F, W, Ala" 1860 Early County Census August 1860 District 25 Series: M432 Roll: 68 Page: 296., copy on file Sharon Dean Lee, Heritage Quest Online, Fairfax Public Library, http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/dbsRemo. Benjamin Wolf 47 m Planter 12,000 24,000 GA Mary 41 f GA Roxiann C 17 f GA Laura F 15 f GA M Luella 12 f GA Benj Green 7 m GA James G 5 m GA Elizabeth 3 f GA Benj F Mills 24 m Teacher GA 1860 Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas Census. Stephen Mills 46 Birth Year: abt 1814 Birthplace: Georgia Stephen Mills 46; Mary A Mills 32; Adolphus Mills 15; Julien Mills 10; Eudora Mills 5; Mary Mills 2" 1860 Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas Jno W Mills 24 FL Angie Mills 20 MS Benj F Mills 2 AR John Mills 2.12 AR. • 1861 Thomas Sidney, Wesley Berryan Mills, Allen William and his brother Daniel F. Bryan join the Alabama 15th Infantry. Catherine Ann Mills Parramore Perryman’s sons join the military in Early County, GA. Benjamin F. and John W. Mills, sons of Archibald and Ann Wolf Mills, joined the Confederate army in Dardanell, Arkansas. EARLY COUNTY, GA - MILITARY - Co. G 13th Regiment Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/early.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Company G, 13th Regiment Early County "Early Guards." Information contributed by Sharon Dean Lee. Parramore, J. Richard -- Co. G 13th Regiment "Early County "Early Guards" Private - September 4, 1861. Surrendered, Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865. Died at Blakely, Georgia in 1873. Parramore, W. Thomas -- Co. G 13th Regiment "Early County "Early Guards" Private - July 8, 1861. Wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia July 1, 1862; Fredericksburg, Virginia December 13, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Virginia May 20, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York June 30, 1865. Military Records of the Alabama 15th Reginent, CSA. "Alabama Co. "E", Beauregards [This company was organized in Dale County as the "Beauregards.” Esau Brooks was elected captain.] Infantry http://www.flemingmultimedia.com/15thAlaCoE/index.html MILLS, Wesley B., 1st Cpl., 1st Sgt., 2nd Lt. (enlisted, aged 25; KIA, Cross Keys || Oates) COMPANY H 21ST McCARVER'S ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/21stcoh.html MILLS, BENJAMIN F. ---- Died 11Mar1862 at Dardanelle, AR MILLS, JOHN W. CPT Disch 4Jun1862. Civil War Service Records Box: 376; Extraction: 16; Record: 3798 Name: Benjamin F. Mills Company: H Unit: 21 Arkansas Infantry. Allegiance: Confederate Civil War Service Records Box: 376; Extraction: 16; Record: 3824 Name: John W. Mills Company: H Unit: 1 Mounted Rifles. Arkansas Rank - Induction: Private Rank - Discharge: Private Allegiance: Confederate Civil War Service Records Box: 376; Extraction: 16; Record: 3825 Name: John W. Mills Company: D Unit: 17 (Lemoyne's) Arkansas Infantry. Rank - Induction: Captain Rank - Discharge: Captain Allegiance: Confederate Notes: 21 Ark. Inf. Civil War Service Records Box: 376; Extraction: 16; Record: 3826 Name: John W. Mills Company: H Unit: 21 Arkansas Infantry. Rank - Induction: Captain Rank - Discharge: Captain Allegiance: Confederate Arkansas Confederate Regimental Histories: Infantry17th (Lemoyne's) Arkansas Infantry Regiment. http://asms.k12.ar.us/armem/welch/ar_infy.htm. The 17th Arkansas Infantry was organized with 9 companies on August 1, 1861 in Fairfield, Yell County, Arkansas under orders of the Arkansas Military Board. The field and staff officers were Col. George W. Lemoyne, Lt. Col. S.W. Williams, and Major Lawrence of Danville, and adjutant William A. Dowdle of Conway County. The company commanders were: Co. A, Cpt. J.M. Dowdle, Conway county; Co. B, Cpt Bryan A. King, Conway county; Co. C, Cpt. Harsell, Pope county; Co. D, Cpt. John Mills, Yell county, Co. E, Cpt. John Perry, Johnson county; Co. F, Cpt. Bone, Yell county; Co. G, Cpt. Bull, Prairie county; Co. H, Cpt. J. Homer Scott, Pope county; and Co. I, Cpt William Herrod, Yell County. Maj. Lawrence was accidentally killed near Pocahontas on the march into Missouri, and Cpt. J.M. Dowdle was promoted to major in his place, Jordan E. Cravens then being elected from the ranks to replace Cpt. Dowdle as A Co. commander. After serving a short time in the garrison of Fort Pillow, TN, the regiment was held to duty in the vicinity of Memphis and in the early summer of 1862 was assigned to Rust's Brigade, Jones' Division in the Army of the West where it participated with distinction in the Corinth campaign and the battle of Corinth. Maj Robert H. Crockett became Colonel of the regiment by promotion, and Cpt. W.N. Parrish was promoted to Lt. Col. "for gallant conduct on the field." After the Battle of Corinth on October 3-4, 1862, the 17th and 21st (McCarver's) Arkansas were consolidated into a single unit. Cpt. Jordan Cravens of Co. A was elected colonel of the consolidated regiment, which was thereafter known as the 21st Arkansas, and assigned to duties in the Army of Mississippi, defending Vicksburg, MS. The 17th/21st Arkansas participated in the battle of the Big Black River on May 17, 1863, and thence served in the garrison of Vicksburg during the 47-day siege of that place. The regiment was surrendered with the Vicksburg garrison on July 4, 1863. Col. Cravens was captured at the Big Black River and, with the other officers, was sent as a prisoner to Johnson's Island for the duration of the war. • 1862 Wesley Berryan Mills is killed in the Battle of Cross Keys, New Hope, VA, 8 July, 1862, where he is buried. Benjamin F. Mills dies in Dardanelle, AR, 11 March 1862. Letter of William Thompson Pouncey to his father Jesse Pouncey, 15 June 1862, <http://www.flemingmultimedia.com/15thAlaCoE/PounceyWilliam.html>. "15 June 1862 Dear Parents, I now take the pleasure to write you a few lines to let you no that I am well and harty at this time. I wrote you a few lines the other day but I dont no whether you will get it are not. Albert Aston got back two are three weeks ago and I was glad to hear from you for I had not heard from you since Captain Edwards came back. I have some nuse to write you this time. We have joined Jacksons army and went up to frontroil [Front Royal] and got after old Banks and run him on the other side of the potomac into mariland. It caused a greateal of excitement in washington citty. Old linkon called out all of his malishey, but the funnyest part of it was when we was up at harpers fery the yankees serrounded us and we had to fight our way back. Our regiment has not bin engaged but one. W. B. Mills was killed, he is all the one that was killed in our company. B. A. Lanier was wonded in the foot, the ball never entered into his foot, it struck him on the shoe heel, it brused it and burnt a blister. The loss in our regiment was nine killed and thirty-six wonded. We was in the fight on the 8th of June, that is the day that lieutenant Mills was killed. He was a great loss to this company. Nearly every man in the company loved him like a brother. In going to Harper's ferry and back, Jackson had seven fights and he gave them a whiping every time, and captured five are six thousand prisoners, two are three thousand dollars worth of medicine, and a good many provisions. We never got very many men killed, until the fight on the 9th of June, we had a good many killed or wonded. I heard that Johnson had give them a good whipping at richmond; run them back to their gun boats. I recon I have said enough about the fights. When I come out of the fight I come out without any clothes but what I had on. We was out on picket and they came to large a force for our regiment and we had to retreat back to our forces and, we was so near rundown we cut loos our napsacks and left them, and that left us all without clothes only what we had on. I lost that shirt that Albert brought me. When you get the chance send me another one like it, and I will put it on and if the yankees get it they will get me with it. I must come to a close. The boys joins with me in sending their best respects to you and family. Henry sayes he wants you to write to him. Write as soon as you can, and I will do the same. Tell the boys all to write, for I love to hear what they have got to say for themselves. I have got a bad chance to write, so when I write to one I mean all. I must come to a close nothing more at present, but remain your son until Death. This from Wm. Pouncey, to Jesse Pouncey" Edwards, William A, “Letter to W. E. Painter, Dallas, Tex., Nov. 11, 1915.” Published in Southern Star, Jan. 5, 1916. Available online, <http://www.flemingmultimedia.com/Personal/CSA/waedwardsmemoir.html>. "Lieut. Mills was killed at Cross Keys, when an unexpected retreat was ordered our regiment. He was a high-toned, brave, Christian gentleman, confided in at home and honored and loved in the army. He was devoted to his mess and his mess to him, quiet, intelligent, refined and dignified, a high type of Christian gentleman, yet he always impressed me that a cloud was over his spirits, and I have never thought he expected to survive the war, and I thought, and still think, that terrible spectre of presentment was ever before his eyes." • 1863 Lucy F. Forbes Herring dies in childbirth in Texas. Emily R D McMichael Mills files for a widow’s pension. ADAH Alabama Department of Archives and History Civil War Service Database. Copy on file, Sharon Dean Lee, http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/search.cfm. "Last Name: Mills Wesly B Birth Information: USA, Georgia Marital Status: Married Occupation: Farmer Enlistment Date: 1861/07/03 Enlistment Information: Age 25, Alabama, Westville, 1st Corporal Promoted 1st Sergeant Promoted 2nd Lieutenant Date of Death: 1862/06/08 Death Information: Virginia, Cross Keys, Killed Branch: Infantry Regimental Unit: 15th Alabama Regiment Company Unit: E Engagements: Present: Winchester, Virginia 1862/05/25;Killed: Cross Keys, Virginia 1862/06/08 Co. Unit Name: Pension Rec: Authority: Record Roll 1865/01/03 near Richmond, Virginia Authority: List, Condition of Claims, 2nd Aud., C.S. Treas. First Name: Wesly MI: B Engage. con't: Remarks: Promoted 1st Sergeant December 12, 1861; elected 2nd Lieutenant April 23, 1862. Residence: Daleville, Alabama Killed June 8, 1862 at Cross Keys, Virginia. Remarks con't: Remarks: Claim filed March 17, 1863 by E. R. Mills, widow, Dadeville (sic), Alabama. • 1865 Benjamin F Wolf’s daughter Roxanna marries in Early Co, GA. Enoch H. Forbes sells lots he owns in Fletcherville, GA. With the war over, Allen William Bryan returns home to marry Catherine Elizabeth Mills after the death of his first wife. Thomas Sidney Mills returns home to the loss of his inheritance, which Wesley B. Mills’s wife Emily McMichael Mills had sold in 1863 and disappeared to the family (although she remarried over in Clay County, GA). Compiled by Wayne and Judy Dasher, In the Shadow of the Pines Vol. 2. “Southern Enterprise”: January 2, 1861 to Dec 25, 1861; July 12, 1865 to Dec 20, 1, 2001: Wayne and Judy Dasher Publishers, Nashville, GA, p. 157. Copy on File Sharon Dean Lee. "For Sale.-Will be sold on the 1st Tuesday in December: Three lots and improvements in Fletcherville formerly belonging to Herring Quinn and one five acre lot on the Tallahassee road adjoining Fletcherville together with the stock, Household and Kitchen furniture, Sugar mill and Kettle, a lot of leather, a lot of Raw Hides, forty pair of shoes and many other articles too numerous to mention. All will be sold on the day above mentioned, if not sold before at private sale. E. Forbes. Nov. 14th, 1865." Evidently, Enoch Forbes owned property in Fletcherville, GA, incorporated around Fletcher Institute sometime after 1848 (see source note on Fletcher Institute); thus, the children may have been living with their mother there in 1851 when they are listed as attending school at Fletcher Institute (see the Hopkins Collection). ADAH Alabama Department of Archives and History; Pension application papers of Allen WIlliam Bryan and Callie Bryan, copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. 1901--Allen William received a pension during the last year of his life for his service as a private in the Alabama 15th. Thomas Sidney Mills, brother-in- law, signed with him as witness, and Allen William claimed $50 in personal property. Two doctors signed that he was disabled. After his death, Callie filed for pension-1902-1903-on the Alabama 15th record. She listed $15 in personal property and two people signed for AW’s service: J. M . McCarty and W F Collins. In 1914, a series of sworn testimonies by Mathew Cooper of Geneva Co, AL; John Austin of Dale County, and son L. N. Bryan of Dale County, reveal that Allen William served in Co A Morrison’s Co, Lewis’ Battalion of the Confederate Army (Cooper said as a second Lt.) after having transferred from the infantry, and that he served out the remainder of the war except, as L. N. Bryan notes, when “at home on furlough to visit his wife and my mother.” At first, the petition is denied (Jan 1914), but with appeal, he (I suppose Callie) is granted pension (12 July 1914). Evidently, in 1920 the legislature amended the acts so that the widows had to reapply: “Widows Blank for Reclassification under Section 11, as Amended by Acts of Legislature approved October 5th, 1920.” Callie’s handwriting reflects a much feebler woman. She is living with my grandparents T. J. Dean, and as she always has on every application and census, listed her place of birth as Leon Co, FL. She lists that her father Thomas Mills died in GA in 1845. She states that Allen William died in January of 1902 in Junction River, FL. She states that Allen William was a first sergeant." Dr. Ken Jones. Co. “A”, Lewis' Cavalry Battalion (Dale County and Jackson County, FL; formerly Co. "D"). From: kjones [mailto:kjones@tarleton.edu] Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 1:14 AM To: Sharon Dean Lee Subject: RE: Muster roll request. Officers: *BRYAN, Allen William, 1st Lt. (also in Co. “C”) ADAH Alabama Department of Archives and History Civil War Service Database. Copy on file, Sharon Dean Lee, http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/search.cfm. Last Name: Mills [1] First Name: Thomas MI: S (Sidney) Date of Birth: Birth Information: USA, Georgia Occupation: Farmer Enlistment Date: 1861/07/03 Enlistment Information: Age 19, Alabama, Westville, Private Regimental Unit: 15th Alabama Regiment Company Unit: E Authority: Historical Roll dated 1865/01/03 near Richmond, Virginia Authority: Pension Application Dale County 1920/12/03 Marital Status: Single Engagements: Present at: Winchester, Virginia 1862/05/25, Cross Keys 1862/06/08, Malvern Hill 1862/07/02, Ceder Mountain 1862/08/09, Hazel River 1862/08/23, Manassas Junction 1862/08/27, Manassas Plains 1862/08/28-30, Chantilly 1862/09/01, Harpers Ferry 1862/09/13, Engage. con't: Suffolk, Virginia 1863/05/03, Battle Mountain 1863/07/24, Chickamauga, Georgia 1863/09/19-20, Raccoon Mt., Tennessee 1863/10/27, Lookout Valley 1863/10/28, Camel Station 1863/11/16, Knoxville 1863/11/20 & 29, Dandridge 1864/01/16, Wilderness 1864/05/06, Remarks: (Engag. con't) Spottsylvania, Virginia 1864/05/08 & 12, Cold Harbor 1864/06/03, Chester Station 1864/06/17, Deep Bottom 1864/08/14;Severely Wounded: Sharpsburg 1862/09/17, Gettysburg 1863/07/02, Fussell Mill 1864/08/16; (con't next record) Remarks con't: Residence Daleville, Alabama Pension Application filed by Lavina I. Mills, widow. Early County, GA, Marriage records rootsweb.com. Wolf, Roxanna Harris, Howell J 14-Dec 1865 GA Early • 1866 Emily R D McMichael Mills, widow of Wesley Berryan Mills, remarries in Clay County, GA. Thomas Sidney Mills marries. Marriage Records of Clay County, GA. 4 Jan 1866 Abner Benton to Emily Mills Mills-Pouncy Bible in the possession of Gene Mills Berta 1 Mar 1866 Clayhatchee, Dale County, AL • 1867 Benjamin F. Wolf’s daughter Hannah marries in Early County, GA. Early County, GA, Marriage records rootsweb.com. Wolf, Hannah Williams, King 18-Aug 1867 GA Early • 1868 Leonora A Mills Williams remarries. Leonora A Mills Williams to James Osborn Stevens 10 Jan 1868 Polk Co, TX • 1869 Benjamin F. Wolf’s daughter Laura marries in Early County, GA Early County, GA, Marriage records rootsweb.com. Wolf, Laura John, Nick 30-Dec 1869 GA Early • 1870 Archibald’s son John W and family are living in Arkansas. Catherine Ann Mills Parramore and sons are living in Early County, GA. Catherine Elizabeth Mills Bryan and family are living in Dale County, AL. Lucy F Mills Herring’s and Leonora A Mills Williams’ families are living in Texas. 1870 Census Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas Roll: M593_67; Page: 525; Image: 463. Ancestry.com, Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Jno. W Mills 35 M farmer GA Angela 29 F MS Benjamin 11 Ar Willis A 5 AR Edgar S 3 AR Ora 5/12 AR 1870 Early County, GA census Blakely P. O., p, 8, Heritage Quest Online, Fairfax Public Library. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/dbsRemo. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. 34 34 John Parramore 31 yrs, M, W, (wife Mary, 22 yrs. F, W, b. GA; son Burrill Thomas 2 mos). 1870 Early County, GA, census Blakely P. O., p, 9, Heritage Quest Online, Fairfax Public Library. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/dbsRemo. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. 60 60 W T Parramore 27 yrs, M, W, (wife Marsha 25 yrs, b. GA). 1870 Early Co, Georgia Census ; District 28, Roll: M593_148; Page: 66; Image: 132. ancestry.com. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. 127 127 Dubose, V. W. M 32 Merchant AL Louvenia F 29 AL Perryman, Kate F 50 GA • 1873 Leonora A Mills Williams Stevens dies in childbirth. Marjorie A Cain on Leonora Mills' burial location. (3) Leonora's burial - unknown: 8-23-2000 Following info is from Kevin Ladd, Curator of Chambers County Historial Library/Society after my inquiry about Leonora's burial place: "We only have about 3 cemeteries in Wallisville. The Wallis Family Cemetery dates back to the 1840's but only has about 7 tombstones. We do know of a number of unmarked graves in the cemetery and we know the cemetery was used up until the late 1870s when these large town ants took over the burial site and a new Wallisville Cemetery was established further on down the road. I feel reasonably sure she would be in the Wallis Family Cemetery since it was used by most of the people around here. Right across I-10 from our museum is another old cemetery called Whittington Cemetery but don't have any real bearings on its real location. There were supposed to be tombstones in the cemetery back in the 1930s or 1940s but no one has seen anything of the cemetery in a long while. Since cattle graze there, our supposition is that the cows knocked over the markers and they are probably in some thicket or something of that sort. This cemetery was established by or for the family of George W. Whittington. I don't know of any records off the top of my head that would document her place of burial but that doesn't mean we might not get lucky and find something some day. I'm assuming that this James O. Stevens tied in with the Stevens family of Polk County. Mr. Moody Jackson of Livingston, now deceased, was down here many years ago researching that family. /s/ Kevin Ladd, Curator. • 1877 Benjamin F. Wolf’s daughter Mary L marries in Early County, GA. Early County, GA, Marriage records rootsweb.com. WOLF, MARY L. JONES, ABNER 21-Jan 1877 GA Early • 1880 Allen William and Catherine Elizabeth Bryan are living in Dale County, AL. as are Thomas Sidney and Lavinia Pouncey Mills. Catherine Elizabeth dies in 1923 in Dale County, AL. Thomas Sidney Mills dies in 1902 in Clayhatchee, Dale County, AL. Catherine Ann Mills Parramore Perryman continues to live with her daughter in Early Co, GA, living there until her death in 1901. John W. Mills has died by the 1880 Arkansas Census. 1880 Dale Co, AL census. Heritage Quest Online, Fairfax Public Library, copy on file Sharon Dean Lee., http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/dbsRemote/auth/heritageauth.htm. Bryant, Allen W M 58 husband farmer Ala GA GA Callie E W F 35 wife keeping house FL (sic) Callie was born in GA GA GA Frank A W M 14 son laborer AL GA GA Alma W F 12 daughter keeping AL GA GA Wiles W M 8 son AL GA GA Pomeroy W M 6 son AL GA GA Charles W M 3 son AL GA GA Robbert W M 1 son AL GA GA Mills, Thomas W M 35 (sic) [Thomas was born 1842] GA GA GA Levina W F 32 AL GA GA Lucy P. W F 9 AL AL GA Phelp W M 7 AL AL GA Jessie L W F 3 AL AL GA Attie M W F 1 AL AL GA 1880 Gravelly Hill, Yell, Arkansas Census Roll: T9_60; Family History Film: 1254060; Page: 441.2000; Enumeration District, Ancestry.com. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Age: 37 Estimated birth year: abt 1843 Birthplace: Mississippi Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head) Father's birthplace: Georgia Mother's birthplace: Georgia Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Housekeeping Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Gender: Female A. L. Mills 37 widow [Angie, widow of John W Mills] W. A. Mills 16 [Willis A] E. L. Mills 13 [Edgar L] O. A. Mills 9 [Ora A] J. H. Boreel 5 S. H. Mills 39 MS widow sister [may be the Helen Mills that was a widow and on the 1870 census; theoretically, she may be the widow of Benjamin F. Mills] • 1901 Catherine Ann Mills Parramore Perryman dies 28 Feb 1901 in Blakely, Early County, GA. Blakely City Cemetery, Early Co. GA Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Perryman, C.A. Mrs. 16 Mar 1820 28 Feb 1901 On the left is the stone "J.R.P." On the right are stones "M.J.P. & J.R.P." Information contributed by Sharon Dean Lee. Photo on file Sharon Dean Lee. • 1902 Thomas Sidney Mills dies 21 Mar 1902 in Clayhatchee, Dale County, AL Providence Cemetery, Clayhattchee, Dale Co, AL Tombstone photo on file Sharon Dean Lee • 1923 Catherine Elizabeth Mills Bryan dies 10 Jan 1923 Ariton Cemetery, Ariton, Dale County, Al Tombstone photo on file Sharon Dean Lee **Other related documents: I. Court of Probate, Leon Co, Fl, L 76. State Archives of Florida, R. A. Gray Building, Tallahassee Florida., Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. p 197 State of Florida County of Leon Court of Probate In chambers September 10th A. S. 1856. In the matter of the Estate of Lenora A Mills, Thomas S Mills, Catherine E. Mills, Zachariah H. Jerkins, minors, It is ordered that guardianship of said minors be committed to Wesley B. Mills on his filing his bond in the office in the penalty of five thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs with R. S. Herring and E. H. Forbes as his securities. L. W. Guyum [?] Judge of Probate I do certify that the foregoing is a true record duly made in my office this 10th day of September A. D. 1856. [NOTE: Guardianship Bond on the same day also included the pledge of Enoch H. Forbes, R. S. Herring, and W. B. Mills to provide guardianship and their seals.] The following receipts for expenses of Wesley B. Mills as guardian for Catherine Elizabeth, Leonora A., and Thomas S. Mills are included in the file: Papers included in the file for Leonora A Mills: • Mr. Wesley B. Mills, Guardian of Catherine E. Mills 1855 To J. R. L. Davis May 28th To 1 E. Grammar $ .38 Nov— ” Tuition for Callie 12.50 Received payment on the above account $12.88 of W. B. Mills Guardian October 8th 1856 *William Pirkins __? L. T. Simpson [*NOTE: William Perkins owned a mercantile in Micosukee. Jane Burney Gordon Mills Burney, second wife of Arthur Burney and widow of Stephen Mills, is thought to be buried at Indian Springs Church in an unmarked grave with the Williams Perkins family and Arthur Burney’s family. For a listing, see: Paisley, Joy Smith. Compiled and edited for Colonial Dames XVII Century Dominie Eveardus Bogardus Chapter, The Cemeteries of Leon County, Florida; Rural, White Cemeteries: Tombstone Inscriptions & Epitaphs. 1978: Tallahassee, FL, p. 97. DAR Library, Washington, DC. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee.] • 1856 C. E. Mills To W. L. Dennis for tuition for one quarter $6.00 [W. L. Dennis was associated with Miccosukee Academy*] Received of W. B. Mills Guardian Dec 24th 1856 R. S. Herring *The Floridian and Journal, Tallahassee, Leon Co, FL, 21 July 1852. "Published Every Saturday Morning." Microfilm Box N-I 13 F, State Archives of Florida, R. A. Gray Building, Tallahassee Florida. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. "Miccasookie [sic] Academy. R. W. Cave, A. M., Principal The Fall Session will commence on Monday, 1st August: Students wishing to avail themselves of the advantages of the School are requested to be present at the formation of the classes in the first work of the session. Charge is made, however, only from the time of admission. George F. Dennis, Secretary Board of Trustees July 21, 1852. 29 tf Shofner, Jerrell H. History of Jefferson County. 1976: Sentry Press, Tallahassee, FL, p. 20., Available Wakulla Public Library, Wakulla, FL: REF FLA 975.9 Sho. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. The Miccosukee Academy opened in 1852 with B. W. Cave as principal. George E. Dennis, a merchant at Bailey's Mills, was secretary of the board of trustees. The school did not last long. In 1853, Franklin Academy was opened in Monticello on a tract of land deeded by Andrew J. Moore to Green Sledge as chairman of the school's board of trustees. It did not survive the Civil War. • Rufus Herring Esq To Miccosukee School Dr. 1856 For C. E. Mills To Tuition—1 Scholar 2nd Quarter — 4.50 ” 1 First Book History — .75 ” Mitchel’s Georgraphy & atlas 1.25 [Total] 6.50 Dec. 24 Recd. The above in full of W. B. Mills Guardian P. Smith Per [?] S. N. Nuff • Miss C. E. Mills Rot of A. Duienhoufin [?] 1857 Assorted goods Feb through Sept: gingham, ribbon, Mohair roll, mantilla, shoes, combs, linen etc. Total $53.79 • Blakely, GA Received of W. B. Mills, guardian of C. E Mills ninety-six Dollars being in full for her board from Jany 26th 1857 to Jany 26th 1858. C. A. Perryman [Catherine Ann Mills Parramore Perryman, Callie’s aunt] • 1857 To Blakely Academy Dr To tuition of Callie Mills 12 weeks $7.20 ” One Town’s 3rd Reader .60 ” ” Copy Book .12 [Total] $7.92 Recd paymt. • Callie Mills 1857 To Blakely Academy Dr Dec 18th To her own tuition $12.00 ” one Copy Book .13 $12.13 • 1857 Wesley B. Mills Guardian C. E. Mills In and with B. M. Fryer Feb 25-Oct 1 Assorted good: shoes, comb, parasol, copy book, buttons, stay binding, etc. Total $ 7.13 add 33 1/3 [%] 2.37 = $9.50 Recd payment of W. B. Mills Guard. Nine 50/100 Dollars for C. E. Mills p/d for 1857 June 25, 1858 *B. M. Fryer * Benjamin M. Fryer owned a mercantile on the corner of Court Square and North Main Street in Blakely, GA. Collections of Early County Historical Society Vol 1. Published by Early County Historical Society, Colquitt, GA: Automat Printers, 1971, p. 245. • W. B. Mills Guardian for Miss Catharine Mills To Buchannon & McCullok Feby 13 To 1 R Shoes ??? 1.50 Sept 23 “ 1 4th Reader ??? .88 $2.38 Recd Blakely Jany 25th of W. B. Mills Guardian for Catharine Mills, Two 38/100 dollars in full for the above a/ct Buchannon & McCullok B W W Fleming • L. A. Mills & C. E. Mills Minors 1858 To [?] W. B. Mills Lr [?] Travailing [sic] expences [sic] to Tallahassee 7.20 ” while here 2.50 1861 ” ” ” 11.00 ” ” ” 2.50 $25.20 • Red 19th March 1859 of W. B. Mills Guardian of Miss C. E. Mills Seven 92/100 dollars in full for the within asd. John L. Swann • Rec 19th March 1859 of W. B. Mills Guardian of Miss C. E. Mills, Twelve 13/100 Dollars in full for the within asc. John L. Swann • C. E. Mills 1860 To W. B. Mills Amt. Paid G. L. Holland’s F [?] 47.13 Jany 1861 ” Cash To Fla her Expences 5.00 ” ” ” ” paid Dr. Homes 14.00 $66.15 • No. 60 Thomas, L. A. & C. E. Mills Minors A/cr Status for 1859, 1860, & 1861 These a/cr and the accompanying voucers are Examined approved and allowed This July 18, 1861. W. Bryan Clk & Ex off Judge of Probate Recorded on Folio 613 Wesley B. Mills Guardian • Recd 1st Jany 1861, of W. G. Mills Guardian of Miss C. E. Mills, Twenty Seven 70/100 dollars in full for s/a of 1860. Jms R. W. Wade [NOTE: Since R. W. Wade was the person who signed Leonora’s receipts to Andrew College, I assume (as did the librarian at Andrew) that Callie was at Andrew for 1860-1861. She may have been in the secondary curriculum; however, since she was sixteen years old, she may have been in the college curriculum.] Papers included in the file for Leonora A Mills: • 1855 Cuthbert, GA Mr. Enoch Forbes Bought of Amoss & Callier, Dealers in Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, &c, No. 1 South St. March 7-Oct 20 various goods: Morocco shoes, letter paper, Gloves, a fine comb plus interest for 6 months $25.82 Recd Payment in Full June 24th 1856 Amoss & Callier For John B. Buchanan Entered against Miss L. A. Mills in of W. B. Mills • 705 Cuthbert, GA 1855 Miss L. A. Mills Bought of S. N. Hurd, Staple and Fancy Dry Good, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Hardware, Crockery, Groceries, &c. &c. Jan 27 For Grammer Feb 27 Phraus ? 1856 May 10 Gaiter Shoes (Bootes) June 12 1 fan [Total] $4.62 Recd Payt June 25th 1856 [Cannot read signatures] • Miss Leonora Mills 297 1856 Lot of Key and Preston Jan 28, 1855-Feb 2,1856 goods like bobbinet, skein of silk, hose, pins, paper, pencils, ribbon, boots, linen, scissors Recd payment Key and Preston June 26, 1856 Charged against Miss L. A. Mills in of W. B. Mills [Total] $35.19 1856 Jan 28-Nov and some for 1855 [Total] $47.10 Key and Preston • Mr. W. H. [sic] Mills Fall Term 1956 To Andrew F. College Tuition of Leonora A. Mills 16.00 Incidental expenses 1.50 1 French 8.00 Board 2 months 6 days 22.00 [Total] 47.50 Music 13.00 1st Dec Rec the above in full [Total] $60.50 Jas. D. Wade for J. H. Caldwell Miss L. A. Mills In acs with J E Schmidt 1856 A. F. College Fall Term Dec Tuition on P__? For Miss Leonora Mills __? 6 days 16.00 To Sheet music 2.00 Rec payment $18.00 1st Dec 1856. J. D. Wade for J. H. Caldwell • Wesley B. Mills Esq (Guardian) To Mrs. A. Kiddoo Fall Term 1857 To Tuition Miss Leonora In music $20.00 Please pay the above account to Misses McDonald & Wade Cuthbert 9th Jan 1858 A. C. Kiddoo A copy Received pay of W. B. Mills Guardian July 16th 1859 J. D. Wade pr E. Brooks • 1857 W. B. Mills Guardian of L. A. Mills To Booth (& or T?) Mills To Mercandise [sic] lot of thw ? $23.17 Received pay of W. B. Mills Guardian Aug 1st 1857 Booth [& or T?] Mills • 460 Miss Leonora Mills 1857 Bot of Beall Stewart & Presley Sept 22 ½ ? Laser? ? 23 1 Webster Dictionary .37 .50 Oct 9 5 yds Sea Islands Shirting .63 1 Pr Paper Pr.25 ????? .50 12 3 Bun Velvet Ribbon 3.75 1 Hair Brush, 1 Fine Comb .87 24 3 yd Pa Cambric .75 26 1 Silk Hood .75 30 ½ yds Pa Cambric .12 Nov 4 2 ½ yds Ribbons, 1 ½ yds Do 1.87 7.37 1 Hat 1.50, ¾ yds Ribbon 1.97 7 1 yd Drilling, .15 21 ¼ yd Prints, ½ yd Linen, collar .98 1 Pr shoes 2.00, ½ ? Paper 13/ 2.13 8.93 Dec 17 3 yd Velvet Ribbon .75 21 1 Pr Puff Combs .25 1.00 $17.82 Received pay of W. B. Mills Guardian July 16th 1859 J. D. Wade Pr E. Brooks • Wesley B Mills Esq (Guardian) Fall Term 1857 To Andrew F College To Tuition Miss Leonora $16.00 ” Incidental Expense .75 Cr 16.75 By Two weeks absence 2.00 [Total] $14.75 Received pay of W. B. Mills Guardian July 16th 1859 J. D. Wade Pr E. Brooks Wesley B. Mills Esq (Guardian) To H. L. Taylor Fall Term 1857 To Board Miss Leonora (from 20th Sept to 1st Jan) 3 1/3 months @ 10 $ per month $33.30 Received pay of W. B. Mills Guardian July 16th 1859 J. D. Wade Pr, E. Brooks • W. B. Mills Guardian for Miss L. A. Mills To Buchannon & McCullok 1857 May 22 To ---? Bonnet $3.00 “ 3 yds Ribbon 1.50 “ 1/3 yd Flower .16 30 “ “ Straw Trimming .06 July 7 “ 3 ½ yds Edging 50c 1.75 “ 2 “ Bobbins 50c 1.00 “ 4 “ Cap Ribbon 1/- 1.00 Aug 18 “ 1/2 of Working Cotton .13 [Total] $ 8.60 Recd Blakely Jany 25th of W. B. Mills Guardian for Miss L. A. Mills, Eight 60/100 dollars in full for the above a/ct Buchannon & McCullok B W W Fleming • Mr. W. B. Mills Guardian of Miss L. A. Mills 1858 To JMS R W Wade Nov 4 To 4½ yds priming @ 2/-- 1.13 “ “ “ 1 Head Dres 1.50 $2.63 Rcd Blakely Geo. 1st January 1859 of W. B. Mills Guardian of Miss L A Mills Two 63/100 Dollars in full for the above a/c JMS R W Wade • 1858 Miss L. A. Mills Bot of B. W. Fryer May 6 2 yds Ribbon 10c .20 [can’t read] .25 [can’t read] .31 [total] .76 March 19, 1859 Recd W. B. Mills, Guar. Seventy five cents in full for above a/c. B. M. Fryer for [can’t read] * Benjamin M. Fryer owned a mercantile on the corner of Court Square and North Main Street in Blakely, GA. Collections of Early County Historical Society Vol 1. Published by Early County Historical Society, Colquitt, GA: Automat Printers, 1971, p. 245. • Miss Leonora Mills to Mrs. Gibson 1857 Oct 2nd To 12 yds delaine 63 cents per yd 7.56 “ To 1 cloak 10.00 10.00 “ To 1 belt 1.00 “ To 1 yard holland .38 “ making waist 2.50 “ To 1 collar .50 To & do 38 .88 18 To a hoop skirt 1.75 “ 3 skins silk 24.25 Interest one year & fifty day 1.76 [Total] 26.00 Deduction made on Delain 1.50 Ft. Gaines 15th January 1857 Mr. John W. Mills will please pay the above account to John and his receipt will be good for the same. Complying will oblige Dr? Samuel Gainer Attn for Mrs. Gibson • Mr. W. B. Mills Guard for Miss L Mills To Buchannon & McCullok Mar 22 To 2 yds velvet Ribbon 1.25 Apr 19 “ 1 Bing Dress 7.50; 1 Robe Dress 3.50 11.00 “ 3 yds cold Brilliants 40c 3.60 “ 3 yds Pink Chambry Gingham 30c .90 “ 1 yds Embroidery 16c; 3 yds white Fringe 2.38 “ 2 Bcks Serpentine Braid .25 “ 1 Pr Péniche Gloves 14/ 1.75 “ 2 Lawn Hdkfs 4/, 1½ yds Edging 15c 1.22 “ 3 yds Drilling .56 21 “ 3 Long Whalebones 331/3, 1 Dz Dress Whalebones 1.38 “ 3 Bxs H & Eyes, 1 paper Pins, 1 Dz Linen Buttons .62 22 “ 1 Pr EarRings & Breastpin 7.00, 1 Box Lilly White 7.13 28 “ 7 yds Dunity ?, ½ yd Brilliants 46c 2.82 “ 3 Pr Wht Cot Hose fu ? 1.00 “ 2 Pr Bro “ “ 3/1, 1 Hoop Skirt 4.00 4.75 29 “ 1 yd fine Saviss Muslin 1.00 42.51 May 6 “ 8 yds coarser Saviss Muslin 2/1 2.00 7 “ 3 yds Wht Light Bonnet Ribbon 85c 2.25 13 “ 1 Pr Ladies Buck Gaunts 2.00 “ 1 Pr Ladies Shoes 15/-- (14th) ½ yd __ Linen 61c 2.25 20 “ 1 Pr Hld Kid Boots 2.75 June16 “ 1 Silk Dress & fine Bonnet 30.00 “ 1 yd of I Linen 61— 1 DZ Whalebone 3/- 1.13 “ 35 ½ yds Bleaching 18 e/ 6.39 18 “ 6 yds R Cambric 1/6, 6 yds Blond Lace 4/- 4.12 “ 5 Skeins Silk 6 1/ (19th) 2 ¼ yds R Cambric 1/6 .73 “ 1 Ball Cord 10c, (23rd) 1 Bloick Satin Ribbo 1.10 23 “ 1 Pr Kid Gloves 1 o/ ½ yd Blond Lace 4/ 1.50 “ 1 Fan 14/--1/2 gs Letter Paper 2/- 1 Bok? Flowers 4/ 2.38 29 “ 2 L C Hdkfs 4/- & 6/-, 3 yds Swiss Edging 2.00 July26 “ 1 yd Irish Linen 10/- 1 Bon? Working Cotton 1.50 Aug 24 “ 1 Paper Pins 1/- ½ gr? Paper 1/- 1 Paper Needles 1/- .37 “ 2 Spools Thread, 1 P. Hld Garters 2.88 amt carried over---- $107.86 1858 To Amt brot over --------------- $107.86 Sep 2 “ 1 Box Lake (bot-out) .12 13 “ 1 “ Stamp Envelopes .80 “ 3 ½ yds Wht Bobbins 4/1- 6 ½ yds Pink Ribbon 1/- 2.56 18 “ 1 fine Linen Hdkf .378/1- ½ gr Letter Paper 2/- 1.13 22 “ 1 Box Hair Pins 1/-- .25 29 “ 3 yds Blk Opera Flannel 2.25 Oct 7 “ 7 Skeins Silk 1-/- (13th) 12 Skeins enul? .48 “ 1 Silk Belt 1/- 2 Papers rudles? 1.00 15 “ 1 Worsted Dress 4.50, 1 yd cold Deans? 1/6 4.69 “ 1½ yds Paper Cambric, 1 Skein of Silk, 1 Box H & Eyes .38 “ ½ gr Letter Paper 2/- [?] Nov 4 “ 3 Linen Hdkfs fir? 8/-, 2 Bxs of cy Hair Pins 1.50 “ 2 Pr Kid Gloves 8/2, 1 Remus? Bonnet Ribbon 16/- 4.00 “ 1 ½ Paper Cambric 1/6, 1 Ladies’ Collar 18/- 2.52 “ 1 Morocco 2/- .25 18 “ 2 ½ yds Ribbon 3/-, ½ yd Victorian Lawn 4/- 1.19 “ 2 yds Sallisbury Flannel 4/-, 1 ½ yds Opera Flannel 2.13 “ 11 yds Calico 1/6-, 1 Ladies’ Cloak 8.00 10.06 $143.29 Recd of W. B. Mills, Guardian for Miss Leanora Mills One hundred & forty-three, 29/100 Dollars in full for the above A/c Buchannon & McCullok • 1858 Miss L. A. Mills Bot of B. M. Fryer May 6 ribbon, etc. March 19, 1859 Recd W. B. Mills Guar. Seventy five cents in full for above amt. B. M. Fryer For ___? • Mr. W. B. Mills Guardn for Miss Lanora Mills 1858 Acc/c Bernhard & Ryder Assignees of A Pettinhrefer Feb 11 1/w Kid Gloves 1.25 18 1 Caller 3— 22 1 gw Paper .38 4.63 March 9 9 yds Gingham 3.00 1 yd Drilling .18 1 Head Drap 1.50 1 pr Shoes [?] [?] 11 2 yds Ribbon 1.25 22 Bact [Belt?] .38 10 yds Bleacht 14 1.40 3 ½ yds Ribbon 4/- 1.75 3 ½ yds Cambric .44 1 ½ yds Ribbon 6 .09 5.31 26 1 pr Garters 3.00 1 yd Gingham .40 3.40 3 ½ yds Cambric .44 May 6 8 yds Shirting 1.44 3 Spools Thread .18 1 fain? .25 1 Box Hair Pins .13 1 Paresol 4— 6.00 Cr 27.12 March11 by 1 Hair Drap 1.50 [Total] 25.62 March 19, 1859 Recd Payment of W. B. Mills Guardian for Lanora Mills in full for do—? to date Bernhard & Ryder Pr A Pettinhrefer • Miss L. A. Mills 1859 To W. B. Mills Dec 15th Amt Paid B. F. Price’ sgs? 44.29 [marked out with a line through it] Dec 24 “ “ W. W. Willson do 10.95 Cash paid Expenses to Texas 37.00 1860 July 20 “ “ by ord on R. S. Herring 50.00 18. Miss. L Mills 1859 In a/c with J. L. Holland March 18 2 ½ yds Ribbon 4/- 1.25 3 do--------------- 2/- .75 1 collar 2.00 1 thread .25 1 collar 2.00 1 dress pattern 3.50 7 yds gingham 2.62 1 tin Buckle .25 10.62 26 1 check Lace .50 1 Bunch floss .13 1 Fan .12 .75 10 yds prints 1.50 3 yds Drill .51 ¼ yd Banegs? .81 5 yd f—ing 2.50 1 Box pins .12 5.44 May 2 2 ½ yds Lace .75 ¾ yd Bobbinet .56 1 pr gloves [?] [?] Aug 2 3 yds Ribbon 4/- .75 20.12 13 ¾ yds Muslin 3/- .27 2 yds Uarfs? .38 1 Hose .30 .75 20 1 Fan .50 1 ???? .38 1 ½ yds Shirting .22 2 Spools Thread .20 .80 Sept19 Snuff .25 5 yds ????? .85 15 yds Drill 2.25 2 Spools Thr .20 Oct 3 1 pr shoes 1.62 2 Skeins Silk .13 2 prs Hose .75 6 yds Flannel 3.00 1 Ball Soap .38 4.13 22 1 Carpet Bag 1.50 1 pr over shoes 1.00 1 paper pins .12 2.62 Received pay in full $34.42 Of W. B. Mills Daleville, Ala. Dec. 1st 1859 John L. Holland • 47 Wesley Mills Guardian of L. A. Mills 1859 [Can’t read] May 30 1 moslin [sic] Dress for Negro 3.50 1 mantilla 8.00 6 yds Herns Pon???? .80 $12.30 1 Scarf .75 $13.05 Acct. Payment Dec. 29th 1859 J Wilkinsky?? • Miss Leonora Mills 1859 Bot of B. F. Price Apr 18 To 1 pocket knife .87 2 papers needles .20 1 Fancy Basket .56 1 Silk Belt .50 2 doz buttons .25 1 pack Envelopes .15 1 string coral beads .63 3 yds Shambray .94 ½ doz Buttons papers needles .12 2 pr Ladies’ hose .60 2 “ “ .40 May 23 1 pr firm garters 2.25 1 bot ink .15 June10 1 yd blk Ribbon .25 1 pr shoes 1.38 1 bu floss [?] 3 ½ yds Silk lace 3/- 1.31 1 Skein Silk .05 July10 4 yds prints .60 16 2 ½ yds Ribbon .65 11 yds prints 1.54 Aug 12 1 pr shoes 1.50 15 Difference in Shoes .25 1 ½ yds bobbinet .38 1 paper pins .10 12 yds Ribbon .60 12.17 20 ½ yd Bobinet .13 30 1 Bot Snuff .25 31 2 yds lace .30 Sept 3 1 bu hair pins .10 7 10 yds Bleaching 1.80 1 yd Bleaching .16 3 yds Gingham .84 1 pr fine Shoes 2.25 floss .25 1 bot cologne .35 13 1 bot snuff .25 19 2 yds jeans .50 2 yds prints .32 7.53 1 coarse comb .20 1 fine comb .20 1 Lle Laine drep ? 4.31 23 3 ½ yds Lepidlte ? 2.62 4 yds Blk cambric Bleaching .50 26 4 yds Tepi Llte ? .19 1 ½ yds paper cambric .22 Oct1 3 yds S & shirting Bleaching .39 5 yds Bro drill .70 3 4 papers Needles .40 3 bu binding .13 1 fine shawl 9.50 19.36 Dec 14 Cr By cash $25.00 Received of W. B. Mills Twenty-five Dollars on a/c of L. A. Mills Daleville, Ala Dec. 14th 1859 B. F. Price • Est. L. A. Mills, a minor vo.5 Filed 1861 $24.50 Recd from the hands of W. W. Murphries ?, Twenty-four 50/100 Dollars in full for within account March 18th 1859— Samuel Gainer for Mrs. Gibson Receipts for the Guardianship of Thomas S. Mills • 837 W. B. Mills Guardian of T. S. Mills To D. B. White Nov 30 To Tuition of T. S. Mills For 160 days 12c $19.20 Cr By his quote of Public School Fund 4.35 $14.85 Received payment of W. B. Mills Guardian Daleville, Ala Nov 30th 1857 D. B. White • Thos. Mills 1860 Bot of J. Kennedy March 1 Pr Lee Shoes $2.00 Rec payment by Cash of Feb 6th 1858 W. B. Mills J. Kennedy • Thos. S. Mills W. B. Mills Jany 1859 a/c Paid B. F. Price $6.00 • Thos. S. Mills 1860 to W. B. Mills Jany 1861 Amt Paid B. F. Price $18.25 II. 1860-1930 Census Listings for the Herrings (and Leonora Mills for 1860). Is this just some census-taker’s screw-up? Is it Leonora Mills and Lucy Mills Herring? 1860 Precinct 8, Polk, Texas Census Precinct 8, Polk, Texas; Roll: M653_1303; Page: 53; Image: 106. Jno Herring 45 Lucy Herring 24 Natchel Herring 3 Joshua Herring 18 Leonora Herring 21 Note: Look at the age of the Joshua (Lucy F Mills married John Herring 31 May 1853; her mother Eliza Jane married Z. Jerkins 5 Nov 1853. On the 1880 Texas census Joshua T Herring lists being born in 1859. He would not have been Lucy’s child. Perhaps Joshua was a brother or sister of John’s son.) Rufus S. Herring 42 farmer $1448 10,000 NC Cynthia, age 45, (marked out), and in her place is listed Lavina Jane, age 20 b. GA Ann Davis 15 GA • NOTE: 1870 I looked everywhere for the children on the 1870 census. I found John Williams and what is evidently his brother Rufus b. 1818 NC (see the census documents below) on the 1870 Chambers census (John is at the bottom of a page) but I think that either the children were staying elsewhere, the census taker screwed up, or the page is lost. Much on that census for Willisville seems out of whack. Obviously Luvenia Jane McCoy Herring died between the 1860 and 1870 census because Rufus married again before the 1880 census. NOTE: Here is the 1880 Chambers census, but look below it at who else appears on that census. I’m wondering if the MC Herring is Lucy’s child (he was born about three years after her marriage and shows a mother from FL). He disappears after 1880-maybe like Josh, who marries and dies between the 1880 and 1900 census. 1880 Double Bayou, Chambers, Texas; Roll: T9_1295; Family History Film: 1255295; Page: 277.4000; Enumeration District: 21 Josh. HERRING Self S Male W 21 TX Farmer NC FL Benj. HERRING Brother S Male W 19 TX Works On Farm NC FL Lucy HERRING Sister S Female W 17 TX Housekeeper NC FL Jane WITT S Mother W Female W 31 AL Housekeeper AL AL Corrie WITT H Sister S Female W 3 TX NC AL May WITT H Sister S Female W 1 TX NC AL John WILLIAMS Cousin S Male W 18 TX Works On Farm --- FL John HERRING Father S Male W 64 NC Farmer NC NC 1880 Double Bayou, Chambers, Texas Census Roll: T9_1295; Family History Film: 1255295; Page: 279.1000; Enumeration District: 21 3 M. C. Herring 24 TX NC FL (b. abt 1856) Lucy’s child? May Herring 23 TX SC LA Harriet Wilson 27 servant 5 Rufus S. Herring 62 NC NC NC Sarah A. Herring 30 GA NC GA NOTE: Hardin, TX, is where Josh lived and died before 1900 with his wife Anna Laura Marchant and her family. 1900 Hardin, Texas, Justice Precinct 1 Census Roll: T623 1641; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 9., ancestry.com. "Ben Herring 38 Josie C Herring 30 Gladis Herring 10 (See 1930 census below) Garot Herring 6 Fay Herring 2 Emma Wood 20" 1900 Hardin, Texas, Justice Precinct 1 Census Roll: T623 1641; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 9 Rufus Herring 82 March 1818 NC NC NC Sarah A Herring 49 Nov 1830 wife GA NC GA NOTE: Rufus S Herring, brother of John W and brother-in-law of Lucy F Mills Herring, died sometime after the 1900 census. His wife Sarah A lived with a nephew until sometime after 1920. 1920 Harris, Texas Census Justice Precinct 4; Roll: T625_1815; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 114; Image: 285. "Ben S Herring 58 Josephine C Herring 50 Fay E Herring 22 Ben Herring 18" 1930 Liberty Texas Precinct 7 Census Roll: 2370; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 12; Image: 854.0, ancestry.com, Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. "Ben S Herring 68 TX Right below Ben S Herring on the census: George E Rush Precinct 7, Liberty, TX abt 1878 Pennsylvania Head Gladys Rush E Precinct 7, Liberty, TX abt 1890 Wife George Rush Gladys Precinct 7, Liberty, TX abt 1912 Son Maxine Rush Gladys Precinct 7, Liberty, TX abt 1914 Daughter Josephine H Rush Gladys Precinct 7, Liberty, TX abt 1918 Daughter Frances K Rush Gladys Precinct 7, Liberty, TX abt 1926 Daughter” III. Leon County, Florida Reconstructed Tract Book RANGE 2E, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/3010/leon-2e.htm. This Tract Book was reconstructed by Duke Vickrey from the General Land Office Automated Records - Florida (Series 2). Copyright 1998 Duke Vickrey, Gulf Breeze, FL Leon County, Florida Reconstructed Tract Book RANGE 2E NE 21 2N 3E MILLS THOMAS 678 C 1826/06/01 NE 21 2N 3E MILLS THOMAS 678 C 1826/06/01 E/SE 35 3N 2E MILLS THOMAS 4615 C 1834/08/20 W/NE 2 2N 2E MILLS THOMAS 5417 C 1837/04/20 NW/NW 1 2N 2E MILLS THOMAS 4616 C 1838/07/28 E/NW 1 2N 3E MILLS ARCHIBALD 2253 C 1828/08/22 W/NW 21 2N 3E PHILIPS HILARY 3612 C 1834/08/20 W/SE 20 2N 3E FORBES WESLEY 3759 C 1834/08/20 E/SW 20 2N 3E FORBES WESLEY 3488 C 1834/08/20 W/SE 35 3N 2E FORBES WESLEY 5433 C 1837/04/20 E/NW 36 3N 2E FORBES WESLEY 7078 C 1840/10/10] E/NE 4 2N 3E BURNEY ELLISS 2187 C 1828/07/22 W/NE 4 2N 3E BURNEY ELLIS 2554 C 1829/05/15 E/SE 4 2N 3E BURNEY ELLIS 360 C 1826/04/15 W/SE 4 2N 3E BURNEY ELLIS 359 C 1826/04/15 E/SW 4 2N 3E BURNEY WILLIS 358 C 1826/04/15 E/NE 5 2N 3E BURNEY WILLIS 2241 C 1828/08/22 E/SE 5 2N 3E BURNEY WILLIS 515 C 1826/05/01 W/SE 5 2N 3E BURNEY WILLIS 703 C 1826/07/15 E/SW 6 2N 3E BURNEY ELLIS 4611 C 1837/04/15 E/NE 8 2N 3E BURNEY WILLIS 2537 C 1829/05/15 W/NE 8 2N 3E BURNEY GUILFORD 2772 C 1829/06/15 NE/NW 8 2N 3E BURNEY GUILFORD 4465 C 1835/10/20 NW/NW 8 2N 3E BURNEY GUILFORD 6342 C 1838/07/28 W/SE 9 2N 3E BURNEY RANDALL 712 C 1826/07/15 E/NE 10 2N 3E BURNEY ARTHUR 817 C 1827/02/20 W/NE 10 2N 3E BURNEY ARTHUR 1893 C 1827/11/01 E/SE 10 2N 3E BURNEY ARTHUR 778 C 1827/02/20 2 14 2N 3E BURNEY ARTHUR 816 C 1827/02/20 3 14 2N 3E BURNEY ARTHUR 2770 C 1829/06/15 NOTE: Florida Land: Records of Tallahassee and Newnansville General Land Office 1825-1892, Heritage Books, p.90. Wesley Forbes: Feb 12, 1830 5 miles ENE Wadesboro, Jefferson Co E ½ NW ¼ Sect, 29 Tp. 2 R. 3, north and east Feb 12, 1830 3 miles NE Wadesboro, Leon Co NW ½ NW ¼ Sect, 29 Tp. 2 R. 3, north and east April 21, 1830 2 ½ miles N by E Wadesboro, Leon Co E ½ NW ¼ Sect, 20 Tp. 2 R. 3, north and east." IV. Minutes of the Ordinary, Screven County, GA, Index. GA Archives, Morrow, GA. Box 110, Reel 45, Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. Mills, Jane & Thomas Admin Stephen Mills, p. 111 Mills, Thomas Exon Letters Dismissory, p. 111 Mills, Thomas Admon apc approved, p. 128 [1827] Mills, Jane & Thomas Admin Leave to Sell Land, p. 129 [1827] Mills, Jane Admin apc approved, p. 137 Mills, Jane & Thomas Letters Dismissory, p. 148 [1829] V. Hollingsworth, C D, The Mills of Screven County, Georgia. Xeroxed copy sent to my father in the 1980s. "From the Hollingsworth papers: Stephen Mills was the oldest son of Thomas and Lucy Mills. He was one of the county’s most substantial and influential men before his death in about 1825. Stephen was probably born about 1765 and probably married about 1785 to 1787. His wife was a widow, Jane Gordon, having two daughters, whom Stephen mentions in the division of his property. After marriage Stephen first settled in the part of Screven that later became Bulloch. The old land plat shows the property to have been located on Fifteen Mile Creek. Stephen was living at the location in 1796 when it was cut off into Bulloch County upon creation of that county. It is legendary that the first court house of Bullock was the Stephen Mills home. In 1797, Stephen Mills purchased from the other heirs of Thomas Mills the Mills home place on the Ogeechee Road and moved back to Screven. He was active in the affairs of the county and in 1799 was sworn in by Governor James Jackson as one of the Justices of the County. He served several years as Justice of the Peace of the 80th District which at that time included Rocky Ford. Stephen Mills was a man of considerable enterprise, being one of the wealthiest men of his section at that time. At the time of his death in 1825 he owned considerable personal property and much real estate. His oldest son, Thomas Mills and Stephen’s Jane Mills were administrators of his estate (Ref: Book L, page 154 Clerk’s Office, Screven County GA?). Beside the home plantation where he lived and the place in Bulloch he had acquired another tract of 1000 acres in the vicinity of Ogeechee, a tract of 600 acres in Walton County (what state????) and a tract of land in Early County. The Walton County tract was sold for $1608 by the administrators. Margin Note: Stephen Mills was in Screven County in Land lottery in 1804, married with 2 draws, Archibald was in Burke County with 2 draws. Stephen Mills’, son of Thomas and Lucy, Last Will and Testament was executed July 29th 1825 and mentions his 4 sons and 2 stepdaughters. (Ref: Book L, page 154 Clerk’s Office, Screven County). [NOTE: this document is included in the Deed book of Screven (Book L) rather than in the will book. Hollingsworth mistook a deed of conveyance for a will. The gifts ahead of Stephen's death likely insured a quicker settlement fo the property --note of Sharon Dean Lee.)" NOTE: Hollingsworth got the names correct from the document from Book L, but he made mistakes in the lineage (not included here) as he surmised it and continued in this narrative. Because he took only notes, excluding some information from the document, and because he did not know that the widow Jane Mills and all of her children left Screven for Florida, Hollingsworth created problems for future genealogists in that many people took his word as gospel and accepted his abbreviated notes and summations in place of the original documents. Hollingsworth also missed the documents that were in the Screven Co Court record of Annual Returns, documents with names that relate directly to the line that went to Florida. VI. Marriage Records of Leon Co., FL 1937 by the Florida DAR, original on file Sharon Dean Lee. p11 5 Nov 1829 William G Ponder Elizabeth Copeland Jno. Harris 10 Dec 1829 William Ragsdale to Gincy Gordon p13 9 Jun 1832 Simeon Theus Mary Ann Ponder W. Forbes p14 28 July 1831 Thomas Mills to Eliza Jane Forbes Benj Gordon MG p22 3 Apr 1834 William Mills to Nancy Moore Forbes MG p28 23 Feb 1837 Wesley Forbes to Elizabeth [Ponder] Brown Wm Gassaway, MG p31 5 Apr 1838 Joseph B Johnson Patience Ponder Wesley Forbes, MG p41 16 Dec 1841 William S Theus Rachel Ann p43 1842 S.W. Brown to Elizabeth McCoy p72 8 Nov 1853 Zachariah Jerkins to Eliza Mills Thos. N. Gardiner MG p71 31 May 1853 John W. Herring to Lucy F. Mills R.H. Luckey MG p7 10 Mar 1855 Enoch H Forbes to Catherine Miller VII. Transcribed by Nicole M. O’Kelly and Mary Bondurant Warren., Georgia Revolutionary Bounty Land Records 1783-1785 [Georgia Archives’ Manuscripts]., 1992: Heritage Papers, Athens, GA. NSDAR Library, Washington, DC. # 107985. Copy on file Sharon Dean Lee. [handwritten note at the bottom of the contents page: ‘Proof of Service found on pp. 1-89 minus (? Copy hard to read) pp. 45, 46, 47’] p. 127 Contents Introduction-iv Land Laws Pertinent to the Period-v Georgia Archives’ Manuscripts Certificates for Bounty Warrants Issued 1783-1784 to Refugee Citizens, and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War-1 Orders for Certificates of Land Issued in 1783 and 1784-90 An Account of Certificates Granted for Bounty Lands to Refugees and Citizens [1784-1785]-82 List of Persons Petitioning for Land in 1784-90 Bounty Warrants [1784]-127 Land Warrant Book from Washington to Franklin Counties in 1784-203 Augusta Land Court, 1784-1785-212 Bounty Warrants, May 17th 1784-254 Index-287 Index p. 291 [*denotes RS according to above note on contents page. Additionally, I have not copied pages for every one of these listings, but the contents pages above carry enough information for identifying how each of the following received land.] *Bryan, James 4, 50, 83 Bryan, Jonathan 45, 46 Bryant, Benjamin 132 [my note: Franklin County warrant] Bryant, Henry 132, 264 Bryant, James 136, 236 [my note: don’t know county but is under Augusta Land Court] Bryant, John 132, 134, 194, 250, 252, 200, 282 [my note: no copy for p. 200] *Bryant, William 16, 18, 52, 130, 131, 133, 135, 194, 223, 233, 249, 258, 269 [my note: no account of (possibly no way of accounting for) how many men named Wm Bryant this listing implies] *Burney, John 78, 133, 135, 270, 274, 285 [also in RS of Georgia] [My note: had 200 acres of land surveyed in Washington Co, GA in 1790] *Burney, Randal 132, 266 [certified by Knight’s RS of GA] [My note: had 5000 acres of land surveyed in Washington Co., GA in 1793] [My note: The above are likely John RS b. 1740 and his son Randal b. 1763. John Burney, Jr. (see below) is likely Randal’s brother b. 1760. John Jr. and Randal eventually settled in Morgan and Forsyth, GA, respectively. John Sr. was the brother of Richard Burney b. abt 1750 and David Burney b. 1756; John, Richard, and David were the sons of John Burney b. 1710. The older John Burney went on to Mississippi. Richard Burney likely died in Washington Co, GA, where many of his children were born and where he had 1252 acres of land surveyed in 1792. David Burney went on to Mississippi. James Burney, who had 450 acres of land surveyed in Washington Co, in 1789, is the unproved son of William Burney, who was the brother of John, Richard, and David.] from ‘Bounty Warrants [1784]-127 (see contents page above)’ pp. 132-135 Names in Washington County, Date of Warrant 1784, No., Quantum [acreage] on Purchase, Quantum on Bounty. Amount brought forward p. 132 Henry Bryant, May 17, 665 Randal Burney May 17, 1934 [page numbered 16 in pencil] John Bryant, May 17 626 p. 133 William Bryant .2., May 17, 505 [page numbered 17 in pencil-blank] [page numbered 18, “from page 16,” in pencil] John Burney .2., May17, 1645 John Burney, Jr. May 17, 1687 [My note: I have no idea what the designation ‘.2.’ means unless it is for Jr] p. 134 John Bryant, May 17, 1775 p. 135 John Burney .1., May 17, 1724 William Bryant, May 25, 2671m 287 ½ [My note: I have no idea what the designation ‘.1.’ means unless it is for Sr] Augusta Land Court 1784-1785 Record Group 3-4-8, 8080-06 p. 212 [Detached 16 page signature, laminated] Georgia At a Court held at Augusta in the County of Richmond for the purpose of Granting out Lands under and by virtue of an act passed at Savannah the 25th February 1784-on Tuesday the 6th day of April 1784 . . . The President put the following question to the Court. Whether the Court were of opinion that warrants might issue on Certificates which have not been signed by his Honor the Governor agreeably to a Resolve of the House of Assembly, dated the 12 January 1782. [new page] Mr. Coleman, Mr. McFarland, and Mr. Walton were of opinion, that as no part of the last Land Act expresses that the Certificates signed by Commanding Officers of Regiments should be exchanged for others signed by His Honor the Governor, Warrants may issue on those signed by said officers, expecially as it has been the uniform practice of his Honor the Governor to submit the examination of the said Cerfificates to those members of Council who were best acquainted with the persons in whose favor they were issued. Almost all of whom are now members of, and present in Court. p. 250 List of Duplicate Warrants delivered Capt. Nat’l Pearre, 26th November 1784 . . . Duplicate issued since the above commencing the 31st May 1784 John Bryant, Bounty (issued), 287 ½, Washington, 1732, William Young, Lt. [my note: William Young of Screven Co, was in the first Provincial Congress, etc.] James McCoy, bounty (issued), 575, Washington, 2174, James McCoy [This name just happened to be on the page, but is relevant to the Mills and Burney lines] p. 252 Duplicate issued since the above commencing the 31st May 1784 John Bryant, Lt., May 25, (issued) Bounty, [blank], 626, Washington, E. Keating. Bounty Warrants, May 17th 1784-254 Record Group 3-4-9, 8080-06 p. 254 #9 [there is no title page] List of Names and Numbers drawn thereto in the Land Court held at Augusta on the 17th day of May 1784-and continued-[Three pairs of columns: Names, Warrant No.; Names, Warrant No.; Names, Warrant No.] p. 264 [My note: I believe the following is from page 8 of the original manuscript since page 9 and page 10 are on 264-265 of this book] [my note: I believe this is column 2 continued] Benjamin Lanier, 2072 [ my note: I just happened to see this name on the page with Henry Bryant’s as I was typing] [column 3] Henry Bryant, 665 p. 266 [my note: this is a continuation of page 10 of the original manuscript] [column 2] Randal Burney, 1934 [column 3] John Bryant, 626 p. 282 [page 42] [column 1] John Bryant, 1775" Publication made possible by a grant from the R. J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation. VIII. Family Lines The MILLS Thomas MILLS b: ABT 1740 d: ABT 1790 + Lucy ALLEN b: ABT 1741 d: ABT 1780 2 Archibald MILLS b: 28 Dec 1761 d: 26 Feb 1818 + Elizabeth BONNELL d: ABT 1790 2 Elizabeth "Betsy" MILLS b: 26 Jun 1764 d: 27 Feb 1836 + James JONES b: 28 Apr 1764 2 Stephen MILLS b: Abt 1760 or 1765 d: 8 Nov 1825 + Jane BURNEY b: 1780/1785 d: 1840 3 Archibald MILLS b: ABT 1805 d: 26 May 1841 + Ann WOLF b: 1809 d: 1855 4 John MILLS b: ABT 1834 d: AFT 1850 + Angie UNKNOWN b: ABT 1840 5 Benj F MILLS b: ABT 1858 5 John MILLS b: 1859 or 1860 4 Benjamin F MILLS b: ABT 1836 4 Mary C MILLS b: ABT 1838 3 Thomas MILLS b: Between 1800-1810 d: Jan 1845 + Eliza Jane FORBES b: ABT 1818 d: 3 Feb 1855 4 Wesley Berryan MILLS b: ABT 1834 d: 8 Jun 1862 + Emily Rachel D. MCMICHAEL b: abt. 1838 d: AFT 1880 5 Thomas Ashley MILLS b: 1858 5 Mary Emily MILLS b: 1859 5 Wesley MILLS b: 1863 4 Lucy F (Forbes?) MILLS b: 1837 d: ABT 1863 + John W. HERRING b: ABT 1816 d: AFT 1880 5 Ben HERRING b: ABT 1861 d: AFT 1930 + Josie C WOODS b: ABT 1870 d: AFT 1920 6 Gladys HERRING b: 1890 6 Ben Garot HERRING b: ABT 1893 6 Fay E HERRING b: ABT 1897 5 Joshua T HERRING b: 29 Nov 1859 d: 29 Jan 1884 + Anna Laura MERCHANT b: 13 Nov 1865 d: 1 May 1899 5 Lucy HERRING b: 1863 + George W WHITTINGTON b: 1860 4 Leonora (Nora) Alice MILLS b: 1840 d: 9 Dec 1873 + Robert Lucius WILLIAMS b: 1828 d: 14 Oct 1864 5 John Wesley WILLIAMS b: 27 Feb 1862 d: 23 Oct 1951 + Isetta "Zettie" ISAACKS b: 29 Jun 1872 d: 13 Jan 1943 6 Lenora Victoria WILLIAMS b: 2 Sep 1888 d: 1 Sep 1971 + Thomas MCCORMACK b: 12 Jun 1880 d: 11 Jan 1918 + George A HARRELL b: 16 Mar 1865 d: 1 Aug 1924 + Bill DAVIS 6 Lillie Maud WILLIAMS b: 7 Dec 1890 d: 22 Dec 1987 + William Nickson CAIN b: 18 Oct 1882 d: 7 Jun 1967 6 Willie Mable WILLIAMS b: 21 Jan 1893 d: 17 Jul 1893 6 Robert Burleson "Bob" WILLIAMS b: 18 Jun 1894 d: 11 Mar 1975 + Bernice CAIN b: 24 Mar 1906 d: 18 Apr 1971 6 Henry Wesley WILLIAMS b: 19 Jul 1897 d: 21 Jul 1959 + Charity WILLIAMS b: 28 Feb 1906 d: 8 Jun 1986 6 Thomas Flynn WILLIAMS b: 7 Nov 1899 d: 14 Dec 1977 + Eunice COKER b: 5 May 1906 d: Sep 1982 6 Clarence August WILLIAMS b: 29 Sep 1902 d: 1 Apr 1985 + Madeline MOORE b: 26 Jun 1905 d: 16 Apr 2002 6 Benjamin Briant WILLIAMS b: 29 May 1906 d: 26 Apr 1965 + Bertie SUTTON b: 22 Jan 1904 d: 3 Jun 1974 6 John Forest WILLIAMS b: 2 Jan 1910 d: 11 Dec 1957 + Lola Mae HENDRIX b: 27 Mar 1916 d: 18 Jan 1979 6 A B WILLIAMS b: 29 Dec 1915 d: 29 Dec 1980 + Ida HENDRIX b: 7 Oct 1912 d: 31 Jul 1981 5 Mary Alice WILLIAMS b: Dec 1862 d: 4 Apr 1900 + Frank Cook, Sr KEBLINGER b: Jun 1847 d: 15 Dec 1915 6 Mary Leonora KEBLINGER b: Feb 1885 + J C, Jr. TRAMMEL 6 Frank Cook, Jr KEBLINGER b: Feb 1886 d: 1925 6 Lucie Virginia KEBLINGER b: 19 Jul 1892 d: Sep 1981 + Arthur PHILYAW 6 Farney John KEBLINGER b: Aug 1897 d: 15 Dec 1940 + Katie Mae SHAW d: 30 Dec 1983 + James Osborn STEVENS b: 1 Jan 1836 d: 1 Aug 1880 5 Robert Horace STEVENS b: 16 Nov 1868 d: died in infancy 5 Andrew Green "Mann" STEVENS b: 23 Feb 1871 d: 26 Sep 1950 + Sallie SMITH b: 7 Dec 1883 d: 9 Dec 1979 6 James Andrew STEVENS b: 1908 d: 1991 + Lillian Maurene LOFFER 7 Living STEVENS + Living VAUGHN 8 Living STEVENS + Living CHAMBERS 8 Living STEVENS 7 Living STEVENS + Living POETKER + Living WHITTINGTON 8 Living WHITTINGTON + Living THORNTON + Living HOECKER 7 Living STEVENS + Living MCCOY 8 Living MCCOY + Living SMITH + Living CARRELL + Living SIMPSON 8 Living MCCOY 8 Living MCCOY + Living 6 Lorene Helen STEVENS b: 24 Feb 1907 d: 26 Jul 2005 6 John Walker STEVENS b: 27 Dec 1908 d: 20 Aug 1980 6 Sally Teresa STEVENS b: 24 Jun 1911 d: 17 Jun 1951 + Ira Clifford ROBERTS + Eleanor BLATHEWICK 5 Helen Leonora STEVENS b: 6 Dec 1873 d: 3 Nov 1946 + Adam B. GARVEY b: 12 Jun 1870 d: 1943 6 Osborn Conrad GARVEY b: 15 Oct 1893 d: 8 May 1961 + Katherine ("Minnie") BURKE b: 27 Dec 1906 d: 10 Mar 1985 7 Living GARVEY 6 Lenora GARVEY b: 25 Dec 1894 d: 14 Jul 1953 + Ray Louis, Sr BROCK b: 21 Feb 1894 d: 15 Nov 1976 7 Living BROCK 6 Jerutia Alice GARVEY b: 23 Aug 1896 d: 26 Jan 1982 + J M HOOKS 6 Mattie GARVEY b: 29 Jul 1899 d: 18 Dec 1978 + Moody Stone, Sr JACKSON b: 18 Dec 1899 d: Sep 1973 6 Georgeann GARVEY b: 16 Feb 1902 d: 24 Nov 1962 + Harry R. LIVELY b: 6 Sep 1899 d: 17 Mar 1954 + Cecil BIRDSONG 4 Thomas Sidney MILLS b: 20 Jul 1842 d: 21 Mar 1902 + Levina Isabel POUNCEY b: 30 May 1848 d: 28 Aug 1931 5 Lucy P MILLS b: 12 Aug 1870 d: 28 Feb 1934 + Frank JONES d: DECEASED 5 Phelp MILLS b: 28 Jul 1872 d: 5 Aug 1956 + Ernest L THOMPSON b: 25 Jul 1869 d: 22 Jan 1916 6 Cliff THOMPSON 6 Tom THOMPSON 6 Hortense THOMPSON 5 Jessie "Jet" L MILLS b: 2 Jan 1875 d: 25 Feb 1966 5 Montie MILLS b: 17 Apr 1885 d: 7 May 1887 5 Clifford Vedora MILLS b: 19 Feb 1877 d: 7 Jul 1903 + Claude THOMPSON d: DECEASED 6 Sidney William THOMPSON 6 Voncille THOMPSON d: DECEASED 6 Philip THOMPSON d: DECEASED 6 Madge THOMPSON d: DECEASED 5 Kattie MILLS b: 25 Jun 1881 d: 9 Dec 1966 + William Wood THOMPSON b: ABT 1884 d: 15 Jun 1925 5 Attie M MILLS b: 16 Feb 1879 d: 1 Aug 1970 + Leroy Hunter JONES d: DECEASED 5 Maude MILLS b: 17 Apr 1885 d: 8 Mar 1916 + William Wood THOMPSON b: ABT 1884 d: 15 Jun 1925 6 Montye THOMPSON d: DECEASED 6 Maxwell "Max" THOMPSON d: DECEASED 6 Levina THOMPSON d: DECEASED 6 Murray THOMPSON b: 3 Nov 1907 d: 28 Dec 1913 5 Wesley Osborn MILLS b: 12 Jan 1888 d: 4 May 1964 + Nancy Elizabeth RIGSBEE b: 7 Apr 1895 d: 26 Mar 1986 6 Living MILLS + Living BERTA 7 Living BERTA 4 Catherine Elizabeth MILLS b: 9 Apr 1845 d: 20 Jan 1923 + Allen William BRYAN b: 14 Feb 1823 d: 25 Jan 1902 5 Frank Allen BRYAN b: 25 Mar 1866 d: Jun 1934 + Clyde E. POUNCEY b: 5 Apr 1868 d: 28 Jan 1935 6 Faulkner BRYAN 6 William R BRYAN 6 Ourida BRYAN 6 Maude BRYAN 6 Julia BRYAN 6 Errold BRYAN 6 Roy BRYAN + Brunson, DOLLY 6 Bryon G BRYAN 6 Cora BRYAN + Brunson, ALLEN 5 Alma Sidney BRYAN b: 6 Aug 1867 d: 1952 + Thomas Jefferson PATRICK b: 10 Oct 1861 d: 27 Apr 1922 6 Hearley Bryan PATRICK b: 8 May 1887 6 Bernard Ashley PATRICK b: 16 Mar 1888 6 Leilla Bertha PATRICK b: 5 Aug 1891 5 Wiles Wilkes Booth BRYAN b: 10 Dec 1871 + Willie COLLINS d: 1909 6 Wilma BRYAN 6 Elma BRYAN 6 Blondel BRYAN 5 Pomeroy Mark "Brick" BRYAN b: 30 Oct 1873 d: 28 Nov 1937 + Alma Rebecca COX 6 Venceile BRYAN 6 Othmu almah BRYAN 6 Ottman BRYAN 6 Edna Earl BRYAN 6 Vyvyan Cloud BRYAN 6 Elaine Matilda BRYAN 5 Charlie Allen (Buddy) BRYAN b: 11 May 1877 d: 17 Dec 1962 + Mattie TYE b: 3 Sep 1878 d: 24 Jun 1964 6 Mattie BRYAN 6 Buster BRYAN 6 Wilson BRYAN 6 Lee BRYAN 6 Alma BRYAN 6 Hattie BRYAN 6 Robert BRYAN 6 Charlie BRYAN 6 Sallie BRYAN 5 Robbert Wesley BRYAN b: 22 Feb 1879 d: 16 Jan 1958 + Amanda 6 Ruth BRYAN 6 Murry Steel BRYAN d: died 18 years old 6 Elizabeth BRYAN 6 Annie Coleman BRYAN d: died at nine years old 5 Hattie Forbes BRYAN b: 26 Apr 1882 d: 18 Feb 1975 + Thomas Jefferson DEAN b: 26 Oct 1884 d: 20 Jun 1975 6 Annie Catherine DEAN b: 5 Nov 1910 d: 7 Feb 2001 + Never MARRIED 6 Mary Forbes DEAN + Royce HOOTEN b: 22 Feb 1906 d: 13 Apr 1973 6 Living DEAN + Living CLEMMER 7 Living DEAN + Living BARRETT 8 Living BARRETT + Living DECKER 8 Living BARRETT + Living LEE 7 Living DEAN + Living KANEY 8 Living DEAN 8 Living DEAN + Living ALLEN 8 Living DEAN 7 Living DEAN 7 Living DEAN 3 Stephen MILLS b: ABT 1816 + Lenora PHILLIPS + Mary A JACKSON b: ABT 1822 4 Charles Adolphus MILLS b: ABT 1846 4 Julian W MILLS b: ABT 1849 4 Eudora MILLS b: ABT 1855 4 Mary MILLS b: ABT 1858 3 Catherine Ann MILLS b: 16 Mar 1820 d: 28 Feb 1901 + Matthew T. PERRYMAN b: 12 Oct 1800 d: 11 Dec 1853 4 Louvinia Jane Hutchins PERRYMAN b: 29 Feb 1848 d: 23 Mar 1922 + James Bascom SHAW + James Bascom SHAW + Wesley Hampton DUBOSE b: 19 Jul 1838 d: 24 Jan 1881 5 Samuel Byrd DUBOSE b: 9 Jun 1870 d: 7 Jul 1951 + Emma Jane BLOUNT, b: 12 Nov 1872 d: 1 Oct 1961 + Emma Jane BLOUNT b: 12 Nov 1872 d: 1 Oct 1961 6 Catherine Emma DUBOSE b: 8 Oct 1900 d: 4 Aug 1981 + Clyde Lamar CHAPMAN b: 22 May 1895 d: 16 Jan 1973 7 Living CHAPMAN 7 Living CHAPMAN + Living HUNT 7 Living CHAPMAN 5 Perryman W DUBOSE b: ABT 1873 5 Birdie W DUBOSE b: ABT 1871 + James Bascom SHAW 4 Augustus Burney PERRYMAN b: 22 Dec 1851 d: 21 Nov 1852 + John R PARRAMORE b: 1812 d: 1845 4 John Richard PARRAMORE b: 1840 d: 1873 + Mary BAILEY b: 1848 5 Burrill Thomas PARRAMORE b: 1870 4 William Thomas PARRAMORE b: Sep 1842 + Marsha b: 1845 3 John MILLS 3 Jane Ann MILLS b: 27 Feb 1822 d: 6 Jan 1857 + John Sr. GILLION b: 12 Oct 1812 d: 28 Mar 1887 4 Catherine D J GILLION b: 31 May 1842 d: 4 Jan 1889 + Robert M MONTGOMERY b: 1822 d: 31 Dec 1886 4 Lanora E M GILLION b: ABT 1844 2 Hannah MILLS b: 1776 d: AFT 1861 + John Lewis LANIER b: 8 Mar 1774 d: 1814 3 Clement LANIER b: 1796 d: BEF 1826 3 Elizabeth Jane LANIER b: 1798 d: 13 Feb 1870 + William JOHNSON 3 James LANIER b: 3 Dec 1798 d: 17 Dec 1858 + Antelina CLINTON 3 Augustus Harris LANIER b: 13 Mar 1802 d: 18 Aug 1855 + Elizabeth ANN 3 Nancy Ann LANIER b: abt 1805 or 1807 + Drury CORKER 3 Salena A (Setita) LANIER b: 4 Sep 1808 d: 1865 + Stephen CORKER 3 Lucile (Lucy) LANIER b: 7 Sep 1812 d: 13 Aug 1885 + Moses Waddell LINTON 2 Mary "Polly" MILLS + Frances, Jr JONES b: 28 Apr 1762 3 John JONES + Mary HARDEMAN b: 14 Jun 1764 4 Clayton JONES b: 1805 d: 1837 + Malissa Rowland ROUSE b: 4 Jan 1811 d: 7 May 1864 5 Irwin JONES b: 1830 5 Harriet JONES b: 1830 d: 24 Jul 1882 + William M AVERA b: ABT 1830 d: 24 Jul 1882 6 Malissa AVERA b: 1855 6 Henry W AVERA b: 1857 5 Henry JONES b: 1834 4 John "Jack" Jr JONES b: 1800 d: 1835 + Mary "Polly" JOHNSON b: 1808 5 Harrison JONES b: 1830 5 Mitchell JONES b: 1834 + Rebecca BURKHALTER b: 2 Jun 1848 + Elizabeth The BURNEYS and FORBES 1 Richard BURNEY b: ABT 1750 2 Willis BURNEY b: 1770/1775 d: 1843/1846 3 Guilford BURNEY b: 31 Mar 1803 d: 2 Jul 1883 + Catherine DIXON b: 4 Sep 1817 d: 22 Sep 1900 2 Ellis BURNEY b: 1770/1780 d: BEF 1836 + Elizabeth d: 1836 2 Jane BURNEY b: 1780/1785 d: 1840 + Stephen MILLS b: Abt 1760 or 1765 d: 8 Nov 1825 2 Lucy BURNEY b: 1790/1800 d: aft 1830 and bef 1837 + Wesley Jr. FORBES b: 1787 d: 7 Oct 1853 3 Wesley (III) FORBES b: 1807 + Ann H EVERITT 3 Mary FORBES b: 1800/1810 d: AFT 1850 + Hilary PHILIPS b: 1800/1810 4 Elizabeth PHILIPS b: ABT 1825 4 James M W PHILIPS b: ABT 1833 4 L M PHILIPS b: ABT 1835 4 Martha A T PHILIPS b: ABT 1839 4 Catherine D J PHILIPS b: ABT 1844 4 Hillary W PHILIPS b: ABT 1847 3 Enoch H FORBES b: 1817 d: AFT 1870 + Susan "Sarah" SAUNDERS b: 1837 4 Thomas Joseph FORBES b: Dec 1857 d: 1926 + Virginia 4 John Wesley, Sr. FORBES b: 20 Apr 1860 d: 25 Jun 1949 + Ellen PRINE b: 16 May 1860 d: 18 Apr 1913 5 Kathryn Ellen FORBES b: 24 May 1889 + George Daniel CALHOON b: 19 Jul 1887 d: 4 Aug 1958 5 Callie Maude FORBES b: 16 Feb 1891 d: 28 Aug 1930 + William Aurthur PIPPIN b: 1890 d: Sep 1956 5 Enoch H. FORBES b: 5 May 1893 d: 12 Jan 1898 5 John Wesley, Jr. FORBES b: 3 Apr 1897 d: 5 Jan 1956 + Celia Burnette STEVENS b: born 5 Oct 1898 d: 27 Aug 1965 6 Ellen Brunett FORBES b: 19 Aug 1918 d: 28 Oct 1990 + Willard Franklin BUGG 7 Living BUGG + Living RICE 8 Living RICE 8 Living RICE 6 Living FORBES 6 Living FORBES 6 Living FORBES 3 Eliza Jane FORBES b: ABT 1818 d: 3 Feb 1855 + Thomas MILLS b: Between 1800-1810 d: Jan 1845 2 Catherine BURNEY b: 11 Mar 1790 d: 27 Mar 1842 + Enoch FORBES b: bet 1770-1790 d: 1814 3 Richard B FORBES b: ABT 1813 d: AFT 1860 + Mary A MASH b: ABT 1822 d: AFT 1860 + Lemuel B SKAGGS b: Nov 1794 d: 16 Mar 1842 3 Robert SKAGGS b: ABT 1829 3 Caroline SKAGGS b: ABT 1817 + William G PIERCE b: ABT 1817 4 Catherine PIERCE b: ABT 1840 4 Samuel E PIERCE b: ABT 1842 4 William PIERCE b: ABT 1842 4 Nancy PIERCE b: ABT 1849 2 Harris BURNEY b: 1794/1800 2 Mary BURNEY + John ROBINSON The BONNELLS and BRYANS 1 Anthony Sr BONNELL b: 3 Mar 1740 d: 25 Apr 1809 + Mary Ann MILLS b: 1744 d: 1832 2 Elizabeth BONNELL d: ABT 1790 + Archibald MILLS b: 28 Dec 1761 d: 26 Feb 1818 2 Rebecca Jane BONNELL b: 1774 d: 30 Jul 1848, age 73 yrs, 10 mos & 14 days + Thomas Fens LOVETT b: 1771 d: 9 Apr 1830 2 Daniel BONNELL b: ABT 1777 d: probably bef Nov 1804 + Unknown (possbily a BELL?) 2 Honora "Honor" BONNELL b: BEF 1778 d: probably bef 1822 + Henry BRYAN b: 1770 d: bet 1843-1849 3 Thomas BRYAN b: 1790/1795 d: bet 1838-1839 + Winnifred FORBES b: ABT 1799 d: 31 Oct 1870 2 William BONNELL b: 2 Apr 1779 d: 20 May 1830 + Mary Ann BELL b: 30 Sep 1781 d: 1 Jul 1852 2 Ann BONNELL b: BEF 1784 d: between 1808-1812 + John DOUGLAS b: BEF 1784 d: Sep 1805 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/screven/history/other/stephena683gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 174.4 Kb