 1807 - 1865 (57 years)
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| Name |
John Milton [1, 2] |
| Birth |
20 Apr 1807 |
Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia, USA  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1850 |
Division 4, Jackson, Florida, USA [1] |
| Residence |
1860 |
Jackson, Florida, USA [2] |
| Death |
1 Apr 1865 |
Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA |
| Burial |
Saint Lukes Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA [3, 4] |
| Person ID |
I4293 |
tng Genealogy |
| Father |
Homer Virgil Milton, b. 1781, Milton Plantation, Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia, USA d. 2 Apr 1822, Milton Plantation, Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia, USA (Age 41 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Jane Robinson, b. 12 Feb 1786 d. 31 Dec 1836, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA (Age 50 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
17 May 1801 |
Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia, USA [5, 6] |
- Louisville Gazette and Republican Trumpet Notes,
Jefferson County, Georgia
Dated 1801
On File at the University of Georgia Library in Athens, Ga.
May 9, 1801
Mr. Homer Virgil Milton, son of Co. John Milton of Burke County, had married Eliza Robinson, daughter of Walter Robinson, Esq. "on Thursday evening last."
- Milton Plantation
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| Family ID |
F953 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Susan Amanda Cobb, b. 27 Sep 1809, Georgia, USA d. 23 Nov 1840 (Age 31 years) |
| Marriage |
9 Feb 1826 |
| Children |
| + | 1. William Henry Milton, b. 4 Dec 1829, Jefferson, Georgia, USA d. 6 Aug 1900, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F1752 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Caroline Howze, b. 20 Mar 1826, North Carolina, USA d. 26 Sep 1901, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage |
1844 |
| Children |
| | 1. Caroline V Milton, b. 1845, Alabama, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Eliza J Milton, b. 1847, Florida, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Calpharinia K Milton, b. 1848, Florida, USA d. 1863, Jackson, Florida, USA (Age 15 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Mary J Milton, b. 10 Apr 1849, Florida, USA d. 11 May 1902, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (Age 53 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 5. John Milton, Jr, b. 25 Dec 1850, Jackson, Florida, USA d. 22 May 1922, Jackson, Florida, USA (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 6. Frances Milton, b. Jul 1852, Florida, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 7. Clemintine Milton, b. 1854, Florida, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 8. Addie Milton, b. 1855, Florida, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 9. Annie Milton, b. 1859, Florida, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 10. Jefferson Davis Milton, b. 7 Nov 1861, Jackson, Florida, USA d. 7 May 1947, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F1753 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 20 Apr 1807 - Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia, USA |
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 | Residence - 1860 - Jackson, Florida, USA |
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 | Death - 1 Apr 1865 - Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA |
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 | Burial - - Saint Lukes Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA |
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| Notes |
- Fifth governor of Florida
October 7, 1861 to April 1, 1865
John Milton was born near Louisville, Ga., on April 20, 1807. A descendant of the English poet John Milton, he practiced law, first in a number of Georgia and Alabama communities and later in New Orleans. Before coming to Florida in 1846, Milton allegedly killed an adversary in a duel.
After entering Florida politics, Milton became a statewide force in the Democratic party, serving as a presidential elector in 1848 and as a member of the 1850 House of Representatives. A vigorous states-righter, Milton encouraged the early secession of Florida from the Union.
As governor, Milton stressed Florida's ability to serve as an important source of food and salt for the Confederate war effort. On April 1, 1865, as the southern cause was collapsing, John Milton shot himself at "Sylvania," his home near Marianna. In his last message to the legislature, he had said, "Death would be preferable to reunion."
John Milton was the fifth Governor of Florida (October 7, 1861- April 1, 1865). He was born near Louisville in Jefferson County, Georgia on April 21, 1807. He was the son of General Homer Virgil and Elizabeth (Robinson) Milton. He was an attorney who practiced in a number of Georgia and Alabama communities and in New Orleans. He served in Florida during the Seminole War as a captain of a volunteer company and in 1846 moved to Jackson County as a farmer. He became active in politics and was a presidential elector in 1848 and a member of the House of Representatives from Jackson County in 1850. He was a vigorous States-Righter who encouraged the seizure by Florida forces of a Federal military establishments and also instrumental in the early secession of Florida from the Union.
As Governor, he developed a very active state militia and stressed Florida's ability to serve as an important source of food and salt for the Confederate forces. Collapse of the Southern cause was followed by his death, April 1,1865 by a self-inflected gunshot wound at his family home Sylvania, near Marianna preferring death to reunion. He was married twice. He had 4 children by his first wife, Susan Amanda Cobb. His first wife died on April 25, 1842 and in 1844 he married again to Caroline Howze of Alabama with whom he had 10 children.
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| Sources |
- [S360] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).
Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 4, Jackson, Florida; Roll M432_58; Page: 298B; Image: 583.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=18455115&indiv=try
[ View Federal Census Document]
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=18455115&indiv=try
- [S354] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;).
Year: 1860; Census Place: , Jackson, Florida; Roll: M653_107; Page: 860; Image: 302; Family History Library Film: 803107.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=10608782&indiv=try
[ View Federal Census Document]
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=10608782&indiv=try
- [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8823596
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8823596.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8823596
- [S142] Gravestone.
[ View gravestone photograph]
- [S153] Internet.
- [S433] Johnson, Rossiter, The Twentieth Century Biograpical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Volume VII.
Homer Virgil Milton
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