Roger Green

Notes:

Roger Greene was an emigrant to Virginia in 1635 on board the ship "Abraham", when he was aged 24, and was therefore born around 1610/11 [J.C. Hotten, Original Lists of Persons Emigrating to America 1600-1700,Chatto & Windus, 1874].

Roger Green is considered by some genealogists to be either the father or uncle of Timothy Green. Roger Green enrolled "Sizar" (meaning he enrolled as a student at reduced fees) at St. Catherine's, Cambridge, Easter of 1631. He received his B.A. 1634--35 and his M.A. 1638, ordained a priest 9 March 1638-39. He is next noted in Nansemond County, Virginia ministering to the inhabitants there. He is credited with founding North Carolina's first settlement in July 1653 on the bank of the Roanoke River, and on the south side of the Chowan and tributary streams. The grant reads as follows: "Upon the petition of Roger Green, Clerk (title applied only to ministers of the Church of England), on behalf of himself and the inhabitants of Nansemond River, it is ordered by the present Grand Assembly, that 10,000 acres of land be granted unto 100 such persons who shall first seat (settle) on the Moratuck or Roanoke Rivers and the branches thereof---provided that such seaters settle advantageously for security...... that there be granted the said Roger Green the rights of 1,000 acres of land. (Hening I, p.380)

Reverend Roger Green returned to England where on 2 September 1661, he presented a pamphlet to the Lord and Bishop of London, entitled"Virginia's Cure", in order to show the unhappy state of the Church in Virginia and the remedy of it. He was also one who examined into the competency of all ministers of the colony. He officiated at Jamestown, and was still living in 1671. (Colonial Church in Virginia, page 246)

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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On 8 October 1668, Tymothy Green's land and Machotic path are mentioned as adjoining 600 acres in Northumberland County patented to Phillip Evansand Hugh Harris. (Cavaliers & Pioneers, Vol.II, p.51)

Timothy married Anne Farneffold in 1673 in Northumberland, Virginia, USA. Anne (daughter of John Farneffold and Mary Brookes) was born between 1656 and 1657 in Sussex, England; died in 1680 in Northumberland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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One of the founders and first settlers of Craven County was Farnifold Green (1674-1714), who came to North Carolina in 1697 from the south bank of the Potomac River, in Northumberland County, Va. where his father Timothy had settled about 1664. Timothy Green, apparently an emigrant from England, married a daughter or sister of the Rev. John Farnifold, who was one of the first trustees of the College of William and Mary. Young Farnifold’s brother Titus journeyed with him to North Carolina but left no descendants.

Farnifold Green was living in Tuscarora in 1701 and had a brother TitusGreen who settled on the north side of the Neuse prior to 1707. He alsohad a brother named James. Farnifold Green made his will in 1711 andrefered to his home as being located near Piney Point on Lower BroadCreek. In 1697 Farinfold Green starts to show up as newly arrived fromCarolina. He was born in 1674 in Northumberland County, Virginia.Farinfold Green's will, dated October 26, 1711, named his children:Thomas, John, Farniford, Janes, Elizabeth, and Jane Green. FarinfoldGreen died after February 16, 1712, he signed a petition after that date.

Farnifold Green married a lady named Hannah, but her last name is inquestion. Some say her maiden name was Kent, and some say Consolvo. Whatever her maiden name, she married a Mr. Smithwick before marring Farnifold Green in 1693. After Farnifold Green was killed in about 1714 by the Indians, his widow must have married Capt. Richard Graves, whose will is dated April 11, 1730. Richard Graves was the brother of Thomas Graves who married Sara Turner. Thomas Graves was an officer of theVirginia Company and came to Virginia in the fall of 1608.

I give, Devise & bequeath all yt Tract of Land whereon my now Dwelling House stand w’th all its buildings Improvem’ts & appurtenances, beginning at a Live Oak w’th Severall Forks Standing at ye upper Side of ye firstlong Gutt below my house, near ye Mouth of ye Gutt being w’th severalmarks; thence running up ye River to a Corner Pine betwixt me & ____Dawson, Esqr., Standing near a small Marsh & by ye Dawsons old Corn Feildfence, & running from ye forementioned Live Oak up ye afst. Gutt; thenceinto ye woods No. untill three quarters of a mile from ye River beCompleated; thence by a Line run an equal Distance from ye River to yeafsd. Dawsons Line. And also, one Plantacon and all my lands Lying yeLower side of broad Creek on ye No. side of Neus River, neer to Pineypoint & near ye mouth of ye sd. River, unto my Son, Thos. Green, & to yeheirs of his Body for ever.

I give, Devise, & bequeath a Plantacon, with a Tract of land Beginning at a Live Oak neer to ye mouth of ye Gutt aforesd. so running down ye sd. River of Neus three quarters of a mile, thence No. Cross into ye Woods half a mile, and from ye aforementioned Live Oak No. One mile, And from there to ye End of ye Lower half mile Line, with all the Improvem’ts &Appurtenances thereto belonging; And also, my Entry and right to oneTract of Land Lying and being on ye lower side of ye first broad Creekabove Captn. Jams. Beards Creek, begining a quarter of a Mile above yeIndian landing, by Computation thence down ye sd. Creek half a mile, withall ye Priviledges & appurtenances thereto belonging unto my Son, JohnGreen, & to ye Heirs of his Body for ever; And for want of such Heirs tomy Son, Farnifold Green, & the heirs of his Body for ever; & for want of heirs of ye sd. Farnifold Green, to my son, James Green, & ye Heirs ofhis body for ever; & for want of Heirs of ye sd. Jams. Green, to my two Daughters, Elizabeth & Jane Green, & their Heirs for ever.

I give, divise & bequeath a Tract of Land begining at my cupper Corner Tree, on ye Creek, & running down ye Creek to ye first branch below the Plantation whereon his Brother, Titus Green now Lives; thence to ye forkof ye sd. branch, & thence up ye Westermist parts of ye branch to ye heada line parele’ll ye head line quite a Cross to ye aforesaid Dawsons Line,unto him ye sd. Titus Green, and his Heirs for ever. All ye rest of myland in Greens Neck, whereon I now Live, I Give, divise & bequeath to mytwo Sonns, Farnifold & Jam’s Green, to be divided into two Equall parts by a Line Drawn from ye No. Most Corner of Jno. Green’s Land to ye, Vizt: the upper part to Farnifold & ye heirs of his body for ever, and ye other part to James & ye heirs of his body for ever, reserving to James
Egress & Regress into ye Woods through Farnifolds parts. And also, I give, divise & bequeath unto my son, Farnifold, One Tract of Land Lyingin Green point neck on ye No. Side of Neus River & unto ye Heirs of hisbody for ever.

I Give, divise & bequest ye Lower survey of Land wch. I made in Greensbay of ye No. Side of Neus River to him & ye heirs of his body for ever,Provided yt in my Will, yt in Case my Son Farnifold should dye without Heirs of his Body, then all ye land hereby Divided unto him shall decend, be & remain unto my sd. Son, James & ye Heirs of his Body for ever; AndIn Case my se. Son James should dye without heirs of his Body as aforesaid, then all ye Land Divided unto my Sons, Farnifold and James,shall Descend and be, remain unto my Two Daughters, Elizabeth & Jane, & to their Heirs for ever.

I Give, Divise & Bequeath unto my Daughter in Law, Ann Smithick, one Tract of Land Lying on ye No. side Neus River, Called Nottingame points,yes: Two hundred & fifty Acres, to her & her Heirs forever.

I Give, divise & queath all ye rest of my Lands, Tenements orhereditam’ts, not hereby before Divided I Give, divise & bequeath unto my Loving Wife, Hannah Green, & her heirs for ever.

I Give & bequeath unto my Son, Thos. a Young black Mare branded with F G& a Young gray Horse branded with F G on ye neer Butlock, and my bullet Gun, one Feather Bed & boulter, one Pillow, one Rugg & two blankets & two sheets.
And unto my son Jno. One Negro Woman Called Fillis, one Trumpett mussel Gun, One Gray Mare ab’t. two Years olf, branded w’th F G on ye neerbutlock. And unto my Som, Farnifold, One Bay Mare branded w’th F G & herCoult
w’ch is now by her Side, & one half of a Sixty pound Bill of Exchange now sent to Virginia, In Order for to be sent for England, & a Couple of Cowsw’th Cow Calves, & my black Gunn, to be mark’d in his proper Mark ye next Spring after
my Decease; ye Guns to be deliver’d to each of them well fixt & in good Order. And to my Son, James, One Sorrel Mare branded w’th F G on ye nearbuttock, and her Coult by her Side, & one Negro man Call’d Nick, and he other half of ye afsd. Sixty pound Bill of Ex. as aforsd. And my Will isyt my sons abovementioned’ shall be Deem’d at full Age when they shallarrive at ye Age of Eighteen years respectively. And to my two Daughters, Eliz. & Jane Green, I give & bequeath four young Cows w’thCow Calves with their female Increase to mark’d in their proper marks ye next Spring after my Decease.
All ye rest of my goods & Chattells, rights & Creditts, my Debts beingpd. funerall Charges Defray’d, I Give, & Bequeath unto my Loving Wife,Hannah Green, whom I also make 7 appoint my Sole Executrix of ys my last Will & Testamn’t & utterly making Void all Wills & Testam’ts by mehereafter made.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto fixt my hand & Seale, this 26th.day of October, Anno Dom., 1711.

Farnifold is listed with Nicholas Tyler & family coming to North Carolina5 July 1697. (N.C. Hist. & Gen. Reg. April 1901, p.299)

He married soon after Hannah Kent Smithwick, widow of John Smithwick of Bath County, N.C., who died testate (with a will) in 1696 naming his wife"Hanna" and daughter "Sarah" (Ann?) as his beneficiaries. John and Hannah were Quakers. (Grimes p.349)

Farnefold Green and his wife Hannah, appear frequently among the early records of Bath County (later, Beaufort). One of the earliest transactions is that of 15 August 1698 when Fornyfeild Green and wife Hannah, James Hogg and wife Ann, Thomas Pierce and wife Mary, for 40 sell to William Long (all four men are brothers-in-law) their interest of 250 acres of land of Lawrence Consolvo, deceased. Land lays by a creek called Indian Creek in Yeopim River, Perquimaimans Precinct, Albermarle County, NC Deed registered Jan 1699. (Perquimans Co./Beaufort Co. Book 1 page 9)
i. 1 July 1701, Furnifold Green deeds to James Hogg (hisbrother-in-law) part of entry of land made by him 2 April 1698.(Beaufort Co. records at Washington, N.C., Book I p.3)
ii. 9 September 1701, Furnefold Green has 550 acres surveyed and laidout for him for the transportation of 15 persons. (Beaufort Co. Book Ip.6)
iii. 12 December 1701, Furrnifold Green "lays five rites upon an entrymade by sonne Thomas on 17 Nov 1701, land called Nonowarrittsa.(Beaufort Co. Court Records, Book I p.9)
iv. 7 July 1706, Furnifold Green and wife Hannah sell land toChristopher Dawson on Neuse River. (Beaufort Co. Court Records, Book I, p. 101)
v. 1707, Lord's Proprietors grant 1700 acres to Farnefold Green on the north side of the Neuse River, now Craven County, N.C.
vi. 27 June 1708, Furnifold Green and his wife Hannah, of Parish of St. Thomas in Ardel, Bath County, sell land to Christopher Dawson.
vii. 8 October 1708, Furnifold Green sells land to John Putnall witnessed by Christopher Dawson (Beaufort Co. Court Records Book I,p.103)

A little historical background to our story: Note that in 1708 Furnifold and Hanah are of Parish of St. Thomas, Bath County. St. Thomas Parish was formed in 1701 soon after the Church of England was designated as the established church of the province. It was the recipient of a collection of 1,000 books and was for a long time the only public library in North Carolina, which was unique for a frontier settlement, and became the pride of St. Thomas Church. The volumes, neatly bound in gold-tooled leather, were a combination of parochial and laymen's selections covering subjects including history, biography, natural sciences, medicine, geography, classical literature, poetry, heraldry and sports, as well as those of a religious nature.

St. Thomas Parish was slow to take physical shape, though it had a library, a plot set aside for a church, and the colony's only "Glebe" of 300 acres (Glebes were farms set aside for the use of Anglican Ministers), which had been granted to the parish in 1706 to encourage the settlement of a Church of England Minister at Bath. Except for an occasional visit from a clergyman, St. Thomas Church did not acquire its first minister until 1719, and construction of St. Thomas Church was not begun until 1734.

For decades the Society of Friends (Quakers) was the sole representative of organized religion in Bath. In the early days most dissenters from the Anglican faith were the Quakers established in the colony in 1672.

Conflict between politically motivated religious factions had been long brewing and finally erupted into armed warfare known as the Cary Rebellion. The English concept of a state-church being the issue at stake signifying the beginning Of the separation of church and state in North Carolina.

The Quakers were firmly entrenched in the colony dominating all branches of government and when the requirement for declaring loyalty to the Church of England was reinstated, Quakers were barred from office because of their religious conviction.

They had previously been exempt from swearing an Oath of Allegiance to the Crown. Governor Thomas Cary showed a preference for the Quaker side and he and the Quakers ruled the province in an atmosphere of tension from 1708 to 1711, until the Lord's Proprietors appointed Edward Hyde as Deputy Governor of North Carolina and the opposing governments battled until Cary's rebellion collapsed.

This disrupting effect of war nearly ceased government and the courts during the 3 years of debate and bloodshed. Coupled with a severe drought in the summer of 1711, as well as the raging epidemic of yellow fever, the settlement was left weak and exhausted and vulnerable to attack by the Indians, who meanwhile were gathering strength with guns and ammunition. The dominant Indian power in eastern North Carolina was that of the Tuscaroras who at first were friendly to the white settlers. As the settlers increasingly moved onto the Indians's land, kidnapping and enslaving their people and subjecting them to insulting treatment, resentment and hatred of the settlers of Bath County developed and intensified, culminating in the decision to destroy all settlers and their plantations and crops. The Tuscaroras, under their leader King Hancock, struck 22 September 1711, and for three days slaughtered over190 whites, taking prisoner 20 to 30 settlers who were living along the Pamlico, Neuse and Trent Rivers.

It was with this background of uncertainty and fear, that Farnifold Green and others made out their wills. Farnifold's the 26th of October 1711. The Indians for the next three years would raid three or four families at a time, retreating into the swamps making it impossible to follow them. This problem continued until the government finally turned from the policy of extermination of the hostiles, to one of peaceful agreement. On 11 February 1715, a treaty of peace was made with the surviving hostile Indians and they were assigned a reservation on Lake Mattamuskeett in Hyde County, thus ending the Tuscarora War, however, too late for our Farnifold Green who was massacred in 1714 at age 40.

Furnifold Green, Planter, made out his will 26 October 1711 and it is recorded in Book 2 p.10 of the old Bath County records. He divided his many acres of land and plantations between his sons and daughters when they reached the age of 18. He left the plantation he lived on to his wife Hannah, and 250 A. to his step-daughter Ann Smithwick.

A letter from Governor Pollock dated 3 October 1712 "appoints Furnifold Green to Captain, Commissary, to impress and supply the army with anything that is to be had in the County of Bath". At that time Bath County included what is now Craven, Beaufort, Carteret, Onslow, Pamlico, Lenoir, Greene, Wayne, Johnston and Wake Counties.

In 1714, Farnefold with his son Thomas, one white servant and two Negroes, were murdered on his 1700 acre plantation by the Tuscarora Indians. Another son was shot through the shoulder but managed to escape. The plantation, house, stock of cattle and hogs, were plundered and entirely destroyed by the Indians.

His widow Hannah later married her third husband, Richard Graves, Surveyor and citizen of Craven precinct. He made the "Plat of Lots of Point Beaufort", now considered one of the most beautiful of the old towns of North Carolina. Richard Graves died in 1730 naming his wife Hannah Executrix.

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Titus, a Planter, lived on a plantation next to his brother Farnefold inOctober, 1711 - Bath Co., North Carolina. This land was assigned a patent for 400 acres in Westmoreland County, Virginia 18 March 1662, due by new rightfor transporting 8 persons. (This land was first granted to Richard Codsford in 1654 and then to Henry Patton in 1657. If they did not clearpart of the acreage as required in a certain amount of time, the land wasgranted to someone else.) The land was an the south side of the Petomeck (Potomac) River known by name Sandy or Raggett Point. (Cavaliers andPioneers, 1623-66, Patent Book 4, p.365)

Titus married Hannah Kent in 1715 in Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, USA. Hannah (daughter of Thomas Kent and Ann Cornell) was born on 20 May 1673 in Perquimans Precinct, Albemarle, North Carolina; died after 1742 in Craven Precinct, Bath, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Richard Farr in 1735 in New River, Onslow, North Carolina. Richard (son of Edward Farr and Fnu Lnu) was born in 1710 in New River, Onslow, North Carolina; died on 8 Nov 1758 in Onslow, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Mary

Family/Spouse: John Milton. John (son of John Milton) died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Georgia, USA
• Military: Between 7 Jan 1776 and 15 Jul 1782, Georgia, USA

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John Milton, born in 1756 in Halifax County, North Carolina - died in1817 in Burke County, Georgia, is sometimes confused with John J. Melton, born about 1740 in Hanover County, Virginia - died around April 1795 in Hanover/Fluvanna County, Virginia. John Milton married Hannah Elizabeth Spencer in 1780. John Melton married Elizabeth Wade in 1762/1763. John Melton descends from Thomas Melton, born about 1570 in England; John Milton descends from John Milton, born 1564 in England. Thomas Melton & John Milton were brothers, sons of Richard Milton, born 1536 in England.

John Milton's mother could have been Mary Pharr, Mary Farr, or Mary Farrar. Any of these three women could have been married (or given birth) to John Milton; John Melton; Jonathan Melton, Jr.; or Robert Melton. Sources can be found which provide for all of these possible scenarios. After reviewing all available information, I've concluded that John Milton was the son of Frances Morgan (Mary) Farr (1737-1756) and John Milton (1735- ). It appears Mary died either in childbirth or soon after John was born. There is actually another possible Mary Farr in this line. Frances Morgan (Mary) was born to Richard Farr and Hannah Green in 1737. Her aunt, Richard's sister, was also named "Mary Farr" and was born in 1708. I believe that Mary Farr was the mother of the 1735 John and the 1695 John Milton was his father. Since the 1695 John Milton supposedly came to America in 1730 and married soon after, obviously, 1737 Frances Morgan (Mary) Farr could not have been his wife. Compounding even more the confusion, some sources give 1756 as the dates of death for both the 1708 & 1737 Mary Farrs!

From "The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans", Johnson, Rossiter, ed., Boston, MA, The Biographical Society, 1904: "Milton, John, soldier, was born in Halifax county, N.C. He joined the Revolutionary army as an ensign in the 1st Georgia regiment, Jan. 7, 1776; was promoted 1st lieutenant; and was taken prisoner at Fort Howe, Georgia, in February, 1777, with Lieut. William Caldwell, on the surrender of that place, held as a hostage, and imprisoned in the castle at St. Augustine, Florida, until November, 1777. He was promoted captain, Sept. 15, 1777, and on his release returned to the army and served until the end of the war, retiring Sept. 15, 1782. He was secretary of the state of Georgia in 1777, 1781-83 and 1789, and on Dec. 6, 1778, at the approach of the British, removed the public records to Perrysburg by order of the governor. He engaged in planting after the war, and received the two votes of the Georgia electors for first President of the United States in 1789. He was a charter member of the (Georgia) Society of the Cincinnati. He was also one of the first mayors of Augusta, Georgia. John married Hannah E. Spencer, and of their children, Gen. Homer Virgil Milton (q.v.), was an officer in the war of 1812."

From "Historical Register Of Officers Of The Continental Army": "Milton, John (Ga). Ensign 1st Georgia, 7th January, 1776; 1st Lieutenant, November 1776; taken prisoner at Fort Howe, 8th February, 1777; Captain 15th September, 1777; Aide-de Camp to General Lincoln in 1780, and to General Marion in 1781; retired 15th July, 1782. (Died 1803.)" After the war ended, John Milton became a charter member of the Society of Cincinnati and served as the first secretary for the Georgia Society.

An interesting account appears in a Milledgeville newspaper on May 5, 1828: "The following is a correct list of the Officers of the Georgia line, during the Revolutionary War, who were, or are still, entitled to Military Land Warrants, under the Act of Congress. The lands are, it is believed, situated in Ohio, and are valuable. This list is published for the information of such officers as are still alive, and for the benefit of the heirs of those who are deceased." It lists among the names of 48 officers: Milton, John -- Captain. Warrant # 323 for 300 acres was issued for his Revolutionary War service. Records from his Bounty Land Pension File at the National Archives include a letter written by Milton Dec. 29, 1806, to Gov. Milledge about the land due him for his Revolutionary service. GA Land Lottery-1827; Jefferson Co., Georgia He acquired No. 23, Section 5 in Carroll, Georgia, No. 29, Dt. 16, Sec. 5.

Milton County, Georgia was created on December 18, 1857 from parts of Cherokee, Forsyth, and Cobb counties. It was named for John Milton, Georgia's first secretary of state. During the American Revolution, Milton traveled to Charleston, South Carolina, and New Bern, North Carolina before moving to Maryland with the official records of the state while Georgia was occupied by the English. Milton County merged with Fulton County on January 1, 1932.

Old Milton County State Historical Marker - Located at the Alpharetta City Hall (built on the site of the old Milton County Courthouse) in Alpharetta, Georgia

OLD MILTON COUNTY

This was the Courthouse of Milton County at the time it was merged with Fulton County Jan. 1, 1932. When the County was created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 18, 1857, it was named for Homer V. Milton, General in the War of 1812, though some claim the name was for his ancestor John Milton, first Secretary of State of Georgia. Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff James C. Mitchell; Clerk of Superior Court Joseph W. Johnston; Clerk of Inferior Court John L. Moore; Ordinary Oliver P. Skelton; Tax Receiver Barnabas B. Johnson; Tax Collector John K.C. Shirley; Treasurer John P. Reaves; Coroner H.W. Paris and Surveyor William Young.

060-25A GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1955

John married Hannah Elizabeth Spencer in 1780 in Richmond, Georgia, USA. Hannah (daughter of Living and Mary E Butler) was born in 1761 in South Carolina, USA; died on 20 Jun 1835 in Padam Arum Plantation, Burke, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: USA
• Residence: 1820, Not Stated, Jefferson, Georgia, USA

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From "The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans:Volume VII" (Johnson, Rossiter, ed. Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, - Vol. I-X (10). Boston, MA: The Biographical Society, 1904.): "Milton, Homer Virgil, soldier, was born in Milton Plantation, Louisville, Georgia, in 1781; son of Capt. John and Hannah E. (Spencer) Milton. He was married May 17, 1801, to Elizabeth Robinson. He entered the U.S. army, was promoted major, May 8, 1808; lieutenant-colonel, September, 1810; was promoted colonel, 3d infantry, Aug. 15, 1818; took an active part in the war of 1812, distinguished himself in several engagements, and gained the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. He was an hereditary member of the Society of the Cincinnati. His children were: John Milton, born April 20, 1807 (q.v.): Homer Virgil Milton, born April 2, 1813, and Jane Elizabeth Milton, born Aug. 23, 1815. He died at Milton Plantation, Louisville, Georgia, April 2, 1822." Homer was moved to his present burial site in 1927.

MARY DEBORAH MARBURY 7/26/1817: , p. 128
My first husband, John Martin, his prop. to be div. between Mary D. Spencer and Homer V.
Milton. Ch's uncle: Horatio Marbury, my present husband. Wits: John Pughley, Elizabeth Holms,
William N. Harman.
Abstracted wills Jefferson County GA 1777-1893

Homer married Elizabeth Jane Robinson on 17 May 1801 in Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Walter Robinson and Jane Fortune) was born on 12 Feb 1786; died on 31 Dec 1836 in Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, Division 4, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1860, Jackson, Florida, USA

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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.

John married Susan Amanda Cobb on 9 Feb 1826. Susan was born on 27 Sep 1809 in Georgia, USA; died on 23 Nov 1840; was buried in Saint Lukes Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Caroline Howze in 1844. Caroline was born on 20 Mar 1826 in North Carolina, USA; died on 26 Sep 1901 in Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA; was buried in Saint Lukes Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Florence M Hatcher
• Residence: 1880, Hephzibah, Richmond, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1900, Militia District 121, Richmond, Georgia, USA

Florence married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Alpheus Hatcher. John was born on 27 May 1845 in Columbia, Georgia, USA; died on 25 Apr 1912 in Blythe, Richmond, Georgia, USA; was buried in Leitner - Cemetery 30, Fort Gordon, Richmond, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1850, Division 4, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Military: 8 May 1862, Chattahoochee, Gadsden, Florida, USA

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Military:
Name: William Henry Milton
Residence: Marianna, Florida
Occupation: Lawyer
Age at Enlistment: 32
Enlistment Date: 8 May 1862
Rank at enlistment: Captain
Enlistment Place: Chattahoochee, FL
State Served: Florida
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Commissioned an officer in Company G, Florida 2nd Cavalry Regiment on 05 Aug 1862.
Promoted to Full Major on 20 Jul 1863.
Mustered out on 21 Sep 1863.
Transferred to Company A, Florida 5th Cavalry Battalion on 21 Sep 1863.

Description: height: 5 ft. 9 in., dark complexion, black eyes, black hair.
Birth Date: 4 Dec 1829
Death Date: 6 Aug 1900
Death Place: Marianna, FL
Sources: Soldiers of Florida in the ...Civil War...
Biographical Rosters of Florida's Soldiers 1861-1865

Source Information:

Historical Data Systems, comp.. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works. http://search.ancestry.com/handler/domainrd.ashx?domain=AncestryDomain&url=/search/rectype/military/cwrd/db.aspx

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, Division 4, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1860, Jackson, Florida, USA

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• Residence: 1850, Division 4, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1860, Jackson, Florida, USA

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• Residence: 1850, Division 4, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1860, Jackson, Florida, USA

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• Residence: 1850, Division 4, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1860, Jackson, Florida, USA

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• Residence: 1860, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1870, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1880, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1900, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

Family/Spouse: Caroline Frances Russ. Caroline was born in Jul 1852 in Jackson, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Fannie H Yarborough
• Residence: 1860, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1870, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1900, Navasota Ward 2, Grimes, Texas

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1860, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1870, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

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• Residence: 1860, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1870, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

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• Residence: 1860, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1870, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

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• Also Known As: Jeff
• Residence: 1870, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

Notes:

Frontier Lawman. Jefferson Davis Milton was the youngest child of fourteen children of Florida Governor John Milton. He had a sad childhood being four-years-old when his father committed suicide after the Confederacy had lost the war. The governor left his wife Caroline Howze with several young children to face the hardships of living on their huge plantation, the Sylvannia in Jackson County, FL, in a war-torn state without slaves to work the fields. Since the Milton family was now penniless, young Jeff Milton did not receive the formal education, which his older siblings were offered. At the tender age of fifteen years old, Jeff Milton left home and headed west for a better life in Texas. First, he was a helper in his older brother's store then he was a cowboy on a ranch. It was at this point his long and successful career in law enforcement began. At the age 17 years, Milton stated his age was 21 to become a Texas Ranger where he quickly mastered the fast draw with a handgun. Standard weapons were issued to each new ranger, but Milton decided to use a .45 single action for his handgun, and he did for the rest of his life. After about 4 years, he drifted through west Texas to southern New Mexico as he continued his career as a Deputy U.S. Marshal, sheriff's deputy, police chief and in other law enforcement positions. In March 1887 he accepted a post as a mounted customs inspector on the Arizona-Mexico border with the duties of making one-man patrols of the desert close to the border. Later he became a cattle rancher, prospected for gold and was a railroad conductor at one point before returning to law enforcement. In the Texas frontier town of El Pasco, Milton took the position of sheriff in 1894 and had to deal with the outlaw John Wesley Hardin, who had been documented to killing at least 50 lawmen. Knowing Milton history as a fast gun, Hardin just handed over his gun, as he would not gamble his life to fight Milton. This lawman was quoted, "I never killed a man who didn't need killing, and I never shot an animal except for meat." As with other lawmen of this era, he was accused a couple of times of not being fair in a gunfight but was never arrested. Bringing the law to the wild west was no easy task, and Milton had to use his gun often bringing down such outlaws as Bronco Bill" Walters, "Three Fingered Jack" Dunlop, Bill "Kid" Johnson, and "Bravo Juan" Yoas. In 1900 a train robber wounded the Wells Fargo guard Milton in his left arm leaving it disable for the rest of his life. In 1904 he accepted the position as Border Agent to enforce the Chinese Exclusion Act for the Immigration Service at the appointment of President Theodore Roosevelt. He patrolled the borders between Mexico and the United States for the next 28 years apprehending smugglers, illegal aliens and other outlaws who crossed this lawman's path. This was before the present day Border Patrol was organized. Today, U.S. Border Patrolmen recognize Jeff Milton as their hero, and he is known as "the first Border Patrolman." He continued with the agency until he was 72-years-old, when he was forced to retire due to federal job cuts of the Great Depression. Milton did marry in 1919 to Mildred Taitt of New York, but never really settled down to a "stay-at-home" married life-style. Dying at home at the age of 86, Jeff Milton lived a long and productive life. After his body was cremated, his ashes, without any traditional religious service, were scattered over his beloved Arizona desert. (bio by: Linda Davis ldavis810@comcast.net)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17966830

Buried:
Burial:
Cremated, Ashes scattered.
Specifically: 32.21864 N -111.13060 Near original parking lot of the Old Tucson Movie Studio near Tucson, Arizona. This info provided by Tombstone Historian Ben Traywick.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, Hephzibah, Richmond, Georgia, USA

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• Birth: Oct 1868, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Hephzibah, Richmond, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1900, Militia District 121, Richmond, Georgia, USA

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• Birth: Nov 1870, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Hephzibah, Richmond, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1900, Militia District 121, Richmond, Georgia, USA

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• Residence: 1880, Hephzibah, Richmond, Georgia, USA

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• Residence: 1880, Hephzibah, Richmond, Georgia, USA

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• Residence: 1880, Hephzibah, Richmond, Georgia, USA

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• Death: Certificate number: 4182.
• Residence: 1900, Militia District 121, Richmond, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1910, Augusta Ward 3, Richmond, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1920, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1930, Blythe, Richmond, Georgia, USA

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth F Hatcher. Elizabeth was born in 1880 in Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1900, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

Family/Spouse: Sarah S Baker. Sarah was born in Jan 1867 in Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Howze Milton Stone
• Residence: 1880, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Beman Woodward
• Residence: 1880, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1900, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

Mary married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1900, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1920, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

Family/Spouse: Nonie Wilson Dekle. Nonie was born in 1886 in Jackson, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elise Daniel
• Residence: 1900, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1900, Navasota Ward 2, Grimes, Texas

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• Residence: 1900, Navasota Ward 2, Grimes, Texas

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1900, Navasota Ward 2, Grimes, Texas

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• Residence: 1900, Navasota Ward 2, Grimes, Texas

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• Residence: 1900, Navasota Ward 2, Grimes, Texas

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• Residence: 1900, Navasota Ward 2, Grimes, Texas

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• Residence: 1910, Augusta Ward 3, Richmond, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1920, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, USA

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• Residence: 1920, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1930, Blythe, Richmond, Georgia, USA

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• Residence: 1920, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1930, Blythe, Richmond, Georgia, USA

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• Residence: 1900, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

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• Residence: 1900, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

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• Residence: 1900, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

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• Residence: 1920, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• other: Bainbridge, Decatur, Georgia, USA
• SSN issued: Georgia, USA
• Name: Stella M Higdon
• Social Security Number: 259-58-8971
• Residence: 1920, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA

Notes:

Died:

Stella Milton Higdon

Stella Milton Higdon BAINBRIDGE - Stella Milton Higdon, 90, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004, in Columbus, Ga.

The service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Higdon Cemetery on the Higdon farm in Calvary, Ga.

Family will receive friends at her home from 6 to 8 p.m. Thanksgiving night.

Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 541, Bainbridge GA 39818, or a favorite charity.

Ivey Funeral Home in Bainbridge (229-246-3232) is handling arrangements.

Born Stella Dekle Milton on April 9, 1914, in Marianna, she was the daughter of the late Nonie Dekle Milton and John Milton III.

In 1938 she moved with her husband, Robert Henry Higdon, to Bainbridge, where she was a member of and Sunday school teacher at First United Methodist Church and a dedicated homemaker.

She is survived by two sons, Robert Henry Higdon Jr. and Joseph Milton Higdon (and wife Deborah), both of Bainbridge; two daughters, Nell Higdon Hudson (and husband Lloyd) of Columbus and Jane Higdon McLendon (and husband Bobby) of Blakely, Ga.; a sister, Nell Milton Robb of Marianna; six grandchildren, Walter Hudson, Frost Hudson, Rob McLendon, Stella McLendon Smith, Joe Higdon Jr. and Jim Higdon; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, and three brothers, John Dekle Milton, Robert Howze Milton and Ronald Augustus Milton.

Published in the Tallahassee Democrat on 11/25/2004.

Stella married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Social Security Number: 263-03-1780
• Residence: 1920, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA
• SSN issued: Bef 1951, Florida, USA

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• SSN issued: Florida, USA
• Residence: Jackson, Florida, USA
• Social Security Number: 263-03-2871
• Residence: 1920, Marianna, Jackson, Florida, USA
• Military: 22 Jun 1942, Camp Blanding, Clay, Florida, USA
• Death: 5 Jul 2003, Colonial Heights, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Military:
Name: Ronald A Milton
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Florida
State of Residence: Florida
County or City: Jackson

Enlistment Date: 22 Jun 1942
Enlistment State: Florida
Enlistment City: Camp Blanding
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life

Education: 4 years of college
Civil Occupation: Occupations in manufacture of automobiles, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 67
Weight: 130

Source Information:

National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

Death:
Milton: Ronald Augustus Milton: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice

Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) - July 8, 2003

Deceased Name: Milton: Ronald Augustus Milton

Lt. Col., U.S. Army (Ret) Ronald Augustus Milton, 84, died Saturday, July 5, 2003, at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond.

Lt. Col. Milton, a native of Florida, was the son of the late John and Nonie Dekle Milton III. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII, Korea and Vietnam, and had also retired from the Virginia Employment Commission where he had been manager of the WIN Program. He was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church of Colonial Heights and several other civic organizations.

He was preceded in death by an infant son; a daughter, Carol Hamner Milton; and two brothers, John Milton and Robert Milton.

Lt. Col. Milton is survived by his wife, Hazel Hamner Milton; a son and daughter-in-law, Christopher and Diane Milton of Colonial Heights; two grandsons, Christopher Minter and Carter Minter; two sisters, Stella Higdon of Georgia, and Nell Robb of Florida; and many loved cousins, nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will take place at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 10, 2003, in the Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Home, 2033 Boulevard, Colonial Heights.

Interment will follow in Riverview Cemetery, Richmond.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, at the funeral home.

Flowers are welcome or contributions may be made to the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 3110 Greenwood Avenue, Colonial Heights, Virginia 23834.

PhotoEdition: City
Page: B-6
Copyright (c) 2003 Richmond Newspapers, Inc.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]