Samuel MILLARD
BIRTH/DEATH FROM PEDIGREE CHART OF KAREN MORRELL
INFORMATION ON THIS FAMLIY LINE COMES FROM CLIFF WARRICK.
FROM THE UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT OF CLIFF WARRICK " IT IS BELIEVED THAT DURING THE SPRING OR SUMMER OF 1773, SAMUEL AND REBECCA MILLARD LEFT ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA WHERE THEY HAD REMAINED SINCE THEIR WEDDING. THEY TRAVELED BY HORSEBACK SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, ARRIVING AT THE WATAUGA SETTLEMENT ABOUT THEN OR TWELVE DAYS LATER. THEY SETTLED ON A BRANCH OF THE HOLSTON RIVER ABOUT THREE MILES NORTH OF FORT WATAUGA AT THE SYCAMORE SHOALS AND ABOUT NINE MILES FROM THE PRESENT SITE OF BRISTOL, TENNESSEE. THIS AREA WAS KNOWN AS THE NORTH WATAUGA SETTLEMENT."
FURTHER IN THE MANUSCRIPT- "THE FIRST RECORD YET FOUND OF ANY MILLARD OWNING LAND IN TENNESSEE IS THAT OF SAMUEL MILLARD. ON FEBRUARY 25, 1792, HE AND HIS WIFE REBECCA BOUGHT A PARCEL OF LAND FROM WILLIAM CARR. THE LAND WAS LOCATED IN SULLIVAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND WAS 'NORTH OF THE RIVER OHIO,' AND WAS BOUNDED BY THE LANDS OF SHADRICK HICKS, JONATHAN DOUGLAS AND WILLIAM CARR. (DEED BK. #2 PG. 502)"
PAPERS OF KAREN MORRELL LISTS BIRTH AS 19 AUG 1749 CLIFF WARRICK LISTS DEATH AS 1798
FROM AN UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT BY CLIFF WARRICK - "ON APRIL 5, 1824, TIMOTHY AND ELIZABETH PURCHASED 50 ACRES OF LAND FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE FOR TWELVE AND ONE HALF CENTS PER ACRE. THE LAND WAS LOCATED NORTH OF THE HOLSTON RIVER ON WHITE TOP CREEK, AND ADJOINED THE 16 ACRE TRACT OF LAND THAT TIMOTHY AND ELIZABETH WERE LIVING ON."
INFORMATION ON THE ANCESTORS OF NANCY MILLARD BACK TO GEORGE BOONE (2547) ARE FROM GEORGE E. GEISLER.
OTTALEE WINEGAR LISTS HER FATHER AS THOMAS MILLARD.
FROM PEDIGREE CHARTS OF KAREN MORRELL
CLIFF WARRICK LISTS DEATH AS 1865
FROM CLIFF WARRICK - HE JOINED THE COLONIAL FORCES IN A BATTLE AGAINST THE INDIANS AND BRITISH DURING THE WAR OF 1812. ...SERVED IN CAPTAIN GEORGE KEYES' COMPANY OF COLONEL WM. LILLARD'S 2ND REGIMENT OF EAST TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS.
FROM CLIFF WARRICK -" ...JOINED THE COLONIAL FORCES IN A BATTLE AGAINST THE INDIANS AND THE BRITISH DURING THE WAR OF 1812. ...SERVED IN CAPTAIN GEORGE KEYES' COMPANY OF COLONEL WM. LILLARD'S 2ND REGIMENT OF THE EAST TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS. ABIAH WAS CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH AND CARRIED TO CANADA AND MADE HIS WAY HOME AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER IN 1815."
CLIFF WARRICK LISTS BIRTH AS 1792
FROM CLIFF WARRICK - ...JOINED THE COLONIAL FORCES IN A BATTLE AGAINST THE INDIANS AND THE BRITISH DURING THE WAR OF 1812. ...SERVED IN CAPTAIN GEORGE KEYES' CAMPANY OF COLONEL WM. LILLARD'S 2ND REGIMENT OF THE EAST TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS.
He married Rebecca Henton 1772 at Rockingham, Virginia . Rebecca Henton was born at Phildelphia, Pennsylvania Abt 29 Aug 1749 daughter of George Henton and Elizabeth Thompson .
They were the parents of 9
children:
George Millard
born 3 Dec 1773.
Timothy Millard
born 6 Jan 1776.
Ann (Nancy) Millard
born 20 Dec 1778.
Elizabeth Millard
born 7 Apr 1781.
Sarah Millard
born 18 Nov 1783.
Samuel Millard, Jr.
born 3 Jul 1786.
Abiah Millard, Twin
born 7 Mar 1789.
Rebeckah Millard, Twin
born 7 Mar 1789.
Levi Millard
born 23 Apr 1793.
Samuel Millard died 31 Jul 1798 at Sullivan, Tennessee .
Rebecca Henton died 24 Jul 1796 at Sullivan, Tennessee .