This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mills, Whinrey, Johnson, Brown, Freeze, Parrish, Allen, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jE1.2ACEB/3476 Message Board Post: Put on your thinking caps, here is the information, questions are at the end of this tome. Margaret Whinrey (b. ca. 1794-1802 Greene Co TN, d. ca.1861-1870 in Overton County TN), daughter of Thomas Whinrey and ?Esther Hickman Whinrey; married 1814 in Greene Co, Tn to Richard Mills (b. ca. 1795-1799 NC, d. ca. 1871-1880 Overton Co TN). Margaret and Richard Miller were living in Greene Co, Tn in 1830 and then moved to Overton County TN, where Richard was a farmer and Miller. Analysis of census records (1820-1860) and postings on the web, suggest that Richard Mills and Margaret Whinrey Mills had the following Children: 1.Thomas b.1815 Dec, 1835 2.Hester ca. 1815 1830 3.Ann b. April 1819 marries after 1840 4.unknown boy b. 1820-1830 marries/dies before 1850 5.Eli b. April 1825 marries ca. 1846/1847 6.Alexander marries after. 1850 7.unknown daughter possibly Elizabeth Mills Allen b 1825-1830 marries/dies before 1850 8. unknown daughter b. 1830-1835 marries dies before 1850 Possible CHILDREN of Richard Mills and Margaret Whinrey Mills:: 1. Thomas A. Mills, b. ca. 1815 in TN, d. 1 Jan 1874 Greene Co, Mo , married 24 Dec. 1837 in Greene County, Tn to Nancy Ann Johnson (b. 1811 Tn). Children: 1. William Alexander Mills, b. 1837 Greene Co Tn 2. Joseph H. Mills, b. 1839 Greene Co Tn 3. James B. Mills b. 1842, Greene Co Mo 4. Margaret J. Mills, b. 1844 Greene Co. Mo 5. Augustus W. Mills, b. 1847 Greene Co, Mo 6. John W. Mills, b. 1849 Greene Co, Mo 7. Louis C. Mills, b. 1851, Greene Co, Mo 8. Lensey R. Mills, 1853, Greene Co, Mo 9. Nancy L. Mills, b.1854, Greene Co, Mo 10. Martha E. Mills, b. 1856, Greene Co., Mo. 11. Thomas J. Mills, b. 1859 Greene Co, mo 2. Hester "Hettie" Mills married in 1815 to Jacob Brown (b. 1810 in North Carolina, d. ca.. 1850 in 3rd Dist, Overton Co, TN) (Cynthia Rice) Children of Jacob Brown and Hester Mills Brown 1. Seaborn Brown b: 1836 2. William Brown b: 1837 3. John Brown b: 1839 moved to Greene Co Mo with "Uncle Gravenor Likins" in ca. 1853, settles in Lawrence Co, Mo. 4. Nancy Brown b: 1841 moved to Greene Co Mo. living in household of William Likins, Greene Co Mo in 1860, marries Samuel Cotter in Greene Co Mo. 5. Demarius Brown b: 1843 6. Margaret Brown b: 1845 7. Samuel Brown b: 1847 8. Sarah Brown b: 1850 3.. Ann Bethia Mills b. 26 April 1819 in Millburton, Greene Co. Tn, died 15 Sep 1873 in Dade County, Mo., buried in Langford Cemetery. Married 1840 to John Wilkerson Freeze b.10 August 1820 in Greene County TN. Moved to Overton County by 1845, may have moved to Missouri by 1856 (James Banks 2003) Ann married ca. 1840 John Wilkerson Freeze in Overton county. John was the son of David Freeze and Charity Freeze. Note: a Jacob Freeze and Catherine Seigler , Freeze were in Greene Co TN in 1820. Is David Freeze their son.(glennis webb horn 2000) Children: 1. Joseph (Joe) Eli Frieze b. 1841 Tn 2. James A (Jim) Frieze b. 22 Feb 1843 Tn 3. Arkley Frieze b. 26 May 1845 Overton Co Tn 4. Sarah Emeline Frieze b. 1847 Overton Co Tn 5. Angeline (Liza) Frieze b. 15 Oct 1848 Overton Co Tn 6. Richard Denton Frieze b. 8 April 1850 Overton Co Tn 7. Margaret Melinda (linda) Freeze b. ca 1852 Overton Co Tn 8. Idelia Frieze b. ca. 1854 9. Narcissa Frieze b. ca. 1856 in Tn/Mo (James Banks 2003) 4. Unnamed male born between 1820 and 1830 Based on comparative analysis of Mills family enumerations in federal manuscript census for 1830, Greene County, Tn; 1840 Overton County Tn, 1850 Overton County; 5. Eli Mills, b. 17 April 1825, d. 19 Oct 1883 in Ellis Ks, buried in Hope Cemetery, Ellis Kansas. After 1840, married in Overton County TN to Lydia Minerva Parrish (b. 11 Jun 1821 in Jackson Co Tn, d. 14 May 1908 in Ellis Ks). Their first children born in Overton Co, by 1859 are in Coles County Il. (George Hills 2004). Children: 1. Lydia Janes Mills b. 29 Sept 1848, Overton Co Tn, m. Samuel D.L. Hite June 8, 1871 Coles Co IL 2. Sarah J. Mills b. ca 1850 Overton Tn, d. 21 Sept Ellis Ks 3. Margaret Elizabeth Mills b. 29 April 1852/1853, d. 5 Feb 1913 Nowata Co, m. William Jeremiah Mills on Aug. 3 1876 in Coles Co IL 4. John Richard Mills 5. William Thomas Mills 6. George A. Mills b. 12 Oct 1859 Coles Co IL m. unknown Mills 7. Mary W. Mills b. 24 Feb 1865 Coles Co IL, d. 1947 Ellis Ks, m. 1886 Theron Moore 1., Raynor Moore 2. (Hills 2004) 6. Unnamed Daughter, b. 1825-1830 Based on an analysis of Overton County TN census enumerations from 1850-1880, this may be Elizabeth (b. ca. 1825 Greene Co Tn?, d. before 1880? Overton Co, Tn.) who married Benjamin Allen (b. ca. 1831 Tn, d. ca. 1860 Overton Co. Tn), son of Issac and Sarah Allen. Children of Elizabeth Mills Allen and Benjamin Allen: 1.Tennessee Allen, f, b. ca. 1844 Overton Co Tn. 2.Winny Allen, f, b. ca. 1847, d. before 1860 in Ditto 3.Evander Allen, m, b. ca. 1850 in Ditto 4.Mary Clemintine Allen, 6, twin, b. ca. 1854 in Ditto 5.Sarah E Allen, 6, twin, b. ca. 1854 in Ditto 6.Jerah/Jeramiah Allen 3, male, b. ca. 1857 in Ditto 7.Emaline Allen f, ca. 1860 in Ditto 7. Alexander Mills born ca. 1834 in tennessee, d. 1862(?). Between 1850 and 1860, Alexander married a Lucinda in Overton County Tn,. In the 1860 census, he and his wife. Lucinda, are enumerated immediately after, Richard and Margaret Mills in District 3, Overton County, Tn., An Alexander Mills died there in 1862. Is this the same Alexander Mills? Is this Alexander's son?. Alec J. Mills b. 1860-65 (Sheryl/Sherrie Davis) By 1910 he is in Marion Township, Polk County, Missouri . The 1910 Census enumeration provides this information: Mills, Alec J 46 2nd marriage, 11 yrs, born Tenn parents born unk, works out on farm, rents wife Harriet 35, first marriage, 11 yrs, born Kent, as well as parents son James G 10 dau Almeta J 9 dau Mollie Ethel 6 dau Opal E is 1 of 12 months, all kids born Missouri By 1920 he is in Grandview Township, Cherokee County, Oklahoma Mills, Elick, Head, 59, born TN, farmer Harriet, wife, 47, born Kentucky James G? , son, 19, born MO, farm laborer Mollie Ethel, dau, 15, born MO, Ople E, dau, 9, born MO ? son, 6, born OK, ? dau, 1, born OK Miller,? John, son in law, his wife(Almeta J.Mills) and grandson Richard MillerHarriet and all children are listed as Indian on the 1920 census. 8. unnamed daughter, b. 1830-1835 who marries or dies before 1850 Would appreciate any and all corrections, additions, observations, deletions, suggestions, etc. Particularly would love to find information about: 1. Richard Mills' parents and siblings--names, b. & d. dates, locations, spouses, 2. The names of all of Richard Mills and Margaret Whinrey Mills children, their spouses and descendants. Have information on the Whinrey family (Patrick Jr., Thomas, Joseph and Joseph's descendants) for those who are interested. Kerry McGrath ciarrai4378@mchsi.com