The mention of Four Holes swamp in S.C. caught my attention, This Elizabeth woman who lived at Four Holes swamp was she a Native woman ? as Four Holes Swamp is home to the Natchez-Kusso Edisto Tribe, they live at Four Holes & Creel Town... Jeff Beard Hazel LeBlanc <gen-search@cox.net> wrote: I have reading with great interest in your Mills family. I trying to find the parents and siblings of Emily Dorothy Mills/Dorothy Emily Mills born Dec. 24, 1785. She was 23 when she married Benjamin "Ben" Goodson, (59) March or May 21, 1809 in Laurens Co., GA according to a cousin's research. As the first child, Rebecca/Rebeckah Dulana Goodson was born March 20, 1810 in Laurens Co., GA. Ben was a Revolutionary solider, who was born 30 miles from Camden, SC (on Lynches Creek) and was married first to Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) about 1784 near Four Hole Swamp, Charleston Dist, SC. They had 7 known children in Four Hole Swamp, then 5 children in Wilkinson Co., GA. The last child being born in 1807. So Elizabeth probably died 1807-1809 and Benjamin needed a wife to take care of his children. Ben seemed to enjoy his love life, because he and Emily went on to have 13 more children. As mentioned the first was born in Laurens Co., GA. the next two were born in Marion Co., MS, the next 6 were born in Lawrence Co., MS, the last 4 were born in Franklin Co., MS. When Ben was 82 the United States Congress passed a law providing for a pension of $60.00 per year for veterans of the Revolutionary War. He applied for and was approved for the pension, which he apparently received until his death. He must have been an educated man, because he signed the petition and was a Methodist preacher for 60 years. Ben was 97 and Emily was 61 in 1847 when they moved to Claiborne Parish, LA, where they lived until his death, on May 25, 1851, at the age of 100 years and 21 days. After his death, Emily petitioned the court for a pension as the widow of a Revolutionary War veteran, which she was granted and retroactive to February 3, 1853. She evidently could not read or write because she signed the petition with and X mark. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who knows her family or have come across anything and set it aside in hopes of finding a connection at a later date. Hazel Payne LeBlanc (their great, great, great granddaughter) >Alexander Mills Not Stated, Laurens, SC 1790 >William Mills Not Stated, Laurens, SC 1790 > >Alexander Mills Not Stated, Laurens District, SC 1800 >James Mills Not Stated, Laurens District, SC 1800 >William Mills Not Stated, Laurens District, SC 1800 > >Alexander Mills Not Stated, Laurens, SC 1810 >Elick Mills Not Stated, Laurens, SC 1810 >James Mills Not Stated, Laurens, SC 1810 > >Alexander Mills Not Stated,Laurens,SC 1820 >Alexander Mills Not Stated,Laurens,SC 1820 >Harris Mills Not Stated,Laurens,SC 1820 >Saml Mills Not Stated,Laurens,SC 1820 > >1830 Laurens SC showed Alex Sr but not Jr nor the James nor William >present any longer. Some may have died, some moved on. Alex Jr is more >easily identified than a James or a William. Got any insight? > > >==== MILLS Mailing List ==== >Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most >helpful site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx Scanned for viruses by Blue Coat http://www.WinProxy.com/ ==== MILLS Mailing List ==== List Mom for MILLS-L: Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less