Hi Pat Any clue as to when and where this John Mills was born or how old he was when he came to Ohio or just where he came from? You guessed it --I have an elusive John Mills b. 1727. I believe his grandson Joseph Mills, a gunsmith came to Ohio. Carolyn > [Original Message] > From: <ChekWriter@aol.com> > To: <MILLS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 1/17/2006 12:56:31 PM > Subject: Re: [MILLS] Elisha Mills > > Also very good points, Ray. > > However, Ray, I believe that Davy Crockett was not in The Northwest > Territory as it was called. > > But he was in Kentucky and Tennessee. > > Remember too, that since we are talking about Walt Disney Movies, they are > made with a very large touch of salt. > > Maybe so, maybe not. > > Yes, some settlers, that is, the men (frontiersmen) were in that area, but > most were considered as squatters. Once the area was open to the rightful > landowners by grant of their services during the Revolutionary War in the other > states. > > These early arrivals were then put off their lands, after much improvement. > Some were given near lands, but in turn, these too became subject of new > settlers with rightful possession. > > There is mentioned in one of the genealogy and history books, on Ohio, that > his name was John MILLS. He was the first settler in Eaton, Preble County, > Ohio, and he did move on to other lands several times, The same problem. > > He did move on over to Indiana, and then back a couple more times, each > state. Finally in Indiana, where he did pass. > > But in the meantime, that name is also parallel with a Thomas MILLS. And we > know that there are just way too many JOHN and THOMAS MILLS in all of our > family trees. > > But I still do not believe that this person was born in Ohio in 1771. That > is clearly, 17 years before actual settlement was opened up for those who > came with STITES and others. SYMMES, etc., other large land speculators. > > Unless you have some kind of documented evidence of the birth, i.e., family > bible, or ? I would be happy to accept that place as his birthplace at that > time frame. > > pat > cw > > Again, we do not want to confuse present day movie adaptions, with actual > historical data. Pension records, Widow pensions, etc. > > > > > > > ==== 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