Jimillis@aol.com wrote: > Is anyone researching the Millis family of Guilford County? >Barring that, >could anyone assist me with a look-up in the 1840 Guilford census (see below)? > I've done an awful lot of work pulling together what I can about >the many >Millises who lived in Guilford, using various printed and original sources and >will be happy to share what I can. > My dead end here is John Millis. He was apprenticed as a tanner at >the age >of 19 (and as an "orphan") on May 19, 1831 in Guilford County. Date of birth >is given as Oct 25, 1812. He married Caroline Gardner on November 21, 1835, >across the county line in Randolph County. About 1841 he left North Carolina >for Mississippi. > I have been unable to identify his parents or connect him in anyway >with any >of the numerous Millises in Guilford during this time. > He should be in the 1840 Guilford census, and I do find in the >index to that >census reference to a John Millis. He is supposed to be on page 225 of the >original census. If anyone out there has a copy of the census, could you >please assist me with a lookup of the data relating to this John? I would >greatly appreciate it. Thanks. > >-------------------------------- Although I am not researching the MILLIS family, I have found some connected to the WILEY family by marriage. Nancy Millis (1799-1884) married Shannon Wiley. Her sister, Elizabeth "Betsy" Millis (1794-1832) married Samuel Wiley. They were reportedly daughters of James Millis and Mary Jackson. The Abstracts of Marriage Bonds in Guilford Co. indicate that James and Mary married in 1785. I have no information about other family members. I hope this can help your search. Dave