Cousins, I am sending the following document to three lists (OH, PAWASHIN, and PAGREENE), hoping that you will find it interesting and maybe useful. John Edingfield II has shared his great grandmother's notes on her Mills family (and related families), hoping for enlargement and correction of the information therein. Please feel free to forward these notes to other Mills researchers for whom they might be useful. Apologies for multiple postings and for the length of this one. Look forward to hearing from you. Ted Mills ___________________ *Family History Notes of Marion Lavon Mills*[1]* <#_ftn1>* The following is typed from notes handwritten by Marion Lavon Mills (in 1953, I think). She was the great grandmother of John Edingfield II, of Hanover Park, IL, who is sharing them now with other Mills researchers. Marion L.'s son (John's grandfather) was Marion H. Edingfield, who is mentioned in several places in these notes The first nine pages of her notes (which I have not included here) concern the Churchill Jones land grants in Spring Valley, Greene Co., Ohio in 1784 (patented 1803), ultimately sold to several men: Daniel Cain, Benjamin Allen, John Blessing, Edward Walton, Andrew Bird, Samuel Wright, and John Bingamon. Additional material concerns marriages among the children and grandchildren of these men, especially Cain, Bingamon, Knight, and a Richard Beck. The name of Aaron W. Mills (father of Marion Lavon Mills) is mentioned in relation to the family of Henry Coy, as follows, on p. 9: "William Coy's father (Barney Jake) is called on account of large barn he built and where church meeting were held by Rev. Winters who married both Aaron W. Mills and Melinda Jane Bingamon (grandparents of Marion H. Edingfield) and John Bingamon and Emaline Beck (great grandparents of Marion H. Edingfield)." Beginning on page 10 of her notes I have typed them (keeping her spelling and punctuation), and I have indented, /italicized/ and [bracketed] a few of my own comments based on my somewhat different reading of the Mills family history. My intention (and John's) is to make available yet another source for the Mills family record and to help all of us to sort through the confusing stories of the family. The following document appears to have some errors, but it is a first-hand record from the memory of a woman born in 1893, and as such, it is valuable to us. Many thanks to John for sharing it. Ted Mills ____________________________________________ Jacob Mills Taken from Book 11 page 106 by Edward Mills on Mills history. Books (3) at library corner of High Street and 15^th Avenue, Columbus OH. Jacob Mills born 1762, died in Cass County, IN in 1846. He and brother Elisha and six others arrived from Penn. by flat boat down the Ohio River to where Cincinnati Ohio now stands about 1791. Sometimes previous to Indian wars of that period. /[Judy Boies has information about brothers Jacob and Elisha Mills moving to Henry Co IN and later to Randolph Co IN, which are closes to the OH line, Cass Co is way far from //Ohio//. My guess is that //Marion// is referring to Henry rather than to Cass Co here./ He had much experience in Indian warfare and was spy under General Wayne. Was at battle of Maumee [? Could be Miami or Mannee?] was one of the settlers who escaped Indian massacre at Cincinnati Ohio. His name appears among list of pioneers landing Nov. 1788 at Columbia monument erected by Monument Ass. July 14 1889. /[I have a Jacob Mills born in Frederick co, MD in 1762, probably the son of John Mills born 1727, and he is probably the Jacob who moved to Ohio with the Stites party in 1788, but I have no record of him moving on to Indiana. Has anyone any documentation of the //Indiana// move?]/ Children: John who lived in Warren County Ohio and died there 1836 Jacob Nancy -- lived in Warren County many years died Sept 1863 in Knox County Ill. Near Abingdon. /[I have no record of children of Jacob named John, Jacob, or Nancy -- does anyone have documented knowledge of these as children of Jacob Mills?]/ Michael -- born 1787 died 1863 in Jay Co Ind, had a daughter who married Samuel Rogers, died in Ind. Michael son of Jacob married and had ten children. Michael was Methodist preacher, served in Federal Army Aug 1862-65. /[Michael, b 1787 in PA and d 1864 in Jay Co IN, is well documented (and is my gg grandfather). He is mentioned in some sources as the son of Jacob Mills, but I have no documentation. None of his three daughters married a //Rogers//, and no //Rogers// appears in the family to date. Michael married twice and had nine children. He was a FreeWill Baptist preacher but died too early to have served in the Civil War. His tombstone (Liber Cemetery, Jay Co IN) includes the comment: 'Nye's Cav. Co. "Kratzer's //Ohio// Mil" War of 1812.'/ Daniel born Sept. 27, 1829 in Warren Co Ohio, married Maggie Wells Jan. 1 1852. She was born Feb. 5, 1832 in Chester Co, Pa. /[This is correct information for David (not Daniel) Mills, son of Michael (not son of Jacob). David and Maggie (Margaret Wells) migrated to //Missouri// about 1868 with their large family]/ /[It appears to me that //Marion// had true fragments of family history which she sometimes put together in erroneous ways. I am especially interested in sorting out this Jacob's family. There were at least two Jacobs in //Warren// //County// in this period, plus one in //Butler// //County//, and one in //Greene// //County//. The //Greene// //County// //Jacob// is of another family, I am sure, but the relationships among the two in //Warren// and one in //Butler// are not clear yet. I would welcome further info on that subject.]/ _______________________________/./ History of Elizabethtown, NJ Hatfields Deeds, Joseph Mills among first settlers of Westfield, NJ 1699. Joseph Mills at Elizabethtown town NJ 1720. John Mills (great great grandparents of Marion H. Edingfield). John Mills married Nancy Mumpower (born in 1797) Washington Co Tenn. Widow of many years. Nancy died Aug. 30 1881, age 84 years 10 mos, 3 days. /[Here is yet another John Mills! From the accompanying info, can anyone identify his origins and place him in one of the lines discussed on the Mills discussion list? Has anyone else encountered Mumpowers in relation to the Mills family?]/ Children. Joseph C. was married three times. No. 1 Elizabeth Willis. No. 2 Mrs. Sarah C. Deboth [Sp?] Nov 23, 1880. No. 3 was in Kansas, her name not known. His oldest son was killed in Mexican war. Joseph died in 1898 (Elizabeth Willis born Dec. 31, 1801 -- 1891.) Elizabeth (born May 18, 1827 -- Aug. 1878) married a farmer by name of Whiterman. Eliza Jane married William Murry. 15 1843 (she not of age) James (went to Indiana?) Thomas Jefferson lived near Winchester, Ind, married Nancy Miller from Ireland. William (went to California) Perry married Ann Vandevert [or Vandevort] Mar 27 1854 (No. 1). He married Lena Wilkerson (No. 2). Perry and Lena had a daughter named Flora living in Lebanon, Ohio, a son Charles A. Perry when young was a lawer at Cincinnati Ohio, but when living with second wife was a carpenter and farmer. Died at Lebanon Ohio but know record was filed. Perry was born 1828, died 1894, buried on old Wilkerson Cemetry on Wilmington Pike out of Lebanon. A Mills enrolled May 3, 1846 at Logan, Ohio for twelve months as private in Capt. Worthington's Co. Hocking Ohio Infantry, which became D 2d [?] regiment Ohio infantry, Colonel Morgan commanding. Muster in and out dates not shown. Name only appears on command muster roll for June 9, 1846 show him present. Joseph Mills was born Jan. 24, 1824 Cumberland Co. Tenn. Died Nov. 1898. Buried in St. Francis Cemetry (northwest Kansas). Third wife living at that time. He and first wife was married in Quaker church. Old Mills family Bible got burnt up. Flora Mills told me (Marion (Mills) Edingfield) our grandmother Nancy Mumpower Mills was buried at Olive Branch grave yard Warren Co. Ohio. She told there was a stone t here. There is no stone with her name on it, but there is one with the name John died October 6, 1846, 56 years of age. As Nancy was a widow for a good many years, I believe this to be her husband John. As near as I can learn, John was from Va. The Mumpowers were large rawboned folks, hands and feet. The Mumpowers settled in Washington Co, Va, as there is a large tract of land not far from Bristol Va which once belonged to them. Samuel Jackson Mumpower, who crossed the waters when he still talked dutch, was one of ten sons and three sisters. He served in Civil War. His brothers Abram, George, William, John, Ben, Jake, David, Henry, and Isaac. Samuel Mumpower's father owned land and it still goes by the name of Mumpower Water Works. Bristol gets part of its water from here. Seems there is a Mumpower coat of arms (Dr. Chester Mumpower has it). He lives in Bristol, Va. When our ancestors fought in a Scotish war and proved so brave, he was knighted. His name was changed to Mumpower. They were Germans. _____________________________________________________ Joseph Mills (great grandparents of Marion H. Edingfield) Joseph Mills married Elizabeth Williams Feb. 8, 1849 /[An interlinear note above //Elizabeth//'s name says "//Dec. 31, 1801//-1891," and a marginal note says (Died 1898), but the various dates are not reconciled.] / She died August 28, 1878 age 21 years 3 mos 7 days. /[Again, another Joseph! Who can link him to one of the known Mills lines?]/ Children Oliver P. Mills born 1849, died Mar 16, 1880 age 30 yrs 8 mos & 7 days, married Amanda Boroff [Sp?] Aaron Wilson born 1851 died 1931. Aronabol W. /[Sp?]/ born 1859 died 1888 in Kansas. He is buried in Alma Cemetry in Kansas. (Twins) Alice and Mary born 1854. Alice died Oct. 28, 1867 age 13 years 9 mos and 10 days. Mary born dead. John born 1864, died 1946 in N. Battleford, Canada, buried in Protestant Cemetry. John married Gertrude Summerson (No. 1), Mary Kress (No. 2). Aaron Mills was school teacher when he was young. Aaron Mills said three Mills brothers came over from England. Our Mills owned slaves at one time, but gave them their freedom before the Civil War. Our Mills said to be cavaliers and belonged to Court party in time of Charles 1^st . Oliver Mills was a wizard at figures. When businessmen in Cincinnati got balled up in their figures, they got him to come and they would read the figures off and he would tell them the answer right off. They offered him big money to come and work for them, but he liked the outdoors to well. Arnold did pen and ink drawing and would do any kind of work to get out of using a horse, which he disliked very much. Aaron was a "squirrel hunter" a short while during the Civil War. The captain was Allen Gregg of Warren County near Springboro. They along with other bands of squirrel hunters were never recognized by the government. He was fourteen then. ________________ Aaron Wilson Mills (grandparents of Marion H. Edingfield) Aaron Wilson Mills born 1851, married Melinda Jane Bingamon Oct 29 . She was born Sept. 3, 1852. They had one child Marion Lavon Mills. She was born Nov. 29, 1893. /[The marriage year for Aaron and Melinda was left blank in //Marion//'s notes. The notes end at this point. John Edingfield has other notes from Marion about families in the Edingfield line, but these are all that directly mention Mills family members.]/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1] <#_ftnref1> John Edingfield II can be reached at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. This typescript was produced by Ted Mills ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>). We welcome corrections and additions.

I can go back to this: Isaac Henry Weaver m. ???? Children: Isaac Henry Daniel Benjamin Now: Isaac Henry Weaver Jr. m. Sarah Willvert..his birth place was Nortumberland Co., Pa. Their children were: 1. Isaiah W. Weaver b. 08 Oct 1865 who m. Isabelle W. Ricedorff 2. Joseph Weaver 3. Mary Weaver m. J. H. Zimmerman 4. George Washington Weaver 5. Aldine Weaver Now: Isaiah and Isabelle's children were: Lester Elsworth Weaver m. Hazel Pauline Poland Jane Margaret Weaver m. Robert Isaac Shreffler Stanley George Weaver m. Matilda Ethell Rice Anyone have anything else on any of these lines. My Dads sister was Hazel Pauline Poland Weaver. This is all we have on the older Weavers. Laura N. Mallett, GRI http://www.lauramallett.net/ This site is continually changing Always check back

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/6142.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear Mr. Davison: I have reason to believe that Alcinda Black might be my relative. My father was David Walsh Black, born in Rice's Landing on April 15, l913. He married my mother, Mary M. Hicks in l937 in Canton, PA. He lived in Olean, NY and Warren, PA with my mother and I and was a truckdriver most of his life. I think David and Elizabeth must have been his grandparents. He was killed in a logging accident in July, l974 in Uniontown, PA while unloading a log truck. If you have any information about this particular Black family, please let me know. I know so very little about my fathers' family only that his father and mother came from Scotland. My phone is 570-673-3771, email [email protected], address is Bev Wimpling, POB 142, Canton, PA 17724 Many thanks for your help, Bev Wimpling

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BAILEY/MYERS/WHEELER/RAYMER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/10853/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Do you have a Alfred BAILEY married to a Viola TREVENA in any of your records? Viola is from a line of WHEELER/MYERS Patty [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/10852.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sorry, I'm not familiar with either name. Al

Would those who are researching the Curtis family please contact me? I am from the Job Curtis line born 1797 in Tenn. son of Edward Sr, who is the son of Job born in England. Thanks, Connie Brubaker

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/10852.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi, i have a Bruce Bailey married to Helen Maude Sanders all from Maidsvile, Wv

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/10851.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: "Sachem" is not a surname. It is a Native American word meaning "Chief" or "Head" of a tribe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachem

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/666.1033.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Liz, I would be interested on any information you may have on Daniel and Mary (nee Griffith) Sweeney. My great grandmother was Nancy Jane Sweeney, b. 1863 to Daniel and Caroline Sweeney. Daniel was son to Daniel and Mary. Thanks so much! Lisa Ross

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Curtis, Dugan, Bailey, Barnhart, Flenniken, Applebee, Cummins Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/10852.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Al, Finally there is someone that is interested in this family! I am descended from Clement Curtis b.1812 PA d. Apr 04 1893 PA who married Rachel Cummins thru his son James Layton Curtis. I had found all Curtis in Census records but couldn't link them. My paternal line is Curtis and I have a lot on Curtis descendants. I had found Clement Curtis in Fayette Co PA and figured he could be Clement's father but had no proof. Please let me know what information you need. I had found Curtis family in Quaker records and think they may have been Quaker. Some of my Bailey ancestors were Quaker. I used to live close to Dallas TX and spent a lot of time at the downtown library in their Genealogy Department. Linda C. Pettingell [email protected]

It just makes a person stop...and cry... and say a prayer for the living. So many young die -- too young -- too early. When I first heard the story on local NE Ohio news yesterday, I worried it was my BIL and the grandkids he's raising. My sister //his wife died in 2003. They went thru 2 major fires. Glad it wasn't him... but... can never be 'glad' cos still, somebody lost family. Judy On 2/18/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > I saw a clip that a home and family was lost in Waynesburg, PA but when I > went to get Greene Co Messenger data it was not available said something > about > being sold. So Waynesburg doesn't have a paper any more? I also heard > that > some of the names were cousins names. Has anyone gotten any actual data > other > than faulty heating system and who were they? Prayers to all that are > connected. > SusiCP >

I'm still getting my weekly newspaper. I get it on Mondays and have it paid up for 2 years. Haven't heard anything at all about a sell out. It should be here tomorrow but my cousin died in Virginia and I will be leaving before the paper gets here. Let me know what obit you need and I'll check mine out. I save them all. Laura N. Mallett, GRI http://www.lauramallett.net/ This site is continually changing Always check back

The mail was so anxious to let you know I appreciated your assistance it went before I got to say a Proper thankyou. Thankyou to all whom responded to my query regarding the fire and the families. If anyone learns fate of the newspaper please post to the list so we will all know what is happening, Thanks. Susi Windy Southern Ca today.

My Indian ancestry is through a medicine woman from an Indian tribe in Pennsylvania. Grandma called her Grandma a Shahman's daughter and independently she was a said she was referred to as a princess. But that could be the white version. But there are many tribes and the variants in all these tribes at times are fastly different and some are closely the same. I will have to look at my New England Indian and see how she was referred to and how the male son of a Chief in the Connecticut line is referred to. I have five lines proven so far so this is interesting. I know the western civilizations did not use that connotations but will ask Sis what is used by Indians IN Washington State. Susi

Susi Not sure what is up at the Waynesburg paper, but you can find what you are looking for at Washington Observer-Reporter at the link below. Will http://www.observer-reporter.com I will send you a file offline... Steve -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 11:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [PAGRE] Fire and death in Greene Co PA I saw a clip that a home and family was lost in Waynesburg, PA but when I went to get Greene Co Messenger data it was not available said something about being sold. So Waynesburg doesn't have a paper any more? I also heard that some of the names were cousins names. Has anyone gotten any actual data other than faulty heating system and who were they? Prayers to all that are connected. SusiCP ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Susi Not sure what is up at the Waynesburg paper, but you can find what you are looking for at Washington Observer-Reporter at the link below.. http://www.observer-reporter.com Steve -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 11:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [PAGRE] Fire and death in Greene Co PA I saw a clip that a home and family was lost in Waynesburg, PA but when I went to get Greene Co Messenger data it was not available said something about being sold. So Waynesburg doesn't have a paper any more? I also heard that some of the names were cousins names. Has anyone gotten any actual data other than faulty heating system and who were they? Prayers to all that are connected. SusiCP ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sachem means the Chief or Head of the Tribe and is somethimes used for the Medican Man, but it means Chrief or Head. My first husband's Indian line comes through Chief Doublehead of the Cherokee Tribe. After 20 years research the line is as back as far as can be researched from records available. Doublehead's daughter, Cornblossom, married George Jacob "Big Jake" Troxel. He was a Long Hunter. Never have I seen, in any paper work, documents, or other writings any Indian woman called a Princess. Nor did they have Kings and Queens. They did have "Beloved" women. They did have women of great honor who knew the ways of herbs and medicianal properties. My sister is married to a full blood Navajo and her Husband, Dunc Neiry and I have discussed this same subject. He often laughs at the way Anglo's want to make the Indian fit their criteria of what the White people felt they should be, not what they were. Then my sister was also married to a full blood Araphao. He died several years ago and he, too, felt that the idea of an Indian Princess was a concoction of the mind of the Anglo. His father was the Principal of the largest Indian School in Oklahoma for many years. A very well educated man. Their son worked at the BIA in Washington for several years and now works in the field in OK. He tells me he hears a lot of "Indian Princess" Stories. At one time, some of the Indian's were dressed in the Anglo finery of the day, sent to England, and were paraded before the King and Court. Maybe from this came the idea of "Princess". Who knows. But the longer the subject line was posted with "Indian Princess", the more concern I felt. If someone has found paper work, documents or whatever that uses this term, that is used by the Indian people themselves, please, I will most certainly like to have a copy. Perhaps after researching genealogy and doing Historical Reconstruction for 35 years, I have missed something. BUT, there is nothing more important in research as the truth, nothing! Otherwise, we write faity tales of our own minds. Thank you for reading this. This is not in any way meant to be offensive, just a matter of facts. Ira Sharp Dennis

I saw a clip that a home and family was lost in Waynesburg, PA but when I went to get Greene Co Messenger data it was not available said something about being sold. So Waynesburg doesn't have a paper any more? I also heard that some of the names were cousins names. Has anyone gotten any actual data other than faulty heating system and who were they? Prayers to all that are connected. SusiCP

Al, Finally there is someone that is interested in this family! I am descended from Clement Curtis b.1812 PA d. Apr 04 1893 PA who married Rachel Cummins thru his son James Layton Curtis. I had found all Curtis in Census records but couldn't link them. My paternal line is Curtis and I have a lot on Curtis descendants. I had found Clement Curtis in Fayette Co PA and figured he could be Clement's father but had no proof. Please let me know what information you need. I had found Curtis family in Quaker records and think they may have been Quaker. Some of my Bailey ancestors were Quaker. I used to live close to Dallas TX and spent a lot of time at the downtown library in their Genealogy Department. Linda C. Pettingell [email protected] >From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: [PAGRE] Curtis Family of Greene County >Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:26:00 -0000 > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: >Classification: queries > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/10852/mb.ashx > >Message Board Post: > >Need help on the family and descendants of Clement Curtis, b. Burlington >County, NJ abt 1765, d. Greene Co. after 1830; wife unknown; children >include Lydia, John, Jonathan, Job, Sarah and Clement. . Al Field >([email protected]) > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message