David, Would you please contact me at brugart@mts.net concerning the JONES, FIELDS, etc. genealogy information? Thanks. Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Duncan" <ndduncan@ecsis.net> To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History > Hello Brenda, > Thanks for your reply. > > Yes I would like to have any information you might have in connection with > the Brooks, Gibbs, Fields, Blakes, all of whom lived in Dist 3 or > 14....especially on the > line of Seth T. "Buster" Fields. I have Seth and Essie Arizona married 22 > Oct, 1901. Seth > was son of Thomas Jefferson Fields and Martha Ann Kennedy from on the > other > side of the county. > Seth's great-uncle was John Fields Jr. who lived in Dist 3. There is a > small Fields Cemetery > just north of Mt. Pelia Road in Dist 3. I will be glad to share also on > any families you > may be working on. Just let me know if I can help. > > Thanks, > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of B Gartside > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 8:39 PM > To: tnweakle@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History > > David, > You mentioned that you'd be interested in knowing more about the Jones > family in Dist. 3. I'll be happy to e-mail you the Jones info that I > have. > It's still, definitely, a work in progress. I also have some Fields > connections --Essie Arizona Moss married Seth Thomas "Buster" Fields > c1902?? > > in Weakley Co. Zona was the daughter of John W. Moss and Mariah Parilee > Vowell. Mariah was the daughter of my gg grandparents, John Louis Vowell > and Melvina Dunseath Duke. Just let me know if you'd like to have the > Jones > > info. I posted a few generations to the mailing list about a week ago but > didn't include notes (census, etc.). Thanks, Brenda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Duncan" <ndduncan@ecsis.net> > To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 12:32 AM > Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History > > >> Hello Brenda, >> Beginning with the clarification posted by Leonard Milner of DeBrary >> Fl..... >> "..The L. Milner in the 1850 Census is William Leonard Milner, son of >> William and Nancy Edmunds Milner. He married Elizabeth P. Ray in 1827 in >> Halifax County, VA............. After Leonard's death, Elizabeth married >> William Jones in 1854 in Weakley Couty.......". >> >> I did find a marriage record of William Jones and Elizabeth P. Milner, >> "Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900", Ancestry.Com, showing marriage date of >> 15 >> June 1854, in Weakley Co. So, based on this and above paragraph, the >> maiden >> name of William's second wife, prior to her marriage to Leonard Milner, >> was >> Ray. She was born in 1810 in Virginia. >> >> In the 1850 census, William Jones is listed as a widower, age 60, in CD 3 >> of >> Weakley Co. In the 1860 census, he is listed as age 70 with wife >> Elizabeth, >> age 50, seemingly Elizabeth P. Ray Milner Jones, and her son by prior >> marriage, George Milner, age 16. This is in CD 14 of Weakley Co. In the >> 1870 census, Weakley Co., shows William Jones, age 81, E. P. Jones, age >> 61 >> (Elizabeth's middle initial was P.), and Rebecca Jones, age 20. (The >> Ancestry.Com census image appears to be a "P" as opposed to an "F"). >> This >> and the ages and civil district seem to support that this William Jones >> married the widow Leonard Milner, Elizabeth P. Ray Milner. >> >> Having said this, if your William's first wife Rebecca died in 1850, >> prior >> to the census, and Elizabeth married William Jones in 1854, I don't see >> any >> reason why your William and "our" William are not one in the same. >> Rebecca >> Jones could well be his granddaughter by his first marriage. In the 1860 >> Weakley Co. Census, there is a Rebecca Jones, age 11, in the HH of A. I. >> (J?) Jones, or Andrew Jackson Jones....middle initial looks like a J in >> the >> census image. (At least census taker made all his other "J's" like the >> letter interpreted as an "I"). It would seem only logical that Rebecca >> moved in to take help care of her grandfather. Also, look at the size of >> Andrew Jackson Jones' household. >> A I Jones 40 >> Angeline Jones 33 >> Tienmorth Jones 22 >> William Jones 21 >> Vandelia Jones 19 >> Rebecca Jones 11 >> Paradine Jones 8 >> James B Jones 3 >> May E Jones 21 >> George Johnson 35 >> Susan Johnson 30 >> Isaac Johnson 10 >> Ancestry.Com Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: District 17, >> Weakley, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1278; Page: 489; Image: 359. >> >> The E. F. Jones you list in CD 3 is a different individual than >> Elizabeth >> P., wife of Leonard Milner who was alive in the >> 1850 census: Leonard and Elizabeth are listed together with their >> children >> in CD 9 in 1850 in Weakley Co. including George Milner, then age 6, who >> is >> listed with William Jones and Elizabeth in the 1870 census. >> >> It seems to me that the William Jones we are both talking about are the >> same >> person. I hope this helped clarify >> the issue. I would be interested in learning more about the Jones family >> in >> CD 3, as my Fields relatives also lived >> in that area. >> >> Thanks, >> David Duncan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of B Gartside >> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 6:48 PM >> To: tnweakle@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History >> >> I think I may have missed something. Could you clarify the information >> about William Jones, please? What was the maiden name of Elizabeth whom >> you >> >> mention as having married William Jones? I've always thought it possible >> that the JONES household in the 1870 census you mentioned was that of my >> ggg >> >> grandfather, William JONES (first wife - Rebecca Unk. d. 1850), and that >> the >> >> Rebecca in the 1870 census was his granddaughter, Rebecca (b. c1850) >> daughter of his son, my gg grandfather, Andrew Jackson JONES. I have >> deed >> >> of gifts records that show "my" William JONES giving slaves to his >> grandchildren, and since he was a slaveowner, that's the main way I've >> been >> >> able to distinguish him from other William Joneses in the county in the >> same >> >> time period, BUT I don't have a proven death date for him. In the 1850 >> Weakley Co. TN Slave Schedule, he owned, at least, 13 slaves and was in >> Dist. 3. >> 1850 Weakley Co. TN Census, Dist. 3 Household 50 >> JONES, W. 60 (male) Farmer 1000 TN (actually born in VA) >> Son, Stephen F. JONES was living about 3 houses away, and daughter Sarah >> JONES SCOTT was a couple of houses from Stephen. >> Here is the 1850 census for E.F. JONES. >> 1850 Weakley Co. TN Census, Dist. 2 >> JONES, E.F. (female) 40 VA >> William 22 TN >> Eliza 23 VA >> Virginia 21 VA >> Lorenzo 19 VA >> Benjamin 16 VA >> Dawson 6 TN >> Ruth 3 TN >> >> In the 1860 Weakley Co. TN Slave Schedule, a William JONES was shown as >> owning 19 slaves in Dist. 14. His census is as follows: >> Dist. 14 >> Wm. JONES 70 Farmer TN >> Elizabeth 50 VA >> George MIL__ (couldn't read rest of name) 16 TN >> >> In 1860, there is also a female, E.F. JONES, 49, VA listed in Dist. 2 on >> the >> >> Weakley Co. census along with Eliza 35, VA; Virginia 33 TN; Adolfus 17 >> TN; Rutha 14 TN; Sarah FIELDS 6 TN; Jane 4 TN; and Georgian 3 TN >> The 1880 Obion Co. TN Mortality Schedule shows: >> E. F. JONES 70 (female) VA Housekeeper Old age >> >> In 1870, the census shows, as you mentioned, William JONES 81 TN; >> E.F. >> 61 VA; Rebecca TN >> Since my gg grandfather, Andrew Jackson JONES, son of William JONES, had >> a >> daughter named Rebecca, born c1850, making her 20 in 1870, I assumed, >> perhaps incorrectly, that this 1870 census was that of the household of >> "my" >> >> William. >> >> I'd appreciate any information or input. I understand that you're not a >> JONES researcher, but I'm hoping that even the maiden name of the >> Elizabeth >> >> you mentioned might help me sort out this census. Thanks very much. >> Brenda >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Duncan" <ndduncan@ecsis.net> >> To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 12:26 AM >> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History >> >> >>> Hello and thank you! >>> This has resulted in some interesting information. While William L. >>> Milner >>> was apparently a large farmer >>> in his own right, the William Jones whom Elizabeth married also had a >>> large >>> farm. In the 1870 census, >>> William (Jones) and Elizabeth were living alone (except for a Rebecca >>> Jones) >>> with property valued at 2500. >>> Three houses down was William Mark Milner, also with $2500 in land and 4 >>> servants. He had married in 1867. >>> These joint lands backed up to the Blake farm. >>> >>> In 1910 Census, John Add Milner was still living at home with his >>> parents, >>> William Mark and Mary Virginia. >>> By 1920 census, William Mark had died. John Add Milner and Minnie Blake >>> had >>> married and apparently moved >>> into the home of Mary Virginia. According to my mother, the Milner farm >>> was >>> nationally recognized one >>> year during that period of time by one of the farm magazines. >>> >>> Thanks again for the information, >>> David Duncan >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>> On Behalf Of Dot & Len Milner >>> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 10:21 AM >>> To: tnweakle@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History >>> >>> David, >>> Thanks for the response. I will try to clarify your Milners. >>> The L. Milner in the 1850 Census is William Leonard Milner, son of >>> William and Nancy Edmunds Milner. He married Elizabeth P. Ray in 1827 >>> in >>> Halifax County, VA. In 1847, they sold their land on Bannister River >>> and >>> moved to West Tennessee. Leonard, on the return trip from visiting his >>> sister in Arkansas, died of Cholera and was buried on the banks of the >>> Mississippi River. His young son, William Mark Milner, was with him and >>> was >>> >>> returned to Weakley County by Masons. This story was related to Dan >>> Freeman >>> >>> by his father, Roy B. Freeman, son of Frances Elizabeth Milner==a >>> daughter >>> of William Mark Milner. After Leonard's death, Elizabeth married >>> William >>> Jones in 1854 in Weakley Couty. William Leonard, son of William and >>> Nancy >>> Edmunds Milner and grandson of Mark and Sarah Tune Milner was also a >>> first >>> cousin to Beverly R. Milner. John Add Milner, who married Minnie Blake, >>> was >>> >>> the son of William Mark and Mary Virginia Chandler Milner >>> Hope I haven't confused you. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Leonard Milner >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> DeBary, FL >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "David Duncan" <ndduncan@ecsis.net> >>> To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 12:17 AM >>> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History >>> >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> My great aunt, Minnie Blake, (1880 - 1969) married John A. (J.A.) "Add" >>>> Milner (1877-1945)late in life, (1917) in Weakley Co. J.A. "Add" >>>> Milner >>>> grew up in Dist. 14, Weakley Co., near the Blake homeplace. His >>>> parents >>>> were William and Mary Virginia (Chandler) Milner. William Milner was >>>> born >>>> in VA in 1837. >>>> >>>> One William Milner is found in the 1850 Weakley Co. Census, Dist 9, in >>>> home >>>> of parents L. Milner, age 49, born VA, and Elizabeth Milner, age 44, >>>> born >>>> VA. All the children listed were born in VA: William, age 14; John, >>>> age >>>> 11; George, age >>>> 6, Samuel, age 21, and probably Samuel's wife, Sarah, age 15. >>>> >>>> However, another William Milner is listed in the same census, Dist 14 >>>> (which >>>> is next to Dist 3 - Gardner area), in home of parents B. J. Milner, 42, >>>> VA >>>> (magistrate), wife Saluda, 37, TN; children Robert, 17, TN; Aurelius, >>>> 15, >>>> TN; William, 37, TN; Sarah, age 6, TN; James, age 8, TN; Lucetta, age >>>> 4, >>>> TN; >>>> and Saluda, age 2, TN. >>>> >>>> Is the William Milner mentioned above...likely the one in the 1850 >>>> census, >>>> Dist 14....connected in any way to your Beverly R. Milner? If so, any >>>> information would be greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> David Duncan >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com >>>> [mailto:tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>>> On Behalf Of Dot & Len Milner >>>> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 9:48 AM >>>> To: tnweakle@rootsweb.com >>>> Subject: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History >>>> >>>> Beverly R. Milner was born on December 20, 1820 in Halifax County, >>>> Virginia. >>>> A little over a year before his birth, his father, Richard, died on >>>> November >>>> 10, 1820 and he was raised by his mother, Martha (Jones). On December >>>> 26, >>>> 1840, he took his bride-to-be, Mary Short Roby, then 15 years old, to >>>> Pittsylvania County where his sister, Sarah, lived. There they were >>>> married >>>> by John Webb with William Compton, his brother-in-law, as bondsman and >>>> George Carter Roby, Mary's father, as signer of the certificate. By >>>> this >>>> time, mother Martha, had moved to Pittsylvania County to live with her >>>> daughter, Sarah, and although not shown in the official record, >>>> probably >>>> attended the marriage ceremony of her youngest son. Family tradition >>>> has >>>> it >>>> that Beverly and a friend had started west southwest toward Tennessee >>>> and, >>>> along the way, Beverly decided that he could not leave his sweetheart, >>>> Mary >>>> Roby. So he returned to Virginia to ask for Mary's hand in marriage. >>>> After >>>> their marriage in ! >>>> 1840, they returned to Halifax County and there their first child, >>>> Martha >>>> J., was born in 1842. Beverly's father, Richard, had left to him a set >>>> of >>>> shoemaker's tools (Will) and the 1850 Federal Census for Rutherford >>>> County, >>>> Tennessee shows him plying this trade in McCrackin's District >>>> (Murfreesboro). The couple had four more children while in Rutherford >>>> County: George William born 1/1/1844; Oliff Roby born 8/27/1847; Olivia >>>> Emiline born in 1848; and Leonard D. born 8/5/1851. The latter is my >>>> Great-grandfather. Later, they moved to the Gardner area of Weakley >>>> County, >>>> Tennessee and after that, to Pierce Station. During this interim, the >>>> next >>>> seven children were born: Sarah Elizabeth born December 1854; Beverly >>>> R., >>>> Jr. born in 1856; Mary E. born in May 1858; an infant girl born in >>>> February >>>> 1860 (who died a month later); Emerson Etheridge born in february 1862; >>>> Ulysses S. Grant born in January 1865; and Isaac W. born in February >>>> 1867. >>>> The family attended and were active i! >>>> n Chapel Hill (United Methodist?) Church Martha J. appears in the 186 >>>> 0 census but is gone by the 1870 census with the presumption that she >>>> married in the interim and has been untraceable since. There are >>>> complete >>>> files on the rest of the children. Mary died on Tuesday, July 12, 1893 >>>> at >>>> their country home in Pierce Station and Beverly died 3 years later on >>>> June >>>> 25, 1896. Both are buried in Chapel Hill cemetery. >>>> >>>> >>>> Leonard Milner >>>> >>>> DeBary, FL >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes >>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have Jones, and Fields in my lines ----- Original Message ----- From: "B Gartside" <brugart@mts.net> To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History > David, > Would you please contact me at brugart@mts.net concerning the JONES, > FIELDS, etc. genealogy information? Thanks. Brenda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Duncan" <ndduncan@ecsis.net> > To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 11:38 PM > Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History > > >> Hello Brenda, >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> Yes I would like to have any information you might have in connection >> with >> the Brooks, Gibbs, Fields, Blakes, all of whom lived in Dist 3 or >> 14....especially on the >> line of Seth T. "Buster" Fields. I have Seth and Essie Arizona married >> 22 >> Oct, 1901. Seth >> was son of Thomas Jefferson Fields and Martha Ann Kennedy from on the >> other >> side of the county. >> Seth's great-uncle was John Fields Jr. who lived in Dist 3. There is a >> small Fields Cemetery >> just north of Mt. Pelia Road in Dist 3. I will be glad to share also >> on >> any families you >> may be working on. Just let me know if I can help. >> >> Thanks, >> David >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of B Gartside >> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 8:39 PM >> To: tnweakle@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History >> >> David, >> You mentioned that you'd be interested in knowing more about the Jones >> family in Dist. 3. I'll be happy to e-mail you the Jones info that I >> have. >> It's still, definitely, a work in progress. I also have some Fields >> connections --Essie Arizona Moss married Seth Thomas "Buster" Fields >> c1902?? >> >> in Weakley Co. Zona was the daughter of John W. Moss and Mariah Parilee >> Vowell. Mariah was the daughter of my gg grandparents, John Louis Vowell >> and Melvina Dunseath Duke. Just let me know if you'd like to have the >> Jones >> >> info. I posted a few generations to the mailing list about a week ago >> but >> didn't include notes (census, etc.). Thanks, Brenda >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Duncan" <ndduncan@ecsis.net> >> To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 12:32 AM >> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History >> >> >>> Hello Brenda, >>> Beginning with the clarification posted by Leonard Milner of DeBrary >>> Fl..... >>> "..The L. Milner in the 1850 Census is William Leonard Milner, son of >>> William and Nancy Edmunds Milner. He married Elizabeth P. Ray in 1827 >>> in >>> Halifax County, VA............. After Leonard's death, Elizabeth married >>> William Jones in 1854 in Weakley Couty.......". >>> >>> I did find a marriage record of William Jones and Elizabeth P. Milner, >>> "Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900", Ancestry.Com, showing marriage date of >>> 15 >>> June 1854, in Weakley Co. So, based on this and above paragraph, the >>> maiden >>> name of William's second wife, prior to her marriage to Leonard Milner, >>> was >>> Ray. She was born in 1810 in Virginia. >>> >>> In the 1850 census, William Jones is listed as a widower, age 60, in CD >>> 3 >>> of >>> Weakley Co. In the 1860 census, he is listed as age 70 with wife >>> Elizabeth, >>> age 50, seemingly Elizabeth P. Ray Milner Jones, and her son by prior >>> marriage, George Milner, age 16. This is in CD 14 of Weakley Co. In >>> the >>> 1870 census, Weakley Co., shows William Jones, age 81, E. P. Jones, age >>> 61 >>> (Elizabeth's middle initial was P.), and Rebecca Jones, age 20. (The >>> Ancestry.Com census image appears to be a "P" as opposed to an "F"). >>> This >>> and the ages and civil district seem to support that this William Jones >>> married the widow Leonard Milner, Elizabeth P. Ray Milner. >>> >>> Having said this, if your William's first wife Rebecca died in 1850, >>> prior >>> to the census, and Elizabeth married William Jones in 1854, I don't see >>> any >>> reason why your William and "our" William are not one in the same. >>> Rebecca >>> Jones could well be his granddaughter by his first marriage. In the >>> 1860 >>> Weakley Co. Census, there is a Rebecca Jones, age 11, in the HH of A. I. >>> (J?) Jones, or Andrew Jackson Jones....middle initial looks like a J in >>> the >>> census image. (At least census taker made all his other "J's" like the >>> letter interpreted as an "I"). It would seem only logical that Rebecca >>> moved in to take help care of her grandfather. Also, look at the size >>> of >>> Andrew Jackson Jones' household. >>> A I Jones 40 >>> Angeline Jones 33 >>> Tienmorth Jones 22 >>> William Jones 21 >>> Vandelia Jones 19 >>> Rebecca Jones 11 >>> Paradine Jones 8 >>> James B Jones 3 >>> May E Jones 21 >>> George Johnson 35 >>> Susan Johnson 30 >>> Isaac Johnson 10 >>> Ancestry.Com Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: District 17, >>> Weakley, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1278; Page: 489; Image: 359. >>> >>> The E. F. Jones you list in CD 3 is a different individual than >>> Elizabeth >>> P., wife of Leonard Milner who was alive in the >>> 1850 census: Leonard and Elizabeth are listed together with their >>> children >>> in CD 9 in 1850 in Weakley Co. including George Milner, then age 6, who >>> is >>> listed with William Jones and Elizabeth in the 1870 census. >>> >>> It seems to me that the William Jones we are both talking about are the >>> same >>> person. I hope this helped clarify >>> the issue. I would be interested in learning more about the Jones >>> family >>> in >>> CD 3, as my Fields relatives also lived >>> in that area. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> David Duncan >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>> On Behalf Of B Gartside >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 6:48 PM >>> To: tnweakle@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History >>> >>> I think I may have missed something. Could you clarify the information >>> about William Jones, please? What was the maiden name of Elizabeth whom >>> you >>> >>> mention as having married William Jones? I've always thought it >>> possible >>> that the JONES household in the 1870 census you mentioned was that of my >>> ggg >>> >>> grandfather, William JONES (first wife - Rebecca Unk. d. 1850), and that >>> the >>> >>> Rebecca in the 1870 census was his granddaughter, Rebecca (b. c1850) >>> daughter of his son, my gg grandfather, Andrew Jackson JONES. I have >>> deed >>> >>> of gifts records that show "my" William JONES giving slaves to his >>> grandchildren, and since he was a slaveowner, that's the main way I've >>> been >>> >>> able to distinguish him from other William Joneses in the county in the >>> same >>> >>> time period, BUT I don't have a proven death date for him. In the >>> 1850 >>> Weakley Co. TN Slave Schedule, he owned, at least, 13 slaves and was in >>> Dist. 3. >>> 1850 Weakley Co. TN Census, Dist. 3 Household 50 >>> JONES, W. 60 (male) Farmer 1000 TN (actually born in VA) >>> Son, Stephen F. JONES was living about 3 houses away, and daughter Sarah >>> JONES SCOTT was a couple of houses from Stephen. >>> Here is the 1850 census for E.F. JONES. >>> 1850 Weakley Co. TN Census, Dist. 2 >>> JONES, E.F. (female) 40 VA >>> William 22 TN >>> Eliza 23 VA >>> Virginia 21 VA >>> Lorenzo 19 VA >>> Benjamin 16 VA >>> Dawson 6 TN >>> Ruth 3 TN >>> >>> In the 1860 Weakley Co. TN Slave Schedule, a William JONES was shown as >>> owning 19 slaves in Dist. 14. His census is as follows: >>> Dist. 14 >>> Wm. JONES 70 Farmer TN >>> Elizabeth 50 VA >>> George MIL__ (couldn't read rest of name) 16 TN >>> >>> In 1860, there is also a female, E.F. JONES, 49, VA listed in Dist. 2 on >>> the >>> >>> Weakley Co. census along with Eliza 35, VA; Virginia 33 TN; Adolfus >>> 17 >>> TN; Rutha 14 TN; Sarah FIELDS 6 TN; Jane 4 TN; and Georgian 3 TN >>> The 1880 Obion Co. TN Mortality Schedule shows: >>> E. F. JONES 70 (female) VA Housekeeper Old age >>> >>> In 1870, the census shows, as you mentioned, William JONES 81 TN; >>> E.F. >>> 61 VA; Rebecca TN >>> Since my gg grandfather, Andrew Jackson JONES, son of William JONES, had >>> a >>> daughter named Rebecca, born c1850, making her 20 in 1870, I assumed, >>> perhaps incorrectly, that this 1870 census was that of the household of >>> "my" >>> >>> William. >>> >>> I'd appreciate any information or input. I understand that you're not a >>> JONES researcher, but I'm hoping that even the maiden name of the >>> Elizabeth >>> >>> you mentioned might help me sort out this census. Thanks very much. >>> Brenda >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "David Duncan" <ndduncan@ecsis.net> >>> To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 12:26 AM >>> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History >>> >>> >>>> Hello and thank you! >>>> This has resulted in some interesting information. While William L. >>>> Milner >>>> was apparently a large farmer >>>> in his own right, the William Jones whom Elizabeth married also had a >>>> large >>>> farm. In the 1870 census, >>>> William (Jones) and Elizabeth were living alone (except for a Rebecca >>>> Jones) >>>> with property valued at 2500. >>>> Three houses down was William Mark Milner, also with $2500 in land and >>>> 4 >>>> servants. He had married in 1867. >>>> These joint lands backed up to the Blake farm. >>>> >>>> In 1910 Census, John Add Milner was still living at home with his >>>> parents, >>>> William Mark and Mary Virginia. >>>> By 1920 census, William Mark had died. John Add Milner and Minnie >>>> Blake >>>> had >>>> married and apparently moved >>>> into the home of Mary Virginia. According to my mother, the Milner >>>> farm >>>> was >>>> nationally recognized one >>>> year during that period of time by one of the farm magazines. >>>> >>>> Thanks again for the information, >>>> David Duncan >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com >>>> [mailto:tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>>> On Behalf Of Dot & Len Milner >>>> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 10:21 AM >>>> To: tnweakle@rootsweb.com >>>> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History >>>> >>>> David, >>>> Thanks for the response. I will try to clarify your Milners. >>>> The L. Milner in the 1850 Census is William Leonard Milner, son of >>>> William and Nancy Edmunds Milner. He married Elizabeth P. Ray in 1827 >>>> in >>>> Halifax County, VA. In 1847, they sold their land on Bannister River >>>> and >>>> moved to West Tennessee. Leonard, on the return trip from visiting his >>>> sister in Arkansas, died of Cholera and was buried on the banks of the >>>> Mississippi River. His young son, William Mark Milner, was with him >>>> and >>>> was >>>> >>>> returned to Weakley County by Masons. This story was related to Dan >>>> Freeman >>>> >>>> by his father, Roy B. Freeman, son of Frances Elizabeth Milner==a >>>> daughter >>>> of William Mark Milner. After Leonard's death, Elizabeth married >>>> William >>>> Jones in 1854 in Weakley Couty. William Leonard, son of William and >>>> Nancy >>>> Edmunds Milner and grandson of Mark and Sarah Tune Milner was also a >>>> first >>>> cousin to Beverly R. Milner. John Add Milner, who married Minnie >>>> Blake, >>>> was >>>> >>>> the son of William Mark and Mary Virginia Chandler Milner >>>> Hope I haven't confused you. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Leonard Milner >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> DeBary, FL >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "David Duncan" <ndduncan@ecsis.net> >>>> To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 12:17 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> My great aunt, Minnie Blake, (1880 - 1969) married John A. (J.A.) >>>>> "Add" >>>>> Milner (1877-1945)late in life, (1917) in Weakley Co. J.A. "Add" >>>>> Milner >>>>> grew up in Dist. 14, Weakley Co., near the Blake homeplace. His >>>>> parents >>>>> were William and Mary Virginia (Chandler) Milner. William Milner was >>>>> born >>>>> in VA in 1837. >>>>> >>>>> One William Milner is found in the 1850 Weakley Co. Census, Dist 9, in >>>>> home >>>>> of parents L. Milner, age 49, born VA, and Elizabeth Milner, age 44, >>>>> born >>>>> VA. All the children listed were born in VA: William, age 14; John, >>>>> age >>>>> 11; George, age >>>>> 6, Samuel, age 21, and probably Samuel's wife, Sarah, age 15. >>>>> >>>>> However, another William Milner is listed in the same census, Dist 14 >>>>> (which >>>>> is next to Dist 3 - Gardner area), in home of parents B. J. Milner, >>>>> 42, >>>>> VA >>>>> (magistrate), wife Saluda, 37, TN; children Robert, 17, TN; Aurelius, >>>>> 15, >>>>> TN; William, 37, TN; Sarah, age 6, TN; James, age 8, TN; Lucetta, age >>>>> 4, >>>>> TN; >>>>> and Saluda, age 2, TN. >>>>> >>>>> Is the William Milner mentioned above...likely the one in the 1850 >>>>> census, >>>>> Dist 14....connected in any way to your Beverly R. Milner? If so, any >>>>> information would be greatly appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> David Duncan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com >>>>> [mailto:tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>>>> On Behalf Of Dot & Len Milner >>>>> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 9:48 AM >>>>> To: tnweakle@rootsweb.com >>>>> Subject: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History >>>>> >>>>> Beverly R. Milner was born on December 20, 1820 in Halifax County, >>>>> Virginia. >>>>> A little over a year before his birth, his father, Richard, died on >>>>> November >>>>> 10, 1820 and he was raised by his mother, Martha (Jones). On December >>>>> 26, >>>>> 1840, he took his bride-to-be, Mary Short Roby, then 15 years old, to >>>>> Pittsylvania County where his sister, Sarah, lived. There they were >>>>> married >>>>> by John Webb with William Compton, his brother-in-law, as bondsman and >>>>> George Carter Roby, Mary's father, as signer of the certificate. By >>>>> this >>>>> time, mother Martha, had moved to Pittsylvania County to live with her >>>>> daughter, Sarah, and although not shown in the official record, >>>>> probably >>>>> attended the marriage ceremony of her youngest son. Family tradition >>>>> has >>>>> it >>>>> that Beverly and a friend had started west southwest toward Tennessee >>>>> and, >>>>> along the way, Beverly decided that he could not leave his sweetheart, >>>>> Mary >>>>> Roby. So he returned to Virginia to ask for Mary's hand in marriage. >>>>> After >>>>> their marriage in ! >>>>> 1840, they returned to Halifax County and there their first child, >>>>> Martha >>>>> J., was born in 1842. Beverly's father, Richard, had left to him a >>>>> set >>>>> of >>>>> shoemaker's tools (Will) and the 1850 Federal Census for Rutherford >>>>> County, >>>>> Tennessee shows him plying this trade in McCrackin's District >>>>> (Murfreesboro). The couple had four more children while in Rutherford >>>>> County: George William born 1/1/1844; Oliff Roby born 8/27/1847; >>>>> Olivia >>>>> Emiline born in 1848; and Leonard D. born 8/5/1851. The latter is my >>>>> Great-grandfather. Later, they moved to the Gardner area of Weakley >>>>> County, >>>>> Tennessee and after that, to Pierce Station. During this interim, the >>>>> next >>>>> seven children were born: Sarah Elizabeth born December 1854; Beverly >>>>> R., >>>>> Jr. born in 1856; Mary E. born in May 1858; an infant girl born in >>>>> February >>>>> 1860 (who died a month later); Emerson Etheridge born in february >>>>> 1862; >>>>> Ulysses S. Grant born in January 1865; and Isaac W. born in February >>>>> 1867. >>>>> The family attended and were active i! >>>>> n Chapel Hill (United Methodist?) Church Martha J. appears in the 186 >>>>> 0 census but is gone by the 1870 census with the presumption that she >>>>> married in the interim and has been untraceable since. There are >>>>> complete >>>>> files on the rest of the children. Mary died on Tuesday, July 12, >>>>> 1893 >>>>> at >>>>> their country home in Pierce Station and Beverly died 3 years later on >>>>> June >>>>> 25, 1896. 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