My ggg grandfather was William JONES, b. c1790. I believe he was born in VA, though some census shows TN, and he came to Weakley Co. from Wilson Co., TN by 1827. I posted the first generations of my JONES family online a week or so ago so it should still be in the TNWeakle Archives online. If you'd like, check it out, and if you see any connections, just let me know. I'm not a FIELDS researcher and only have Seth Thomas "Buster" FIELDS, son of Thomas Jefferson FIELDS. Seth married Essie Arizona "Zona" MOSS, a descendant in my VOWELL line. There are others on the list who know MUCH more about the FIELDS line. Maybe they'll respond to your message. Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: <webmaster@cooleytree.info> To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History >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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Hi..I will check the archives for your Jones family and update my files from that. I see your William came from Wilson Co. My Duncan family who came to Weakley Co. came from Wilson Co. TN but quite a bit later than 1827. William Jones must have been one of the first settlers of Weakley Co. Will do more looking...maybe our lines will cross again. Thanks, David -----Original Message----- From: tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnweakle-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of B Gartside Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 2:02 PM To: tnweakle@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History My ggg grandfather was William JONES, b. c1790. I believe he was born in VA, though some census shows TN, and he came to Weakley Co. from Wilson Co., TN by 1827. I posted the first generations of my JONES family online a week or so ago so it should still be in the TNWeakle Archives online. If you'd like, check it out, and if you see any connections, just let me know. I'm not a FIELDS researcher and only have Seth Thomas "Buster" FIELDS, son of Thomas Jefferson FIELDS. Seth married Essie Arizona "Zona" MOSS, a descendant in my VOWELL line. There are others on the list who know MUCH more about the FIELDS line. Maybe they'll respond to your message. Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: <webmaster@cooleytree.info> To: <tnweakle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [TNWEAKLE] Milner History >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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