Mary/Steve and others: I had also been wondering if my Milton ancestors were similarly beamed to Bedford County c. 1830's from who knows where. (I have ancestors who came from Craig County but my Milton line is firmly from Bedford County until their "mysterious appearance" in Bedford County in the 1840? and 1850 Census.) Let me give you what I think is the answer before I bore you with the background. I THINK (no firm proof yet) that the parents of Pleasant, along with Josiah and Samuel Milton who lived in Bedford County are: Joseph and Mary (Kidd) Milton (or Melton) of Fluvanna County. Clues: 1. elder Mary Milton living with Pleasant Milton in 1850 Census 2. Mary Milton head of household in Bedford County 1840 Census 3. Samuel Milton marriage in later life gave his parents as Joseph & Mary and said that Samuel was born in Fluvanna County 4. Josiah and Samuel (both a few years older than Pleasant) married sisters Not a solid case but plausible. Josiah & Samuel were married in the early 1840's in Bedford County where they lived out there lives. When the 1840 census was taken they do not fit into the head count of the Mary Milton household but they may have been working/living in a different household before marriage as they would have been 20-23 years old. This profile seems to fit a family that lost its father. Joseph was older than Mary (this was his second marriage perhaps after death of his first wife) and he disappears from the Fluvanna County land records after 1831. Not sure why Mary would relocate to Bedford as a widow, but we don't know that Joseph didn't die in Bedford either. People that have researched the Fluvanna families aren't sure whom Joseph parents are so things are fuzzy for a couple generations (ugggggh!). I wish I had more info, and more time now to search for more clues! I had been collecting all the info I could from the mid-1800s on Miltons in/around Bedford County since I had no clues as well on where these families came from. I have tried to post most of this stuff at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4294/miscmilt.html Anyway, these are my thoughts I hope I am not astray with these conclusions - I hope we find out soon! Meanwhile, at least it beats the "these Miltons must have been beamed to earth from Mars theory", maybe! Curt Milton Eldersburg, MD humble host of the Craig County GenWeb site Mary Seamster wrote: > > Can anyone help me with the elusive Pleasant B Milton?? > These are my husband's folks. His grandmother was the daughter of William > Harvey and Emma Kyle Milton. She just died last month at the age of 100. > She knew her mama's folks.....but these Miltons must have been beamed to > earth from Mars! When I would quiz her about the Miltons...all she > remembered was her daddy was old! (Snow white hair and big mustache > according to his picture) > Mary > > Descendants of Pleasant B Milton > > 1 Pleasant B MILTON b: October 1822 in Botetourt Co. VA d: 19 June 1900 > in Botetourt Co. VA > +Mary ... d: Bef 1900 > 2 John F MILTON d: 25 June 1860 drowned in Nickells Mill, > Monroe Co. WV > 2 Joseph T MILTON > 2 Andrew J MILTON b: 1853 > +Sophia E PRICE m: 12 October 1876 in Craig County VA > Father: Addison H PRICE Mother: Mary ... > 2 William Harvey MILTON b: 13 January 1854 in Botetourt Co. VA > d: 30 May 1913 in Botetourt Co. VA Buried at Mill Creek Baptist Church > Cemetery. > +Emma Julia Kyle GIVEN b: 20 June 1866 in Potts Creek, > Alleghany Co. VA d: 05 July 1905 in Botetourt Co. VA m: 29 February 1888 in > Alleghany Co. VA Father: Adam G GIVEN Mother: Elizabeth Anne Atkinson KYLE. > She sat up in bed one night told her husband to take care of the children > and fell over dead....probably of a heart attack. > > ==== VACRAIG Mailing List ==== > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > ..........................CRAIG MAILING LIST........................... > YA'LL SUPPORT ROOTSWEB NOW! GO ON AND VISIT: http://www.rootsweb.com > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%