This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Milgrim Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ABC.2ACE/3554.2 Message Board Post: Here is some information I have gathered on the Milgrim family. In the census records, I kept with the census spellings. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: John Walter Milgrim City: Not Stated County: Russell State: Virginia Birth Date: 2 Feb 1885 Race: White Roll: 1991161 DraftBoard: 0 ===== 1920 Census, VA, Russell County, Moccasin, ED82, HH174, Page 10B, January 19, 1920 Milgrim, John W., 34, VA, VA, VA Milgrim, Ida C., 17, VA, VA, VA Milgrim, George W., 10, VA, VA, VA Milgrim, Ezra D., 9, VA, VA, VA Fields, Ruth, 17, sister-in-law, VA, VA, VA ===== 1910 Census, VA, Russell County, Moccasin, ED61, HH303, Page 22B, May 10, 1910 Milgrim, John W., 25 Milgrim, Emma R., 22, 2 (years married), 2/2 (children/living) Milgrim, George W., 1 Milgrim, Ezra D., 0 ===== 1900 Census, VA, Russell County Elam, Charles Elam, Margaret Melgren, John W., stepson (there are Elam children listed) ===== 1891 Russell County Death Index Milgrim, Geo W.; WM; (age) 27y 11m 6d; 17 Feb; (cause of death) Typhoid Fever; Russell/Russell; (parents) Jno W. & Nancy Milgrim (Informant Margaret Milgrim-Wife) ===== Between 1880 and 1890, George married Margaret (I do not know her last name). ===== 1880 Census, VA, Russell County, Copper Creek, HH7, Page 1 Heard, Stephen, 77 Heard, Drucilla A., 40 Heard, Tazewell B., 28 HH8 Meidgram, Nancy, 47 Meidgram, George, 15 Heard, Henry, 16 ===== 1870 Census, VA, Russell County, Copper Creek, HH 185, July 27, 1870 Hay, Polly, 61 Heard, Stephen, 68 Heard, Sarah, 28 Heard, Henry, 26 Heard, Tazewell, 22 Heard, George, 25 Meldrim, Nancy, 38 Meldrim, George, 7 Heard, Henry, 7 Heard, Mary, 2 ===== American Civil War Soldiers Name: John Melgram , Residence: Russell County, Virginia Occupation: Farm Laborer Enlistment Date: 25 June 1861 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Confederacy State Served: Virginia Unit Numbers: 808 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 25 June 1861 at the age of 25 Enlisted in Company K, 48th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 25 June 1861. On rolls on 15 October 1861 ===== 1860 Census, VA, Russell County, Bickleys Mills, HH1401, Page 207, October 18, 1860 Milgrim, John, 23 Milgrim, Nancy, 26 (Nancy Herd/Hurd is the daughter of Stephen and Sarah J. Herd of Franklin, then Patrick, then Floyd, and finally Russell County, VA.) ===== 1850 Census, VA, Wythe County, ED68, HH1173, Page 170 of 235, September 4, 1850 Milgrim, John, 48, Germany Milgrim, Elizabeth, 49, NC Milgrim, Levi, 17, NC Milgrim, Frederick, 14, NC Milgrim, John, 12, NC Milgrim, Washington, 10, NC Milgrim, Alexander, 8, NC Milgrim, Benjamin, 6, NC ===== 1840 Census, NC, Rockingham County, (Line 13), Page 172 Milgrim, John <5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-30, 30-40 males 3,2,2,0,0,1 females 0,0,0,1,0,1 ===== By 1860 several of the sons moved to Wayne County, IN. Here is their information. 1860 Census, IN, Wayne County, Harrison, HH76, Page 9, June 5, 1960 Milgram, Levi, 27, VA Milgram, Emily, 24, VA Milgram, Elizabeth, 3, VA Milgram, Matilda, 1, VA Milgram, John, 59, Germany 1860 Census, VA, Carroll County, HH147, Page 22, June 25, 1860 Milgram, Frederick, 25, NC Milgram, Thirney J., 24, VA Milgram, Mary E., 5, VA Milgram, Lafayette, 4, VA Milgram, Reuben, 1, VA Williams, Elizabeth, 65, VA ===== 1870 Census, IN, Wayne County, Clay, HH123, Page 17, June 10, 1870 Milgrom, Wash, 28, VA Milgrom, Mary, 27, IN Milgrom, Malinda, 3, IN Milgrom, Mary E., 5/12, Jan, IN ===== 1880 Census, IN, Daviess County, ED 140, HH94, Page 11, June ??, 1880 Milgrim, Leroy (Levi), 45, NC, Germany, NC Milgrim, James 19, IN, NC, VA Milgrim, Mary R., 16, IN, NC, VA Milgrim, Benjamin T., 13, IN, NC, VA Milgrim, Emily, 11, IN, NC, VA Milgrim, Martha, 7, MO (?), NC, VA 1880 Census, IN, Wayne County, ED66, HH6, Page 1, June 1, 1880 Milgrim, Washington, 36, NC, VA, VA Milgrim, Mary A., 40, IN, VA, VA Milgrim, Malinda E., 13, IN, IN, IN Milgrim, Mary E., 9, IN, IN, IN Milgrim, Benjamin F., 7, IN, IN, IN 1880 Census, IN, Wayne County, Harrison, ED65, HH80, Page 9, June 11, 1880 Millgrim, Benjamin, 36, NC, Germany, NC Millgrim, Lizzie, 35, IN, VA, VA Meeks, Isa, brother-in-law, 24, IN, VA, VA 1880 Census, VA, Carroll County, ED18, HH16, Page 2, June 1, 1880 Milgrim, Reuben, 20, VA, NC, VA Milgrim, Sarah E., 20, VA, VA, VA (Sarah Elizabeth Bowman b. February 4, 1856 m. August 15, 1878 in Carroll County, VA d. December 5, 1897 daughter of Joel C. Bowman and Annie (Amy) E. Marshall they had a son named Benjamin F. Milgrim that married Trudy Jane Largen November 4, 1914 in Carroll County. Reuben was married 3 times. ===== There is a Benjamin F. Milgrim that applied for a Civil War Pension in Indiana. ===== North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Groom: Levi Milgrim Bride: Emily W Campbell Bond Date: 25 Jun 1855 Bond #: 000146324 Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 ImageNum: 001266 County: Surry Record #: 01 160 Bondsman: Emmett T Campbe ===== Indiana Marriages, 1845-1920 Title: Index to Marriage Record 1850 - 1920 Inclusive Volume II Letters G to M Inclusive Record Location: Daviess County, Indiana W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Washington Compiled by Indiana Works Progress Administration 1940 Spouse 1: Levi Milgrim Spouse 2: Susan J Wilson Marriage Date: 15 Oct 1880 County: Daviess Book: 5 Original Source Page: 136 rlr