John Milner, Captain

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• Residence: 1790, , Lincoln, Kentucky, USA

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More About John Milner:
Ancestor:: John was the great-grandfather of Moses E. Milner-'California Joe', Scout.
Burial Site: Lincoln Co, Ky.
Census/Location: 1753, in Richmond Co, Va. buys land near Plumtree Swamp.
Census/Location (2): 1754, in Richmond Co, Va. son John is born.
Census/Location (3): 1772, in Lunenburg Co, Va. lists Tithes made by John & sons.
Census/Location (4): 1788, in Lincoln Co, Ky. records begin to show John & sons formerly of Virginia.
Job/Work: PLANTER.
Military service: Bet. 1774 - 1777, REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS, Halifax Co, Va. Records, Court of Pleas: "The following persons are recommended by His Excellency the Governor, as fit and proper persons to be appointed and added as officers, of the militia of this county: ... Capt. John Milner."
Misc. Note: 1765, Halifax Co, Va. records show John here, and his 2nd marriage to Sarah Echols.
Note: 1780, Halifax Co, Va. records show retirement of John as Capt. of Militia.Source: TSM, & OHS research papers.

Will of John Millner Sr.



Lincoln County, Kentucky Wills and Administrations, Vol. 1


OSPage: 231, 232

Name: John Millner

Legatees: Wife, Sarah Son, Mark and his heirs Son, Luke To John Milner, Beverly Milner, Robert Dudley, Milner, Alice Long, and Peggy Bates, children of my first wife, five shillings each If wife Sarah Milner should remarry ...my ten children begotten by her. Written: 1798 Witnesses: Geo. Glover, Wm. Gloor Probated: May 14, 1799

John Milner:
John was the great-grandfather of Moses E. Milner-'California Joe', Scout.
Burial Site: Lincoln Co, Ky.
Census/Location: 1753, in Richmond Co, Va. buys land near Plumtree Swamp.
Census/Location (2): 1754, in Richmond Co, Va. son John is born.
Census/Location (3): 1772, in Lunenburg Co, Va. lists Tithes made by John & sons.
Census/Location (4): 1788, in Lincoln Co, Ky. records begin to show John & sons formerly of Virginia.

Job/Work: PLANTER.
Military service: Bet. 1774 - 1777, REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS, Halifax Co, Va. Records, Court of Pleas: "The following persons are recommended by His Excellency the Governor, as fit and proper persons to be appointed and added as officers, of the militia of this county: ... Capt. John Milner."

1765, Halifax Co, Va. records show John here, and his 2nd marriage to Sarah Echols.
1780, Halifax Co, Va. records show retirement of John as Capt. of Militia.
Source: TSM, & OHS research papers.

John married Sarah Sally Echols in 1765 in , , Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Richard Echols and Catherine Caty Evans) was born in 1733 in , King and Queen, Virginia, USA; died in 1833 in , Lincoln, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Milner was born in 1775 in , Lincoln, Kentucky, USA.
2. Mark Scott Milner was born on 20 Jun 1784 in , Lincoln, Kentucky, USA; died on 10 Mar 1868 in , Oldham, Kentucky, USA.
3. Drucilla Milner was born in 1785 in , Lincoln, Kentucky, USA; died in 1851 in Union City, Lincoln, Missouri, USA.
4. Christina Milner was born in 1786 in , , Kentucky, USA; died on 29 Jul 1843 in , Oldham, Kentucky, USA.
5. John Milner was born in 1790.
6. Sarah Milner was born in 1791 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 29 Oct 1854.
7. William Milner was born in 1793.