MILLISON, Charles M.

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The marriage record for Silas and Harriet states "Milleson, Sila, ward of Thomas Sloan, to Harriet Sloan, dau. of Thomas, bd. 2-19-1827.
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The 1850 census finds Silas and his family living in Hampshire Co. West Virginia. The census goes on to say he was a farmer with holdings valued at $10,000. Silas was the apparent care-taker of his brother John who was unable to adequately care for himself.
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1860 census for Higginsville, Hampshire Co., WV finds a very successful Silas as a farmer age 52 with $10,000 land value anf $14,000 personal wealth he is shown with his wife Harriet age 52 and his 2 younger children; Charles M. age 18, a farmer, and Martha T. age 15.

Silas married SLANE, Harriett 19 Feb 1827, Hampshire County West Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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1810 census, Hampshire Co., Virginia (WV)
Benjamin, Millison:
2-0-0-1-0, 0-1-0-1-0, 0
On the same census page are his father John Sr. and brother John Jr.
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1815 Benjamin received property deeded to him from his brother Jesse.
Deed book 19, page 424.
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1816 Benjamin received property deeded to him from his brother Jesse and Jesse's wife.
Deed book 22, page 24.
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1820 census, Hampshire Co., Virginia (WV)
Benjamin, Millison:
0-2-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-1-0, 3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1
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1822 Benjamin received property deeded to him from George Fletcher and wife.
Deed book 23, page 56.
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1823 Benjamin received property deeded to him from Henry Locker.
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(October 16, 1826)
The Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Millison
I Benjamin Millison of the county of Hampshire and state of Virginia being weak in body but of sound mind and memory.
I will that all my just debts, as shall be by me owing at my death together with my funeral expenses and all charges touching the proving of, or other wise concerning this my last will, shall in the first place, out of my personal estate and effects be fully paid and satisfied and from and after payment thereof, and subject thereunto, then my will is that all my lands containing several tracts to remain in the possession of my beloved wife Phebe during her natural life or while she remains my widow and at her death or marriage ( in either case ) to be equally divided between my heirs hereafter mentioned also I bequeath to my wife, my negro girl Addey during her natural life or widowhood and then to be disposed of as here after mentioned, I also bequeath to my beloved wife my bay riding horse & her own saddle the clock that is now in the house.............furniture that is now in it, one feather bed and bedding, two cows (to be her choice), one hundred bushels of wheat, that is now in my barn & two hundred dollars in cash, I give and bequeath unto and among my children Viz. to my son John one thousand dollars to be left in his brother Silas's hands for John's use & keeping, to my daughter Hannah Snapp, I give and bequeath nine hundred dollars, to my son Silas I give and bequeath one thousand dollars, and my gray saddle horse & saddle & bridle & rifle gun and to my granddaughter Margarette Snapp one hundred dollars also to my son Silas & his heirs I give and bequeath my negro boy Will, the negro girl Addey and her offspring at my wife's death or experation of her widowhood, to John Snapp (my son in law) and his heirs I give and bequeath my negro boy Simon. I also will that my lands be equally divided between my children, John, Hannah & Silas for them and their heirs to have and to hold forever except John's share which is to remain in sitesah for the use of John during his life and after his decease to remain Silas and his heirs forever, and I give & bequeath all my wearing apparel equally divided between John & Silas my sons after my decease, and I also will that my personal estate which is not disposed of if any remain shall be equally divided between my wife & children John, Hannah Snapp & Silas.
And I make and ordain George Sharf and John Hiett, executors of this my last will and testament, in witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th day of September AD eighteen hundred and twenty six.
Signed sealed and delivered
in the presence of us.
At a court held for Hampshire County the 16th day of October 1826 the last will and testament of Benjamin Millison decd. was presented in court proved by the oaths of Isaac Millison, Isac Wolverton and Wm. Bennet witness thereto and ordered to be recorded on the motion of G. Sharp. ---.Hull. obtaining a probate there of.....form giving security whereupon they with Christopher Heikkel, Wm Vance, Jonathan Pugh and John Martin their security entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of twenty four thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs.

Benjamin — SLANE, Phebe. Phebe (daughter of SLANE, John and HIATT, Phebe) was born Between 1780 and 1790; died Abt Nov 1834, Hampshire County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Phoebe's Will was as follows;
In the name of God Amen
I Phebe Millison of the County of Hampshire and State of Virginia being much afflicted in body but of sound mind do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me at any time heretofore made and as to such worldly estate as it has pleased God to entrust me with I dispose of the same as follows,
First, I direct that my funeral expenses be paid as soon after my decease as possible out of the first moneys that shall come into the hands of my executor. I give to my daughter Hannah Snapp my old riding horse one acorn bedstead and feather bead and bedding one half of my bed clothing one half of my dishes and crockery ware. I give to my son Silas my roan mare colt one half of the bead clothing one half of the dishes and crockery ware. I give to my servant girl Addey her bed and bedding and chest. My clothing to be equally divided between my daughter Hannah Snapp and my daughter-in-law Harriet Millison. And all the balance of my property together with bonds and cash to be equally divided between my daughter Hannah my son John and son Silas, my son John's share to remain in my son Silas's hands for the use of my son John during his life after which I give it to my son Silas and his heirs forever and I do hereby make and ordain my son Silas my executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I Phebe Millison have to this my last will written on one sheet of paper set my hand and seal this 27th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us who have subscribed in the presence of each other.
At a court held for Hampshire County the 2_th day of November 1834. The last will and testament of Phebe Millison was presented in court proved by the oaths of Walker Southan and Joseph Snapp witness thereto and ordered to be recorded on the motion of Silas Millison the executor therein named who made oath according to law certificate of the probate thereof is granted him in due form on his giving security whereupon he with John Hiett and Thomas Slane his securities entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of three thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs.
TESTE
John B White C.H.C.

Notes:

In his father's will, John (the oldest son) does not inherit the farm (literally), he only receives a small amount of money. The theory is that he had moved with his wife and family to escape the Revolutionary War as there was no Milleson listed in the Revolutionary War. The 1790 census, taken in the 1780s, has a John Milleson listed in Boone County, Carolina. The theory continues as that John left Chester County before the Revolutionary War and moved to Boone County, North Carolina. In the book written in 1920 by Maud Pugh, a John Milleson arrives in Virginia during the 1790s. His wife, Marget (Hannah?) Fields, can also be traced to Chester County, Pennsylvania. The missing link is a marriage paper between the two about 1776 ?.
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Another possible marriage for John...
In the Supreme Court Records, Court of Conference, found in the Records of the States of the United States; F.1 N. C. reel 10,Section 3, p. 239:
July 1808 Court
Hannah Howell, d. Aug. 1, 1780 in Sussex Co., Va., had Will
two children:
1) William Howell, d. 1786/87
2) Mary Howell; m. John Millison of Orange Co., NC
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Soon after the Revolution or about that period John bought land from William Reeder and wife, and others, and settled near a big spring at the foot of the of Spring Gap Mountain, northwest of what is now Slanesville, West Virginia. John Milleson had four sons, John Jr., Isaac, Benjamin Taylor, and Jesse T.
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John's estate was appraised on March 20, 1815.
West Virginia Estate Settlements, Hampshire County, Page 19.

John married FIELDS, Margaret Hannah Abt 1780. [Group Sheet]

John married HIATT, Phebe 19 Feb 1786, Frederick County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]