John Milam III

Descendants of John "Jacky" Milam III

1. JOHN "JACKY" MILAM III (JOHN3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN FATHER OF THE VIRGINIA1 MILAMS) was born December 19, 1789 in Laurens County, South Carolina, and died June 03, 1880 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. He married (1) MADDEN Bef. 1818 in Laurens County, South Carolina, daughter of GEORGE MADDEN and PHOEBE FARMER. She was born Abt. 1800 in Laurens County, South Carolina, and died Bef. March 1824 in Laurens County, South Carolina. He married (2) MILLY PITTS September 16, 1824 in Laurens District, South Carolina, daughter of JEHU PITTS and MARY TEAGUE. She was born September 02, 1802 in Laurens District, South Carolina, and died September 29, 1889 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.

Notes for MADDEN:
Henry Pickens Milam says in a 1932 letter says his father was married twice. First, to a "Miss Madden." Some speculate she is Elizabeth Madden, NOT her sister of Nancy Madden. (Nancy Madden was still single in 1822.)

Children of JOHN MILAM and MADDEN are:

i. WILLIS B. MILAM, b. Abt. 1817, Laurens County, South Carolina; m. MARTHA WASHINGTON, Abt. 1839, Laurens County, South Carolina; b. Abt. 1818, Laurens County, South Carolina.

ii. DIATREPHUS M. MILAM, b. Abt. 1819, Laurens County, South Carolina; d. January 25, 1895, Laurens County, South Carolina; m. SARAH ANN PITTS, 1842, Laurens County, South Carolina; b. 1818, Laurens County, South Carolina; d. June 08, 1896, Laurens County, South Carolina.

iii. JAMES MADISON MILAM, b. Abt. 1820, Laurens County, South Carolina; m. REBECCA PUGH WAIT SIMS; b. November 09, 1823, Abbeville District, South Carolina; d. September 17, 1916, Benton, now Calhoun County, Alabama.

iv. WILLIAM MILAM, b. Abt. 1821, Laurens County, South Carolina; d. January 18, 1912, Faulkner County, Arkansas; m. MARY PARTHENIA NIXON, 1848, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; b. Abt. 1828, Greenville District, South Carolina; d. October 13, 1912, Faulkner County, Arkansas.

v. PARTHENIA MILAM, b. Abt. 1823, Laurens County, South Carolina; d. Aft. 1880, Breckridge, Texas; m. JOSEPH G. GARNER, Abt. 1846; b. September 20, 1814, South Carolina; d. February 15, 1862, Pontotoc County, Mississippi.

Children of JOHN MILAM and MILLY PITTS are:

vi. ELIZABETH "BETSEY"5 MILAM, b. September 07, 1825, Laurens County, South Carolina; m. (1) ROBERT BARTLETT "BARTLEY" MILAM, December 21, 1848, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; b. March 16, 1825, Laurens County, South Carolina; d. July 30, 1852, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; m. (2) WILLIAM MINOR FUQUA, October 04, 1858, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; b. Abt. 1813, Bedford County, Virginia.

vii. MARY FRANCES MILAM, b. November 25, 1827, Laurens County, South Carolina; d. September 07, 1869, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; m. (1) JOHN VAUGHN, February 18, 1851, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; b. April 20, 1813, South Carolina; d. August 14, 1880, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; m. (2) JOHN M. MILLER, January 06, 1859, Pontotoc County, Mississippi.

viii. JOHN WESLEY MILAM, b. April 24, 1831, Laurens County, South Carolina; d. February 23, 1924, Van Zant County, Texas; m. PERMELIA ANDREWS, December 06, 1855, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; b. February 28, 1835, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; d. November 25, 1907, Pontotoc County, Mississippi.

ix. JEHU LEAKE MILAM, b. November 25, 1832, Laurens District, South Carolina; d. April 1914, Prob Mississippi; m. SARAH SLATON POUND, October 13, 1851, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; b. March 22, 1832, Clarksville, Tennessee; d. January 1924, Port Arthur, Texas.

x. WILEY FERRALL MILAM, b. December 28, 1835, Laurens County, South Carolina; d. November 23, 1922, Faulkner County, Arkansas; m. MARY ELIZABETH FUQUA, September 24, 1865, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; b. August 26, 1840, Virginia; d. March 26, 1904, Faulkner County, Arkansas.

xi. LUCINDA JANE MILAM, b. Abt. 1840, Laurens County, South Carolina; m. (1) CHRISTOPHER CANNON, May 02, 1855, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; m. (2) JOSEPH REEDER, September 25, 1865, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; b. 1837, Mississippi.

xii. HENRY PICKENS MILAM, b. December 25, 1841, Laurens County, South Carolina; d. October 04, 1932, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; m. MARTHA ANN NIXON, September 25, 1865, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; b. July 28, 1845, Greenville District, South Carolina; d. November 15, 1933, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.

xiii. LARKIN "LOCKE" COLE MILAM, b. Abt. 1848, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; m. (1) AMELIA SCROGGINS, Bef. 1869; m. (2) MARTHA M. "MATTIE" RUSSEL, Bef. 1877, prob Pontotoc County, Mississippi; b. Mississippi.

John married Elizabeth? Madden before 1818 in SC.