Monday, June 23, 2008
From John DeWitt
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jdwmilb@seark.net> Subject: [VAWASHIN] Milbourn/Stevens Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 16:03:19 -0600 Posted on: Washington Co. Va QueriesReply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Va/Washington/10273Surname: Brooks, Husk, Shoun, Denton-------------------------Washington County, VirginiaMy William Milbourn, b 1765/84 married Mary Stevens abt 1795, probablyin Washington Co, VA or Sullivan County, TN. They had children Anny, Andrew,Henry and Richard. Mary was daughter of Thomas and Ann Stevens and waslisted in her fathers will of 1800.Andrew (1802-86) mar Elizabeth Brooks in Washington and moved to Lee Co,Va in 1848. Richard was born in 1811 and married Eelizabeth Brooks in WashingtonCo and moved to Hancock Co, in in 1835 and died there in 1884.Neighbors were the Husk's - Shoun's - Montgomery's - Denton's. Old Williamlived on Mill Creek on south side of the Holston, Cave Springs and JinkersonBranch and maybe also in what is now Kingsport. Would like to correspond.Sincerely,John D. Milbourn
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jdwmilb@seark.net> Subject: [VAWASHIN] Milbourn/Stevens Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 16:03:19 -0600 Posted on: Washington Co. Va QueriesReply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Va/Washington/10273Surname: Brooks, Husk, Shoun, Denton-------------------------Washington County, VirginiaMy William Milbourn, b 1765/84 married Mary Stevens abt 1795, probablyin Washington Co, VA or Sullivan County, TN. They had children Anny, Andrew,Henry and Richard. Mary was daughter of Thomas and Ann Stevens and waslisted in her fathers will of 1800.Andrew (1802-86) mar Elizabeth Brooks in Washington and moved to Lee Co,Va in 1848. Richard was born in 1811 and married Eelizabeth Brooks in WashingtonCo and moved to Hancock Co, in in 1835 and died there in 1884.Neighbors were the Husk's - Shoun's - Montgomery's - Denton's. Old Williamlived on Mill Creek on south side of the Holston, Cave Springs and JinkersonBranch and maybe also in what is now Kingsport. Would like to correspond.Sincerely,John D. Milbourn
Ancestry.com correspondence
Jean:
Seems we may have corresponded in the past, at least I did with someone in Hunt Co., TX. I have information on John Brooks Milbourn, his brother George Brooks, Henry and sister,Mary
They were all in the 1870 census of Lee County, Virginia. Henry went to Butler County, Kansas in 1878. John Brooks and George Brooks went to Hunt County, TX soon after the census.
George Brooks then went to Butler County, Kansas in 1886. His wife, Lavina Orr is buried there in the Donelton Cemetery southeast of Greenville. His son, Millard is buried there along with some McElroy's of Lee County.
Sarah Baumgardner Milbourn, wife of John Brooks was in her parents home in the 1880 census of Lee so presumbably John Brooks died while in Texas but I have been unable to locate his grave.
I need to brush up a little on the Milbourn family as I can see I don't have all the answers to the problem. I'll keep looking.
Will await your reply.
John
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Re: missing ancestors
Jean Stewart (View posts) Posted: 14 Jul 2001 6:44PM
Classification:
Surnames: Stewart,Milbourne,Sprinkle,Baumgardner
Yes, we did correspond and you graciously sent me a picture of Andrew Milbourn
I found John M in the tax rolls in 187? in Hunt County. Two of their daughters married here. One is buried in Long Cemetery in Miller Grove (Hopkins Co.). Family history has it that both John and Sarah are buried there also. Sarah came back to Hunt County and was living with her daughter Emily Catherine Stewart in the 1910 census. I can't find a death certificate for either of them; no luck at the funeral homes either. I posted the query on the off chance Sarah might have gone back to VA after Emily died in 1911. I even checked marriage licenses in case she remarried after 1910 (age 73!!!)
Thanks for responding.
Seems we may have corresponded in the past, at least I did with someone in Hunt Co., TX. I have information on John Brooks Milbourn, his brother George Brooks, Henry and sister,Mary
They were all in the 1870 census of Lee County, Virginia. Henry went to Butler County, Kansas in 1878. John Brooks and George Brooks went to Hunt County, TX soon after the census.
George Brooks then went to Butler County, Kansas in 1886. His wife, Lavina Orr is buried there in the Donelton Cemetery southeast of Greenville. His son, Millard is buried there along with some McElroy's of Lee County.
Sarah Baumgardner Milbourn, wife of John Brooks was in her parents home in the 1880 census of Lee so presumbably John Brooks died while in Texas but I have been unable to locate his grave.
I need to brush up a little on the Milbourn family as I can see I don't have all the answers to the problem. I'll keep looking.
Will await your reply.
John
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Re: missing ancestors
Jean Stewart (View posts) Posted: 14 Jul 2001 6:44PM
Classification:
Surnames: Stewart,Milbourne,Sprinkle,Baumgardner
Yes, we did correspond and you graciously sent me a picture of Andrew Milbourn
I found John M in the tax rolls in 187? in Hunt County. Two of their daughters married here. One is buried in Long Cemetery in Miller Grove (Hopkins Co.). Family history has it that both John and Sarah are buried there also. Sarah came back to Hunt County and was living with her daughter Emily Catherine Stewart in the 1910 census. I can't find a death certificate for either of them; no luck at the funeral homes either. I posted the query on the off chance Sarah might have gone back to VA after Emily died in 1911. I even checked marriage licenses in case she remarried after 1910 (age 73!!!)
Thanks for responding.
Letter from John DeWitt on Ancestry.com
Joyce:
Read your interesting note on the Farley-Milbourn familiies. I am from the Milbourn side and have good info back to my old William Milbourn in Washington Co., VA and Sullivan County, TN. He was born, according to an 1810 census of Wash. Co. between 765-84, in VA. I doubt him being born in VA as everyone in Wash Co. seemed to have been born there. I think the Milbourn's were from New York.
William married Mary Stevens and had four children who lived to be adults. Anny, Andrew M., Henry and Richard.
Andrew was born in 1802 and Married Elizabeth Brooks first and then Christina Shutters.
The John Milbourn that you mention who was born in 1833 in Washington Co and mar Sarah Jane Baumgardner was the son of my g g grandfather, Andrew M. Milbourn who moved to Lee in 1838. John Brooks had children, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Hettie, Christena, Henry, Emily Catherine and Martha. John and Sarah Moved to Hunt Co., Tx in abt 1872 and John Brooks died in TX a little after that.
Champ Farley born in 1848 mar Christena Milbourn, daughter of Andrew M. and Christena Milbourn and they had 8 children.
A. L. Stewart mar Emily Milbourn and Sarah B. Milbourn lived with them some and they were in Hunt Co. some. I have corresponded lately with a Stewart family in Hunt.
I am hung up on my old William. All I know is that the was in those two counties from about 1785-1830. I trace from him through Andrew M., George Brooks, John McElroy, Shirley David to John D. Milbourn. Have a lot to share with someone. I would like to have the address of Sammy. Thanks for contributing to the Milbourn family.
John Milbourn
Read your interesting note on the Farley-Milbourn familiies. I am from the Milbourn side and have good info back to my old William Milbourn in Washington Co., VA and Sullivan County, TN. He was born, according to an 1810 census of Wash. Co. between 765-84, in VA. I doubt him being born in VA as everyone in Wash Co. seemed to have been born there. I think the Milbourn's were from New York.
William married Mary Stevens and had four children who lived to be adults. Anny, Andrew M., Henry and Richard.
Andrew was born in 1802 and Married Elizabeth Brooks first and then Christina Shutters.
The John Milbourn that you mention who was born in 1833 in Washington Co and mar Sarah Jane Baumgardner was the son of my g g grandfather, Andrew M. Milbourn who moved to Lee in 1838. John Brooks had children, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Hettie, Christena, Henry, Emily Catherine and Martha. John and Sarah Moved to Hunt Co., Tx in abt 1872 and John Brooks died in TX a little after that.
Champ Farley born in 1848 mar Christena Milbourn, daughter of Andrew M. and Christena Milbourn and they had 8 children.
A. L. Stewart mar Emily Milbourn and Sarah B. Milbourn lived with them some and they were in Hunt Co. some. I have corresponded lately with a Stewart family in Hunt.
I am hung up on my old William. All I know is that the was in those two counties from about 1785-1830. I trace from him through Andrew M., George Brooks, John McElroy, Shirley David to John D. Milbourn. Have a lot to share with someone. I would like to have the address of Sammy. Thanks for contributing to the Milbourn family.
John Milbourn
Milbourn/Kuntz Tree
About Milbourne / Kuntz Tree Of Indiana This page is always going to be a work in progress, it will never end. A lot
of work and time have been devoted to making this page what it is. I hope you
enjoy looking at the photos and reading the stories I have on some of the
people inside the site. If you have any photos you`d like on here or stories
to share, I`d love to have them. Make sure you read and sign the guestbook
while your here also. I`d appreciate the feedback on the site! This is your
page, too. I may be WebMaster, but I couldn`t have done it without all of you.
Without you, there`d be no site here. Thanks to all that contributed to making
this site what it is! Lynda.
Updates like this one are never a comfortable thing to do, but are necessary. We
lost an important part of the Kuntz family with the passing of Ruth (Kuntz)
Kirschbaum recently. She is missed by everyone whose lives she touched.
List of Last Names
AriensBabcockBonfigtBradburnCoenCookseyDalzellForthoferGerardGerlineGoodwinGulati
HarrisHetrickHoffmanJesterJohnsonKileKirschbaumKuntzLanningLawrenceLewisLunsford
Lunsford(marr. name)MackintoshMilbourn (35)Milbourn, Sr.Milbourne (19)MillerMoellerMurrellNobleOkonPenningtonRichardson
RonnebaumRuoffSchaeferSeifert (15)ShowalterSiebertSiefertSmithWilkeWillging
Getting AroundThere are several ways to browse the family tree. The Family View shows the person you have selected in the center, with his/her photo on the left and notes on the right. Above are the father and mother and below are the children. The Ancestor Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph above and children below. On the right are the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Descendant Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph and parents below. On the right are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Your site can generate various Reports for each name in your family tree. You can select a name from the list on the top-right menu bar.In addition to the charts and reports you have Photo Albums, the Events list and the Relationships tool. Family photographs are organized in the Photo Index. Each Album's photographs are accompanied by a caption. To enlarge a photograph just click on it. Keep up with the family birthdays and anniversaries in the Events list. Birthday and Anniversaries of living persons are listed by month. Want to know how you are related to anybody ? Check out the Relationships tool.
of work and time have been devoted to making this page what it is. I hope you
enjoy looking at the photos and reading the stories I have on some of the
people inside the site. If you have any photos you`d like on here or stories
to share, I`d love to have them. Make sure you read and sign the guestbook
while your here also. I`d appreciate the feedback on the site! This is your
page, too. I may be WebMaster, but I couldn`t have done it without all of you.
Without you, there`d be no site here. Thanks to all that contributed to making
this site what it is! Lynda.
Updates like this one are never a comfortable thing to do, but are necessary. We
lost an important part of the Kuntz family with the passing of Ruth (Kuntz)
Kirschbaum recently. She is missed by everyone whose lives she touched.
List of Last Names
AriensBabcockBonfigtBradburnCoenCookseyDalzellForthoferGerardGerlineGoodwinGulati
HarrisHetrickHoffmanJesterJohnsonKileKirschbaumKuntzLanningLawrenceLewisLunsford
Lunsford(marr. name)MackintoshMilbourn (35)Milbourn, Sr.Milbourne (19)MillerMoellerMurrellNobleOkonPenningtonRichardson
RonnebaumRuoffSchaeferSeifert (15)ShowalterSiebertSiefertSmithWilkeWillging
Getting AroundThere are several ways to browse the family tree. The Family View shows the person you have selected in the center, with his/her photo on the left and notes on the right. Above are the father and mother and below are the children. The Ancestor Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph above and children below. On the right are the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Descendant Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph and parents below. On the right are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Your site can generate various Reports for each name in your family tree. You can select a name from the list on the top-right menu bar.In addition to the charts and reports you have Photo Albums, the Events list and the Relationships tool. Family photographs are organized in the Photo Index. Each Album's photographs are accompanied by a caption. To enlarge a photograph just click on it. Keep up with the family birthdays and anniversaries in the Events list. Birthday and Anniversaries of living persons are listed by month. Want to know how you are related to anybody ? Check out the Relationships tool.
From Ancestry.com
Andrew Milbourn possible senator?
SHerrick72 (View posts) Posted: 22 Aug 2004 6:41PM
Classification: Query
Surnames: Milbourn, Milbourne, Hadley, Herrick
I have an old letter from my grandmother's cousin that says that gggreat grandfather Andrew Milbourn 1802-1886 (son of William Milbourn and Mary Stevens) was at one time a United States Senator from Virginia before the Civil War. I tried looking up his name on a US congress biography site and could not find it. Maybe she meant State Senator from Virginia. If anyone has any information or maybe could tell me how to obtain the names of former state senators from Virginia, please let me know. Thanks!
By the way...I have some interesting stories about Andrew Milbourn's sons, Henry W. Milbourn and Joel Milbourn, during the Civil War if anyone is interested.
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Re: Andrew Milbourn possible senator?
James (View posts) Posted: 1 Nov 2004 9:26PM
Classification: Query
Surnames:
Sarah,
Andrew is my 4th grandfather, no proof has ever been found
that he served in the Virginia Legislature,yet he did serve as a
deligate for Lee ,Scott and Wise Counties on 1867 according to the Milbourn book ,by John Milbourn.
Would love to hear what you have on Henry and Joel .
SHerrick72 (View posts) Posted: 22 Aug 2004 6:41PM
Classification: Query
Surnames: Milbourn, Milbourne, Hadley, Herrick
I have an old letter from my grandmother's cousin that says that gggreat grandfather Andrew Milbourn 1802-1886 (son of William Milbourn and Mary Stevens) was at one time a United States Senator from Virginia before the Civil War. I tried looking up his name on a US congress biography site and could not find it. Maybe she meant State Senator from Virginia. If anyone has any information or maybe could tell me how to obtain the names of former state senators from Virginia, please let me know. Thanks!
By the way...I have some interesting stories about Andrew Milbourn's sons, Henry W. Milbourn and Joel Milbourn, during the Civil War if anyone is interested.
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Re: Andrew Milbourn possible senator?
James (View posts) Posted: 1 Nov 2004 9:26PM
Classification: Query
Surnames:
Sarah,
Andrew is my 4th grandfather, no proof has ever been found
that he served in the Virginia Legislature,yet he did serve as a
deligate for Lee ,Scott and Wise Counties on 1867 according to the Milbourn book ,by John Milbourn.
Would love to hear what you have on Henry and Joel .
Andrew M. Milbourn, son of William and Mary (Stevens) Milbourn. Born in Washington Co, VA in 1802, married Elizabeth Brooks in Washington county, four children: George Brooks, Henry W., Mary and Henry Wynn Milbourn.
Andrew moved to Lee County, VA in 1838 where he acquired much property.
Son George Brooks was born in 1826 in Washington and marrried first to Mary McElroy and after her death he married for the second time to Lavina (Orr) McElroy. They moved to Hunt County, Texas shortly after the VA 1870 census. Lavina died there in 1886 and is buried in the Donelton Cemetery just south of Greenville. George Brooks moved to Butler County, Kansas in 1887 and died there in 1890 at the home of his son John McElroy Milbourn. He is buried in the Chelsea Cemetery along with his sister, Lavina Jane (Milbourn) Pendleton.
John McElroy Milbourn son of George Brooks and Mary (McElroy) Milbourn was born in Lee in 1857 and went to live with his uncle, Richard Milbourn in Hancock, Indiana and was married there to Louisa Isabelle Albertine Caldwell in 1876. They moved to Butler County, Kansas in 1878 and then moved to Torrance County, NM in 1908. Grandpa John died in NM in 1936 and grandma Lou died in 1948 and both are buried in the Estancia Cemetery in Torrance County.
Shirley David Milbourn, son of John M. was born in Butler County, Kansas in 1893 and married my mother Vada Myrl Barron in Torrance County in 1918. They had four children, Marjorie Mae, Lois Louise, John DeWitt and Rex Vernon. Mom was the first daughter of De Witt and Hattie Tillie (Ogle) Barron. De Witt was the son of Green Benton and Amanda Chisum.
John D. Milbourn was born in Torrance County in 1922 and later moved with his parents and brothers and sisters, Marjorie, Lois and Rex to Butler County, Kansas. John moved to Arkansas in 1957.
My children are Nancy Anne, Mary Carol and Craig Robert.
Please let me hear from you.
Sincerely, John Ddd. Milbourn
Andrew moved to Lee County, VA in 1838 where he acquired much property.
Son George Brooks was born in 1826 in Washington and marrried first to Mary McElroy and after her death he married for the second time to Lavina (Orr) McElroy. They moved to Hunt County, Texas shortly after the VA 1870 census. Lavina died there in 1886 and is buried in the Donelton Cemetery just south of Greenville. George Brooks moved to Butler County, Kansas in 1887 and died there in 1890 at the home of his son John McElroy Milbourn. He is buried in the Chelsea Cemetery along with his sister, Lavina Jane (Milbourn) Pendleton.
John McElroy Milbourn son of George Brooks and Mary (McElroy) Milbourn was born in Lee in 1857 and went to live with his uncle, Richard Milbourn in Hancock, Indiana and was married there to Louisa Isabelle Albertine Caldwell in 1876. They moved to Butler County, Kansas in 1878 and then moved to Torrance County, NM in 1908. Grandpa John died in NM in 1936 and grandma Lou died in 1948 and both are buried in the Estancia Cemetery in Torrance County.
Shirley David Milbourn, son of John M. was born in Butler County, Kansas in 1893 and married my mother Vada Myrl Barron in Torrance County in 1918. They had four children, Marjorie Mae, Lois Louise, John DeWitt and Rex Vernon. Mom was the first daughter of De Witt and Hattie Tillie (Ogle) Barron. De Witt was the son of Green Benton and Amanda Chisum.
John D. Milbourn was born in Torrance County in 1922 and later moved with his parents and brothers and sisters, Marjorie, Lois and Rex to Butler County, Kansas. John moved to Arkansas in 1957.
My children are Nancy Anne, Mary Carol and Craig Robert.
Please let me hear from you.
Sincerely, John Ddd. Milbourn
Andrew Milburn (1763)
Andrew Milburn
1763 - ____
BIRTH: 1763 Father: Andrew Milburn Mother: Mary Thomas Family 1 : Sarah Reeder
Zenos Milbourne
Samuel Milborne
Jonathan Milbourne
William Milbourne
Jacob Milbourne
Lott Milbourne
Anna Milbourne
David Milbourne
Elizabeth Milbourne
_John Milbourne ____+
_Andrew Milburn _
_Elizabeth Chapman _
--Andrew Milburn
____________________
_Mary Thomas ____
____________________
1763 - ____
BIRTH: 1763 Father: Andrew Milburn Mother: Mary Thomas Family 1 : Sarah Reeder
Zenos Milbourne
Samuel Milborne
Jonathan Milbourne
William Milbourne
Jacob Milbourne
Lott Milbourne
Anna Milbourne
David Milbourne
Elizabeth Milbourne
_John Milbourne ____+
_Andrew Milburn _
_Elizabeth Chapman _
--Andrew Milburn
____________________
_Mary Thomas ____
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Bits and Pieces of Genealogy
Children of Luke Milbourne and Unknown are:
6912
i.
William Milburn, born 1600 in Somerset, England; died 1690 in Boston, Mass; married Susanna.
ii.
Richard Milbourne, born 1605; died in Virginia.
iii.
Peter Milbourne, born 1610.
iv.
Jacob Milbourne, born 1620; married Marie Leisler.
6912. William Milburn, born 1600 in Somerset, England; died 1690 in Boston, Mass. He was the son of 13824. Luke Milbourne and 13825. Unknown. He married 6913. Susanna. 6913. Susanna. Child of William Milburn and Susanna is:
3456
i.
Andrew Milbourne, born Bet. 1651 - 1661 in Somerset, England; died February 19, 1739/40 in Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; married Sarah.
3456. Andrew Milbourne, born Bet. 1651 - 1661 in Somerset, England; died February 19, 1739/40 in Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He was the son of 6912. William Milburn and 6913. Susanna. He married 3457. Sarah. 3457. Sarah. Children of Andrew Milbourne and Sarah are:
1728
i.
John Milbourn, born Bet. 1700 - 1705 in Burlington Co., N.J.; died August 14, 1761 in Frederick County, Virginia; married Elizabeth Chapman December 03, 1724 in Hunterdon Twsp., NJ..
ii.
Henry Milbiourne.
iii.
Robert Milbourne.
iv.
William Milbourne.
v.
David Milbourne.
vi.
Rachel Milbourne.
vii.
Andrew Milbourne. 3458. Robert Chapman, died Abt. 1747 in Chesterfield, Burlington Co., New Jersey. He married 3459. Sarah Griswold June 27, 1671 in Saybrook, Conn.. 3459. Sarah Griswold, born March 28, 1652 in Windsor, Conn.; died April 07, 1692 in Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. She was the daughter of 6918. Francis Griswold and 6919. Mary Tracy. Child of Robert Chapman and Sarah Griswold is:
1729
i.
Elizabeth Chapman, born 1704 in Burlington County, New Jersey; married John Milbourn December 03, 1724 in Hunterdon Twsp., NJ
1728. John Milbourn, born Bet. 1700 - 1705 in Burlington Co., N.J.; died August 14, 1761 in Frederick County, Virginia. He was the son of 3456. Andrew Milbourne and 3457. Sarah. He married 1729. Elizabeth Chapman December 03, 1724 in Hunterdon Twsp., NJ.. 1729. Elizabeth Chapman, born 1704 in Burlington County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of 3458. Robert Chapman and 3459. Sarah Griswold. Children of John Milbourn and Elizabeth Chapman are:
i.
Phebe Chapman Milbourn.
ii.
Robert Milbourn, born 1725 in Chesterfield Twsp, Burlington Co., NJ.; died May 26, 1760 in Philadelphia Harbor, Pa.; married Sarah Littler 1750 in New Jersey.
iii.
John Milburn, born Bet. 1727 - 1730 in Chesterfield Twsp., Burlington Co, NJ.; died August 1792 in Frederick County, Virginia; married (1) Mary Unknown Abt. 1750 in Frederick County, Virginia; married (2) Mary Bryant Abt. 1780.
iv.
Patience Milburn, born 1728 in Chesterfield Twsp, Burlington Co., NJ.; died August 1792 in Frederick County, Virginia; married Charles Parkins February 04, 1747/48 in Frederick County, Virginia.
v.
Hannah Milburn, born 1731; married George Gilliam.
vi.
Elizabeth Milburn, born Bet. 1720 - 1733; died 1787; married Jonathan Parkins.
vii.
Andrew Milburn, born 1736 in Burlington, Hunterdon Twsp, NJ.; died 1781; married Mary Thomas May 04, 1761 in Frederick County, Virginia.
864
viii.
William Milburn, born Bet. 1741 - 1742 in Chesterfield, N.J.; married Sarah Calvert June 06, 1763 in 6 Jun 1763 in Frederick County, Virginia.
6912
i.
William Milburn, born 1600 in Somerset, England; died 1690 in Boston, Mass; married Susanna.
ii.
Richard Milbourne, born 1605; died in Virginia.
iii.
Peter Milbourne, born 1610.
iv.
Jacob Milbourne, born 1620; married Marie Leisler.
6912. William Milburn, born 1600 in Somerset, England; died 1690 in Boston, Mass. He was the son of 13824. Luke Milbourne and 13825. Unknown. He married 6913. Susanna. 6913. Susanna. Child of William Milburn and Susanna is:
3456
i.
Andrew Milbourne, born Bet. 1651 - 1661 in Somerset, England; died February 19, 1739/40 in Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; married Sarah.
3456. Andrew Milbourne, born Bet. 1651 - 1661 in Somerset, England; died February 19, 1739/40 in Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He was the son of 6912. William Milburn and 6913. Susanna. He married 3457. Sarah. 3457. Sarah. Children of Andrew Milbourne and Sarah are:
1728
i.
John Milbourn, born Bet. 1700 - 1705 in Burlington Co., N.J.; died August 14, 1761 in Frederick County, Virginia; married Elizabeth Chapman December 03, 1724 in Hunterdon Twsp., NJ..
ii.
Henry Milbiourne.
iii.
Robert Milbourne.
iv.
William Milbourne.
v.
David Milbourne.
vi.
Rachel Milbourne.
vii.
Andrew Milbourne. 3458. Robert Chapman, died Abt. 1747 in Chesterfield, Burlington Co., New Jersey. He married 3459. Sarah Griswold June 27, 1671 in Saybrook, Conn.. 3459. Sarah Griswold, born March 28, 1652 in Windsor, Conn.; died April 07, 1692 in Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. She was the daughter of 6918. Francis Griswold and 6919. Mary Tracy. Child of Robert Chapman and Sarah Griswold is:
1729
i.
Elizabeth Chapman, born 1704 in Burlington County, New Jersey; married John Milbourn December 03, 1724 in Hunterdon Twsp., NJ
1728. John Milbourn, born Bet. 1700 - 1705 in Burlington Co., N.J.; died August 14, 1761 in Frederick County, Virginia. He was the son of 3456. Andrew Milbourne and 3457. Sarah. He married 1729. Elizabeth Chapman December 03, 1724 in Hunterdon Twsp., NJ.. 1729. Elizabeth Chapman, born 1704 in Burlington County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of 3458. Robert Chapman and 3459. Sarah Griswold. Children of John Milbourn and Elizabeth Chapman are:
i.
Phebe Chapman Milbourn.
ii.
Robert Milbourn, born 1725 in Chesterfield Twsp, Burlington Co., NJ.; died May 26, 1760 in Philadelphia Harbor, Pa.; married Sarah Littler 1750 in New Jersey.
iii.
John Milburn, born Bet. 1727 - 1730 in Chesterfield Twsp., Burlington Co, NJ.; died August 1792 in Frederick County, Virginia; married (1) Mary Unknown Abt. 1750 in Frederick County, Virginia; married (2) Mary Bryant Abt. 1780.
iv.
Patience Milburn, born 1728 in Chesterfield Twsp, Burlington Co., NJ.; died August 1792 in Frederick County, Virginia; married Charles Parkins February 04, 1747/48 in Frederick County, Virginia.
v.
Hannah Milburn, born 1731; married George Gilliam.
vi.
Elizabeth Milburn, born Bet. 1720 - 1733; died 1787; married Jonathan Parkins.
vii.
Andrew Milburn, born 1736 in Burlington, Hunterdon Twsp, NJ.; died 1781; married Mary Thomas May 04, 1761 in Frederick County, Virginia.
864
viii.
William Milburn, born Bet. 1741 - 1742 in Chesterfield, N.J.; married Sarah Calvert June 06, 1763 in 6 Jun 1763 in Frederick County, Virginia.
Jonathon Milbourn: Civil War Veteran
Archives of Michigan Digital Records
Dussett, Truman; Ferris, Wesley and Milbourn, Jonathan (far right)
Description
Portrait of Truman Dussett, Wesley Ferris and Jonathan Milbourn, 1861-1865. Soldiers from Eaton Rapids, all serving in Company H, Sixth Michigan Infantry. Truman Dussett. Enlisted in company H, Sixth Infantry, Feb. 19, 1864, at Eaton Rapids, for 3 years, age 21. Mustered Feb. 26, 1864. Mustered out at New Orleans, La., Aug. 20, 1865. Wesley Ferris. Enlisted in company H, Sixth Infantry, Feb. 23, 1864, at Eaton Rapids, for 3 years, age 23. Mustered Feb. 26, 1864. ustered out at New Orleans, La., Aug. 20, 1865. Jonathan Milbourn. Enlisted in company H, Sixth Infantry, Feb. 26, 1864, at Eaton Rapids, for 3 years, age 21. Mustered Feb. 26, 1864. Mustered out at New Orleans, La., aug. 20, 1865. Present residence, Eaton Rapids, Mich. (Descriptive Roll Sixth Michigan Volunteers).
Subject
Dussett, Truman ; Ferris, Wesley ; Milbourn, Jonathan ; Civil War ; soldier ; Sixth Michigan Infantry ; Eaton Rapids (Mich.)
Date: 1861-1865
Current Owners: Jack and Evelyn (Gibson) Mason
Evelyn (Gibson) Mason and her husband, Jack, live in probably the only house in Lee County listed in the State and National Registers of Historical Places, with the presentation made in 1992.
The three-story stone house is presently located on 62 1⁄2 acres (reduced over the years from about 85 acres) on the western edge of Jonesville, with the original smokehouse still standing and a family cemetery overlooking the property.
Construction of the house was started about 1844 and finished about four years later by Benjamin Dickenson. The house was purchased from Dickenson’s heirs by Andrew Milbourn. Evelyn said her grandfather, Michael Brown Wygal, about 1860 or ’61, bought the house from William E. Wynn in 1919 and handed it down to Evelyn’s mother, Bonnie Wygal Gibson. Evelyn, who inherited it in 1976, said the house has been in the family for 82 years. The house was known as the Dickenson-Milbourn house for years.
National Registry Application for Dickinson-Milbourn House
Summary Description: Situated on a small hill at the western end of the town of Jonesville, the Dickinson-Milbourn House is the finest example of the Federal style in Lee County. One of only five early-to-mid nineteenth-century brick dwellings in Lee County, the house was built for Benjamin Dickinson sometime between 1844 and 1848. It is a two-story, central-passage-plan, brick dwelling that retains much of its original exterior and interior architectural character. A large brick smokehouse is the only surviving outbuilding historically associated with the house. Mid-twentieth-century, noncontributing, frame outbuildings include a coalhouse, chicken house, equipment shedlcorncrib, and a garage. A cemetery, which contains the graves of many of the former owners of the property, is located on a hill to the rear of the house.
ARCHITECTORAL ANALYSIS:
The Dickinson-Milbourn House sits atop a small grassy hill near the western limits of the town of Jonesville, the county seat of Lee County. Facing south and overlooking U.S. Route 58, the house and outbuildings are clustered near the road, and are generally surrounded by uncultivated fields and forests to the north and west, a small twentieth-century house to the east, and a modern middle school across U.S. Route 58 to the south. Although part of
a 62-acre parcel of land, only four acres are being nominated to the National Register--enough land to adequately complement the house and its setting and to include the nearby family cemetery.
The house is a two-story, central-passage-, double-pile-plan building with a Flemish-bond brick facade and four-course Americanbond brick side and rear elevations. Situated on a limestone block foundation, the gable-roofed house has a pair of semi-exterior end brick chimneys at each gable end. characteristic of many Federal-style dwellings of the period, the corbel-capped chimneys are connected by a simple brick parapet which rises above the apex of
each gable end. The five-bay facade features a central entrance with a double-leaf four-panel wooden door flanked by sidelights and topped by a triple-light transom with tracery arranged in a diamond pattern. Elaborate carved woodwork decorates the entrance. Bands of reeding in a horizontal, vertical, or herringbone pattern divide the three-part composition, while plain pilasters flank it. The most unusual features are the Roman Ionic capitals that are suspended from the top of the transom. Perhaps the carpenter intended to place engaged columns beneath the capitals; however, no architectural evidence suggests that they were ever placed there. The elaborate woodwork below the capitals seems to indicate that columns were
never a part of the design. No similar composition is known to exist elsewhere in Lee County.
A one-story, three-bay, flat-roofed porch on a stone foundation projects from the facade. It features square wooden columns, a wooden floor, and a balustraded deck above. A second-f loor
entrance topped by a four-light transom provides access to the deck. According to an undated photograph of the house, the current porch replaced an earlier five-bay porch that extended the length of the facade. A box cornice with dentils and returns extends along the front beneath a standing-seam metal gable roof. All windows are framed with architrave trim and topped by lintels flanked by bull's-eye endblocks. Original nine-over-nine double-sash windows are seen on
the first floor and original six-over-nine double-sash windows survive on the second floor of the rear elevation. Sometime during the late nineteenth century, second-floor front windows were
replaced by two-over-two double-sash windows. A one-and-one-half-story brick ell extends from the rear.
According to the present owner, the rear ell was built around 1913 and replaced an original ell. Interior woodwork from the original ell was reused in the 1913 addition. The ell features brick walls laid in six-course American bond and two-over-two double-sash windows capped by segmental brick arches. Lower in height than the main block of the dwelling, the rear ell has a central brick chimney and an unfinished half story with no exterior or interior access. Perhaps a staircase was planned later, but never built. An early-twentieth-century, frame and weatherboard, shed-roofed addition attached to the west side of the rear ell serves as a storage area and shelter to the original bulkhead entrance to the cellar beneath the original house.
The floorplan of the house is typical of the period; a central passage, double-pile configuration. The wide central passage extends the width of the main block. At its northern end is a double-run open-string stair with a balustrade consisting of round tapered balusters, a heavy round handrail, and a turned newel around which the balusters encircle.
The central passage features high molded baseboard, no ceiling cornice, and door frames with paneled reveals and reeded trim with bull's-eye corner blocks. Unusual wide doors with four or five horizontal panels and carpenter locks have survived throughout the house. Wood-grained examples found on the second floor suggest that perhaps all doors were originally grained.
The southeast room is typical of most of the first-floor rooms. It features random-width pine floor boards, a high molded baseboard, reeded door and window trim with bull's-eye corner blocks, paneled window aprons, and plastered ceilings. Original mantels in the southwest and northeast rooms have survived. Their designs consist of reeded pilasters, plain central tablet and end blocks, and a molded shelf. Early-twentieth-century wooden mantels with mirrored
overmantels and Doric or Ionic columns replaced original mantels in the southeast and northwest rooms.
The second-floor woodwork is simpler than that of the first floor. Baseboards are simpler and shorter in height and door frames have paneled reveals and plain flat trim with bull's-eye corner blocks. The ceilings are clad with narrow tongue-and-groove boards instead
of plastered and a beaded board with projecting round pegs for hanging hats and clothing extends along the walls of the central passage. The stair at the northern end of the passage ascends to the attic. All four second-floor mantels are similar with double architrave trim, plain central tablets and end blocks, and molded shelves. The rear-ell rooms include a dining room and kitchen. The dining room contains a mantel similar to those on the second floor, a molded chair rail, a six-panel door leading into the kitchen, and a tongue-and-groove boarded ceiling. The kitchen has been remodeled in recent years and little historical fabric remains. A large rectangular brick smokehouse is located northwest of the house. It has eleven-course American-bond brick walls, a batten door, and a new (1992) standing-seam metal gable roof. It appears
to date from the mid-19th century and is the only contributing outbuilding associated with the house. Near the smokehouse is a small, frame, gable-roofed coalhouse built during the 1950s. Northwest of the coalhouse is a frame shedroofed chicken house dating from the late 1940s and northeast of this complex is a 1930s frame gable-roofed garage in a deteriorated state. Northwest of the garage is a late 1940s, frame, shed-roofed corncrib on a stone foundation with an attached equipment shed. All of these outbuildings postdate the period of significance,
therefore, they are considered noncontributing elements of the property.
A small family cemetery is located on a hill to the rear of the house and outbuildings. It contains the graves of members of the Dickinson, Milbourn, and Joslyn families that once owned the farm. Although some headstones have toppled, several can still be read.
The cemetery, a contributing site, once was encircled by a castiron
fence.
ARCHITECTORAL ANALYSIS:
The Dickinson-Milbourn House sits atop a small grassy hill near the western limits of the town of Jonesville, the county seat of Lee County. Facing south and overlooking U.S. Route 58, the house and outbuildings are clustered near the road, and are generally surrounded by uncultivated fields and forests to the north and west, a small twentieth-century house to the east, and a modern middle school across U.S. Route 58 to the south. Although part of
a 62-acre parcel of land, only four acres are being nominated to the National Register--enough land to adequately complement the house and its setting and to include the nearby family cemetery.
The house is a two-story, central-passage-, double-pile-plan building with a Flemish-bond brick facade and four-course Americanbond brick side and rear elevations. Situated on a limestone block foundation, the gable-roofed house has a pair of semi-exterior end brick chimneys at each gable end. characteristic of many Federal-style dwellings of the period, the corbel-capped chimneys are connected by a simple brick parapet which rises above the apex of
each gable end. The five-bay facade features a central entrance with a double-leaf four-panel wooden door flanked by sidelights and topped by a triple-light transom with tracery arranged in a diamond pattern. Elaborate carved woodwork decorates the entrance. Bands of reeding in a horizontal, vertical, or herringbone pattern divide the three-part composition, while plain pilasters flank it. The most unusual features are the Roman Ionic capitals that are suspended from the top of the transom. Perhaps the carpenter intended to place engaged columns beneath the capitals; however, no architectural evidence suggests that they were ever placed there. The elaborate woodwork below the capitals seems to indicate that columns were
never a part of the design. No similar composition is known to exist elsewhere in Lee County.
A one-story, three-bay, flat-roofed porch on a stone foundation projects from the facade. It features square wooden columns, a wooden floor, and a balustraded deck above. A second-f loor
entrance topped by a four-light transom provides access to the deck. According to an undated photograph of the house, the current porch replaced an earlier five-bay porch that extended the length of the facade. A box cornice with dentils and returns extends along the front beneath a standing-seam metal gable roof. All windows are framed with architrave trim and topped by lintels flanked by bull's-eye endblocks. Original nine-over-nine double-sash windows are seen on
the first floor and original six-over-nine double-sash windows survive on the second floor of the rear elevation. Sometime during the late nineteenth century, second-floor front windows were
replaced by two-over-two double-sash windows. A one-and-one-half-story brick ell extends from the rear.
According to the present owner, the rear ell was built around 1913 and replaced an original ell. Interior woodwork from the original ell was reused in the 1913 addition. The ell features brick walls laid in six-course American bond and two-over-two double-sash windows capped by segmental brick arches. Lower in height than the main block of the dwelling, the rear ell has a central brick chimney and an unfinished half story with no exterior or interior access. Perhaps a staircase was planned later, but never built. An early-twentieth-century, frame and weatherboard, shed-roofed addition attached to the west side of the rear ell serves as a storage area and shelter to the original bulkhead entrance to the cellar beneath the original house.
The floorplan of the house is typical of the period; a central passage, double-pile configuration. The wide central passage extends the width of the main block. At its northern end is a double-run open-string stair with a balustrade consisting of round tapered balusters, a heavy round handrail, and a turned newel around which the balusters encircle.
The central passage features high molded baseboard, no ceiling cornice, and door frames with paneled reveals and reeded trim with bull's-eye corner blocks. Unusual wide doors with four or five horizontal panels and carpenter locks have survived throughout the house. Wood-grained examples found on the second floor suggest that perhaps all doors were originally grained.
The southeast room is typical of most of the first-floor rooms. It features random-width pine floor boards, a high molded baseboard, reeded door and window trim with bull's-eye corner blocks, paneled window aprons, and plastered ceilings. Original mantels in the southwest and northeast rooms have survived. Their designs consist of reeded pilasters, plain central tablet and end blocks, and a molded shelf. Early-twentieth-century wooden mantels with mirrored
overmantels and Doric or Ionic columns replaced original mantels in the southeast and northwest rooms.
The second-floor woodwork is simpler than that of the first floor. Baseboards are simpler and shorter in height and door frames have paneled reveals and plain flat trim with bull's-eye corner blocks. The ceilings are clad with narrow tongue-and-groove boards instead
of plastered and a beaded board with projecting round pegs for hanging hats and clothing extends along the walls of the central passage. The stair at the northern end of the passage ascends to the attic. All four second-floor mantels are similar with double architrave trim, plain central tablets and end blocks, and molded shelves. The rear-ell rooms include a dining room and kitchen. The dining room contains a mantel similar to those on the second floor, a molded chair rail, a six-panel door leading into the kitchen, and a tongue-and-groove boarded ceiling. The kitchen has been remodeled in recent years and little historical fabric remains. A large rectangular brick smokehouse is located northwest of the house. It has eleven-course American-bond brick walls, a batten door, and a new (1992) standing-seam metal gable roof. It appears
to date from the mid-19th century and is the only contributing outbuilding associated with the house. Near the smokehouse is a small, frame, gable-roofed coalhouse built during the 1950s. Northwest of the coalhouse is a frame shedroofed chicken house dating from the late 1940s and northeast of this complex is a 1930s frame gable-roofed garage in a deteriorated state. Northwest of the garage is a late 1940s, frame, shed-roofed corncrib on a stone foundation with an attached equipment shed. All of these outbuildings postdate the period of significance,
therefore, they are considered noncontributing elements of the property.
A small family cemetery is located on a hill to the rear of the house and outbuildings. It contains the graves of members of the Dickinson, Milbourn, and Joslyn families that once owned the farm. Although some headstones have toppled, several can still be read.
The cemetery, a contributing site, once was encircled by a castiron
fence.
The house is closely associated with the Battle of Jonesville, which occurred on 3 January 1864. During the battle, much of which took place on the property, Union troops used the house and its outbuildings for protection from Confederate attack. The battle was arguably the most significant armed conflict to occur in far Southwest Virginia.
JUSTIFICATION OF CRITERIA
The Dickinson-Milbourn House is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A because of its association with the Battle of Jonesville on
3 January 1864. It is eligible under Criterion C because it is one of the few surviving Federal dwellings in far Southwest Virginia and its architectural details exemplify the style.
The Dickinson-Milbourn House is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A because of its association with the Battle of Jonesville on
3 January 1864. It is eligible under Criterion C because it is one of the few surviving Federal dwellings in far Southwest Virginia and its architectural details exemplify the style.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Dickinson-Milbourn House was built about 1844-1848 by Benjamin Dickinson on a 862-acre tract of land he had purchased from his father, Daniel Dickinson, in 1831. The younger Dickinson became one of the largest landholders in the county, having some 1,500
acres under cultivation by 1850, with 2,000 acres of unimproved land. The house that Benjamin Dickinson built is one of the few surviving examples of the Federal style in Southwest Virginia. It retains many of the architectural features and details associated with that style. The farm complex constructed for Dickinson included several substantial outbuildings, many of which--except for the brick smokehouse--no longer stand.
The Dickinson-Milbourn House was built about 1844-1848 by Benjamin Dickinson on a 862-acre tract of land he had purchased from his father, Daniel Dickinson, in 1831. The younger Dickinson became one of the largest landholders in the county, having some 1,500
acres under cultivation by 1850, with 2,000 acres of unimproved land. The house that Benjamin Dickinson built is one of the few surviving examples of the Federal style in Southwest Virginia. It retains many of the architectural features and details associated with that style. The farm complex constructed for Dickinson included several substantial outbuildings, many of which--except for the brick smokehouse--no longer stand.
Benjamin Dickinson died on 28 November 1851 and his children inherited the house and farm.
Andrew Milbourn began acquiring shares in the property from the heirs, completing his purchase of the 360.25-acre tract on 6 April 1860. By 1860, Milbourn owned at least nine hundred acres in the county, three hundred of which (the Dickinson-Milbourn House tract) was
improved farmland. The agricultural census report for that year assessed Milbourn's farm at $14,000. He also owned $300 worth of machinery. His livestock, valued at $2,250, included
8 horses, 1 mule, 4 working oxen, 17 milk cows, 70 other cattle, 70 swine, and 18 sheep that produced 70 pounds of wool. He slaughtered $760 worth of animals during the year. Milbourn harvested 280 bushels of wheat, 3,000 of Indian corn, 700 of oats, 50 of Irish potatoes, 20 of sweet potatoes, 5 of peas and beans, and 20 tons of hay. His workers churned 1,000 pounds of butter and made 70 gallons of molasses. He also kept bees that produced 20 pounds of honey.
Although the troops of both armies passed through the area early in the Civil War, the first skirmish occurred at the town on 2 January 1863. Another took place nearby on 1 December 1863. Then, on 1 January 1864, Col. Wilson C. Lemert, 68th Ohio Infantry, ordered Major Charles H. Beeres and his command to occupy Jonesville. Beeresls force consisted of more than three hundred troopers of the 16th Illinois Cavalry, and the 22d Ohio Battery with three guns.
He posted about fifty men at the eastern end of the town and camped with the rest of his force on the south side of present-day Route 58 (on the school grounds), across from the Dickinson-Milbourn House.
Meanwhile, Confederate Brig. Gen. William E. Grumblell Jones, a of nearby Washington County, had started from Little War Gap on Clinch Mountain, intending to capture Cumberland Gap. Learning on 2 January that the Union force had occupied Jonesville, Jones decided to attack. His force consisted of the 27th and 37th Virginia cavalry battalions, and the 10th Kentucky Cavalry
Regiments. Crossing Powell Mountain and heading for Jonesville from the southwest, Jones sent orders to Lt. Col. Auburn L. Pridemore, commander of the 64th Virginia Cavalry, to assault the
Union position from the east. At dawn on 3 January, Jones and his men reached Jonesville.
Finding that the element of surprise was in his favor, Jones immediately attacked the Union encampment at the eastern end of the town. Although Jones caught Beeres and his men quite off guard, they responded quickly. The Confederates captured the Federal artillery in the initial assault but were compelled to abandon the guns. Fighting hard, the Federals withdrew northward to the relative safety of the Dickinson-Milbourn House and its outbuildings, which they occupied. Realizing that dislodging them would be difficult, due to the effective positions being taken by the Federal artillery, Jones decided to hold them in place until Pridemore arrived. As the sun began to set, Pridemore and his force made their appearance, coming from the east toward Jonesville. The regiment quickly overwhelmed the Union troops in town and swept westward on Route 58. Beere's men, aware that they were about to be surrounded, slipped out of the Dickinson-Milbourn House and its outbuildings and quickly took up a position on the hill just to the north of the dwelling, above the cornfield there. Once certain that the Federals were too far away from the farm buildings to return, Jones ordered a general assault on their new position. Overwhelmed and outnumbered, Beeres and his men surrendered.
Jones reported that his force captured "383 [Union] officers and men, 45 of whom were wounded, and we killed 10, took 3 pieces of artillery and 27 6-mule wagons and teams." Jones's own ammunition, however, was nearly exhausted, and he had to await the arrival of his own wagons, which did not come until two days later. This delay resulted in Jones's decision to call off the attack on Union forces at Cumberland Gap. He knew that they had been alerted to his presence, and that they would rapidly reinforce their position in the gap. The Confederates never again attempted to take the Cumberland Gap, and the Union army held it for the rest of
the war.
The Battle of Jonesville was the most significant engagement in the region. A large part of it was fought on the Milbourn farm, with the house and outbuildings being used by Beeres's men as defensive posts. No doubt the local stories of the house serving as a hospital after the battle are true. Fortunately for the dwelling, it was not seriously damaged and no other important actions
occurred there.
After the war Andrew Milbourn was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1867-1868, representing Lee, Scott, and Wise counties. He continued to own the house until his death
on 5 April 1886. His daughter, Sarah J. Milbourn, and her husband, Henry Clay Joslyn, inherited the property. According to local tradition, Joslyn had been a captain in the Union army and fought in the battle of Jonesville, where he was wounded and captured. Recuperating in the house, according to the story, he met and fell in love with Sarah. In reality, Joslyn was a native of Hardwick, Massachusetts, who enlisted in the 29th Massachusetts Veteran Volunteers as a private on 20 April 1861. During the war he was promoted to lieutenant. Joslyn's regiment did not fight at Jonesville; at the time of the battle it was in Tennessee, near Knoxville. During the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, Joslyn distinguished himself in the battle for Fort Stedman on 25 March 1865. Manning a picket post between the lines, Joslyn was captured at the beginning of the Confederate assault on the Union fort. He broke loose from his captors, however, and "escaped through the ranks of the enemy in an audacious dash, exposed to every danger; worked a gun in Fort Haskell during the latter part of the engagement, only leaving it
to charge back to Battery 11." The Confederates held Fort Stedman only briefly before the Union counterattack recaptured it. As a reward for his "gallant and meritorious services," Joslyn was promoted to the rank of captain. It is not clear, then, just how Joslyn did meet
Sarah J. Milbourn.
The couple was married in Lee County on 14 September 1869, however, so meet they did. In 1870 the Joslyns resided in Richmond, where he worked for a grocery wholesaler.
By 1880 Henry and Sarah Joslyn had returned to Lee County and the Milbourn house, where he was listed in the census as a farmer. The Joslyns sold the property to W. E. Wynn on 17 July 1901, and he sold it to Michael B. Wygal on 1 October 1919. It has remained in the family ever since. The current owner, Evelyn Gibson Mason, is a granddaughter of Wygal
The couple was married in Lee County on 14 September 1869, however, so meet they did. In 1870 the Joslyns resided in Richmond, where he worked for a grocery wholesaler.
By 1880 Henry and Sarah Joslyn had returned to Lee County and the Milbourn house, where he was listed in the census as a farmer. The Joslyns sold the property to W. E. Wynn on 17 July 1901, and he sold it to Michael B. Wygal on 1 October 1919. It has remained in the family ever since. The current owner, Evelyn Gibson Mason, is a granddaughter of Wygal
Dickinson-Milbourn House
National Registry
Dickinson-Milbourn House, Jonesville, Virginia.
Completed in 1848 for Benjamin Dickinson, a prosperous landowner, this imposing Federal-style house is among the few early brick dwellings in Lee County. In 1851, the propertywas acquired by Andrew Milbourn from Dickinson's heirs. On January 3, 1864, during the battle of Jonesville, Union troops used the house and its outbuildings for protection from Confederate attack. Much of the fighting, as well as the subsequent Federal surrender took place on the property, although the house was not seriously damaged and probably served as a hospital after the battle. The two-story, center-passage dwelling is unusually sophisticated for the region and has survived with few alterations, retaining much of its original interior trim. A 19th-century brick smokehouse remains on the property. Later owners of the property were Capt. Henry Joslyn, Milbourn's son-in-law, and M.B. Wygal, grandfather of the present owner.
(245-04 VLR: 06/16/93; NRHP: 8/12/93)
National Registry of Historic Places
Dickinson-Milbourn House, Jonesville, Virginia.
Completed in 1848 for Benjamin Dickinson, a prosperous landowner, this imposing Federal-style house is among the few early brick dwellings in Lee County. In 1851, the propertywas acquired by Andrew Milbourn from Dickinson's heirs. On January 3, 1864, during the battle of Jonesville, Union troops used the house and its outbuildings for protection from Confederate attack. Much of the fighting, as well as the subsequent Federal surrender took place on the property, although the house was not seriously damaged and probably served as a hospital after the battle. The two-story, center-passage dwelling is unusually sophisticated for the region and has survived with few alterations, retaining much of its original interior trim. A 19th-century brick smokehouse remains on the property. Later owners of the property were Capt. Henry Joslyn, Milbourn's son-in-law, and M.B. Wygal, grandfather of the present owner.
(245-04 VLR: 06/16/93; NRHP: 8/12/93)
National Registry of Historic Places
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