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Civil War Battles in Which Alfred Perry Milligan Fought OUR FAMILY STORY Dumfriesshire, Scotland, 1820 Milligan and Lind — August 2018 The Milligan and Lind Families in America his story explores the lives of some of the ancestors of David Vaughn Milligan and his wife, Susan Mary Lind. TThese ancestors participated in some of the most iconic moments in American history. Their journeys stretch from Scotland and Sweden to America, where most made their homes in the Midwest. Common themes surface repeatedly across generations: resilience, a taste for adventure, willingness to answer the call to serve, and adaptation to changing economic and political conditions. Many of the details of earlier generations in this story were discovered through research done by AncestryProGenealogists, while family members shared some details on more recent descendants. The Melvin Milligan Family History also provided numerous helpful details. Their stories, rich with military heroism and pioneer spirit, are shared in these pages. 1 Milligan and Lind — August 2018 World Events During Our Ancestors’ Lives 1745 Charles Edward Stuart launches 1796 the Forty-Five Rebellion after The smallpox vaccination is created landing in Scotland’s Hebrides by Edward Jenner. Islands. The rebellion is quashed at the devastating Battle of Culloden in 1746 1860 and, in the aftermath, the British banned The average American farm the wearing of the tartan and destroyed is about 60 acres in size and the Highlander way of life. about a half mile away from the nearest neighboring farm. 1746 Princeton University is founded, 1861 claiming its place as the fourth-oldest The Confederate Army fires on institution of higher learning in the South Carolina’s Fort Sumter on United States. April 12, prompting a Union surrender. These became the first shots of the 1755 Civil War, which lasted until the The first violent prelude to the French Confederate surrender at and Indian Wars occurs when George Appomattox on 9 April 1865. Washington kills ten French troops at Fort Duquesne in Pittsburgh, 1886 Pennsylvania. The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is dedicated. 1762 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart tours Europe 1917 as a 6-year-old prodigy. The United States enters World War I. 1776 1929 The original 13 colonies declare The U.S. stock market crashes on independence from England on July October 24, sending the country into 4. The Declaration of Independence, the Great Depression. penned by Thomas Jefferson and 1941 his committee, is approved Japanese forces attack a U.S. naval in the Second Continental base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Congress of the United Hawaii, prompting the U.S. to enter States of America, held World War II. in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2 Milligan and Lind — August 2018 he story begins with George Milligan, the earliest known ancestor of David Milligan. The surname Milligan is of Saxo-Norman origin. Originally spelled TMillingas or Millanges, it means “Manor Mill.”1 Many people with the sur- name moved to the Netherlands or to southern Scotland, where the surname became Milliken or Milligan. George Milligan Jr. people in Europe. In the Lowlands, where Dumfriesshire is located, most George Milligan Jr. born about 1733 parishes had their own schools in the b. Dumfriesshire, Scotland mid-18th century so people could learn to read the Bible. This atmosphere eorge Milligan Jr. was probably the of learning was the breeding ground Gson of George Milligan Sr. and Jean for the Scottish Enlightenment. Smith. He was born in Dumfriesshire, Intellectuals and authors alike Scotland, and while the exact date of gathered in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and his birth is not known, family members believe he was born in 1731. He was Aberdeen, including economist Adam baptized in Kirkmahoe, Dumfries, Smith, inventor James Watt, and the Scotland, on 4 November 1733. aforementioned Robert Burns. Incidentally, this was just a few miles Located in southern Scotland, from where the famous Scottish poet Dumfries also was famous for hosting Robert Burns lived with his family for Charles Edward Stuart, known as the last three years of his life before his Bonnie Prince Charlie, for three days death at the age of 37 in 1796. The Milligan Family Line toward the end of 1745, when his For hundreds of years, Scots had the Jacobite rebel army was preparing reputation of being the most educated to fight against the British to restore Bonnie Prince Charles leading his men into battle. 3 Milligan and Lind — August 2018 the banished King James II, Charles extreme increases in rent, many farmers Stuart’s father, to the throne. They were were forced from their land and left ultimately overthrown in the Battle of to look for work in urban centers like Culloden in April 1746; Bonnie Prince Glasgow, Falkirk, and Edinburgh. These Charlie fled from this battle and later displaced farmers were among the escaped to France. George Milligan first Scots to make the trip across the would have been about 13 years old Atlantic to North America, where plenty when this battle took place. of land lay waiting. This is one possible The details and exact time frame of reason the Milligans left their native George’s immigration from Scotland to Scotland. America are difficult to prove through They certainly found plentiful land official records, but descendants say available in America. The Pennsylvania he left from Wigtown, Scotland, in Land Office issued George a land about 1758, sailing on to Liverpool warrant for 100 acres and 65 perches of and eventually to America. He lived land along Cartier Creek in Washington in Pennsylvania by March 1786. The County, Pennsylvania, on 1 March 17862 Lowlands of Scotland, where George (a perch is equal to 1/160 of an acre). Milligan was born, were populated by This tract of land became known as tenant farmers in the years preceding “Milligan’s Brewery,” since George made that date until the Agricultural beer. A Samuel Silex owned land next to Revolution motivated landlords to turn George’s land; this was likely the Samuel individual farms into larger commercial Silex who was the father of Mary Silex, holdings. Faced with new leases and future wife of George’s son James. The signing of the Declaration of Independence 4 Milligan and Lind — August 2018 Pennsylvania played an important George may have moved a bit farther role during the American Revolution, east from Westmoreland County to which ended just three years before Bedford County, Pennsylvania, later George Milligan acquired his 100 in his life. He died in Pennsylvania, acres of land. The colony’s capital, although the exact date of his death is Philadelphia, was the largest city not known. in the New World, and it was in the “city of brotherly love” that Thomas The other children of George Jefferson penned the momentous Milligan in Later Years Declaration of Independence.3 During James married Mary Silex, daughter the Revolutionary War, the Continental of Samuel Silex, and they had at least Congress called Philadelphia home seven children: James Jr., Wilson, until the looming British invasion Samuel, Nancy, George, Lovinia, and forced members to flee. After the Hannah.4 James moved to Greenfield, Red Coats surrendered at Yorktown, Ohio, where he received two free lots Philadelphia once again became the in the village. He died on his farm near American capital, at least for a while. Greenfield. It was there that the Founding Fathers crafted and signed the U.S. Constitution. Pennsylvania became the second state George Milligan and in the Union on 12 December 1787, just Priscilla Thrapp a year and a half after George received George Milligan his land warrant in Washington County. 1801–1879 b. Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania George and his wife, whose name is Priscilla Thrapp not yet known, had two sons, James and 1796–1876 George, near the turn of the 19th century. b. Loudoun County, Virginia George Jr. was 68 years old when his son George III was born in 1801, by which ccording to family members, time the family had moved east from AGeorge Milligan was one of two Washington County to Westmoreland known sons of George Milligan Jr. He County, just east of Pittsburgh. was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, just east of Pittsburgh, The Known Children of 5 George Milligan on 24 March 1801. He reported that he was born near the battlefield of James Braddock’s Defeat, also known as the 1796 (born April 1796) Battle of Monongahela.6 This referred to an expedition by British General Edward George (Ancestor) 1879 (24 March 1801–18 July 1879) Braddock, commander-in-chief of the British Army in America, who led his forces, numbering about 1,400 men, 5 Milligan and Lind — August 2018 When George reached adulthood, he took up farming about 2½ miles southwest of Deavertown in Morgan County, Ohio, which borders Perry County.10 He bought several hundred acres of land and constructed a substantial brick house on a hill that featured a wide view of the land to the south and west. The farm had rolling hills and the terrain was ideal for raising livestock, but it was not as well suited for cultivating crops. Therefore, George focused on buying, feeding, and selling cattle, and became quite adept at it. George married Priscilla Thrapp in Perry County on 14 February 1822.11 Priscilla, who was of Dutch ancestry, was born to John and Elizabeth Thrapp in Loudoun County, Virginia, on 20 March 1796.12 See page 43 for more on Priscilla’s parents. George and Priscilla had at least ten Depiction of the injury of Major General Braddock in the Battle of Monongahela children in the two decades after their marriage. in an attempt to capture the French In 183013 and 1840,14 the Milligans Army’s Fort Duquesne (now downtown lived near Bearfield in Perry County, 7 Pittsburgh), in the summer of 1755.
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