Milley was born on 10 Jan 1799 in Franklin County, Georgia. She was the daughter of Absalom Franklin and Margaret Gullet. [1] It is believed she died about Jun 1872 in Polk County, Missouri.
Milley married John Blakley on 28 Jan 1822 in Christian County, Kentucky. [2][3][4] Milly and John had the following children: [5][6][7][8]
↑ From notes in the Revolutionary War pension file for Absalom Franklin. On 3 May 1852 James McGee, husband of Sarah Franklin McGee (oldest daughter of Absalom Franklin and Margaret Gullet Franklin), and administrator of the estate of Margaret Franklin, applied for a pension. With the application was an original family record , the family Bible of Margaret Franklin. It listed her birth and death and the births (and some deaths) of her children. For more details, see transcription at http://revwarapps.org/w8830.pdf
↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1D-TZB1 : 29 November 2018), John Blakey and Milly Franklin, 28 Jan 1822; citing Marriage, Christian, Kentucky, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,942,939.
↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1Z-XP6 : 17 May 2018), John Blakey and Milly Franklin, 28 Jan 1822; citing Marriage, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,942,963.
↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWRS-C23 : 17 May 2018), John Blakey and Milly Franklen, 28 Jan 1822; citing Marriage, , Christian, Kentucky, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 465,562.
↑ 5.05.15.25.35.45.55.6 "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT5-Z76 : 15 August 2017), John Blakely, Prairie Township, Howard, Missouri, United States; citing p. 17, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 224; FHL microfilm 14,856.
↑ 6.06.16.26.36.46.56.6 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZJ-8W1 : 12 April 2016), John Blakey, Polk county, Polk, Missouri, United States; citing family 85, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ 8.08.18.28.3 "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46V-N7B : 12 April 2016), John Blakey, Missouri, United States; citing p. 25, family 186, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,299.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Milly by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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