Her name is also seen as Emma or Emely on different census information. It has also been thought that Nancy Patterson was her mother as she was living with them in her old age during and is shown on a census. Her mother has a sister named Nancy, this could have been her. Her son's middle name is "Ellis," her mother's maiden name.
Sources
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXTP-FYQ : accessed 13 March 2016), W L Milhollen and Dorcus Rufty, 01 May 1873; citing Alexander, North Carolina, United States, county courthouses, North Carolina; FHL microfilm 1,758,735.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYP-4DM : 9 November 2014), Sarah J Mellhollen in household of Thomas Mellhollen, Gordon county, Gordon, Georgia, United States; citing family 837, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [1]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYP-48T : 9 November 2014), Thomas Mellhollen, Gordon county, Gordon, Georgia, United States; citing family 837, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXTP-W6D : 8 July 2016), Thos B Milholen in entry for J T Gaultney and Nancy Milholen, 1870.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXTP-FY3 : 8 July 2016), Emma Milhollen in entry for W L Milhollen and Dorcus Rufty, 1873.
Alexander County, North Carolina: Register of Deeds - Marriages. Book: 1, Page: 171.[5]
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3DS-HJB : 5 December 2014), Elizabeth Norton in entry for Thomas Ellis Milholland, 10 Jun 1942; citing certificate number 25581, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,102.
1870 United States Federal Census. Official Enumeration Date: June 1, 1870. Place: North Carolina, United States. Household ID: 168. Publication Number: M593. Line Number: 16. Microfilm Number: 000552620. Image number: 00365.[6]
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8CS-FR7 : 8 July 2016), John Milholen in entry for Thos. B. Milholen and Sarah E. Mcintosh, 1870.
1880 United States Federal Census. Official Enumeration Date: June 1, 1880. Place: Sharpes, Alexander, North Carolina, United States. Household ID: 14232303. Microfilm Number: 1254951. Image number: 00181.[7]
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWZ5-76L : 17 October 2014), Thomas B Millholland, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 22, family 168, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,620.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC64-CMK : 11 August 2016), Thomas L Millholen in household of Thos B Millholen, Sharpes, Alexander, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 4, sheet 193B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0951; FHL microfilm 1,254,951.
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