Sarah (Wilson) Miller (1807 - 1881)

Born 22 Oct 1807 in Adair, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Miller — married 24 Nov 1825 in Webster, Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Dec 1881 at age 74 in Minden, Webster, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Sarah (Sally) Wilson was born on October 22, 1807, in Adair County, Kentucky.^[1][2] She was the daughter of Josiah Wilson and Margaret Crow (and the twin of Elizabeth).

According to a family history, Sally moved with her father, brother John, and twin sister Elizabeth to Lincoln County, Missouri, after the death of her mother, and 3-4 years later, on to Sevier County, Arkansas.^[3]

At the age of 18, Sally married John Miller on November 24, 1825, in Webster Parish, Louisiana, when he was 25.^[2] They had 13 children - Melton Wilson, Telitha, Simon Burton, Austin, Morris, Michael, Josiah Wilson, Elizabeth, Catharine, Sarah A., George, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson.

In 1840, John and Sally and numerous children lived in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.^[4] In 1850, the family farmed in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, along with 20 slaves.^[5][6][7][8]

John died in April 1858. In 1860, Sally headed a farming household with her four younger children, and 21 slaves, adjacent to several older sons and their families.^[9][10][11] In 1870, she lived with her youngest son Thomas in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.^[12] In 1880, she resided with her son James and family in Webster Parish, Louisiana.^[13]

Sally died on December 28, 1881, in Minden, Webster, Louisiana, when she was 74.^[1] She was buried at Mount Zion Cemetery in Webster Parish, Louisiana.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #81513848
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Frazier, Irvin; Cowell, Mark W. Jr.; and Fisher, Lewis F. (1985). The Family of John Lewis, Pioneer. Fisher Publications, Inc., San Antonio, TX (1985). Page 238.
3. ↑ Howell, Margie Ellis (1967). Kinfolks of William Parke and Synah Perry and Josiah Wilson and Margaret Crow. Kansas City, Missouri. 1967.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census. Year: 1840; Census Place: Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: 127; Page: 105; Family History Library Film: 0009689. Image
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Township 19 Ward 4, Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: 230; Page: 120b. Image
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Image
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Image
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJQ-GCY : 12 April 2016), Sarah Miller in household of John Miller, Claiborne parish, part of, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States; citing family 385, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Ward 4, Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: M653_410; Page: 707; Family History Library Film: 803410. Image
10. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Image
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPS-K3W : 14 December 2017), Sarah Miller, 1860.
12. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. Year: 1870; Census Place: Ward 4, Claiborne, Louisiana; Roll: M593_510; Page: 106B. Image
13. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1880 United States Federal Census. Year: 1880; Census Place: 3rd Ward, Webster, Louisiana; Roll: 474; Page: 264A; Enumeration District: 051. Image

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