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From: (Doris Buhr)
Subject: RE: Roll Call- Catherine (Patterson) McMillan and McNeills
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 18:45:07 -0500

Searching for more information about the following Mercer
Colonists:

Catharine (PATTERSON) McMillan b. 1774 d. 1850 Texas, Mercer
Colonist and was the wife/widow of John McMillan. Catharine was
the 7th of 8 children of Daniel Patterson b ca. 1731 Scotland
d 5 Aug 1809 Robeson Co., NC and his wife Mary McMillan.
Daniel Patterson and his family lived on Raft Swamp near the
present town of Red Springs, NC and was known as "Raft Swamp
Daniel" to distinguish him from other Daniels in the area

"Mercer Colonists" book by Gifford White states the following:

Page 29 - County of Navarro, Town of Corsicana

Certificate Number ll76 - Heirs Catharine McMillan 640 Acres
December 7, 1850

(This Mercer Colony land Certificate Number 1176 was later
deeded by Catharine's son Neill McMillan, Sr. to his son John
Moore McMillan dated November 1854 in Leon Co., TX Land Book B,
Pages 24-26, Vol. EE. ---- This information was obtained from
the National Archives War of 1812 Pension Application submitted
by Sarah Agatha (Ford) McMillan - widow of Neil McMillan.)

***************Children of Catharine (Patterson) McMillan and
John McMillan were:

1. First child was Neill McMillan b. 1795 died 02 July 1877 in
Madisonville, Madison Co. Texas and was buried in Makamson
Cemetery, Leon County Texas.

Neil McMillan married Sarah Agatha FORD on the 4th of July 1816
in Cumberland County, North Carolina by Major Little, Justice of
the Peace. Sarah Agatha (Ford) McMillan was born September 15,
1797 and died February 18, 1885. It is not known where she was
buried. We would like to know.

We are also searching for the parents and siblings of Sara Agatha
Ford and where she was born (probably North Carolina).

2. Second child was Mary A. (McMillan) McNeill b. Cumberland
Co., NC 1797 or 1798 d. 1885 Ellis Co., Texas married James
(or Malcolm) McNeill (Mercer Colonist)

Children were:

Duncan McNeill b 1824 Robeson Co,NC
(Mercer Colonist)
Sarah ? b 1825 (no information)
William J. McNeill b 1829 that married Margaret Ann Rayfield
(Mercer Colonist)
Hector McNeill b 1830 or 1831 that married Rutha C. McAnear
(Mercer Colonist)
George McNeill b 1832 or 1833 marital status unknown
Mary McNeill b 1834 or 1836 d ca. 1865 married William Jones
(Mercer Colonist) -
They had one child George W. Jones. After Mary (McNeill)
Jones' death, William Jones married Elizabeth Holland -
they had two children Astor Jones and Noel L. Jones

Gifford White's Mercer Colonists book:

Mercer Colony - County of Navarro, Town of Corsicana

Page 28 Cert # 1172 Mary A. McNeill 640 acres Dec
7, 1850

(Mary's three sons and their grant
numbers)

1173 Duncan McNeill 320
acres Dec. 7, 1850

Page 29 Cert # 1174 William J. McNeill 320 acres Dec.
7, 1850

1175 Hector McNeill
320 acres Dec. 7, 1850


Below is son-in-law of Mary (McMillan) McNeill and husband of
Daughter Mary (McNeill) Jones that later died 1865

County of Kaufman, Town of Kaufman

Page 15 Cert # 566 William E. H. Jones 320 acres May
1, 1850

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The 3rd child of Catharine (Patterson) McMillan (or his
descendants) has not been researched regarding the Mercer
Colony.

3. The third child was Daniel Patterson McMillan b 1808 d. 1848
married Christian McNish b 1803 d 1879
Their three (3) children were John Patterson McMillan b 1841
d 1862; Archibald McMillan b & d ca 1843; and Francis
McNish McMillan b 1844 d 1913 who first married Mary Catherine
Monroe b 1847 d 1915 and then married Mary Frances Willliamson
b 1859 d 1915.
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The above information was taken from several sources including
the "Mercer Colonists" by Gifford White which I obtained from
Amazon.com and a book found by a friend, "Highland Scots
Pattersons of North Carolina and Related Families" written and
copyrighted by Alex M. Patterson (Rear Admiral U.S. Navy (Ret)
who was living in Raleigh, NC at the time of the publication in
1979 (1st Edition) and 1981 (2nd Edition). The information has
not been verified or documented by the writer of this E-mail and
there may be errors.

I obtained copies of maps from the Texas State Archives for
Certificates 1172 through 1176 and for the overall Mercer Colony
which were helpful and interesting in my research. It is also
possible to obtain copies of the Mercer Colony deeds for the
different certificates.

In some documents the name Neill McMillan is spelled Neil and at
other times Neill.

In a copy of a page from a McMillan family Bible, the name
McMillan was spelled McMellan.

We would like to hear from anyone having information about the
above families or other North Carolina families that came to
Texas about 1850 to become Mercer Colonists.


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