History of the families Millingas and Millanges of Saxony and Normandy, comprising genealogies and biographies of their posterity surnamed Milliken, Millikin, Millikan, Millican, Milligan, Mulliken and Mullikin, AD800-AD1907; containing names of thirty thousand persons, with copious notes on intermarried and collateral families, and abstracts of early land grants, wills, and other documents .. . cientific man. He crossed the Great Smokey mountains in 1792 and settled on a tractof land in northwestern Tennessee, near Morriston, (three miles northwest)and the site of his dwelling commanded a vie
History of the families Millingas and Millanges of Saxony and Normandy, comprising genealogies and biographies of their posterity surnamed Milliken, Millikin, Millikan, Millican, Milligan, Mulliken and Mullikin, AD800-AD1907; containing names of thirty thousand persons, with copious notes on intermarried and collateral families, and abstracts of early land grants, wills, and other documents .. . cientific man. He crossed the Great Smokey mountains in 1792 and settled on a tractof land in northwestern Tennessee, near Morriston, (three miles northwest)and the site of his dwelling commanded a view of the Clinch mountains tenmiles north, and the great Smokey mountains forty miles south. The landsare somewhat hilly, but overlook a fertile valley near at hand. There isa cool spring of limestone water on the east and a rill winds down to minglewith other spring-streams on their way to the great Holston river. His house was built of large chestnut logs, hewed square, and was on theground plan 20x30 feet, two stories, with a large cellar underneath. Therewere also two porches of two stories on the north and south sides, and thelarge chimneys were laid up with limestone rock. A spacious building ofone room, used for a kitchen and dining-room, stood near the principal dwel-ling. Some parts of this house has stood the wear and tear of time morethan a hundred years, and may still be HON. BENJAMIN MILLIKAN, RANDOLPH CO., N. C. POSTERITY OF WILLIAM MILLIKAN. 645 William Millikan remained on his farm until after the death of his wife,Feb. 5, 1837, but spent his last days in the home of his son-in-law, JesseHowell, where he d. Sept. 2, 1838, aged 84 years. They were buried in theEconomy graveyard not distant from their home, but no inscribed monumentsmark their place of rest—only rude, natural stones. He was a man of enor-mous size, weighing not less than three hundred pounds. His eyes wereblue, his hair rather light, and his complexion fair and florid. Mr. Millikan was not
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