Person Sheet


Name Margery REID
Birth 15 Sep 1778, Abbevile District SC
Death 20 Oct 1856, Pontotoc, MS
Father Hugh REID (1746-1829)
Mother Margaret REID (1754-1818)
Misc. Notes
DAR application of Anne Scabery Anderson, DAR National No.651,950)
"3. Proof of the marriage & place of marriage of Ebenezer Miller and Margery Reid.
See Plats of Robert Miller, Ebenezer Miller and Hugh Reid and the 1820 Mills Atlas map of Abbeville Co. SC. You will find that Hugh Reid & the Miller family moved slightly northwest into the Parks Creek area of the Little River. In fact the map has marked land marks which correspond with the Census records and Probate records of neighbors. The History of the Presbyterian Church by Howe, document these families in the same church since the beginning of Long Cane Church. That Ebenezer Miller and Margery Reid lived in the same neighborhood, attended the same church, were specifically named as man and wife in Hugh Reid will in 1829, have documented proof of children and their birthdates and the fact that Margery Reid Miller is still living in the 1850 Pontotoc County MS Census should be substancial proof that Ebenezer Miller had only one wife, Margery Reid, during his life time, and that she was the mother of all his children.

Hugh Reid Miller Diary 1856 states (under Tuesday October 21, 1856) "11 O'clock last night my mother died. Buried today in the graveyard in Pontotoc."

Letter to "Descendants of Ebenezer and Margaret (Margery) Reid Miller and Dr. John Henry and Jane Pickens Miller" from Margaret Ray Holt deals with restoration of Miller plot at Pontotoc Cemetery. In P.S. to CCT she said "Do you have any record of when Ebenezer's wife was transferred? The dates we have for Margery are born Sept 15, 1778-died Oct. 20, 1856 and would like to know if you think these are correct since we are having a marker put there... Court House records concerning Ebenezer Miller includes this funeral expense for Mrs. Margaret (Margery) Miller who died in 1856.
Oct 21
Coffin and box $15.00
5 yds. velvet 3.75
5 yds bleach domestic 1.25
2 bolts ribbon 1.50
Spouses
1 Ebenezer MILLER
Birth 1 Jan 1767, Abbeville Dist., SC
Death 5 Oct 1848, Pontotoc, MS
Burial Pontotoc Cemetery
Occupation Planter
Father Robert MILLER (1717-1781)
Mother Jean (Jane) PICKENS (1738-<1803)
Marriage 16 Dec 1800
Children Andrew (1801-1864)
Jane Pickens (1805-1867)
Susan (1808->1870)
Ebenezer Erskine (1810-1862)
Hugh Reid (1812-1863)
Robert Alexander (1814->1880)
Margaret Ann (1817-1879)
Langdon (1819-1849)
Samuel (1823-1845)
Last Modified 24 Dec 2002 Created 10 Apr 2004 by Reunion for Macintosh

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