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MICKLEJOHN
(Prepared by Kristina Simms, 200 Bristol St. #36, Perry GA 31069, June 2004)
	
On 29 March 1766, our ancestor, the Rev. George Micklejohn, an adventurous
Anglican minister, left England, headed across the Atlantic for North Carolina.
   The name of the ship and the port of departure are not known.  His name
appears on a list of British clergymen who emigrated to the Americas with
financial support from the British crown.    [American Immigrant Ministers,
1690-1811, Ancestry.com database]   According to a biographical essay by Alfred
Stratton Lawrence, Micklejohn was sent by The Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts.#  Variant spellings I have seen are Meiklejohn,
Mecklejohn, Mucklejohn, and even McEljohn in one instance.    "Micklejohn" is
the spelling that has been passed down in our family.
	Verifiable information about George Micklejohn’s life on the other side of the
Atlantic is hard to come by.  It is thought that he was born in
Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England, an area that had changed hands
between the Scots and the English numerous times.# 
Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire wrote in 1924:  "In the parish records of Emmanuel
Church, Warrenton, with which he never had any connection, I have seen an entry
in the handwriting of the Rev. Cameron F. MacRae,. Stating that this Rev. George
Micklejohn was born at Berwick on Tweed…." In a footnote Cheshire adds, "I have
been unable to discover Mr. MacRae’s authority for these statements concerning
Parson Micklejohn."#   Many sources describe Rev. Micklejohn as living to the
ripe old age of 100 or 101, and if this is true, working backward from a death
date of 1818#, he would have been born ca 1718.  Whether he was actually that
old is debatable. 
	He is listed in Scottish Emigrants to the U.S.A., by Wythe, who listed him as
Hugh instead of George:  "Meiklejohn, Hugh (Rev.)  From Saline – Shaw, Fife.  To
North Carolina before 1800,  Clergyman. M. Mary Cree (1744-1823).  Son [of] Rev.
Dr. Hugh M., minister of Abercorn, West Lothian and Professor of Church History
at Edinburgh…" We do not have proof that this information is correct. On the
other hand, the reference has to be to George Micklejohn since he was the only
Rev. Micklejohn in colonial North Carolina.#  Sometimes he is listed as "George
H. Micklejohn."
A legend has been passed down in the Moore family that, against the will of his
parents, who tried to hide his clothes and lock him in his room, George
"auditioned" before the queen for a position as a preacher to the British troops
in the colonies; however, if he was born around 1718 as some sources affirm, he
would have been in his late forties at the time he left England, a bit too old
for that sort of parental restraint.    On the other hand, there has to be a
germ of truth in the story that has been passed down through the generations
about George Micklejohn’s parents trying to restrain him from leaving home.  
Perhaps it has to do with an incident that occurred during an earlier period in
his life, such as leaving for military service as a chaplain. 
	In "Orange County [N.C.], 1752-1952," ed. by Hugh Lefler and Paul Wager (1953),
we read that Micklejohn was "said to have been educated at Cambridge, to have
served as a chaplain under Frederick the Great, and to have been with the Duke
of Cumberland at the Battle of Culloden."   None of this information has been
confirmed, but it certainly suggests a risk-taking past and it ties in with his
later role as an outspoken Tory, later converted to the Revolutionary cause, in
North Carolina. 
	Martha Lancaster "Pat" Curtis has located records indicating that a George
Micklejohn attended St. Andrews University in Scotland, 1755-1761.   His courses
included divinity studies.  If this had been our George Micklejohn, and he was
really born ca 1818, he would have been in his late thirties starting out as an
undergraduate.#   Alfred Stratton Lawrence, in his article on the parson,
expressed doubts that Micklejohn was really a centenarian when he died, but
probably in his eighties.  Lawrence stated that it was unlikely that the Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel would send a minister about fifty years old to
the colonies as a missionary.   Shaving 10 or 12 years off George Micklejohn’s
age would have him attending St. Andrews in his twenties, and he still could
have participated in the Battle of Culloden (1746) in his late teens.   
	From Mrs. Curtis’ research paper on our mutual ancestor:
        "After St. Andrews, Rev. Micklejohn was minister of an Anglican
congregation at Athol, England.  Because his congregation was poor and unable to
give him adequate support, he applied for an appointment abroad."	It could also
be that he had a broken heart and wanted a new start in life.
	The following personal description is provided by Alfred Stratton Lawrence: 
"Where he came from, who his antecedents were, when and where he was ordained,
and how old he was, I have been unable to find out.  We do know, however, that
he was a Scotchman, and tradition tells us that he was tall, dark, large-boned
and gaunt, with
harsh features and slow, deliberate manner, both in the pulpit and out.  He had
a Scotchman’s shrewdness and canniness, and like the proverbial Scotchman, he
was very careful of his money.  Again, tradition says that in his early manhood
he had married a young woman whom he had loved dearly, but that she had soon
eloped with another man, taking with her all her husband’s money.  So it is said
that Micklejohn always had a deep distrust of women."#
	George Micklejohn is said to have kept his money in a belt around his waist
beneath his clothes.   From an account written in 1927:  
	"On one occasion he entrusted his money belt to his friend, John Norwood, to
keep for him against his return.  When it was subsequently called for, Mr.
Norwood asked his wife to produce it.  Parson Micklejohn was wild with
consternation and alarm.  ‘What!  Entrust my money belt to a woman!" #  
	According to another account, "it was some minutes before he could be sure that
his money was all there.  But, as soon as he was satisfied he had not been
robbed, he jumped up, and grasping her hand, shouted "Gie us your hand, woman,
gie us your hand.  You’re an honest woman, you’re an honest woman."#
	Tradition also holds that George Micklejohn would accept only one fee for any
of his services, such as performing a marriage, and that was a single gold
doubloon.
	Another story is that Parson Micklejohn was known to enjoy a drink and carried
a flask in his saddlebag.   When a farmer he met on his travels declared himself
too tired from his labors to attend church on Sunday, the parson said "I’ll give
you a drink if you’ll come tomorrow."  The farmer accepted a hearty shot of
whiskey and showed up in church the next day.# 
	When missionaries like George Micklejohn went to the colonies from England they
received an initial 20 pounds, plus another 20 pounds for staying a second year.
  An assignment to North Carolina in March 1766 would be a great change from
serving as a minister in England, and our ancestor, after he arrived, may have
wondered if he had jumped from the frying pan into the fire.
	In 1766 events leading up to the American Revolution had already begun.  Before
the revolution most  colonists considered themselves loyal subjects of the
British Crown.   However, as the Americans came to realize that the colonies
were regarded mainly as a source of income for the mother country and their
rights were extremely limited, a pattern of colonial resistance and royal
over-reaction became the norm.   On March 18, 1766 the unpopular Stamp Act was 
repealed by Parliament, but the Declaratory Act was adopted the same day.  
Essentially the Declaratory Act said that assemblies or houses of
representatives in the colonies didn’t have the right to pass legislation or
make decisions about taxes that differed from the wishes of the British
Parliament.   If they did, such legislation would be "utterly null and void."
	Alfred Stratton Lawrence tells of George Micklejohn’s first months in North
Carolina:
	"The first we hear of him is in a letter of Governor Tryon to Daniel Burton,
Secretary of the S.P.G.#, dated Oct. 1, 1766, and 
written from New Bern#.  Tryon says that Micklejohn had come bringing certain
letters, and adds ‘I shall pay the properest attention to our Society’s
recommendation of the above gentleman….I have great expectations from Mr
Micklejohn; he is lately gone into Rowan County.’
Writing five days later to the Bishop of London, Tryon says, ‘The Rev Mr
Micklejohn arrived about three months since.  I sent him into the back
settlements, but have not yet absolutely fixed him.  He was three weeks at
Brunswick while Mr Barnett was sick; I own I have great expectations of
Micklejohn’s being serviceable in his calling.’….[by] April 30, 1767 we find him
established at St. Matthews, Hillsboro, Orange County, by letters of
presentation from the Governor."#
	George Micklejohn wrote the Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel a glowing account of his admiration for Gov. Tryon:  "His Excellency
rules a Willing People with the Indulgent Tenderness of a Common Father."#  
Little did he know what was in store for him.
	He had been sent right into the heart of "regulator" country. The Regulator
movement started as an attempt by the backcountry settlers in the Carolinas to
keep law and order because courts had not been established by the Assembly in
the western counties.   Nor were there any law officers out where Rev.
Micklejohn had been assigned.   The people in that area felt, and rightfully so,
that they were being ignored by the tidewater aristocracy and the governor.  
Something had to be done about criminals and roving bands of outlaws.  Hence,
the Regulators were formed, and, at first, the movement was tolerated by the
colonial government.  
	Courts were finally established in 1769, but the settlers in the western part
of the state then found themselves with another set of problems: they compained
about high taxes and fees, and corrupt courts and sheriffs, and their complaints
were ignored by Governor Tryon.
	George Micklejohn, living in Orange County, found himself in a difficult
situation, in that some of his parishioners and neighbors were at odds with his
patron, Governor Tryon.  From articles written about his career, it would seem
that he worked hard at his job of being a country preacher and traveled many
miles on horseback around that part of North Carolina.  He also tried to mediate
between the Regulators (some of whom were Baptists and Quakers) and the officers
of Governor Tryon.  
The town of Hillsboro, evangelical headquarters for Rev. George Micklejohn, was,
according to Archibald Henderson, "a small but important town because in it were
held the courts for some seven or eight counties."   (Recall that the Regulators
were dissatisfied with what they perceived as corruption in the courts and law
enforcement.) "Parson Micklejohn made numerous journeys to outlying settlements,
holding services, preaching and baptizing.  He was a man of curious 
eccentricities but wide influence…."#
	In 1768, Gov, Tryon took arms against the Regulators, because insurrection
seemed  imminent.  He encamped at Hillsboro with a small volunteer army composed
of men from Mecklenburg, Rowan, Granville and Orange counties on September 19. 
Court was in session, and the show of force was designed to prevent disruption
by the Regulators and deny their demands for reform.   Seeing that Tryon meant
business, the 3700 Regulators dispersed to their homes.#  The crisis was
temporarily put off.
	On Sunday, September 25, Rev. Micklejohn, at the request of Gen. Rutherford,
preached a fiery sermon to the Granville and Orange battalions.   
	The title page of the sermon, which was later printed in New Bern and widely
distributed, reads:  "On the Important Duty of Subjection to the Civil Powers. 
A sermon preached before his Excellency William Tryon, Esquire, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief of the Province of North carolina, and the Troops raised to
quell the late Insurrection at Hillsborough in Orange County, on Sunday,
September 25, 1768, by George Micklejohn, S. T. D. [Doctor of Sacred
Theology]…."   The sermon was published as a 15-page pamphlet, six inches square.#	
	In his sermon# Parson Micklejohn bore down hard on the Regulators, calling them
"wretched and unthinking men madly attempting to Subvert the Laws of the Kingdom
and foolishly bringing upon themselves Destruction here and Damnation
hereafter."  Further, he maintained that "even the least insult offered to
Magistrates and Governors is an act of the basest ingratitude against those who,
under God, are our Protectors and Rulers."#
	For the time being, the Regulators were silenced, but the worst was yet to
come.   In September 1770 the Regulators "raided the court [in Hillsboro], and
beat up judge, lawyers, and especially Edmund Fanning, the clerk [and a friend
of Gov. Tryon], whom they considered their worst enemy."  They also burned some
houses.#
	James Vickers writes:  "They…beat Fanning, dragged him through the streets,
forced Judge Henderson to flee,and held their own kangaroo court, humiliating
their enemies and filling the records with profanity."#
	In May of 1771, not surprisingly, Gov. Tryon returned to Hillsboro with an
army.  The Regulators got the worst of the resulting armed conflict, called the
Battle of Alamance.   Six of the Regulators were hanged for treason while others
were put in jail.
	Among those put in jail was Thomas Person of Granville County, a Church of
England member and friend of Rev. Micklejohn.  
	What happened next shows a different side of of the canny and influential
Parson Micklejohn.
	It is said that when he found out Thomas Person was in the Hillsboro jail,
Micklejohn went immediately to visit him.   Person confided to the preacher that
there were incriminating papers at his house in Goshen.  If the Tories were to
search his house and find the papers, then Person might be the next to hang.  
"How he [Micklejohn] persuaded the jailer or the sheriff to let Person out, we
do not know, but he did….That very night Person was allowed to leave the jail
secretly.  Mounted on the Parson’s fleet mare – the Parson always kept a good
horse—he rode the thirty-five miles to Goshen, destroyed the incriminating
papers, and was back in the jail before daybreak."#  
	Basset, in his history of the Regulator movement, states:  "When Tryon was
marching through the country he took Person and carried him a prisoner to
Hillsboro.  Whether he was tried there or not does not appear.  There is a story
to the effect that evidence of his guilt was removed through the destruction,
either by himself or by Rev. George Micklejohn, of certain papers at his house."#
	Suspicious, the Tory officers questioned Micklejohn about whether or not Person
had left the jail.   The minister said he didn’t see how that could be, because
he had personally eaten both supper and breakfast with Thomas Person.   On
searching Person’s house at Goshen, the officers found nothing, and eventually,
lacking evidence, they released Person from jail.
	 A biography of Person, on the internet at Virtual American Biographies, gives
a slightly different version of the story:  "While he was on parole he rode
secretly to Goshen by night and secured his valuable possessions in a brick
kiln, returning at dawn to Hillsboro.  When the British soldiers demanded of the
Reverend Mr. Micklejohn, in whose house he resided, whether Person had broken
his parole the night before, ’I supped and breakfasted with the general’ was the
equivocal reply."#
	Person was "a surveyor by profession, and owned 70,000 acres of land.  He left
to Mr. Micklejohn his house, ‘Goshen Place,’ in Granville, which was afterward
called ‘The Glebe.’ ….  For his liberality to the state university one of the
halls at chapel Hill bears Person’s name.  A county of North carolina was also
named for him in 1791."#
	Of interest is the fact that not all the Regulators became revolutionaries.  
When the American Revolution began in earnest, despite their resistance to Gov.
Tryon, many of the Regulators chose the Tory side.   Among them were some of
George Micklejohn’s Orange County folks.#   
	By 1775 William Tryon was gone and Josiah Martin was trying to hold on as
governor.  According to internet information on the Moore’s Creek Bridge
Historic Site, Gov. Martin made the Scotch Highlanders in North Carolina an
offer that was hard to refuse:  "To all Highlanders who pledged service to the
crown the British government promised 200 acres of land, cancellation of land
fees, and tax exemption for 20 years."#    On January 10, 1776, Gov. Martin
called upon these loyalists to march toward the coast where they would join
forces with British troops arriving by sea.   Led by Donald McDonald and Donald
McLeod, the loyalist force consisted of about 1600 men: Highlanders, other
loyalists, about 130 ex-Regulators. #
	The loyalists, who charged forward with a bagpipe player, and cheering for King
George, were routed by the patriots at Moore’s Creek Bridge, about 20 miles
above Wilmington, and one of loyalists placed under arrest was Parson
Micklejohn.  If George Micklejohn was as old as tradition would have him to be,
he would have been about 58 at the time of the Moore’s Creek fight.   He was
paroled (exiled, in effect) to Perquimans County, to move within 14 days.  When,
in July, he hadn’t moved, the patriot commander of the 2nd Regiment of Orange
was ordered to see that he did so.#   Evidently he was back home in Orange
County and intended to stay there.
	Even though George Micklejohn was treated mildly because of the respect held
for him as a man of the cloth and also because he had some influential friends
among the patriots (Thomas Person of Granville for one), being banished to
Perquimans County (on the coast, about 150 miles from Orange County) presented
some serious problems for him.   Besides being a minister, he was also a husband
and father of a large family.  At some point before 1770 he had married
Elizabeth Lockhart, daughter of Samuel Lockhart and Catherine Bennett Lockhart.
   Elizabeth Micklejohn is mentioned as a daughter in Catherine Lockhart’s will
dated 24 August 1786 and proved in 1792 in Hillsboro, Orange County, NC.#  
In November, 1776, George Micklejohn obtained discharge from his parole by
swearing an oath of loyalty to the state at the Halifax County Convention.#  
Parson Micklejohn continued his ministry for many years, in Orange County and in
Granville County.  He was named Bishop of North Carolina ca 1817.#    His former
royalist activities seem to have had no effect on the respect that accrued to
him in later years.
From Stephens and Allied Families, by Margaret Heard Stephens:
"On the State Census of N.C. of 1786, the Rev. Micklejohn was listed in the
Goshen Dist. Of Granville Co….From the census record …it appears that there were
five sons and one daughter [living at home].  Of these we can name George, Jr.,
William, James and Robert.  They all came to Georgia.  By 1800 only George [the
minister] and William were listed as heads of house in North Carolina.  William
was listed alone, without wife or children.  The name of a son still at home is
not known; no other person of the name Micklejohn has been found [in N.C. in
1800].#   Daughters that we know of from the will were Elizabeth and Catherine.
 A son Thomas is also named in the will.
In about 1810 George Micklejohn moved to Mecklenburg County, Virginia, where he
died in late 1817 or early 1818.
WILL OF GEORGE MICKLEJOHN:  "In the name of God Amen the twenty sixth day of
September one thousand seven hundred and ninety three I George Micklejohn being
of sound & perfect memory of mind (praise be given to God for the same) and
knowing the uncertainty of this life on earth, being desirous to settle things
in order, do make this my last Will and testament, in manor and form following 
 That is to say   First and principally I commend my soul to Almighty ….  I do
revoke, renounce, frusrate and make void all wills by me formerly made   [and]
declare and appoint this my last Will and testament.  Item  I give and bequeath
to my wife Elizabeth five pounds and no more, I give and bequeath to my son
William thirty shillings and no more    Item   I give and bequeath to my son
Robert three pounds and no more   as for my other children Elizabeth, James,
Thomas and Catherine I give and bequeath all moneys, horses, cattle
[…illegible…] household furniture (excepting three pounds for my son George)
that I am in possession of to be divided amongst them and as for the land
Whereon I live my desire is to be equally divided between my son Thomas & my
daughter Catherine to them & their heirs forever."
The will, witnessed by Jno. P. Smith was probated in Mecklenburg Co., VA the
15th day of February 1819.#
After the Revolution, many Carolinians and Virginians, as well as residents of
other states, migrated to Georgia in search of free or cheap land.  As farmers
moved south (and then west) following the availability of land as the Indians
were pushed out, they were followed by craftsmen, merchants, tavern-keepers,
preachers, and practitioners of various professions.
The sons of Rev. George Micklejohn who moved to Georgia were: William (via the
Pendleton district of S.C), George, Jr., Robert (the one mentioned in the
minister’s will) and James.  
First they appear in Jefferson county.  According to Mrs. Stephens, "In Georgia
Robert Micklejohn was listed on the 1796 Tax Digest of Jefferson County; George
(Jr.) was a petit juror there in 1799.  James was listed there on the 1801 Tax
Digest and George on the 1802 and 1805.   The Louisville Gazette of April 6,
1803 recorded the death of James Micklejohn 3/23/1803."#
	George Micklejohn, Jr., from whom we are descended, through his son Robert (and
wife Mary Jane Sewell) was living in Burke County in 1805 when he drew in the
land lottery.   He got two draws in the lottery, which indicates he was married.
  The first time he drew he was not lucky, but when he drew again in 1807, he
got Lot 9 in the 24th District of Baldwin County.   [If you want to consider the
fickleness of fate, bear in mind that if George Jr. had not been a lucky drawer
in 1807, none of us would probably be here today!]
	When the Moore family in Milledgeville first drew up a genealogical descent
chart, they got George, Jr. confused with his father, Parson Micklejohn, which
was certainly easy to do because George Micklejohn Jr. and George Micklejohn Sr.
(the emigrant) were both married to women named Elizabeth, and both had a son
named Robert.    The emigrant, Rev. George Micklejohn, died in Virginia and
never migrated to Georgia.   An interesting fact is that Moore family tradition
has Rev. George being born in Edinburgh, Scotland.#
We do not know the maiden name of Elizabeth, wife of George, Jr.
We know only her first name, and that from her obituary from the Georgia
Messenger, a Macon GA newspaper, on Sept. 27, 1832:
	"Died in Milledgeville on the 12th, instance, Mrs. Elizabeth Micklejohn,
consort of Mr. George Micklejohn of Macon, in her 51st year."
	In 1812, the Georgia General Assembly (meeting in Milledgeville, the capital
then), resolved to lease five acres of the town common for twenty years to 
George Micklejohn "for the purpose of erecting a tan yard thereon."  The
Assembly further resolved that George Micklejohn could "convey water from a
spring known by the name of Lower Commissioner’s Spring, provided he does not
obstruct any public road."
	In 1820 George Micklejohn Jr. is in Baldwin County and age 45.  His wife
Elizabeth is 40.  The children are: Robert, 21 (our ancestor); Henrietta, 13;
Elizabeth, 13; Martha, 10.#    
	George Micklejohn Jr. is listed as living in Bibb County in the 1830 census and
his wife is not listed with him.   It could be that she was ill and was being
cared for by family members in Milledgeville.  She died in 1832 in
Milledgeville.  In the 1850 census, George Micklejohn Jr. is listed as being a
farmer, age 74 and born in North Carolina.  That would give him a birth year of
ca 1776.   It may be that he remarried after the death of Elizabeth because
there are children in the household in the 1850 census who are too young to be
hers.#
	Identifying and names and ages of all the children of George Micklejohn Jr. is
problematic.  The 1850 census of Macon, Bibb County, p. 177, lists Georgia (17),
Mary A. (13), Francis (11, male) in the household, along with two older women,
Elvira Ruth (28) and Susan Harrold (37). 
	Our ancestor, Robert Micklejohn, was born in 1799 in Georgia.  Researcher Bob
Burden lists his birthdate and place as July 2, 1799 in Louisville GA. 
[Louisville was the capital of Georgia before Milledgeville.]   He lived most of
his life in Baldwin County, with a brief stay in Lowndes County, after which he
returned to Baldwin.   
	He married Mary Jane Sewell (daughter of Ezekiel Sewell/Sowell and Ann Layton)
on 3 September 1823 in Milledgeville, GA.#  Mary Jane was born May 15, 1808,# in
Bertie County , North Carolina.  The Sewell/Sowell family are closely associated
with the area of Bertie County. There will be a chapter on the SEWELL/SOWELL and
LAYTON families.   Unfortunately her name has been mistranscribed as "Jewell" in
some LDS records.  This has caused confusion for researchers at times.  "Sewell"
is also spelled as "Sowell."  Variants of "Layton" include "Laughton" and
"Leighton." Usually we have to depend on records hand-written by courthouse
clerks and census takers and spelling of personal names may be pretty much up to
their whim.  
	In 1847 we find Robert Micklejohn mentioned in the Lowndes County (GA) Probate
Records.   I am not sure exactly when he moved down to that area, but moving
along with the Micklejohns was James Sowell (Mary Jane’s brother) and James’
wife Millie Rape (or Reeb). Another couple that moved to Lowndes County at the
same time was Frederick and Delilah Sowell Hodge.  Delilah was Mary Jane’s sister. 
    At the estate sale of Samuel E. Swilley in 1847 in Lowndes County, Robert
paid $75.00 for 50 bushels of corn and 62.5 cents for a spinning wheel and
bench.  He also bought 57.5 pounds of lard for $5.75.   The estate of Samuel
E.Swilley owed Robert $11.25 for tuition and $8.00 for "acting as clerk."   It
sounds to me as if he was teaching school and also doing other work in business,
perhaps for Swilley, who owned extensive lands.#
	By 1850 Robert Micklejohn was back in Milledgeville.  The 1850 census lists his
occupation as "clerk."   Listed in the household: Robert (51), Mary (42),
Elizabeth (17), Mary (14), Henrietta [our ancestor] (12), Andrew L. (9), Louisa
V. (5), Sarah (1).  Also living in Milledgeville we find Thomas Micklejohn (25),
barkeeper, and his wife Elizabeth B. Micklejohn (18).    He owned one slave.
Thomas Jefferson Micklejohn was an older son of Robert, born October 24, 1824 in
Milledgeville and died September 1867 of yellow fever in Galveston TX.  He
married Elizabeth Barbour Horton August 4, 1849, in Milledgeville.#
	In 1860, Robert was 60 and his occupation was listed as "Justice of the Peace."
 Mary was 52.   Still living at home are Elizabeth (27), a seamstress, Louisa V.
(15), and Sarah C. (11).    Thomas and Elizabeth B. Micklejohn were in
Milledgeville too, and they now had a son Thomas F. Micklejohn (7).#   I think
that "F" is supposed to be an "H."    Thomas Harley Micklejohn, b. 1852, did not
die of yellow fever and lived a very interesting life in Texas and Mexico, dying
in Torreon Mexico in 1903.
	Henrietta, daughter of Robert and Mary Jane Sewell Micklejohn, was now about
22.   She married Jere Neuville Moore (son of William Boling Moore and Mary
Quinn or O’Quinn) in Milledgeville on February 2, 1860.   The rest of the story
will be continued in the chapter on MOORE.

FOOTNOTES:

#1  "George Micklejohn, typescript in Papers of Alfred Stratton Lawrence
(1882-1958),rector of the Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, N.C.  #4350 Alfred
Stratton Lawrence Papers in the Southern Historical Collection, Manuscripts
Department, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill  
#2  Martha Lancaster "Pat" Curtis, researcher and descendant of George
Micklejohn., quoting Powell’s Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Vol. IV.
#3  Joseph Blount Cheshire, D. D., in "An Historical Address Delivered in Saint
Matthew’s Church, Hillsboro, N. C. on Sunday, August 24, 1924, printed by order
of the Vestry, p. 10.
#4  Newspaper clipping, "Rev. George Micklejohn, Clergyman," by Archibald
Henderson. North Carolina Collection Clipping File through 1975, UNC Library,
Chapel Hill.   Original source:  News & Observer, June 19, 1927.

#5  Cited by Margaret Heard Stephens in Stephens and Allied Families (Macon, GA,
1994), p.78 
#6 Martha Lancaster ‘Pat" Curtis, biographical essay on George Micklejohn,
prepared for family information.
# 7 Alfred Stratton Lawrence
# 8 Archibald Henderson
# 9 Alfred Stratton Lawrence
#10  Archibald Henderson
# 11 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
#12  The colonial capital North Carolina, on the coast, where Tryon built
himself a "palace."
#13  Alfred Stratton Lawrence
#14  From "A Ready Witted Parson Was the Rev. George Micklejohn of Colonial and
Regulator Days," by Fred A. Olds.  North Carolina Collection Clipping File
through 1975, UNC Library, Chapel Hill.  Originally published in The Orphan’s
Friend & Masonic Journal, Aug. 25, 1922.
#15  Archibald Henderson 
# 16 Fred A. Olds
# 17 Fred A. Olds
#18  Entire sermon can be found in: Boyd, William K., ed. "Some North Carolina
Tracts of the Eighteenth Century."
#19  Fred A. Olds
#20  Alfred Stratton Lawrence
#21  James Vickers, Chapel Hill: An Illustrated History (1985), p. 9.
# 22 Alfred Stratton Lawrence
# 23 John Spencer Bassett, 1867-1928.  From the online version of  The
Regulators of North Carolina, 1765-1771, p. 206.
# 24 Apleton’s Encyclopedia of American Biography (1889), online at "Virtual
American Biographies," Virtuology.com

#25  Appleton’s Encyclopedia of American Biography
#26  Joseph Blount Cheshire, D. D.
# 27 Moore’s Creek Bridge Historic Site internet website.
#28  Moore’s Creek Bridge Historic Site internet website
#29  Alfred Stratton Lawrence.  Also North Carolina State Records, Vol. 22
#30  Orange County, North Carolina Wills, 1752-1800, abstracted/edited by Ruth
Herndon Shields
#31  "Bishops of North Carolina," by M. D. Haywood.  Cited by "Pat" Curtis.
# 32 "The Colonial Clergy of North Carolina," p. 66
#33  Stephens, pp. 80-81.   The Micklejohn Chapter in her book covers pp. 78-97.	 
#34  Copy of will obtained from Maxine McLaurin of San Jose CA, a descendant of
 Rev. Micklejohn through his daughter Elizabeth who married Ephraim Merrit.  The
will is filed in the Virginia State Library, Richmond VA.  She obtained her copy
from LDS microfilm.
#35  Stephens, p. 81
#36  See footnote number 5
# 37 Information provided by Dorothy Bernay of Denver, CO.
#38  Stephens, p. 87
#39  Baldwin county records
#40  Date from Micklejohn descendant, Robert Burden, Round Top. TX.
# 41 Lowndes County GA probate records, 1847
#42  Information from descendant, Robert Burden of Round Top, TX.
# 43 Census information from LDS copies on Ancestry.com

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