Burke County  Georgia   Bios  Peter and Sarah Thompson Milton

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Descendants of Peter and Sarah Thompson Milton
of Burke County, Georgia

Generation #1

Peter Milton, born unknown; died in Burke Co., Ga.  He
married (1) Sarah Thompson and (2) Annie Hill.

Note:  Peter Milton was a landholder of large farming
properties in Burke Co., Ga.   His daughter Nancy Milton
Heath married Isaac Heath.  This brought the Milton and
Heath families together in the 19th century.  The
families joined again later in the 19th century with the
marriage of Robert Alexander Heath to Ida Lee Milton.

Children of Peter and Sarah Thompson Milton:
1. Joseph Marshall Thompson Milton, born October 4, 1819; he married Lodasky Hill.
    (The daughter of Frederick and Charlotte Fleetwood Hill)
2. Nancy Milton, born April 6, 1815; died July 24, 1866; she married Isaac Heath.
3. Susan Milton, born January 7, 1826; she married William Utley. (Son of Henry Y. Utley, Sr.)
4. James Marian Milton, born January 7, 1826.
5. David Robertson Milton, born July 14, 1827; died 1880; he married Sarah Utley. 
   (The daughter of William Utley and Susan Milton Utley).
6. Frances Milton, born March 25, 1832.

Children of Peter and Annie Hill Milton:
1. John Milton, born November 3, 1793.
2. Nathaniel Milton, born December 23, 1797.
3. Wiley Milton, born March 20, 1800.
4. Peter Milton, born May 31, 1803.
5. Charles Milton, born March 30, 1806.
6. Benjamin Bob Milton, born September 7, 1809.

 
Generation #2
Joseph Marshall Thompson Milton, born October 4, 1819.
He married Lodasky Hill, the daughter of Frederick and
Charlotte Hill and sister of Cornelia Hill Utley.

Children of J.M.T. and Lodasky Milton were:

1. William Oliver Milton, born January 1, 1841, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia; died September 14, 1892, Augusta, Georgia.

Nancy Milton, born April 6, 1815; died July 24, 1866.
She married Isaac I. Heath on June 22, 1831, the son of
Jordan Heath and Christiana Wimberly.

Nancy Milton, the daughter of Peter Milton, married Isaac
Heath who was the head of a large family clan in Burke
County with extensive land holdings.  He became the
primary heir to his father and inherited great
responsibility for the extended family.  He usually
became the legal guardian for any family child left
orphaned.  This was the case with William Oliver Milton,
his wife’s nephew, and the four children of his daughter,
Jane Demerius Heath, left orphaned by the Civil War.

Children of Isaac and Nancy Heath:

1. Jane Demerius Heath, born December 9, 1883, Burke Co.,
Georgia; died November 18, 1861, Burke Co., Georgia.

2. Josiah Heath, born July 14, 1835; died June 26, 1838.

3. Jasper E. Heath, born September 25, 1838; died
September 4, 1861.

4. J. Lawrence Heath, born June 13, 1842; died April 12,
1862.

5. Julius Virgil Heath, born September 4, 1844; died
April 14, 1904.

6. Justin B. Heath, born September 16, 1846, Burke Co.;
died January 23, 1902, Burke Co.

7. J. Henry Heath, born February 13, 1850; died April 29,
1851.

8. Juella Heath, born November 2, 1852; died July 13,
1858.

9. J. Antoinette Heath, born July 2, 1855; died May 19,
1875.

James Marian Milton, born January 7, 1826.  He married
Amanda Powell on February 8, 1849.

Children of James Marion and Amanda Milton:

1. Jeptha Milton, born December 22, 1849; died December
22, 1940;  married (1) Elizabeth McMillian and (2) Annie
Girtman.

2. Brazilous Clayton Milton, born April 13, 1851; married
Sally Duncan.

3. Sarah Elizabeth Milton, born September 10, 1853; died
September 29, 1884; married a Kennedy.

4. James Dean Milton, born August 29, 1856; died April
22, 1932.

5. Burton Milton, born February 2, 1858; died February 5,
1927; married John Welsh, October 1887.

6. Ella Milton, born March 5, 1860; died February 23,
1931; married Joseph Gray.

7. David Milton, born February 19, 1862; died October 7,
1863.

8. Teresa Milton, born January 27, 1864; died July 17,
1891; married Brown Bennett, December 24, 1884.

9. John Peter Milton, born July 29, 1866; died December
12, 1926; married (1) Veloria Sumerall and (2) Eugenia
Yeomans.

10. Rosa Milton, born September 27, 1867; died March
1896; married Frank Howard, 1892.

11. Fanny Milton, born February 14, 1870; married John W.
Hinson.

12. Benjamin Milton, born June 16, 1874; died June 6,
1943.

Generation #3

William Oliver Milton, born January 1,  1841, in Augusta,
Richmond County, Georgia.   He died on September 14,
1892, in Augusta.  He married (1) Emily Hatcher on
January 27, 1866 in Bottsford Church.   He married (2)
Mary Elizabeth Powell Rosseau, a widow, on April 2, 1874,
the daughter of John and Nancy Jeffcoat Powell.


Notes:  Wm. O. Milton’s parents died when he was quite
young.  On their death he went to live with his uncle and
aunt William and Susan Utley.   On the death of William
Utley in 1854, William Oliver went to live with his aunt
and uncle Henry and Cornelia Utley.  William and Henry
Utley were half-brothers.  Cornelia Utley was the sister
of William Oliver’s mother Lodasky Hill Milton. Though
the aunts and uncles took this young man in, he was
legally the ward of Isaac Heath, a wealthy uncle married
to his Aunt Nancy Milton Heath.

It should be noted that Wm. O. Milton served as a
musician in Captain Cox Cobb’s Legion Band and Phillip’s
Legion Brass Band.   He served at the Battle of
Gettysburg and was a witness to General Lee’s surrender
at Appomatox Courthouse.

William O. Milton wrote many letters to his Uncle Isaac
Heath from the field of battle during the Civil War.
These letters, now in possession of William H. Phillips, 
a great grandson, tell us of the events surrounding
William’s daily life during this period.   Many Burke
County residents and family relations are mentioned in
William’s writing.

Children of William Oliver  and Emily Hatcher Milton:

1. Joseph Edward Milton, born March 2, 1867; died
November 22, 1869. 2. Annie Milton, born July 27, 1868;
died June 9, 1869.

Note:  Emily H. Milton and her two children died during
an epidemic in 1869.

Children of William Oliver and Mary Elizabeth Powell:

1. WilliamOliver Milton, II, born January 22, 1875; died
circa 1951. 2. Ida Lee Milton, born July 5, 1877,
Augusta, Richmond Co., Georgia; died May 25, 1964, in
Wadley, Jefferson Co., Georgia. 3. James Norman Milton,
born February 27, 1881; died circa 1883 at the age of two
from whooping cough. 4. Lena Lucille Milton, born July 8,
1883; died 1970.

Jane Demerius Heath was born on December  9, 1833, Burke
Co., Georgia.  She died November 18, 1861, in Burke Co.,
Georgia.  She married Richard Alexander Heath, the son of
Jordan and Sarah Mobley Heath.

Notes:  Jane D. Heath died of tuberculosis during the
Civil War.  Alexander Heath died of wounds sustained at
the Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia.   This situation
left the four children to be shared among the
grandparents and legally supported by Isaac Heath.

Taken from the Waynesboro Newspaper, June 6, 1861, on the
departure of the "Burke Guards": "....Richard A. Heath,
the Captain of the Company, is our Hon. Representative to
the State Legislature.   His intellectual and social
worth has been accredited by a large majority of our
citizens, even in a heated party campaign, and his
services have been acknowledged by our whole community
with marked commendations."








Children of Richard and Jane Heath: 

1. Richard Hervey Heath, born April 23, 1854, Burke County; died August 20, 1909, August, Georgia.
2. Georgia Rose Heath, born 1856.
3. Laura Jane Heath, born 1858, Burke County; died April 27, 1936, Burke County; married Bennie Ellison on March 15, 1877.

Note:  Laura Jane Heath Ellison, known as Aunt Lollie married Bennie Ellison, a prosperous Burke County farmer.  They did not have any children, but many family members visited them often.  Mary Phillips remembers, as a child, going to Aunt Lollie and Uncle Bennie’s for dinner.

4. Alexander Yancey Heath, born December 1, 1860, Burke County; died March 10. 1889, Augusta.

Justin B. Heath was born September 16, 1846 in Burke County, Georgia.  He died on January 23, 1902, in Burke County.   He married Mary Rebecca Rouse on May 9, 1867.

Note: Uncle Justin, as he was known by the family, carried on the country gentleman’s life that his father Isaac Heath had lived.   Uncle Justin’s home was the gathering place for the extended family.

Children of Justin and Mary Heath:

1. Thomas Isaac Heath, born July 6, 1868; died October 5, 1875.
2. India Lawson Heath, born December 26, 1869; died July 16, 1888.
3. Hattie Brown Heath, born October 11, 1872; died May 7, 1913.
4. Lillie Jane Heath, born January 31, 1874, Burke Co., Georgia; died October 7, 1896.
5. Edward T. Heath, born April 11, 1875; died December 13, 1875.
6. Joseph Jones Heath, born November 30, 1877; died July 12, 1912.
7. Nettie Belle Heath, born December 1, 1881; married R. H. Welch.
8. Mary Eva Heath, born June 9, 1884; October 11, 1884.
9. Justin B. Heath, Jr., born December 10, 1885.
10. Evans Virgil Heath, born February 9, 1889.

Note: Evans Virgil Heath served as a Georgia State Legislator.
Research complied by 
William H.  and Mary Phillips
bphillips44@yahoo.com