LAMAR COUNTY, GA - Bios  Milner, Willis J.

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Willis J. Milner was born in Wilkes County,
Georgia, Feb. 20, 1797 and was one of the first
three pioneers of Barnesville (then in Pike
County). 

His parents were Rev. John Milner and Eunice
Callaway. In 1820 John, Eunice and family moved to
Jones County. 

In 1845, Willis bought land near where the town of
Milner now stands in what was then Pike County.
Milner was named for Willis J. Milner. After some
years, Willis and his family moved to Alabama where
he died in 1864 in Greenville.