BIOGRAPHIES - MILAM, R. P., Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: R. P. MILAM _________________________________________ Birth: December 2, 1844 Father: William MILAM Mother: Charlotte COTHRAN (-1864) Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Sally E. McCLINTOCK Death: July 1868 Marriage: November 29, 1867 _________________________________________ 2: Mattie E. MILLER Father: James McClure MILLER (1823-1881) Mother: Rachel A. J. HITT (1825-1904) Marriage: February 16, 1875 Children: Lucille (1876-); John McClintock (1881-) R. P. MILAM,1 farmer; Millersburg; son of W. P. and Charlotte (Cothran) Milam, both natives of South Carolina, now residents of Cartersville, Ga.; was an extensive cotton planter, and trader in the north before the war; he was a son of William Milam, an extensive planter in South Carolina at an early date; both the Milam and Cothran ancestry were from Ireland. W. P. by his marriage with Charlotte Cothran, had two children, Rosa, born Aug. 19, 1840, now the wife of Dr. W. L. Kirkpatrick, of Cartersville, Ga.; and R. P., born Dec. 2, 1844; the mother died in the fall of 1864, after which the father was married to Miss Sally Newel, of Harrison County, Ky., in 1866, having by her the following children : Hugh N., Willie G., Ruby and Pearl twin daughters. The subject of this sketch entered the State Univeritity at Athena, Ga., in 1859, where he remained until in the. fall of 1860, when he enlisted in Company K, 14th Ga. Reg. of Infantry, under Capt. T. F. Jones, Col. C. V. Brunby commanding; here he served for a considerable time. In the spring of 1864 was transferred to the 16th Ga. Reg. Cavalry, Col. S. J. Winn, of Lawrenceville, Ga., under Gens. Lee and Jackson, engaging in numerous contests in Virginia; was wounded at Malvern Hill, after the recovery of which he was transferred; engaging in active duty as Quartermaster of his regiment. At the close of the war he began publishing the Cartersville Express at that place, adopting the name of the paper published there before the war by S. H. Smith, who became the partner of Mr. Milam. In 1867, Mr. Milam disposed of his interest in the paper to his partner and came to Bourbon County, where he married, Nov. 29, of that year, to Sally E. McClintock, who died the following July. Was married Feb. 16, 1875. to Mattie A. Miller, daughter of James McClure Miller. They have two children, Lucille, born March 12, 1876; John McClintock, Jan. 27, 1881. They are members ofthe M. E. Church, South. Sources 1. Perrin, p. 514 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.