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William3 Millsaps (Thomas2, Thomas1) was born October 17, 1769 in North Carolina, and died August 01, 1833 in Simpson Co Mississippi. The Dempsey Touchstone Bible shows her death date as 30th August 1832, aged 64 years.  

He married Rebecca Webster, daughter of William and Grace Webster.  She was born May 1775, and died August 01, 1833 in Simpson Co Mississippi, both died of cholera the same day.  The Dempsey Touchstone Bible shows her death date as 06 September 1835, aged 58 years

MILLSAPS BIBLE RECORD       Originally owned by William and Rebecca Webster Millsaps

It is now housed in Millsaps College - Jackson, Hinds Co Mississippi      Bible printed in 1818

The Millsaps Family first settled in Augusta County, Virginia.    The owner of this Bible was born in North Carolina. He came with his family through South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia to Mississippi about 1810. They settled first in the lower part of the state near what is now Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Then most of the family went to Copiah County. Some of them went to Simpson County and the oldest son settled in Jasper County, Mississippi.   The Millsaps of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana are descended from Uriah Millsaps, the oldest son. The family tradition is that Thomas, son of Uriah Millsaps, started to Texas, and got as far as Trenton, Louisiana, when smallpox broke out in the wagon train and the wagon train never left this area.

BIRTHS

William Millsaps son of Thomas and Sarah born October 1769
Rebecca Millsaps daughter of William and Grace Webster born May 1775
Uriah Millsaps son of William and Rebecca Millsaps born February 15, 1793
Salley Millsaps daughter of William and Rebecca Millsaps born February 10, 1797
Thomas Millsaps son of William and Rebecca Millsaps born January 01, 1799
Charity Millsaps daughter of William and Rebecca Millsaps born February 12, 1800
Viney Millsaps born February 13, 1803 - died young ..... not in Bible
William Webster Millsaps son of William and Rebecca Millsaps born October 26, 1804
Reuben Millsaps son of William and Rebecca Millsaps born September 13, 1806
Polley Millsaps daughter of William and Rebecca Millsaps, born July 10, 1808
Lewiza Millsaps daughter of William and Rebecca Millsaps born April 26, 1810
Green Millsaps son of William and Rebecca Millsaps born April 26, 1812
Lealeah Millsaps daughter of Uriah and Salley (Carter) Millsaps, born May 15, 1814
William Henry Touchstone son of Dempsa & Sally Touchstone born May 28, 1814
John Barlow was born September 15, 1804
Polly Barlow was born July 10, 1808
Samantha Barlow was born February 15, 1827
Rebecca Barlow was born February 04, 1828
William Bryant Barlow was born April 18, 1829
Lydia Barlow was born October 20, 1850
Charity Barlow was born November 06, 1851 Louisa Barlow was born May 12, 1833
Polly Barlow was born April 17, 1835
Louvinia Barlow was born December 09, 1836
Martha E. Barlow was born December 25, 1838

DEATHS

Departed this life the 22 of June 1840, John Barlow, aged thirty-six years
Departed this life the 25 of December 1853, Louisa Decell, aged twenty years
Departed this life June 04, 1876, Samantha Barlow, aged 49 years
Departed this life the 1st of August 1833, William and Rebecca Millsaps (of cholera)
Departed this life the 19th day of October 1884, aged 76 years, 3 mos, 9 days, Polly Cranfield (she married Daniel Cranfield 2nd.), wife of Jno. Barlow.
S.D. Matthews, died Friday, September 25th, 1925, aged 59 years.

Charity Millsaps, born December 20, 1800 in South Carolina, and died May 11, 1834 in or near Harrisville, Simpson Co Mississippi, burial in Georgia Washington Barlow Cemetery, Simpson Co Mississippi
She married Henry Buck Barlow, son of John and Lydia Barlow         Click on his name for more of this family

URIAH MILLSAPS BIBLE RECORD   Original owner: Uriah & Sally Carter Millsaps   Address: Near Hattiesburg, Forrest Co Mississippi (formerly Perry County)
Present Owner (1956): Rebecca Blumer Garber (Mrs. I.C. Jr.) great, great granddaughter of Uriah and Sally Carter Millsaps
Bible Published by: The American Bible Society     Address: New York     Date Published: 1828
Record copied from the original Bible by: Mrs. Lewis L. Langford      Date copied: April 26, 1956      Submitted by: Mrs. Thomas D. Hendrix     Address: 408 Dunbar Street, Jackson, Mississippi

Register of Births and Deaths

Uriah Millsaps was born February 15, A.D. 1793, and died December 9th, 1846.
Sally Millsaps Wife of Uriah was born May 26th, 1792, and died July 4th, 1836.
Celia Millsaps, eldest daughter of Uriah, was born May 15, 1814. Died February 15th, 1887.
Rebecca, second daughter of Uriah and Sally his wife, was born January 10th, 1816, and died January 21st 1821.
Sally Millsaps, third daughter of Uriah and Sally his wife, was born January 16th, 1818 and died June 19th 1853.
Lucinda, fourth daughter of Uriah and Sally his wife, was born December 24 AD 1819, & died September 22nd 1852.
William, eldest son of Uriah and Sally his wife, was born October 30th AD 1821 and died September 05, 1845.
Thomas, second son of Uriah and Sally his wife, was born June 2nd 1824.
Note: His death was not recorded in the Bible. Tradition states that he married and started to Texas. Smallpox broke out in the wagon train and they stopped at Trenton, Louisiana and never went to Texas. His death date was supplied by one of his descendants, Mrs. L.L. Langsford. He died October 20, 1881.
Rebecca, fifth daughter of Uriah and Sally his wife, was born October 26, 1827.
Susanna, sixth daughter of Uriah and Sally his wife, was born August 06, 1833. Died November 07, 1897.
Sallie Elizabeth, daughter of Absolom Fredrick Dantzler and wife, Susanna Millsaps Dantzler. Born January 13, 1854 & died January 21st, 1950
John Lewis, son of Absolom and Susanna Dantzler born (dates not given for birth and death).
Fredrick Absolom, son of Absolom and Susanna Dantzler, born (dates not given)
Thomas, son of Absolom and Susanna Dantzler Born (dates not given)
William Jackson, son of Absolom and Susanna Dantzler Born January 06, 1860
Susan Anna, daughter of Absolom and Susanna Dantzler Born (dates not given)
Sallie Dantzler Galbraith, daughter of James Lyon Galbraith and wife, Susan Anna Dantzler, born September 06, 1889. Died March 10, 1933.

Note – transcribed by Ernest Carroll Rucker on January 11, 2003 from Xerox copy of page 63, Cemetery and Bible Records, Volume IV.

Sarah /Sally4 Millsaps (William3,Thomas2,Thomas1) was born January 13, 1795 or February 10, 1797 in Tennessee, and died February 12, 1854.   Birth date of Sally Millsaps shown as 10 February 1797 in the Millsaps Bible, and as 13 January 1795 in the Dempsey Touchstone Bible

She married Dempsey Touchstone January 29, 1813 in Perry Co Mississippi, son of Green Touchstone and Sally Stanley.   He was born July 25, 1791 in Georgia, and died July 24, 1874 in Simpson Co Mississippi.   After Sally's death, Dempsey married 2nd, Phebe Mahaffey, daughter of William and Mary Mahaffey, and widow of Thomas Hilton.

I was told that Daniel Webster Touchstone was a son of Dempsey and Sallie, but it is not written in the Bible records.    Daniel Webster Touchstone was born 17 November 1847, thirteen years after Sallie and Dempsey's last child, so I have my doubts. From my research, he appears to be the son of Green Touchstone and Serena Hall.

Questions have been raised about Sarah's being born in Tennessee. The information comes from the 1850 census, which may be in error, or perhaps the areas which they migrated was a part of Tennessee for that period of time.   Other than that, this family has been pretty well researched by both Millsaps and Touchstones.

Martha Patricia Touchstone, born September 17, 1817, and died October 19, 1858.
She married William A. Mahaffey.  Click on his name for more of this family.     I am not sure who Martha Thompson is that is shown in the Family Bible, but some sources say she was the daughter of Sally and Dempsey, and married a Thompson.

William Webster4 Millsaps (William3,Thomas2,Thomas1) was born October 26, 1804 in South Carolina, and died July 06, 1873 in Hazlehurst, Copiah Co Mississippi. He may be buried in Old Pleasant Valley Cemetery, as are many of his family, but a tombstone is not there.

He married 1) Mary Wright 1828.  The daughter of Elijah Wright and Mary Kendall, she was born July 06, 1810, and died May 01, 1855, burial in Old Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Copiah Co Mississippi.
He married 2) Mary Ann Godbold July 23, 1857.  The daughter of James Godbold and Elizabeth Wright, she was born April 13, 1822 in Franklin Co Mississippi, and died November 02, 1875 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co Mississippi, burial in Rosehill Cemetery in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co Mississippi    Elizabeth is the daughter of Elijah Wright and Mary Kendall, sister to Wm's first wife, Mary.  She had previously been married to Horace M. Gilmer.   Mary Ann was married twice, but had no children of her own.

Rev. William R. Millsaps, born September 05, 1832 in Copiah Co Mississippi, and died October 13, 1855 of yellow fever in Jackson, Hinds Co Mississippi, burial in Old Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Copiah Co Mississippi.  He did not marry.    Graduated from Asbury University, Green Castle, Indiana and attended Theological Seminary at Danville, Kentucky. He was prepared for college by Mr. John Spencer, a highly educated Christian man who taught the school near the Pleasant Valley Church.

Green Millsaps, born 1840.    "Methodism in the Mississippi Conference 1846-1870" by J.B. Cain that after building the Pleasant Valley Church and the school near that church it had turned out twelve preachers one of whom was Green Millsaps.   According to the "History of the Millsaps", Green died between 1860 and 1870 and was never married.

Understanding his lack of theological training he later enrolled in the Theological Institute of Concord, New Hampshire in the fall of 1856 and remained there for two years. He then returned to Mississippi in 1858 and was re-admitted to the traveling ministry and appointed to pastor of Starkville and Pierce Chapel.   Later was appointed as pastor of Biloxi and Handsboro circuit. He did not remain in this charge all of 1861 but volunteered for service in the Confederate Army as a Private. He was attached to the Twenieth Mississippi regiment which was incorporated into General Floyd's Brigade then in Virginia. He was soon appointed chaplain and served his comrades faithfully and well during an arduous campaign in which his own health failed. He died at the home of a Mr. Ross in Monroe Co Virginia and was buried at Centerville by the hands of strangers.

Lavinia L. Touchstone, born 1849, Simpson Co Mississippi   I think she may be the same Lavinia Touchstone that married Albert Mahaffey, son of Robert Mahaffey and Catherine McFerrin.

Freeman W. Touchstone, born c1852 in Mississippi - moved to Louisiana
He married 1) Frances Gates, January 13, 1876 in Simpson Co Mississippi.
He married 2) Emily Mahaffey, December 12, 1878 in Simpson Co Mississippi.  The daughter of Robert Mahaffey and Catherine McFerrin, she was born c1852.

Dempsey Daniel Touchstone, c1856 in Mississippi.    I think he may be the child mentioned in the notes of Green's parents, and the date give for his birth then is 17 November 1847