William Blackburn Millsaps

1815 - 1890  (74 years)

• Name	William Blackburn Millsaps  [1]
  Alt. Birth	17 Aug 1815	Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Born	14 Sep 1815	Haywood County, North Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch AFN	117S-3D4
  Physical Description	5' 11" tall, blue eyes  [1]
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1816	North Carolina   [4]
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1816	Tennessee   [5]
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1817	Tennessee   [6]
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1825	North Carolina   [7]
  Military Service	1838  [1]
  	Enlisted March 1, 1838  as a private in Capt. Angel's Co., NC Vols. of the 1838 Cherokee Indian Disturbances. (Company F, Macon County Volunteers)
  Move	1845	Talladega County, Alabama   [1]
  	Haywood County, North Carolina
  Occupation	13 Nov 1850	Talladega, Talladega, Alabama   [6]
  	farmer
  Land	1 Jan 1859	Talladega County, Alabama   [1]
  	purchased 39.84 hundredth acreas of land (Certificate no. 19,250) from the federal government
  	Southwest quarter of Southwest quarter, of Section 13, Township 19, Range 6.
  Occupation	11 Jul 1860	Talladega County, Alabama   [1, 7]
  	farmer
  Military Service	1864	The Confederate States of America   [1]
  	3rd Regiment of Alabama Reserves
  Illiterate	24 Jun 1870	Copper Mine, Clay County, Alabama   [4]
  	could not write
  Land	80 acres of bounty land  [1]
  Name	B. Millsaps  [4]
  Name	Blackburn Millsap  [5]
  Name	Blackburn Millsapps  [8]
  Name	Blackburn Millsaps  [2, 3, 6, 9]
  Name	Blackwell Millsaps  [7]
  Occupation	24 Jun 1870	Copper Mine, Clay County, Alabama   [4]
  	farmer
  Occupation	24 Jun 1880	Chandler Springs, Talladega County, Alabama   [5]
  	farmer
  Died	6 May 1890	Talladega County, Alabama   [1, 2, 3]
  Buried	Bedford Branch Cemetery, Talladega County, Alabama   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I3669	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Edward Millsaps,   b. Abt 1784, North Carolina ,   d. Aft 1840  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Mother	Lydia Brickey,   b. 12 Feb 1788, Botetourt County, Virginia ,   d. 10 Dec 1829, Haywood County, North Carolina  (Age 41 years)
  Married	1806	Maryville, Blount, Tennessee
  Family ID	F1303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Martha Gaither,   b. 6 Nov 1830, Campbell County, Georgia ,   d. 30 Sep 1907, Oma, , Arkansas  (Age 76 years)
  Alt. Marriage	26 Sep 1846	Talladega County, Alabama   [9]
  Married	26 Sep 1847	Talladega, Talladega, Alabama   [1, 2, 3]
  	Find-A-Grave states children included "...Horace Fochee,  Ernest, William Blackburn, and Liller Martha Driggers."
  Census	13 Nov 1850	Talladega, Talladega, Alabama   [6]
  	Page 421A, Line 14, Dwelling 996, Family 1018: The household consisted of Nancy Gaither, 54, female; William, 18, male; Lumpkin, 17, male; Frances, 14, female; Henry, 12; male; and ?rington Williams, 80, male, school teacher. Nancy declared real estate of $350. According to MeasuringWorth.com, in 2019 the relative worth of $500 from 1860 was: $16,900.00 using the Consumer Price Index $12,200.00 using the GDP deflator $136,000.00 using the unskilled wage $265,000.00 using the Production Worker Compensation $294,000.00 using the nominal GDP per capita Line 20, Dwelling 997, Family 1019: The household consisted of Blackburn Millsaps, 33, male, farmer; Martha, 20, female; Jeremiah, 1, male; and William, 31, male. Blackburn declared real estate of $150. According to MeasuringWorth.com, in 2019 the relative worth of $150 from 1850 was: $5,070.00 using the Consumer Price Index $3,670.00 using the GDP deflator $40,700.00 using the unskilled wage $79,600.00 using the Production Worker Compensation $88,200.00 using the nominal GDP per capita
  		Census of 1850 - Alabama, Talladega County Talladega, Page (146) 421a
  Census	11 Jul 1860	Talladega, Talladega, Alabama   [7]
  	Southern Division, Court Hill, Page 893, Line 7, Dwelling 573, Family 589: The household consisted of Blackwell Millsaps, male, 35; Martha, 29, female; Jeremiah, 11 male; John, 9, male; Sarah, 7, female; Nancy, 5, female, and William, 1, male. Blackwell declared $600 real estate and $150 personal estate.  According to MeasuringWorth.com, in 2014 the relative worth of $750 from 1860 was: ------$22,000, using the Consumer Price Index ------$16,400, using the GDP deflator -----$138,000, using the unskilled wage -----$286,000, using the Production Worker Compensation -----$294,000, using the nominal GDP per capita ---$2,980,000, using the relative share of GDP
  		Census of 1860 - Alabama, Talladega County Southern Division, Court Hill, Page (83) 893
  Census	24 Jun 1870	Clay County, Alabama   [4]
  	Township 19 Range 7, Pages 41-42, Line 35, Dwelling 297, Family 297: The household consists of B. Millsaps, 54, male, farmer, M. N., 39, female; J. T., 19, male; S. E., 17, female; M. J., 15, female; Wm. K., 11, male; A. L., 9, female; M. J., 3, female; M. G., 11 months, female; and Nancy Gaither, 74, female. B. Millsaps is a farmer with real estate of $300 and personal estate of $407.  According to Measuring Worth, in 2007 $707 from 1870 was worth:      $81,404.58        using the  unskilled wage      $166,663.94       using the nominal GDP per capita      $1,261,672.59       using the relative share of GDP Five doors down the street in Dwelling 302, Family 302 are Letha Cotton and her family.
  		Census of 1870 - Alabama, Clay County Copper Mine, Township 19 Range 7, Page (41) 207A
  		Census of 1870 - Alabama, Clay County Copper Mine, Township 19 Range 7, Page (42) 207B
  Census	24 Jun 1880	Chandler Springs, Talladega County, Alabama   [5]
  	Page 6, Line 9, Dwelling 50, Family 50: The household consisted of Blackburn millsap, 64; Mary A. M., 49, wife; William R., 21, son; Mary J., 18, daughter; and Martha J., 11, daughter. Blackburn is a farmer.
  Children	1. Millsaps,   d. Infant   2. Millsaps,   d. Infant   3. Jeremiah M. Millsaps,   b. 7 Dec 1848, Talladega County, Alabama ,   d. 29 Jan 1865, Alabama  (Age 16 years) + 4. John Thomas Millsaps,   b. 14 Jan 1851, Talladega, Talladega, Alabama ,   d. 25 Feb 1907, Montgomery County, Arkansas  (Age 56 years) + 5. Sara E. Millsaps,   b. 4 Jan 1853, Talladega, Talladega, Alabama ,   d. 23 Aug 1922  (Age 69 years) + 6. Nancy Jane Millsaps,   b. 20 Mar 1855, Talladega, Talladega, Alabama ,   d. 15 Feb 1927, Carthage, Panola, Texas  (Age 71 years)   7. William King Millsaps,   b. 25 Oct 1858, Talladega County, Alabama ,   d. 1915, Houston, Harris, Texas  (Age 56 years)   8. Amy Lieuhaney Millsaps,   b. 7 Jul 1861, Talladega, Talladega, Alabama ,   d. Abt 1900, Carthage, Panola, Texas  (Age 38 years) + 9. Mary Anne Josephine Millsaps,   b. 19 Mar 1867, Talladega County, Alabama ,   d. 1 Mar 1937, Moral, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma  (Age 69 years)   10. Martha Georgeanne Millsaps,   b. Jul 1869, Talladega, Talladega, Alabama ,   d. Abt 1939, Alabama  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F1288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (Research): Talladega, Alabama Hernando De Soto, a Spanish explorer seeking gold, landed in Tampa, Florida in 1539. He and his army of 800 to 1,000 men came across Florida through Georgia to near the Tennessee line then into Alabama in 1540. During his trip, the Native Americans told him about a large Native American city in the area that is now Alabama. That city was Coosa which was located on the site just north of the present city of Childersburg between Talladega Creek and Tallassahatchee Creek on the east bank of the Coosa River. The town of Coosa was the capital of the Creek Nation which had some 250 small Native American towns. De Soto and his men went to Coosa and stayed about 6 weeks. De Soto was with Cortez in Mexico a few years earlier where they found large amounts of gold. He therefore explored much of this area looking for gold and other riches. On De Soto's trip through this area several writers recorded valuable information concerning the landscape and living conditions of the Native Americans of that day. The Native Americans, unlike we often imagine, lived in a very civilized world with fields of corn and other crops. They had runners that carried messages and news from village to village. Game was very plentiful in the area and included deer and turkey. The natives lived in thatched covered wood huts and observed rigid religious customs. They lived in family circles much as we do today. About 20 years later, Deluna, a member of De Soto's party returned to the area. His writer recorded the area at that time. On his return he found that the large Native American town of Coosa has dwindled in population. It is thought that the De Soto visit had brought new diseases that the Native Americans did not know how to treat. The decrease in population was attributed to a high death rate from these diseases such as small pox, that the white man brought to the Native Americans. In 1719, Benjamin Hawkins, the Native American agent for the territory South of the Ohio River, traveled through the Coosa district and reported to the government at least five thriving villages, their customs and method of livelihood in the vicinity of Talladega. Hobo Hajo, an Native American who's first name meant "one who understood all the strategic acts of war," lived in Kyamulga Cave in the early 1700's. Kyamulga Cave is located five miles east of Childersburg on Alabama Highway 76. In 1720, Hobo Hajo was the guest of the South Carolina Assembly in Charleston, South Carolina. He sat beside the Assembly President and was respected as one of the great Creek leaders of that time. In 1723, a trader named I. W. Wright, who worked out of Charleston, South Carolina, came to this area to trade with the Native Americans. He apparently became sick and died or met with foul play. He never returned, however he did stop at what is now known as Kyamulga Cave and carved his name and date on a rock inside the cave. His name is still clearly visible along with the date. Before 1700, the Spanish built a fort in St. Augustine, Florida and began trading with the Native Americans of this area. The Native Americans here would go to St. Augustine or a trader from St. Augustine would come here. Then the English established a trading post in Charleston, South Carolina and traded with the Native Americans. In 1714 the French built a fort and trading post in the forks of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Wetumpka and named it Fort Toulouse. The three countries competed with each other for the Native American trade. After the Revolutionary War, George Washington felt the need to cultivate the friendship of the Creek Nation. He therefore called a conference or a pow-wow. In about 1790, the Creek chief Alexander McGivalry and some twenty-six other chiefs went to New York and met with President George Washington. The chiefs made a treaty with George Washington at that time and returned home. They were very peaceful for several years. However when war came in the early 1810's, many of the Native Americans fought on the side of the United States.

  
  

• Reference

  If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "William Blackburn Millsaps" (accessed July 14, 2025) | http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I3669&tree=Legends.