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John William Edward Myles and Sarena Dillon

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John William Edward MYLES was born 17 March 1844 to Isaac Abner MYLES and Samantha Bickham Clower MYLES.

John was married 7 Sept 1865, at 21, to Sarena (Serena) “Rene” A. MILLER, b. 1846 MS. She was the daughter of Thomas MILLER and Maritty (Maritta) DILLON..

John and Sarena had the following children:

  • Newton R. b. 15 August 1866, Franklinton area, LA, died 7 Sept 1868 at the age of 2.
  • Nancy “Nora” Lenora b. 18 Nov 1867.
  • Isaac Thomas b. 7 March 1869 m. Lucy
  • Lucy Virginia b. 1871 Jan 28 married James Leon HENNESY
  • Samantha R. b. 10 Feb 1873
  • Margaret Maritta “Ritta” b. abt. 1875 according to the 1880 census
  • George b. 1877 Louisiana
  • John b. 1880-1887
  • Malissa b. c. 1884 married Henry Buchanan Crow
  • Lillie L. b. 1880 according to the 1880 census
  • Effie b. c. 1887 Louisiana married William J. Carpenter

Edward MYLES is given by his descendants as having been a farmer and county surveyor. In the 1880 census he is shown as being a schoolteacher.

In “LOUISIANA GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED Volume Two Bible Records 1961: Pages 1 – 60 Bible of Samanthy Lewis” Edward MYLES is given as having married Sarena MILLER, not Lucy MILLER as per some of the initial info I’d been given. This fits in with Jean Kearns having written of Edward’s spouse being Rene. Rene would be a nickname of Sarena.

Notes on children in bible:

Newton R. 1st child of Ed MYLES and Serena
Nancy Lenora, 2nd child of Ed and Serena called Nora
3rd child of same, Isaac Thomas — Ambus’ father
4th child was Lucy.
5th child was Samantha
6th child was Margaret Maritta, called “Ritta”

Joint statement of Lillie MYLES, Malissa Myles CROW and Olivia Bickham NETTERVILLE (1st 2 daughters of Ed Myles, and last, dau. of Abner Clower BICKHAM).

“Four little ones of Ed and Serena in order: a crippled boy — Lillie, single — John — Malissa married CROW –Effie, now dead, married Will CARPENTER.”

Lillie is the Lyly L. seen in the 1880 census.

Edward may be seen in the Washington Parish 1888 Voter Registration Record. I have thus far located the family in the following censuses:

1870 Washington Parish
pg. 277
76/81 STRINGFIELDS William and Lavinia and family
77/82 KEMP Isaac and Samantha and family
78/83 ROBERTS Williams and Lucy and family
79/84 MYLES Edward 26 farmer personal value $165 b. LA
Serena 22 b. MS
Leonora 3 b. LA
Thomas 1
80/85 BRUMFIELD Daniel and Sarah and family
etc.
pg. 228
91/96 MILLER Simon 46 or 46 farmer RE $1000 personal $900 b. MS
Serena 36 b. MS
William 17
rebecca 18
Hughe 15
Jeptha? 13
Simon 11
Morgan 7 b. LA
? 3 male
Lerena 1
etc
pg. 231
40/40 KNIGHT William 46 farmer RE value: $100 personal $500 b. LA
Martha 58 b. MS
Sarah 13 b. LA
James 11
Clarinda 10
George 3
Manas 5
Morgan 5
41/41 NOBLES Franklin 29 farmer b. MS
Frances 25 female farm laborer
41/41 RICHARDSON Sylvester 30 and family
etc.
pg. 249B
9/9 POPE 10/10 WHITE Martin and Caroline
11/11 BREELAND Elijah 40 farmer $300 b. MS
Mora 42 b. MS
Franklin 13 b. LA
Leroy 12 b. LA
Mende? 10 b.MS
Lisha 6 b. LA
Warren 5 b. LA
Lorena 1 b. LA
BROWN Bella 30 farm laborer b. MS
12/12 THOMAS Benjmain and family
etc.
pg. 295
33/33 KENNEDY Henry 64? Farmer RE $200 personal value $500 b. MS
Nancy 55 b. MS
Joseph 15 b. MS
Uriah 13 b. MS
James 12 b. MS
Jefferson 9 b. LA

1880 Washington Parish Wards 1 and 2
pg. 159
158/158 BROWN Frances M. and family
159/159 MAGEE Richard and Matilda
160160 BACKHAM David and Marty and family
161/161 BURKHALTER Amy and family
162/162 STRINGFIELD William and Lavina and family
LEWIS, Tabitha
163/163 STRINGFIELD David and family
164/164 MILES William E. 37 school teacher b. LA parents b. LA
Serena 33 b.LA parents b. MS
Nancy L. 12 b. LA
Isaac T. 11 works on farm
Lucy V. 9
Samantha R. 8
Margaret M. 5
George W. 3
Lyly L. 5/12
pg. 159 B
165/165
MILLER William R. 27 farmer can’t read or right, b. MS parents b. MS
Sarah R. 26 can’t read or write b. LA parents b. MS
Selena 8 b. LA
Nancy 6
Teresa 3
Tener born Sept. stepdaughter
166/166 SLOCUM Handy (b) 21 laboring on farm b. LA parents b. LA
Sarah 17 b. LA parents b. LA
167/167 MILLER Simon A. 20 farmer b. MS parents b. MS
Rebecca A. 21 b. MS father b. MS and mother b. LA
168/168 DAWSON (b) Samuel and Violet and family
169/169 MILLER Zeptha Y. 23 farmer b. MS parents b. MS can’t read or write
Clarkey R. wife 23 b. LA parents b. LA can’t read or write
Abner F. 3 b. LA
Clara M. 1 b. LA
170/170 MILLER Hugh L. 26 farmer b. MS parents b. MS
Maranda Y. 29 b. LA father b. GA mother b. LA
Eugens H. 7 b. LA
Molly or Mally F. 5
Alice E. 3
Callee E. 9/14 Sept.
BULLOCK Lumeta or Lumenta 63 mother-in-law b. LA father b. SC mother b. GA
171/171 SLOCUM Green D. and Ellen and family
pg. 160
181/181 MILLER Wesley W. 22 farmer b. MS parents b. MS
Cyntha AP 28
Willes C. 2
Ertha D. b. Dec
pg. 170
183/183 HARVEY Cinton
184/184 KEMP Isaac and Samantha and family
BICKHAM William
185/185 OGDON? Calvin H. and Sarena and family
MILLER Sarah mulatto or white 10 servant b. LA parents b. LA
pg. 164B
261/261 BICKHAM Alexander 69 b. LA parents b. GA and SC., and Rebecca
KENADY Hard 15 grandson works on farm b. LA father b. LA mother b.KY
Thomas E. 10 grandson works on farm
MILLER Eliza 25 servant b. MS parents b. MS
pg. 165
263/263 BRUMFIELD John W. and Samantha
264/264 BACKHAM Ab…? and Harriet and family
265/265 MILLER Thomas 60 farmer can’t read or write and neither can children but wife can b. MS father b. TN mother b. MS
Nancy 45 b. MS parents b. SC
Martha 19 b. MS
Sayborn 17 works on farm
Marion? 13 works on farm
ELizabeth 11
Margaret 18
Angeline 9
Rarford 8
Eli 8
James 5
Flora G. 2
pg. 166
294/294 ALFORD Seaborn and Laura
295/295 MILLER Fleet M. 63 farmer b. MS father b. TN mother b. MS
Elizabeth 62 b. MS parents b. LA
Smiley 34
296/296 BANKSTON Simpson and Catherine and family
pg. 166/166
305/305 MILLER Ranford L. 46 b. MS father b. TN mother b. MS and Angeline b. MS parents b. SC and family

Among those buried at the Hezekiah Magee Cemetery, Washington Parish, LA are:
Edward MYLES b. 17 March 1844, d. 4 August 1920 (Mason) husband of Sarena MILLER
MYLES Sarena A. Miller b. 25 October 1846, died 2 March 1924, wife of Edward MYLES, daughter of Thomas and Maritta Dillon Miller James

SOURCES:
LOUISIANA GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED Volume Two Bible Records 1961: Pages 1 – 60 Bible of Samanthy Lewis
Census data
Hezekiah Magee cemetery data

Isaac Abner Myles and Samantha Ann Clower

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Isaac Aber MYLES married, on 30 Nov. 1841, Samantha CLOWER b. 22 April 1811, Freestone Co. TX or LA to John CLOWER Jr. and Mary “Polly” PLEASANT.

Isaac Abner MYLES was first married to Pamela (Passman) (Carman) HART b. 9 Nov 1796, died 6 Sept 1840 at 4 AM. In LOUISIANA GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED Volume Two Bible Records 1961: Pages 1 – 60 Bible of Samanthy Lewis, a Pamela HART is given as born November 8 1796. Isaac A. MYLES was married to Pemela PASSMAN on December 18th. Mrs. Pamela MYLES departed this life on September 6th 1840 about 43 years 9 months and 28 days. I’m assuming that Pamela HART and PASSMAN are the same individual.

It then gives Isaac as marrying Samantha BICKHAM on November 30th 1841.

Samantha was first married in 1829 to John BURCH Sr., who died between 1832 and 1836. Their children were Mary Drusilla R. BURCH b. 1829 and John Richard BURCH Jr. b. 1832.

Samantha married 2nd Thomas BICKHAM, bef. 1841, son of Captain Abner BICKHAM and Dicy. Their children were Dicy Elizabeth BICKHAM b. 1832 and Abner Clower BICKHAM b. 1836.

The children of the 3rd marriage, to Isaac Aber MYLES were:

  • John William Edward MYLES b. 17 March 1844, married Sarena MILLER
  • Mary Rebecca MYLES b. 23 November 1846 4:45 AM, married, 1 Jan 1862, Charles (Charley) Jefferson BURCH b. 7 May 1843. Charles Jefferson BURCH was a son of Charles BURCH, born 1804, married Lothe. This Charles BURCH was brother of John BURCH Sr. who was Samantha BICKHAM CLOWER’s first husband.

Samantha’s 4th marriage was to Coleman HOLMES. They married before 1860 and he died before 1860.

Samantha’s 5th marriage, 5 July 1860, was to William LEWIS. They had no children.

I have thus far located Isaac on the following censuses:

1830 WASHINGTON PARISH LOUISIANA CENSUS

Isaac Abner MYLES is seen in the census, living between Solomon HALL and Clayborn HART. He has 1 free white male 10 to 15, 1 free white male 20 to 30, 1 free white male 40 to 50, 1 free white female 10 to 15, 1 free white female 15 to 20 and 1 free white female 30 to 40. They had 27 slaves.

John BIRCH is seen on pg. 4 with 1 male age 20 to 30, 1 female under 5 and 1 female 15 to 20. They have 2 slaves. Two doors down is an Abner BICKHAM and further down the page is a Thomas BICKHAM with 1 male under 5, 1 male 5 to 10, 1 male 10 to 15, 2 males 15 to 20, 1 male 20 to 30, 1 male 30 to 40, 1 male 60 to 70, 2 females 5 to 10, 1 female 10 to 15 and 1 female 40 to 50. They have 17 slaves.

1840 WASHINGTON PARISH LOUISIANA CENSUS

In this census, in Isaac Abner’s household there is 1 male child under 5, 1 male 20 to 30, 1 male 50 to 60, 1 female under 5, 1 female 30 to 40 and 1 female 50 to 60.

1850 WASHINGTON PARISH LOUISIANA CENSUS
NOTE: It appears as though Isaac Abner MYLES may already be dead by 1850. Samantha is shown but Isaac is not. Her future husband, W. LEWIS, lives just down the way.
page 452
215/215 S. MILES 38 female $3500. b. LA
Mary P. BIRCH 20 (Drusilla R. BURCH?)
John R BIRCH 18 male carrier
Disey E. BICKHAM 16
Abner BICKHAM 14
E. MILES 6
Rebecca MILES 3
John BURKHALTER 19? b. MS farmer
216/216/ S. STATEHAM 45 Schoolteacher b. AL
Cintha 39 b. GA
Frances 20 b. LA
Pleasant 18 male laborer
Mary 17
Hutchinson 13
Augustus 10
John 4
Allen 2
217/217 A. C. BROMFIELD and family
218/218 Henry COLLINS and family
219/219 W. LEWIS 29 farmer $6000 SC
Alice 61 b. NC
W. D. 20 male b. MS
S. M. 21 male b. MS
G. W. LEWIS 16 b. MS
? 14 female b. MS

1860 WASHINGTON PARISH LOUISIANA CENSUS
page 814
348/349 John BURCH 25 farmer $330 $125
Abner BICKHAM 23 farmer $10? $125
Samantha HOLMES 50 $600 $5500
Edward MYLES 16
Rebecca 13

Samantha died 1 Dec 1891 in Washington Parish LA. She is buried at the Burch Cemtery, northwest of Franklinton.

SOURCES:
LOUISIANA GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED Volume Two Bible Records 1961: Pages 1 – 60 Bible of Samanthy Lewis
Census records

Thomas Miller and Maritta Dillon

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Thomas Miller was born abt. 1822 in MS. In the 1880 census he gives his father as born in TN and his mother as born in MS. He married Maritty (Maritta) DILLON, also born abt. 1822 in Mississippi.

Thomas and Maritty had the following children:

  • Samantha b. 1842 MS
  • Merril N. b. 1844 MS
  • Sarena (Serena) “Rene” A. b. 1846 MS married John William Edward MYLES
  • William N. b. 1848 MS
  • Eliza E. b. 1850 MS

The 1850 Pike County MS census has a 4 year old Sarena MILLER in the household of Thomas MILLER born in Mississippi. They are living near a James T. DILLON who is of age to be a brother to Maritty DILLON. I would imagine that the Simon MILLER living beside Thomas is a brother.

1850 PIKE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI CENSUS pg. 21a
27 266 267 Dillon James T. 32 M Farmer 200 Mississippi
28 266 267 Dillon Elizabeth 21 F Mississippi
29 266 267 Dillon Sandy G. 7/12 M Mississippi
30 266 267 Erwin Alexeander 21 M Farmhand Mississippi
31 267 268 Miller Simon 27 M Farmer 325 Mississippi
31 267 268 Miller Simon 27 M Farmer 325 Mississippi
32 267 268 Miller Sarena T. 19 F Mississippi
33 267 268 Miller Emeline M. 2 F Mississippi
34 267 268 Miller Honcil L. 1 M Mississippi
35 268 269 Miller Thomas 28 M Farmer 600 Mississippi
36 268 269 Miller Maritty 28 F Mississippi
37 268 269 Miller Samantha 8 F Mississippi
38 268 269 Miller Merril N. 6 M Mississippi
39 268 269 Miller Sarena 4 F Mississippi
40 268 269 Miller William N. 2 M Mississippi
41 268 269 Miller Eliza E. 4/12 F Mississippi

A Richard DILLON b. 7 Oct. 1745 in Ireland or Norfolk VA (d. Pike Co. MS) and Annys MORRIS (b. 1762 in Bertie Co. NC) were the parents of Joanna DILLON b. 1778 in Bertie Co. NC, Nancy Ann, Lawrence, Clarkson, Willis, Mary, Theophilous and Clara. Joanna DILLON connects up with the family as will be shown in a moment.

As to Mary and Lawrence, siblings of Joanna, Belvin J. Creel is shown as querying Washington Parish Rootsweb about a Moses MILLER b. abt. 1790 who was the second husband of Mary DILLON (Salathiel MORRIS the first husband) b. abt. 1792; and Dicey MILLER who was the second wife of Lawrence DILLON (b. 1783 in Bertie Co. NC), he marrying first Martha JACKSON. As stated above, they were descendants of of Richard and Annys DILLON. Richard (1745-1833) was a Revolutionary War Soldier who settled in the southern section of present-day Walthall County, MS, his family spilling over into Washington Parish. Another son, Clarkson DILLON, married a Sarah GILL. (Should be noted here that Thomas and Maritty DILLON MILLER’s granddaughter, Lucy MYLES, married James Leon HENNESY, whose grandfather, Isaac HENNESY, was married to a Judith Ann GILL.)

Judith GILL and Isaac HENNESY’s son, James HENNESY, married Nancy Caroline WELCH and they had James Leon who, as mentioned, married Lucy MYLES, whose mother was Serena MILLER. Nancy Caroline WELCH’s brother, James Pearson WELCH married Cynthia ALFORD. Cynthia ALFORD was daughter of Warren Jackson ALFORD and Celia Ann LEWIS. Her father’s parents were Edwin ALFORD b. 22 Nov. 1792 NC, and Martha “Patsie” Jane SMITH b. 25 March 1802 SC. She is shown in the 1850 Pike Co MS census on page 21b living next to a 60 year old Thompson MILLER from GA in household 274. I’m wondering if this might be a relation to Rene MILLER. (Rene MILLER is in household 268 on page 21 A.)
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ms/pike/1850/pg0012a.txt

pg. 21b 40 274 275 Miller Thompson 60 M Farmer Georgia
41 274 275 Miller Clary 45 F Farmhand S. Carolina
42 274 275 Miller Raiford 17 M Mississippi X

Martha Jane SMITH’s parents were Jeremiah SMITH b. 1773 SC and the Joanna DILLON above mentioned, daughter of Richard DILLON and Annys MORRIS. (Walter Edwin Tynes is given as saying Martha Smith’s mother was a “Holly”. The Joanna Dillon information comes from Luke Ward Conerly and E. Russ Williams, Source Records from Pike County, Mississippi, 1798-1910, via Colleen Pasquale.

The 1840 Washington Parish LA census shows a Thomas MILLER.

1840 Washington Parish LA census:
Thomas Miller
2 free white males under 5
2 free white males 20-30
1 free white male 60-70
1 free white female under 5
1 free white female 15-20
1 free white female 20-30
7 slaves

1870 LOUISIANA WASHINGTON PARISH
pg.222
14/14 MILLER Thomas 46 farmer RE $400 personal $500 b. MS
Nancy 35 b. MS
Lisa 20
Clarissa 17
Wellis 16
Neeley or Wesley? 13
Sabor or Labor 7 male
Bethany 10
Marietta 3 or 2

It would appear as though Maritty has died by now and Thomas remarried to a Nancy. Lisa, age 20 would be the Eliza in the 1850 census.

1880 Washington Parish Wards 1 and 2
pg. 159
158/158 BROWN Frances M. and family
159/159 MAGEE Richard and Matilda
160160 BACKHAM David and Marty and family
161/161 BURKHALTER Amy and family
162/162 STRINGFIELD William and Lavina and family
LEWIS, Tabitha
163/163 STRINGFIELD David and family
164/164 MILES William E. 37 school teacher b. LA parents b. LA
Serena 33 b.LA parents b. MS
Nancy L. 12 b. LA
Isaac T. 11 works on farm
Lucy V. 9
Samantha R. 8
Margaret M. 5
George W. 3
Lyly L. 5/12
NOTE: Serena is a daughter of Thomas MILLER.
pg. 159 B
165/165
MILLER William R. 27 farmer can’t read or right, b. MS parents b. MS
Sarah R. 26 can’t read or write b. LA parents b. MS
Selena 8 b. LA
Nancy 6
Teresa 3
Tener born Sept. stepdaughter
Note: William R. is Sarena MILLER MYLES’ brother.
166/166 SLOCUM Handy (b) 21 laboring on farm b. LA parents b. LA
Sarah 17 b. LA parents b. LA
167/167 MILLER Simon A. 20 farmer b. MS parents b. MS
Rebecca A. 21 b. MS father b. MS and mother b. LA
168/168 DAWSON (b) Samuel and Violet and family
169/169 MILLER Zeptha Y. 23 farmer b. MS parents b. MS can’t read or write
Clarkey R. wife 23 b. LA parents b. LA can’t read or write
Abner F. 3 b. LA
Clara M. 1 b. LA
170/170 MILLER Hugh L. 26 farmer b. MS parents b. MS
Maranda Y. 29 b. LA father b. GA mother b. LA
Eugens H. 7 b. LA
Molly or Mally F. 5
Alice E. 3
Callee E. 9/14 Sept.
BULLOCK Lumeta or Lumenta 63 mother-in-law b. LA father b. SC mother b. GA
171/171 SLOCUM Green D. and Ellen and family
pg. 160
181/181 MILLER Wesley W. 22 farmer b. MS parents b. MS
Cyntha AP 28
Willes C. 2
Ertha D. b. Dec
pg. 170
183/183 HARVEY Cinton
184/184 KEMP Isaac and Samantha and family
BICKHAM William
185/185 OGDON? Calvin H. and Sarena and family
MILLER Sarah mulatto or white 10 servant b. LA parents b. LA
pg. 164B
261/261 BICKHAM Alexander 69 b. LA parents b. GA and SC., and Rebecca
KENADY Hard 15 grandson works on farm b. LA father b. LA mother b.KY
Thomas E. 10 grandson works on farm
MILLER Eliza 25 servant b. MS parents b. MS
pg. 165
263/263 BRUMFIELD John W. and Samantha
264/264 BACKHAM Ab…? and Harriet and family
265/265 MILLER Thomas 60 farmer can’t read or write and neither can children but wife can b. MS father b. TN mother b. MS
Nancy 45 b. MS parents b. SC
Martha 19 b. MS
Sayborn 17 works on farm
Marion? 13 works on farm
ELizabeth 11
Margaret 18
Angeline 9
Rarford 8
Eli 8
James 5
Flora G. 2
pg. 166
294/294 ALFORD Seaborn and Laura
295/295 MILLER Fleet M. 63 farmer b. MS father b. TN mother b. MS
Elizabeth 62 b. MS parents b. LA
Smiley 34
296/296 BANKSTON Simpson and Catherine and family
pg. 166/166
305/305 MILLER Ranford L. 46 b. MS father b. TN mother b. MS and Angeline b. MS parents b. SC and family